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for-spillan

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Add: to destroy Land áwéstað and burga forbærnað anð ǽhta forspillað, Wlfst, 133, 10. Forspil disperde eos, Ps. Rdr. 53, 7. ic forspille (disperderem ) of ceastre ealle, Ps. Srt. 100, 9.

herigend-lic

praiseworthyapprobationexcellent

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Add: praiseworthy, deserving praise or approbation Hergendlic probabilis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 31. Ic wolde beón gehered þeáh ðe ic herigendlic nǽre, Angl. xi. 113, 49.

medume

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Add:, me(o)dum. add: small, little. of amount cómon ǽrest mid medemum fultume, ac siððan wiston hit þǽr besúðan wæs, þá . . . léton beódan mycele fyrde, Chr. 1052; P. 175, 17. of quality, status, &c.

sécan

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3. add: Hiǽ sóhtum ł soecað ðec stǽnenna quaerebant te lapidare, Jn. R. L. 8, 11. 3 a. with prep., to seek after, try to provide for Séc(e) man on cwicum ceápe ymbe mínre sáwle þearfe, swá hit beón mæge, and swá hit eác gerysne , C.

á-settan

(v.)

to setputmove an object to a place To move one's selftransport one's self:-- to set place buildto put inoutof an officeto lay, impose punishment,to set propose a riddle,to oppress

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Add: to set, put, move an object to a place Ðú on ásets conseres, Kent. Gl. 948. Heó hire fót ásétte, Gen. 8, 9. Ásete on háte sunnan, Lch. ii. 352, 9. Ásete;tte þone líchoman þǽre byrgenne, Bl. H. 147, 31. intrans.

ge-mána

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Add: — Gemánan consortio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 31 : commertio, 24, 6. þǽm gemánan ad copulam, 17.

ge-réfa

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Geréfa, i. 18, 43 : 60, 31: curator, 57, 39 : prepositus, 72, 67 : preses, ii. 66, 51: coors (cf. coors þreat (a gloss to Jn. 18, 12 cohors et tribunus; so that perhaps it is tribunus not coors to which gerefa belongs), 21, 28.

on-gitan

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Ðæt mód ne mæg ongietan ðá tóweardan yfelo imminentia mala non prospicit, 431, 20. add: to be sensible of Ic ne ongyte náne trimðe ne on móde ne on líchaman, Solil. H. 49, 3.

lah-mann

(n.)
Grammar
lah-mann, es; m.
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Let them forfeit all they own if they declare wrong; or clear themselves [on the ground] that they knew no better, L. O. D. 3; Th. i. 354, 9. In L. Ed.

gifeðe

(adj.)
Grammar
gifeðe, gyfeðe; adj.

Givengranted [by fate]datusconcessus

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Given, granted [by fate]; datus, concessus Gief ðæt biþ him gifeðe if that be granted him, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 50, 2: Th. Chart. 470, 1: 472, 3.

searwian

(v.)
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searwian, p. ode
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Gif preóst searwaþ be winde, gebéte ðæt if a priest do not conduct an ordeal rightly, let him make 'bót.' If a priest uses deceit in respect to the wrapping up of the hand or arm exposed to the ordeal, let him make 'bót,' L. N. P.

Seax-

(prefix)
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in proper names Sigeferþ Seaxing, Seaxa Sledding ( in a list of East Saxon kings ), Txts. 179, 23. Cf. Icel. Járn-Saxa = iron-chopper, the name of an ogress in the Edda. Ðá féng Eást-Seaxna ríce Swíþhelm Seaxbaldes suna, Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 42.

á-forhtian

(v.)
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Add: intrans. To become afraid Ic andette ic áforhtade, Hml. A. 204, 302. Heó þá áforhtode, Hml. S. 30, 347. (l a) with cause given :-- áforhtode for hire béne, Gr. D. 17, 23.

Linked entry: on-forhtian

á-fýlan

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Ðæt ðæt mid hreówsunga geclǽnsode eft áfýlde, Past. 421, 9. Þæt ǽnig ne áfýle mid fúlan forligere hine sylfne, Wlfst. 69, 14. Áfýlan polluere , Germ. 401, 35. On gefeohte handa áfýlan, Hml. Th. ii. 502, 7: Hml. S. 25, 858: 32, 86.

and-weorc

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Andweorc wealle cimentum, Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 27. Ár bið hlúdre ðonne ǽnig óðer andweorc (ond-, v. l.) aes amplius metallis ceteris sonitum reddit, Past. 266, 24. Anweorces (-wurces, Hpt. Gl. 441, 21) materiae, An. Ox. 1484.

be-héfe

(adj.)
Grammar
be-héfe, adj.
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Add: useful, needful Behéfe ( utilis ) ic eom eal-lum folce, Coll. M. 26, 25. Cræft behéfe and neódþearf ars utilis et necessaria, 27, 27: 18, 16. Sibling þé swá behéfe swá ðín hand, Hml. Th. i. 516, 15.

cwilmian

(v.)
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See cwylmian in Dict., and add: intrans. To suffer torment cwylmiað on écum fýre, Hml. Th. i. 132, 16, 22. sceal beón cwylmiende mid deófle, Angl. viii. 337, 9. Ðá sceaðan ðágyt cwylmigende cuce hangodon, Hml. Th. ii. 260, 8: i. 334, 6.

drý

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Add: gen. drýes, dat. drýe, dat. pl. drým Þá Iudéas þone Hǽlend genámon ... and sǽdon drý wǽre, Nic. 19, 40. Nectanebases þæs drýs, Ors. 3, 9; S. 126, 25. wearð álýsed frám þæs drýes bendum ... and arn bysmrigende þæs drýes yfeldǽdum, Hml.

eág-þyrl

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Voc. i. 81, 10. Næs duru ontýned, ne eáhþyrl geopened, Shrn. 99, 7. Heofones eáhþerl, Hy. S. 76, 7. Æt ðǽm éhðyrle, Hml. Th. ii. 178, 29: 184, 27. On ánum égðyrle, Hml. S. 31, 1126.

ge-hírness

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Take here <b>ge-hýrnes</b> in Dict. and add: the sense of hearing Sefa sensus, gesihþ visus, gehírnes auditus Wrt. Voc. i. 282, 30: ii. 7, 77. Gehérnes, Bt. 41, 4; F. 252, 6.