grǽdig-
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GREEDILY, covetously; avide He gýmþ grǽdelíce his teolunge he attends greedily to his gain, Homl. Th. i. 66, 10.
endleofan
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Hig gemétton endlufan (-leofen, v. l.; ællefno,L., ællefne, R.) gegaderude, 33
hæfenleást
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Take here hafenleást in Dict. and add Genóh wǽre þám wǽdlan his untrumnys, þeah ðe hé wiste hæfde ; and eft him wǽre genóh his hafenleast, ðeáh ðe he gesundful wǽre, Hml. Th. i. 330, 17. Þis earme wíf mé gesóhte . . .
ísen
Iron
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Decius cwæþ 'Lecgaþ ða ísenan clútas háte glówende tó his sídan,' 424, 18-35
ge-seóþan
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Selle him flǽsc etan smælra fugla gesodenra and gebrǽdra, 182, 13
ge-tǽse
An advantage; ⬩ commodum
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Hió an Æþelflede ealra ðera getǽsa ðet ðǽr binnan beóþ she gives to Æthelfled all the desirable things that are there within, Th. Chart. 538, 37. Getǽse commodum, Cot. 59, Lye
up-weard
turned upwards ⬩ moving upwards.
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For ðam gelómlícum ðeáwe his gebeda, swá hwǽr swá hé sæt, ðæt his gewuna wæs ðæt hé his handa upwearde hæfde ofer his cneówa ob crebrum morem orandi, semper ubicumque sedens, supinas super genua sua manus habere solitus sit, Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 25. moving
be-syrian
To rob, plunder, deprive, deceive ⬩ spoliare, fraudare, dejicere
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Hine Rodbeard besyrede Robert deceived him, Chr. 1093; Erl. 229, 5. Ða Scottas heora cyng Dunecan besyredon the Scots ensnared their king Duncan, 1094; Erl. 230, 40
smeágan
to consider, meditate, inquire, deliberate ⬩ to consider, ponder, examine, inquire into, discuss, search ⬩ to seek an opportunity ⬩ to accept as the result of inquiry, to suppose
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Smeáge man geornlíce, hwæðer hit sóþ sí Deut. 19, 18. Hí águnnon smeágan, hwilc of him ðæt tó dónne wǽre Lk. Skt. 22, 23. Dauid ongan smeágan and þencan, hwilce ðæs gódan mannes dǽda wǽron Blickl. Homl. 55, 12.
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mis-
diversely ⬩ variously ⬩ in different ways ⬩ in an irregular manner
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diversely, variously, in different ways Godwine his geféran mislíce ofslóh Godwine killed his companions in different ways, Chr. 1036; Erl. 164, 33; Alf. Tod. 2: Exon. 107 b; Th. 411, 13; Rä. 29, 12. Hí his mistlíce (Cott.
wiþ-ferian
To carry off ⬩ to rescue
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Ðæt ðú symle sáwle míne álýse, láðum wiðferige liberabit in pace animam meam ab his qui adpropiant mihi, 54, 18. Ðú áwurpe hí ðá hí wéndan, ðæt hí wǽron álýsde, láðum wiðferede dejecisti eos dum allevarentur, 72, 14
þyddan
To strike ⬩ thrust ⬩ push
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Ðá ábrǽd Aoth his swurd and hine hetelíce þidde swá ðæt ða hiltan eodon in tó ðam innoðe Aoth tulit sicam, infinxitque eam in ventre ejus, tam valide, ut capulus sequeretur ferrum in vulnere, Jud. 3, 21.
Linked entries: þiddan þoddettan þurh-þyddan
weaxan
To wax, grow. ⬩ to grow, be produced, ⬩ to grow, grow up ⬩ to grow, increase, wax ⬩ to grow in honour, grow great, flourish, prosper ⬩ to be productive ⬩ to grow, take shape
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His feax weóx swá swá wímmanna, Homl. Th. ii. 434, 8. Sumu hé cearf ðonne him ðúhte ðæt hié tó swíðe weóxen (weóxsen, Hatt. MS.) ... Sumu hé leahte mid wætre, ðonne hié tó hwón weóxon (weóxson, Hatt. MS.), Past. 40; Swt. 292, 5-8.
neáh-gebýren
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His fóstormódor ábæd án hrídderu hire tó lǽne æt óðrum wífe hire neáhgebýrene (-gebúrene, v.l.) nutrix illius a vicinis mulieribus praestari sibi capisterium petiit, Gr. D. 97, I. Þá wíf his néhgebýrne (neáhgebúrena, v.l.) vicinae mulieres, 251, 25.
gebed-rǽden
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For hire gebedrǽdenne, iii. 421, 4. Hió mádmas to Cantwaran cyricean brohte hire tó gebedrǽdene (to secure prayers for herself), I ch. iii. 422, 15: Hml. S. 32, 259. Byst þú on úre eallra gebedrǽdene eris in nostris omnium precibus. Ll.
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un-sceaþfulness
Innocence
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Innocence Se ðe gehielt his unsceaðfulnesse and his gódan willan si mentis innocentia custoditur, Past. 34; Swt. 234, 22. Ðý læs hí forlǽtan hiora uusceaþfulnesse (-sceð-, Cott. MS.) desinet colere forsitan innocentiam, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 5.
hámettan
To provide with a home, to house
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To provide with a home, to house Denewulf bisceop lýfde Beornulfe his mége ðæt he, móste ða inberðan menn hámettan tó Ebblesburnan nú hebbe ic hí hámet bishop Denewulf allowed Beornulf his kinsman to house the inborn people at Ebblesburn.
firen-lust
lust
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Hwǽr cumaþ þonne his willan and his fyrenlnstas ?, 113, I. Ðæt hié gehealdað hira líchoman firenlusta clǽnne studio castitatis, Past. 41, 14.
á-lǽtan
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Hí hine on ánre wilian áléton ofer ðone weall, Hml. Th. i. 388, 9. Hwí wolde þín hláford þé álǽtan tó mé ( let thee come to me ), Hml. S. 36, 65. of deprivation, loss Gé hit álǽtað ( you will lose it ), þonne gé lǽst wénað, Wlfst. 46, 10.
fundung
A going ⬩ departure ⬩ abĭtus ⬩ decessus
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A going, departure; abĭtus, decessus He nolde on his fundunge ofer sǽ híréd healdan he would not hold a court on his departure over sea, Chr. 1106; Erl. 241, 2