innan-tíderness
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Internal weakness Se petra oleum is gód andfeald tó drincanne wið innantiédernesse and útan tó smerwanne, Lch. ii. 288, 15. Innantýdernesse, 174, 8
Linked entry: innoþ-tyderness
on-hnígan
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Add Hé tó manna fótum onhnáh (-hnág, v. l. ), Hml. A. 151, 9. Nis gedafenlic ꝥ þú tó mínum fótum onhníge, 156, 124
sáwel-leás
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Add Hé eóde him tó þæs forðfarenan mannes húse tó þǽre stówe þǽr se sáwulleása líchama ( corpus exanime) læg, Gr. D. 84, 33
-cnawlíce
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Ic gife tó cníwléce S c̃e Peter mín messehacel, Chr. 963 ; P. 117, 12.] Substitute: [cnáwléce in the phrase tó cnáwléce in acknowledgement
sallettan
to play on the harp, sing to the harp, sing psalms
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to play on the harp, sing to the harp, sing psalms Singaþ him and salletaþ cantate ei el psallite ei, Ps. Th. 104,2
gyltan
To commit guilt or sin ⬩ to be guilty
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To commit guilt or sin, to be guilty Ðara gyltendra scylda the sins of the guilty, Past. 21; Swt. 167, 6; Hat. MS
Linked entries: for-gyltan gyltende
búc-ful
A pitcherful
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A pitcherful Him wearþ ðá geboren to búcful wæteres a pitcherful of water was then borne to him, Homl. Th. ii. 422, 29
ge-stitian
To dispose ⬩ order ⬩ dispōnĕre
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To dispose, order; dispōnĕre Ða he gestitode to Abrahame quod dispŏsuit ad Abraham, Ps. Spl. C. 104, 8: Ps. Spl. T. 102, 12
be-byrgednes
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Tó cýþnesse mínre bebyrgednesse, Bl. H. 69, 18. Tó bibyrgnisse (bebyrgennese, L.) sepulturam, Mk. R. 14, 8. Bibyrignisa, Mt. L. 27, 7. Add
be-feón
To deprive of property ⬩ to confiscate
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To deprive of property (feoh), to confiscate Ꝥ hé wǽre benǽmed, befeód (-fiód, Hpt. Gl. 480, 53) infiscaretur, i. fraudaretur, An. Ox. 3157
Linked entry: ge-feón
á-leógan
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Add: to fail to perform a promise, pledge, &c., to be false to one's promise Hí hit eall álugon, ge wed ge áþas, Chr. 947; P. 112, 25. Gif hwá geniéd sié tó hláfordsearwe . . . ꝥ is ryhtre tó áleóganne þonne tó gelǽstanne.
be-gán
passage ⬩ to go round ⬩ to reach by going ⬩ come upon ⬩ get at ⬩ to go ⬩ pass by ⬩ to go ⬩ come ⬩ get ⬩ to pass by ⬩ To come by ⬩ get at ⬩ to come ⬩ fall to one's lot ⬩ to fall ⬩ get into debt ⬩ to surround ⬩ to confine ⬩ to occupy ⬩ to go about a business ⬩ to attend to ⬩ to cultivate ⬩ to worship ⬩ to honour ⬩ venerate a place ⬩ to exercise, practise an art, mode of life, &c. ⬩ to practise a religion ⬩ follow the dictates of ⬩ to practise ⬩ carry on ⬩ do (habitually) ⬩ to devote one's self to a practice ⬩ to exercise a person ⬩ to behave ⬩ to exercise in something ⬩ to exercise ⬩ use ⬩ employ ⬩ to profess ⬩ pretend
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To come by, get at Hú þæt gewrit begǽn wæs how they got at the manuscript, Guth. 48, 20. intrans. to come, fall to one's lot Swá oft swá him tó begǽð. Ll. Th. i. 434, 14. to fall, get into debt, &c.
CUMAN
COME ⬩ go, happen ⬩ venire, ire, accidere, evenire
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Sunnan leóma cymeþ scýnan a sunbeam shall come shining or begin to shine, Exon. 21a; Th. 56, 17; Cri. 902. Secgan cymeþ shall come to say, Cd. 22; Th. 28, 20; Gen. 438. Com grétan came to greet, 97; Th. 126, 31; Gen. 2103.
Linked entry: aweg-cuman
á-mearcian
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</b> to mark by a name, to denominate :-- Synt þá feówer tíman ámearcod lengten, sumor, hærfest, and winter, 299, 23. to mark out for an end, to design, destine, assign Mid eallum þám þingum on circulum þe þá þeódwitan þǽrtó ámearcodon, 321, 41
Linked entry: mearcian
sécan
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Mere sécan to go to sea, Exon. Th. 474, 5; Bo. 25. to seek immaterial things, to go to war, resort to artifice, etc. Ic ne sóhte searoníþas, ne ne swór fela áþa on unriht, Beo. Th. 5469; B. 2738.
LÚTAN
To lout ⬩ bow ⬩ stoop
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Hé árás and ðá tó eorþan leát he rose up, and then bowed to the ground, Guthl. 17; Gdwin. 74, 7. Hé leát tó ðæs cáseres eáre he bent down to the emperor's ear, Homl. Th. i. 376, 28.
Linked entry: ge-loten dæg oððe ofernón
bégan
to bow ⬩ bend ⬩ turn ⬩ flectere ⬩ inflectere ⬩ deprimere ⬩ to bow to ⬩ to settle ⬩ inflectere ⬩ insistere
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to bow, bend, turn; flectere inflectere, deprimere Ðeáh ðú teó hwelcne bóh of dúne to ðære eorþan, swelce ðú bégan mǽge though thou pull any bough down to the earth, such as thou mayest bend Bt. 25; Fox 88, 23.
ymb-cirran
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To turn about, to revolve round Hí ðære eaxe útan ymbhwerfaþ (-eþ, MS.) ðone norðende, neáh ymbcerraþ (-eþ, MS.), Met. 28, 14.
hrægel-talu
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Substitute: The clothes to which the brethren of a monastery had a claim, which had to be furnished by the abbot, as no brother had a right to separate property. Cf.
ofer-niman
to take by violence, to violate ⬩ to take away, carry off ⬩ to take away
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Hé eode in tó mé ðæt hé mé ofernáme ingressus est ad me, ut coiret mecum Gen. 39, 14. to take away, carry off Sóna wæs ðæt ǽtter ofer-numen vidimus rasuram totam vim veneni absumisse, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 39. [O. H. Ger. ubar-neman to take away.]