ge-niðerian
To put down, bring low, subdue, humiliate, condemn
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Lind.14, 64. On Godes dóme geniðerod condemned at God's judgment, Homl. Th. i. 60, 33. Geniðrad damnatus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 3: Mk. Skt. Lind. 16, 16. Se ðe hyne upahefþ se byþ genyðerud qui se exaltaverit humiliabitur, Mt. Bos. 23, 12.
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lǽdan
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Hé wæs eft swá ǽr lof lǽdende, An. 1479. to pass, go through life Líf lǽdan on gefeán, Bt. 12; F. 36, 24.
ge-trahtian
To treat ⬩ explain ⬩ expound ⬩ consider ⬩ tractāre ⬩ expōnĕre
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Lind. 1, 38, 41: 9, 7. Huætd on woeg gie getrahtade quid in via tractabatis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 33. Habbaþ word gearu wið ðam æglǽcan eall getrahtod we have words ready all considered against the wretch, Andr. Kmbl. 2718; An. 1361
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widlian
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Lind. 15, 11. Measapreóstas sunnadæg widlas (violant), 12, 5. Ðás yflo wiðlað (widlas, Rush., communicant) ðone monno, Mk. Skt. Lind. 7, 23. Hi ( the apostate angels) heofon widledan (wid lædan, MS.), Exon. Th. 317, 4; Mód. 60.
a-myrgan
To make merry ⬩ to gladden ⬩ cheer ⬩ exhilarare ⬩ lætificare
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To make merry, to gladden, cheer; exhilarare, lætificare Béc syndon breme: hí amyrgaþ módsefan manna gehwylces of þreánýdlan ðisses lífes books are famous: they cheer the mind of every one from the necessary affliction of this life, Salm.
ǽtter-loppe
A spider ⬩ atanea
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Lamb. 38, 12; and thou madist his lijf to faile as an yreyneWyc
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BERE
Barley ⬩ hordeum
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Hira flex and hira beras [MS. bernas] wǽron fordóne eorum linum et hordea læsa sunt, Ex. 9, 31
rǽdesn
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Voc. i. 33, 31] Rédisn vacedo (in a list de lignis ), Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 43. Rédisnae bacidones (cf. raedinne bacidones, 43, 26o : rǽdenne, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 59), Txts. 44, 1
un-mennisclíc
Inhuman
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Inhuman Wé hérdon on ealdum spellum, ðæt sum sunu ofslóge his fæder, ic nát húmeta, búton wé witon ðæt hit unmennislíc (-lícu, Cott. MS.) dǽd wæs nimis e natura dictum est, nescio quem filios invenisse tortores, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 16
weorold-bisegung
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P. iii. 8; Th. ii. 198, 21. care of this world, anxiety of this life Ða strongan stormas weoruldbisgunga, Met. 3, 4
án-hende
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Gód is þé ánhende tó lífe þonne twá honda hæbbende siǽ sended in écce fýr, Mt. R. 18, 8. Blinde, ánhende caecos, debiles, 15, 30. Add
for-fang
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Add: ¶ for-fang occurs in a list of emoluments accruing to the king (Edward the Confessor) and granted by him to Westminster
fleard
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Gif friþgeard sí on hwæs lande ábúton stán oððe treów oððe wille oððe swilces ǽnige fleard (any wicked follies of a like kind), Ll. Th. ii. 298, 17. Substitute:
for-hrepian
to catch
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The strong form of the participle might be formed on the analogy of a verb like drepan), Jn. p. 5, 8
ge-healdendlic
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The word glosses custodienda, and its form seems to be due to a confusion of the gerundial tó gehealdenne = custodiendus with an adjective like lufigendlic = amandins ) and þá gelóhgenlican, R. Ben. I. 63, 5
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tó-beátan
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Ðá cempan hine lange swungon ... þá cómon his geféran and fundon hine licgendne on blódigum limum and tóbeátenum líchaman, Hml. S. 31, 981. Add
CNYLLAN
To KNELL ⬩ sound a bell ⬩ pulsare ⬩ campaná signum dare
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Cnyllaþ cnyllsaþ, Lind. and ontýned biþ iów pulsate et aperietur vobis 11, 9: 12, 36: R. Ben. 48. Cnylled pulsatus R. Cone. 1
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slítness
a tearing, rending, laceration ⬩ a wasting, destroying, desolation
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Lind. 24, 15
freóndlíce
like a friend ⬩ kindly ⬩ ămīce ⬩ benigne
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like a friend, kindly; ămīce, benigne We ðe freóndlíce wíc getǽhton we kindly assigned to thee a dwelling-place, Cd. 127; Th. 162, 25; Gen. 2686: 76; Th. 95, 16; Gen. 1579: Past. pref; Hat. MS. Freóndlícor more kindly, Beo. Th. 2058; B. 1027
eald-gecynd
Old or original nature ⬩ antīqua nātūra
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Old or original nature; antīqua nātūra vel indōles Wudu-fuglas on treówum ealdgecynde wuniaþ the wood-birds live in the trees in their old nature. Bt. Met. Fox 13, 79; Met. 13, 40: 25, 114; Met. 25, 57: Exon. 54b; Th. 193, 26; Az. 127
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