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ge-helan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-helan, he -heleþ, -hileþ; p. -hæl, pl. -hǽlon; pp. -holen

To concealhidecover upcēlāreoccŭleretĕgĕre

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Woldon hí and wéndon dæt hí ðǽr mihton dígle and geholene beón fram andsýne ðæs unholdan cyninges occŭlendos se a făci rēgis victōris crēdĭdissent, 4, 16; S. 584, 25

tǽsan

(v.)
Grammar
tǽsan, p. de

To tear to pieces, pull to pieces, tease wool, tear a person's flesh with a weapon, wound

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Hwílon hé on bord sceát, hwílon beorn tǽsde; ǽfre embe stunde hé sealde sume wunde, ða hwíle ðe hé wǽpna wealdan móste, Byrht. Th. 139, 47; By. 270. Nint wulle, and tǽs hý, Lchdm. iii. 112, 8

under-þeódness

(n.)
Grammar
under-þeódness, e; f.

Subjectionsubmission

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Wite hé ðæt hé míne eáðmódra beón sceal on regoles underðeódnysse sciens se multo magis discipline regulari subditum, R. Ben. 112, 1.

á-scilian

(v.)
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Gl. 438, 49) beóð dirimuntur, i. dividuntur, 1367. Áscyledum tectis (motibus intus agit), 5410: excipientibus, i. segregantibus, 5448

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án-nes

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Sió ánnes and sió gódnes án þing sié, Bt. 34, 9; F. 146, 23-33. union (as opposed to disagreement) Hú mycel gód is ðǽr ðǽr gebróðru beóð on ánnysse quam bonum habitare fratres in unum, Hml.

brýd-lác

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S. 7, 61. in pl. marriage ceremony, nuptials Is ǽlcum preóste forboden, þæt hí beón ne móton on þá wísan, þe hí ǽr wǽran æt þám brýdlácum, þǽr man óðre síðe wífað where a man marries a second time, priests are forbidden to attend in the way they did

ceáce

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Gif monnes ceácan mon forslihð, ꝥ hié beóð forode, Ll. Th. i. 94, 14. Ceócan maxillas. Bl. Gl. Cécan, Ps. Srt. 31, 9. chaps, fauces

for-sweorcan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sweorcan, to grow dark.
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Beón forsworcene (obscurentur ) eágan heora ꝥ hí ne geseón, Ps. L. 68, 24. Betwyx forsworcenum sweartum nihtum obscuras inter noctes, Dóm. L. 198. ¶ a wk. form occurs, to make dark (?)

ge-anwyrde

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Substitute: <b>ge-anwyrde</b> in the phrase ge-anwyrde beón. to profess, declare oneself to be Ic eom geanwyrde monuc pro-fessus sum monachum Coll.

ge-sceran

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Substitute: to shear. to cut the hair off the head Heáfod him beón gescoren hearm getácnað, Lch. iii. 200, 21. Gesce(o)rene rasam, An.

ge-wun

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Gyf lytlan gewune beóð, geswinc hit ná byð, for þí þe of gewunan hit cóm si paulatim adsueti fiant, labor non erit, quia ex usu uenit, Scint. 64, 1. Ðeós wyrt is tó þám herigindlic ꝥ hý man wið gewune drenceas gemencgeað, Lch. i. 172, 6

ge-titelian

(v.)
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Add: to assign, a person to an office, nominate Ymbe náne worldbysgunge ábysgode, búton mid þǽre þe hig tó getitolode beóð ( nisi illos cuinominati sunt ), Ll. Th. ii. 198, 22. something to a person, ascribe, v.

hláf-gang

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Substitute: The going to eat bread. of ordinary bread Ðá wicþénas ánre tíde ǽr gemǽnum gereorde gán tó hláfe ... ðéhhweþere freólstídum beón bútan þám hláfgange ... oð þæt hí mæssan hæbben septimanarii ante unam horam refectionis accipiant panem ...

nytt

(v.)
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Æfre hé mæig findan on ðám hé mæig nyt beón and ðá nytte dón ðe him fylstan scylan, Angl. ix. 261, 2

oþ-íwan

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Wearð Rómánum an yfelum tácne oþiéwed . . . þæt þæs folces sceolde micel hryre beón, Ors. 4, 1; S. 156, 33. Alexandre wearð an swefne án wyrt oðéwed, 3, 9; S. 134, 35.

palm

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Beón gedǽlede þá palman (palmę), Angl. xiii. 409, 624: 408, 616. On drihtenlicum dæge palmena, 612. Bletsung pealmena, 622. Healdan þá palman on handum, 409, 629

sac-full

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Beóð þá sacfullan deófles bearn, 302, 5. <b>I a.</b> that excites dissension or strife: — Leáse láreówas bringað sacfulle láre pseudodoctores introducent sectas, Chrd. 93, 2. in last line for Leo. l. Lev

tilung

Grammar
tilung, <b>.
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Ðá cynn beóð langswýrede ðe lybbað be gærse ... and ǽlc byð gelimplic tó his lífes tilunge ( each is adapted for caring for its life ), Hex. 16, 4.

út-laga

(n.)
Grammar
út-laga, an; m.

An outlaw

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Hé scel beón útlaga wið mé, Wulfst. 296, 10. Útlagen (-an? -ne?) extorrem, Hpt. 412, 73. Se ðe Godes útlagan hæbbe on gewealde, L. Eth. ix. 42; Th. i. 350, 1. Wé beódaþ ðæt útlagan Godes and manna of earde gewítan, L. C. S. 4; Th. i. 378, 11.

tó-heáwan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-heáwan, p. -heów; pp. -heáwen

To hew to pieces,cut to pieces

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Wé synd ealle beléwde tó úre lífleáste, ðæt wé beón tóheáwene mid heardum swurdum, Homl. Ass. 99, 255. Turnus feol mid mechen toheawen, Laym. 178. The helmes thei tohewen and toschrede, Chauc. Kn. T. 1751.