hæftan
To seize, bind, arrest, make captive, imprison ⬩ to bind, fetter
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Tó bodanne hæftedum prædicare captivis, Lk. Skt. Rush. 4, 18
ge-smyrian
To smear ⬩ anoint ⬩ ungĕre
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Forðon gesmiride mec propter quod unxit me, Lk. Skt. Lind. 4, 18. Ðætte gesmiredon hire ut ungerent eum, Mk. Skt. Lind. 16, 1. Ðæt híg sín gesmirode on ðam and hira handa gehálgode ut ungantur in ea et consecrentur mănus eōrum, Ex. 29, 29.
Linked entry: ge-smirian
sweþel
A swathe, wrap, band, bandage; cf. swaddling band, clothes ⬩ of a funeral pile in whose fire the body is wrapped
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Wuduréc ástáh sweart ofer swioðole (swicðole, MS.) the smoke rose black above the pile where Beowulf's body lay enwrapped, Beo. Th. 6281; B. 3146, cf. swaþul
séðan
To declare true ⬩ affirm ⬩ attest ⬩ prove
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Sum óðer séðde and cwæþ alius quidam affirmabat dicens, Lk. Skt. 22, 59. Is séðende and cweðende adstipulatur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 17. Sume (adverbs) syndon con- vel adfirmativa, ðæt synd fæstnigende oððe séðende, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 226, 11.
gítsere
An avaricious, a covetous person ⬩ miser
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An avaricious, a covetous person, miser Ða ðe wéron gítsaras qui erant avari, Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 14. Se ungesǽliga gýtsere wile máre habban ðonne him genihtsumaþ the miserable covetous man wants to have more than suffices him, Homl.
Linked entry: gýtsere
wíf-cyn
woman-kind ⬩ women ⬩ female sex
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Ðú eart gebletsod betuh ealle wífcyn (in mulieribus, Lk. 1, 28), Blickl. Homl. 143, 18.
wyrt-tún
A garden
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On wyrtúne (wyrttúne,v. l.) in horto, R. Ben. 71, 18. Syle mé ðínne wíneard mé tó wyrtúne, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 173. Wyrttún ne sáw ðú, Lchdm. iii. 184, 19: Lk. Skt. 13, 19. Wyrtúna hortorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 27.
Linked entry: leác-tún
á-ceorfan
To cut away, cut down a tree
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Gif mon áceorfe án treów, Ll. Th. i. 130, 2. Áceorfan fram ússe heortan unclǽne geþóhtas, Shrn. 47, 23
be-byrgan
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; -byrian, v. l.), Gr. D. 318, 3. Hé bebyrged wæs, Bl. H. 177, 25: Chr. 789; P. 55, 18. Add
be-dydrian
to delude ⬩ to conceal from (wið)
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God sylf forbeád ꝥ wé swefnum ne folgion, þe lǽs ðe se deófol ús bedydrian (bedrian, Glostr.
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be-faran
to come upon ⬩ surprise ⬩ catch
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Gif man hwilcne man teó ꝥ hé þone man féde þe úres hláfordes grið tóbrocen habbe . . . and gif hine (the man so accused) man mid him (the breaker of the peace) befare, beón hig bégen ánes rihtes weorðe, Ll. Th. i. 298, 2.
a-standan
to stand up ⬩ get up ⬩ rise up ⬩ rise ⬩ exsurgere ⬩ resurgere ⬩ surgere ⬩ to insist ⬩ persist ⬩ continue ⬩ persistere ⬩ instare
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Hig astódon illi instabant, Lk. Bos. 23, 23
Linked entry: a-stód
for-ealdian
To grow or wax old ⬩ become old ⬩ senescĕre ⬩ veterascĕre ⬩ inveterascĕre
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To grow or wax old, become old; senescĕre, veterascĕre, inveterascĕre Wyrceaþ seódas, ða ðe ne forealdigeaþ făcĭte vōbis saccŭlos, qui non veterascunt, Lk. Bos. 12, 33. Bearn elelendisce forealdodon fīlii aliēni inveterāti sunt, Ps. Lamb. 17, 46.
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fylstan
To help ⬩ give help ⬩ aid ⬩ protect ⬩ adjŭvāre ⬩ auxĭliāri ⬩ protĕgĕre
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Hig bícnodon hyra geferan, ðæt hí him fylston annuērunt sŏciis, ut adjŭvārent eos [that they should give help to them ], Lk. Bos. 5, 7. Him fylste drihten the Lord helped him, Cd. 124; Th. 159, 8; Gen. 2631.
Linked entry: filstan
HÝR
HIRE ⬩ interest
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Pecuniam tuam non dabis ad usuram, Lev. 25, 27, 37. Tó híre ad usuram, Deut. 23, 19. Hwí ne sealdest ðú mín feoh tó hýre quare non dedisti pecuniam meam ad mensam, Lk. Skt. 19, 23. Ðe hyra feoh lǽnaþ tó hýre qui pecuniam suam mutuam dant fænore, L.
in-lagian
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, and therewith inlaw himself, L.
Lindesse
Lindsey
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Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire [Lat. Lindi colonia] Lǽrde Scs. Paulinus Godes word on Lindesse: seó mǽgþ is seó nýhste on súþhalfe Humbre streámes, ligeþ út on sǽ, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 18. On Lindesége mǽgþe, 519, 16.
nese
No
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Ðá cwæþ hé : Nese (Lind. næsæ) fæder Abraham, Lk. Skt. 16, 30. Sume cwǽdon, he is gód; óðre cwǽdon, nese (Lind. næse), ac hé beswícþ ðis folc, Jn. Skt. 7, 12. Næsi, Jn. Skt, Lind. 21, 5. Hwæðer ðú swelces áuht geworhtes habbe.
Linked entry: næse
ge-brǽdan
To roast ⬩ broil ⬩ torrēre ⬩ assāre
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Hig brohton him dǽl gebrǽddes fisces illi obtŭlērunt ei partem piscis assi, Lk. Bos. 24, 42. Genime ðysse ylcan wyrte wyrttruman gebrǽde on hátan axan let him take roots of this same herb roasted on hot ashes, Herb. 60, 3; Lchdm. i. 162, 17
ge-cýðnes
Testimony ⬩ testament ⬩ manifestation ⬩ testimonium ⬩ testamentum
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Ðes calic is niwe gecýðnes on mínum blóde hic est calix novum testamentum in sanguine meo, Lk. Bos. 22, 20 : Ps. Spl. 49, 6, 17. Drihten, ðíne gecýðnessa sindon swíðe geleáflíce Lord, thy testimonies are very faithful, Homl. Th. ii. 42, 14.