on-bindan
To unbind, set free, disclose
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-um exertis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 50
cristnian
To christianize ⬩ catechize ⬩ catechizare
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To christianize, catechize; catechizare Ðæt Paulinus ðǽr ðæt folc cristnode and fullode [MS. cristnade RUNE fullade] that Paulinus might there christen and baptize the people, or as the original Latin of Bede has it, with greater precision, — ut Paulinus
holian
To hollow out, ⬩ make hollow, ⬩ dig, ⬩ make a hole ⬩ cavare
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To hollow out, make hollow, dig, make a hole; cavare Hí ðá hwæthwega holodon and ðǽrrihte ðæt wæter swá genihtsumlíce út fleów ðæt hit arn streámrynes of ðam munte they then hollowed out [the rock] a little, and straightway the water flowed out so abundantly
tó-fleón
To flee in different directions, ⬩ be dispersed in flight, ⬩ flee away
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Lchdm. i. 188, 8. þa cnihtes alle weoren wide tofloȝen ut of þan wiðeruehte, Laym. 28668
Cilt-ern
The CHILTERN
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The CHILTERN, high hills in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire; montes quidam excelsi in agris Bucingamiensi et Oxoniensi Námon hí [Þurkilles here] ǽnne upgang út þuruh Ciltern, and swá to Oxena forda, and ða buruh forbærndon they [Thorkell's army] took
fercian
To bring ⬩ assist ⬩ help ⬩ support ⬩ ferre ⬩ adjŭvāre ⬩ subvĕnīre ⬩ sustentāre
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On ðisum lífe we ateoriaþ gif we us mid bigleofan ne ferciaþ in this life we faint if we support not ourselves with food, Homl. Th. i. 488, 33
fór-beran
To fore-bear ⬩ to bear or carry before ⬩ to prefer ⬩ præferre
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Ðætte nǽnig bisceop hine óðrum fórbere ut nullus episcŏpōrum se præfĕrat altĕri, Bd. 4, 5; S. 573, 10
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ge-etan
To eat together ⬩ to eat ⬩ to consume ⬩ comedere ⬩ edere
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Ðæt híg ǽton : ðá híggeeten hæfdon, híg wunedon ðǽr ut ederunt : cum comedissent, manserunt ibi, Gen. 31, 54. Gif ðú ðæs treówes wæstm geetst if thou eatest the fruit of this tree, Homl. Th. 1. 14, 2
siltan
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Th. ii. 536, 17. ge-, un-silt (-sylt)
earce
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Þá semninga wæs geworden þoden, ꝥ hé áhóf upp þá earcan and hí forð áwearp, Gr. D. 41, 32-42, 8. the ark of the covenant Ðá hyrnan ðǽre earcan . . . bí ðǽre earcan sídan, Past. 168, 22, 24 (v. p. 506)
heáfod-hebba
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Cf. heáfod; Ðá bisceopas swíðost ǽlces gedweldes tiledon, and ǽlc gedwyld hí upp árǽrdon. Twégen ðǽr wǽron bisceophádes men þe ǽlces yfeles heáfodhebban wǽron, Hml.
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ná-hwider
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Martinus nolde út of þám mynstre náhwider, Hml. S. 31, 257. Þá hig woldon hig lǽdan, þá ne myhton hig náhwyder hig onstyrian, Shrn. 154, 25. Heora fiðera ne mihton náhwider hí áberan, gif hí ne ábǽre seó lyft, Hex. 8, 23. Add
stán-clif
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Wearð upp áscoten swýðlicu mycelnes þæs ungemǽtan stánclifes ingentis saxi moles erupta est, 12, 9. Hé gecerde stánclif (rupem) on wellas wætra, Ps. Vos. 113, 8. Þǽra mynstra wǽron þreó áseted in þæs muntes stánclifum ( rupibus ), Gr. D. 112, 16
rótness
gladness, cheerfulness ⬩ comfort, protection
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gladness, cheerfulness Ofrótnise (un-r.?) de merore, Rtl. 41, 5. From rótnise a tristitia, 69, 34.. Similar entries v. unrótness comfort, protection Rótnys (gebeorh, Ps. Th. : frófr, Ps. Spl. T.) refugium, Blickl. Gl. Rótnes ł ner (rótsung, Ps.
ge-steppan
To step ⬩ go ⬩ gradi ⬩ ire ⬩ incedere
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Gistepe ue gradiamur, Rtl. 51, 9. Gesteped initiatus, Cot. 108
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a-lǽtan
To let go ⬩ lay down ⬩ leave ⬩ give up ⬩ lose ⬩ renounce ⬩ resign ⬩ remit ⬩ pardon ⬩ deliver ⬩ sinere ⬩ abjicere ⬩ deponere ⬩ relinquere ⬩ remittere ⬩ condonare ⬩ relaxare ⬩ liberare
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Úre leáhtras alǽt pardon our crimes, Hy. 6, 20; Hy. Grn. ii. 286, 20: Cd. 29; Th. 39, 9; Gen. 622. Hí wurdon alǽten líges ganga [MS. gange] they were delivered from the flame's course, 187; Th. 232, 20; Dan. 263.
leóf
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used as a form of address to one or to many, cf. modern 'dear sir' Wé biddap ðé leóf ðæt ðú hlyste úre sprǽce oramus, domine, ut audias nos, Gen. 43, 20: 3, 10 : Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 1, 5, 14.
LÚTAN
To lout ⬩ bow ⬩ stoop
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Hé árás and ðá tó eorþan leát he rose up, and then bowed to the ground, Guthl. 17; Gdwin. 74, 7. Hé leát tó ðæs cáseres eáre he bent down to the emperor's ear, Homl. Th. i. 376, 28.
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nágan
not to have ⬩ not to be allowed ⬩ ought not
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Nágan wé ðæs heolstres, ðæt wé ús gehýdan mágon, Cd. Th. 271, 5; Sat. 101. not to be allowed, ought not Náh náðer tó farenne ne Wylisc man on Ænglisc land, ne Ænglisc man on Wylisc, L. O. P. 6; Th. i. 354; 23.