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on-findan

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Ðá ðe hiera líchoman synna onfunden habbað peccata carnis experti, Past. 403, 12. with pronoun object representing a clause Hé swíðor lufade wífa gebǽro þonne wǽpnedmonna. Ꝥ onfunde Arbatus, Ors. 1, 12; S. 52, 2: 4, 10; S. 200, 18.

hlísa

famereputationreputegloryreputationreportfameapprobationapplause

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Ásprang his hlísa geond þá land wíde, 26, 239. Gif hæleða hwone hlísan lyste, Met. 10, 1. Sé þe wile wíslíce æfter þám hlísan spyrian, þonne ongit he swíþe hraþe hú lytel hé bið, Bt. 18, I; F. 60, 28.

findan

to come acrossto obtainfindto meet withexperiencebe exposed tofind difficultyprocureto visitlearnarrangesettleto determineto supplyprovidefurnish

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Add: to come upon by chance or in the course of events. to come across, meet with a person or thing Ðú findst (fintst, v. l.) wið hwone ðú meant flítan contra quos valeatis vos extendere, semper invenitis, Past. 331, 5.

furþum

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H. 25, 18. to a hypothetical clause Gif ic ǽnig unriht wið hí gedón hæbbe, oððe furðum him gulde yfel wið yfle, Ps. Th. 7, 4. Hwæþer hit furþon sóð sý oððe hwæðer mé on swefne mǽte, Hml.

féte

(adj.)
Grammar
féte, adj.

Provided with feetfootedpĕdĭbus instructus

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Provided with feet, footed; pĕdĭbus instructus

Linked entry: fóte

feðeran

(v.)
Grammar
feðeran, feðran

to provide with feathers or wings

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to provide with feathers or wings

legerian

(v.)
Grammar
legerian, p. ode

To be ill

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To be ill, afflicted with sickness

ban-fáh

Grammar
ban-fáh, l. bán-fáh

adorned with bone

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adorned with bone (of a hall)

westan

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Add: v. be-wistan, wiþ-westan

wíteleáslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wíteleáslíce, adv.
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With impunity; inpune, Chrd. 109, 26

be-prenan

(v.)
Grammar
be-prenan, be-preðan

To winknictare

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To wink; nictare Tele nú ða lenge ðære hwíle, ðe ðú ðín éage on beprenan [bepreðan, Cott.] mǽge compare now the length of the time, wherein thou mayest wink thine eye, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 66, 7

gebeótlic

(adj.)
Grammar
gebeótlic, adj.
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Arrogant, proudly threatening Pharao him filigde mid his gebeótlicum crætum and gilplicum riddum Pharaoh followed them with a threatening array of chariots and with his braggart knights, Hml. Th. ii. 194, 22

ge-þungen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-þungen, part. p.
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Hafa ðú me to ðan geþungennestan wífe have me as the most excellent wife, Shrn. 40, 17

Linked entry: ge-þingan

se

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
se, sió, Lchdm. ii. 260, l; m.: seó, ðeó, Blickl. Homl. 65, 13; se, Lchdm. ii. 228, 8; f.: ðæt; n.
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Wið ðam ðe in return for, on condition (that), connecting two clauses containing mutual concessions, v. wið :-- Se cyng and his witan him (the Danes ) gafol and metsunga behétan wið ðam ðe hí heora hergunga geswicon, Chr. 1011; Erl. 144, 22: Past. 36,

sorgian

(v.)
Grammar
sorgian, sorhgian (and sorgan, v. pres. part. sorgende); p. ode,
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, ac se wulf sorgaþ ymbe his síð the wolf will be sorry for his journey, Lchdm. i. 360, 22.

ge-déman

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L. 6, 37. to judge a person, with dat. (or uncertain) Swá hé gedémð ús swá wé hér démað þám þe wé on eorðan dóm ofer ágan, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 13. Se déma sé þe óðrum on wóh gedéme, i. 266, 15. with acc. Hé gedoemeð hine ille iudicabit eum, Jn. L.

wáse

(n.)
Grammar
wáse, an; f.
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Of ðære méde út tó Wásan; of Wásan út tó Eá (with mention of Buckland), 392, 32. Eást tó Wásan (with mention of Sandford), vi. 9, 7. On Wáse; of Wǽse (with mention of the Thames and Cumnor), 84, 24

dón

(v.)
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</b> with preps., to do about, with :-- Þá menn ealle hé tóc, and dyde of heom ꝥ hé wolde, Chr. 1072; P. 208, 29. Dóð be ús ꝥ ꝥ Drihten wile, Hml. S. 11, 133.

BEÓT

(n.)
Grammar
BEÓT, es; n.

a threateningthreatcommandmenacecomminatiominæperilpericuluma boastingboasting promisepromisejactantiapromissio gloriosapromissum

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He beót eal wið ðé sóðe gelǽste he truly fulfilled all his promise to thee Beo. Th. 1051; B. 523 : 160; B. 80

ge-trahtian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-trahtian, -trahtnian; p. ode; pp. od

To treatexplainexpoundconsidertractāreexpōnĕre

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Habbaþ word gearu wið ðam æglǽcan eall getrahtod we have words ready all considered against the wretch, Andr. Kmbl. 2718; An. 1361