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beágian

(v.)
Grammar
beágian, biágian; p. ode; pp. od

To crownto set a garland oncoronare

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To crown, to set a garland on; coronare Of wuldre and weorþmynt ðú beágodest hine gloria et honore coronasti eum, Ps. Spl. 8, 6

Linked entries: bégian biágian

cwyld-róf

(adj.)
Grammar
cwyld-róf, adj.

Devoted to slaughter necandi strenuus

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Devoted to slaughter ; necandi strenuus Deór cwyldróf = wulfas the beasts devoted to slaughter = wolves, Cd. 151; Th. 188, 10, 11 = 7; Exod. 166 = 164

frymdi

(adj.)
Grammar
frymdi, adj.

Inquisitiveaskingdesiroussuppliantinquīsītīvusrequīrensdesīdĕranssupplex

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Inquisitive, asking, desirous, suppliant; inquīsītīvus, requīrens, desīdĕrans, supplex Ic eom frymdi to ðé I am suppliant to thee, Byrht. Th. 137, 1; By. 179

ge-wæltan

(v.)

to roll

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to roll Gewælteno provolutus, Mt. Kmbl. 17, 14. He gewætte stán micel to duru ðæs byrgennes advolvit saxum magnum ad ostium monumenti, 27, 60

ge-nǽtan

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Add: to subject to trouble, ill, &c. Sáre and eallum ðám unrótnessum on þysse worulde wé beóð genǽtte, Verc. Först. 125, 11

birgan

(v.)
Grammar
birgan, p. de; pp. ed

To cover with a mound, to burysepelire

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To cover with a mound, to bury; sepelire Birge man hine ðæs ilcan dæges sepelietur in eadem die, Deut. 21, 23: Gen. 49, 31

Linked entries: býrian birgean

un-cumlíðe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cumlíðe, adj.

Inhospitable

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Inhospitable Se Hǽlend spræc sumum weligum men, ðe ... him wæs láð þearfendum mannum mete syllenne, and hé wæs uncumlíðe, Wulfst. 257, 14

wlitigness

(n.)
Grammar
wlitigness, e; f.

Beautycomelinessadornment

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Crist com wlitignesse and weorþunge his brýde, ii. 31

bildan

(v.)
Grammar
bildan, (byldan, q.v. in Dict.)

to emboldenencourage

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to embolden, encourage Nán mon hiu hiéremonna mód ne bilt (bielt, v. l.) gǽstlicum weorcum nulla subditorum mentes exhortatio sublevat, Past. 129, 11

Linked entry: byldan

cyne-riht

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-riht, es; n.
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A royal right, right belonging to the crown Myrce gecuran Eádgár cynge, and him anweald gesealden ealra cyne*-*rihta, Cht. E. 202, 18

fæstan

to entrustcommit

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Add: to make fast. Similar entries v. ende-fæstend. to entrust, commit In hondum ðínum ic fæsto (commendo) gást mínne, Lk. L. 23, 46

mánful-lic

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Iacób hæfde twá geswustru him wífe. . . Ac ꝥ is nú mánfullic ǽnigum menn dónne on þám crístendóme. Hml. A. 16, 73. Add

of-manian

(v.)

to exact a fine or due

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to exact a fine or due Ofmanige se bisceop ða bóte ðæs cynges handa, L. Edg. ii. 3; Th. i. 266, 19, note

Linked entry: manian

slihtan

(v.)
Grammar
slihtan, p. te

To smite, slay caedens mactare

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To smite, slay Gif ðú fallas ł slæhtas cadens (translator seems to have read caedens in the second case) Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 4, 9

Linked entries: slæhtan wæl-slihta

be-fæstnian

(v.)
Grammar
be-fæstnian, ; p. ode.

to fixto pledgebetroth

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to fix Búton gé ðá heáfodleahtras him on befæstnian, ne sceal hé for ðám lǽssan losian, Hml. Th. ii. 336, 21. to pledge, betroth

un-tósliten

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tósliten, adj.

Not torn asunder

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Not torn asunder Untósliten inextricabilis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 60: inima (?), 45, 37. Hí heóldon his tunecan untóslitene, Homl. Th. ii. 254, 32. Untóslitenum indisruptis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 31: 47, 13

Linked entry: tó-slítan

ge-irnan

(v.)
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</b> of the movement of a vessel :-- Scipu frécedlíce geyrnað ships have perilous runs (naues perclitantur in pelago, 297, 20), Archiv cxx. 298, 6. to run to and reach. to run to a person Gesæh ðone Hǽlend fearre gearn ( cucurrit ) and worðade

Linked entries: ge-urnen ge-yrnan

HEARD

(adj.)
Grammar
HEARD, hard; adj.

HARD, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, bravedurus, rigidus, asper, acer

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Him nǽnig gewin hér on worlde lang ne heard þuhte no labour here in the world seemed to him too long or too hard, Blickl. Homl. 227, 3; Cd. 17; Th. 20, 30; Gen. 317. Hunger se hearda severe famine, 86; Th. 108, 32; Gen. 1815.

ge-lómlǽcan

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Substitute: to be or to become frequent, happen frequently Þonne middangeardes wíta gelómlǽcað, Hml. Th. i. 612, 7. Efne ðá fǽrlíce æteówdon gelómlǽcende lígas sweartes fýres ecce subito apparent crebri flammarum tetrarum globi (Bd.

ge-bærnan

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Add: to expose to the action of heat Gebær[n]d stán calcis vi[v]a, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 27. Gebærnd lím calcis viva, ii. 127, 49. of a lamp, to cause to give light Ne ǽnig ðæcele giberneð (-að, L. ) nemo lucernam accendit, Lk. R. 11, 33.