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geóc

(n.)
Grammar
geóc, gióc, eóc, e; f.

Safety, help, aid, succour, comfort, consolationsalus, auxĭlium, subsĭdium, consōlātio

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Ne miht ðú me ofer ðisne dæg ǽnige helpe ne geóce gefremman non mihi aliquid utilitatis aut salutis potes ultra conferre, Bd. 5, 13; S. 632, 30.

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efen

(n.)
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Hé démð rihtne dóm and emne dóm, Wlfst. 253, 20: 254, 9. equal, of like condition Sé ðe conn wel emn bión wið óðre menn, ond hé hine bettran ne déð qui scit ceteris aequalitate componi, Past. 113, 23.

for-cúþ

uncleanworthless

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Ne bið hé cristen, ac bið forcúð wiðersaca, Hml. S. 17, 91.

ge-gódian

(v.)
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Ben. 108, 12. to increase the dignity of, enhance Ne byð seó þénung þæs þe wyrse. Ne eft nis ǽnig swá mǽre . . . þæt áðor ðǽra þénunga gegódian oððon gemycclian mæge, Wlfst. 34, 11

leán

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See examples in Dict. with dat. of person, to speak with disapproval of something to a person, with the idea of dissuading or prohibiting Ne leá ic ðé ðæt ðú ǽgðer lufige I do not tell you that loving both is a bad thing Solil. H. 61, 17.

sǽd

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., séd, R.) ne lǽfdon, Mk. 12, 22. v. æcer-, beán-, cawel-, corn-, nǽp-, senep-sǽd

be-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
be-cirran, (-cerran, -cyrran, q. v. in Dict.).

to turn roundabout to go roundpass byavoidto turnpervertseduceto beguiledeceiveto get round a person

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L. 6, 48. to turn, pervert, seduce Þú ne miht mé becyrran of mínum rihtan geleáfan, ne fram mínum rihthláforde, Hml.

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fandian

(v.)

to tryto temptto tryto trytastefeelto tryto visittemptprovokeattempt

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Man ne sceal fandian Godes þá hwíle þe hé mæg mid ǽnigum gesceáde him sylfum gebeorgan.

ge-faran

(v.)
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Hwá mæg ðonne ǽhta oððe anwaldes wilnian bútan plió, sé swelc plioh ðǽron gefór, sé ðe his ne wilnode quis ergo opes, quis potestatem quaerat innoxie, si et illi extiterunt noxia, qui haec habuit non quaerita?, Past. 393, 9.

settan

(v.)
Grammar
settan, p. sette; pp. seted, set[t] (
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Se ðe wille fæst hús timbrian ne sceall hé hit settan up on ðone héhstan cnol ( must not take the top of a hill as a site for his house ) . . . and eft se ðe wille fæst hús timbrian, ne sette hé hit on sondbeorhas. Bt. 12 ; Fox 36, 7-11.

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a-smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
a-smeágan, -smeán ; p. -smeáde ; pp. -smeád

To look closely intoexaminetrace outelicitmeditate uponconsidercontemplateponderjudgedeembe of opinionthinkperscrutariinvestigareindagareelicerecontempláripensarecensere

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To look closely into, examine, trace out, elicit, meditate upon, consider, contemplate, ponder, judge, deem, be of opinion, think; perscrutari, investigare, indagare, elicere, contemplári, pensare, censere ne máge we asmeágan hú God of ðam láme flǽsc

druncennes

(n.)
Grammar
druncennes, druncennys, druncenys, -ness, e; f.

DRUNKENNESSebriĕtas

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On druncennysse and on wiste hiora wombe þeówiaþ, nas Gode in drunkenness and feasting they minister to their belly, not to God, L. Eccl. 45; Wilk. 195, 25; L. E. I. 45; Th. ii. 440, 38

FYRST

(n.)
Grammar
FYRST, first, fierst, es; m.

A space of timetimerespitetrucespătium tempŏristempus constĭtūtumintercăpēdo

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A space of time, time, respite, truce; spătium tempŏris, tempus constĭtūtum, intercăpēdo Næs hit lengra fyrst it was not a longer space of time, Beo. Th. 269; B. 134: 5104; B. 2555.

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ge-ceápian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ceápian, p. ode; pp. od [ceápian to bargain]

To buypurchasetradeĕmĕrenegotiari

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To buy, purchase, trade; ĕmĕre, negotiari He sǽde, ðæt man náne burh ne mihte ýþ mid feó geceápian he said that no city could be more easily bought with money, Ors. 5, 7; Bos. 106, 16.

wirsian

(v.)
Grammar
wirsian, p. ode

To get worse

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Þet his licome, ðe feble wes, ne sceolde noht wursien, O. E. Homl. i. 47, 26. Þe wunde þet euer wurseð, A. R. 326, 23. Þenne wursede (wersede, 2nd MS.) ich on crafte, Laym. 18931. Werihede þet makeþ þane man worsi, Ayenb. 33, 18

hýr

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Add: payment contracted to be made for the temporary use of anything Sume men syllað eác cyrcan tó hýre swá swá wáclice mylna . . . ac hit ne gedafenað ꝥ man dó Godes hús ánre mylne gelíc for lyðrum tolle, Hml. S. 19, 248. <b>Ia.

mǽtan

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hé gemunde þæt him mǽted (? metod, MS.; for construction cf. 157) wæs, Dan. 119

samod

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Ic þás þing wríte tó þé gemǽnelíce and tó mínre méder and mínum geswustrum, forþon incer lufu sceal beón somod gemǽne tibi et matri mee sororibusque meis de regni mei commodis scribebam, que tibi et illis communia esse arbitror, Nar. 3, 9.

wel

Grammar
wel, <b>. I</b> 1 b.
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wé wel willað, ús fyligð Godes mildheortnys þæt úre willa ýdel ne sý. Hé gearcað úrne gódne willan tó fultumigenne, Hml. Th. ii. 84, 13-16.

un-wreón

(v.)
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un-wreón, p. -wráh, -wreáh, pl. -wrigon, -wrugon; pp. -wrigen, -wrogen

To uncover (lit. or fig.) what is coveredto reveal

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Ða lícmen his neb unwrugon, Homl. Th. ii. 334, 31. Unwreóh (revela) Drihtne weg ðínne, Ps. Spl. 36, 5. Nǽnig gedégled ðæt ne sé eft unwrigen (nihil opertum quod non revelabitur), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 10, 26.

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