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 þiéfefioh mon æt ciépan befó, Ll. Th. i. 118, 13. Sé geypte déman þæt Tiburtius wæs crísten, and hé wæs befangen, Shrn. 116, 24. ¶ to take in the act:-- In dernelegerscip befóen in adulterio deprehensam, Jn.
a-cuman
To come ⬩ bear ⬩ venire ⬩ ferre ⬩ sustinere
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Ge hyt ne mágon nú acuman non potestis portare modo, Jn. Bos. 16, 12
a-drincan
To be immersed ⬩ extinguished ⬩ quenched by water ⬩ to be drowned ⬩ immergi ⬩ exstingui ⬩ aquis suffocari
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Mycele má moncynnes adranc on ðam wætere many more of mankind were drowned in the water, Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 36
á-wuht
Aught ⬩ anything ⬩ at all ⬩ by any means ⬩ aliquid ⬩ omnino ⬩ ullo modo
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Aught, anything; at all, by any means; aliquid; omnino, ullo modo Ne meahte on ðære eorþan áwuht libban nor might aught live on the earth, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 214; Met. 20, 107: 11, 18; Met. 11, 9: 18, 14; Met. 18, 7: Cd. 25; Th. 32, 1; Gen. 496
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mægen-leást
Weakness ⬩ feebleness ⬩ impotence
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Módes mægenleást weakness of mind, ii. 220, 5. Hí ne mihton for heora mægenleáste ða meniu bewerian ( of the Jews reduced by famine during the siege of Jerusalem ), Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 8
un-gehealdsum
Incontinent
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Incontinent Se óðer heáfodleahter is gecweden forliger oððe gálnyss, ðæt is ðæt se man ungehealdsum sý on hǽmede, and hnesce on móde tó flǽsclícum lustum, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 4.
á-bígan
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to deflect, turn away Hé ná ne áflýmde ne ne ábýgde fram him sylfum ðone ege his módes ( the verbs here seem a mistranslation of divulgavit in the original ), Gr. D. 107, 16. Ne mihton hí ðone streám ábýgan ( deflectere ), 192, 24.
ge-mirce
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a limit, boundary Þú const þá gecynd mínes módes mec á gewunelice healdon ł gemerce (v.
ge-dafen
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What is due or fitting Þá wæs þǽr ylding þǽre tíde þe man sceolde þá lícþegnunge and þá gedafenu þǽre byrgene gefyllan and gyldan cum mora esset temporis ad explendum debitum sepulturae, Gr. D. 84, 5.
hámettan
To provide with a home, to house
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To provide with a home, to house Denewulf bisceop lýfde Beornulfe his mége ðæt he, móste ða inberðan menn hámettan tó Ebblesburnan nú hebbe ic hí hámet bishop Denewulf allowed Beornulf his kinsman to house the inborn people at Ebblesburn.
ge-styllan
To spring ⬩ move rapidly
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To spring, move rapidly Hwílum he to eorþan gestylde at times he descended to earth, Exon. 17 a; Th. 40, 34; Cri. 648.
réðe
Fierce, cruel, savage ⬩ severe, stern, austere, zealous ⬩ wild, savage, fierce; ⬩ severe, cruel, fierce, dire;
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Óðer biscop, réðes módes mon ;austerioris animi vir,; Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 20. Réðe and stræce for ryhtwísnesse ;justitiae severitate districti,; Past. 5, 1; Swt. 41, 19.
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ge-bycgan
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M. 27, 15-19. ꝥte hiá gebohte ut negotiarentur, Lk. p. 10, 1. of payment by the husband before marriage Gif mon wíf gebycgge, and sió gyft forð ne cume, Ll.
cneóres
A generation ⬩ posterity ⬩ race ⬩ tribe ⬩ family; ⬩ generatio ⬩ posteritas ⬩ gens ⬩ tribus ⬩ familia
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Cneóresse generationis Mone B. 896. Mid ðisse cneórysse mannum cum viris generationis hujus Lk. Bos. 11, 31. Cneórisse bóc liber generationis Mt. Bos. 1, 1; Ps. Th. 94, 9.
Drihten-líc
Belonging to the Lord, Lordly ⬩ Domĭnĭcus
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Belonging to the Lord, Lordly; Domĭnĭcus Drihtenlíces Domĭnĭci, Mone B. 429. Angelþeóde ðæs Drihtenlícan geleáfan gife geleornode gens Anglōrum Domĭnĭcæ fidei et dona discĕret, Bd. 3, 3; S. 525, 29.
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fǽhþ-bót
Feud-amends, compensation for engaging in a feud or quarrel ⬩ inimīcĭtiārum compensātio
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Feud-amends, compensation for engaging in a feud or quarrel;inimīcĭtiārum compensātio Ne þearf ǽnig mynster-munuc mid rihte fǽhþbóte biddan, ne fǽhþbóte bétan no minter-monk may lawfully demand feud-amends, nor pay feud-amends, L.
moððe
A moth
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A moth Moððe tinea. Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 15: 78, 70. Ðǽr moððe (mohða, Lind. Rush.: mouȝþe, mouȝte, Wick.) hit fornimþ ubi tinea demolitur, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 19, 20: Lk. Skt. 12, 33. Moððe word fræt, Exon. 112 b; Th. 432, 4; Rä. 48, 1.
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eorþ-styrung
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Eorðstyrungurn geswenced terrae motu fatigata, Gr. D. 134, 1. Add
ofer-scínan
to cover with light, illumine
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Ðonne his (the moon's) leóma ealne middaneard oferscíne, Anglia viii. 323, 7
ge-sníþan
To cut ⬩ cut off
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To cut, cut off Summ monn gesnáþ him ða eárelipprica quidam amputavit illi auricula, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 47.