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be-lúcan

(v.)
Grammar
be-lúcan, he -lýcþ; p. -leác, pl. -lucon; pp. -locen; v. trans. [be, lúcan to lock]

To lock upinclosesurroundshutshut upconcludererecludereincluderecircumcludereamplectiobserareclaudere

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Ðá hét he hine gebringan on carcerne and ðǽr inne belúcan he gave an order to take him to prison and therein lock him up Bt. 1; Fox 2, 26 : Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 81, 40 : Gen. 41, 49 : Ps. Spl. C. T. 16, 11.

a-beþecian

(v.)
Grammar
a-beþecian, subj. ðú abeþecige; p. ode; pp. od [be, þeccan to cover]

To uncoverdetectfind hiddento discoverdisclosedetegere

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To uncover, detect, find hidden, to discover, disclose; detegere Búton ðú hit forstele oððe abeþecige unless thou steal it, or find (it) hid, Bt. 32, 1; Fox 114, 9

æðel-duguþ

(n.)
Grammar
æðel-duguþ, e; f.

A noble attendancecomitatus nobilis

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A noble attendance; comitatus nobilis Hine ymbútan æðelduguþ, eádig engla gedryht around him a noble attendance, a blessed train of angels, Exon. 22 b; Th. 62, 36; Cri. 1012

under-etan

(v.)

to eat away belowto sapsubedere

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to eat away below, to sap; subedere Ðæt mennisce mód bið undereten and áweged of his stede ðonne hit se wind strongra geswinca ástyroþ, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 17

leáslíce

(adv.)
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Hié ná leng ne beheóldon þá lígeas þæ se ealda feónd leaslíce gehíwode þurh his scíncræft ut flammas quas antiquus hostis finxerat non viderent Gr. D. 124, 16. Add

be-tweonum

(prep.)
Grammar
be-tweonum, be-tweonan, be-twinum, be-twinan, be-twynan, bi-tweon, bi-tweonum; prep. I. dat. II. acc. [be, bi by, with, tweo two; dat. tweonum, twinum, tweon, twin, twyn]

BETWEEN, betwixt, among, amid, in the midstinter, in medio

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Kmbl. 2412; El. 1207. sometimes betweonum follows its case, or is separated from it Ðá gewearþ him betweonum they then agreed between themselves, Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 126, 24.

hyht

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Ðæt heora hiht ne besetton on ðám swicelum welum, Hml. Th. ii. 326, 35. Ic in mínne fæder hyht staðelie, Jul. 437 : El. 798. Ðá ðe hiht on hine habbað fæste, Ps. Th. 129, 7: 143, 3.

irfe

(n.)
Grammar
irfe, ierfe, yrfe, es; n.

Inheritanceproperty

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Þolige his wǽpna and his ierfes let him forfeit his weapons and his property, L. Alf. pol. 1; Th. i. 60, 14. Gif hwá gefeohte on cyninges húse síe hé scyldig ealles his ierfes, L. In. 6 ; Th. i. 106, 3.

freónd-laðu

(n.)
Grammar
freónd-laðu, e; f.

A friendly invitationinvītātio fămĭliāris

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A friendly invitation; invītātio fămĭliāris Him wæs freóndlaðu bewægned a friendly invitation was offered him, Beo. Th. 2389; B. 1192

Linked entry: laðu

be-wægnan

(v.)
Grammar
be-wægnan, p. de; pp. ed

To offerofferre

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To offer; offerre Him wæs freónd-laðu bewægned a friendly invitation was offered to him, Beo. Th. 2390; B. 1193

Linked entry: wægnan

weorold-geflit

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-geflit, es; n.
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A secular dispute Gif him þince ðæt hé æt woruldgeflitum sí, ðæt tácnaþ him ádl tówerd. Lchdm. iii. 174, 19

healf-slǽpende

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-slǽpende, adj.

Half asleep

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Half asleep Ætýwde him gamalielus gást healfslǽpendum the spirit of Gamaliel appeared to him when half asleep, Shrn. 113, 5

sǽtere

(n.)
Grammar
sǽtere, es; m.

a robber latroinsidiator, seductor

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Ðonne cymþ se lytega sǽtere (seductor) tó ðæm sláwan móde, and áteleþ him eall ðæt hé ǽr tó góde gedyde, 65, 2; Swt. 463, 12. sendon séteras (insidiatores) ðætte genómo hine on word, Lk. Skt. Lind. 20, 20

Linked entry: sétere

ge-sittan

(v.)
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Hié wilnedon tó himhié mósten on his ríce mid friðe gesittan, 6, 34; S. 290, 21.

DREPAN

(v.)
Grammar
DREPAN, ic drepe, ðú drepest, dripest, dripst, he, drepeþ, dripeþ, dripþ, pl. drepaþ; p. ic, he drep, dræp, ðú drǽpe, pl. drǽpon; pp. drepen, dropen

To strike percŭtĕre

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Wæs him feorh dropen his life was stricken, Beo. Th. 5955, note; B. 2981

fultumend

(n.)
Grammar
fultumend, fultumiend, es; m. [fultumende, fultumiende, part. of fultuman, fultumian]

A helperassistantco-operatoradjūtorco-ŏpĕrātor

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Ðonne biþ eádig ðe him ǽror wæs Iacobes God geára fultumiend beātus, cūjus Deus Iacob adjūtor ejus, Ps. Th. 145, 4: 70, 3: Ps. Lamb. 70, 7: Bd. pref; S. 471, 22

mid-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
mid-wyrhta, an; m.

One who works with othersa co-operator

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One who works with others, a co-operator On ðæt gerád ðæt hé wǽre his midwyrhta ǽgðer ge on sǽ ge on lande on the condition that he would co-operate with him by sea and by land, Chr. 945; Erl. 116, 31: Past. 38, 8; Swt. 279, 25.

weorþfulness

(n.)
Grammar
weorþfulness, e; f.
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Nobleness, magnificence Gesceáwode se án engel ðe ðǽr ǽnlícost wæs, hú fæger hé silf wæs, and hú scínende on wuldre, and him wel gelícode his wurðfulniss, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 34.

bisceop-sunu

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-sunu, a; m.
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Gif hit biscepsunu sié, Ll. Th. i. 150, 20 (cf. In baptismate et confirmatione unus potest esse pater, ii. 58, § 22). Hé (pope Leo) hiene (Alfred) him tó biscepsuna nam (cf.

drý-man

(n.)
Grammar
drý-man, drý-mann, es; m.
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Antecríst hæfð mid him drýmen, Wlfst. 194, 17; Hml. Th. ii. 472, 14