ge-wita
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</b> with reflex pron. :-- Ꝥ mód him selfum gewita biþ Godes willan mens sibi conscia, Bt. 18, 4; F. 68, 18. for wita Ealra gewitena gemót, Chr. 1048; P. 174, 21
réðe
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Lind. 3, 5. applied to persons in a bad sense Ðes ( Ishmael) byþ réðe (ferus ) man and winþ wið ealle and ealle wið hyne, Gen. 16, 12.
Linked entry: hréðe
be-wyrcan
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Babylónia is mid stǽnenum wíghúsum beworht Babylon is built with stone towers, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 30 : Jos. 2, 1. Se mid weaxe beworhte he covered it with wax, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 46, 30.
Linked entries: be-weorcean bi-wyrcan be-smiþian
be-geótan
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</b> to cover with molten metal :-- Hí stánas synd, þá þe þú godas gecígst, begotene mid leáde, Hml. S. 34, 336. to cover with, bestrew with Heó begeát þá hand mid deórwyrðum wyrtum and bewand on godwebbe, Shrn. 59, 34
dón
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</b> with preps., to do about, with :-- Þá menn ealle hé tóc, and dyde of heom ꝥ hé wolde, Chr. 1072; P. 208, 29. Dóð be ús ꝥ ꝥ Drihten wile, Hml. S. 11, 133.
CREÓPAN
To CREEP, crawl ⬩ repere, serpere
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Nán wilde deór, ne on fyðerfótum ne on creópendum, nis to wiðmetenne yfelum wífe no wild beast, neither among the four-footed nor the creeping, is to be compared with an evil woman Homl. Th. i. 486, 29.
helpan
To help ⬩ aid ⬩ assist ⬩ succour
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Wið fefre hylpþ marubis tó drincanne for fever it helps to drink marrubium, L. M. 1, 62; Lchdm. ii. 134, 27. Hé helpeþ þearfan parcet pauperi, Ps. Th. 71, 13.
GOD
God ⬩ the Deity ⬩ a god
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Mánfullan men wǽron ða mǽrostan godas the heathens would not be contented with few gods.... Guilty men were the mightiest gods, Salm. Kmbl. p. 121, 40
Linked entry: af-god
seht
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Ða férdon betwux Ródbeard eorl and Eádgár æðeling and þæra cinga sehte swá gemacedon. ( The terms are then given. ) On ðisum sehte wearð Eádgár eþeling wið ðone cyng gesæhtlad, 1091 ; Erl. 228, 1-8.
ealu
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Healde hé hine wiþ geswét eala, drince hlúttor eala, and on þæs hlúttran ealað wyrte wylle ácrinde, ii. 292, 21. Dó healfae bollan ealoð tó . . . and gehǽte ꝥ ealu, 268, 24. Aefne alðes materiam cervise, Rtl. 116, 42.
fore-spræc
advocacy ⬩ excuse ⬩ preliminary speech ⬩ a preface ⬩ prologue
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Þá sette Boia þás spéce wið Ælfríce; ꝥ wes ꝥ Putrael sealde Ælfríce viii oxan . . . and . . . gef Boia sixtig penga for þére forspǽce, Cht. E. 274, 3-6. Tó foresprǽce ꝥ se cwyde standan móste, Cht. Th. 501, 13.
ge-lytlian
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To become little, decrease, run short Gelytlade ðára farmana wín defecit nubtiarum uinum, Jrt. p. 1, 9
læc
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With regard to lacra various explanations have been given. Kemble and Conybeare print hwearflacra, Ettmüller reads hwearflicra, Thorpe hwearf láðra, Grein hwearf lacra.
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árian
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Th. i. 44, 15. with acc., Bt. 41, 2; F. 246, 19 (in Dict.). to shew mercy, kindness, with dat. inst. to do kindness Ára mé and genere mé of deáþes bendum, Bl. H. 89, 22. Ic þé bidde þæt þú mé árige ut eripias me, Ps. Th. 39, 15.
hlihhan
to laugh ⬩ to rejoice ⬩ to laugh at ⬩ to laugh ⬩ to scorn ⬩ To laugh at ⬩ deride ⬩ scorn
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S. 31, 72. with phrase expressing scorn, to laugh, to scorn: Hé getǽlde his fæder . . . and his to bismere hlóh, Angl. xi. 2, 53.
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dióre
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dearly, with great price, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 37; Met. 26, 19
feld-rude
Wild rue ⬩ silvestris rŭta
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Wild rue; silvestris rŭta, Ben. Lye: Lchdm. Glos. vol. iii. p. 325
hleápe-wince
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The lap-wing Hleápewince cucurata, Wrt. Voc. 62, 22: cucu, 280, 27
Linked entry: -wince
rǽd-wita
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A counsellor, one wise in counsel Ríce rǽdwitan, Dom. L. 18, 298
ge-négan
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To approach one with anything, to address, Elen. Kmbl. 769: El. 385