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tó-dón

(v.)
Grammar
tó-dón, p. -dyde.

to put asunder, ⬩ divide, ⬩ separate ⬩ to undo, ⬩ open

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to put asunder, divide, separate Ðæt wæter and seó eorðe wǽron gemengede óð ðone ðriddan dæg; ðá tódyde, hi God, Hexam. 4; Norm. 8, 15. Gif hwylc wíf twégen gebróðra nimþ hire tó gemæccan, óþerne æfter óþrum, tódó man hig (separentur), L. Ecg. P. ii.

ge-dál-land

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dál-land, -dæl-land, es; n.

Partible land ⬩ land belonging to several proprietors ⬩ sepărābĭlis terra

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Dipl. iii. 6, 11

a-dún-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
a-dún-weard, adv.

Downward ⬩ deorsum

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Downward; deorsum Scotedon adúnweard mid arewan they shot their arrows downward, Chr. 1083; Th. i. 352, 14

ǽr-ðam-ðe

(prep.)

before that which ⬩ till

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before that which, till,Mt. Bos. 12, 20

ealdor-dóm-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-dóm-scipe, (?), es; m.
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Aldermanship Hér forðférde Ælfhere ealdorman, and féng Ælfríc tó þám ilcan ealdordómscipe (ealdormanscipe ?: ealdordóme, MS. E.), Chr. 983; P. 124, 35

deór

(adj.)
Grammar
deór, diór, dýr; adj. [deór an animal] .

brave, bold, as a wild beast ⬩ fortis, strēnuus ⬩ heavy, severe, dire, vehement ⬩ grăvis, dīrus, vehĕmens

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Diór dǽdfruma the dire perpetrator, Grendel, Beo. Th. 4186; B. 2090. Ðone deóran síþ the severe journey, Salm. Kmbl. 723; Sal. 361. Swenga ne wyrnaþ deórra dynta they are not sparing of strokes, severe blows, Salm. Kmbl. 245; Sal. 122

bildan

(v.)
Grammar
bildan, (byldan, q.v. in Dict.)

to embolden ⬩ encourage

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to embolden, encourage Nán mon hiu hiéremonna mód ne bilt (bielt, v. l.) tó gǽstlicum weorcum nulla subditorum mentes exhortatio sublevat, Past. 129, 11

Linked entry: byldan

dælf

(n.)
Grammar
dælf, es; n? [delfan to dig]

Anything dug out, a DELF, ditch ⬩ fossa, scrobis

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Anything dug out, a DELF, ditch; fossa, scrobis Eástweard to cynges dælf eastward to the king's delf, Chr. 963; Erl. 122, 17: 963; Erl. 123, 6

Linked entry: delf

ge-sweltan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sweltan, p. -swealt, pl. -swulton; pp. -swolten [sweltan to die]

To die ⬩ perish ⬩ mŏri

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To die, perish; mŏri Men gesweltaþ hŏmĭnes moriemini, Ps. Spl. 81, 6. Geswolten, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 18

geán-slege

Grammar
geán-slege, v. gegn-slege in Dict.

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tiscge

disce

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= disce In tiscge in cateno, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 53. Cf. in disce in cateno, 74, 29

á-spýlian

(v.)
Grammar
á-spýlian, l. -spylian (but -swylian?)
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v. swilian
in Dict.), and dele the cognates.

dyde

(v.; part.)
Grammar
dyde, did, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 36; p.
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of dón

gifend

(n.)
Grammar
gifend, gefend (q. v. in Dict.), es; m.
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a giver: — Apollonius mangeres naman genam má þonne gifendes, Ap. Th. 10, 8. <b>I a.</b> applied to the Deity, v. gifan; Drihten þe is ealra gereorda gifend, R. Ben. 69, II. one that is in the habit of giving, a liberal person Gifend largus

Linked entry: gefend

bí-gengere

(n.)
Grammar
bí-gengere, (big-, q.v. in Dict.)

a worshipper

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a worshipper Fram bisceopum and Godes biggencgerum a praesulibus et cultoribus Deo decretae Christianae religionis, C. D. B. i. 154, 13

Linked entry: -gengere

bile-witlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
bile-witlíce, (-hwit-, v. Dict.); adv.

Simply ⬩ innocently ⬩ uprightly ⬩ gently

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Simply, with simplicity, innocently, uprightly, gently Hié nǽfre bilwitlíce willað monigean numquam clementer admonent, Past. 145, 1. Gif hwá gonge bilwitlíce (simpliciter ) treów tó ceorfanne, 165, 25: 167, 6. Bielwitlíce (bile- ?, bil-, v. l.) libban

be-wáwan

Grammar
be-wáwan, v. bi-wáwan in Dict.

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framung

(n.)
Grammar
framung, fromung (q.v. in Dict.), e; f.
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Profit, advancement Ǽlc framung ( profectus ) of rǽdincge and smeáunge forþstæpþ, Scint. 219, 9. On háligre spǽce framunge þú gemést in sacro eloquio profectum inuenies, 2: Angl. xiii. 398, 480

geán-pæþ

Grammar
geán-pæþ, v. gegn-pæþ in Dict.

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be-cípan

(v.)
Grammar
be-cípan, (-cýpan, q. v. in Dict.)

to sell

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to sell Swá hwæt swá hý heora geswinces becýpaþ, R. Ben. 136, 18. Þú becéptest ł þú sealdest vendidisti, Ps. L. 43, 13. Becýp (vende) eall þæt þú áhst, Mt. 19, 21: Scint. 59, 1. Gif man hwæt becýpan scyle . . . Gif hwylc neód sý tó becýpenne ǽnig þing

Linked entry: be-cýpan

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