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word-beótung

(n.)
Grammar
word-beótung, e; f.

Promisinga promise

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Promising, a promise Ðec biddan hét se ðisne beam ágróf, ðæt ðú gemunde on gewitlocan wordbeótunga, Exon. Th. 473, 14; Bo. 14

Linked entry: beótung

fágetung

(n.)
Grammar
fágetung, fáget[t]ung, e; f.
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Hér is þǽre lyfte fágetung ðurh mislice stormas, Hml. Th. ii. 538, 33. Substitute:

flít

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Ðá friðgeorne, ðá ðe heá búta éghuoelcum flíta behaldan paciflci, Mt. L. 5, 9. Fram flítom a contentionibus, Kent. Gl. 728. Add

for-scrincan

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Swá hwæt swá heó gesyhð, hyt forscrincð and gewíteþ, Lch. i. 242, 24. Hond forscriuncen manus arida, Mt. L. 12, 10. Add

ge-deorfsum

Grammar
ge-deorfsum, grievous.
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Ðis wæs swíðe gedyrfsum geár hér on lande þurh wæstma forwordenessa and þurh þá mænigfealde gyld, Chr. 1105; P. 240, 4. Add

grama

(n.)
Grammar
grama, an; m.
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A fiend Ꝥ heó wǽre gramena mǽge, þeóstra gefǽra, Hml. S. 2, 173. Forligr macað of Godes temple gramena wununge, 16, 279

ráh-deór

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Add: Þá beóð langswýrede ðe lybbað be gærse, swá swá olfend and assa, hors and hrýðeru, heádeór and ráhdeór, Hex. 16, 3

twégen

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Add Þǽt sió hel sié swylc(e) twá deóp, Verc. Först. 109, 5

inc

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'Úre hláford hét eów ( John and Paul ) gebiddan tó þyssere anlícnysse, oðde ic inc bégen ofsleá.' Þá cwǽdon þá hálgan: 'Ne cunne wé ...' hét þá twǽgen gebróðra beheáfdian. Hml. S. 7, 411-418

mǽl

(n.)
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Æthelthryð) is áwrytan ꝥ heó wel drohtnode tó ánum mǽle fæstende, bútan hit freólsdæg wǽre (cf. seldon bútan máran symbelnesse má þonne ǽne síðe on dæge (semel per diem ) ꝥ heó wolde mete þicgan, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 443, 17), 20, 42.

fram

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Hér cuóm se here intó Escanceastre from (fram, v.l. ) Werhám, 877; P. 74, 14.

be-hweorfan

Grammar
be-hweorfan, (-hwurfan, -hwyrfan).
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Substitute: to attend to, see to the good condition of Gif wáccor hý behwyrfð, þonne ꝥ him tó ágenum teleð, Ll. Th. i. 272, II. Þá leóhtfatu þe behwearf lam-pades quas reficiebat, Gr. D. 46, 31.

grin

(n.)
Grammar
grin, gryn, e; f.: es; n.
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Fleógende fugel ... gesihð ðæt ǽs on eorðan, and ... forgiet ðæt grin ðæt mid áwierged wird. Swá bið ðǽm gítsere. ... né geliéfð ðæs grines ðe mid gebrogden wyrð, Past. 331, 17-20. Forwyrd girene heara interitum laquei sui, Ps. Srt. 34, 7.

ge-anbyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-anbyrdan, ge-onbyrdan; p. de; pp. ed

To strive againstresistrepugnāreresistĕre

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To strive against, resist; repugnāre, resistĕre Gif he gewyrce ðæt man hine afylle þurh ðæt ðe be ongeán riht geanbyrde if he act so that he be killed because he strove against right, L. C. S. 49; Th. i. 404, 13

Linked entries: an-byrdnys ge-onbyrdan

scirung

(n.)
Grammar
scirung, e; f.
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Separation, dismission, rejection Gif swá biþ ðæt ne sý wyrðe ðære scyrunge (scirunge, MS. T. : ðæt wurðe ne beó, ðæt beó ðanon áscyred, Wells Frag. ) si non fuerit talis qui mereatur proici, R. Ben. 109, 21

cwide

Grammar
cwide, <b>; IV.</b>
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Add Þá geceás Laurentium ... and þurhwunode in his cwide ( sententia ), Gr. D. 329, 18. an agreement ná tó him hwearf æfter heora cwyde (gecwide, v.l. condictum ) ... wæs gemyndig heora cwydes, Bd. 4, 25; Sch. 329, 18

ge-witnes

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hæfð ðæs gewitnesse ðe cwéman ðencð ðæt hit for Gode dyde, Past. 451, 17. Gif láðleés beó séce swylcne hláford on þá gewitnesse swylcne wille si culpa careat, perquirat sibi dominum in testimonio quem voluerit, Ll. Th. i. 220, 25.

tilian

(v.)
Grammar
tilian, tiligan, tilgan, teolian, tiolian, tielian; p. ode
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Ðæt ða eorðan worhte and him ðéron tilode ( he should provide for himself from ii), Gen. 3, 23.

Linked entries: teolian tylian telge

irfe-numa

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-numa, an; m.

an heir

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Gif se bónda ǽr deád wǽre beclypod wǽre ðonne andwyrdan ða yrfenuman swá sylf sceolde ðeáh líf hæfde if the man of the house before his death were cited; then let the heirs answer as he himself would have had to do if he had lived, L. C.

Linked entry: -numa

hycgan

(v.)
Grammar
hycgan, hycgean; p. hogde.

take thoughtbe mindfulthinkconsidermeditateto intendpurposedetermineendeavourstriveto hope

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Hét ðá hyssa hwæne hicgan tó handum he bade then each of his men look to the arms in their hands, Byrht. Th. 131, 6; By. 4.