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yfel

(n.)
Grammar
yfel, es; n.
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Hé ðæs yfeles geswíce, Hy. 2, 8: Met. 9, 52, Forðhealde tó yfele in malum prona, Gen. 8, 21: Hy. 7, 113. For rihtwísnysse hé sceal habban andan tó hira yfele, Past. 12; S. 75, 14. Beó nú on yfele, noldæs ǽr teala, Cd. Th. 310, 26; Sat. 733.

Linked entries: efel eofel

ge-weorþian

(v.)
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Hé þone healsbeáh Hygde gesealde . . . hyre wæs æfter beáhþege breóst geweorðod, B. 2176. Wǽrþú gewurtfod for þæs eágum þe þé æsca tír forgeaf (cf. benedictus Abram Deo excélso.

rǽran

(v.)
Grammar
rǽran, p. de
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Ðonne rǽre man cyninges munde, ðæt is ðæt ealle ðam sémende syllan ðæt cyninges mund stande, L. E. G. 13; Th. i. 174, 20. Se ðe unlage rǽre oððe undóm gedéme, L. C. S. 15; Th. i. 384, 9.

Linked entry: hebban

flítan

to striveto striveto strivequarrelsomecontentiousto disputearguelay blame on

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fliton exercebantur (adversum me; cf. me wiðerwearde wǽron ealle, Ps. Th. 68, 13), Bl. Gl.

FRETAN

(v.)
Grammar
FRETAN, ic frete, ðú fritest, fritst, he freteþ, friteþ, fritt, fryt, pl. fretaþ; p. ic, he fræt, ðú frǽte. pl. frǽton; pp. freten [for-, etan to eat?].

to eat upgnawFRETdevourconsumedevŏrāreconsūmĕrecomĕdĕreto breakburstfrangĕrerumpĕre

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Swá hwylcne man swá gefóþ fretaþ hí hine quoscunque capiunt comedunt, Nar. 36, 4. Freotas devorant, Mk. Skt. Rush. 12, 40. to break, burst; frangĕre. rumpĕre Heó wǽre frǽton they brake their covenant, Cd. 149; Th. 187, 7; Exod. 147

Linked entry: gefrett

FRIÐIAN

(v.)
Grammar
FRIÐIAN, freoðian; p. ode; pp. od; v. a. [friþ peace] .

to keep the peacetowards, make peaceto protectdefendkeeppācĭfĭcāre protĕgĕretuēri

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Angunnon hergian ða ðe friðian sceoldan they began to pillage those whom they ought to have protected, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 79, 1. Ne fúl náwar friðian ne feormian that they shall not protect nor harbour a guilty one anywhere, L.

Linked entry: freoðian

mægþ

(n.)
Grammar
mægþ, <b>, mægeþ;</b> without inflection in the sing. and in the n. ac. pl., f.

A maidvirgingirlmaidenwoman

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On fǽmnan, mægeþ unmǽle, 18 b; Th. 45, 18; Cri. 721: 122 b; Th. 470, 14; Hy. 11, 16. Þa torhtan mægþ ( Judith ), Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 1; Jud. 35. Mægþ scýne maiden fair, Beo. Th. 6025; B. 3016. Ofer mægþ giunge, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 134; Met. 26, 67.

Linked entry: mægeþ

myntan

(v.)
Grammar
myntan, p. te.

to meanintendpurposedetermineto thinksuppose

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Heó hí mynte for tó abbudissan gesettan abbatissam eam pro se facere disposuerat, Bd. 5, 3; 616, 19. Hé mynte hine sleán, Blickl. Homl. 223, 7, 9, 11, 16. Hé mynte mid his discipulum tó his mynstre féran, 225, 11 : Beo. Th. 1428; B. 712.

rǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
rǽcan, p. rǽhte.
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Ðǽr ( in hell) leomu rǽcaþ (stretch forth ) tó bindenne, Exon. Th. 99, 8; Cri. 1621. Eall ða weoruldgód hé gefeónde þearfum rǽhte and sealde cuncta pauperibus erogare gaudebat, Bd. 3, 5; S. 526, 26. Hé hláf bræc and him rǽhte, Lk. Skt. 24, 30.

Linked entry: a-rǽcan

reáfian

(v.)
Grammar
reáfian, p. ode.
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hergiaþ and heáwaþ, rýpaþ and reáfiaþ and tó scipe lǽdaþ, Wulfst. 163, 12. Rib reáfiaþ réðe wyrmas, Soul. Kmbl. 220; Seel. 113. Ic reáfode beám and ða blǽda æt, Cd. Th. 55, 28; Gen. 901. Ðonne man his hús reáfige ( diripiet ), Mk. Skt. 3, 27.

ge-lǽran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lǽran, ic -lǽre, ðú -lǽrest, -lǽrst, he -lǽreþ, -lǽrþ, pl. -lǽraþ; p. -lǽrde; pp. -lǽred, -lǽrd

To teacheducateinstructadvisepersuadeinducedŏcēreerŭdīrepersuādēre

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He gelǽrde ealle Crécas ðæt Alexandre wiðsócon he persuaded all the Greeks to strive against Alexander, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 64, 6 : Cd. 222; Th. 290, 10; Sat. 413 : Th. Apol. 10, 18.

Linked entry: ge-lǽred

á-lífan

(v.)
Grammar
á-lífan, (-lýfan, q. v.
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Ús þín ríce álýf, Hy. 7, 28. Ðæt mé unne God écean dreámes, líf álýfe, 4, 33. Noldan him þá londleóde þæt fæsten áliéfan, Ors. 5, 11; S. 238, 7. Hé wuda and wætres nyttað, þonne him bið wíc álýfed, Gn. Ex. 110. Þæs áléfdan indulte, Wrt.

Linked entries: a-léfan á-lýfan

bodung

annunciationdeclarationtestimonyinterpretationrecitingrehearsingpreaching

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Ben. 71, 5. boastful assertion (cf. bodian, III) : þæt dígle þing beón scolde, tó sige, þæt is tó bodunge and tó getotes gylpe gewyrcaþ, R.

ge-dwimor

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Feor áweg gewítan swefna and nihta gedwymeru (faniasmata), Hy. S. II, 31. Tunglera gedwimeru Chaldeorum fantasmata, An. Ox. 3269. delusion, deception Sume swefna beóð of deófle tó sumum swicdóme . . . ac his gedwimor ne mæg derian þám gódum, Hml.

herigend-lic

praiseworthyapprobationexcellent

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S. 23 b, I. having qualities that deserve praise, excellent: Ðeós wyrt is tó þám herigendlic ꝥ man wið gewune drenceas gemencgeað, Lch. i. 172, 6. that expresses praise, that praises Heriendlic fauorabile, i. laudabile (praeconium), An.

sécan

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fæsten lufiað . and gebedu sécað, Gú. 781. Secge wé . . . ꝥ þá beón fordóne þe ðæne drýcræft sécað, Hml. S. 17, 113. Ðú symle furðor feohtan sóhtest, Vald. 1. 18. Add Hié Læcedemonie mid gefeohte sóhton, Ors. 3, 1; S. 98, 11.

CNYSSAN

(v.)
Grammar
CNYSSAN, cnysan; part. cnyssende; p. cnyssede, cnysede, cnysde, cnyste; pp. cnyssed

To presstroubletossstrikedashbeatovercome; premeretribularepulsarecontunderevincere

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Ne lǽt úsic costunga cnyssan tó swíðe let not temptations trouble us too much Exon. 122a; Th. 469, 7; Hy. 5, 9. Me costunge [MS. costunce] cnyssaþ trials trouble me Ps. Th. 63, 1: Exon. 81b; Th. 308, 2; Seef. 33.

Linked entries: a-cnyssan cnyss

hyngrian

(v.)
Grammar
hyngrian, hyngran; p. ode, ede

To hunger

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Ðá ongan hyne syððan hingrian postea esuriit, 4, 2

Linked entries: hungrian hingrian

be-standan

(v.)
Grammar
be-standan, p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen

To stand by or near, to stand around, surround, to stand on or upon, occupy, detainadstare, circumstare, circumdare, detinere

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Ðá bestódon ða Iudeas hyne útan circumdederunt ergo eum Judæi, Jn. Bos. 10, 24: Byrht. Th. 133, 51; By. 68. Ahrede me æt ðám ðe me habbaþ útan bestanden redime me a circumdantibus me, Ps. Th. 31, 8.

Linked entry: be-stód

sýl

(n.)
Grammar
sýl, e; f.
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Ðære méder wæs on slǽpe ætýwed . . . ðæt hyre man stunge áne sýle on ðone bósum, 149, 2. Ercoles sýla Herculis columnae, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 26. Ðæt feoh ðe hié wiþ ðám sýlum sellan woldon, 4, 12; Swt. 210, 4.