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on-birgan

(v.)
Grammar
on-birgan, p. de (with gen. and acc.)

To taste of, taste, take (food)

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Nán ðara manna ne onbyrigeaþ (-byriaþ, MS. A.) mínre feorme, Lk. Skt. 14, 24. Hé his (the water) onbergde, Shrn. 64, 9. Onbyrigde (-byrgde, MS. A.), Mt. Kmbl. 27, 34,: Jn. Skt. 2, 9: Homl. Th. i. 136, 8. Onberede, Bt. 23, tit.; Fox xiv, 9.

Linked entry: á-birgan

lutian

(v.)
Grammar
lutian, p. ode

lurkskulk

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Cwæþ ðæt hé god wǽre on mannes hiwe lutiende said that he was a god concealed in the form of a man, ii. 474, 22

for-stelan

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Gif hwá forstele esne oððe mannan, fæste .ii. winter, Ll. Th. ii. 140, 37. Þa ofdrifenan oððe þá forstolenan depeculata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 59. <b>I a.</b> with cognate acc.

hwanan

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Ðonne Críst cymþ, þonne nát nán mann hwanon he biꝥ, Jn. 7, 27: 28: 8, 14: 9, 29, 30. Wæs Jóhannes fulluht of heofone, hwæðer þe of mannum? ... Ða andswaredon hig ꝥ hig nyston hwanun hé wæs, Lk. 20, 4-7.

steór

(n.)
Grammar
steór, and stýr, e; f.
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Ðæt wíse men scelfon settan steóre dysigum mannum, swá ðæt hí ðæt dysig and ða unðeáwas álecgan, 268, 2. On steórum in increpationibus, Ps. Spl. 38, 14. [See O. E.

swerian

(v.)
Grammar
swerian, p. swór (but a weak swerede occurs; cf.
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Gange ǽlc man ðæs tó gewitnesse ðe hé durre on ðam háligdóme swerian, L. Eth. iii. 2; Th. i. 292, 14.

Linked entry: fore-swerian

þearf

(n.)
Grammar
þearf, e; f.
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Áfæstnie man symle georne on heortan godcunde þearfe ( duty towards God ), Wulfst. 75, 5. God sceáwaþ sylf, mid hwylcum geþance man tó cyrican fare, and hwæt ðǽr man dreóge wordes oððe weorces.

Linked entries: þærf þarf

mótan

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Add Gif man eard wille rihtlíce clǽnsian, þonne mót man spyrian hwár þá mánfullan wununge habban, Ll. Th. i. 348, 25: 380, 8. Wé móton þencan (ús is tó geþencanne, v. l. ), 196, 23.

swæðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
swæðer, swaðer (= swá hwæðer, cf.
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Gewylde man hine swaðor man mǽge, swá cucenne swá deádne, L. Edg. ii. 7; Th. i. 268, 17. Hí gefeallaþ on ða heortan suá nytt suá unnyt suæðer hié beóþ (whether they be profitable or unprofitable). Past. 15; Swt. 97, 2: 14; Swt. 85, 15.

Linked entry: swaðor

ge-mæcca

Grammar
ge-mæcca, <b>ge-mecca</b>
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</b> in pl. man and wife :-- Gemæccan conjuges, Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 33. Tú beóð gemæccan, Gn. Ex. 23

gifan

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Ágife (gyfe, v. l. ) man þám ágenfrígean his ágen, Ll. Th. i. 390, 7.

hláford

a rulersovereigngovernorcaptaina mastera major-domoan ownera proprietora husbandthe husbanda rulerlord

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Se man þe ætfleó fram his hláforde ... on scypfyrde oþþe on landfyrde, 420, 7. Se man þe on fyrdunge ætforan his hláforde fealle, 15.

ge-reord

Grammar
ge-reord, speech.
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Wǽron swá fela gereord swá ðǽr manna wǽron, 22, 23 : 318, 22: ii. 582, 5 : Angl. vii. 40, 382. On þám dæge wurdon tðdǽlede manna gereordu; and ǽr wæs eall weoruld sprecende on án gereord, and nú synd gereord twá and hundseofontig, Wlfst. 211, 17-20.

ge-sellan

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</b> to allot, assign a share, reward :-- Sé þe hine gefó and gegange healfne hine áge; gif hine man cwelle, geselle heom man Lxx. sciłł., Ll. Th. i. 42, 18.

CYFES

(n.)
Grammar
CYFES, cyfys, cifes, ciefes,e; f: cyfese, an; f.

A concubine, handmaidconcubina, pellex, ancilla

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A. ceafese; B. cefese] ne dó him nán preóst nán ðara gerihta, ðe man cristenum men dón sceal he who has a right wife, and also a concubine, let no priest do for him any of those rites, which ought to be done for a christian man, L. C.

lettan

(v.)
Grammar
lettan, p. te

hinderimpededelay

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Gyf ðonne ðissa þreóra þinga ǽnig hwylcne man lette, ðæt hine tó ðam fæstene ne onhagie if any of these three things hinder any man, so that the fast be inconvenient to him, Wulfst. 285, 4.

Linked entry: ge-lettan

rǽdels

(n.)
Grammar
rǽdels, es; m.: e; f.: rǽdelse, rǽdelle (?), an; f.
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Hé ásette rǽdels ðus cweðende : Swá hwilc man swá mínne rǽdels riht árǽde onfó se mýnre dohtor tó wífe, and se ðe hine misrǽde, sý hé beheáfdod, Ap. Th. 3, 8-11. The riddle is given on p.4. Ða clamme ðe ða rǽdellan(rǽdelsan ?)

traht

(n.)
Grammar
traht, tract, es; m. : e ; f.
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Rǽde man ðære godcundan láre béc, and eác swá ða háligan trahtas (expositions) ðe fram namcúþum fæderum geworhte synt, R. Ben. 33, 20. Trahta commenta, documenta. Hpt. Gl. 512, 32

Linked entry: tract

á-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
á-rǽdan, p. -réd and -rǽdde; pp. -rǽden and -rǽd(ed).
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Þæt yrfegewrit man árǽdde beforan eallum Westseaxena witum. Þá hit árǽd wæs. Cht. Th. 486, 15-17. Englisc gewrit árǽdan, Past. 7, 13, 17.

fǽringa

unexpectedlyof a suddenall at oncesoonat onceearlyby chanceforte

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Þá fǽringa (repente) stód þǽr ætforan þǽre dura sum man, Gr. D. 62, 9: Bl. H. 173, 24; 175, 2: B. 1414. Fǽringa ymbe þá herehúðe hé hlemmeð tógædre grimme góman, Wal. 60: 44.