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á-cnáwan

(v.)
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to know Ðæt hí ácnáwan, ðæt hí sylfe sculon beón gyldende ut debitores se esse cognoscant, Gr. D. 335, 21. Þurh scere synd ácnáwene per tonsuram noscuntur, R. Ben. I. 10, 10

Linked entry: cnáwan

broc

(n.)
Grammar
broc, l. brocc,

a badger

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Voc. ii. 121, 78. in local names :-- Agrum eni uo cabulum est brochyl, C. D. i. 97 13. Brocceshám ðes dennes nama, ii. 74, l. and add

líman

(v.)
Grammar
líman, p. de
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To emit rays, beam, shine ꝥ ꝥ leóht þe þǽr lýmde betweoh þám þýstrum wæs beorhtre þonne dæges leóht ut diem vinceret lux ilia quae inter tenebras radiasset, Gr. D. 171, 5

Linked entries: á-líman límian

turf-hacce

(n.)
Grammar
turf-hacce, (?), an; f.
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N.E.D. hack an implement for breaking or chopping up, mattock, hoe, &c. ), Txts. 112, 43

hindan

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it comes up with the sun from behind and rises be ore the sun, Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 2. marking position, at the back, behind, Ph. 293 (in Dict.)

Cealca ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Cealca ceaster, ceastre; f.

The chalk city

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The chalk city Camden thinks it is Tadcaster, in Yorkshire idem, ut opinatur clarus Camdenus, quod hodie Tadcaster in agro Eboracensi, sic olim vocatum a ealce ibidem copiose effossa, Som. Ben. Lye

efen-éce

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-éce, emn-éce; adj.

Co-eternal ⬩ co-æternus

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Co-eternal; co-æternus Æ/r ðon up-stíge efenéce bearn ágnum fæder ere that the co-eternal child ascended to his own father, Exon. 14 b; Th. 29, 19; Cri. 465

Linked entry: emn-éce

fóre-scyttels

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-scyttels, es; m. [fóre, scyttels a bolt, bar]

A fore-bolt ⬩ bar ⬩ repāgŭlum

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A fore-bolt, bar; repāgŭlum Ðæt ǽnig elda meahte swá fæstlíce fórescyttelsas ó inhebban that any one should ever raise up such firm bars, Exon. 12 a; Th. 20, 4; Cri. 312

ge-fréfran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fréfran, p. ede; pp. ed

To comfort ⬩ console ⬩ consolari

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To comfort, console; consolari Ðæt híg hira fæder gefréfredon ut lenirent dolorem patris, Gen. 37, 35. Heó nolde beón gefréfred noluit consolari, Mt. Bos. 2, 18. Gefroefred, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 5

Linked entry: ge-froefred

úht-hlem

(n.)
Grammar
úht-hlem, úht-hlemm, es; m.

A din made in the early morning

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A din made in the early morning (the noisy conflict of Beowulf and Grendel; cf. dryhtsele dynede ... reced hlynsode ... swég up ástág, 1540-1569; B. 767-782), Beo. Th. 4019; B. 2007

wiccung-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
wiccung-dóm, es; m.
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Witchcraft, sorcery, magic Hé hét tósomne sínra leóda ða wiccungdóm wídost bǽron ( praecepit rex, ut convocarentur arioli, et magi, et malefici, et Chaldaei, Dan. 2, 2), Cd. Th. 223, 17; Dan. 121

á-brácian

(v.)
Grammar
á-brácian, -brǽcian (?); p. ode
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To emboss, stamp Celatum ábrácod, út áþrungen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 22. Ábrectat ( = ábrǽcad?) celatum, Txts. 49, 451. [Cf. O. H. Ger. ka-práchit impressa: ki-práhtia (ac. pl.) celata: Ger. prägen.]

Linked entries: á-brectat -brácian

birging

(n.)
Grammar
birging, e; f.

Tasting ⬩ taste

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Tasting, taste Byrgincg (gustus) swéte út ánýdde of neorxena wonge, Scint. 57, 2. Hnesce on æthrine and weredre on byrigincge (biriginge, byrincge, v. ll.), Lch. i. 108, 2. On byrgynge, 250, 22

ed-gift

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Hé bæd ꝥ hé him geþingude wiþ Eádgife his bóca edgift requisivit ut pro eo me (Eádgifu) rogaret quatinus ei redderem libros terrarum suarum, Cht. Th. 202, 33. Cf. ǽ-gift. Add

for-hylman

To cover up ⬩ neglect

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To cover up, leave unperformed, neglect Cwæð Dryhten: 'Ic bebeóde . . . þæt þeós onlícnes eorðan séce' . . . Ne dorste þá forhylman Hǽlendes bebod wundor fore weorodum, ac of wealle áhleóp fyrngeweorc, An. 736. Substitute:

ge-gítsian

(v.)
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to covet and get, to get by unscrupulous means, extort Hié wilniað ðæt hié gegítsien æt ðǽm ungetýdum folce wísdómes naman ut apud imperitum vulgus sciential sibi nomen extorqueant, Past. 365. 22

Linked entry: gítsian

geond-swógan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-swógan, (?) to rush through or over a surface,
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other readings give on-, in-) ut nullus episcoporum parrochiam alterius inuadat, Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 376, 10. Cf. þurh-swógan

Linked entry: in-swógan

ge-sewenlic

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Cempa eorðlic ongeán feónd gesewen-licne (uisibilem) færð tó gefeohte, Scint. 61, 4. v. un-gesewenlic, ge-sáwenlic. Add

BYCGAN

(v.)
Grammar
BYCGAN, bicgan, bycgean; ic bycge, bicge, ðú bygest, he bygeþ, pl. bycgaþ, bicgaþ; p. bohte, pl. bohton; impert. byge, bige, pl. bycgaþ; pp. boht; v. a.
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Bige us to ðæs cynges þeówette eme nos in servitudinem regiam, Gen. 47, 19. Bige ða þing eme ea, Jn. Bos. 13, 29. Bycgaþ eów ele emite oleum vobis, Mt. Bos. 25, 9

Linked entries: bycgean bicgan

for-hogian

(v.)
Grammar
for-hogian, p. ede, ode; pp. ed. od [hogian to be anxious]

To neglect ⬩ despise ⬩ accuse ⬩ neglĭgĕre ⬩ spernĕre

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We forhogien on arísendum on us spernēmus insurgentes in nōbis, Ps. Spl. T. 43, 7. Forhogedre áre heora anddetnesse contempta revĕrentia suæ professiōnis. Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 15.

Linked entry: for-hycgan

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