on-findan
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Add Anfindo depraehendo, Txts. 57, 661. to come upon by chance or in the course of events. to come across, meet with, light upon Ðone sé ðe onfindes quem qui invenit, Mt. L. 13, 44. Huón aron ðá ðe onfindes ðá ilco, 7, 14.
tilung
striving, ⬩ endeavour, ⬩ effort, ⬩ labour ⬩ a pursuit ⬩ occupation ⬩ employment ⬩ business ⬩ care ⬩ attention ⬩ treatment ⬩ cure ⬩ gain that comes from labour ⬩ acquisition ⬩ fruit got by tilling the earth
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Gif se biscep self drohtaþ on ðam eorðlícum tielongum (tielengum, Cott. MSS.) si presul ipse in tfrrenis negotiis versatur, Past. 18; Swt. 133, 4. Getígede tó eorðlícum tielengum (tiolengum, Cote. MSS. ) deditae terrenis negotiis, Swt. 135, 15.
lutian
lurk ⬩ skulk
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Nys hyt swá stearc winter ðæt ic durre lutian æt hám for ege hláfordes mínes non est tam aspera hyems ut audeam latere domi prae timore domini mei, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 17.
rǽcan
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Th. 145, 1) ðæt sǽd on hláfordes berne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 35
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ge-mengan
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He gemengeþ ðæt fýr wið ðam cíle he mingles the fire with the cold, 39, 13; Fox 234, 11 : Bt. Met. Fox 11, 182; Met. 11, 91. Ic me to ðam plegan gemengde lūdentĭbus me miscui, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 11.
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swefen
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Com on sefan hwurfan swefnes wóma, 222, 25 ; Dan. 110 : Elen. Kmbl. 142 ; El. 71. Óðer swefen hine mǽtte and hé rehte ðæt his bróðrum: ' Ic geseah on swefne ( per somnium ),' Gen. 37, 9.
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þrǽl
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Ðonne beó gé ealle þrǽlas tunc eritis omnes servi, Coll. Monast. Th. 29, 25
un-lytel
not little ⬩ great ⬩ not little ⬩ not few in number ⬩ much ⬩ not little ⬩ great
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Se eorl com mid unlytlan weorode, Chr. 1068; Erl. 206, 10. Mycel feoh and unlytel summam pecuniae non parvam, Bd. 4, 11; S. 579, 20: 4, 5; S. 571, 35. Micle lác and unlytle ælmessan, Wulfst. 278, 5. Ic him gestrýnde unlytel folc, Homl.
sécan
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Add Hé gelómlíce tó him cóm and hine sóhte on Norðhymbra mǽgðe frequenter ad eum in prouinciam Nordanhymbrorum ueniebat, Bd. 3, 22; Sch. 290, 20. 2. add On ealra ðǽra manna gewitnesse ðe séceað geármorkett tó Stówe, C. D. iv. 291, 19.
smirwan
To smear, anoint ⬩ unctus ⬩ to anoint
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Heó com tó smyrianne (smiriane, Lind.: smiranne, Rush.) mínne líchaman Mk. Skt. 14, 8
á-settan
to set ⬩ put ⬩ move an object to a place ⬩ To move one's self ⬩ transport one's self:-- ⬩ to set ⬩ place ⬩ build ⬩ to put in ⬩ out ⬩ of an office ⬩ to lay, impose punishment, ⬩ to set ⬩ propose a riddle, ⬩ to oppress
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Ne ðá get ásette wéron necdum (mantes) con-stiterant, Kent. Gl. 266. to put in, out of an office, Þám preóste þe hé of his circan ásette, Ll. Th. ii. 290, 13. Hé ásette þá mihtigan of heora setle. Bl.
be-gangan
to go about ⬩ to go by ⬩ to go about a business ⬩ to attend to ⬩ see after a person ⬩ to worship ⬩ to honour ⬩ celebrate a day ⬩ to exercise ⬩ practise an art ⬩ to practise a religion ⬩ to practise ⬩ do (habitually) ⬩ commit sin ⬩ to exercise ⬩ use
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Th. ii. 438, 27. to exercise, practise an art Þæt cræft mínne ic begancge (exerceam), Coll. M. 22, 34.
ge-sǽlan
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Take here ge-sǽlan to be successful (in Dict. ). of a concrete thing, to be brought about, be made, come into existence Hi wénað ꝥ ꝥ ealdgesceaft ǽfre ne wǽre, ac wénað ꝥ hit weás cóme, níwan gesǽlde (cf. wénaþ ꝥ ꝥ ne sié eald gesceaft, ac sié weás geworden
leáf-full
Believing ⬩ faithful
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God cwæþ tó Moysen ðæt hé wolde cuman and hine ætforan ðam folce gesprecan ðæt hí ðý leáffulran wǽron God said to Moses that he would come and talk with him before the people, that they might be the more believing [v. Exod. 19, 9], Homl.
blǽ-hǽwen
Of a blue hue, bluish, violet or purple colour ⬩ cæruleus, perseus
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ðone bisceop [Aaron] mid línenum reáfe, and girde hine, and dyde ymbe hine blǽhwene tunecan, and léde eaxlcláþ ofer hine Moses clothed the bishop [Aaron] with a linen garment, and girded him [with a girdle], and put around him a blue tunic, and laid a cope
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un-gewidre
Bad weather ⬩ storm ⬩ tempest
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Mycel orfes wæs ðæs geáres forfaren ǽgðer ge þurh mistlíce coða ge þurh ungewyderu, 1041; Erl. 169, 9: Lchdm. iii. 210, 26
wiþþe
with ⬩ a thong ⬩ cord
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Jud. 16, 9 where Wicklif has wiþþis), a thong, cord Wiððe loramentum vel tormentum, Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 26: lorumentum, ii. 53, 39. Wiððe circus vel circulus, ráp funiculus vel funis, i. 15, 18-19: 75, 3-4.
be-wépan
woe-begone
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Synna bewépan, ii. 602, 22. disfigured by weeping, woe-begone þá iermingas út of þǽm holan crupon, swá bewópene swelce hié of óþerre worolde cóme, Ors. 2, 8; S. 92, 30. Add (cf. That he you nat biwopen thus ne finde, Ch. T. C. iv. 916):
ofer-gangan
to cross ⬩ to conquer ⬩ to pass, pass off, be over ⬩ to come upon
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Orm. 10228: To werenn hemm wiþþ wiþerrþeod þatt wollde hemm oferrganngenn]. to pass, pass off, be over Hié gebidon ðæt se ege ofergongen wæs, Ors. 4, 2; Swt. 160, 31. to come upon (of sleep) Mec slǽp ofergongeþ, Exon. Th. 422, 23; Rä. 41, 10
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fird
an expedition ⬩ campaign ⬩ an army ⬩ a camp
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Cóm seó Centisce fyrde, 999; P. 131, 21. Hé hét óðre fyrde ábannan, . . . and his fyrde tóscyfte . . . seó fyrde eall tógædre cóm, 1095; P. 231, 21. Sende hé his sunu of þǽre fierde micle werede, 823; P. 60, 12.