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óþ-fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
óþ-fæstan, I.
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to entrust, commit to the charge of another Óþ ðæt ic mé gebidde tó him and mín gást óþfæste I commit my spirit into his hands, Nar. 46, 34. Heó hyre mægþhád Gode óþfæste, 40, 16. Gif hwá óþfæste his friénd feoh, L. Alf. 28; Th. i. 50, 29: L. Alf. pol

þweorian

(v.)
Grammar
þweorian, þwyrian; p. ode

To be opposedadverseto be at variance

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To be opposed, adverse to (wið), to be at variance. Ic ðwyrige oððe ic wiðerige adversor, Ælfc. Gr. 25; Zup. 145, 18. On sibbe is fulfremednyss ðǽr ðǽr nán ðing ne þwyraþ ( there are no conflicting elements ), Homl. Th. i. 552, 21. Ic eom sóðfæstnys,

Linked entry: þweorh

wáse

(n.)
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wáse, an; f.
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Ooze, mud, slime Wáse caenum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 2: 13. 35. Cenum, i. luti vorago, vel lutum sub aquis fetidum, i. wáse vel fæn, 130, 75. Wásan ceni (squallentis ceni contagia, Ald. 49), 82, 63: 18, 39. ¶ the word occurs in several charters dealing with

á-gitan

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Add: to find, get to know a person Wille wé be him áwrítan swá swá wé hine ágeáton we will write of him as we found him , Chr. 1086; P. 219, 19. a fact Gif se abbod his geearnunga swá ágitt quem si talem esse perspexerit abba , R. Ben. 110, 3. Swá

Linked entry: á-gytan

ge-cirredness

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Take here ge-cyrredness in Dict., and add: a going to a place, the going of a monk to a monastery. [Cf. tó mynstre gecyrran, R. Ben. 114, 13.] Sý swylcera gebyrda oþþe gecyrrednesse swylce hé sý ( whatever his birth or the time of his coming to the monastery

ge-feccan

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Substitute: <b>ge-feccan, ge-fecgan</b> to fetch, to go in quest of and bring back, the object a person Hé him hét tó wífe gefeccan Cleopatron Cleopatram sibi occurrere imperavit, Ors. 5, 13; S. 246, 1: Hml. S. 8, 9. Héht Neron Petrus and

gewrixlian

(v.)
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Substitute: to change. Cf. ge-wrixl; to alter the character of Ðǽm ána ðá ðóht geségon geuixla gémendum his tantum quae sensum videbantur mutare correctis, Mt. p. 2, 17. to transfer the possession of Nis ná álýfed ꝥ þæs mynstres hláford sylle þǽre cyrcean

snǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
snǽdan, p. de.

to slice, cut into slicesto snathe to lop, prune, cut branches off trees to hew trim stones. putare to cut into slices

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to slice, cut into slices On hunig gesnǽd Lchdm. ii. 294, 9. to snathe [given by Halliwell as a northern word = to prune trees, and occurs in Ray's collection, E. D. S. Pub. Gloss. B. 15. Jamieson gives sned to prune, lop off, sned a branch pruned off

Linked entries: tó-snǽdan ge-snǽdan

feallan

to runto be overcometo stumblesnareto failfall awaydecaycrumble away

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Add: of a body that can move freely Sum sceal on holte of heán beáme fiðerleás feallan, . . . hé fealleð on foldan, Vy. 21-26. Se feónd mid his geférum feóllon of heofonum on helle, Gen. 306. Teáras feóllon, El. 1134. Feall nú ádún (mitte te deorsum,

DRAGAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRAGAN, ic drage, ðú drægest, drægst, dræhst, he drægeþ, drægþ, dræhþ, pl. dragaþ; p. dróg, dróh, pl.drógon ; pp. dragen.

DRAG, drawtrahĕreTo draw oneself, to draw, gose conferre, ire

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v. a. To DRAG, draw; trahĕre Eall ðæt ða beón dragen toward ða dráne dragaþ fraward all that the bees draw towards them the drones draw from them, Chr. 1127; Th. 378, 24, 25. Simon Petrus dróg ðæt nett on eorþe Simon Petrus traxit rete in terram, Jn.

leáh

(n.)
Grammar
leáh, g. leás; m.

A leameadow

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A lea, meadow, open space, untilled land Ðanne is ðér se leáh ðe man ðæt lond mid friþe haldan scæl an eásthealfe sió ealdæ strǽt c. now there is the open space(?) by which the land is protected; on the east side the old road c., Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii.

Linked entries: leáh léh

namian

(v.)
Grammar
namian, p. ode.

to namemention the name ofmentionto nameappoint by name to a particular dutynominateto namegive a name to

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to name, mention the name of, mention Git ðú namast Crist dost thou still name the name of Christ? Homl. Skt. 8, 165. Ða twá tabelan getácnodon ða twá bebodu ðe ic nú namode, Homl. Th. ii. 204, 21. On ðære ylcan byrig ðe wé ǽr namodon, 296, 32. Namedon

á-lǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
á-lǽnan, p. de (not ede).
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Add: to lend, grant the temporary use of Be ðám Engliscum gewritum ðe ic ðé álǽnde, Hml. A. 1, 4. Hé wæs úre munuc, wé willað hine habban for þan þe wé hine álǽndon ǽr, Hml. S. 31, 1447. Ðone ylcan ( St. Martin ) þe hí ǽr álǽndon tó ðám biscopdóme of

for-swerian

(v.)
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Dele first passage, and add: to commit perjury Swerian ne sceal mon þý lǽs mon forswerige non jurare ne forte perjuret, R. Ben. 17, 9. <b>I a.</b> reflex. To perjure one's self :-- Ná swerian þe [lǽs] hé hine forswerige (v. preceding passage

ge-leánian

(v.)
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Add: to repay a debt, loan, &amp;c. Ic wille, gif ic ǽnigum menn ǽnig feoh unleánod hæbbe, þæt míne mágas þæt hám geleánian, Cht. Th. 491, 6. to recompense, remunerate Byð geleánod remuneratur, An. Ox. 42, 1. to give remuneration for well-doing

ge-tígan

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Add: To bind one thing to another, tie up; alligare. literal Þá folan hý gesǽlað (getígað. v. l.) ǽr hý ofer þá eá faran foetus trans flumen alligatos relinquunt, Nar. 35, 11. Hé getígde his hors ðǽr binnon, Hml. Th. ii. 136, 15. Hé getígde ǽnne ormǽtne

glæd-mód

(adj.)
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having glad thoughts, cheerful, joyous. of permanent disposition. v. glæd; 1 Sé þe wǽre hohmód, weorðe sé glædmód, Wlfst. 72, 8. of an occasional frame of mind. Cf. glæd; 4. of joy caused by temporal conditions Þǽr beorn monig glædmód, wlonc and wíngál

gamen

amusement, mirthjest, gamegamea game, pastime

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Add: amusement, mirth Hé sceal þonan geómor hweorfan, þám bið gomenes wana þe þá earfeða dreogeð on sárgum sefan, Gú. 1328. Ðú dwollíce leofast swylce þé tó gamenes. Hml. A. 6, 141. Dyde ic mé tó gomene ganetes hleóðor, Scef. 20. Hý sceolon habban him

rǽran

(v.)
Grammar
rǽran, p. de
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To cause to rise, to rear, raise. to lift up, move from a lower to a higher position Hé ús tó roderum up hlǽdre rǽrde, Exon. Th. 437, 11; Rä. 56, 6. Hí tó heofenum up hlǽdræ rǽrdon, Cd. Th. 101, 1; Gen. 1675. Hié tó gúþe gárwudu rǽrdon, 198, 20; Exod

Linked entry: hebban

ge-weorþan

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Add: absolute. to come to be Ðurh þá fonthálgunge þǽr gewyrð sóna Godes midwist, Wlfst. 36, 2. Stefn mín gehéreð and bið ł geuorðes (fiet) án plette, Jn. L. 10, 16. Sóðfæstnise ðerh ðone Hǽlend geuærð (is geworden, W. S. facta est), I. 17.] Þá gesceafta