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æt-wítan

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is mín ágen ætwiten swilce ic hit hæbbe forstolen, Hml. S. 23, 599

býrian

(v.)
Grammar
býrian, 3rd s. býreþ; p. ede; pp. ed [býre an event, a favourable time, an opportunity]
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To happen, pertain to, belong to; evenire, contingere, pertinere ad [v. ge-býrian]: found as v. impers: it pertains to, it concerns, it belongs to, it is lawful; pertinet ad, oportet, licet Ne býreþ to him from scipum non pertinet ad eum de ovibus, Jn

ǽl

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Ǽles tácen is . . . swá swá mon ǽl déð ðonne hine mon on spite stagan wyle, Tech. ii. 124, 6-11.Ll. Th. i. 146, 20. Add

racu

(n.)
Grammar
racu, e ; f.
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Ic wolde reccan sume race, 41, 4; Fox 252, 14. Race narrationem, Hpt. Gl. 522, 54 : Lk. Skt. 1, 1. Raca conlationes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 47. Racum relatibus, Hpt. Gl. 529, 39. Hit is gerǽd on gewyrdelícum racum in historical narratives, Homl.

Linked entry: eá-racu

Scottas

(n.)
Grammar
Scottas, pl.
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In Hibernia mǽgþe, ðæt is on Scotta lande, Shrn. 51, 30. On Sceotta land, Wulfst. 205, 7. Scotta land, eálond, 215, 17, 21.

Linked entries: Sceottas Scot-land

wól

(n.)
Grammar
wól, es; m. : e; f.

Pestpestilenceplaguemurrain

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Voc. ii. 53, 3. in a physical sense in reference to men or animals Wól(pestis) wæs æfter fyligende, Bd. i. 13; S. 482, 6. Mycel wól and grim acerba pestis, l, 14; S. 482, 29.

líc-hama

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II. used in reference to the eucharistic elements Ic ofþyrsted wæs Godes líchoman, gástes drynces, Seel. 41. III. used of a plant Wið gewitleáste, genim of þám lichoman þysse wyrte mandragore þreóra penega gewihte, Lch. i. 248, 4

ofer-gán

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-gán, p. -eode; pp. -gán.

to overspreadto overrun (a country, as a victorious army does), to conquerto pass a point or limitto pass a moral limit, to transgressto pass across, traverse, crossto pass, pass off or away, be over, come to an endTo be overto come upon, attack

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To be over (with anything) Ðæs ofereode ðisses swá mæg it is all over with that, so may it be with this, that trouble is over, so may this be Exon.

Linked entries: ofer-eode ofer-gangan

æfesen

(n.)
Grammar
æfesen, æfesn, æbesen, æbesn, e; f.

Pasturagethe charge for pigs going into the wood to fatten on acornspasnagiumpretium propter porcos in quercetum admissos

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Pasturage, the charge for pigs going into the wood to fatten on acorns; pasnagium, pretium propter porcos in quercetum admissos Gif mon níme æfesne on swínum if [a man] any one take pasturage on swine, L. In. 49; Th. i. 132, 18

Linked entry: æbesen

eáster-wuce

(n.)
Grammar
eáster-wuce, eastor-wice, an; f.

Easter- weekpaschalis septimana

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Easter- week; paschalis septimana Ðys sceal on Sæternes dæg, on ðære eáster-wucan this [gospel] must be on Saturday in easter-week. Rubc. Jn. Bos. 20, I. Ii; Notes, p. 580, 20, 1a, ii a: 21, 1; Notes, p. 580, 21, 1 a

Linked entry: eástor-wice

flyne

(n.)
Grammar
flyne, flene, an; f.

What is made softbatterfluĭdum quid

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What is made soft, batter; fluĭdum quid Gewyrce to flynan micelne citel fulne work a large kettle full into a batter, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 98, 6. Geót ða flynan on pour the batter on, 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 98, 10

Linked entry: flene

for-stalian

(v.)
Grammar
for-stalian, p. ede; pp. ed [stalian to steal]

To steal awayaufŭgĕre

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To steal away; aufŭgĕre Gif wíteþeów hine forstalie if a penal slave steal himself away, L. In. 24; Th. i. 118, 6. Gif he hine forstalede if he should have stolen himself away, L. Ath. v. § 6, 3; Th. i. 234, 7

ilce

(adv.)
Grammar
ilce, adv.
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In the same way Hú ne eom ic monn suá ilce suá ðú am I not a man the same as you are? Past. 17, 6 ; Swt. 115, 12. Eft swá ilce again in the same way, Bt. 16, 1 ; Fox 50, 10

bi-spanan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-spanan, p. -spón, -speón; pp. -spanen, -sponen; v. trans.

To allure, entice, incite, urgeallicere, illicere, seducere, incitare, impellere

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To allure, entice, incite, urge; allicere, illicere, seducere, incitare, impellere Ic Herode in hyge bispeón, ðæt he Iohannes bibeád heáfde biheáwan I Herod in mind incited, that he commanded John's head to be cut off, Exon. 70 a; Th. 260, 8; Jul. 294

Linked entry: be-spanan

ge-leofian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-leofian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To livevīvĕre

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To live; vīvĕre Ne geleofaþ man náht miriges, ða hwíle ðe mon deáþ ondrǽt there is no mirth in life when there is dread of death, Prov. Kmbl. 16. Gyf swá biþ geleofad si sic vīvĭtur, Cant. Ezech. Lamb. fol. 185 a, 16

Linked entry: ge-lifian

ge-rýnu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rýnu, indecl. f.

A mystery

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A mystery Ðeós gerýnu is wedd this mystery is a pledge, Homl. Th. ii. 272, 6. Þurh gástlícere gerýnu through a spiritual mystery, 268, 29: 260, 12: 262, 22: Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 14, 1; Lchdm. iii. 264, 11

un-gemenged

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gemenged, adj.

Unmixedunmingled

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Unmixed, unmingled Hit is gecynd ðære godcundnesse ðæt hió mæg beón ungemenged wið óþre gesceafta búton óþerra gesceafta fultume ea est divinae forma substantiae, ut neque in externa dilabatur, nec in se externum aliquid ipsa suscipiat, Bt. 35, 5; Fox

Linked entries: ge-menged un-menged

birce

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Voc. i. 285, 22. Byrce, ii. 68, 25. Birce beta, i. 285, 38: ii. 11, 57. Byrce betulus, 12, 65. Beeástan ðá bircan, C. D. iii. 213, 3. In ðá twislihtran biricean, 391, 21. Add

ge-racenteágian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-racenteágian, ge-racentteágian, ge-racodteágian; pp. od
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To chain, put in chains Hé wearð geracenteágod [and] betǽht tó þám gewinne (cf. hé wearð gelæht tó þám gecampe, and on racenteágum gelǽd, Hml. Th. ii. 500, 8), Hml. S. 31, 35. Geracodteágodum earmum catenatis lacertis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 47

Linked entry: racent-teágian

hálwendnes

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Add: safety, salvation; salutare Ic sette on hǽlo (hálwendnesse, MS. T. ) ponam in salutari, Ps. Spl. 11, 6. Sóðfæstnesse þíne and hálwendnesse ( salutare ) ic gesǽde (Ps. 40, 10), R. Ben. 11, 8. God hálwendnyssa úra Deus salutarium nostrum, Ps.