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for-belgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-belgan, p. bealg(-h), reflex.

To get angry

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To get angry, get in a rage Forbealh hé hine for þon þe ꝥ hrýþer him þúhte on wédenheorte, Bl. H. 199, 10

Linked entry: belgan

for-mengan

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Hé mæg hine formengan tó ðǽm écum mid his willan aeternis se conjungere per desiderium valet, Past. 395, 4. For 'Past. ... Lye' substitute

ge-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cúþ, adj.
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Known Hine þá monige his gecúdra monna ácsodon, ge æþelcunde ge óðre multi viri noti ac nobiles requirebant, Gr. D. 22, 14 note

yfellíce

(adv.)
Grammar
yfellíce, adv.
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Meanly, poorly Hié úrne Dryhten Críst ymbsweópon mid reáde hragle yfelíce . . . and gegiredon hine mid reáde hrægle yfellíce, Nap. 71. See preceding word

sencan

(v.)
Grammar
sencan, p. te; pp. ed.
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.), plunge, immerse Wæs his gewuna ðæt hé hine on ðam streáme sencte solebat in flumine supermeantibus undis immergi, Bd. 5, 12 ; S. 631, 22. to submerge, flood with water Abraham wolde his sunu cwellan folmum sínum fýre(?)

Linked entry: be-sæncan

Pontisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Pontisc, translates Pontius
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in the name Pontius Pilatus Hig sealdon hyne þám Pontiscean Pilate, Mt. 27, 2. Pontiscan, Lk. 3, 1: Hml. A. 182, 31

búr-cniht

(n.)
Grammar
búr-cniht, es; m.
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A chamberlain, servant of the bedchamber, eunuch His búrcnihtas ( eunuchi ) woldon hine amyrran, Hml. A. 98, 213. Án þára búrcnihta, 100, 278

impe

(n.)
Grammar
impe, [?], an; f.

An impsciongraftshoot

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An imp, scion, graft, shoot Ðæt is sió hálige gesomnung Godes folces ðæt eardaþ on æppeltúnum ðonne hie wel begáþ hira plantan and hiera impan óþ hié fulweaxne beóþ ecclesia quippe in hortis habitat, quæ ad viriditatem intimam exculta plantaria virtutum

swinc

(n.)
Grammar
swinc, es; n.
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Nares Glossary), labour, trouble, affliction Erian se ðe hine gesihþ swincu mǽste him ongeán cumaþ he that in a dream sees himself ploughing, very great troubles are coming upon him, Lchdm. iii. 198, 28. Suinca verberum, Rtl. 40, 29

wǽl-bed

(n.)
Grammar
wǽl-bed, wǽl-bedd, es; n.

The bed of the slain

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The bed of the slain Ic hine heardan clammum on wælbedde wríþan þóhte I had thought to bind him on the couch of the slain (i.e. to kill him ), Beo. Th. 1932; B. 964. Hwæt befealdest ðú folmum ðínum on wælbedd bróðor ðínne? Cd. Th. 62,8; Gen. 1011

ceówan

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ceówað Godes beboda mid smeágunge, 60. Ceówað (cýwat, An. Ox. 101) decerpunt, rodunt, Hpt. Gl. 408, 37. Ceáw remordet, Germ. 392, 27: momorderat, 402, 57. Hé slát and ceáw his ágene handa, Gr. D. 301, 3. Swín ne ceów his cudu, Hml.

ge-hyhtan

(v.)
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D. 70, 23. with clause, to hope that Ꝥ gód þe gehwylc man gehyhteþ ꝥ sý gedón for hine, Gr. D. 348, 11. Hé gehyhte þæt him God sealde his gewinnes frófre, Guth. 94, 7. Wé gihyhton ðætte hé wére eftlésing Israéles, Lk. R. L. 24, 21.

gleáw

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Þæt gleáwne hiht tó Gode hæfdan ut ponant in Deo spem suam, 77, 9. Him gangað ongeán gleáwe cræftas, mildheortnesse mód and mihte sóð, 84, 9. Byð sægd his lof gleáwast and mǽrust annuntietur laus ejus, 101, 19

lah-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
lah-líce, adv.

Lawfully

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Lawfully, according to law Ne úre nǽnig his líf ne fadode swá swá hé scolde ne gehádode regollíce ne lǽwede lahlíce nor hath any one of us ordered his life as he should, neither those ordained according to their rules nor the laymen according to the

Linked entry: lah-líc

hæftling

(n.)
Grammar
hæftling, es; m.

A captive

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Ðá áxode se ealdorman ðone hæftling hwæðer hé þurh drýcræft his bendas tóbrǽce then the alderman asked the captive whether he broke his bonds by witchcraft, Homl. Th. ii. 358, 10.

spédlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
spédlíce, adv.

Successfullyefficaciouslypowerfullyin a manner which produces a resultprosper

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Ðonne ic him spédlíce tó spræc and lǽrde when I spoke to them with power and taught them, 119, 6

stefn

Grammar
stefn, voice.
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Add synd þreóra cynna ná on stemne, ac on andgite, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 94, 12

studu

(n.)
Grammar
studu, stuðu; gen. stude, studu; dat. stude(-u), styde, styðe; acc. studu, stuðu(-o); pl. styde, styðe(-a); gen. studa; f.
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Cypressus styde hié útan wreþedon and gyldne styþa hié úton wreþedon, Nar. 5, 7, 8. Begémþ stuðe (or stoðe) mínre dure observat postes ostii mei, Kent. Gl. 281

Linked entries: stuðan-sceaft styðe

ge-lendan

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Ðæt scip . . . búton ðá rówend hit teón, sceal fleótan mid ðý streáme: ne mæg hit nó stille gestandan, búton . . . mon mid róðrum ongeán tió; elles hit gelent mid ðý streáme, Past. 445, 13. non-material Ic wolde witan hwæðer ( = hwider?)

gold

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mid nánum þingum ne gebicge, ne mid golde ne mid seolfre, 380, 12