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ge-riht-wísian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-riht-wísian, p. ode; pp. od; v. a.

To justifyjustificare

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To justify; justificare He wolde hine sylfne gerihtwísian ille vŏlens justĭfĭcāre seipsum, Lk. Bos. 10, 29; Ðú eart se ðe me gerihtwísast thou art he who justifieth me, Ps. Th. 4, 1.

ge-wuna

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-wuna, an; m.

A customwontmanneruseriteconsuetudo

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Ðǽr wæs gewuna ðæm folce ðæt ... the people there were accustomed to..., Blickl. Homl. 209, 6. Swá hit gewuna is ut adsolet Ors. 3, 3; Bos. 55, 20. [Or do the two last belong to ge-wuna, adj.? (cf. ge-wunelíc.)]

Linked entries: -wuna ge-wun

á-gǽlan

(v.)
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Dele v. intrans. . . . esse, and add: to make gál (q. v.), to profane, v. -gǽlan Ne ic ne besmíte ł ágǽele míne ge-kýðnesse neque profanabo testamentum meum , Ps.

Linked entry: a-gálan

mirigþ

(n.)
Grammar
mirigþ, mirhþ, mirhþ, myrþ, e; f.

Pleasurejoydelightsweetness

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T. Grn. 1, 11. Myrhþe, Homl. Th. i. 58, 4. Ða heorde heofonlícre myrhþe (myrþe, MS. B.) lǽdan, L. C. S. 85; Th. i. 424, 11. Man byþ on myrhþe ( joyous ), Runic pm. Kmbl. 343, 11; Rún. 20.

Linked entries: mirhþ myrþ

ildan

(v.)
Grammar
ildan, p. de

To delaytarrydeferput offpostponeprocrastinateconnive atdissimulate

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To delay, tarry, defer, put off, postpone, procrastinate, delay the notice of anything, connive at, dissimulate hwon yldestú middangeard onlýhtenne why dost thou delay to enlighten the world? Blickl. Homl. 7, 33.

Linked entries: ældan ildian ilding

wíte

(n.)

punishmentpain that is inflicted as punishmenttormenta meansimplementa fine.tormentplaguediseaseevilpain

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Eth. i. i; Th. i. 282, 4. Se hláford gesette .xxx. sciłł. wíte, L. In. 3; Th. i. 104, 4:6; Th. i. 106, 7:7; Th. i. 106, 16: 10; Th. i. 108, 10: 25; Th. i. 118, 16. Be wíte. Th. i. 118, 15: L. E. G. 3. ; Th. i. 168, 6. Hé áge healf ðæt wíte, L.

dǽlan

(v.)
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Th. 64, 12. Mid þí þe hé deád sié, uton wé dǽlan his líchaman úrum burhleódum ( the cannibal Mermedonians ), Bl.

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, p. de

To lamentmourncomplain

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Cyning mǽnan to mourn their king. Beo. Th. 6324; B. 3172. Ic gehére gnorniende cynn grundas mǽnan ( the devils in hell), Cd. 216; Th. 273, 10; Sat. 134. Ðæt ic sceal teárum mǽnan that I must mourn with tears. Exon. 76a; Th. 285, 10; Jul. 712

hwanne

(adv.)
Grammar
hwanne, hwænne, hwonne; adv.

When

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Þincþ him lang hwænne hé beó genumen of ðyses lífes earfoþnyssum it seems to him too long [to the time] when he shall be taken from the troubles of this life, Homl. Th. i. 140, 9.

Linked entries: hwænne hwonne

ná-hwæðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ná-hwæðer, náwðer, náðer, nóðer; pron.

Neither

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Th. 12, 22; Cri. 189. His rihtwísnys nolde hí neádian náðrum Homl. Th. i. 112, 3. Godes gelaþung nis búton náðrum ðæra ( the strong and the weak ), ii. 390, 29.

ge-dón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dón, ic -dó, ðú -dést, he -déþ, pl. -dóþ; p. -dyde, pl. -dydon; pp. dén, -dón

To domakeputcauseeffectreach a placefacere

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Fóron ðæt hie gedydon innan Sæferne múðan they went so as to get within the mouth of the Severn, Chr. 918; Erl. 102, 24

habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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Þá cýððo þæs crístenan geleáfan þe hí hæfdon, Bd. 5, 22 ; Sch. 682, 19. Gif hé wite hwá þæs deádan ierfe hæbbe, Ll. Th. i. 136, 5. Ǽlc man þe hors habbe, 232, 20. Þá hálgan þe náht ne gyrndon hæbbenne. Bl.

under-fón

Grammar
under-fón, <b>. I.</b>
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</b> to receive what is entrusted to one :-- Gif sweordhwíta óðres monnes wǽpn underfó (onfó, v.l.), Ll. Th. . 74, 9. (l b) to receive what moves to meet one :-- Hú manige hleórslægeas hé underféng æt ðæm ðe hine bismredon.

óþ-wyrcan

(v.)
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to do harm to (?) Ic þence ðis feoh witanne næs óþwyrceanne I intend to keep this cattle not to harm it (?), Lchdm. i. 384, 5

on-bryrdan

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Add On twá wísan bið se man onbryrd ; ǽrest hé him ondrǽt hellewíte, and bewépð his synna, syððan hé nimð eft lufe Gode, Hml. Th. i. 140, 17. add Se Hálga Gást onbryrt úre mód ǽlcre gódnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 42, 10.

a-þrysman

(v.)
Grammar
a-þrysman, -þrysemian ; p. ede, ode ; pp. ed, od

To suffocate with smoke or vapourto suffocatestiflefumo suffocare

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Sunne wearþ adwæsced, þreám aþrysmed the sun was darkened, stifled by sufferings, Exon. 24 b; Th. 70, 5 ; Cri. 1134

Linked entry: a-ceócian

bádian

(v.)
Grammar
bádian, p. ode; pp. od; v. a.

To pledgeseizetake by way of a pledgepignerarepignus auferre

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D. 2; Th. i. 354, 3

Linked entry: níd-bád

fugol

(n.)
Grammar
fugol, es; m.

A birdfowlăvis

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God gelǽdde ðære lyfte fugolas to Adame Deus volātĭlia cæli adduxit ad Adam, Gen. 2, 19: Cd. 200; Th. 248, 14; Dan. 513

hefeld-þrǽd

Grammar
hefeld-þrǽd, hefel-þrǽd, es; m.

A thread for weavinglicium

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A thread for weaving licium Gewríð ánum hefel [MSS. H. B. hefeld] þrǽde bind it to a yarn thread, Herb. 183; Lchdm. i. 320, 6. Ðá tóbræc hé ða rápas swá swá hefelþrǽdas and he brake the withs as a thread of tow, Jud. 16, 9.

lyffetere

(n.)
Grammar
lyffetere, es; m.

A flatterer

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Ðonne ádumbiaþ ða ýdelan lyffeteras then shall the vain flatterers be dumb, Homl. Th. ii. 570, 35. Faraþ ðám lyffeterum ðe eów ǽr leáslíce ólæhton go to the flatterers that before fawned on you falsely, 570, 23: i. 494, 10

Linked entry: lystere