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ge-bíwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bíwan, ge-beówan.
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To rub, polish Gebeówed confricatus, i. lima*-*tus, exprimatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 25

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rop

(n.)

broth

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jus (in a list de suibus), Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 55. (?)

an-hebban

(v.)
Grammar
an-hebban, -hæbban; p. -hóf, pl. -hófon; pp. -hafen

To heave uplift upexaltraise uptake awayremoveelevareerigereexaltaresublimareattollereauferre

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To heave up, lift up, exalt, raise up, take away, remove; elevare, erigere, exaltare, sublimare, attollere, auferre Ðæt ðúðé ne anhebbe on ofermetto that thou lift not up thyself with arrogance, Bt. 6; Fox 14, 34.

Linked entry: an-hafen

FYRST

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
FYRST, first, fyrest; adj.

FIRSTprīmus

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FIRST; prīmus Fyrst ferhþ-bana the first life-destroyer, Cd. 162; Th. 203, 5; Exod. 399

Linked entries: first fyrest

cranc-stæf

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Substitute: A crank Crancstæf ( in a list of weaving implements ), Angl. ix. 263, 14. Cf. crencestre

wǽdling

(n.)
Grammar
wǽdling, (= wǽdl-ling ?), es; m.
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A needy person Wǽdlinge (-lingc ?) ic earn egens sum ego, Ps. Vos. 87, 16. v. (?) sedling

GǼLAN

(v.)
Grammar
GǼLAN, p. de; pp. ed.

to hinderdelayimpedekeep in suspenseretardāremŏrāriimpĕdīreto hesitatedelaycunctāri

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v. trans. to hinder, delay, impede, keep in suspense; retardāre, mŏrāri, impĕdīre Hú lange gǽlst ðú úre líf quousque anĭmam nostram tollis? Jn. Bos. 10, 24.

Linked entry: hyge-gǽlsa

hrémig

(adj.)
Grammar
hrémig, hreámig; adj.

Clamorousexultantlamentingboastingvaunting

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Wíges hreámige [the e is written above the line] boasting of battle, Chr. 937; Erl. 115, 8; Æðelst. 59. Hrémge [so the MS.], Beo. Th. 4715; B. 2363

Linked entry: hreámig

seolfor

(n.)
Grammar
seolfor, siolufr, silofr, sylfor (-er, -ur), es; n.
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Næbbe gé seolfer (sulfer, Lind.: sylfur, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 10, 9. Wénst ðú ðæt wé ðínes hláfordes seolfor stǽlon, Gen. 44, 8. Sealde him tó bóte gangende feoh and glæd seolfor, Cd. Th. 164, 24; Gen. 2719

Linked entries: silofor sylfor

ge-scínan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scínan, p. -scán; pp. -scinen

To shine, shine upon, illuminatefulgere, collustrare, illuminare

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Lind. 1, 5. Giscína fulgere, Rtl. 67, 10: 86, 34. Gisceán innituit [ = enituit ], 45, 16

tǽcnan

(v.)
Grammar
tǽcnan, p. [e]de.

to shew, presentto shew the road, point out an object, lt;i>make knownto appoint, prescribe

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Lind. 11, 57. Taecnaendi (-endi) index, Txts. 70, 544. to appoint, prescribe Se mec wrǽde on legde, ðæt ic onbúgan ne mót of ðæs gewealde, ðe mé wegas tǽcneþ, Exon. Th. 383, 26; Rä. 4, 16

þurh-seón

(v.)

to see throughsee intopenetrate with the sight

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to see through, see into, penetrate with the sight (lit. or fig.) God geseóþ and þurhseóþ ealle his gesceafta, Bt. 41, 1; Fox 244, 11. Þurhsyhþ. Met. 30, 16.

un-gesceádwís

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesceádwís, adj.

not acting according to reasonun- reasonableirrationalunwisefoolishnot possessed of reasonirrational

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Ic wundrige hwí men sién swá ungesceádwíse ðæt hié wénan ðæt ðis andwearde líf mæge ðone monnan dón gesǽligne, 11, 2; Fox 34, 36: 39, 9; Fox 226, 9.

Linked entry: ge-sceádwís

wuldor-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
wuldor-fæst, adj.

Glorious

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Ðæt wuldorfæste líf ðætte englas on Drihtnes onsýne wuniaþ. Blickl. Homl. 103, 32. Ða stówe ðínes wuldorfæstan temples locum tabernaculi gloriae tuae, Ps. Th. 25, 8. For ðære swétnesse ðære wuldorfæstan gesihðe, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 179.

eádig-ness

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Sé þe þæt éce líf begyteþ, þon bið éce eádignes geseald, Bl. H. 97, 30. Seó upplice eádignes, 101, 35. Seó eádignes þæs heáhengles tíde, 197, 3. Éces eádignisse meardo aeterne beatitudinis premia, Rtl. 51, 19.

for-bredan

(v.)
Grammar
for-bredan, for-bregdan.

transformto corrupt

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Srt. 54, 10. to snatch away Oft ic sýne ofteáh . . . misthelme forbrægd eágna leóman, Jul. 470. to change for the worse, transform, v. bregdan, I. l e Hí sǽdon ꝥ hió sceolde mid hire drýcræft þá men forbrédan, and weorpan hí an wildedeóra líc, Bt. 38

ge-brítan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brítan, p. te; pp. ge-briacute;ted, ge-brítt
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Voc. ii. 37, 39. lit. Ðeós wyrt hafað geoluwe blóstman, and gif þu hý betweónan þínum fingrum gebrýtest, þonne hafað heó swæc swylce myrre, Lch. i. 256, 9.

on-týnan

(v.)
Grammar
on-týnan, <b>I c.</b>
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</b> add :-- to open the mouth for food (lit. and fig.), breath, &amp;c. Se mereweard múð ontýneð, wíde weleras, Wal. 53: Rä. 76, 4. Ontýn þínne múð dilata os tuum, Ps. Th. 80, 11. <b>I h.

sǽtian

(v.)
Grammar
sǽtian, sǽtan; ode

To lie in wait for, waylay

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To lie in wait for, waylay (with gen. ) Forðam hé hine ne meahte mid openlícum gefeohte ofersuíðan sǽtaþ ðonne diógollíce and sécþ hú hé hine mǽge gefón quia enim publico bello perdidit, ad exercendas occulte insidias exardescit, Past. 33, 7; Swt. 227

Linked entries: sǽt sǽtan sǽtnian

wígbed-þegen

(n.)
Grammar
wígbed-þegen, es; m.

A minister of the altaran ecclesiastic who performs service at the altar

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Gif weófodþén his ágen líf rihtlíce fadige, ðonne sí hé fulles þegnweres wurðe, L. Eth. ix. 28; Th. i. 346, 17. Be gehádedum mannum. Gif weófodþegen manslaga wyrðe, L. C. S. 41; Th. i. 400, 13. Gif man freóndleásne weófodþén mid tihtlan belecge, L.