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tyhtan

(v.)
Grammar
tyhtan, p. te.
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God selfa tyhte ( suadente Deo ) Moyses on ðone folgoð, Past. 7; Swt. 51, 21. Heó hyre leófe bearn georne lǽrde and tó góde tihte, Lchdm, iii. 428, 29.

Linked entries: a-tyhtan tihtan

ge-hæftan

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Ðý lǽs hé sié gehæft mid ðám úterran ne exterioribus deditus, Past. 127, 14. Gehæft mancipatus, An.

ge-lǽran

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Swá wé magon betst ðá gedyrstigan gelǽran, Past. 209, 15. Ic wénde ꝥ ic þé gió gelǽred hæfde ꝥ þú hí oncnáwan cúþest, Bt. 7, 1; F. 16, 19. Wé sceolan beón gelǽrede mid þysse bysene, Bl.

topp

(n.)
Grammar
topp, es; m.

a top,summita lock of hair, tufta collection of rays of lighta top to play withthe hair at the top of the head that which has a similarity with it

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Parv. 496. It is found, too, as the name of a plaything En la rue vus juvetz a toup (a top of tre), Wrt. Voc. i. 144, 25. Top of chylderys pley trochus, Prompt. Parv. 496. Sweype for a top flagellum, 482

hraðe

(adv.)
Grammar
hraðe, hræðe, hreðe; adv.

Quicklyimmediatelyat oncesoonforthwithstraightway

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Ðá wæs hraðe geworden ðæt hé gelýfde then immediately it came to pass that he believed, 153, 13. Gif heó hraðe gǽþ if she walks quickly, Lchdm. iii. 144, 8. Hraðe æfter directly after, Ps. Th. 59, 3.

Linked entry: hræde

bétan

put rightto mendrepairrestorecureto correctto amendmake amendsreparation for

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Th. 50, 5. in the laws, to make 'bot', pay the fine for a crime :-- Gif se hund má misdǽda gewyrce, and hé (the owner) hine hæbbe, béte be fullan were, Ll. Th. i. 78, 7. Béte man ꝥ fullum were, 286, 27: 110, 17

for-healdan

(v.)
Grammar
for-healdan, for-healden.

withholdkeep backdisregardneglect

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Substitute: to hold improperly, withhold, keep back what should be paid On hǽþenum þeódum ne dear man forhealdan lytel ne mycel þæs þe gelagod is tó gedwolgoda weorðunge; and wé forhealdað ǽghwǽr Godes gerihta, Wlfst. 157, 12-14: 229, 19.

Linked entry: for-healden

ge-þwǽrlǽcan

(v.)
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To reconcile, unite Hé wolde mancynn gesibbian and geðwǽrlǽcan tó þám heofenlicum werode, swá swá Paulus cwæð: 'Ipse est pax nostra, qui fecit utraque unum,' Hml.

Linked entry: þwǽrlǽcan

tó-lísan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-lísan, p. de

To unloose,undo,dissolvesolvere,dissolvere,exsolvereresolvereto undo that which is boundrelease from a bond,to release from captivity, difficulty,to do away with tension,relax,relieveto put an end to the connection between,to separateto dissolve,put an end to,dissipate,to dissolve,relax,destroy the force of,weakento desolate,destroy,to undo a bondto discharge an obligation,to payto break a connection

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Th. 64, 25; Cri. 1043. to discharge an obligation, to pay Ic tólýsde ł ágeald exolvebam, Ps. Spl. 68, 6. to break a connection Seó geþeódnes ðæs heáfdes tóbrocen and tólýsed wæs ut capitis junctura solveretur, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 25.

Linked entries: tó-lésan tó-lýsan

lust

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Hé ofdrysce ðá lustas his unðeáwa, Past. 85, 12. Wé á sculon ídle lustas, synwunde forseón, Cri. 756. IV. sexual appetite or desire :-- Ðá ðe ofðryscai ðá styringe ðæs flǽsclican lustes, Past. 409, 2.

þes

(pronoun.)
Grammar
þes, þæs; m.: þeós, þiós, þiús; f.: þis, þiss, þys; n. demons. pron. This
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MSS.), Past. pref.; Swt. 7, 16. Of þisson forð áwa tó worulde ex hoc nunc et usque in seculum, Ps. Th. 120, 7. Ðyssum, 130, 5. Ðyssan, 113, 25. Óð ðiss (ðis, Cott. MSS.) hitherto, Past. 23; Swt. 173, 14. Þis, Homl.

Linked entries: þás þis

lecgan

(v.)
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Ðǽr mon ðone grundweall on lecgge, Past. 308, 4. Þá hét hé hí bindan and on balcan lecgan, Bt. 16, 2 ; F. 54, 3. to fix as a covering Ꝥ nán scyldwyrhta ne lecge nán scépes fell on scyld, Ll.

æfter

(prep.; adv.)

among, through, along (pursuit, search, inquiry, &c.)

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Faran gind lond swá swá lǽce æfter untrumra monna húsum, Past. 59, 23. Hé æfter wudum fór and on mórfæstenum, Chr. 878; P. 74, 29. Fóron hié æfter ðǽm wealda, 894; P. 84, 27.

LEÁF

(n.)
Grammar
LEÁF, e; f.

LEAVEpermissionlicense

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Lóciaþ ðæt ðiós eówru leáf ne weorðe óðrum monnum tó biswice videte, ne forte hæc licentia vestra offendiculum fiat infirmis, Past. 59, 6; Swt. 451, 32. Gif him líf seald wǽre, Bd. 1, 23; S. 486, 8, note.

for-wiernan

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asina angelum videt, Past. 255, 25.

geó

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Ðára wiotona ðe giú wǽron giond Angelcynn, Past. 5, 19. Iú (gió, v. l. ), 3, 3. Iú (ió, v. l. ), 216, 24. Iú, fyrn olim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 75. Ic wæs iú in heofnum hálig ængel, Sat. 81: Seel. 61.

ge-sceádwís

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Gescédwíse (-sceád-, v.l.) menn ne magon ongietan ðæt hit belimpe tó nytwyrðlicre ðearfe, Past. 281, II. Se engel hine cýdde þám gesceádwísum Iudéiscum ðe Godes ǽcúðon, Hml.

gífer-nes

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Suá oft suá wé úre hand dóð tó úrum múðe for giéfernesse ofergemet per immoderatum usum dum manus ad cibum tenditur Past. 313, 14.

hreám

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</b> where the voice is raised under the influence of strong emotion (pain, terror, anger, &amp;c.), a cry of pain, &amp;c. :-- Mid Dryhten dreám, mid deóflum hreám, Cri. 594.

on-hagian

(v.)
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Ðæt ðætte hine ne onhagode útane forð tó brenganne mid weorcum, innane hé hit geðafode etsi rerum tarditas foras peccatum distulit, intus hoc consensionis opere voluntas implevit, Past. 417. 17.