for-bígan
To bow down ⬩ bend down ⬩ humble ⬩ abase ⬩ depreciate ⬩ avoid ⬩ pass by ⬩ hŭmĭliāre ⬩ prætĕrīre
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Litlingas nellaþ forbígean (cf. forbúgan) me parvŭli nōlunt prætĕrīre me, Coll. Monast. Th. 29, 3
ge-cwémednes
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. ¶ ánum tó gecwemednesse to the delight of a person, so as to please a person :-- Heó plegode him eallum tó gecwémednysse (cf. cum saltasset et placuisset Herodi simulque recumbentibus, Mk. 6, 22), Hml. Th. i. 480, 31.
hám-steall
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S.) cui nomen Gesemani, Mk. 14, 32. Cf. on þone tún (in tún, L., R.) in villam, Mt. 26, 36), An. Ox. 61, 55. On Coftúne aet þám hámstealle .v. cassatorum, C. D. ii. 167, 28. Of ealdan hámstealle ðe Æðelere áhte, iii. 424, 15.
sopa
A sup, draught ⬩ a sup, mouthful
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Súpe cú buteran .viii. morgnas .iii. sopan 294, 1. [ Þer (in hell) is o wateres flod . . . a þusen saulen beoþ bi sore ofþurst . . . ne moten heo biden neuer o sope Misc. 152, 169. Þyse renkeȝ schul neuer suppe on sope of my seve Allit.
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BEORNAN
To BURN ⬩ be on fire ⬩ ardere ⬩ exardere ⬩ comburi ⬩ To BURN ⬩ urere ⬩ comburere
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To BURN, be on fire; ardere, exardere, comburi Ðonne beorneþ [byrneþ, Spl.] eorre his cum exarserit ira ejus Ps. Surt. 2, 13. Se ðe ǽfre nú beorneþ on bendum he who now ever burns in bonds Cd. 222; Th. 290, 12; Sat. 414.
strúdan
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Strúd-ende fýr, Cd. Th. 154. 15 ; Gen. 2556
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frymetling
A youngling ⬩ young cow ⬩ jŭvenca
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, and the biestings of a young cow fourteen nights, L.
méég-gildan
to pay part of the wergild for a homicide committed by a kinsman
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cf. MS. B. which has mid ðam þeówan men gyldan. But the word is supported by L. H. i. 70, 5 :-- Non cogitur liber cum servo meggildare ), L. In. 74; Th. i. 150, 1. (?)
Sigel-waras
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Sigelwara land, Cd. Th. 182, 2 ; Exod. 69. Hé ( St. Matthew ) gelǽrde Sigelwara mǽgþe, and of Sigelwarum hé flýmde twegan drýas, Shrn. 131, 27 : Apstls. Kmbl. 127 ; Ap. 64. Cf. Sigel*-*hearwa
tíd-dæg
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The period of a person's life(cf. the use of dæg=time, e. g. Gif ðú wistest on ðysum ðínum dæge, Lk.
wítedóm-líc
Of superhuman knowledge ⬩ prophetical
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Of superhuman knowledge, prophetical Wítedómlíc wundor a miracle which displayed a knowledge communicated by God (cf. him God ealle ða díglan þingc cúð gedyde, 1. 12), Guthl. 11; Gdwin. 54, 1.
bróc
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Brooc suri-cus (cf. sura), Txts. 117, 256. Gyrdils vel broec lumbare, 72, 573. Gyrdel oððe bréc, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 15. Brécena tácen is þæt þú stríce mid þínum twám handum up on þín þeóh, Tech. ii. 127, 8.
dráf
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Hét se hálga wer þæt seó cú gewende tó þǽre heorde, and heó swá bilewite swá scép beáh tó þǽre drǽfe, Hml. S. 31, 1055. Se geneát sceal láde lǽdan, dráfe drífan, C. D. iii. 450, 33. Sum fearhrýþer þæs óþræs' ceápes geférscipe oferhogode . . .
hálsung
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Cf. hálsian; Hálsung divinatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 56
ofet
Fruit, pulse ⬩ obaz, obez pomum, grosa
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Ofet fraga (cf. streówberge, fraga,) (59), 36, 9: 150, 28. Ofet, wæstm fruges, frumenta, 151, 31. Ofet legumen, i. 38, 54. Ðis ofet the fruit of the tree of knowledge, Cd. Th. 46, 12; Gen. 655. Ofæt, 33, 11; Gen. 518. Ofett, Exon.
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hreówan
To rue ⬩ grieve
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Th. 105, 34: Cd. 64; Th. 77, 17; Gen. 1276. Gif ðú ongite ðæt him his synna hreówen if you see that his sins cause him sorrow, L. de Cf. 2; Th. ii. 260, 19.
CEORFAN
To cut, cut down, hew, rend, tear, CARVE, engrave ⬩ secare, concidere, succidere, excidere, conscindere, incidere, infindere
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Ceorfende infindens, Cot. 111
hleóðor-cyme
A coming that is attended with sound [of trumpets; cf. hleóðor cwom býman stefne, v. hleóðor], ⬩ the coming of an army
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[Cf. þrym-cyme a glorious coming.] Thorpe and Bouterwek translate oraculum, prophetia; Grein takes cyme as a separate word, and as an adjective
þeód-cyning
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Cf. þeóden
nerian
To save
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Hié hálig God nerede, Cd. Th. 84, 13; Gen. 1397: 90, 6; Gen. 1491. Hí freá nerede fram hellcwale, Exon. Th. 73, 14; Cri. 1189. Ðín ealdor nere, Cd. Th. 152, 2; Gen. 2502. Ðæt ðú nerige ( eruas ) mé, Ps. Spl. 39, 18.