a-hefan
To heave up ⬩ lift up ⬩ raise ⬩ levare ⬩ elevare ⬩ extender
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He ahefde upp his hand extendit manum, Ex. 17. He ahefde up he lifted up, 14, 27
ferele
A rod
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A rod Þá beran hé slóh mid þǽre telgan (færelan, v. l. ferula) þe hé wunode ꝥ hé bær him on handa . . . Þá réþan deór . . . ondrédon þǽre ferelan (ferulae) slegas, Gr. D. 229, 21, 25
þurh-seón
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Hé þurhseah swá þone preóst for ðon gesealdne deófle, gif hé gedyrstlǽhte ꝥ hé underféngce ðone hálgan sácerdhád perspexit hunc clericum idcirco diabolo traditum, ne ad sacrum ordinem auderet accedere, Gr. D. 136, 6. Add
rýmett
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Add Hé fór þæt hé gewícode betwuh þǽm twám hergum þǽr þǽr hé niéhst rýmet hæfde for wudufæstenne ond for wæterfæstenne, Chr. 894; P. 84, 24. Hé sylla rýmet tó sittenne det ei locum sedendi, R. Ben. I. 106, 9.
ge-wyrht
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Hí þæs deóran hám wilniað bi gewyrhtum ( as it deserves ), Gú. 41. Gief hwá búton ge-wrihtum (without just cause) hit ábrecan wille, C.
níd-wyrhta
One who acts from necessity ⬩ an involuntary agent
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One who acts from necessity, an involuntary agent Se ðe nýdwyrhta biþ ðæs ðe hé misdéþ, se biþ ðý beteran dómes symle wyrðe, ðe hé nýdwyrhta wæs ðæs ðe hé worhte, L. Eth. vi. 52; Th. i. 328, 23-25.
Linked entry: níd-dǽda
self
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Gif hé wíf self hæbbe gange hió út mid him. Gif se hláford him wíf sealde sié hió ðæs hláfordes if he have a wife that he got himself, let her go out with him. If the lord gave him a wife, she shall be the lord's, L. Alf. 11; Th. i. 46, 4.
be-reáfian
To BEREAVE ⬩ seize ⬩ spoil ⬩ take away ⬩ eripere ⬩ spoliare ⬩ privare
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To BEREAVE, seize, spoil, take away; eripere, spoliare, privare Heó hit ne mæg his gewittes bereáfian she cannot bereave it of its faculty, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 25. Hú mæg man hys fata hyne bereáfian quomodo potest quisquam vasa ejus diripere? Mt.
Linked entries: be-rípan be-rafan bi-reáfian
freó-drihten
A noble lord or master ⬩ ingĕnuus vel nōbĭlis dŏmĭnus
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Wást ðú freódryhten, hú ðeós ádle scyle endegesettan knowest thou, noble master, how this disease shall have an end? Exon. 47b; Th. 163, 16; Gú. 994
irfe-land
heritable land
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Land that passes as an inheritance, heritable land Ic cýðo hú mín willa is ðet mín ærfelond fére ðe ic gebohte on ǽce ærfe I declare how my will is that my heritable land shall go, that I bought in perpetual inheritance, Chart. Th. 476, 12.
maga
The MAW ⬩ stomach
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Hú ðone cealdan magan ungelíclíce mettas lyste, 2, 16; Lchdm. ii. 160, 7. Hit ðone magan ealne áfeormaþ, Herb. 70; Lchdm. i. 162, 19. Lege ofer ðone magan, L. M. 2, 15; Lchdm. ii. 192, 20
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murcian
To grieve ⬩ complain ⬩ repine
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Ðæt hí him ondrǽden and murkien for hira unfullfremednesse ut imperfectionis suae taedio tabescant 65, 6; Swt. 467, 13. Sóna swá ic ðé on ðisse unrótnesse geseah ðus murciende (Cott.
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geolca
A YOLK ⬩ ovi vitellus
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A YOLK; ovi vitellus Sceáwa nú on ánum æge, hú ðæt hwíte ne biþ gemenged to ðam geolcan, and biþ hwæðere án æg look now on an egg, how the white is not mingled with the yolk, and yet it is one egg, Homl. Th. i. 40, 28.
tulge
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Th. 458, 5 ; Hy. 4, 95
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bígels
an arch ⬩ inclination
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Wyrcan twelf hús mid gódum bígelsum, Hml. S. 36, 99. Hé beworhte ðá bígelsas mid gyldenum læfrum, Hml. Th. ii. 498, 2. inclination Bóh mid wógum áhyldne bígelse stipitem obliqua reclinem curvatura, An. Ox. 2228
cealf
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Hé ðá cealfas tó cúum lǽdde, Shrn. 61, 19. v. cú-, hind-cealf; cealfa hús in Dict. Add
freóls-tíd
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Tó dæg Godes gelaðung mǽrsað þǽra eádigra cildra freólstíde ( natale innocentium infantum ), Hml. Th. i. 76, 28. Hú dægredsangas on freólstídum tó healdenne sýn qualiter matutinorum sollempnitas agatur, R. Ben. 36, 9.
tácnian
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</b> add :-- Hí tácniað mid ðǽm ðæt men scylen onscunien . . . Past. 449, 17. <b>IV b.</b> add :-- Ꝥ tácnaþ ꝥ hé sceal má þencan úp þonne nyþer, Bt. 41, 6; F. 254, 30. v. firen-tácnian (Ps. Rdr. 288, 21)
gleáw
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Hí sumne gemétað gydda gleáwne (a connoisseur of song), Víd. 139. (2 b) with prep., skilled in, clever at :-- Wæs hé wel gleáw on huntunge, Hml. S. 30, 16.
þeáw
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Wá him ðæs þeáwes, gif hí unrǽdes ne geswícaþ, Exon. Th. 393, 11; Rä. 12, 8. Hé wæs swíþe yfel monn ealra þeáwa, búton ðæt hé wæs céne his conduct was very bad in every respect, except that he was brave, Ors. 6, 14; Swt. 268, 27.