ge-dígan
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Th. 77, 47. to escape from an enemy Þone feónd, þám hé wæs geseald, hé þone ná ne gedýgde eum hostem, cui traditus fuerat, non evasit, Gr.
weorold
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Ðæt folc wolde hine áhebban tó cyninge, ðæt hé wǽre heora heáfod for worulde, Homl. Th. i. 162, 5. Ðá forlét hé eal ða ðing ðe hé for worulde hæfde. Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 33: Exon. Th. 276, 22 ; Jul. 570. Gif hé récþ ǽniges weorþscipes hér for worulde.
munuc-líf
the monastic life ⬩ the place in which the monastic life is lived ⬩ a monastery
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Hé sundorláf and munucláf wæs foreberende vitam privatam et monachicam praeferens, 4, ll; S. 579, 8. the place in which the monastic life is lived, a monastery Hé árǽrde him munuclíf...
nǽfre
Never
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Eádig biþ se ðe in his éþle geþíhþ; earm se him his frýnd geswícaþ; néfre (?) sceal se him his nest áspringeþ (never shall he thrive whose provision fails him (?). Grein takes nefre = infirmus), Exon. Th. 335, 23; Gn. Ex. 38.
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þearl
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And suá ðý ðearlan dóme hé forleás his mennisce ut districto justoque judicio homo esse perderet, Past. 4; Swt. 39, 23. Heó þrowedon þearl æfterleán, Cd. Th. 5, 24; Gen. 76. Þreá wǽron þearfe, Exon. Th. 135, 4; Gú. 519: Ps. Th. 104, 12: 149, 7.
on-fón
to take ⬩ to take what another appoints or grants, to receive, have given ⬩ to take what another offers, receive favourably, accept ⬩ to receive a person ⬩ to undergo a rite, undertake a duty ⬩ to conceive ⬩ to take to, to begin ⬩ incipere
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Geþencean wé, gif óðer nýten wǽre tó háligienne, ðonne onfénge hé heora hiwe, ac hé wolde úrum hiwe onfón, Blickl. Homl. 29, 2-6. Ðá nýddon hine hys yldran to ðæm ðæt hé sceolde woroldlícum wǽpnum onfón, 213, 2.
on-sacan
to attack, strive against ⬩ to, resist, refuse to comply with a demand ⬩ to declare that one has no knowledge of a person ⬩ to refuse a person what he wants ⬩ to refuse to acknowledge a claim, not to allow the truth of a statement, in a legal sense to deny a charge ⬩ to make excuse ⬩ to sacrifice
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Forðam hié his cræftas onsócon ( they would not acknowledge his powers, would not bow down to the golden image), Cd. Th. 230, 1; Dan. 226. Se ðæs onsóce, ðætte sóþ wǽre Waldend, se hié álýsde, 244, 20; Dan. 451. Ðonne sceal hé be.
á-biddan
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Guth. 4, 20. to get by asking, with acc. of thing Hié sendon Hannan, and hé hit ábæd Annonis oratione meruerunt Ors. 4, 7; S. 182, 13. Ðá ábæd heó án hridder she borrowed a sieve Hml. Th. ii. 154, 15.
beadu-cwealm
A war-death ⬩ violent death ⬩ nex
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A war-death, violent death; nex Ðǽr he sáwulgedál beaducwealm gebád there he awaited the separation of the soul, a war-death, Andr. Kmbl. 3400; An. 1704
cyrps
Curly ⬩ crispus, tortus
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Curly; crispus, tortus He is blæcfexede and cyrps he is black-haired and curly, Homl. Th. i. 456, 17. Cyrpsum loccum with curly locks, Mone B. 1236
dust-sceáwung
A dust-viewing, contemplation of dust ⬩ pulvĕris spectātio vel contemplātio
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A dust-viewing, contemplation of dust; pulvĕris spectātio vel contemplātio He gewát from ðære dustsceáwunga he departed from the contemplation of the dust, Homl. Blick. 113, 29
ellen-spræc
Powerful speech ⬩ pŏtens sermo
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Powerful speech; pŏtens sermo He ne meahte ellenspræce, hleóðor ahebban he could not raise his voice, his powerful speech, Exon. 49 b; Th. 171, 18; Gú. 1128
elra
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Stranger He ne métte on elran men mundgripe máran he did not find a stronger hand-gripe in a stranger man, Beo. Th. 1509; B. 752
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for-biódan
to forbid
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to forbid He wel meahte ðæt unriht him eáðe forbiódan he might well easily forbid that injustice to him, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 108; Met. 9, 54
forþ-lǽtan
To let forth ⬩ send forth ⬩ emit ⬩ emittĕre
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To let forth, send forth, emit; emittĕre Swylce word he ðǽr forþlét such words he let forth there, Nicod. 11; Thw. 6, 5: Blickl. Homl. 133, 29
for-wyrnednes
A restraining ⬩ continence ⬩ forbidding ⬩ contĭnentia
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A restraining, continence, forbidding; contĭnentia He wæs micelre forhæfdnysse and forwyrnednesse lífes he was of great abstinence and continence of life, Bd. 3, 5; S. 526, 21
friþ-gedál
A life or spirit-separation ⬩ death ⬩ a pāce divortium ⬩ ŏbĭtus
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A life or spirit-separation, death; a pāce divortium, ŏbĭtus He friþgedál fremman sceolde he should effect separation front life, Cd. 56; Th. 69, 27; Gen. 1142
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fultomian
To help ⬩ aid ⬩ auxĭliāri
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To help, aid; auxĭliāri Sóna eft, Gode fultomiendum, he meahte geseón and sprecan soon after, God helping, he could see and speak, Chr. 797; Erl. 58, 15
ir-líc
Angry
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Angry Hé swíðe irlícum andwlitan beseah tó ðam iungan cnyhte he looked at the young man with a very angry countenance, Th. AP. 4, 6 : 5, 3
be-serian
To rob, plunder, deprive, deceive ⬩ spoliare, fraudare
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To rob, plunder, deprive, deceive; spoliare, fraudare He hine feore [MS. fere] beserode he deprived him of life, Ps. C. 50, 22; Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 22