secgan
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Add Þe lǽs þe hig sæggon, 'Hwǽr is heora god?,' Ps. L. 78, 10. 2. Add Cirus, Persa cyning, þe wé ǽr beforan sægdon Cyrus, rex Persarum, quem superius commemoraveram, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 22. Add Ðǽm welwillendum is tó sæcganne, ðæt . . . Past. 230, 10
brant
High, deep, steep, difficult; ⬩ altus, arduus
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High, deep, steep, difficult; altus, arduus Ðæt ðú us gebrohte brante ceóle, heá hornscipe, ofer hwæles éðel, on ðære mǽgþe that thou wouldst bring us with the steep keel, the high pinnacled ship, over the whale's home, to that tribe. Andr. Kmbl. 545
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felgan
To stick to ⬩ betake oneself to ⬩ go or come under, below or beneath anything ⬩ to go into ⬩ enter a place ⬩ to undergo ⬩ inhærēre ⬩ sŭbīre ⬩ ināre ⬩ intrāre
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To stick to, betake oneself to, go or come under, below or beneath anything, to go into, enter a place, to undergo; inhærēre, sŭbīre, ināre, intrāre Óþ he on fleáme fealh until he betook himself to flight, Ors. 4, 8; Bos. 89, 42. Hý ymb ða geatu feohtende
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feónd-scipe
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Þæs lǽþþu and feóndscipe forðweox tó þon swíðe cujus ad hoc usque odium prorupit, Gr. D. 158, 27. Ꝥ wé wǽron ealle swá on ánum freóndscype swá on ánum feóndscype that we should all be united alike in friendship and in enmity, Ll. Th. i. 234, 22. Of þǽm
innera
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Add:, innerra. local Rif vel seó inre wamb alvus, Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 38. Hé férde forð ofer ꝥ wæter in þá inran land þǽra hǽðenra, Hml. S. 30, 309. concerned with the inner man Se earma innera man, ꝥ is seó wérige sáwl, Verc. Först. 93, 4. Se inra déma
tó-gangan
to go in different directions, ⬩ to part ⬩ to go away, ⬩ pass away
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to go in different directions, to part Æfter ðon ðe wit nú betweoh unc tógongenne (tógangne, Bd. M. 372, 3) beóþ postquam ab invicem digressi fuerimus, Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 20. Ðá hié betwih him tógangen (-gangende. Bd. M. 372, 20) wǽron digredientes ab
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eáca
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Add: addition, increase Ðonne ys ðis se eáca on landum ðæt hé hæfð of his ágenum ðæt mynster mid gegódod, C. D. iv. 274, 32. Hwæt se eáca is ðe ic geunnen hæbbe, 51, 23. Nán nis swá welig ꝥ hé sumes eácan ne þurfe, Bt. 33, 1; F. 120, 16. Seó gnornung
firgen-streám
A mountain-stream ⬩ the ocean ⬩ montānum vel saltuense flūmen ⬩ oceănus
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A mountain-stream, the ocean; montānum vel saltuense flūmen, oceănus Hió ðæt líe ætbær under firgenstreám she bore the corpse away under the mountain-stream, Beo. Th. 4263; B. 2128. Fugel on firgenstreám lócaþ georne the bird looks earnestly into the
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nídþearfness
necessity ⬩ compulsion ⬩ necessity ⬩ need ⬩ need ⬩ trouble ⬩ distress
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necessity, compulsion Mid rihtre nýdþearfnysse gebǽded justa necessitate compulsus, Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 27. necessity, need (for something) Mycel nýdþearfnys is ðæt ðæt gesceád ... necessaria est magna discretio, 1, 27; S. 497, 17. need, trouble, distress
ge-líðan
To go ⬩ move ⬩ sail ⬩ advance ⬩ proceed ⬩ come ⬩ īre ⬩ meāre ⬩ advĕhi ⬩ profĭcisci ⬩ vĕnīre
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To go, move, sail, advance, proceed, come; īre, meāre, advĕhi, profĭcisci, vĕnīre Mænig tungul máran ymbhwyrft hafaþ on heofonum, sume hwíle eft læsse gelíðaþ, ða ðe lácaþ ymb eaxe ende many a star has a greater circuit in the heavens; sometimes again
un-gedafenlíc
Unbecoming ⬩ unseemly ⬩ unmannerly
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Unbecoming, unseemly, unmannerly Ungedafenlíc indecens, Ælfc. Gr. 14; Zup. 87, 12. Ðæt hit ungedafenlíc sig quod indecorum sit, L. Ecg. P. i. 7; Th. ii. 174, 22. Ðæt man intó circan ǽnig þingc ne lógige, ðæs ðe ðártó ungedafenlíc sí, L. Edg: C. 27; Th
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ge-stal
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Substitute: <b>ge-stál,</b> es; n. a charge, an accusation In þám dæge (doomsday) ús byð æteówed . . . se réða wealdend and se rihta dóm, úre fyrena edwit and þǽra feónda gestál, Wlfst. 186, 17. Gestálum objectionibus (for meaning of objectio
pocc
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A pock, pustule, ulcer Poccas ulcera, Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 73. Gif poc sý on eágan, Lchdm. iii. 4, 1 : 14, 31. Wið ómena geberste ... sleah feówer scearpan ymb ða poccas útan, and lǽt yrnan ða hwíle ðe hé wille, 44, 1 : ii. 100, 4. Wið pocádle... Mid hunige
yppe
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Brought to light, disclosed, manifest Gif hé hit ðonne dierneþ and weorðeþ ymb long yppe, L. In. 21; Th. i. 116, 7: 35; Th. i. 124, 8. Ðonne mon beám on wuda forbærne and weorðe yppe on ðone ðe hit dyde, 43; Th. i. 128, 18. Nǽnges þinges máre þearf nǽre
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leóf
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Add: to one person 'Hæfst þú ǽnig gedeorf?' 'Geá, leóf, ic hæbbe,' Coll. M. 20, 11. 7. Ealra manna hláford . . . wé biddað þínne cynescipe . . . hí under ðé, leóf, on yfele þurhwunedon, Hml. S. 23, 284. Leóf, ic ðé cýðe hú hit wæs ymb ðæt lond, C. D.
á-bisgian
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Ábysegode exercitos Germ. 388, 23. to busy, employ, engage, occupy, exercise, with acc. of person (or passive) and gen. of occupation Ne sceal hé hyne ná ábysgian worldlícra bysgunga non debet occupari mundanis negotiis L. Ecg. P. i. 7; Th. ii. 174,
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gebyrd-tíd
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Add: the time of a person's birth Ymbe nigon hund wintra and nigon and seoxtig ðæs ðe Drihtnes gebyrdtíde wæs. C.D. iii. 50, 9. Fram gebyrdtíde (-a, An. Ox. 2842) iugeðe ab ipsa cunabulorum temeritudine, Hpt. Gl. 473, 7. Of úres Drihtnes gebyrdtíde tó
stihtian
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To dispose, arrange, order, ordain, rule Stihtaþ word his in dóme disponet sermones suos in judicio, Ps. Surt. 111, 5. Suíðe ryhte stihtaþ ðone anwald se ðe geornlíce conn ongietan ðæt hé of him gadrige ðæt him stælwierðe sié potentiam bene regit, qui
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swíge
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silent, not speaking On óðre wísan mon sceal manigean ða swíðe swígean, on óðre wísan ða felaídelsprǽcean, Past. 23; Swt. 174, 24. Ða ðe tó swíðe swíge (swigge, Cott. MSS.) beóþ . . . ða suíðe suígean (swiggean, Cott. MSS.) taciturni. . . nimis taciti
sǽlan
to fasten with a cord ⬩ to restrain, repress, confine
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to fasten with a cord Hé sǽlde tó sande sídfæðmed scip oncerbendum fæst, Beo. Th. 3838; B. 1917. Wedera leóde sǽwudu sǽldon, 457; B. 226. Hwǽr wé sǽlan sceolon sǽhengestas ancrum fæste, Exon. Th. 54, 3; Cri. 863. Ymb geofenes stæþ gearwe stódon sǽlde