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be-þencan

(v.)
Grammar
be-þencan, bi-þencan; p. -þohte, pl. -þohton; pp. -þoht

To consider, bear in mind, BETHINK, remember, trust, confide, entrustconsiderare, recordari, in se reverti, meminisse, fidere, confidere

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Gif ðú to sǽmran gode biþencest if thou confidest in a worse god, Exon. 66 b; Th. 245, 30; Jul. 52. Beþohton [MS. beþohtan] hý ealle heora wígcræftas to Exantipuse they entrusted all their military forces to Xantippus, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 85, 16.

BÓT

(n.)
Grammar
BÓT, e; f.

help, assistance, remedy, cureauxilium, remedium, emendatio, sanatioa BOOT, compensation due to an injured person as damages for the wrong sustained, redressing, recompense, an amends, a satisfaction, correction, reparation, restoring, renewing, repentance, an offeringcompensatio, emendatio, reparatio, oblatioto-boot, with advantage, moreover, besides

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11. a BOOT, compensation due to an injured person as damages for the wrong sustained, redressing, recompense, an amends, a satisfaction, correction, reparation, restoring, renewing, repentance, an offering; compensatio, emendatio, reparatio, oblatio Gif

þeáh-hwæðere

(adv.)
Grammar
þeáh-hwæðere, adv. conj.
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Gif hé ne áríst forðam ðe hé his freónd ys, þeáhhwæþere for hys onhrópe he áríst, Lk. Skt. 11, 8. ¶ combined with swá :-- And swá þeáhhwæþere óþ ðone deáþ hé hine tintregaþ, Blickl. Homl. 59, 30.

Linked entry: hwæðere

unriht-hǽmed

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-hǽmed, es; n.

Unlawful cohabitationillicit intercourseadulteryfornication

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Gif wer unrihthǽmed fremeþ wiþ óþer wíf, Blickl. Howl. 185, 25. Unrihthǽmedu adulteria, Mt. Kmbl. 15, 19: Bt. 16, 4; Fox 58, 1

Linked entry: riht-hǽmed

word-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
word-cwide, es; m.

a sayingwordsspeechlanguage

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Gif hé his word-cwida wealdan meahte if he could talk, Exon. Th. 171, 25; Gú. 1132. Wís on wordcwidum, 294, ii; Crä. 31: Andr. Kmbl. 1104; An. 552. Wuldorcyninges word hleóðrode. . . .

wiþ-útan

(adv.)
Grammar
wiþ-útan, adv. prep.

Withoutwithoutoutside ofwithoutwithout

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Man scolde fandian gif man mihte betræppan ðane here áhwár wiþútan, Chr. 992; Erl. 130, 43. Grammar wiþ-útan, as preposition.

Linked entry: wiþ-innan

boh

Grammar
boh, l. bóh,

sprig

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Gif hors on hricge oððe on þám bógum áwyrd sý, Lch. i, 290, 10. Þegnas mǽton mílpaðas meára bógum, Exod. 171. bough of a tree, sprig, sprout of a plant : Bóg frondus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 24. Bóh ramus, i. 80, 5. Bóga, 33, 16.

brycg

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Wé magon swýþe micele þearfe and ælmessan ús sylfum gedón, gif wé willað bricge macian and þá symle bótettan, 303, 8. Add

efen-niht

(n.)
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Gif hit wǽre rihtlíce emniht on Sc̃a Marian mæssedæge, Lch. iii. 256, 14. Seó lenctenlice emniht (-nyhte, v. l. ), 12. Seó hærfestlice emniht, 24. Seó emniht byð on .xii. kl. Octobris, Angl. viii. 311, 26.

feþer

a feathera winga penquill

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Se byrdesta sceall gyldan . . . týn ambra feðra, Ors. 1, 1; S. 18, 16-21. a wing Fugla briddas, gif hié ǽr wilniað tó fleóganne ǽr hira feðra fulweaxene sint pulli avium, si ante perfectionem pennarum volare appetant, Past. 383, 30.

Linked entries: fedes féþu

folgere

a successora followeradherent

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The word is used of women as well as of men Gif hwá mid his lotwrencum óðres mannes folgere (pedisequam) fram him ápǽce for hǽmedþinge, Ll. Th. ii. 186, 22

for-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
for-cirran, p. de.

to turnavoidpervertsubvert

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Gif hé ágiémeleásað ðæt hé ðá lytlan hreówsige and hwílum forcierre qui peccata minima flere ac devitare negligit, Past. 437, 22. to turn (trans.) aside For hwon onsiéne ðíne ðú forcerrest (avertis)?, Ps. Srt. 43, 24.

Linked entries: for-búgan for-cyrran

furh

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Se yrðlincg ámyrð his furuh (furh, v. l. ), gif hé lócað tó lange underbæc, Hml. S. 16, 181. Þonne man þá sulh forð drífe, and þá forman furh on sceóte, Lch. i. 404, 2. Fúra sulcorum, An. Ox. 2733.

hríþer

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Gif hrýðera (hríð-, v. l. ) hwelc sié þe hegas brece, 128, 12. Hrýðeran styllan, swýn stigian, Angl. ix. 262, 1. Man slóh þǽr hrýðera and gehwilces cynnes nýtenu, Hml. S. 23, 34.

ídel-ness

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On ídelnesse mon ongit Godes ðæt hefonlice wuldor, gif. . . incassum gloria patriae coelestis agnoscitur, nisi . . . Past. 160, 17. In ídelnesse mec worðiað in uanum me colunt, Mk. L.

sulh

(n.)
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Reference to such men may be found in the section on the gebúr, where it is said: Gif hé aferað ne ðearf hé wyrcan ðá hwíle ðe his hors úte bið, Ll. Th. i. 434, 9. Similar entries See too aferian.

swilce

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</b> so, in a manner to be described :-- Gif eów swálíce þúhte, utan gangan on þissum carcerne and hine út forlǽtan, Bl. H. 247, 1. Swylce ic þus hyt gehradige, Angl. viii. 303, 27. add: as it were Hé geseah swilce án ðeóstorful dene, Hml.

wǽpned-mann

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpned-mann, es; m.

a malea mana male

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Hiora wíf ofslógan ealle ða wǽpnedmen ðe him on neáweste wǽron, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 48, 1, 6, 8. of plants, a male Gif man scyle mugcwyrt tó lǽcedóme habban, ðonne nime man ða reádan wǽpnedmen and ða grénan wífmen, Lchdm. iii. 72, 20.

windig

(adj.)
Grammar
windig, adj.

windywindyflatulent

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Gif se útgang sié windig and wætrig, Lchdm. ii. 236, 6. Be windigre wambe, 162, 23. Wiþ windigre áþundenesse, 166, 25 : 188, 22. Wiþ ða þing ðe windigne ǽþm on men wyrcen, 214, 3

on-cunnan

(v.)
Grammar
on-cunnan, p. -cúðe; pp. -cunnen

To accuse a person (acc.) of something (gen., clause beginning with ðæt or with prep, be, for), to blame, charge, lay to a person's charge

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Gif hwá óðerne godborges oncunne, L. Alf. pol. 33; Th. i. 82, 5. Ðý læs ðec Meotud oncunne, ðæt ðú sý wommes gewita, Exon. Th. 301, 13; Fä. 18. Ðæt ús God ne þurfa oncunnan for ðæræ waniungæ nec nobis Deus debeat imputare hanc imminutionem, Chart.

Linked entries: á-cunnan on-cunness