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ge-dréfan

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Ic eam deópe gedréfed, for þon ic worn worda hæbbe gehýred, Cri. 168. Wurdon hiora wíf gedréfed horam uxores viduitate permotae, Ors. l, 10; S. 44, 30. Ðás þing geseónde hé wearð gedréfed, Chr. 1087 ; P. 223, 16.

weall

(n.)
Grammar
weall, es; m.

a wall that is made, wall of a building, of a town, side of a cave a natural wall a steep hill a cliff.

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Nó wyrm on wealle leng bídan wolde the serpent would not longer wait in the hill, in its cave, 4604; B. 2307. Geseah hé máððumsigla fela, gold glitinian grunde getenge, wundur on wealle, 5511; B. 2759.

of-gán

(v.)

to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exactto require what is not due, to exact with violence, extortto require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of anotherto start of, make a beginning of anything.

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Linked entry: of-eode

æfnan

(v.)
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æfnan, p. de; pp. ed

To performexecutelabourshowpatrarefacerelaborarepræstare

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Gif hý woldun his bebodu æfnan if they would execute his judgments, 54 a ; Th. 152, 29; Gú. 816. Wile coriscipe æfnan he wishes to show his dignity, 87 a; Th. 327, 3; Wíd. 141. Æfdon unsofte for æfudon? 27 b; Th. 83, 16; Cri. 1357

Linked entry: æfdon

Cartaina

(n.)
Grammar
Cartaina, indecl: Cartaine, an; f.
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Ðæt mon ealle Cartaina towurpe that one would overthrow all Carthage, 4, 13; Bos. 99, 25. He þohte Cartainan toweorpan he wished to overthrow Carthage, 4, 13; Bos. 100, 3

folc-gefeoht

(n.)
Grammar
folc-gefeoht, es; n.

Folk-battlea great battlepitched battlepublĭca pugnaplēnum prælium

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Folk-battle, a great battle, pitched battle; publĭca pugna, plēnum prælium Ða Sciððie noldon hine gesécan to folcgefeohte the Scythians would not attack him in a pitched battle, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 46, 5.

ge-bǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bǽtan, p. -bǽtte; pp. -bǽted, -bǽt [ge, and bǽtan to bridle]

To bitbridlecurbfrēnum ĕquo vel ăsĭno injĭcĕrefrēnāre

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He gebǽtte his ágen weorc he curbed his own work, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 152; Met. 11, 76. Hæfþ se Alwealda ealle gesceafta gebǽt mid his bridle the Almighty has restrained all creatures with his bridle, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 45; Met. 11, 23

nebbian

(v.)
Grammar
nebbian, p. ode

To turn the face towards anyoneto retort upon anyone

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Ac se apostol Paulus hine nebbaþ mid ðisum wordum ( retorts upon him, meets him, with these words ) : ' Ne brohte wé nán þing tó ðisum middangearde, ne wé nán þing heonon mid ús lǽdan ne mágon, Homl. Th. i. 256, 7-12

BLÁT

(adj.)
Grammar
BLÁT, comp. blátra; superl. blátast; adj.

Livid, pale, ghastlylividus, palliduslivor

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Ðæt biþ frécne wund, blátast benna that is a dangerous wound, most ghastly of sores, Exon. 19 a; Th. 48, 13; Cri. 771

Linked entry: ǽ-blǽte

ge-neádian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-neádian, -nédian; p. ode; pp. od

To compel

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To compel Nolde swá-ðeáh nǽnne to cristendóme geneádian he would not however compel any one to christianity, Homl. Th. ii, 130, 14: i, 70, 25.

sencan

(v.)
Grammar
sencan, p. te; pp. ed.
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.), plunge, immerse Wæs his gewuna ðæt hé hine on ðam streáme sencte solebat in flumine supermeantibus undis immergi, Bd. 5, 12 ; S. 631, 22. to submerge, flood with water Abraham wolde his sunu cwellan folmum sínum fýre(?)

Linked entry: be-sæncan

un-wærlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wærlíc, adj.

Unwaryincautiousheedless

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Ðeáh ðú fela unwærlícra worda gesprǽce, Exon. Th. 254, 6; Jul. 193

á-heáwan

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Se hálga wolde áheáwan ǽnne pínbeám ... Ðá hǽðenan áheówon þæt treów þæt hit sáh tó ðám hálgan were, Hml. Th. ii. 508, 22-34. Ic him hét þá honda of áheáwan, Nar. 17, 1. Áheáwen cesa, i. abscisa, occisa , Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 2.

Linked entry: heáwan

ampre

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Wiþ wóum múþe genim ompran, 54, 22. Ádelfe ompran, 78, 1. Ampron, iii. 16, 12

beót-líce

(adv.)

threateninglyboast-inglyvauntinglyarrogantly

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Hé beótlíce mid deóflicum fiðerhaman fleón wolde, Hml. Th. i. 380, 29. Gé beótlíce lǽtað, þæt gé máre magan, þonne hit gemet sý, Wlfst. 46, 15. Bóceras beótlíce habbað dǽlas . . . þæs ðe hig gylpað gelóme, Angl. viii. 317, 27

deópnes

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III. cunning, subtlety :-- þára geréfena unriht and reáflác and deópnessa and wóge dómas and prættas, Wlfst. 245, 2 : Angl. viii. 336, 40

eorþ-waru

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Hé his þone hálgan sunu sendan wolde tó eorþwarum, Bl. H. 177, 13

fela-sprǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
fela-sprǽce, adj.

loquacious

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Speaking much, loquacious, using many words with intent to deceive Felospraeci, feluspréci trifulus, trufulus, Txts. 102, 1009.

ge-hendnys

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Add: in a local sense. nearness, neighbourhood Gif hwá feorran cóme and wolde his lác Gode offrian, dæt hé on gehendnysse ( at hand ) tó bicgenne gearu hæfde, Hml. Th. i. 406, 23.

ge-dafenlíce

(adv.)
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Hé ðone hálgan grétte, biddende þæt hé him dægwistes gedafenlíce tíðode he greeted the saint, asking that he would furnish him suitably with provisions. Hml. Th. ii. 134, 30. Add