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ǽ-bryce

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-bryce, (ǽw-bryce, q. v. in Dict.)

Adultery; of a churchman, neglect of celibacy

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Nis nánum weófodþéne álýfed ðæt hé wífian móte . . . nú is þeáh ðǽra ealles tó fela ðe ðone ǽwbryce wyrcað, Ll. Th. ii. 334, 17, 22. Scyldað eów wið ǽwbrycas (-brecas, v. 1) Wlfst. 40, 12. Ǽwbricas, 130, 4

Linked entry: ǽ-breca

be-féran

(v.)

to go aboutfrom place to place,to come uponovertakecatch To getfall among to pass by

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To get, fall among :-- Hé befoerde ł becuom on ðá ðeáfas incidit in latrones, Lk. L. 10, 30. to pass by Ðára naman ic beférde (praeterii), Lch. i. lxxii, 11

hwæþere

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Nó hwæþre ... þeáh þe ..., Gen. 952. by gif Gif ( etsi ne selles for ðon friónd his bið, fore giornise huoeðre (tamen ) his seleð him, Lk. L. 11, 8. Gif se hund losige, gá þeós bót hwæðere forð, Ll.

æftera

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
æftera, æftra; adj. compar. of æfter,—

Hindernextsecondposteriorsequensaltersecundus

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Seó æftre, i.e. eá, Ethiopia land belígeþ úton the next river encompasses the country of Ethiopia, Cd. 12 ; Th. 15, 4; Gen. 228.

Linked entries: æfterra æftemest

fóre-stapan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-stapan, he -stæpþ; p. ic, he -stóp, ðú -stópe, pl. -stópon; impert. -stape, -stæpe, pl. -stapaþ; pp. -stapen

To step beforepreventcome or go beforeprecedeprægrĕdiprævĕnīrepræīrepræcēdĕre

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Lamb. 20, 4. Arís eálá Drihten, fórestæpe oððe fórhrada hine exsurge Dŏmĭne, prævĕni eum, 16, 13. Ða ðe fórestópon hine þreádon, ðæt he súwode qui præībant, incrĕpābant eum, ut tăcēret, Lk. Bos. 18, 39.

Linked entry: fór-stapan

be-sencan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sencan, bi-sencan; p. -sencte; pp. -senced

To sink, immergemergere, demergere

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Ðe-læs me besencen ne me demergant, Ps. Th. 68, 14. Sí besenced on sǽs grúnd demergatur in profundum maris, Mt. Bos. 18, 6: Lk. Bos. 10, 15.

Linked entries: be-seah bi-sencan

ge-riht-wísian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-riht-wísian, p. ode; pp. od; v. a.

To justifyjustificare

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To justify; justificare He wolde hine sylfne gerihtwísian ille vŏlens justĭfĭcāre seipsum, Lk. Bos. 10, 29; Ðú eart se ðe me gerihtwísast thou art he who justifieth me, Ps. Th. 4, 1.

a-feorran

(v.)
Grammar
a-feorran, l. á-feorrian;
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L. 119, 5. intrans. To remove, depart God ne áfearra ðú from mé Deus ne elonges a me , Ps. Srt. 70, 12. Afearriað (áfearrad, L.) from mé discedite a me, Lk. R. 23, 27. ꝥte áfirrade ut discederet , Mk. L. 5, 17

á-hwǽnan

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Þæt hí wydewan and steópcild tó oft ne áhwǽnan, ac georne hý gladian, 309, 3: Ll. Th. i. 326, 25. For ðisum wearð Theodosius þearle áhwǽned, and hé his líc for ðǽre sárignysesse mid wácon reáfe scrýdde . . .

Linked entry: hwǽnan

be-grípan

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Substitute: to seize, lay hold of Gif ic begrípe (sumpsero) feðera míne, Ps. L. 138, 9. Begrípat capessunt (artna), An. Ox. II, 79. Begráp (apprehendit) hig fyrhto, Ps. L. 47, 7. Hig be-gripon (coeperunt) míne sáwle, 58, 4.

beór

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Beár, Lk. L. R. i. 15

brigdan

(v.)
Grammar
brigdan, (?); p. de
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The oath of him who seizes his (stolen) property, Ll. Th. i. 178, 10-180, 8

burg-geat-setl

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R.A. 804) Gif ceorl geþeáh ꝥ hé hæfde fullíce fíf hída ágenes landes, cirican and kycenan, bellhús and burhgeatsetl, Ll. Th. i. 190, 16

ear

(n.)
Grammar
ear, an ear of corn. l. eár,
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L. 12, 1. Ehras, Lk. L. 6, 1. v. æhrige

Linked entry: æhher

eówan

Grammar
eówan, eówian.
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Eóweð (-að, v. l.) hé útan eádmódnesse, Past. 313, 2. Ðæt ðæt hé útan eówað (iówað, v. l.), 55, 13. Eáuað ostendit, Lk. L. 3, 7. Hé eówode þǽm hundum þone hláf, Bl. H. 181, 22.

ge-spelia

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Ll. Th. ii. 304, 24. Hé (Gregory) Sanctum Agustinum him tó gespelian funde he provided St. Augustine as a substitute for himself, Lch. iii. 434, 7. Nú syndan biscopas Petres gespelian, Wlfst. 177, 18. Hálige láreówas Drihtnes gespelian sind, Hml.

ge-þyldigian

(v.)
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Bisceopum gebyrað, gyf ǽnig óðrum ábelge, ꝥ man geþyldige oð geférena sóme, Ll. Th. ii. 316, 34

girn-ness

(n.)
Grammar
girn-ness, e; f.
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Gif hwá of giernesse and gewealdes ofsleá his þone néhstan si quis per industriam occiderit proximum suum (Ex. 21, 14), Ll. Th. i. 46, 26. Girnesse operam, Wrt.

Linked entry: gyrnes

híred-mann

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Se cyningc ábræc intó þám búre þǽr heó inne læg, and hét his hýredmen ealle áweg gán, Ap. Th. 2, 1

útfangene-þeóf

(n.)
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Omnis latro extra proclamatus (cf. proclamatus extra terminos suos, 4), Ll. Lbmn. 614, 1