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under-fón

(v.)
Grammar
under-fón, p. -féng, pl. -féngon; pp. -fangen.

to receiveto have givento getto receivesubmit toa riteto receive a personto receive for the purpose of entertaining, sheltering, harbouringto receive for safe conduct, custodyto receive as a servant or dependentto receive, admit into a societyto receive as a masterto submit toto receiveadmit the claims ofto receive, admit the force of a person's wordsaccept testimonyto receive what is offeredto acceptto receiveserve as a receptacle forto receive or accept an office, a duty, etc.to take upon one's selfto undertake a labour, task, etc.to receive what is burdensomeundergobearto take surreptitiouslyto steal

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Mid ðam casu (ablative) byð geswutelod, swá hwæt swá wé underfóð æt óðrum ... ab hoc homine pecuniam accepi fram ðisum men ic underféng feoh, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Zup. 23, 7-11. Ða Godes þeówas ðe ða sceattas underfóð ðe wé Gode syllaþ, L. Edg.

Linked entry: under-niman

ymb-hwyrft

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-hwyrft, (-hwearft, -hweorft, -hwerft), es; m.
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Gif ðú witan wilt ymbe ealre ðisse eorðan ymbhwyrft from eásteweardan ðisses middangeardes óð westeweardne, and fram súþeweardum óð norþeweardne (omnem terrae ambitum), Bt. 18, l ; Fox 60, 31.

hider

to this worldto this lifein this worldto this pointhither and thitherto and fro

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Hí irnaþ hider and ðider dwoligende, 36, 5; F. 180, 12. geond to and fro Brǽd ꝥ heáfod hider and geond ofer ꝥ fýr, Lch. ii. 38, 3

Linked entry: hider-cyme

bót

mendingrepairremedyimprovementhelpamendmentamendsreparationrepentancepenance

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From alre néweste geleáfulra sýn heó ásyndrade nymðe heó hit hér mid þingonge bóte gebéte (cf. nisi ante placita satisfactione emendaverit, 106, 9), C.

ge-niman

(v.)
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Ꝥ hæfis genummen bið from him, Mt. L. 13, 12. Þíne ǽhta þe on ðé genumene wǽron ( ablatae sunt), Bd. 5, 19; Sch. 671, 6. <b>V cc.</b> of the action of things :-- Ald cláð genimes (tollit ) fyllnisse his from wéde, Mt. L. 9, 16.

sígan

(v.)
Grammar
sígan, p. sáh, pl. sigon ; pp. sigen.
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[Wið þene sele brudgume þat siheð alle selhðe of from whom proceeds all happiness, H. M. 47, 35.] to ooze, run as matter, v. seón Gif ðæt brægen út síge if the brain protrude, Lchdm. ii. 22, 19.

Linked entries: sígend sígere

wrecca

(n.)
Grammar
wrecca, wræcca, an ; m.

one driven from his own countrya wanderer in foreign landsan exilea strangerpilgrima wretchan evil persona wretched persona miserable, feeble creaturea wretchedunhappymiserablepoor person

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Kmbl. vi. 192, 3. figurative Wræccan (those in Hades, exiles from Heaven), Exon. Th. 461, 28 ; Hö. 42. Hé héht ðæt wítehús wræcna (the angels driven from Heaven) bídan, Cd. Th. 3, 22 ; Gen. 39.

Linked entries: wræcca wrec

ge-rǽcan

(v.)
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Dele passage from Met. 5, 31, and add: trans- to stretch out, extend the hand, &amp; c. Petre hond ðúgeráhtest ( porrexisti ), Rtl. 101, 42. Geráhte (extendens) hond in ðegnurn, Mt. L. 12, 49 : 14, 31: Mk. L. R. 1, 41.

ge-stíran

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Þurh ús scylen bión hiora scylda gestiéred mid cræfte, Past. 117, 20. to keep from a state or condition, remove from Nis hit him nó swá longe áléfed swá þé ðyncð, ac dú miht ongitan ꝥ him biþ swíþe hrædlice gestióred (-stýred, v.l.) hiora orsorgnesse

EÓWU

(n.)
Grammar
EÓWU, gen. eówe ; pl. nom. acc. eówa; gen. eówena; dat. eówenum; f; ewe, an; f. A

EWE, female sheepŏvis fēmĭna

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The milk was used for domestic purposes: butter and cheese were made from it; for Ælfric teaches the shepherd [sceáp-hyrde] to say, 'On fórewerdne morgen ic drífe sceáp míne to heora lease, and ic agénlǽde híg to heora loca, and melke híg tweówa on dæg

FIREN

(n.)
Grammar
FIREN, fyren, e; pl. nom. acc. firene, firena; f.

a wicked deedsincrimescĕluscrīmenpeccātumtribulationtormentsufferingpaintrībŭlātiotormeutumcrŭciātus

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Lýsde of firenum released from sins, 25b; Th. 74, 22; Cri. 1210: Elen. Kmbl. 1814; El. 909. Uton we firene feógan let us hate crimes, Exon. 98a; Th. 366, 16; Reb. 13: Ps. Th. 58, 3.

Linked entries: fyren fyrn-

galdor

(n.)
Grammar
galdor, gealdor, es; pl. nom. acc. galdor, galdru; gen. galdra; dat. galdrum; n. [galan to sing, enchant, q. v.]

An incantationdivinationenchantmenta charmmagicsorceryincantātiocantiocarmenfascĭnātio

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Nis ðé ende feor, ðæs ðe ic on galdrum ongieten hæbbe thy end is not far off, from what I have understood by [thy] divinations, Exon. 50 a; Th. 174, 19; Gú. 1180. Ðás galdor mon mæg singan on wunde a man may sing these charms over a wound, L.

Linked entry: gealdor

land-leód

(n.)
Grammar
land-leód, es; pl. e, an [cf. Seaxe, Seaxan]; m.
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Hié from ðám londleódum, þurh seara ofslægene wurdon conspiratione finitimorum per insidias trucidantur, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44, 28.

Linked entry: leód

neát

(n.)
Grammar
neát, es; n.

A neatan ox or a cowcattlebeastanimal

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Ne ligeþ hé eallinga on ðære eorþan suá ða creópendan wuhta, ac biþ hwæthwugu upáhæfen suá ðæt neát from eorþan, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 157, 1. Fugel oððe fisc on sǽ oððe eorþan neát, feldgongende feoh bútan snyttro, Exon. Th. 371, 23; Seel. 80.

ge-wǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wǽcan, -wǽcean; part. -wǽcende; p. -wǽcte, -wǽhte; pp. -wǽct, -wǽht

To weakenaffecttroublevexafflictoppressaffĭcĕreaffīgĕre

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Mid fefore gewǽht suffering from fever, Homl. Th. ii. 516, 30. Gewǽht ic eom afflictus sum, Ps. Spl. 37, 8. Ðe mid ðý hungre gewǽcte wǽron who were oppressed with the hunger, Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 31.

blódig

(adj.)
Grammar
blódig, def. se blódiga, seó, ðæt blódige; adj.

BLOODYsanguineus, cruentus

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Se bræd of ðæm beorne blódigne gár he plucked the bloody dart from the chief, Byrht. Th. 136, 21; By. 154. Geseoh nú swá ðín swát ageát, blódige stíge behold now where thy blood poured forth, a bloody path, Andr. Kmbl. 2883; An. 1444.

ge-hwylc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ge-hwylc, -hwelc, -hwilc; pron.

Eachevery oneallwhoeverwhateverquisqueunusquisque

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Of gehwilcum burgum from every city, 86, 29. Nú smeádon gehwilce men now some men have enquired, ii. 268, 7. Dǽda gehwylcra of all deeds, Elen. Kmbl. 2563; El. 1283.

scirian

(v.)
Grammar
scirian, p. ede; pp. scired, scirred (v. á-scirred)
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Sceóp ðá and scyrede Scyppend úre oferhídig cyn engla of heofnum then did our Creator adjudge and ordain the presumptuous race of angels to banishment from heaven, Cd. Th. 5, 1; Gen. 65.

Linked entries: scerian scyrian swyrige

þunor-rád

(n.)
Grammar
þunor-rád, e; f.

Thundera peal of thunder

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From stefne ðunurráde (þunuráde, Spl.) a voce tonitrui, Ps. Surt. 103, 7: 76, 19. Þunur-ráda ðínre tonitrris tui, Ps. Spl. 76, 17. Hió áhóf ðæt heáfod of ðære mýsan somod mid ðære þunoráde, Lchdm. iii. 374, col. 2.

þyrel

(adj.)
Grammar
þyrel, adj.

Perforatedhaving a hole or holespierced through

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From ðyrelan stáne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 29, 2. On ðone þyrlan stán, iii. 406, 11. Þyrlian, 436, 34. Se ðe médsceattas gaderaþ, hé legeþ hié on ðyrelne pohchan ( in sacculum pertusum ), Past. 45; Swt. 343, 20.