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lǽtan

(v.)
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Dúnsǽte beþyrfan, gif heom se cyning an, ꝥ man húru friðgíslas tó heom lǽte Dunsetis expedit, si rex concedat, ut saltem pacis obsides habeant Ll.

winnan

(v.)
Grammar
winnan, p. wann , pl. wunnon; pp. wunnen.

intransto labourtoilworkto labour, endeavour, strive afterto labour, struggle, be troubledto labour under, suffer fromto strive, contend, fightof hostile action towards a personof competitionof opposition to things of the action of inanimate objectsto make warfightof the action of inanimate objectswith cognate accusativeto winmake one's waytransto labour atbestow labour uponto labour undersufferundergoto wingetattain

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Heó (Hagar) ongan wið Sarran winnan, Cd. Th. 135, 12; Gen. 2241. of competition Eart ðú se Beówulf, se ðe wið Brecan wunne, ymb sund flite, Beo.

Linked entry: on-winnende

wirgan

(v.)
Grammar
wirgan, wirigan, wirian; p. de, ede.

to cursemaledicereto do evil

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Mid heora heortan hig wergdon (wyrgedan, Ps. Th.; wyrigdon, Ps. Spl.), Ps. Lamb. 61, 4. Unárímedlíca mengeo wyrgdon ðone cásere, Blickl. Homl. 191, 10. Wyrgdan devotabant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 48; 80, 53.

feallan

to runto be overcometo stumblesnareto failfall awaydecaycrumble away

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Hié feóllan tó eorþan, and grápodan mid heora handum on þá eorþan, 151, 5. fig. to be overcome:-- Ic wæs hearde cnyssed, and ic ne feóll, Ps.

ge-dál

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Cf. ge-dǽlan ; Of ðám dǽle heora tóworpnysse and gedáles ex parte suae destructions, Gr. D. 205, 6. Deáþa gedál dreógan to die, Gú. 206. Ymb gedál sacan middangeardes, Gn. Ex. 28. parting, separation of two or more objects.

þanne

Grammar
þanne, <b>A. IV.</b>
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Þæt hié triumphan héton, ꝥ wæs þonne hié hwelc folc mid gefeohte ofercumen hæfdon, þonne wæs heora þeáw þæt ..., Ors. 2, 4; S. 70, 22. <b>D. I.

scearp

(adj.)
Grammar
scearp, adj.

sharppungent, acidacridsharp-tonguedsharp, keen, severe,sharp, roughsharp, keen, active, strenuouseffectual, penetrating,sharp, keensharp, keen, acute,

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Ðá geceás hé him geféran ða ðe ǽgðer ge on heora dǽdum ge on heora gelǽrednesse frome and scearpe wǽron Godes word tó bodienne and tó lǽranne electis sociis strenuissimis et ad praedicandum verbum idoneis, utpote actione simul et eruditione praeclaris

Linked entries: un-scearp scearpness

ge-munan

(v.)
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Seó sáwul is memoria, þæt is gemynd, þonne heó gemanð, Hml. S. 1, 186. Gemynen ( reminiscentur ) alle gemǽru eorðan. Ps. Srt. 21, 28. to exercise the mind (?), meditate, consider, v. Ps. Spl. 62, 7 in Dict.

ród

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Add Ðone Iácobum Iúdǽa leorneras ofslógan mid webwyrhtan róde (cf. heora án hine ( James ) slóh mid ormǽtum stencge, Hml. Th. ii. 300, 24), Shrn. 93, 13. add: a cross on which a person is executed Petrus cwæþ þá hé cóm tó þǽre róde,'. . .

be-fón

to seizecatchtake,to seizetake forcible possession ofto seize a criminallost propertyto catchget to see a personto getattain toto surroundencompassto enclose,to serve as a covering forcontainto put into a coveringto encircle,to lie roundto place roundto includecontaincompriseto surround with wordsfurnish with a commentaryto have to do with an objectto engage in an occupationget involved in an action

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Heó mid wundrunge wearð befangen, Hml. S. 2, 251. Wearð hé befangen mid hreónesse he was caught in a storm, Gr. D. 248, 18.

furþum

Take herein Dict., and add:even,just

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Ge furþum seó stów þe . . . þú cwist ꝥ þín wræcstów sý, heó is þám monnum éþel þe . . ., Bt. 11, 1; F. 32, 26. Ge furþum manna líchaman forealdiað, Solil.

FLEÓN

(v.)
Grammar
FLEÓN, flión, to fleónne, fliónne; part. fleónde, fliónde; ic fleó, ðú flíhst, flýhst, he flíhþ, flýhþ, pl. fleóþ, flióþ, flýþ; p. ic, he fleáh, ðú fluge, pl. flugon; pp. flogen.

To FLEEescapeavoidfŭgĕreeffŭgĕrevītāreto put to flightroutconquerfŭgārevincĕreTo fly as with wingsvŏlāre

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Sǽ geseah and heó fleáh măre vīdit, et fūgit, Ps. Lamb. 113, 3: Bt. Met. Fox 1, 40; Met. 1, 20. Hwæt is ðé sǽ ðæt ðú fluge quid est tibi măre quod fūgisti? Ps. Lamb. 113, 5. Ða hyrdas flugon pastōres fūgērunt, Mt. Bos. 8, 33: Ps. Lamb. 30, 12: Elen.

HEFIG

(adj.)
Grammar
HEFIG, hefeg; adj.

HEAVYweightyoppressivegrievousdifficultseriousgrievedimportantgravismolestus

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Heó is hefegon swæce it is of unpleasant smell, Herb. 151, 1; Lchdm. i. 276, 9:143, 1; Lchdm, i. 264, 20. Wermód drincan sace hefige hit getácnaþ to drink wormwood betokens a serious dispute, Lchdm, iii. 198, 24:Herb. 132, 7; Lchdm. i. 248, 11.

Linked entry: hefig-mód

hrýman

(v.)
Grammar
hrýman, hréman; p. de

To callcry outto cry outboastexultlamentmurmur

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Ðá hrýmde heó tó hire híwun ... ðá hé gehírde ðæt ic hrímde vocavit mulier ad se homines domus suæ ... cum ego succlamassem et audisset vocem meam, Gen. 39, 14, 15. Ðá hrýmde sum wód man and cwæþ, Homl. Th. i. 458, 2.

Linked entry: hríman

loc

(n.)
Grammar
loc, es; n.

A lockboltbarenclosurefoldA closeconclusionsettlement

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Heó héht ða róde in seolfren fæt locum belúcan, Elen. Kmbl. 2051; El. 1027. Locu mandras, caulas, Hpt. Gl. 476, 30. Loca caulas, Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 17. Godes engel undyde ða locu ðæs cwearternes, Homl.

Linked entry: loca

bóc

(n.)
Grammar
bóc, g. bóce? béc; d. béc; acc. bóc; pl. nom. acc. béc; g. bóca; d. bócum, bócan; f.

a BOOKlibera charterchartafor the books which a priest ought to possessfor his canonical hours

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Heó cýðáþ on ðisse béc they declare by this charter, Th. Diplm. A. D. 886-899; 137, 12. Ic him sealde ðæt lond on éce erfe, and ða béc I gave him the land in perpetual heritage, and the charters, Th. Diplm. A.

seóþan

(v.)
Grammar
seóþan, p. seáþ, pl. sudon; pp. soden.
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Kmbl. 2479; An. 1241. (2 a) to reduce by pain or disease :-- Heó swá swýðe mid ða untrumnysse soden wæs ðæt ða bán án tó láfe wǽron in tantum ea infirmitate decocta est, ut vix ossibus haereret, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 15. to prepare food for the mind, to make

Linked entry: for-seóþan

sirwan

(v.)
Grammar
sirwan, sirwian, sirewan ; p. sirwde, sirwede, sirede, sirewede, sirwode.
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Mé seredon ymb secgas monige, hú heó mé deáþes cwealm hrefnan mihten, Cd. Th. 296, 6 ; Sat. 498. Gif hwá ymb cyninges feorh sierwie (syrwie, MSS. B. H.), L. Alf. pol. 4 ; Th. i. 62, 15. Seó næddre wolde syrwan ongeán hire hó, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 12

slǽp

(n.)
Grammar
slǽp, slép, sleáp, sláp, es; m.
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Mid ðý heó ðý slǽpe tðbrǽd somno excussa, Bd. 4, 23; S. 596, 5: Andr. Kmbl. 3053; An. 1529: Cd. Th. 161, 15; Gen. 2655. Of slǽpe onwóc æþeling, 249, 2; Dan. 524. Tó slǽpe; ; gáte horn under heáfod gelǽd weccan hé on slǽpe gecyrreþ, Lchdm.

Linked entry: sláp

georn-full

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Martha wæs geornful þæt heó þon Hǽlende tó gecwémnesse þegnode, Bl. H. 67, 28. <b>II a.