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á-rásian

(v.)
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Add: to suspect, conjecture árásade (suspicabatur) ꝥ hæfde ǽrendo tó Breotone cyningum, Bd. 4, I; Sch. 342, 2: 8

hamacgaþ

(v.)
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Se ðe gelíþ raðe hamacgaþ he who takes to his bed will quickly be up again, Lchm. iii. 184, 21. [?]

ge-stala

(n.)
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ge-stala, an; m.

A thief;fur

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A thief; fur Ðæt he ne gestala nǽre that he was not a thief, L. In. 25; Th. i. 118, 15

Linked entry: stala

sum

(adj.; pronoun.)
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sum, indef. prn.
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Ánum sealde fíf pund, sumum twá, sumum án, Mt. Kmbl. 25, 15. Ðá sende his þeów ... sende óðerne ... eft sumne sende, Mk. Skt. 12, 2-5.

Linked entry: ÁN

on-sacan

(v.)

to attack, strive againstto, resist, refuse to comply with a demandto declare that one has no knowledge of a personto refuse a person what he wantsto refuse to acknowledge a claim, not to allow the truth of a statement, in a legal sense to deny a chargeto make excuseto sacrifice

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Forðam hié his cræftas onsócon ( they would not acknowledge his powers, would not bow down to the golden image), Cd. Th. 230, 1; Dan. 226. Se ðæs onsóce, ðætte sóþ wǽre Waldend, se hié álýsde, 244, 20; Dan. 451. Ðonne sceal be.

Linked entries: an-sacan sacan on-sacan

ge-déman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-déman, p. de; pp. ed

To deemjudgedetermineordaindecreedoomcondemnjūdĭcāredecernĕresancīrecondenmāre

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Ðæt he ǽghwelcne on riht gedémeþ that he judge every one righteously, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 56, 30 : Ps. Th. 57, 10. He gedémde úrne Drihten to deáþe he condemned our Lord to death, Ors. 6, 3; Bos. 117, 42.

frum-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
frum-sceaft, e; f.

the first creationthe creationbeginningoriginoriginal state or conditionprīma creātioŏrīgoprīmĭtīva vel pristĭna condĭtioa created beingcreaturecreātūra

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He forlǽt ǽrest lífes frumsceaft he first forsakes his original state of life, Bt. Met.

langung

(n.)
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langung, e; f.

Longingdesireweariness

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Ðá wæs him micel langung and sorh on heora heortan ðá hié ðæt ongeáton ðæt leng mid him líchomlíce wunian nolde, 135, 21.

frum-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
frum-sceaft, e; f.
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Þá þe hine æt frumsceafte forð onsendon ǽnne ofer ýðe umbor wesende, B. 45. (1 a) the first shaping of the world, the creation :-- Tunglu him healdad betwuh sibbe . . . swá gewenede wuldres ealdor æt frumsceafte (cf. þá ealdan sibbe ðe on gesceapne

ge-cennan

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Ic þéo écne God ǽnne gecenne, Hy. 10, 4. to declare a course of action Gif teám gecenne, and sý on óðre scíre sé þe tó týmð, Ll.

hlýdan

(v.)
Grammar
hlýdan, p. de

To sound, make a loud noise, to clamour, vociferate

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Hét mid handum sleán on ðæt hleór ðæt heó hlýdan ne sceolde he bade strike her with their hands on the face that she should not declaim, Homl. Swt. 8, 70

deófol

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Díwle and englum his, 25, 41. a devil, an evil spirit Ðá deófol hine swungan, Shrn. 52, 27. Ðæt deófol genam mid him óþre seofon deóflo . . . Þá deófla blǽstan ofer hine, Bl. H. 243, 4-11: Sat. 319. Deófla (diówla, L.

be-metan

(v.)
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be-metan, p. -mæt, pl. -mǽton; pp. -meten; v. trans. [be, metan to measure]

To measure bycompareestimateconsidermetiricommetiricomparareæstimare

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Ðæt ná siððan nánes anwealdes ne bemǽtan, ne nánes freódómes that afterwards they did not consider themselves [possessed] of any power, nor of any freedom 3, 7; Bos. 62, 11.

eorþ-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-ærn, es; n.

An earth-place, a tomb, sepulchrespēlunca, sepŭlcrum

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An earth-place, a tomb, sepulchre; spēlunca, sepŭlcrum Open wæs ðæt eorþærn the sepulchre was open, Exon. 120a; Th. 460, 18; . 19. In ðæt eorþærn in the sepulchre, 119b; Th. 460, 4; . 12: Exon. 119b; Th. 459, 22; . 3

sundor-setl

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-setl, es; n.
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- ongan wilnian wéstenes and sundersetle[s?]. . . leornode be ðám ancerum ðe on wéstene and on sundorsettlum heora líf leofodon, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 18, 20-24. his fultum tó ðam sundorsetle sóhte, 3; Gdwin. 24, 2

æt-limpan

(v.)
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æt-limpan, p. -lamp, pl. -lumpon
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To fall away, 4e lost ðára sáwla bemǽndon þe tó heofona ríce faran sceoldon, ꝥ Gode swá earm-líce ætlumpon, Hml. S. 30, 67. Mycel is mé unbliss mínra dýrlinga miss, ꝥ ús swá fǽrlíce mid ealle sýn ætlumpene, 272

cwellan

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Ðá men ðe wénað ðæt cwéman Gode ðonne cwellað hyra oxan, Prov. K. 67. Cwealdon necarent, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 53. Tó cwellene (-ende, An. Ox. 4508) truncanda, decollanda, occidenda, Hpt. Gl. 511, 2. [wǽron] cwealde mactarentur, 478, 47. Add

fram-weard

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Substitute: With the face turned away, having the back turned to another Geseoh ꝥ sié tóweard þonne þú ingange ...; gif þé sié framweard, ne grét þú hine, Lch. ii. 352, 20. Ðone fromweardan ciégeð aversum revocat, Past. 407, 11

orþian

(v.)
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Se hálga gást orðað (spirat) þǽr wyle, eác is tó witenne ꝥ orðað (aspirat) þonne wyle, Gr. D. 146, 11-14. Orþode palpauit, Germ. 402, 73. Add

ofer-genga

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-genga, an; m.

One who goes over or beyond

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One who goes over or beyond Gif biþ on .xi. nihta ealdne mónan se biþ landes ofergenga if he is born on the eleventh of the month, he will be a traveller about the land Lchdm. iii. 158, 1 : 160, 30