clǽnsian
To CLEANSE, purify, chasten, clear oneself ⬩ mundare, purgare, castigare, se liberare
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Gif hwá þeóf clǽnsian wylle if any one will clear a thief, L. Eth. iii. 7; Th. i. 296, 7. Preóst hine clǽnsie sylfes sóþe let a priest clear himself by his own truth, L. Wih. 18; Th. i. 40, 14, 16: 19; Th. i. 40, 17: 20; Th. i. 40, 19: L.
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hlinc-rǽw
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Of ðám andheáfdum on ðá hlincrǽwe (-réwe, iv. 66, 7) úp tó ðǽre díc, iii. 408, 29. Of ðám stáne on áne hlincræwe oð hit cymð tó gráfum, 455. I
láþettan
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For 'To be odious . . . hate' substitute: to abhor, execrate, hate, hold in detestation Þíne goda ic láðette and him teónan dó ego diis tuis abominationem feci Angl. xvii. 116, 4. Man tó forð láþet þæt man scolde lufian, Wlfst. 165, 3 [: 168, 13: Wrt
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beso-reádian
rubefacere
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To make a reddish purple; rubefacere Besoreáda ða rinda ealle útan make all the rinds on the outside a reddish purple [by soaking in chalybiate water?] L. M. 1, 47; Lchdm. ii. 116, 3
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eglian
chiefly used impersonally with dat. of person. To trouble, pain, grieve, AIL ⬩ molestāre, dŏlēre
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Chauc. eylen, eilen to ail: Orm. eȝȝlenn: Plat, echeln, öcheln to be vexed, grieved at anything: Ger. ekeln: Goth. aglyan to molest, in us-aglyan.] DER, æt-eglan, ge-
mis-micel
Wanting in greatness or quantity(?) ⬩ few
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ðonne men cunnon to preserve the life of all that lives on earth Noah had an everlasting remnant (one from which an endless line of descendants would come), an original pair, father and mother, of every one of the offspring-producers, few in number, (
bi-scær
sheared or cut off
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sheared or cut off, Reim. 26; p. of bi-sceran
án-híwe
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Of one form or colour Ánhíwes uniformi, An. Ox. 1046
singal
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add: of a person or action, assiduous, unremitting Micelum framaþ gebed rihtwíses singal ( assidua ), Scint. 30, 14. On bebodum his syngal (assiduns) beó þu, 66, 11. On hálgum spǽcum singal, 220, 2. Singalre crebra (lectionis assiduitate), An.
fægnian
To rejoice, be glad, exult, applaud, to be delighted with, to wish for ⬩ gaudēre, jubĭlāre, lætāri, exultāre, plaudĕre, appĕtĕre
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Fægnode mín cild on mínum innoþe exultāvit in gaudio infans in ŭtĕro meo, Lk. Bos. 1, 44. Fægnodon ealle all rejoiced, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 66; Met. 1, 33. Fægniaþ Gode ealle eorþe jubĭlāte Deo omnis terra, Ps. Spl. 65, 1.
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ecg
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Of cumbes súðecge . . . ðonan súð on ecge oð ðæt niéhste slæd, 416, 21. Úp ofer feld . . . tó wuda; of wuda be ecge . . . á norð be ecge; of ecge eást, 446, 18-23. On Wilbaldes ecge; of Wilbaldes ecge, 439, 2.
æ-týnan
To open ⬩ aperire
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To open; aperire Dura heofones he ætýnde januas cœli aperuit, Ps. Spl. 77, 27
clymmian
To climb ⬩ scandere
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To climb; scandere Leóht clymmaþ light ascends [climbeth ], Salm. Kmbl. 829; Sal. 414
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ge-æmtian
To be unoccupied ⬩ be at leisure ⬩ be void ⬩ văcuum esse ⬩ văcāre
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To be unoccupied, be at leisure, be void; văcuum esse, văcāre Ðe hie selfe geæmettigian sceoldon who ought to keep themselves unoccupied, Past. 18, 4; Swt. 134, 5; Cot. MS. : Swt. 4, 3. Geæmtiaþ eów, and geseóþ ðæt ic eam God văcāte, et vĭdēte quŏniam
bícnian
to beckon, nod ⬩ innuere ⬩ to indicate, signify, announce, shew ⬩ indicare, significare
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to beckon, nod; innuere He wæs bícniende him erat innuens illis, Lk. Bos. 1, 22. Bícnodon hí to his fæder innuebant patri ejus, 1, 62 : 5, 7. to indicate, signify, announce, shew; indicare, significare He sceal mid bellan bícnigan ða tída he shall with
ge-díglian
To hide ⬩ conceal ⬩ cover ⬩ abscondere ⬩ operire
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To hide, conceal, cover; abscondere, operire Gedeigla abscondere, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 14. Gedeigeldes abscondisti, 11, 25. Gedégled opertum, 10, 26. Gidéglad [delgad] abscondita, Rtl. 25, 7. Helme gedýgled concealed by a covering, Hy. 11, 13
ge-tímian
To happen ⬩ befall ⬩ accĭdĕre
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To happen, befall; accĭdĕre Getímian to happen, Jud. 5; Thw. 156, 8. Getímode hit ðæt he becom to heora byrig ðe wæs Gaza geháten it befell that he came to their city which was called Gaza, Homl. Th. i. 226, 24: 318, 15. Him getímode swíðe rihtlíce it
ge-wífian
To take a wife ⬩ marry ⬩ uxōrem dūcĕre
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To take a wife, marry; uxōrem dūcĕre Gewífodon duxĕrunt uxōres, Jud. 3, 6. Ðæt cristen man gewífige that a christian man marry, L. Eth. vi. 12; Th. i. 318, 13, 18: L. C. E. 7; Th. i. 364, 23. Manige habbaþ genóg gesǽlilíce gewífod many have married happily
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eorþen
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Of or in the earth Grafe eorþenum cuniculo subterraneo, An. Ox. 3312
med-spédig
Unprosperous ⬩ poorly provided
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Unprosperous, poorly provided Ne biþ ǽnig ðæs earfoþsǽlig mon on moldan, ne ðæs medspédig ðæt hine se árgifa ealles biscyrge módes cræfta no man upon earth is there of such hard fortune or so meanly endowed, that the gracious giver quite cuts him off