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séfte

(adj.)
Grammar
séfte, adj. Soft
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</b> in a bad sense, luxurious, voluptuous, effeminate :-- Ðý ne sceolde nán wís man wilnian séftes lífes gif hé ǽnigra cræfta récþ neque enim vos in provectu positi virtutis, diffluere deliciis, et emarcescere voluptate venistis, Bt. 40, 3 ; Fox

Linked entry: sófte

scír-mann

(n.)
Grammar
scír-mann, (scíre-, scíres-), es; m.
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Gif hwá him ryhtes bidde beforan hwelcum scírmen oððe óðrum déman, L. In. 8; Th. i. 106, 21

swǽman

(v.)
Grammar
swǽman, p. de
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Se sceocca sceall áswǽman æt ús, gif wé ánrǽde beóþ on úrum geleáfan, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 203

Linked entry: á-swǽman

treówþ

(n.)
Grammar
treówþ, triéwþ, trýwþ, e; f.
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Gif gé míne treówða gehealdaþ si eustodieritis pactum meum, 19, 5

Linked entry: trýwþ

trumness

(n.)
Grammar
trumness, e; f.
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clericas nyton hwæt byþ quadrans, ac wé willaþ his mihta and his trumnysse hér geswutelian, Anglia viii. 306, 28. health Ða truman sint tó manianne ðæt hié gewilnigen mid ðæs lícuman trumnesse ðæt him ne losige sió hǽlo ð æs módes ðý læs him ðý wirs sié gif

á-rásian

(v.)
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Gif hwilc man forstolen þingc hám tó his cotan bringe and he árásod wurðe, 418, 18. Arásad interceptum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 79.

Linked entry: rásian

bídan

to waitremainto awaitexperience

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Bídendum prestulanti (eventus rerum), 75, 62. to attain by waiting, experience (with gen. ) Hwæt gif ic bíde merigenes what if I live to see the morning, Hml. S. 3, 584. þú scealt deáðes bídan, Gen. 922

be-tellan

exculpateexcuse

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Gewende hé tó Róme, þæt hé hine betealde, gif hé mihte. Þa betealde hé hine sweðe geáplíce, Hml. Th. i. 80, 9. Hí hí sylfe earhlíce betealdon, Hml. S. 23, 308. Se Hǽlend nolde hine betellan, ðeáh ðe hé unscyldig wǽre, Hml.

feorh

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On þám teóþan mónþe ꝥ wíf ne gedígð hyre feore (will not escape with life), gif ꝥ bearn ácenned ne biþ, Lch. iii. 146, 22. Ǽlc crísten mann sceolde be his ágenum feore (under pain of death) þám Hǽlende wiðsacan, Hml. S. 11, 6.

ge-þreágean

Grammar
ge-þreágean, ge-þreán, and (?) <b>ge-þreawian</b> (v. ge-þréwud [é = eá. Cf. bréd = breád, 72] incita ( =incitata (?)), Germ. 390, 82 (but with the remark 'b aus þ').
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Gif ðǽr sié gierd mid tó ðreágeanne est virga districtionis ... Si est virga districtionis, quae feriat, Past. 124, 22. Ðætte eft sién hira scylða geðreáde mid ðám ðæt wé hié tǽlen culpa increpata castigat, 211, 20.

Linked entry: ge-þréwud

ge-brocian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brocian, p. ode ; pp. od.
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Cf. ge-broc, Gif widobáne gebroced weorðeð, Ll. Th. i. 16, 6. to afflict, distress, trouble, vex.

Linked entry: brócian

fultum

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Gif þás fultumas ( remedies ) ne sýn helpe, Lch. ii. 262, 15. in a personal sense. of a single person Wæs God heora fǽle fultum ( adjutor ), Ps. Th. 77, 34.

ge-clǽnsian

(v.)
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Gif man esne tihte, his dryhten hine his áne áðe geclǽnsie (-clénsige, 12), Ll. Th. i. 42, 7. Geswicne (geclénsie, v.l. ) sé hine, 110, 16: 112, 3: 134, 12. Búton hé hine mid fulre láde wið mé geclǽnsian mæge, Cht.

reáfian

(v.)
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Gif hwylc man reáfige óðerne æt his dehter si homo quis alterum filia sua spoliaverit, Ll. Th. ii. 208, 7. 2.

ús

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ús, dat.: ús, úsic; acc.: úser, usser; gen.; pron. pl. first person.

To ususof usour

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Gif ðú ús (úsig, Lind. úsic, Rush.) út ádrífst, ásende ús (úsig, Lind. úsic, Rush.) on ðás swína heorde, 8, 31. Hé ús álésde of deófles þeówdóme, Blickl. Homl. 73, 7: Cd. Th. 25, 8; Gen. 390: Andr. Kmbl. 530; An. 265. Úsic, Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 10: Ps.

Linked entries: úre úsic

HEÁWAN

(v.)
Grammar
HEÁWAN, p. heów, pl. heówon; pp. heáwen

To HEW, cut, strike, smite

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To HEW, cut, strike, smite [with a sharp weapon] Gif mon óðres wudu heáweþ unáliéfedne if a man cut another's wood without leave, L. Alf. pol. 12; Th. i. 70, 4.

brócian

(v.)
Grammar
brócian, part. brócigende; ic brócie, ðú brócast, he brócaþ, pl. bróciaþ; p. ode; pp. ge-brócod; v. a. [bróc
affliction
]

afflictionTo oppress, vex, afflict, break up, injure, blameopprimere, vexare, affligere, confringere, nocere, accusare

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Gif ðé mon brócie for rihtre scylde, geþola hit wel if a man blame thee for a just cause, bear it well, Prov. Kmbl. 45

winestra

(adj.)
Grammar
winestra, adj.

Left

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Gif ðú færst tó ðære winstran hælfe, ic healde ða swíðran healfe, Gen. 13, 9. On his wynsteran (wynstran, v. l.: on ða winstran healfe, Rush.: of winstrum, Lind., a sinistris) healfe, Mt. Kmbl. 25, 33. On ða winstran hond, Exon.

Linked entries: wynstra winstre

beátan

(v.)

to beat with (mid)to beat onTo beat on

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Gif man hiné beáte, Ll. Th. i. 348, 5. Þone þe þé beáton sceolde, Hml. S. 4, 148. Sí beáten pulsetur, Angl. xiii. 390, 357. where the instrument is given, to beat with (mid):-- Ic mid fýste breóst míne beáte, Dóm. L. 30.

ge-met

(adj.)
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Gif þú ofer gemet ( to excess) itst, 14. Hé wæs ofer eall gemett stearc, Chr. 1086; P. 219, 23. VII a. measure in Biblical phrases :-- Ne sylþ God þone gást be gemete (tó gemet ad mensuram, L. ), Jn. 3, 34.