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á-seóþan

to clear from impurityto clear impurity from somethingto tryexamine

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Þæt eall ꝥ se ofen þǽre costunge of ásude (excogueret ), Bd. 4, 9;Sch. 393, 16. to try, examine Ásude examinasti, probasti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 57. Tó áseódenne expendere (see á-seódan above, d sometimes-= ð in this glossary), Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 2

Linked entry: á-seódan

á-sprýtan

Grammar
á-sprýtan, l. á-spryttan,

to sprout outspring upto put forth sproutssprout out

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and add: of a plant, to sprout out, spring up Eall gærs and wyrta ǽr þan þe hig upp áspritton omnem herbam prius quant germinaret, Gen. 2, 5. Ðeáh hié up áspryttæn, Past. 67, 23.

Linked entry: á-sprettan

IN

(prep.)
Grammar
IN, prep. cum dat. inst. acc.

InonintointoIn

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eall in ðæt swéteste leóþ gehwyrfde susceptum in monasterium ... Ipse cuncta in carmen dulcissimum convertebat, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598. 3-7.

Linked entries: -standendlic gang-ern

Æ

Grammar
Æ, The short or unaccented Anglo-Saxon æ has a sound like ai in main and f
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The long or accented ǽ has the sound of ea in meat, sea.

(adv.; con.; int.)

Nowat this timeNowsincewhen

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Sume syndon ortativa . . . heia nú lá, age nú lá; ðis is eác menigfealdlíce, agite nú gé lá, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 27-28. Nú lá age jam, Wülck. Gl. 252, 43

þicgan

(v.)
Grammar
þicgan, p. þah, þeah, and þigde, þigede, pl. þǽgon, þégon, and þígdon, þigedon; pp. þegen,
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., to eat or drink, consume Hú ðæt ne gemylt, ðæt se maga þigeþ, Lchdm. ii. 158, 16. Þigð, 186, 21. Fýr þigeþ lǽnne líchoman, Exon. Th. 213, 4; Ph. 219. Nó hé þigeþ mete, 215, 27; Ph. 259: 357, 28; Pa. 35.

Linked entry: ge-þicgan

ídel

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Wutun hí ídle gedón ( exinanite ) oð þæt hí heora eard geceósan, Ps.

ród

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Eást on ðá ealdan róde; andlang róde on dá ealdan mearcebécan, C. D. B. i. 296, 26.

drincan

(v.)
Grammar
drincan, [druncaþ prs. pl.,
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Gyt mínne calic drincað, Mt. 20, 22, 23: Mk. 10, 38-39. to use as a beverage Ne drincþ hé wín ne ealu, Bl. H.165, 11. Se cyning and þá rícostan men drincað myran meolc, and þá unspédigan and þá þeówan drincað medo, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 16.

witon

Grammar
witon, wuton (-an, -un), uton (-an, -un);

let us

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S., wutun gonga, Rush.) eamus, Jn. Skt. Lind. 14, 31

Linked entries: utan uton

ge-tucian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tucian, to torment, ge-tucian to adorn. Substitute: ge-túcian; p. ode.
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Hé Godes þá gecorenan wítnode and hí on yrmðum getintregode, and hí buton gewande getúcude ( the MS. has the accent ) eall swá hé wolde, Hml. S. 23, 15. Man hí tó eallre yrmðe getúcode, and heora lima man ealle tóbrǽd ǽlc fram óðrum, 71

sófte

(adv.)
Grammar
sófte, cpve. sóftor, séft; adv.

Softly, gently softly, quietly, without disturbancecalmly, at ease, without troublegently, not harshlywithout discordeasily, without opposition facile

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Th. 77, 65. calmly, at ease, without trouble Ðǽr mé sófte byþ, ðǽr ic beó fægere beþeaht fiðerum ðínum Ps. Th. 60, 3. Hié sófte ðæs bidon Exon. Th. 10, 3; Cri. 146.

Linked entry: sófte

þæt

(con.)
Grammar
þæt, conj.
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Eálá þæt nán wuht nis fæste stondendes weorces, Bt. 9; Fox 26, 21 : Met. 9, 55 : 18, 1. Eálá, mín Drihten, þæt ðú eart ælmihtig, 20, 1. Eálá, þæt ic eam ealles leás écan dreámes, Cd.

dón

(v.)
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Hét hió niman þá nǽdran and dón tó hire earme, Ors. 5, 13; S. 246, 24. Hé lét dón úp þǽr þá gíslas he had the hostages put ashore there, Chr. 1014; P. 145, n. 8.

ge-ceósan

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On .xxii. and .xxiii. nihta seó mǽtincg bið gecornes and geflitnes and eall costunge full; ne bið ꝥ ná gód swefen ( the dream is full of trial and strife ), Lch. iii. 156, 7

wyn

(n.)
Grammar
wyn, wynn, e; f.

delightpleasuredelightfullypleasantlya delightthat which causes pleasurethe best of a class,the pride of its kind.the name of the w-rune

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Eálá wífa wynn, fǽmne freólicast ah, pride of womankind, maiden most noble, 5, 18; Cri. 71.

Linked entry: mód-wén

ge-myndig

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ICX :-- Eálá Gabrihel l hú þú eart gleáw and scearp, milde and gemyndig, wís on þínum gewitte and on þínum worde snottor, Hö. 77

a-wegan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wegan, p. -wæg, -wæh, pl. -wǽgon ; pp. -wegen ; v. trans.

to lift uptake or carry awaylevareauferreto weigh outweigh to any oneappendere

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Eálá gif míne synna and mín yrmþ wǽron awegene on ánre wǽgan utinam appenderentur peccata mea et calamitas in statera, Job 6, 2 ; Thw. 167, 18

Linked entries: a-wæh a-weged a-wegen

Burgendas

(n.)
Grammar
Burgendas, gen. a; pl. m: Burgendan; pl. m.
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We find them at another period on the east bank of the Oder.

Linked entry: Burgendan

burh-waru

(n.)
Grammar
burh-waru, burg-waru; gen. dat. e; acc. e, u; f.
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Wearþ eall seó burhwaru onstyred commota est universa civitas, Mt. Bos. 21, 10: Chr. 1013; Th. 271, 28, col. 1. Wæs mycel menegu ðære burhware mid hyre erat turba civitatis multa cum illa, Lk. Bos. 7, 12.