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ge-rihtlǽcan

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S. 2, 61. to direct. to cause to move in a certain direction (lit. or fig. ), to an end or purpose Is óðer wiðerwinna ðe ús wyle gerihtlǽcan fram úrum unðeáwum . . . Þát is Godes word þe ús gewissian sceal, Hml. A. 5, 125.

Linked entry: rihtlǽcan

fyllan

(v.)

to fill ⬩ to fill ⬩ to fulfil

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Add: to fill Fylde farsit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 12: 37, 46. to fill with. with gen. Ne fylð sé his ágen hús gódra cræfta, Past. 251, 5. with inst. Wé þín hús écum gódum fyllað, Ps. Th. 64, 1.

ge-clifian

(v.)

⬩ to stick on

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., and add: (tó or dat.) Gecleofige tunge mín gómum mínum adhaereat lingua mea faucibus meis, Ps. L. 136, 6. Ðeós wyrt wyle hrædlíce tó ðám men geclyfian. Lch. i. 306, 4. Mín tunge ys gecleofod (adhaesit) tó mínum gómum, Ps.

Linked entry: ge-cleofian

BYSGU

(n.)
Grammar
BYSGU, bísgu, býsigu, bísigu, býsegu, bísegu; gen. e; dat. e; acc. u, o: nom. acc. pl. u; gen. a; dat. um; f.

Occupation, business, labour, care, toil, difficulty, trouble, affliction ⬩ occupatio, negotium, labor, cura, opus, difficultas, dolor, tribulatio

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Th. 5153; B. 2580. Biþ se slǽp tó fæst bísgum gebunden the sleep is bound too fast by cares, Beo. Th. 3490; B. 1743: Bt. Met. Fox 22, 127; Met. 22, 64.

ceápian

(v.)
Grammar
ceápian, ode; od

To bargain, chaffer, trade, to contract for the purchase or sale of a thing, to buy, to bribe ⬩ negotiari, emere, comparāre

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To bargain, chaffer, trade, to contract for the purchase or sale of a thing, to buy, to bribe; negotiari, emere, comparāre Ceápiaþ óþ-ðæt ic cume negotiamini dum venio, Lk. Bos. 19, 13.

Linked entry: a-ceápian

rýman

(v.)
Grammar
rýman, de.

to make roomy, extend, spread, enlarge,amplify ⬩ to clear a way ⬩ yield, give place

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Th. 436, 18. to make clear by removing obstructions, to clear a way (lit. and metaph.) Hé sáwlumrýmeþ lífwegas, Exon. Th. 148, 4; Gú. 739 : 436, 6; Rä. 54, 10.

Linked entry: rúmaþ

á-stígan

(v.)

downward ⬩ upward ⬩ downward ⬩ upward ⬩ to descend ⬩ go down into ⬩ to ascend ⬩ mount

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Th. 18, 6. Críst on þínne innoþ ástígeþ, Bl. H. 5, 14. Þá þe on eorðan ástígað qui descendant in terram, Ps. Th. 21, 27. Tó ðám munte Synay ástáh se Scyppend, Hml. Th. ii. 196, 22. Of heofenum ástáh (descendit) mannes Bearn, 386, 2: Ps. Spl. 7, 17.

ge-fæstnian

(v.)

where motion is prevented, ⬩ to fix. ⬩ to make motionless that which can move ⬩ to place firmly that which can be moved ⬩ to fasten on or to something ⬩ to fasten with a bond, fetter ⬩ to imprison ⬩ to make firm, establish ⬩ to make firm what is constructed ⬩ to confirm an agreement, a compact, ratify a treaty, an arrangement, c., establish (friendly) relations ⬩ to confirm the condition of an object, make stable, constant, establish ⬩ to settle, determine, fix a plan, course, c. ⬩ to confirm, corroborate a statement ⬩ to make safe, to secure. ⬩ to secure against attack, fortify ⬩ to prevent encroachment on, to make one's own ⬩ to commit, entrust.

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Th. i. 332, 17. Næs ná þæs stronglic stán gefæstnod, Sat. 517. Weax melteð gif hit byð neáh fýre gefæstnad, Ps. Th. 57, 7. to fasten on or to something (lit. or fig.) Fram eallum þám wítum þe ðú on mínum líce gefæstnodest ( hast inflicted ), Hml.

þyle

(n.)
Grammar
þyle, es; m.

An orator ⬩ spokesman

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He is the only one of the courtiers who is actually stated to have addressed Beowulf, so that the duty of leading the conversation seems to have fallen to him. If a gloss in Wrt.

Linked entries: þyl-cræft þele

ceorlian

(v.)
Grammar
ceorlian, ode; od [ceorl a husband]

To take a husband, to marry ⬩ nubere

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To take a husband, to marry; nubere. Spoken of a woman, and opposed to wífian to take a wife Ne wífiaþ híg, ne híg ne ceorliaþ they take not a wife, nor do they take a husband, Mt. Bos. 22, 30.

here-paþ

Grammar
here-paþ, her-paþ, es; m.

A road for an army ⬩ military road ⬩ road large enough to march soldiers upon

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Wísde herepoþ tó ðære heán byrig shewed a road for his army to the lofty city, Cd. 174; Th. 218, 12; Dan. 38.

Linked entry: here-weg

lust-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
lust-bǽre, adj.

desirous ⬩ desirable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ agreeable

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Ðás word sind lustbǽre tó gehýrenne these words are pleasant to hear, Homl. Th. i. 130, 16

wudu-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-rǽden, wudu-rǽdenn, e; f.

Woodcutting ⬩ right of cutting timber in a wood

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Woodcutting, right of cutting timber in a wood Ánan esne gebyreþ tó metsunge .xii. pund gódes cornes, and wudurǽden be landside (the amount of wood that he may cut is to be determined by local custom), L. R. S. 8; Th. i. 436, 27.

geornian

(v.)
Grammar
geornian, p. ode.
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to desire, ask for Gedó ꝥ gé georniað þára þinga þe gé mé rihtlic begytan mæg . . . Gif ic eów ealla eówra þinga geunne on þá geráde þe gé mé míne georniað ( exoptetis ), Ll. Th. i. 196, 29-32.

hláf-gang

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Th. i. 334, 34

á-þráwan

to twist ⬩ twine ⬩ curl ⬩ to twist ⬩ give a different direction to a moving body

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Ox. 2, 34. to twist, give a different direction to a moving body Seó flá wende ongeán swilce mid windes blǽde áðráwen. Hml. Th. i. 502, 19. ¶ for a proposed emendation to áþrowen in An. 1427 Similar entries v. á-dreópan in Dict

be-dirnan

(v.)
Grammar
be-dirnan, (-dyrnan, q. v. in Dict.)

to conceal

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John knew nothing of (was not subject to) frailties natural to humanity, Bl. H. 167, 27

Linked entry: be-dyrnan

ofer-irnan

(v.)

to pass by running, cross ⬩ to run over, go over a subject ⬩ to come upon with violence, overwhelm, to come upon with surprise

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to pass by running, cross Ða hwíle ðe se móna ðære sceade ord oferyrnþ while the moon is crossing the point of the shadow, Lchdm. iii. 240, 26. to run over, go over a subject Nú wille wé eft oferyrnan ða ylcan godspellícan endebyrdnysse, Homl.

ge-cweðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cweðan, he -cweðeþ, -cwyþ; p. ic, he -cwæþ, ðú -cwǽde, pl. -cwǽdon; pp. -cweden

To say ⬩ speak ⬩ call ⬩ pronounce ⬩ agree ⬩ resolve ⬩ order ⬩ dīcĕre ⬩ lŏqui ⬩ profāri ⬩ pronunciāre ⬩ pangĕre ⬩ stătuĕre

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Ða deófolgildan gecwǽdon ðæt hí woldon ðone apostol to heora hǽðenscipe geneádian the idolaters agreed to force the apostle to their idolatry, Homl. Th. i. 70, 24; H. R. 101, 20

ge-ortrúwian

(v.)
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</b> reflex. to cause (oneself) to despair, to despair :-- Ne geortrúwige nán man hine sylfne for his synna micelnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 124, 30. ¶ ge-ortrúwod desperate :-- Hwilc ánwilnys and geortrúwad wylla, Hml.