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ge-lǽran

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H. 173, 20. with pronoun and clause in apposition Mé þæt gelǽrdon leóde míne . . . þæt ic þé sóhte, B. 415. to accept a doctrine, counsel, &c. Gelǽrde unc se atola . . . þæt wit blǽd áhton, Sat. 413

ginian

(v.)
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Þǽr geonode (gynude, v. l.) inþǽre hracan swylce þǽr hwylc seáð wǽre quasi quoddam barathrum patebat in gutture, 241, 12. Hú Marcus Curtius besceát on þá genigendan (gyniendan, v. l. ) eorþan, Ors. 3, 3, tit.; S. 2, 32

búr

(n.)
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búr, es; m. (not n.).
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Geáscode hé þone cyning on wífcýþþe on Merantúne, and hine þǽr berád, and þone búr útan beeóde, Chr. 755; P. 46, 30

ge-limp

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Ox. 2165. in a technical sense, accident Pronomen hæfð syx accidentia, þæt synd syx gelimp, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 92, 8 : 242, 15

ge-edlǽcan

(v.)
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Þæt fers sý geedlǽht, R. Ben. 60, 6. Wund geedléht uulnus iteratum, Scint. 48, 18. Sealmas beón geedleehte (repetantur), R. Ben. I. 51, 3. <b>Ia.

diht

(n.)
Grammar
diht, es; m.
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Dómas and dihtas rihte man geornlíce, þæt leód and lagu trumlíce stande, Wlfst. 74, 8

on-sendan

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Þæt him folca weard onsende wíse geþóhtas, Crä. 21. Ðætte him wæs onsended mid tô diélgianne hira synna quod acceperant, ut possent delere peccata, Past. 429, 15. Add Þâ þe hine forð onsendon ofer ŷðe, B. 45. <b>IIa.

heofon-ríce

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On þá dúne þe Dryhten ǽr áhangen wæs, heofonríces weard, El. 718. heaven as the abode of beatified spirits Þuacute; ús lǽrdest ꝥ wé ongeátan þæt ðæt ys úre ágen . . . þæt ys þæt heofonríce, Solil. H. 8, 1.

girnan

(v.)
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Þæs leánes þe heó lange gyrnde, Jud. 347. Diórwyrþra hrægla hí ne girndan, Bt. 15; F. 48, 5. Gyrnan þæs écean geférscipes, Bl. H. 197, 16. Gif hí on écnesse nǽren, ðonne nǽre hiora swá swíðe tó girnanne, Bt. 34, 9; F. 146, 25. <b>I a.

be-healdan

(v.)
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H. 39, 4. to hold, keep, maintain Hí mé onhwyrfdon of þǽre gecynde þe ic ǽr cwic beheóld, Rä. 72, 4.

on

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on, Add: <b>A. I.</b> 5 ¶
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On þæs arcebisceopes geméde, Cht. Th. 355, 23. Gif hé hine on bismor tó homolan bescíre, Ll. Th. i. 84, 5.

hetelíce

(adv.)

violentlyfuriouslyfiercelymalignantlywith ill-will

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Add: of action or motion, violently, furiously, fiercely Hét hé him his seax árǽcan . . . and hine sylfne hetelíce ðýde, þæt him on ácwehte, Hml. Th. i. 88, 10: Hml. S. 15, 24. Þá Engliscan hí hindan hetelíce slógon, Chr. 1066; P. 199, 15.

faran

to traveljourneyto marchto goto godepartto gomoveto goflyto cometo pass awaydepartto go onpractisehappenturn out

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Þǽr þú þínes fæder éþele fóre of, ðá ðú ðíne fæstrǽdnesse forléte, Bt. 5, 1; F. 8, 30. Of þǽm wege þe wit getiohhod habbaþ on tó farenne, 40, 5; F. 240, 19.

Linked entry: farnian

á-líþran

(v.)
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to lather Dó þǽron ealdre sápan cucler fulne . . . on niht álýþre, Lch. ii. 76, 13. v. á-léþran in Dict

Linked entries: a-ledran á-lýþran

leán

(v.)
Grammar
leán, p. lóg [a weak form also occurs (cf. Icel.) Se ðe wolde leógan oftost on his wordon, ealle hine leádan, ða ðe God lufedan,
  • Wulfst. 168, 17
  • .]

To blamereproachdisapprovescorn

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To blame, reproach, find fault with, disapprove, scorn Ne leá ic ðé ná ðæt ðú ǽgðer lufige I blame thee not for loving either, Shrn. 197, 2. Hý nǽfre man lyhþ se ðe secgan wile sóð æfter rihte a man that will rightly tell the truth will never blame them

for-specan

(v.)
Grammar
for-specan, for-sprecan; p. -sp[r]æc, pl. -sp[r]ǽcon; pp. -sp[r]ecen.
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to speak against, speak ill of, denounce Forsprecað hí foran tó ðisum folce, þæt 'swá hraðe swá hí becumað tó ðyssere byrig, gehseftað hí,' Hml. Th. ii. 494, 10.

ǽ-þrot

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-þrot, es; n.
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Hí heora tída singaþ oþ þæs sealmsanges ende bútan ǽþrote þurhwuniende, R. Ben. 138, 2. Ǽþrotu fastidia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 48. Gelǽrede ǽþrotu docta fastidia (-gia, MS.), 141, 69

Linked entries: -þrot á-þrotsum

be-heáfdung

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Lǽded tó þǽre beheáf-dunge, 72, 34. Ðá áræfnode hé þá beheáfdunge, 129, II. Underfón hé beheáfdunge, Hml. Th. i. 420, 7. Beheáfdunge underhnígan capitalem sententiam subire, An. Ox. 3042

burna

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On þone burnan þe scýt tó culan fenne, andlang þæs burnan, ... andlang heges þe scýt of þám burnan, C.D. iii. 458, 7-10. v. cweorn-, winter-burna. Add

burg-man

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burg-man, (burh-).
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Hí wendon him tó þǽre burge ( Dover ) weard and ofslógon má þanne .xx. manna, and þá burhmen ofslógon .xix. men on óðre healfe, Chr. 1048; P. 173, 4. Lǽde hine sum ealdormann hine geond þás burh and secge þám burhmannum, Hml. A. 99, 235. Add