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be-fón

to seize ⬩ catch ⬩ take, ⬩ to seize ⬩ take forcible possession of ⬩ to seize a criminal ⬩ lost property ⬩ to catch ⬩ get to see a person ⬩ to get ⬩ attain to ⬩ to surround ⬩ encompass ⬩ to enclose, ⬩ to serve as a covering for ⬩ contain ⬩ to put into a covering ⬩ to encircle, ⬩ to lie round ⬩ to place round ⬩ to include ⬩ contain ⬩ comprise ⬩ to surround with words ⬩ furnish with a commentary ⬩ to have to do with an object ⬩ to engage in an occupation ⬩ get involved in an action

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Gif hwylc man mid arwan deór ofsceóte . . . and hit man ymbe. iii. niht deád finde, and þǽr hund oþþe wulf on befangen hæbbe (have had any-thing to do with it; eam occupaverit), Ll.

ládian

(v.)
Grammar
ládian, p. ode.

to excuse ⬩ clear ⬩ exculpate ⬩ defend

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Gif man hwilcne man teó ðæt hé ðone man féde ðe úres hláfordes griþ tóbrocen habbe ládige hine mid þrinna xii (cf. Icel. þrennar tylftir), L. Eth. iii. 13; Th. i. 296, 29. Mæssepreóst ládige hine on ðam húsle ...

Linked entries: lǽdend be-ládian

freoðo-þeáw

(n.)
Grammar
freoðo-þeáw, es; m.

Peaceful behaviour or manner ⬩ pacĭfĭci mōres

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Peaceful behaviour or manner; pacĭfĭci mōres Ðá wæs sibb on heofnum, freoðobeáwas then there was agreement in heaven, peaceful manners, Cd. 4; Th. 5, 29; Gen. 79

Linked entry: þeáw

un-fæderlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-fæderlíce, adv.

In an unfatherly manner

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In an unfatherly manner Saturnus wæs swá wælhreów, ðæt hé fordyde his ágene bearn ealle bútan ánum and unfæderlíce macode heora líf tó lyre, Wulfst. 106, 6

Linked entry: fæder-líce

án-wunung

(n.)
Grammar
án-wunung, e; f.
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Solitary dwelling: — Óþer cyn is muneca þe feor fram mannum gewítað and wéste stówa and ánwununge lufiaþ (deserta loca sequi atque habitare perhibentur), R. Ben. 134, 12

gǽst-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
gǽst-cund, adj.

Spiritual ⬩ spīrĭtālis

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Spiritual; spīrĭtālis Seó lufu in monnes móde getimbreþ gǽstcunde gife love builds up spiritual grace in man's mind, Exon. 44 a; Th. 148, 11; Gú. 743

Linked entry: gást-cund

fealgian

(v.)
Grammar
fealgian, p. ode

To fallow ⬩ break-up ⬩ land

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Andrews' Old English Manor, p. 260, n. 4

FÍC

(n.)
Grammar
FÍC, es; m.

Fig ⬩ the fruit of the fig-tree ⬩ fīcus ⬩ a disease so called, the piles ⬩ hemorrhoids ⬩ fīcus

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Gif se fíc [MS. uíc] weorþe on mannes setle geseten, if the 'fig' be settled on a man's fundament, Lchdm. iii. 30, 16. Se blédenda fíc the bleeding 'fig,' iii. 38, 8.

plegan

Grammar
plegan, [In p. 775, col. 2, l. 2 for 361, l. 391.]
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Add Mann dysig plegað mid handum homo stultus plaudet manibus, Scint. 95, 8

ge-wrixl

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wrixl, -wrixle, es; n.

A change ⬩ interchange ⬩ vicissitude ⬩ turn ⬩ course

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A change, interchange, vicissitude, turn, course Hwylc gewrixl sylþ se mann for hys sáwle quam dabit homo commutationem pro anima sua? Mt. Bos. 16, 26: Mk. Bos. 8, 37. Cépena þinga gewrixle commercium, Ælfc. Gl. 16; Som. 58, 53; Wrt. Voc. 21, 41.

ge-þeaht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þeaht, m. (e. g. geþeahtas, Gr. D. 137, 20), f. (e. g. mid bróþorlicre geþeahte. Bd. 3, 22; Sch. 292, 8), n. (e. g. ðæt ryhte geðeaht. Past. 287, 14).
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Gif ys of mannum geþeaht þis oððe weorc, Scint. 199, 3. Hié gesetton ꝥ hé ... swungen wǽre oþþæt hé swylte ... Sóna swá him ꝥ geþeaht tó cóm, Bl. H. 193, 5.

beorg

(n.)
Grammar
beorg, beorh, biorg, biorh; gen. beorges; dat. beorge; pl. nom. acc. beorgas; gen. beorga; dat. beorgum; m.

a hill ⬩ mountain ⬩ collis ⬩ mons ⬩ a heap ⬩ BURROW or barrow ⬩ a heap of stones ⬩ place of burial ⬩ tumulus

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Óþ ða beorgas ðe man hǽt Alpis to the mountains which they call the Alps Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 44; 16, 17. Ǽlc múnt and beorh byþ genyðerod omnis mons et collis humiliabitur Lk. Bos. 3, 5.

ge-mittan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mittan, p. -mitte; pp. -mitted

To find, meet ⬩ invĕnīre, obviam hăbēre

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Gif ðúðyslícne þegn gemittest if thou meetest such a man, Exon. 84 a; Th. 316, 8; Mód. 45. Hý gemittaþ mearclonde neáh heá hlincas they meet lofty hills near the border-land, 101 b; Th. 384, 5; Rä. 4, 23: 117 b ; Th. 451, 15; Dóm. 104.

Linked entries: mittan ge-métan

á-gitan

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Be hwylcum tácne man ágytan mihte hwænne his tócyme tówerd wurde, Wlfst. 88, 22. Áfunden, ágyten expertus , An. Ox. 2538. Gif ǽni man ágiten wurðe ꝥ ǽnige hǽðenscipe dreóge if any one be found to practise heathen rites, Ll. Th. ii. 296, 27.

Linked entry: á-gytan

ge-scrífan

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Th. i. 30, 14. to order, bind a person to do or suffer something, compel, subject Ne þearf man ná fæsten fram Eástran oð Pentecosten, búton hwá gescrifen sig, oþþe hé elles fæsten wylie, Ll. Th. i. 368, 28.

ofer-gán

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Godwine eorl.. . sáh niðer. . . sprǽce benumen . . . and hine man brǽd intó ðæs kinges búre, and ðóhtan ꝥ hit ofergán sceolde, ac hit næs ná swá, Chr. 1053; P. 182, 23

rót

(adj.)
Grammar
rót, adj.

glad ⬩ cheerful ⬩ noble, excellent

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glad, cheerful Ðǽr moncyn mót for Meotude rót sóðne God geseón and aa in sibbe gefeón, Exon. 355, 33; Reim. 86. v. un-rót, rétan, rót-hwíl, rótlíce, rótness. noble, excellent Se góda man swá hé swíðor áfandod biþ, swá hé rótra biþ, and neár Gode, óþ

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, es; m.
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Abraham geseah þrí weras standende him gehende, Gen. 18, 2. a married or a betrothed man, a man (as in man and wife), a husband, v. wer-leás Swá micel swá ðæs wífes wer ( maritus mulieris ) girnþ, Ex. 21, 22.

Linked entry: wíf

hid

(n.)
Grammar
hid, e; f.

A hide of land.

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The Latin words used as equivalent are mansus, mansa, mansio, manens, cassatus, terra tributarii, familia, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. xxx. See for further discussion of the word Kemble's Saxons in England, i. 4: Stubbs' Const. Hist. s. v: Schmid. A. S.

flá

Grammar
flá, a strong dat. flá occurs: dat. pl. flán(?)
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Se mann mid his ágenre flán ofscoten wæs, Hml. Th. i. 502, 17-30. Hé wearð mid ánre flán ofscoten telo e muris jacto perfossus occidilur, Ors. 3, ll; S. 144, 27. Hé wearð gescoten mid ánre flá on ðám cneówe, Hml. Th. 492, 5.