full-secgan
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Hé fulsǽde his síð him eallum, Hml. S. 4, 284
líc-stów
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A place of burial Hé mé sǽde ꝥ se biscop him forgǽfe lícstówe in his cyrcan episcopus locum in ecclesia praebuit, in quo sepeliri debuisset, Gr. D. 340, 35
med-sǽlþ
Bad fortune ⬩ ill success
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Bad fortune, ill success Ðæt hié mósten gefandian hweðer hié heora medsélþa oferswíðan mehte, Ors. 4, 4; Swt. 164, 28
un-gesǽlig
Unhappy ⬩ unfortunate ⬩ unhappy ⬩ suffering ⬩ misfortune ⬩ calamity ⬩ suffering want of moral good ⬩ causing unhappiness ⬩ unfortunate ⬩ calamitous ⬩ unprofitable ⬩ evil
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Se ungesǽliga gýtsere wile máre habban ðonne him genihtsumaþ, ðonne hé furðon orsorh ne brícð his genihtsumnysse, Homl. Th. i. 64, 33. Hié beóð suíðe ungesǽlige ðonne hié yfeliaþ for ðæm ðe óðre menn gódigaþ ...
ge-staþelian
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Heó gestaðelode ðæt fǽmna mynster ꝥ is nemned on Bercingum, Shrn. 138, Ðis is seó freólsbóc tó ðan mynstre . . . swá swá hit Wulfríc gestaðelode for hine and for his yldrena sáwle, C. D. vi. 149, 37.
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æl-fylc
a foreign land ⬩ aliena provincia ⬩ foreigners ⬩ a foreign army ⬩ an enemy ⬩ peregrinus exercitus ⬩ hostes
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a foreign land; aliena provincia Ðæt hie on ælfylce on Danubie stæðe wícedon till they encamped in the foreign land on the banks of the Danube, Elen.
óþ-healdan
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Ðæt he nǽfre nabbe húsa ðæt he hit (s tolen property) óþhealde. Lch. i. 384, 10
bisceop-sunu
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Gif hit biscepsunu sié, Ll. Th. i. 150, 20 (cf. In baptismate et confirmatione unus potest esse pater, ii. 58, § 22). Hé (pope Leo) hiene (Alfred) him tó biscepsuna nam (cf.
ge-treówþ
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Gif hé hit mid getrýwðan geearnod, 440, 3. loyalty Ánum cynehláforde holdlíce hýran, and georne hine healdan mid rihtan getrýwðan, Ll.
ofer-findan
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Hé þóhte, siþþan ꝥ folc oferfunden wǽre, ꝥ hié siþþan wolde eall þæt hé wolde, Ors. 6, 37 ; S. 296, 6
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ster-melda
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of the theft, let him make his charge against the thief when the latter is present; let him (the thief) clear himself if he can, L.
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yfemest
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Upmost, highest, in the highest position or degree Hió cymþ swá up swá hire yfemest gecynde bið it (the sun) mounts up to the highest point at which it is natural for it to be, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 28. Ðǽr hire yfemest bið eard gecynde, Met. 13, 63.
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mǽtan
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Þá gemunde Iósep þá swefen þe hine æt sumon cyrre ǽr mǽtte recordatus somniorum, quae aliquando viderat, Gen. 42, 9. Hé nán þincg þǽre byrig ne cúþe gecnáwan . . . and hé wundrigende þóhte swilce hine on niht mǽtte . . .
ǽ-bylgþ
anger ⬩ what causes anger, offence, injury ⬩ ira
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Þeáh wé ǽbylgð wið hine oft gewyrcen, synna wunde, 513
óþ-flítan
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to get from another by litigation Ðá ongon Higa him specan sóna on, and wolde him óþflítan ðæt lond then Higa at once began the case against him, and wanted to get the land from him by the litigation. Chart. Th. 169, 23
be-fón
to seize ⬩ catch ⬩ take, ⬩ to seize ⬩ take forcible possession of ⬩ to seize a criminal ⬩ lost property ⬩ to catch ⬩ get to see a person ⬩ to get ⬩ attain to ⬩ to surround ⬩ encompass ⬩ to enclose, ⬩ to serve as a covering for ⬩ contain ⬩ to put into a covering ⬩ to encircle, ⬩ to lie round ⬩ to place round ⬩ to include ⬩ contain ⬩ comprise ⬩ to surround with words ⬩ furnish with a commentary ⬩ to have to do with an object ⬩ to engage in an occupation ⬩ get involved in an action
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L. 8, 3. to catch, get to see a person :-- Gang tó ðám Godes menn ꝥ þú hine befó ǽr his forðsíðe, Hml. S. 3, 649. to get, attain to :-- ꝥte þá úe bifóe (contingamus) ðóhte, Rtl. 71, 21. of things Cwaecung biféng (adprehendit) hié, Ps. Srt. 47, 7.
heofon-heall
A heavenly hall
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A heavenly hall Ne hí swá fúle ne móton intó his fægeran heofonhealle nor may they so foul enter into his fair heavenly hall, L. Ælfc. P. 41; Th. ii. 382, 10
ge-oweðan
to subdue ⬩ subjugare
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to subdue; subjugare He bæd his twám sunum ðæt hí ðæs ríces ðriddan dǽl geoweðan sculdon he ordered his two sons to subdue the third part of the kingdom, Som. ge-ðeówan [?]
cunnan
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Hié woldon ðǽt hér ðý mára wísdóm on londe wǽre ðý wé má geðeóda cúðon, Past. 5, 25. Leófre ys ús beón beswungen for láre þænne hit ne cunnan ( nescire ), Coll. M. 18, 22. Hé wilnade mé tó cunenne cupidus me nosse, Nar. 18, 1.