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drý-cræft

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Se deófol geswutelað þǽre wiccan hwæt heó secge mannum, ꝥ þá beón fordóne þe ðæne drýcræft sécað, Hml. S. 17, 113. Hé wæs fyrmest on þám drýcræftum in magicis operibus primus fuit, Gr. D. 27, 20: Hml. Th. ii. 414, 4.

be-gán

(v.)

passageto go roundto reach by goingcome uponget atto gopass byto gocomegetto pass byTo come byget atto comefall to one's lotto fallget into debtto surroundto confineto occupyto go about a businessto attend toto cultivateto worshipto honourvenerate a placeto exercise, practise an art, mode of life, &c.to practise a religionfollow the dictates of to practisecarry ondo (habitually)to devote one's self to a practiceto exercise a personto behaveto exercise in somethingto exerciseuseemployto professpretend

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Se man þe begá wicce-cræft, Lev. 20, 27. to practise a religion, follow the dictates of Hé deófolgield georne beeóde nixus praecipuo cultu idolorum, Ors. 6, 31; S. 294, 15: Hml. S. 28, 6.

áscian

(v.)
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Ne áxa nánne wiccan rǽdes nec sit qui pythones consulat, Deut. 18, 11. 'Mót ic þé áhtes ácsian?' Cwæð hé :-- 'Ácsa þæs þe þú wille' 'licet aliquid interrogare.' 'Interroga,' inquit, 'quod vis,' Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 358, 1.

Linked entry: áhsian

tilung

(n.)
Grammar
tilung, teolung, tiolung, tielung, e; f.

striving, endeavour, effort, laboura pursuitoccupationemploymentbusinesscareattentiontreatmentcuregain that comes from labouracquisitionfruit got by tilling the earth

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Wé willaþ sprecan ymbe manna tilunga ad hominum studia revertor, Bt. 24,4; Fox 84, 27. care, attention, treatment, cure. v. tilian, III. 2 b, IV Ðonne man tó wiccan tilunge séce æt ǽnigre neóde, Wulfst. 171, 11.

Linked entries: teolung tylung

ge-wunian

(v.)
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Ðá fǽmnan þe gewuniað onfón wiccan, Ll. Th. i. 52, 9. Hé gewunode on þám gesettum tídum þone ryne his síðfætes gefæstnian, Hml. S. 23 b, 162. with clause Gewunode án þeóf ꝥ hé stáh ofer þone hege fur consueverat per sepem ascendere, Gr.

ymb

(prep.)
Grammar
ymb, ymbe, umbe, embe, emban; prep.
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Gif hwá wiccige ymbe ǽniges mannes lufe ( alicujus amoris gratia ), L. Ecg. P. iv. 18; Th. ii. 208, 31. Hiá sieredon ymbe ðone cyning, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 21: Cd. Th. 38, 15; Gen. 607. Mé seredon ymb secgas monige, 296, 6; Sat. 498: Ps.