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a-þencan

(v.)
Grammar
a-þencan, -þencean ; p. -þohte ; pp. -þoht.

to think outdeviseinventexcogitareto thinkintendcogitareintenderevelle

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ána aþohte to gefremmanne he thought this bold work to perform alone, Beo.

Linked entries: a-þohte a-þoht

hringan

(v.)
Grammar
hringan, p. de; v.

To ring

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Yc gef leáua ðam munche hringinde hyre týde I give leave to the monks to ring their hours, Chart. Th. 437, 13

lyffettan

(v.)
Grammar
lyffettan, p. te

To flatter

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To flatter, pay court to Ic lyffytte adulor, Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 26, 63. Ða byrþeras ðe hine byrgenne feredon synd ólæcunga lyffetyndra geférena the bearers who carried him to the grave are the blandishments of flattering companions, Homl.

Linked entry: liffettan

lyften

(adj.)
Grammar
lyften, adj.

Aerialairy

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Hí sind genumene lyftente heofenan ná rodorlícre they [Epoch and Elijah] are taken to the aërial heaven, not to the etherial heaven, Homl. Th. i. 308, 3. Lyftene gnættas the gnats of the air, Hexam. 17; Norm. 24, 30

temprian

(v.)
Grammar
temprian, p. ode, ede.
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to mix in due proportion, to mingle Ic temprede (potum meum cum fletu) temperabam, Blickl. Gl. to temper, regulate, moderate Seó sunne gǽþ geond stówa and tempraþ ða eorðlícan wæstmas ǽgðer ge on wæstme ge on rípunge, Lchdm. iii. 250, 17.

trog-scip

(n.)
Grammar
trog-scip, es; n.
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The Latin words which it translates are littoraria and tonsilla; the ordinary meaning of the latter is, a sharp-pointed pole stuck in the ground to fasten vessels to the shore, so perhaps trogscip means a boat fastened to the shore, to which another was

un-brygd

(n.)
Grammar
un-brygd, (?), es; m.

A not unfair turnfair dealing

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Swá ic hit hæbbe, swá hit se sealde, ðe syllanne áhte, unbrýde and unforboden, and ic hit ágnian wille ǽgenre ǽhte so I have it, as he gave it, who had the right to give, without fraud and unforbidden, and I mean to possess it as my own property

ealu-gafol

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Sylle se gebúr .vi. penegas ofer Éstre, healfne sester hunies Hláfmæssan, .vi. systres mealtes Martines mæsse, iii. 451, 6. See also Seebohm, Vill. Comm. p. 157

flíman

(v.)

to rontto banishexile

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to put to flight. Take here flýman in Dict., and add Fugat flícþ, aufert flýmþ, Wülck. Gl. 244, 27. to ront Seó ród nú on middangearde áwergde gástas flémeþ, Bl. H. 91, 25. to banish, exile Ealdbriht wrecca gewát . . .

geat-weard

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þæs mynstres geate sý geatweard geset . . . Se geatweard (porterius ) sceal cýtan habban wið þæt geat, R. Ben. 126, 14-19. Heó becóm þám mynstre . . . þá eóde se geatweard þám abbode, and cwæð him : ' Fæder, hér is cumen . . . ' Hml.

ge-þynnian

(v.)
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Add: to make or to become thin (of a person) Hé ne oncneów hí ná, for þám heó wæs swíðe geþynnod, Hml. S. 33, 236. to lessen, diminish, wither Smyre mid gáte geallan, ealle þá nebcorn hé áclǽnsað and ealne þone wom hé geðynnað, Lch. i. 348, 26.

ge-syrwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-syrwan, p. -syrede; pp. -syrwed.

armourto armwilya wilehaving beliefto plotmachinate

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[v. searu armour] to arm Eode ða gesyrwed secg to ðam eorle then went an armed man to the earl, Byrht. Th. 136, 30; By. 159.

Linked entry: ge-sirwan

ge-mótian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mótian, p. ode.
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or if people want to upset every law that king Alfred made, when have our meetings and discussions been to any purpose ?, Cht. Th. 172, 4-10

Linked entry: mótian

ge-costian

(v.)
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R. 9, 49 (1 a) to try with inducements to evil, to tempt :-- ꝥte hé woere gecostad ł gecunned (temtaretur ) from diáble, Mt. L. 4, 1. Gecosted (-ad, R.), Lk. L. 4, 2: Rtl. 91, 7.

á-sleán

to strike offremove by a stroketo strike make a mark(cut) by a stroketo strike with the handto strike with a hammer:--to strikeparalyseto strike out a pathmake way

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Voc. ii. 12, 42. of paralysis, to strike, paralyse Lǽcedóm wiþ áslegenum líce, Lch. ii. 12, 17: 126, 12, 14, 18. to strike out a path, make way Se bryne ðe on ðǽm innoðe bið út áslihð ðǽre hýde, Past. 71, 6

Linked entry: on-áslagen

á-tellan

to countnumbercomputeto enumerateto tellrelaterecountto reckonrepute

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Earfoðlic is átellanne seó gedrecednes, Chr. 1056;P. 186, 32. to reckon, repute Bið áteled reputatur, Rtl. 100, 35

strengu

(n.)
Grammar
strengu, (o); indecl.: streng, e; f.
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MSS.) strange abstinentiae robore validi, Past. 5, l; Swt. 41, 14. virtue Sint manianne ða mettruman ðsem ðæt hié gehealden ða strenge ðære geðylde admonendi sunt aegri, quatenus patientiae virtutem servent, 36, 9; Swt. 261, 2

Linked entry: streng

agén-sendan

(v.)
Grammar
agén-sendan, p. -sende

To send againsend backremittere

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To send again, send back; remittere He hine agén-sende to Herode remisit eum ad Herodem, Lk. Bos. 23, 7: 23, 11

Badecan wylle

(n.)
Grammar
Badecan wylle, an; f. [Badec's well: Flor. A.D. 1114, Badecanwella]

BAKEWELL, Derbyshire

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BAKEWELL, Derbyshire Fór on Peac-lond to Badecan wyllan [MS. wiellon] went into the Peak to Bakewell, Chr. 924; Erl. 110, 12

deáf-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
deáf-líc, adj. [deáf = défe fitting, proper]

Suitable, fitting, properconveniens

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Suitable, fitting, proper; conveniens Deáflíc to gehírenne on heálícum gemóte fitting to be heard at a public assembly, Ælfc. T. 15, 4