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a-hefan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hefan, p. -hefde; pp. -hefed

To heave uplift upraiselevareelevareextender

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He ahefde upp his hand extendit manum, Ex. 17. He ahefde up he lifted up, 14, 27

ferele

(n.)
Grammar
ferele, an; f.

A rod

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A rod Þá beran slóh mid þǽre telgan (færelan, v. l. ferula) þe wunode ꝥ bær him on handa . . . Þá réþan deór . . . ondrédon þǽre ferelan (ferulae) slegas, Gr. D. 229, 21, 25

þurh-seón

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þurhseah swá þone preóst for ðon gesealdne deófle, gif gedyrstlǽhte ꝥ 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 fór þæt gewícode betwuh þǽm twám hergum þǽr þǽr niéhst rýmet hæfde for wudufæstenne ond for wæterfæstenne, Chr. 894; P. 84, 24. sylla rýmet tó sittenne det ei locum sedendi, R. Ben. I. 106, 9.

ge-wyrht

(n.)
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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

(n.)
Grammar
níd-wyrhta, an; m.

One who acts from necessityan involuntary agent

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One who acts from necessity, an involuntary agent Se ðe nýdwyrhta biþ ðæs ðe misdéþ, se biþ ðý beteran dómes symle wyrðe, ðe nýdwyrhta wæs ðæs ðe worhte, L. Eth. vi. 52; Th. i. 328, 23-25.

Linked entry: níd-dǽda

self

(pronoun.)
Grammar
self, seolf, silf, sylf; pron. <b>A.</b>
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Gif 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&#39;s, L. Alf. 11; Th. i. 46, 4.

Linked entries: seolf silf siolf sylf

be-reáfian

(v.)
Grammar
be-reáfian, bi-reáfian, -reáfigean, ic -reáfige; p. -reáfode; pp. -reáfod; v. a.

To BEREAVEseizespoiltake awayeriperespoliareprivare

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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. mæg man hys fata hyne bereáfian quomodo potest quisquam vasa ejus diripere? Mt.

freó-drihten

(n.)
Grammar
freó-drihten, -dryhten, es; m.

A noble lord or masteringĕnuus vel nōbĭlis dŏmĭnus

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Wást ðú freódryhten, ðeós ádle scyle endegesettan knowest thou, noble master, how this disease shall have an end? Exon. 47b; Th. 163, 16; Gú. 994

irfe-land

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-land, es; n.

heritable land

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Land that passes as an inheritance, heritable land Ic cýðo 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

(n.)
Grammar
maga, an; m.

The MAWstomach

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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

Linked entries: ælmes-hand mage

murcian

(v.)
Grammar
murcian, p. ode

To grievecomplainrepine

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Ðæt 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.

Linked entries: murcen be-murcian

geolca

(n.)
Grammar
geolca, gioleca, geoloca, an; m.

A YOLKovi vitellus

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A YOLK; ovi vitellus Sceáwa nú on ánum æge, 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.

Linked entries: gioleca geoloca

tulge

(adv.)
Grammar
tulge, cpve. tylg; spve. tylgest; adv.
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Th. 458, 5 ; Hy. 4, 95

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bígels

an archinclination

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Wyrcan twelf hús mid gódum bígelsum, Hml. S. 36, 99. 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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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. dægredsangas on freólstídum tó healdenne sýn qualiter matutinorum sollempnitas agatur, R. Ben. 36, 9.

tácnian

(v.)
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</b> add :-- tácniað mid ðǽm ðæt men scylen onscunien . . . Past. 449, 17. <b>IV b.</b> add :-- Ꝥ tácnaþ ꝥ sceal má þencan úp þonne nyþer, Bt. 41, 6; F. 254, 30. v. firen-tácnian (Ps. Rdr. 288, 21)

gleáw

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sumne gemétað gydda gleáwne (a connoisseur of song), Víd. 139. (2 b) with prep., skilled in, clever at :-- Wæs wel gleáw on huntunge, Hml. S. 30, 16.

þeáw

(n.)
Grammar
þeáw, es; m.
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him ðæs þeáwes, gif unrǽdes ne geswícaþ, Exon. Th. 393, 11; Rä. 12, 8. wæs swíþe yfel monn ealra þeáwa, búton ðæt wæs céne his conduct was very bad in every respect, except that he was brave, Ors. 6, 14; Swt. 268, 27.