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ge-wanian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wanian, -wonian; p. ode; pp. od.

to lessendiminishto be wanting

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to lessen, diminish Se láreow ne sceál ða inneran giémenne gewanian for ðære úterran abisgunge the teacher is not to diminish his care of inner things for outer occupations, Past. 18, 1; Swt. 127, 8; Hat. MS.

Linked entries: ge-wonian ge-wane

byrþen

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Gebígð ðæt folc hira hrycg tó hefegum byrðenum manegum ad portanda peccatorum onera, Past. 29, 17.

efen

(n.)
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Add Efnum aequatis, Txts. 39, 92. level Ðá ðe ne magon uncwaciende gestondan on emnum felda qui in planis stantes titubant, Past. 41, 7. <b>I a.

feónd

an enemyfoefienddevil

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Swá mon sceal Godes fiénd hatigean, Past. 353, 5-8. Feónda emulorum, i. inimicorum, An. Ox. 22, 42.

for-cúþ

uncleanworthless

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Wið ðæt ðe forcúðre (deterius) bið, ... ðæt is fierenlusð, Past. 189, 7: Wlfst. 52, 28. of animals, unclean Þá ðe tela nellað ... syndon unclǽne swá swá ðá forcúðan nýtenu, Hml.

for-gǽgan

to go beyondexceedtransgressto pass byomit to doneglectto pass away

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Th. ii. 200, 1. to pass away Bebod hé gesette and hit ne gewíteþ ł hit ne forgǽgð (non praeteribit), Ps. L. 148, 6

ge-myndgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-myndgian, ge-myndigian.
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Th. 135, 24. 111, to remind a person of something :-- Sió godcunde gemetgung his unmehta ðone man gemyndgað superna moderatio infirmitatis memoriam ad mentem revocat, Past. 465, 32.

hátan

(v.)
Grammar
hátan, p. hátte.
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Under þǽm twǽm consulum Tita and Publia hátton, Ors. 2, 4 ; S. 70, 8. the complement the title of a book On ðǽre béc ðe Morales hátte, Past. 107, 18.

sǽd

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</b> add :-- Ne becóme hé nó tó ðǽm sǽde ðáre wróhte, Past. 358, 2. Þǽr nǽnig láreów ǽr cóm þá sǽd sáwan þæs hálgan geleáfan, Bd. 3, 7; Sch. 212, 8. add: semen Wið swíðlicne fléwsan sǽdes, Lch. i. 220, 3.

swilc

Grammar
swilc, <b>. I 1.</b>
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., Past. 293, 22. 2 a. Add Ic mæg gelíc anginn þǽm gesecgan, þéh hit swelcne ende næfde, þætte Constantinopolim on swelcre cwacunge wæs ego poteram similia apud Constantinopolim narrare, Ors. 3, 2; S. 100, 21.

stræc

(adj.)
Grammar
stræc, strec ; adj.
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Réðe and stræce for ryhtwísnesse justitiae severitate districti, Past. 5, 1 ; Swt. 41, 19. Déde strece actus strenuos, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 201, 11. Tó ðæm stræcstum (strecestum, MS. T. : stræncstum, MS.

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irfe

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Ðá ðe æfter óderra monna ierfe flítað and hié reáfigeað qui aliena rapere contendunt, Past. 177, 6.

wær-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
wær-scipe, es; m.

Prudence, caution, circumspection, wisdom,in a bad sense, cunning, astuteness

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Ongiet mínne wísdóm and mínne wærscipe ( prudentiam ), Past. 38; Swt. 273, 9.

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æt-íwan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-íwan, æt-íwian (-eáw-, -eów-, -éw-, -iéw-, -ýw-. In Ps. L. 16, 15 a dis-tinction between the mutated and not mutated forms seems to be made, the former being transitive (cf.
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MS.) se Hálga Gást on culfran anlíc-nesse, Past. 290, 6. Atíwede, Chr. 1066; P. 196, 2. Ætýwde, Bd. 4, 8; S. 576, 8. . Ðǽm biscope æteáwdon fægre fǽmnan. Shrn. 63, 16.

Linked entry: æt-eáwan

áscian

(v.)
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Iówan ðæt him mon tó áscað, Past. 173, 2. to ask after, enquire for, search for Syþþan wé hit ǽscað, Ll. Th. i. 234, 16. Mann ús ofer eall sóhte and ús man georne gehwár áxode, Hml. S. 23, 451.

Linked entry: áhsian

ge-leornian

(v.)
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Siððan ic hié geliornod hæfde, swǽ swǽ ic hié forstód . . . ic hié on Englisc áwende, Past. 7, 18-25. Leorniaþ wísdóm, and þonne gé hine geleornod hæbben, ne forhogiaþ hine, Bt. 16, 1; F. 50, 26. Him sealde Iustinus áne Crístene bóc . . .

ám-ber

(n.)
Grammar
ám-ber, óm-ber, óm-bor, es; m. n ?

a dry measure of four bushelsmensura continens quatuor modios sive bussellosa liquid measurebatuscadusa vessel with one handlea tankardpitcherpaillagenaurceusamphorasitulahydria

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D. 804-829; 460, 24. a vessel with one handle, a tankard, pitcher, pail; lagena, urceus, amphora, situla, hydria Ómbor lagena, Mk. Lind. Rush. War, 14, 13. Ombora urceorum, 7, 8. Ómbor amphora. Lk. Lind. War. 22, 10

LYTEL

(num.; adj.; adv.)
Grammar
LYTEL, adj.

LITTLE

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Gr. pref; Som. 1, 35: Past. 39, 1; Swt. 283, 9. Ic geseah weaxende blósman litlum and litlum videbam crescere paulatim in gemmas, Gen. 40, 10. [Goth. leitils; O. Sax. luttil: Icel. lítill: O. H. Ger. luzil, luzzil.]

Linked entries: lytlum litel

pleoh

(n.)
Grammar
pleoh, gen. pleós; n.
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Hwá mæg ǽhta wilnian bútan plió nú se swelc plioh ðǽron gefór se ðe his nó ne wilnode quis opes quaerat innoxie, si et illi extiterunt noxia, qui haec habuit non quaesita, Past. 50, 4; Swt. 393, 9.

Linked entry: pleón

portic

(n.)
Grammar
portic, es ; m.
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Voc. ii. 97, 45. part of a church, porch, vestibule; also an arched recess.