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traht

(n.)
Grammar
traht, tract, es; m. : e; f.

a text ⬩ passage ⬩ textus ⬩ tractus ⬩ a treating of a subject ⬩ an exposition ⬩ a commentary

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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

ge-sceád

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Man sceal mǽðe on háde gecnáwan mid gesceáde, Ll. Th. i. 362, 5.

óþer

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Swylc coðe cóm on mannum ꝥ fullneáh ǽfre þe óðer man wearð on þám wyrrestan yfele, Chr. 1086; P. 217, 29. Sume fæston swá ꝥ hí forsáwon tó etanne búton on ðone óðerne dæg, Hml. S. 13, 97. Add Sem se yldesta, óðer Cham, þridda Iafeth, Gen. 1241.

rýman

(v.)
Grammar
rýman, de.

to make roomy, extend, spread, enlarge,amplify ⬩ to clear a way ⬩ yield, give place

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Ðonne rýmeþ hé ðam deádan tó ðam áþe ðæt hine móton his mǽgas unsyngian by such conduct he clears the way for an oath on behalf of the dead man, so that his (the dead man's) kinsmen may exculpate him, L. In. 21; Th. i. 116, 7.

Linked entry: rúmaþ

hearh

(n.)
Grammar
hearh, hearch, herh, es; m: pl. hearga, f.

A temple, an idol ⬩ lucus, nemus, fanum, delubrum, ara

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Gif ǽnig man gelýfe on Moloches hearch if any man believe on Moloch, Lev. 20, 2. Hé hét his geféran tóworpon ealne hearh and ða getymbro and forbærnan jussit sociis destruere ac succendere fanum cum omnibus septis suis, Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 14.

Linked entries: hearh-eard hearh-lic

be-fæstan

to fix, ⬩ to place in security ⬩ to fix in the mind ⬩ implant ⬩ to fix by promise or agreement ⬩ to pledge ⬩ to commit ⬩ to commit to a person's charge ⬩ to commit to a place ⬩ to set ⬩ betake to an occupation ⬩ to commend ⬩ recommend, ⬩ to make acceptable ⬩ to trust

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S. 2, 19. to commend, recommend, implying appeal Sum man wæs hine sylfne befæstende tó his gebedum quidam se eius orationibus commendans, Gr.

rǽdan

(v.)
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On hwylcum dæge man rǽt .ix. kl. apr. swá fela beóþ concurrentes ... gif man rǽt ðæne datu-rum on Sunnandæg ðænne byþ án, Anglia viii. 302, 19-20. Se ðe rǽt (rǽdæ, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 24, 15. Hé rǽdde his bóc ðam folce, Ex. 24, 7.

æt

(prep.)
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Gyf hit man æt ðeófes hands áhret, Ll. Th. i. 226, 4. Hí áhreddon þæt cild æt þám wulfe, Hml. S. 30, 186. (i) marking object of which one is deprived :-- Gif hwylc man reáfige óðerne æt his dehter si homo quis alterum filia sua spoliaverit, Ll.

láð

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
láð, es; n.

harm ⬩ evil ⬩ injury ⬩ hurt ⬩ trouble ⬩ grief ⬩ pain ⬩ annoyance ⬩ enmity

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Ðeáh hié nán mann mid láðe ne gréte hié séceaþ ða ðe hié fleóþ though no man attacks them, they seek those that flee from them; iracundi se declinantes insequuntur, 293, 19.

be-seón

(v.)

To look ⬩ attention ⬩ expectation ⬩ To see about ⬩ care for ⬩ attend to ⬩ provide for

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To look. absolute, physical Ne beseoh þú underbæc noli respicere post tergum, Gen. 19, 17. mental Mann þe hys hand ásett on hys sulh and on bæc besyhð, Lk. 9, 62. Beseoh (respice) and gehýr mé, Ps.

cúþ-líce

(adv.)
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S. 36, 76. in a friendly manner Clipode seó wimman cúðlíce him tó, Jud. 4, 22. Hí tó him cúðlíce sprǽcon . . . Wé nellað þé leng swencan, Guth. 30, 17: Hml.

heonan

afterwards ⬩ from now

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Heonon forð on écnesse (iam non amplius in aeternum) ne ete ǽnig mann wæstm of þé, Mk. II. 14. Gif hwá heonan forð ǽnigne man ofsleá, Ll. Th. i. 248, 2: Hml. S. 7, 371. Forð heonon, Exod. 287.

sunu

(n.)
Grammar
sunu, gen. a, u; dat. a, u; n. pl. a, u, o: there are also weak forms sing. suna; n. pl. sunan; gen. sunena; m.
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Sum man hæfde twegen suna (suno, Lind. Rush.) . . . ealle his þing gegaderude se gingra sunu (suno, Rush.), Lk. Skt. 15, 11, 13. Sunu Healfdenes, Beo. Th 1294; B. 645. Féng tó Beornica ríce Æþelfriþes suna, Bd. 3, 1; S. 523, 13.

Linked entry: suna

æt-hrínan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-hrínan, p. -hrán, pl. -hrinon; pp. -hrinen

To touch ⬩ take ⬩ move ⬩ tangere ⬩ apprehendere ⬩ movere

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He æt-hrán hyre hand tetigit manum ejus. Mt. Bos. 8, 15. Se unclǽna gást hine æt-hrínþ spiritus apprehendit eum, Lk. Bos. 9, 39. Nellaþ híg ðá mid heora fingre æt-hrínan digito autem suo nolunt ea movere, Mt. Bos. 23, 4

Linked entry: et-hrínan

un-þancweorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þancweorþ, -wirþe; adj.

Ungrateful ⬩ ingratus ⬩ not agreeable ⬩ unacceptable ⬩ thankless

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Ungrateful; ingratus. not agreeable, unacceptable Gemágnys is ðam sóðan Déman gecwéme, þeáh ðe heó mannum unðancwurðe sý, Homl.

Linked entry: þanc-weorþ

weorold-gód

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-gód, es; n.
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Eall ða weoruldgód ðe him fram cyningum and fram weligum mannum ðisse weorulde gegyfne wǽron euncta quae sibi a regibus vel divitibus saeculi donabantur, Bd. 3, 5; S. 526, 24

be-sittan

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Ðá hellican gástas besittað þæs mannes forðsíð, Hml. Th. i. 410, 3. Þá þe ꝥ líc besǽton, Hml. S. 10, 59. Þá hǽþenan hæfdon hí besetene, 25, 391. [Goth. bi-sitan: O. Frs. bi-sitta to possess: O. Sax. bi-sittian to besiege: O. L.

bisene

(adj.)
Grammar
bisene, adj.

Blind

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He áwrít róde tácen ofer þæs bysenan (blindan, v. l. ) mannes eágan, and seó nine þǽre blindnysse gewát fram hám eágum, 77, 28. Tuoege bisene ł blinde duo caeci, Mt. L. 9, 27. Bisena, 28. Biseno geseáð caeci vident, 11, 5

dǽd-bót

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dǽd-bót, penitence, penance.
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Hreówe and dǽdbóte dón þæs mycclan yfeles and mánes, Bl. H. 79, 5. Add

flǽsclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
flǽsclíce, adv.

carnally

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According to the flesh, in a physical sense or manner, carnally in contrast with spiritually Ðæt ðæt gé gǽsðlíce underféngon, gé willað geendigan flǽsclíce cum spirítu coeperitis, nune carne consummemini, Past. 207, 16.