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métan

(v.)
Grammar
métan, p. te

To meet withcome uponcome acrossfind

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Swá ǽr swá hé hádes wyrþne mon métan mihte as soon as he could meet with a man worthy of the (episcopal) rank, Bd. 3, 29; S. 561, 26. Ðǽr byþ sóþ symble méted truth is ever found there, Ps. Th. 118, 160.

pæþ

(n.)
Grammar
pæþ, paþ, es; m. : e; f. (?)
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Ne mihton forhabban helpendra paþ merestreámes mód ( they could not stop the course of the rushing water ), Cd. Th. 208, 23 ; Exod. 487. Gerece mé on rihtne pæþ ( semitam ), Ps. Th. 26, 13. Lǽr me ðíne paþas ( semitas ), 24, 3: Ps. Spl. 8, 8: Homl.

Linked entry: paþ

scill

(n.)
Grammar
scill, scell, scyll, e; f.
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Ðonne hié ( the serpent ) mon slóg oððe sceát, ðonne glád hit on ðǽm scyllum, swelce hit wǽre sméðe ísen. Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 174, 8. Sindon ða scancan scyllum biweaxen crura tegunt squamae, Exon. Th. 219, 21; Ph. 310.

swæþ

(n.)
Grammar
swæþ, es; n.
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Swylce mannes swaðu, ðon gelícost ðe ðǽr sum mon gestóde; and ða fótlástas wǽron swutole, 203, 35. Alle suæðo omnes semite, Rtl. 81, 20. Forlét úre Drihten his fét on ða eorþan besincan . . . leóhtfæt biþ á byrnende for ðara swaþa weorþunga, Blickl.

swift

(adj.)
Grammar
swift, adj.
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Swift, fleet, that does or can move quickly Suift alacer, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 76. Swift, 6, 51: expeditus, 145, 36: celer, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Zup. 44, 9. Swyft pernix, 9, 64; Zup. 71, 2. Swift scip archiromachus, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 30.

Linked entry: swyft

weorold-líf

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-líf, es; n.
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Nele God wið ende ǽfre tó worulde his milde mód mannum áfyrran on woruldlífe wera cneórissum numquid Deus in finem misericordiam suam abscindet a seculo et generatione? 76, 7.

æt-sacan

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Gif mon sié dumb geboren, ꝥ hé ne mæge his synna ætsacan, Ll. Th. i. 70, 15. to deny, refuse permission Nis ǽnig dǽl mínes líchaman ꝥ ic þé ætsacan wille ꝥ þú hine þweá, Hml. A. 157, 147. to deny a person, disown, with gen.

a-rǽfnan

Grammar
a-rǽfnan, l. á-ræfnan (-ian), and add: I.
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Gif hit mon geðyldiglíce áræfnþ, Bt. II, I ; F. 32, 32. Wé eall áræfnaþ, Bl. H. 13, 9. Ic hit áræfnede ꝥ ic eów æteówe hwylcum gemete gé sceolan áræfnan, 237, 12. Þú his dómas on þé sylfum áremdest (v. l. geþolodest), Angl. xii. 505, 4.

ge-lícettan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lícettan, p. te.
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Oft ungemetlico forgifnes bið gelícet, ðæt mon wéneð ðæt hit sié mildheortnes, ond oft ungemetlicu irsung bið gelícet, ðæt menn wénað þæt hit sié ryhtwíslic anda saepe inordinata remissio pietas creditur, et effrenata ira spiritalis zeli virtus aestimatur

Linked entry: ge-liccettan

ge-syngian

(v.)
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God forlét ðæt mód his gecorenra gesyngian on somum lytlum ðingum, 467, 11. to sin against þé ánum ic gesyngade, Bl. H. 87, 29. Gif seofo síða gesynngiga (gesyngað. R.) in ðec si septies peccauerit in te, Lk.

ge-fégan

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Ðá stánas wǽron suá wel gefégede and suá emne gesnidene and gesméðde, ǽr hié mon tó ðǽm stede bróhte ðe hié on standan scoldon, Past. 253, 14

híwan

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Gif mon his heówum in fæsten flǽsc gefe, Ll. Th. i. 46, 9. Hí áxodon æt þám híwum hwæðer Petrus ðǽr wununge hæfde, Hml. S. 10, 111.

lác

Grammar
lác, [If ðínne in Hml. S. 7, 119 is correct, lác is there masculine, but perhaps ðíne should be read.]
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Ðá offrunga and ðá lác ( holocausta ) ðe mon bróhte tó ðǽm weóbude, 217, 20. Add Laac elogia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 13: exenium, 69. Lác, 83, 48: munuscula, 55, 16.

nemnan

Grammar
nemnan, <b>. I.</b> add: Monega eá sindon be noman nemnede for ðǽm gefeohte, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 12. <b>Ia.</b> with cognate accusative
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Gíf þú swá gewlǽtne mon métst . . . ne miht ðú hine ná mid rihte nemnan man, ac neát (hominem aestimare non possis), Bt. 37, 4; F. 192, 13. add: to mention a subject (person or thing) Þonne ðú gehýrst nemnan þone Fæder, þonne understenst ðú þæt hé hæfð

rídan

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Ox. 4748. where the word is used as expressing the most usual method of locomotion, but does not exclude other forms Sé þe æfter ǽnegum ceápe ríde, cýþe . . . ymbe hwæt hé ríde . . . búton hé hit ǽr cýdde þá hé út rád, Ll. Th. i. 274, 20-24.

rignan

(v.)
Grammar
rignan, rínan; p. rínde. [A strong preterite occurs in the Blickling Gloss, rán pluit.
  • Cf.
In Elyes tyme heuene was yclosed þat no reyne ne rone (roon, MS. W.: roen, MS. R.: ron, MS. B.: raynade, MS. C.),
  • Piers P. 14, 62.
]

to rain, to cause rain to fallto rain, to fall (of rain)

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Mon geseah weallan blód of eorþan and rínan meolc of heofonum sanguine e terra, lac visum est manare de coelo, Ors. 4, 3; Swt. 162, 7

Linked entries: regnian regnan rínan

CNEÓ

(n.)
Grammar
CNEÓ, cneów, es; n.

a KNEE genua generation,relationship generatio,propinquitatis gradus

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In ðam þriddan cneówe mid Crécum mót man wif niman, in fiftan mid Rómánum in tertio propinquitatis gradu apud Græcos viro licet uxorem ducere, in quinto apud Romanos, L. Ecg. C. 28; Th. ii. 152, note h.

Linked entry: cneów

CREÓPAN

(v.)
Grammar
CREÓPAN, part. creópende; ic creópe, ðú crýpest, crýpst, creópest, creópst, he crýpeþ, crýpþ, creópeþ, creópþ, pl. creópaþ; p. creáp, pl. crupon; pp. cropen

To CREEPcrawl repereserpere

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Ða munecas crupon under ðam weofode the monks crept under the altar Chr. 1083; Erl. 217, 22; Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 29, 33

Linked entries: crypel crýpan

on-hyrian

(v.)
Grammar
on-hyrian, p. ede

To imitate, emulate

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Mon onhyreþ dysegum neátum homo comparatus est jumentis insipientibus, Ps. Th. 48, 11. Se ðe hit gehýreþ hé onhyreþ ðam ad imitandum bonum auditor sollicitus instigatur, Bd. pref.; S. 471, 15; Bt. 41, 5; Fox 254, 5.

hlýdan

(v.)
Grammar
hlýdan, p. de

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

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Se tympano biþ geworht of drygum felle and ðæt fell hlýt ðonne hit mon sliehþ in tympano sicca et percussa pellis resonat, Past. 46, 2; Swt. 347, 5. Ðíne fýnd hlýdaþ inimici lui sonaverunt, Jud. 5; Thw. 156, 1: Exon. 20 b; Th. 55, 14; Cri. 883.