wiþ-teón
to withdraw ⬩ draw back ⬩ to draw back ⬩ restrain ⬩ to draw away ⬩ to draw to
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Grammar wiþ-teón, with acc. to withdraw, draw back Swá micel swá seó sǽ heó mǽst wiðteóhð as far as ever the sea withdraws itself (recedes ), Chart. Th. 318, 9.
eall-lencten
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The season of Lent Fram idus Septembris oð lenctenes anginne hý on án mǽl tó nónes gereorden; ofer ealllencten (eal-, v. l.) oþ Eástran hý oð ǽfen fæsten ab idibus Septembris usque ad capud quadragesime ad nonam semper reficiant; in quadragesima usque
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twi-hynde
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Ath. v. 8, 2; Th. i. 236, 11. Be twyhyndum were. Æt twyhyndum were mon sceal sellan tó monbóte .xxx. sciłł., L. In. 70; Th. i. 146, 12. Be twyhyndum men . . . Gif mon twyhyndne mon . . . ofsleá, L. Alf. pol. 29; Th. i. 80, 5-7.
earfoðe
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Þirst and hungor . . . ǽghwylc þissa earfoða éce standeð, Sal. 474. Hé cleopigan ongan, méðe and meteleás: 'Ic eów hálsie þæt gé mé of þyssum earfeðum úp forlǽten,' El. 700.
æncnetrym
a narrow step ⬩ a little bit
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a narrow step; an acc. used adverbially with same force as colloquial a little bit (?). The word pedetemptim (An.
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here-gang
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wilsumlíce
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Wilsumlíce sponte, An. Ox. 1235. Þ úre nán ne beó wiþerrǽde wiþ þá hálgan drohtnunga, ac wilsumlíce dó ꝥ hé dó, Hml. S. 33, 73 : Ps. Vos. 53, 8. Add
nefne
Unless ⬩ except ⬩ Except
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Grammar nefne, connecting words in the same case (contracted clauses, the verb of the second clause being the same as that in the first, and not expressed Ne gehýrde nǽnig man on his múþe óht elles nefne Cristes lof and nytte sprǽce, 223, 36: Exon.
spannan
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S. 9, 106. to join in matrimony Span[n]an adjungere (has sponsi ad prolem generis satagunt adjungere nuptas, Ald. 200, 10), An.
gleowian
To play on an instrument ⬩ sing ⬩ joke ⬩ jest ⬩ act the gleeman or buffoon ⬩ fidicinare ⬩ jocari ⬩ scurrari ⬩ scurram agere
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He sumu þing ætgædere mid him sprecende and gleowiende wæs ðe ðǽr ǽr inne wǽron cum ibidem positi aliqua, una cum eis qui ibidem ante inerant, loquerentur ac jocarentur, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 34. Mádena glywiendra juvencularum tympanistriarum, Ps.
fleardian
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Hí ne swincaþ á swíþe ymbe ǽnige þearfe, ac maciað eall be luste . . . wóriað and wandriaið and ealne dæg fleardiað, spelliað and spiliað and nǽnige note dreógað, Ll. Th. ii. 322, 24. Mid dislicum glengum fleardiende stolidis pompis indruticans, An.
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mál
an action ⬩ suit ⬩ cause
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an action, suit, cause Mál clasma (cf. clasma clam oððe wed oððe wæra. 'This barbarous word meant in medieval Latin, an action at law, for a bond or other obligation,' 21, 2), Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 42 : Hpt. Gl. 496, 4. [Icel. mál an action : O. H.
ealu
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and add: ale Ealo coelia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 17, 24: i. 290, 61. Ealu celeum, cervise, ii. 130, 47. Æþele alu carenum, 23, 1. Gif ealo áwerd sié, Lch. ii. 142, 10. Twégen fǽtels full ealað oððe wæteres, Ors. 1, 1; S. 21, 16.
for-hylman
To cover up ⬩ neglect
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Ne dorste þá forhylman Hǽlendes bebod wundor fore weorodum, ac of wealle áhleóp fyrngeweorc, An. 736. Substitute:
BEORGAN
cum ⬩ To save ⬩ protect ⬩ shelter ⬩ defend ⬩ fortify ⬩ spare ⬩ preserve ⬩ servare ⬩ salvare ⬩ ⬩ custodire ⬩ tueri ⬩ parcere ⬩ To defend ⬩ secure ⬩ guard against ⬩ avoid ⬩ defendere ⬩ arcere ⬩ cavere ⬩ vitare
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Grammar BEORGAN, dat. of the pers. acc. of the thing or following wið - To defend, secure, guard against, avoid; defendere, arcere, cavere, vitare Hý him hryre burgon they secured him from fall Exon. 43 a; Th. 145, 30; Gú. 702 : 55 a; Th. 195, 21; Az
slídan
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Add Hé spræc þýsne cwyde be þám wrǽnan and slídendan (slidenan, v. l., cf. slidor) men de luxurioso ac lubrico sententiam protulit, Gr. D. 323, 2. Add Sliden lapsum, An. Ox. 1467
tó-cnáwenness
Knowledge, ⬩ discernment, ⬩ understanding, ⬩ knowledge which appreciates the difference between things
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Knowledge, discernment, understanding, knowledge which appreciates the difference between things Ne sind hí ðrý Godas . . . ac seó Ðrynnys is án sóð God . . . Ðeós tócnáwennys is éce líf, Homl. Th. ii. 362, 32
þurfan
To need ⬩ to be in need ⬩ have need of something ⬩ to need to do something ⬩ to be bound to do something because it is right ⬩ to be obliged ⬩ be compelled by destiny ⬩ to have good cause or reason for doing something ⬩ to be use, to be good for a person to do something ⬩ to owe
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be taken almost as an auxiliary, of much the same force as shall; to be obliged, be compelled by destiny Gé ne þurfon hér leng wunian you shall not be obliged to stop here longer, Ex. 9, 28.
hold-rǽden
Faithfulness, ⬩ loyalty, ⬩ faithful discharge of duty to a superior
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Faithfulness, loyalty, faithful discharge of duty to a superior Hire hyrdeman þurh holdrǽdene sume ác ástáh her herdsman in the discharge of his duty had ascended an oak, Homl. Th. ii. 150, 30
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fóre-weard
FOREWARD ⬩ precaution ⬩ contract ⬩ agreement ⬩ compact ⬩ treaty ⬩ provision ⬩ præcautio ⬩ pactum ⬩ fœdus
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Dipl. 731; A.D. 1013-1020; Kmbl. iv. 10, 6. Fóreweard exordium, Rtl. 69, 17