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climst

(v.)
Grammar
climst, he climþ; 2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of climan, climban.

climbest, climbs

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climbest, climbs;

fór-syngian

(v.)
Grammar
fór-syngian, -singian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [syngian to sin]

To sin greatly ⬩ multum peccāre

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To sin greatly; multum peccāre Ne wurþ ǽnig man on worlde swá swíðe fórsyngad, ðe he wið Gode gebétan ne mǽge no man in the world is so very sinful, that he may not make atonement to God, L. Pen. 12; Th. ii. 282, 1

ge-bændan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bændan, p. de; pp. ed [ge, and bænd a band]

To bind ⬩ vincīre

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To bind; vincīre Ic hine gebændan hét I commanded [them] to bind him, Salm. Kmbl. 551; Sal. 275

ge-bǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bǽtan, p. -bǽtte; pp. -bǽted, -bǽt [ge, and bǽtan to bridle]

To bit ⬩ bridle ⬩ curb ⬩ frēnum ĕquo vel ăsĭno injĭcĕre ⬩ frēnāre

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To bit, bridle, curb; frēnum ĕquo vel ăsĭno injĭcĕre, frēnāre Ðá wæs Hróþgáre hors gebǽted then a horse was bitted for Hrothgar, Beo. Th. 2803; B. 1399. He gebǽtte his ágen weorc he curbed his own work, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 152; Met. 11, 76.

ge-nearwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nearwian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad, ot

To narrow, straiten, constrain, confine, oppress, afflict

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Fæste genearwad fast confined, Exon. 126 a; Th. 484, 8; Rä. 70, 4. Mid eofer-spreótum hearde genearwod hard pressed with boar-spears, Beo. Th. 2881; B. 1438.

Linked entry: nearwian

be-rafan

Grammar
be-rafan, l. be-rebban (related to rapere as hebban to capere).

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hæcce

(n.)
Grammar
hæcce, a crosier, l. hæcc, and in line 2 for dære l.
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þǽre

ól-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
ól-fæt, ( = ál-fæt. v. Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 39), es; n.

A cooking vessel ⬩ coculum

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A cooking vessel; coculum, Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 41

Linked entry: ál-fæt

wíc

(n.)
Grammar
wíc, The word is generally neuter, but as it is often used in the plural where a singular might express the meaning, the similarity of neuter plural and feminine singular accusatives seems to have caused the word to be taken sometimes as feminine, e. g. tó ánre wíc, Homl. Th. i. 402, 22. A weak form also seems to be used, Chart. Th. 446, 29.
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Th. 155, 9; Gen. 2570. a collection of houses, a (small) town, a village, a street, v. wíc-geréfa Wíc vel lytel port castellum, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 34: 84, 42 : vicus, 36, 27. Seó gelaþung férde of ðære byrig tó ánre wíc, Homl. Th. i. 402, 22.

-en

(suffix)
Grammar
-en, <b>. I.</b> m. forms only a few masculine terminations of nouns; as, Þeóden; gen. þeódnes; m. a king, from þeód people: dryhten; gen. dryhtnes; m. a lord, from dryht

people, subjects

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-n, -in] ; as, Segen; gen. segne; f. tradition, saying, Icel. sögn: gýmen, e; f. heed, care: byrgen, e; f. a tomb: sylen, e; f. a gift: byrðen, e; f. a burden: hiwrǽden; gen. hiwrǽdenne; f. a family, house: and several others in -rǽden; as, Gecwyd-rǽden

Linked entries: -ælfen Cásern

wæl-wulf

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-wulf, es; m.

a war-wolf, one who is as fierce to slay as is a wolf ⬩ a fierce cannibal, one who preys on the dead like the wolf

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as an epithet of a warrior, a war-wolf, one who is as fierce to slay as is a wolf Wódon wælwulfas, wícinga werod, Byrht.

árian

(v.)
Grammar
árian, to árianne; part. ende, gende; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od; v. a. [ár honour] .

to give honour ⬩ to honour ⬩ reverence ⬩ have in admiration ⬩ honorare ⬩ honorificare ⬩ venerari ⬩ to regard ⬩ care for ⬩ spare ⬩ have mercy ⬩ pity ⬩ pardon ⬩ forgive ⬩ consulere ⬩ propitium esse ⬩ misereri ⬩ parcere

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Ic árode ðé ofer ealle gesceafta I honoured thee over all creatures, Exon. 28 a ; Th. 84, 33; Cri. 1383. Se ríca Rómána wita and se ároda the rich and honoured senator of the Romans, Bt. Met.

Linked entries: áriende árod

wirnan

(v.)
Grammar
wirnan, p. de.

to refuse ⬩ refrain from granting ⬩ to prevent ⬩ prohibit ⬩ keep from

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Grammar wirnan, with dat. of person to whom a refusal is given Syle ðam ðe ðé bidde, and ðam ðe æt ðé borgian wylle, ne wyrn ðu him volenti mutuari a te ne avertaris, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 42.

Linked entries: wernan wyrnan

ge-blissian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-blissian, part. -blissiende; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [ge-, blissian to rejoice] .

To rejoice ⬩ be glad ⬩ lætāri ⬩ gaudēre ⬩ To maie to rejoice ⬩ gladden ⬩ fill with bliss ⬩ bless ⬩ lætĭficāre ⬩ benedīcĕre

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13 a; Th. 24, 5 ; Cri. 380

-a

(suffix)
Grammar
-a, affixed to words, denotes

A person ⬩ an agent ⬩ actor

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A person, an agent, or actor, hence, All nouns ending in a are masculine, and make the gen. in an; as from Cum come [thou], cuma a person who comes, or a guest: Swíc deceive [thou], swica a traitor: Worht wrought, wyrhta a workman, wright: Fóregeng foregoing

a-mánsod

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-mánsod, part.

Excommunicated

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B. amánsumodne] oððe útlahne hæbbe and healde if any one have and hold an excommunicated person, or an outlaw, L. C. S. 67; Th. i. 410, 17

be-hýdignys

(n.)
Grammar
be-hýdignys, (-hygdignes). [In Ps. Spl. C. 28, 7 the same mistake seems to have been made as in Ps. Srt, 28, 8, where solitudinem is glossed bihygdignisse (= solicitudinem)]
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Gl. 538, 41) sollicitudo, An. Ox. 5430. Carfulnesse, bihýdine(sse) sollicitudinis, 906

seonu-wealt

Grammar
seonu-wealt, [In the gloss at Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 54 perhaps torosa denotes the roundness or plumpness of a muscular object. Could it be a gloss on a passage from Ovid, torosa colla boum?]
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Add Sinewealtre trendla tyrnincge tereti circulorum rotunditate, An. Ox. 522. Add Of sinewealtum þrǽda cliwene ex tereti filorum glomere, An. Ox. 3734. Sinewealte popelstánas rotundas lapillulos, 1813

of-dæle

Grammar
of-dæle, an (?). l. of-dæle, es, and add: v. gén-dele, æf-dæll (which should be taken here],
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and cf. æf-, geán-dýne

æt-steal

(n.)
Grammar
æt-steal, -steall, -stæl, -es; m. pl. nom. acc. -stalas [at a place, a fixed place]

Station ⬩ camp station ⬩ -sedes ⬩ statio

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Station, camp station; -sedes, statio Æt ðam ætstealle at the camp station, Wald. 37; Vald. 1, 21. Æt-stælle at the place. Exon. 35 a; Th. 112, 26; GG. 150

Linked entry: stæl

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