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scyldigung

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In l. 1 for 'A criminal charge'; in l. 6 for 'charge . . . it); in l. 7 for 'charge' substitute 'A penalty for crime, wer-gild; wergild; wergild: and add: cf. Ll. Th. i. 116, 4

sícan

(v.)
Grammar
sícan, sýcan; p. te

To cause to suck ⬩ to suckle ⬩ give suck

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To cause to suck, to suckle, give suck Ðú sýcst hálgum breóste lactas sacrato ubere, Hymn. Surt. 75, 43. Ða breóst ðe ne síctun (sýctun, MS. A.) ubera quae non lactauenmt, Lk. Skt. 23, 29

Linked entry: sýcan

béd-ríp

(n.)
Grammar
béd-ríp, l. bed-ríp, es; n. , and add
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Aelc man in Sc̃e Eádmundes byri húsfast on his ówe land sal gifen tó þe hálegenes biderípe ón peni, Cht. Th. 438, 7. [v. N. E. D. bed-rip: Andrews' Old English Manor. P. 159.]

ge-fyðerian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyðerian, p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To feather ⬩ give wings to ⬩ provide with wings ⬩ ālas addĕre ⬩ pennis instruĕre

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To feather, give wings to, provide with wings; ālas addĕre, pennis instruĕre Gefyðerad flaa săgitta vel spīcŭlum, Ælfc. Gl. 53; Som. 66, 64; Wrt. Voc. 35, 50. Fugelas gefyðerede vŏlātĭlia pennāta, Ps. Spl. 77, 31

swǽre

(adv.)
Grammar
swǽre, swáre; adv.

Grievously, oppressively ⬩ graviter

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Se hláford hefig gioc slépte swáre on ða swyran sínra þegena, Met. 9, 56

Linked entry: swáre

full-secgan

(v.)

to give a full account (of)

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to give a full account (of). Grammar full-secgan, intrans. Wé wyllað nú fulsæcgan be ðám wífe, Hml. S. 3, 633. Grammar full-secgan, trans. Hé fulsǽde his síð him eallum, Hml. S. 4, 284

ge-fullǽstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fullǽstan, p. -lǽste; pp. -lǽst

To help ⬩ give aid ⬩ assist ⬩ auxĭliāri

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To help, give aid, assist; auxĭliāri Weoruda God gefullǽste, ðæt seó cwén begeat willan in worulde the Lord of Hosts gave aid, that the queen obtained her will in this world, Elen. Kmbl. 2299; El. 1151

Linked entry: ful-lǽstan

frecnes

(n.)
Grammar
frecnes, glis.

Greediness ⬩ gluttony ⬩ voracity

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Of gífre frecinesse (frecennesse, Angl. xiii. 32, 119) gulosa ingluuies, An. Ox. 4, 38. Frecnesse ingluuiem, 19, 1. Substitute:

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giftian

(v.)
Grammar
giftian, p. ode; pp. od

To give a woman in marriage

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To give a woman in marriage Ne wífiaþ hí ne ne gyftigeaþ neque nubent neque nubentur, Mk. Skt. 12, 25. Ne giftigeaþ hí ne wíf ne lǽdaþ neque nubent neque ducunt uxores, Lk. Skt. 20, 35

on-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
on-líhtan, -leóhtan.

of places or things, to illumine, make bright, cause to shine, ⬩ to give sight to, make the sight clear ⬩ to clear the mental vision, to enlighten ⬩ to give light (with dat.) ⬩ To shine

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Homl. 7, 33. of persons, to give sight to, make the sight clear Drihten blinde on heora eágum onleóhteþ Dominus illuminat caecos. Ps. Th. 145, 7. Heó gegódaþ and onlíht ðæra eágena scearpnysse, Lchdm. i. 72, 15.

ge-bígan

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II. to bend, give shape or direction to an object: pebégð curvat (fornicem), Kent. Gl. 755. Circumflexus accentus gebíged accent, Angl. viii. 333, 26. Gebégdes adunci, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 60. Gebígdre stíge flexo tramite, inclinato, 149, 45.

ge-tríwan

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Getrýwe hé hine be þám wíte, 84, 15. to give confidence to a person, persuade Ðá ældra getréudon ðǽm folcum ꝥ hiá bédon seniores persuaserunt populis ut peterent Barabban, Mt. 27, 20

Linked entry: ge-trýwan

rýman

(v.)
Grammar
rýman, de.

to make roomy, extend, spread, enlarge,amplify ⬩ to clear a way ⬩ yield, give place

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Seó sealf wile ǽrest ða dolh rýman, and ðæt deáde flǽsc of etan, Lchdm. ii. 332, 24. to make room by removing one's self, yield, give place Ic fare áweg oððe ic rýme (rume, MS. W.: hryme, hnime, other MSS.)caedo (cf.

Linked entry: rúmaþ

se

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</b> 1 a His mǽgas hine féden gif hé self mete næbbe. Gif hé mǽgas næbbe, oþþe þone mete næbbe, Ll. Th. i. 60, 11. 2 g Þú flíhst from mé on þí gemete swilc man nǽddran fleó, Hml.

LÍF

(n.)
Grammar
LÍF, es; n.

LIFE

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Hé nǽre ná man geþuht, gif hé mannes lífe ne lyfode, Homl. Th. i. 150, 8: Blickl. 167, 33. Se hálga Augustinus be his hálan líue hine hádode tó biscope [while alive and in health], Chr. 616; Erl. 22, 27.

ge-sécan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sécan, -sécean; to -sǽcanne, -sécenne; part. -sécende, ic -séce, ðú -sécest -sécst, he -séceþ, -sécþ, pl. -sécaþ; p. -sóhte, pl. -sóhton ; pp. -sóht; v. a.

to seek, inquire, ask for ⬩ quærere, requirere, inquirere ⬩ to seek, go to, approach, look for, visit, come to ⬩ adire, ire vel proficisci, aliquo vel ad aliquem, visitare, venire, pervenire aliquo ⬩ to seek with hostile intention, to persecute, afflict, invade ⬩ hostiliter aggredi, invadere, corripere ⬩ to seek; go to, visit ⬩ ire, proficisci ⬩ to appoint, dispose, beset ⬩ exigere, disponere

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Gif he gesécean dear wíg if he dare seek war, Beo. Th. 1373; B. 684. Heó mynster gesóhte monasterium petiit, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 5. Hie ðæs cnihtes cwealm gesóhton they sought the young man's death, Andr. Kmbl. 2244; An. 1123: Ps. Th. 70, 22.

Linked entries: ge-sahte ge-soecan

þyncan

(v.)
Grammar
þyncan, p. þúhte.

to seem ⬩ appear ⬩ to seem fit

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Dó swá ðé þynce, gif ðú frygnen sié, Elen. Kmbl. 1078; El. 541

Linked entries: þincan ge-þyncan

ge-rád

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Ꝥ hé hine on þá gerád (geráde, v.l. ) feormige ꝥ hé hine tó folcryhte gelǽde, gif hé gylt gewyrce, 204, 7. Ꝥ þá ealle beón gearwe . . . tó farenne þider ic wille . . . on þá gerád ꝥ (geráde þe, v.l. ) hý nǽfre eft on eard ne cuman, 220, 8.

hweorfan

(v.)
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fig. of non-material objects :-- Mín hyge hweorfeð ofer hreðer locan, mín módsefa. . . hweorfeð wíde, Seef. 58-60. where the point to or from which motion is directed is marked. of living creatures Hwiðer hweorfað wé ( whither shall we turn ) . . . gif

lange

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</b> of time, for or during a long time. of continued action Gif se láreów hié gemyndgað ðára weligera ðe lange striéndon and lytle hwíle brucon si eorum ad medium memoria deducatur, qui et ditari in hoc mundo diu conati sunt, et tamen in adeptis