á-licgan
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Add: to be at an end, come to an end, be brought low Mín wynn álæg there was an end to my joy, Ps. Th. 119, 5. Nó hira þrym álæg, An. 3. Ful oft þǽr wíg ne álæg rarely did war cease, Vid. 119. Symbel ne álégon feasts never failed, Reim. 5.
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cæppe
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Hé geann Eádwine mæssepreóst his kæppan (cope), Cht. Crw. 23, 17. Se munuc bewand þone hreóflian mid his cæppan, Hml. Th. i. 336, 12. Sácerd, þonne hé mæssan singe, ne hæbbe hé on cæppan (cappam), Ll. Th. ii. 140, 9.
dígle
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Yppan digla úre pandere secreta nostra, Coll. M. 34, 15. Dióhla archana, Kent. Gl. 359. Deiglo abscondita, Mt. L. 13, 35. Hé heora heortena deágol ealle smeáþ, Bl. H. 179, 26. v. dígol; n. in Dict
feolan
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Nú mé fealh on móde it has come into my mind, Gr. D. 17, 32. Hé hét rǽdan oð ðæt hé fulge on slǽpe he bade them read till he could get to sleep, Hml. A. 98, 211.
ge-hradian
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To come quicily, happen quickly Sóna wól ealra mána somod gehradode luxuriam continuo omnium lues scelerum comitari adcelerauit Bd. 1, 14; Sch. 38, 18
ge-leahtrian
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Gl. 26, 38 and Corp. Gl. H. 63, 141. Geleahtrod, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 9. Sió geleahtrad notetur, 61, 28. Geleahtrode sýn míne fýnd confundantur inimici mei, Ps.
ge-rǽde
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Ic bicge hýda and fell, and gearkie hig, and wyrce of him . . . brídelþwancgas and gerǽda (frenos et phaleras), Coll. M. 27, 35
ge-deorfan
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Eálá, hláford mín, micel ic gedeorfe (laboro), Coll. M. 20, 25. to perish, be destroyed, be wrecked (lit. or fig.), of a person Gedurfan naufragauerunt (duae faeminae a fide), Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 60: 60, 68.
on-sígan
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Add: of forces approaching to attack, to come down on Wê oferswîðdon þone onsîgendan here, Hml. S. 11, 71 : 31, 550 : 555: O. E.
ríp
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Dele 'a sheaf of corn', and the bracket, and add: [The Latin for Lch. iii. 208, 15 is: Messes colligere, letitiam significat] Þá þá hé sume ðæge lǽdde hám tó his berne ꝥ ásnidene ríp cum quadam die messem decisam ad aream deduxisset, Gr.
BÚR
A BOWER, cottage, dwelling, an inner room, storehouse ⬩ tabernaculum, conclave, casa
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Bed-cófa vel búr cubiculum, Ælfc. Gl. 27; Som. 60, 99; Wrt. Voc. 25, 39. Wæs to búre Beówulf fetod Beowulf was fetched to his dwelling, Beo. Th. 2624; B. 1310. On his suna búre in his son's dwelling, Beo. Th. 4902; B. 2455.
gehðo
Care ⬩ anxiety ⬩ cura ⬩ solicitudo
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Sceal se gást cuman geohðum hrémig the spirit shall come sadly lamenting, Soul Kmbl. 18; Seel. 9. He ðǽr ána sæt geoðum geómor he sat there alone sad with sorrows, Andr. Kmbl. 2015; An. 1010.
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smiþ
A smith, a worker in metals or in wood ⬩ faber ⬩ faber, cudo
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Se smiþ ferrarius. . .se treówyrhta lignarius Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 29. Smiþ faber vel cudo Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 26: faber 286, 74. Fýres god, helle smiþ Vulcanus ii. 95, 7.
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níd-þearf
necessity ⬩ inevitableness ⬩ necessity ⬩ constraint ⬩ need ⬩ a necessary thing ⬩ what a person needs ⬩ need ⬩ distress ⬩ trouble ⬩ a necessary business
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necessity, inevitableness Sum hit sceal geweorþan unáwendendlíce, ðæt biþ ðætte úre nýdþearf (néd-, Cott. MS.) biþ, and his willa biþ. Ac hit is sum swá gerád ðæt his nis nán neódþearf (néd-, Cott.
-a
A person ⬩ an agent ⬩ actor
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A person, an agent, or actor, hence, All nouns ending in a are masculine, and make the gen. in an; as from Cum come [thou], cuma a person who comes, or a guest: Swíc deceive [thou], swica a traitor: Worht wrought, wyrhta a workman, wright: Fóregeng foregoing
a-geótan
To pour out ⬩ shed ⬩ strew ⬩ spill ⬩ deprive of ⬩ effundere ⬩ privare ⬩ To pour forth ⬩ profluere
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Ageót cocor effunde frameam, Ps. Spl. 34, 3. Agoten effusus, Ps. Th. 78, 11. Hie wǽron agotene góda gehwylces they were deprived of all goods, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 23; Jud. 32. v. intrans.
ge-ascian
To find out by asking ⬩ learn ⬩ hear ⬩ fando accĭpĕre ⬩ discĕre ⬩ audīre
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We geascodon ðæt úre geferan sume to eów cómon we have heard that some of our fellows have come to you, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 56, 14 : Exon. l00 a; Th. 378, 24; Deór. 20.
lafian
To lave ⬩ bathe ⬩ pour water on
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Wyrc ðæt bæþ of ðám ilcum wyrtum on cealdum wyllewætre gecnuwa ða wyrta swíðe wel lege on ðæt wæter lafa on ðone swile make the bath of the same herbs in cold spring-water, pound the herbs very thoroughly, lay on, pour the water on to the swelling, L.
morgen-sprǽc
The periodical assembly of a guild held in the morning, or on the morrow after the guild-feast
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And if any broþer be somound to any morwe-speche . . . and wil nouht come, he scal paye a pound of wax, English Guilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 54.
óþ-standan
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to stop in one's course, to come to a standstill Ðonne óþstandeþ se blódgyte sóna, Lchdm. i. 88, 10. Sóna ðæt blód óþstænt, 180, 3. Ðæt unstille hweól óþstód, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 32.