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rǽdan

(v.)
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Girwan Godes tempel, swá hire gásta weard reórd, Elen. Kmbl. 2043; El. 1023. Hé rád and rǽdde, rincum tǽhte hú hí sceoldon standan, Byrht. Th. 132, 18; By. 18. Ðæt folc eall hrýmde, swá swá Josue him rǽdde, Jos. 6, 5 (20, Grn.).

swilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
swilc, swelc; pron. (the word can take the weak declension).
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Se wolde habban swilcne hlísan swá Benedictus, Homl. Th. ii. 162, 18: Soul Kmbl. 278; Seel. 143. Hí ne þurhwuniaþ swelca, swelce hí ǽr tó cóman, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 28. Swylcra yrmða swá ðú unc scrife, Soul Kmbl. 201; Seel. 102.

Linked entries: swelc swylc swá-lic

ǽmettig

Grammar
ǽmettig, ǽmetig, ǽmtig.

empty, void, vacant devoid, void of, free fromunoccupied, at leisure, exempt fromfree to dounmarried

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Martha swanc, and Maria sæt ǽmtig, Hml. Th. ii. 440, 1. Se ǽmettega (ǽmetiga, Hatt. MS.) Past. 190, 18. Ðonne hig bysega nabbon and ǽmtige synd, R. Ben. 84, 19. Swá hié ǽmettegran (ǽmetegran, Hatt.

Linked entries: ǽmetgian ǽmtig

regol-weard

(n.)
Grammar
regol-weard, es; m.

The guardian of a rule,an authority in the matter of the observance of a rule (v. regol, I)a ruler

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Ond ðás forecuædenan suǽsenda all ágefe mon ðæm reogolwarde, and hé brytniæ swǽ hígum mǽst réd síe, Chart. Th. 460, 37. Se reogolweord, 460, 16. a ruler Sum reiglword (regoloword, Rush.) quidam regulus, Jn. Skt. Lind. 4, 46.

and-git

(n.)
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Add: understanding, intellect Swǽ ðurhfærð his andgiet (-git, Hatt. MS.) ðæt mód his hiéremonna, Past. 154, 11. Se geleáfa ne bið on geárum, ac bið on glǽwum andgitum, Hml.

Linked entry: on-gitenness

ge-þingian

(v.)
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Swá hé þonne geþingian mæge, Ll. Th. i. 142, 3. to settle a claim, dispute, &c. Bútan hí hit ofgán tó rihtan gafole, swá swá hyt hý geðingian magan, Cht. Th. 478, 22. to atone for wrong-doing Adames gylt þurh þé sceal beón geþingod, Bl.

háwian

(v.)
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Is ðearf þæt þú rihte háwie mid módes æágum tó Gode swá rihte swá swá scipes ancerstreng byð áþenæd on gerihte fram þám scype tó þám ancre, 22, 3. to look after, guard, watch (with acc.)

sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
sceaft, es; m.

A smooth, round, straight stick or pole, a shaftthe shaft of a speara spearthe shaft of an arrowa polea taper

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[Moyses made a wirme of bras, And henget hege up on a saft, Gen. and Ex. 3899.] something shaped like a shaft, a taper :-- Swá swá eles gecynd biþ ðæt hé beorhtor scíneþ ðonne wex on sceafte (wax in the form of a taper or (?)

dón

(v.)
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Þá behídde Adam hyne and his wíf eác swá dide, Gen. 3, 8. Se man nolde gán, swá swá óðre men dydon, Hml. S. 12, 43: 15, 82. Ꝥ mon lufode þone gódan swá swá riht is ꝥ mon dó, Bt. 39, 1; F. 212, 7.

CÉPAN

(v.)
Grammar
CÉPAN, to cépanne; cépte, cépton; céped, cépt; v. a. gen. acc.

To observe, keep, regard, await, desire, take, betake oneself to, meditate, bearobservare, tenere, manere, appetere, captare, se conferre, meditari, portare

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Swá hwilcne swá ic cysse, cépaþ his sóna whomsoever I kiss, take him forthwith, ii. 246, 11. He nolde him nánes fleámes cépan he did not wish to betake himself to flight, Ælfc. T. 36, 18.

Linked entry: ge-cépan

losian

(v.)
Grammar
losian, p. ode

To perishbe loststrayescape

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Swá swá seó beó sceal losian, ðonne heó hwæt yrringa stingþ, Bt. 31, 2; Fox 112, 26. Ðætte nú foraldod is ðæt is forneáh losad quod enim antiquatur, prope interitum est, Past. 30; Swt. 205, 9.

Linked entry: lorian

tácnian

(v.)
Grammar
tácnian, p. ode.

to make a mark upon something, to markto be a token or mark of something, to indicate, mark to indicate, point outto signifyto be the figurative expression of, be a figure of something, to symbolizeto indicate what is future, to portend

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Hé cwæþ ðæt his þegnas dydon swá hé him bebeád. Ðæt tácnaþ ðe ðás láreówas ne sceolan Godes dómas náwþer ne ná wanian ne ne écan, 81, 3.

þyrstan

(v.)
Grammar
þyrstan, p. te

To thirst

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Swá hwam swá ðyrste, cume tó mé, Homl. Th. ii. 274, 3. Grammar þyrstan, with nom. of person suffering thirst; see also extracts from Northern Gospels in I. Grammar þyrstan, absolute Mín sáwl on ðé þyrsteþ sitivit in te anima mea, Ps. Th. 62, 1.

wræc-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
wræc-síþ, es; m.

travel in a foreign landperegrinationpilgrimageexilebanishmentmiserywretchedness

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travel in a foreign land, peregrination, pilgrimage Hí noldon geþafian ðæt swá getogen mann (Gregory) ða burh forléte, and swá fyrlen wræcsíð genáme, Homl. Th. ii. 122, 15.

á-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
á-bregdan, -brédan.
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Ben. 22, 16. of rapine Swá hwylc swá hwælhugu of cirican þurh stale út ábrygdeð (-brédeþ, S. 490, 5) si quis aliquid de ecclesia furtu abstulerit, Bd. 1, 27; M. 66, 29. Stíþ[lice] ágeán ábrédeþ violenter auferunt, An.

Linked entry: á-brédan

án-feald

(num.; adj.)
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Tó tácnunge án-fealdes sáres, 7, 2; F. 18, 21. simple, without addition or amplification, no more than Se Ióannes wæs ácenned swá swá óðre menn beóð and wæs ánfeald man, mǽre and geðungen (he was simply a great and illustrious man), Hml.

ge-lettan

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Hé him swá gelettum and swá genýddum hwæthugu getǽse gedyde ei commodum coacto renitentique dedit, Gr. D. 39, 26. Se cyng geáxode ꝥ his feónd gelætte wǽron, and ne mihten ná geforðian heora fare, Chr. 1085; P. 216, 7. <b>I a.

ge-þreátian

(v.)
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Ðá ðe beóð swá áheardode on unryhtwísnesse ðæt hí mon ne mæg mid nánre ðreáunge geðreátian (cf. mid nánre swingellan gebétan neque per flagella corrigere, 9) qui flagella contemnunt, 263, 5.

ge-wil

(adj.)
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Hí ongunnon godspel tó wrítenne bútan þæs Hǽlendes wissunge, and be heora gewille ( according to their own will ) sǽdon swá swá him geþúhte, Hml. S. 15, 114.

hleóþor

(adj.)

a soundnoisevoice

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Wæs stefn geworden, seó forðgelǽd-dum hleóðre swá gecleopode and þus cwæð vox facta est, quae producto sonitu clamaret, dicens Gr. D. 53, 23. Hé ne meahte ellensprǽce hleóðor áhebban, Gú. 1129. Hé þurh hleóðor ábeád ege earmum gǽstum, 657.