á-spannan
To unbind ⬩ unclasp
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To unbind, unclasp Þá racenteáge þe se Drihtnes wer áspeón (solverat) of his fét, Gr. D. 214, 24
be-cépan
To be heedful ⬩ observant of (gen. )
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To be heedful, observant of (gen. ) Þæs becépð se feónd quem attendit hostis, Ps. L. fol. 142, 4
higian
To hie ⬩ hasten ⬩ strive
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Se ðonne se ðe suá higaþ tó andweardnesse his scippendes qui igitur sic ad auctoris speciem anhelat, 14, 6; Swt. 87, 10. Se ðe æfter ðæm higaþ ðaet hé eádig síe on ðisse woralde qui festinat ditari, Past. 44, 9; Swt. 331, 14.
weorþung
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Mycel is se háligdóm and seó weorþung Sancte Ióhannes, ðæs mycelnesse se Hǽlend sylfa tácn sægde . . . Hé on his mægenes weorþunga oferswíþ ealra óþerra martira wuldor, 167, 16-25.
á-scirian
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Áscyredum remotis, 5389. to set apart Úre Drihten áscyrede tó láfe ꝥ ꝥ wé eft of áwócon, Angl. xi. 2, 42. Ásceredre peculiaris, An. Ox. 11, 5.
ge-frédan
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I. 184. to be sensible of an object that touches the body Se lǽce wile ðæt se untruma his lǽceseax gefréde, ǽr hé hit geseó, Past. 187, 10: 331, 21. Gefrédan hiere feónda speru, 277, 22.
týdran
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To bring forth, produce Se godcunda foreþonc geedníwaþ and týdreþ (tídreþ, Cott.
CWACIAN
QUAKE, shake, tremble ⬩ tremere, contremere
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To QUAKE, shake, tremble;tremere, contremere Seó eorþe wæs cwaciende the earth was quaking, Ors. 2, 6; Bos. 49; 41. Seó cwacigende swustor the quaking sister, Homl. Th. ii. 32, 26, 31.
huntian
To hunt
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To hunt Ic ásende míne fisceras and hí gefixiaþ hí míne huntan and hí huntiaþ hi of ǽlcere dúne and of ǽlcere hylle I will send for many fishers and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters and they shall hunt them from every mountain
eáca
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Add: addition, increase Ðonne ys ðis se eáca on landum ðæt hé hæfð of his ágenum ðæt mynster mid gegódod, C. D. iv. 274, 32. Hwæt se eáca is ðe ic geunnen hæbbe, 51, 23. Nán nis swá welig ꝥ hé sumes eácan ne þurfe, Bt. 33, 1; F. 120, 16.
for-cweþan
to reproach ⬩ upbraid ⬩ blame ⬩ reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ to reprove ⬩ to refuse ⬩ decline ⬩ to excuse ⬩ to refuse ⬩ to receive ⬩ to reject ⬩ disapprove of
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Lk. 14, 18]: Sé ðe hine forcuoede qui se excusare, Lk. p. 8, 13. to refuse to receive, to reject, disapprove of: Dryhten forcwæð swelce ælmessan ipsa sacrifcia Dominus reprobat, Past. 343, 1
ge-lettan
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material object Þá slóh se cwellere mid þám swurde hire tó, ac seó hálige þrynnys ꝥ swurd gelette, Hml.
ísern
Iron
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Se lǽce hýd his ísern wið ðone moon ðe hé sníðan wile the surgeon hides his knife from the man he wants to cut, 26, 3 ; Swt. 185. 25
wiþer-saca
an adversary ⬩ opponent ⬩ enemy ⬩ a rebel ⬩ an adversary at law ⬩ a prosecutor ⬩ one who renounces ⬩ denies ⬩ apostate
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Gl. 471, 74. a rebel Ne beó hé ná sacerd geteald, ac Godes wiðersaca non sacerdos sed rebellio judicetur, R. Ben. 112, 13. an adversary at law, a prosecutor (?)
ymb-sirwan
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to deliberate about an evil deed Swá micel tósceád is betwuh ðære beðóhtan synne, ðe mon longe ymbsireþ, and ðære ðe mon fæacute;rlíce ðurhtiéhð, swá ðætte se se ðe ða synne gesireþ, ǽgðer ge gesyngaþ ge eác hwílum on ormódnesse gewít. . .
æmtig
Vacant ⬩ EMPTY ⬩ free ⬩ idle ⬩ vacuus ⬩ inanis
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Vacant, EMPTY, free, idle; vacuus, inanis Seó eorþe wæs æmtig terra erat vacua, Gen. 1, 2. Gefylde sáwle æmtige satiavit animam inanem, Ps. Spl. 106, 9: Mt. Bos. 12, 44: Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 5. > Híg synd emtige they are idle, Ex. 5, 8.
íg-búend
an islander
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Ðis ǽrendgewrit Agustinus ofer sealtne sǽ súðan brohte iégbúendum this letter Augustine brought across the salt sea from the south to the islanders, Past. Pref; Swt. 9, 8
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meagol-mód
Of earnest mind ⬩ earnest ⬩ strenuous
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heortan meagolmód gemynd and gedéfe hreówe and sóðe ondetnesse ealra mínna synna I, sinful, pray that thou send into my heart an earnest mind, and suitable penitence, and the true confession of all my sins, Wanley Cat. 246, 9
ge-wǽtan
To wet ⬩ to make wet
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To wet, to make wet Onsend Ladzarus ðætte he gewǽte his ýtemestan finger on wættre send Lazarus, that he may wet the tip of his finger in water, Past. 43, 1Swt. 309, 6Hat. MS.
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be-sincan
To sink ⬩ submergere, demergere
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To sink; submergere, demergere Seó burh besanc on eorþan the city sank into the earth, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 75, 32. Twá byrig on eorþan besuncon two cities sunk into the earth, Ors. 3, 2; Bos. 54. 43.
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