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bælcan

(v.)

to cry outvociferari

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to cry out; vociferari He bælceþ he cries out, Exon. 83b; Th. 315, 8; Mód. 28

be-slǽpan

(v.)
Grammar
be-slǽpan, p. -slép; pp. -slǽpen; [be, slǽpan to sleep]

To sleepdormire

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To sleep; dormire He oft beslép he often slept, L. Pen. 16; Th. ii. 284. 3

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witer

(adj.)
Grammar
witer, witter; adj.

Knowingwise

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Knowing, wise wíslíce hine beþóhte, swá full witter wæs, Chr. 1067 ; Erl 204, 35

Linked entries: witran witter

ge-sprecan

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hét him to gelangian þá deófolgildan . . . wolde hí gesprecan, 18, 370. Ðeós tíd cymð ymbe twelf mónað, ꝥ ǽlc man sceal his scrift gesprecan (confessarium suum alloqui), Ll.

recen

(adj.)
Grammar
recen, adj.
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[Cumeð her forð, and beð alle reken, And lereð wel quat he sal speken, Gen. and Ex. 3485. Louerd, ic ( Moses ) am unreken of wurdes, 2817. My rankor refrayne for þy reken ( apt ) wordes, Allit. Pms. 60, 756. (See the glossary for other instances.

Linked entries: recene recenlíce

Swíþ-hún

(n.)
Grammar
Swíþ-hún, es; m.
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Swithin, bishop of Winchester, in which see he succeeded Helmstan, who died 852. In one MS. of the A. S. Chronicle, under the year 861, is the entry Hér forðférde S.

rihtlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
rihtlíce, adv.

rightly, justly, with justice or quity rightly, in a manner which suits the circumstances of a case rightly, in accordance with rules or regulations, regularlyrightly as regards conduct

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Ða witan cwǽdon ðæt him nán leófre hláford nǽre ðonne heora gecynde hláford gif hí rihtlícor healdan wolde ðonne ǽr dyde, if he would rule with better observance of the laws 1014; Erl. 150, 7. rightly as regards conduct Wé sceolan gód weorc wyricean

for-sacan

renounceabandonforsake

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Mid árwurðnysse underfón þone þe hí ǽr forsócon, 26, 189. to decline to bear: Se lǽce wile dæt se untruma his lǽceseax gefréde ǽr hit geseó, for ðǽm wénð, gif hit ǽr geseó, ðæt hit wille forsacan ut secantem gladium sentiret aeger antequam

FOLM

(n.)
Grammar
FOLM, gen. dat. folme; acc. folm, folme; pl. nom. acc. folme, folma; f: folme, an; f.

The palm of the handthe handpalmamănus

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Hæfde unlifigendes gefeormod fét and folma he had devoured the feet and hands of the lifeless, Beo. Th. 1494; B. 745. Náh geweald fóta ne folma he shall not have the power of feet nor of hands, Exon. 107b; Th. 410, 12; Rä. 28, 15.

Linked entry: folme

án

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
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Ne sceal nó ðæt án dón ðæt ána wacie, ac sceal eác his friénd wreccan. Ne ðynce him nó genóg ðæt ána wel libbe, búton eác ðá ðe fore beón sceal from ðǽre slǽwðe his synna átió non solum ut ipse vigilet, sed etiam ut amicum suscitet.

ge-crístnian

(v.)
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Þá þá wæs týn wintra, þá wearð gecrístnod (cf. þá þá wæs eahtatýnewintre, wearð gefullod, 90), Hml. S. 31, 23.

Linked entry: crístnian

ge-samnian

(v.)
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Add: to collect, get together. the object living creatures, to assemble for a common purpose gesomnade alle ðá aldormenn biscopa, Mt. L. 2, 4. Ðá hét heó gesomnian ealle þá gelǽredestan menn, Bd. 4, 24 ; Sch. 485, 3.

hlifian

(v.)
Grammar
hlifian, p. ode
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Heáh hlifian, Beo. Th. 5602; B. 2805. Hlifigan, Cd. 139; Th. 174,12; Gen 2877: 205; Th. 253, 29; Dan. 603. Hlifigean, 66; Th 79, 35; Gen, 1321. Mid ðý ðe wǽshlifigende ofer sǽs brim whilst he was standing high up above the sea, Blickl.

ge-férrǽden

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ágsode hý hwá wolde on þǽre geférrǽddene beón þe wǽre, and ꝥ lufian ꝥ lufode. Ll.

módigian

(v.)
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His wuldor is wyrms and meox; nú tó dæg módegað, and tó-mergen ne bið ( his glory shall be dung and worms; to-day he shall be lifted up, and to-morrow he shall not be found, l Macc. 2, 63), Hml. S. 25, 262.

clǽnsnian

(v.)
Grammar
clǽnsnian, clǽnsnigan; ode; od

To cleanse, clear oneselfse purgare

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Búton he frínd hæbbe ðe hine clǽnsnian unless he have friends who may clear him, ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 13

freoh

(adj.)
Grammar
freoh, adj.

Freelīber

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Gif he freoh sý if he be free, L. Wg. 8; Th. i. 188, 3: L. Ath. i. 24; Th. i. 212, 14. He gewát freoh fram deáþes sárnysse he departed free from the pain of death, Homl. Th. i. 76, 13

bíd-steal

(n.)
Grammar
bíd-steal, -steall, es; m. [bíd an abiding, delay; steal a stall, place]

A stand, haltstatio, mora

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A stand, halt; statio, mora He, beald in gebéde, bídsteal gifeþ he, bold in prayer, maketh a stand, Exon. 71 a; Th. 265, 29; Jul. 388.

be-reccan

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Add: Berecce hine on folcgemóte, and gif láðleás beó . . . . Ll. Th. i. 220, 23. Sé þe frióne- forstǽle, . . . and hit hym on bestæled sié, ꝥ hine bereccean ne mæg, swelte sé deáðe, 48, 6.

burg-leód

(n.)
Grammar
burg-leód, es; pl. -leóde (-a); m.
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Take here burh-leóde in Dict., and see next two words