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hund

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Gif hund mon tóslíte oþþe ábíte ... Gif se hund má misdǽda gewyrce, 78, 1-6. Wiþ hundes slite, Lch. i. 148, 7. Cómon hundas forþ on wundorlicre mycelnesse and rǽsdon on þone apostol, Bl. H. 181, 20. Hunda hús canile, domus canis, Wrt.

lecgan

(v.)
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Sette mon inborh oþþe underwed lecge, 356, 10: 352, 8. a verbal pledge Hé forbeád him ǽlc wedd tó syllanne, bútan þysan wedde þe hé úp on Crístes weófod léde . . . 'Ic þreó þing beháte . . . ', Ll.

þeówian

(v.)
Grammar
þeówian, p. ode.
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On ðam mynstre wǽron fif bróþra oþþe syxe Drihtne ðeówiende, 4, 13; S. 582, 23. with dat. of practice in which a person labours, to be devoted to, attend to, bestow pains on, work at Hé wæs manod ðæt hé his ðam gewunelícan wæccum and gebedum geornlíce

Linked entries: þeáwian þeówan

fóran

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
fóran, prep. adv.

Beforein frontin frontin frontbefore alloppositeover againstBeforeBeforehandbeforebeforeBeforein front of

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Þá þe foran tó unriht wyrceð, oþþe on þám dæge him hláf baceþ, Wlfst. 212, 26.

for-wyrcan

(v.)
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Ealle þá þe fordémede wǽron oþþe hié selfe forworht hæfdon homines quicunque sceleribus obnoxii essent, Ors. 4, 9; S. 190, 36. ¶ for-worht, -wyrht guilty, criminal, sinful. as regards human law Wið cyning forwyr[h]t majestatis reus, Wrt.

ge-féra

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Se man þe ætfleó fram his hláforde oþþe fram his geféran for his yrhðe, sý hit on scypfyrde, sý hit on landfyrde. Ll. Th. i. 420, 8.

ge-fón

(v.)
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Gif hwá on nunnan hrægl oþþe on hire breóst bútán hire leáfe gefó, 72, 9. <b>II a.</b> fig. to put one's hand to a matter, make attempt at :-- Hé hæfde ful oft ǽr on gefangen, C. D. ii. 113, 12. (Goth, ga-fáhan: O. Sax.

tó-brecan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-brecan, p. -bræc, pl. -brǽcon; pp. -brocen

To break,break in piecesto break in two,to break to pieces,break up,to separate into parts by striking or pullingto overthrow,break down,ruin,destroy,put into confusion,rout,to destroy,crushto take by assaultto break a promise, pledge, etc.,to infringe,violateto break,interrupt

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Hié ða scipu eall oðþe tóbrǽcon oþþe forbærndon, Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 25. Tóbrec hira anlícnyssa confringes statuas eorum. Ex. 23, 24: Lchdm. i. 370, 22.

be-fón

to seizecatchtake,to seizetake forcible possession ofto seize a criminallost propertyto catchget to see a personto getattain toto surroundencompassto enclose,to serve as a covering forcontainto put into a coveringto encircle,to lie roundto place roundto includecontaincompriseto surround with wordsfurnish with a commentaryto have to do with an objectto engage in an occupationget involved in an action

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Gif hwylc man mid arwan deór ofsceóte . . . and hit man ymbe. iii. niht deád finde, and þǽr hund oþþe wulf on befangen hæbbe (have had any-thing to do with it; eam occupaverit), Ll.

sweltan

(v.)
Grammar
sweltan, swyltan, swiltan; p. swealt, pl. swulton; pp. swollen
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Ðæt hé iwungen wǽre óþþæt hé swylte, Blickl. Homl. 193, 4. Hwí lǽddest ðú ús ðæt wé swulton on ðisum wéstene, Num. 21; 5. Ic mæg sweltan blíðelíce laetus moriar, Gen. 46, 30: Mt. Kmbl. 26, 35: Ex. 10, 28. Sceal fǽge sweltan, Exon. Th. 335, 2; Gn.

Linked entry: a-sweltan

ge-þyncþ

Grammar
ge-þyncþ, ge-þyncþu.
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Swá man bið mihtigra for worulde, oþþon þurh geþingða heárra on háde, 328, 14.

licgan

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on gafole oþþe on hergiunga, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 4.

ge-híran

(v.)
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Hé nán óðer þingc on gewitnysse ne cýþe bútan ꝥ án ꝥ hé geseah oþþe gehýrde, Ll. Th. i. 274, 18. Gif hwá hream gehýre and hine forsitte, 392, 17. Of heofonan gehýrdne ( auditum ) þú worhtest dóm, Ps.

wandian

(v.)
Grammar
wandian, p. ode.
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., to refrain from, spare a per-son or thing (dat.). absolute Ðæt man nǽnne ne slóge . . . búton hé fleón wille oþþe hine werian; ðæt man ne wandode ðonne, L. Ath. v. 12, 3 ; Th. i. 242, 10.

Linked entries: ge-wand á-wandian

wanian

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
wanian, p. ode. I. trans.
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Se ðe on ðysum dagum his blód gewanige, sý hit man, sý hit nýten, ðæs ðe wé secgan gehýrdanj ðæt on ðam forman dæge oþþe ðam feórþan dæge his líf geændaþ, Lchdm. iii. 76, 11-22), Homl.

Linked entry: a-wanian

ge-samnian

(v.)
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Ꝥ unmǽte gestreón oþþe eal se wela þe hí dæghwámlíce gesamnodan all the wealth that daily they amassed, Bl. H. 92, 29. Malagma, quod. . . comprehendetur . . . comprehendatur in heáp bið gesamnod, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 57.

lufian

(v.)
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Th. i. 322, 22. to be devoted to a practice Hǽðenscipe biþ ꝥ man . . . wiccécræft lufige oþþe mordweorc gefremme, Ll.

ymb-hwyrft

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-hwyrft, (-hwearft, -hweorft, -hwerft), es; m.
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Ic eom micle yldra ðonne ymbhwyrft ðes, oþþe ðes middangeard, Exon. Th. 424, 21; Rä. 41, 42. Ðæt wealdleþer ealles ymbhweorftes heofenes and eorþan, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 19. Yrnð seó sunne bufon ðysum ymbhwyrfte, Lchdm. iii. 250, 14.

tó-slítan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-slítan, p. -slát, pl. -sliton; pp. -sliten

To tear in two,tear to pieces,tear asunderto tear in two,in pieces,rend material,to give a torn appearance to anythingto serrateto rend,cleave,break asunder that which is hard or bulkyto tear the flesh,rend,bite,woundlacerateto tear asunderpartseparate what has been joinedseverto pull to piecesdestroy the existence of an object, abstract or concreteto destroydissipateto distract the mindTo be different

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Ða líchoman ðe wildeór ábiton, oþþe fixas tóslitan, Blickl. Homl. 95, 16. Gifhund mon tóslíte oððe ábíte, L. Alf. pol. 23; Th. i. 78, 2. Ðæt se werewulf tó swíðe ne tóslíte, ne tó fela ne ábíte of godcundre heorde, L. I. P. 6; Th. ii. 310, 31.

þeón

(v.)
Grammar
þeón, [from þíhan; and this from an earlier nasal stem, of which traces are preserved in the past forms, where g has replaced h by Verner's law:-Ðunge pollesceret, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 40. Fród fæder freóbearn lǽrdewordum wísfæstum, ðæt hé wel þunge, Exon. Th. 300, 9; Fä. 3. See also the passages given under ge-þingan; ofer-þeón; ge-, heáh-, wel-þungen; on-þungan, Exon. Th. 497, 3; Rä. 85, 23 (omitted in its place)]
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Ic þǽh óþþæt ic wæs yldra, Exon. Th. 485, 2; Rä, 71, 7. Se síð ne þáh ðam ðe unrihte inne gehýdde wræote the journey did not turn to the profit of him who unrighteously had hidden treasure within, Beo. Th. 6109; B. 3058: 5665; B. 2836. Hine (him?)