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stagan

(v.)
Grammar
stagan, stǽcan ?.(Cf.
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stagan wyle the sign for an eel is to waggle the right hand, and then to put it over the left arm, and then, the left hand being extended, to make strokes with the right hand across the arm as if cutting it in bits as is done with an eel, when it is

Linked entry: stǽcan

ge-tǽse

(n.)
Grammar
ge-tǽse, es; n.

An advantage;commodum

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An advantage; commodum Ac geþenc ðæt ðú hym forwyrndest ǽlcra getésa ðá git becgen on líchaman wǽron and ðú hæfdest ǽlc good and he hefde ǽlc yfel ne mót he ðé nú ðý máre dón to getǽsan ðe ðú ðá hym woldest but remember that thou didst refuse him every

Linked entries: ge-tǽsu ge-tése

be-týnan

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add : to shut out from receiving Hé betýneð þá eágan fram gesyhðe and þá eáran fram gehýrnesse, Verc. Först. 90, 5. to shut a book Swilce man áne bóc betíne, Verc. Först. 117, 11

ge-wenge

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wenge, es; n.

The cheekmaxilla

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The cheek; maxilla And ðam ðe ðé slihþ on ðín gewenge et qui to percutit in maxillam, Lk. Bos. 6, 29; and to him that schal smyte thee on o cheke, Wyc.

wiþer-breca

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Vos. 3, 8. one who resists, an obstinate person Hé hæfde ǽnne ofermódine cniht and micelne wiðer-brecan superbum valde atque contumacem puerum habuit, Gr. D. 36, 6. See next word

DARU

(n.)
Grammar
DARU, daro, e; f.

Hurt, harm, damage damnum, noxa

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Gemétte he his earm and his hand swá hále and swá gesúnde swá him nǽfre bryce ne daro gedón wǽre he found his arm and his hand so hale and so sound, as if breach or hurt had never been done to them, Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 17.

Linked entries: dæru daro dere

be-stelan

(v.)
Grammar
be-stelan, bi-stelan; p. -stæl, pl. -stǽlon; subj. p. -stǽle, pl. -stǽlen; pp. -stolen

To steal away or uponfugere, obrepere

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Ðá he nihtes on ungearwe hí on bestæl, and hí swíðe forslóh and fordyde then he stole upon them unawares by night, and grievously slew and destroyed them, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 33.

hús-bót

(n.)
Grammar
hús-bót, e; f.
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House-repair; wood for the repair of a house; the right to cut such wood Ðis is seó wudung ðe ðǽrtó gebyreð, ǽlce geáre fíftig fóðra and án hund of ðæs cinges ácholte and húsbót, C. D. vi. 243, 13. [v. N. E. D. house-bote.]

wille

(n.)
Grammar
wille, es; m.

A well, spring, fountain

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An tuddeles þorn, and an hróces wylle; . . . þonne an lawernwylle . . . On hróces wylle, þanne up on ðæne weg . . . ; þanon on oden wielle . . . ; þanon on eabbincgwylle, þanne on riscbróc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 54, 6-15.

Linked entries: welle willa

betǽcan

(v.)

to entrustguidanceto hand overpaygiveto assigndestineyield toto direct

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Lǽde hé heorðpenig tó Róme and þǽrtóeácan .xxx. pænega, and bringe þonon swutelunge ꝥ hé þǽr swá micel betǽht hæbbe, Ll. Th. i. 264, 10. to give a pledge Geþence hé word and wedd þe hé Gode betǽhte, Ll.

underling

(n.)
Grammar
underling, es; m. (the word seems to occur only in late texts)

An underlinga subordinatea subject

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An underling, a subordinate, a subject Heó ( the Jews ) syððen ǽfre unwurðe wǽron on heora lífdagen and get synden underlinges, Homl. Ass. 194, 50.

yrfe

(n.)
Grammar
yrfe, (cf. orf; or (?) irfe, q. v.), es; n.
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Cattle For án eówre yrfe sceal beón hér oves tantum vestrae et armenta remaneant, Ex. 10, 24. Gnættas wǽron gewordene on mannum and on yrfe ( in jumentis ), 8, 17. Eft hwyrfende wæs tó ðæm yrfe and tó ðæm ceápe and tó heora gesetum, Blickl.

Linked entry: erfe

wæcnan

(v.)
Grammar
wæcnan, p. ede

To wakenarisespring

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Þat ter walde wakenen of wif and weres somninge worldes weole, H. M. 31, 5. Þu art walle of waisdom, ant euch wunne wakeneð ant waxeð of þe, Marh. 11, 1. He began to wakne, Havel. 2164. Ther wakeneth in the world wondred ant wee, P. S. 152, 17.

Linked entry: a-wacnian

ed-niwinga

(adv.)
Grammar
ed-niwinga, adv.

Anew dēnuo

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Anew; dēnuo Se fugel líf eft onféhþ edniwinga the bird receives again life anew, Exon. 63 b; Th. 234, 2; Ph. 534: Andr. Recd. 1569; An. 784

Ciltern-sǽte

(n.)
Grammar
Ciltern-sǽte, (-an); pl.
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The occupants of the Chiltern district Cilternsǽtna landes is feówer þúsend hýda and án hund hýda, C. D. B. i. 414, 25

firwit

(adj.)
Grammar
firwit, adj.
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Voc. ii. 137, 57: An. Ox. 905. Fyrwittre, Hpt. Gl. 427, 77. Take here fyrwit in Dict., and add

Linked entry: fyrwet

mete-þing

(n.)
Grammar
mete-þing, es; n.
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An operation connected with cooking Hí man geornlíce tý ꝥ hí góde bæcystran beón and tó ǽlcum meteþingum. clǽngeorne, Chrd. 19, 19

rǽpan

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Þá þá hé his oxan rǽpte, þá scóc án his heáfod and mid þám horne hine þýde, Hml. S. 31, 785. Add

ribb

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Cóm of ðǽm wætre án nǽdre . . . wearð hiere mid ánum wierpe án ribb forod — hit is nǽdrena gecynd ꝥ heora mægen and hiera féþe bið on heora ribbum, Ors. 4, 6; S. 174, 3-14.

læccan

(v.)
Grammar
læccan, læccean; p. læhte; pp. læht

To takegraspseizecatchapprehendcapture

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To take, grasp, seize, catch, apprehend, capture Lǽdeþ hine and læceþ and hine geond land spaneþ leadeth and taketh him, and through the land lures him, Salm. Kmbl. 989; Sal. 496.

Linked entries: on-leccan leccan