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ge-festnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-festnian, p. ode; pp. od

To fastenmake fastconfirmshut upimprisonfirmāreconfirmāreinclūdĕre

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To fasten, make fast, confirm, shut up, imprison; firmāre, confirmāre, inclūdĕre He ðæt mid áþe gefestnode he confirmed that with oath, Chr. 1091; Erl. 228, 4.

Linked entry: ge-fæstnian

deór-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
deór-cynn, es; n.

Animal-kind, beast-kind animālium vel bestiārum gĕnus

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To mistlícum deórcynnum to various kinds of beasts, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 196, 2

fergan

(v.)
Grammar
fergan, p. ede; pp. ed.

to carryconveybearportārevehĕreferreto goīre

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to carry, convey, bear; portāre, vehĕre, ferre We willaþ Hláford fergan to ðære beorhtan byrg we will bear the Lord to the bright city, Exon. 18 a; Th. 32, 26; Cri. 518: 104 b; Th. 397, 1; Rä. 16, 13.

be-spanan

(v.)
Grammar
be-spanan, bi-spanan; p. -spón, -speón; pp. -spanen, -sponen; v. trans.

To allure, entice, incite, urge, induceallicere, illicere, incitare, provocare, inducere

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To allure, entice, incite, urge, induce bring on any one; allicere, illicere, incitare, provocare, inducere He deriende leóda bespeón to ðysan earde he allured pernicious people to this land, Chr. 959; Th. 219, 18.

Linked entries: be-speón bi-spanan

scrúd-fultum

(n.)
Grammar
scrúd-fultum, es ; m.
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Twelf hída to scrúdfultume ðam híréde (Winchester), 499, 13. Ic habbe gifen ðæt land intó Sanctes Petres mynstre intó Baðan ðam munecan scrúdfultume. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 171, 15. v. next word

ánfealdlíce

(adv.)
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Add: in the singular Hé ne cwæþ ná menifealdlíce ' úrum anlícnissum,' ac andfealdlíce ' úre anlícnisse,' Ælfc. Gen.

ge-cígnes

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Ofer mínre gecígnesse þú gesettest ealle þíne apostolas mínre byrgenne on the occasion of my call (when the time of my death was announced to me), thou didst appoint all thy apostles to attend my burial (cf.

a-biddan

(v.)
Grammar
a-biddan, ic -bidde, ðú -bidest, -bitst, he -bit, -byt, -bitt, pl. -biddaþ; p. -bæd, pl. -bǽdon; pp. -beden

To askpraypray topray forobtain by asking or prayingpetereprecaripostulareexorareimpetrare

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To ask, pray, pray to, pray for, obtain by asking or praying; petere, precari, postulare, exorare, impetrare Wilt tú wit unc abiddan drincan vis petamus bibere ? Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 30.

Linked entries: a-bæd a-beden a-bit

be-drífan

(v.)
Grammar
be-drífan, p. -dráf, -drǽf, pl. -drifon; pp. -drifen ; v. a.

to drivethrust on or uponto compelconstrain or enforce one to do a thingto pursuefollowcogerecompellereagereadigereto drive or beat againstto surroundobruereobducerecircumflare

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to drive, thrust on or upon, to compel, constrain or enforce one to do a thing, to pursue, follow; cogere, compellere, agere, adigere Perðica hine bedráf into ánum fæstene Perdiccas drove him into a fastness, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 72, 38.

Linked entries: be-drǽf be-dráf

geongan

(v.)
Grammar
geongan, ic geonge, ðú geongest, he geongeþ; p. gang, pl. gungon.

To goire

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To go; ire He com to sele geongan he came to go [ = he came or went] to the hall, Andr. Kmbl. 2624; An. 1313. Wutun geonga eamus, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 42: 12, 3, Geongende ambulans, 16, 12: Jn. Skt. Lind. 1, 36.

be-scúfan

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be-scúfan, -sceófan.

to thrust

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Gl. 254, 36. to force to something Gif hé hí neédunge his ðeówte gebígde, oððe gif hé hí yfelnysse bescufe, Hml. Th. i. 112, 7. Hwá dorste ðæs gewilnian, þæt se Ælmihtiga Cyning sceolde besceófan cwale his áucennedan. æðeling?, ii. 6, 21.

drencan

(v.)
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Add: to give drink to Swá hwá swá óðerne drencð (ðrencð, v. l.), hé wirð self oferdruncen qui inebriat, ipse quoque inebriabitur (Prov. 11, 25), Past. 381, 4. God ús drencte mid teárum potum dedit nobis in lacrymis, 413, 11.

for-lǽdan

destructionbetray

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Hié forlǽddan þám lindplegan swǽse gesíðas and hyra sylfra feorh they carried themselves and their comrades to a fight that was fatal to all, B. 2039. Mé þás woruldsǽlða on þis dimme hol forlǽddon, Met. 2, 11.

ofer-féran

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L. 12, 37. of time relations, to pass through life þisse andweardan woruld cóm Críst and oferférde; þæt is, hé cóm ðisse worulde on menniscnysse, and ðis líf oferférde, Hml. Th. i. 182, 27-28

ge-bídan

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Wé nyton, þonne wé úre reste gáð, hwæþer wé móton eft dæges gebídan (live to see the morning), Wlfst. 151, 18: Bl. H. 213, 25. to wait, abstain from action, remain passive Geofon swaðrode . . . brimrád gebád, An. 1589.

munan

(v.)
Grammar
munan, (a pret. pres. verb); ic, hé man, ðú manst, wé munon; p. munde.

to rememberbe mindful ofto be careful ofto considerthink

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to remember, be mindful of, to be careful of Til mon tiles and tomes meares a good man thinks of, is careful of, a good and quiet horse, Exon. 91 a; Th. 342, 12; Gn. Ex. 142. [Cf.

Linked entries: a-munan ge-munan

stellan

(v.)
Grammar
stellan, stillan; p. stealde; pp. steald.
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to give a place to, set, place Hé óðrum yfele bisene stelep, Past. 28; Swt. 191, 12. Hwelce bisena hé ðǽr stellende wæs, Ors. 2, 2; Swt. 64, 24. to take a place(?)

stigel

(n.)
Grammar
stigel, e ; f.
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ðære stigelæ ðæs bisceopæs mearcæ, 84, 13, 16. Of ðam seáðe in ða ealdan stihle ; of ðære stihle, iii. 386, 17-18. The word occurs also in compounds Ðanon on ðone bóchagan wið ðere bócstigele, v. 70, 27

Linked entry: bóc-stigel

dreósan

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Add: to fall, not remain suspended Hé meledeáwes dǽl gebyrgeþ, sé dreóseð oft æt middre nihte ambrosios libat coelesti nectare rores, stellifero teneri qui cecidere polo, Ph. 261. to fall, not remain standing (lit. or fig.), fall down, fall to pieces

ge-þringan

(v.)
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To press, force one's way Ic wolde on sume wísan inn geþringan, Hml. S. 23 b, 412. trans. To exert pressure on an object. lit. Ðá menigo ðec geðringað turbae te comprimunt, Lk. L.