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hálgung

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Th. i. 360, 32. hallowing, holding in honour as holy. v. hálgian; Seó hálgung þæs mǽran naman Godes ongann ús mannum þá þá Críst wearð geflǽschamed ; ac seó ylce hálgung wunað on écnysse, for ðan ðe wé on ðám écan lífe bletsiað and herigað ǽfre Godes

smeálíce

(adv.)
Grammar
smeálíce, adv.

searchingly, carefully, narrowly, closely closely, deeply, acutely, with penetration clearly, accurately, exactlyclosely

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., closely, deeply, acutely, with penetration Hé ongann smeálíce þencan on his módes ingeþance velut in augustam suae mentis sedem recepta Bt. 24, 1; Fox 80, 5.

FELA

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
FELA, fæla, feala, feola; adj. indecl.

Manymuchmultummultamany thingsmuchverymultamultumin primiscum maxĭmeso many ... astot ... quot

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He ongan hí fela lǽran cæpit illos dŏcēre multa, Mk. Bos. 6, 34. so many ... as; tot ... quot Ic ne mæg swá fela [gefón], swá fela swá ic mæg gesyllan non possum tot căpĕre, quot possum vendĕre, Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 27

lytlian

(v.)
Grammar
lytlian, p. ode

to lessendiminish

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Willflód ongan lytligan, Cd. 71; Th. 85, 11; Gen. 1413. Hý mon sceal lytlian they shall be lessened, L. M. 2, 1; Lchdm. ii. 178, 12. Se ðe hit þence tó litlianne, gelitlige hine God elmihtig hér on worulde, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 171, 21.

fleógan

to flyto fleeto avoid

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Hé ástág on þone torr, and áþenedum earmum ongan fleógan on þá lyfte, Bl. H. 187, 28. Hé geseah hine fleógendne, 189, l. Hé symble mid his móde wæs fleógende (flégende, v.l.) þá heofonlican tó lufianne ad caelestia semper amanda peruolans.

mæðel

(n.)
Grammar
mæðel, meðel, medel, es; n.

an assemblya deliberative or judicial meetingcouncilspeechaddressharangueconversation

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Se þeóden ongan geþinges wyrcan . . and ðá on ðam meðle bebeád, Cd. 197; Th. 245, 28; Dan. 470. Upp ástódon manige on meðle many stood up in the assembly, Andr. Kmbl. 3250; An. 1628.

grymetan

Grammar
grymetan, l. grymettan, grymetian.
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Þæt hors ongan bláwan and grymetigean (gremetian, v. l.) coepit flatu et fremitu, 183, 11. Leó grymetigende ( rugiens ), Scint. 207, 12. Grymetiende rugientes, Ps. Vos. 103, 21. Urnon þá beran grymetende, Hml. S. 24, 53.

mǽg-burh

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-burh, gen. -barge; f.

Kindredfamilyrelativestribe

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Heó ongan his mǽgburge men geícean sunum and dóhtrum, Cd. 56; Th. 69, 7; Gen. 1132 : 101; Th. 134, 5; Gen. 2220 : Beo. Th. 5766; B. 2887. Hé hit ne móste sellan of his mǽgburge he might not sell it (bócland) out of the family, L.

be-tweonum

(prep.)
Grammar
be-tweonum, be-tweonan, be-twinum, be-twinan, be-twynan, bi-tweon, bi-tweonum; prep. I. dat. II. acc. [be, bi by, with, tweo two; dat. tweonum, twinum, tweon, twin, twyn]

BETWEEN, betwixt, among, amid, in the midstinter, in medio

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Ðá seó cwén ongan lǽran ðæt hie sybbe swá same sylfra betweonum freóndrǽdenne gelǽston then the queen began to teach that they should hold peace also amid their friendly band, Elen.

þríste

(adv.)
Grammar
þríste, adv.

Boldlyconfidentlywithout apprehension, fear, hesitation, reservewithout sense of shamepresumptuouslyaudaciously

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Ic ðín bebod þríste gelýfde, 118, 66. in a bad sense, without sense of shame, presumptuously, audaciously Heó þríste ongan wið Sarran swíðe winnan, Cd. Th. 135, 10; Gen. 2240.

wefan

(v.)
Grammar
wefan, p. , pl. ; pp.

to weave a webto weave, construct, put together, arrange, plan, contrive

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Ðæs engles mód ðe ðone unrǽd ongan ǽrest fremman, wefan and weccean, Cd. Th. 3, 5 ; Gen. 31. Ðonne seó þrág cymeþ wefen wyrdstafum, Exon. Th. 183, 10; Gú. 1325

COSTIAN

(v.)
Grammar
COSTIAN, costigan, costnian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od , ad, ed

To tempt, try, prove probare, tentare.

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To tempt, try, prove; probare, tentare. v. trans. gen. acc. with the genitive; cum genitivo Ðæs rinces se ríca ongan cyning costigan the powerful king began to tempt the chief Cd. 137; Th. 172 18; Gen. 2846.

Linked entries: costigan costnian

forhtian

(v.)
Grammar
forhtian, forhtigan, forhtigean, forhtegean; to forhtianne; part. forhtiende, forhtigende; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [forht affrighted, and the terminations -an, -anne, -gan] .

To be afraid or frightenedtremblepăvēretrĕmĕretrĕpĭdāreformīdāreTo fearbe frightened atdreadtĭmēre

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To be afraid or frightened, tremble; păvēre, trĕmĕre, trĕpĭdāre, formīdāre Ongan he forhtian, and sárgian cæpit păvēre, et tædēre. Mk. Bos. 14, 33: Boutr. Scrd, 21, 22. Ongunnon hí forhtigan they began to be afraid, Bd. 1, 23; S. 485, 30.

Linked entries: frohtian ge-frohtian

CLYPIAN

(v.)
Grammar
CLYPIAN, clypigan, clipian, cleopian, clepian, part. clypiende, clypigende, ic clypie, clypige, ðú clypast, he clypaþ, pl. clypiaþ, p. ode, ade ; impert. clypa, pl. clypiaþ; pp. od, ad

To make a vocal soundspeakspeak aloudto cry outcallsayloquiclamarevocaredicere

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To make a vocal sound, speak, speak aloud, to cry out, call, say loqui, clamare, vocare, dicere He ongan clypian cæpit clamare Mk. Bos. 10, 47. Ne corn ic rihtwíse clypian I came not to call the righteous Lk. Bos. 5, 32: 19, 15.

styrian

(v.)
Grammar
styrian, p. ede, ode
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Swá sceal ǽghwelc láreów tó ánre lufan mid mislícum manungum his hiéremonna mód styrigean, Past. 23; Swt. 175, 12. (2 a) to handle, treat, deal with :-- Secg ongan síð Beówulfes snyttrum styrian, Beo.

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scop

(n.)
Grammar
scop, sceop, es; m.
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Gecuron him ánne scop tó cyninge ... se heora cyning ongan singan and giddian, Ors. 1, 14 ; Swt. 56, 29. Unweorþe scopas tragedi vel comedi, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 39. Scopas lyrici, ii. 54, 9 : vates. Hymn. Surt. 119, 18.

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bregdan

(v.)

to pluckpulldrawdragto bindknotto changeto changeto movebe pulledto flash

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Se líchama ongan swǽtan and mislic híw brédan, Wlfst. 141, 3. Grammar bregdan, (cf.

un-rót

(adj.)
Grammar
un-rót, adj.

sadsorrowfultroubledgloomydispleasedharshangry

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ongann beón unrót ( moestus). Ðá sǽde se Hǽlynd: 'Unrót (tristis ) is mín sáwl,' Mt. Kmbl. 26, 37, 38. Unrót contristatus, Ps. Th. 37, 6: Exon. Th. 73, 2; Cri. 1183: 166, 3; Gú. 1037.

Linked entries: rót un-rétu

wépan

(v.)
Grammar
wépan, p. weóp, wép (wǽpde, Lind.), pl. weópon, wépon ; pp. wópen
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Ðá ongan hé wépan (woepa flere Lind., Rush.), Mk. Skt. 14, 72. Mid wépendre béne lacrymosis precibus, Bd. 1, 12 ; S. 480, 26. Mid wǽpendre stefne flebili voce, 480, 37; Wépendre, Blickl. Homl. 87, 26, 8.

Linked entries: wópen wǽpan

CÝÐAN

(v.)
Grammar
CÝÐAN, p. ic, he cýðde, cýdde, ðú cýðdest, cýddest; pp. cýðed .

to make known, tell, relate, proclaim, announcenuntiare, annuntiare, narrare, referre, effari, prædicare to declare, reveal, manifest, shew, perform, confess, confirm, testify, prove notum facere, revelare, manifestare, ostendere, perhibere, confiteri, testari, probare

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Ongan Dryhtnes ǽ georne cýðan he began the Lord's law gladly to proclaim, Elen. Kmbl. 398; El. 199: 2510; El. 1256. Cýþ narra, Lk. Bos. 8, 39: Mt. Bos. 2, 8: Gen. 37, 14: Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 32.

Linked entry: ge-cýðan