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óþ-faran

(v.)
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to escape Siððan hié feóndum óþfaren hæfdon, Cd. Th. 181, 21; Exod. 64

un-lífed

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Hié gewemmað ðone áliéfedan gesinscipe mid ðǽre unliéfedan gemengnesse, Past. 397, 13. Add

æt-sacan

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Sege ús hwǽr se hord sý þe þú fundest and hine bedyrndest; þý lǽs þe þú his ætsace, hér is se man þe sum ꝥ feoh hæfð on handa, Hml. S. 23, 663. to deny a fact, not to admit that something has been done, with gen.

ge-eácnian

(v.)
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Add: to make greater, add to, increase, augment Hé his synna geeácnað, Hml. S. 16, 292. Wé geeácniað heora werod, Hml. Th. i. 214, 23. mid ðám geeácniað yfelnysse him sylfum. Hml. S. 13, 298.

á-drǽfan

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Be him libbendum and of ádrǽfdum, Chr. 1053; P. 184, 13. Add

mete-leást

(n.)
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mete-leást, -liést, -lǽst, -lést, -líst, e; f.

Want of food

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Want of food Him of-hreów ðæs folces meteleást, Homl. Th. ii. 396, 19. Ðá wǽron hié mid meteliéste gewǽgde they were reduced by want of food, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 27. For meteliéste heora líf álǽtan, Ors. 3, 8; Swt. 120, 30. Metelǽste inedia, Hpt.

án-setla

(n.)
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án-setla, an; m.
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Þridde cyn muneca is ánsetlena ( anachoritarum ) þe hié sylfe on syndrigum húsum belúcaþ . . . Feórþe cyn is þára þe hý under leásum híwe ánsetlan teliaþ . . . ne wyrþ nǽfre fulfremed sé þe on þus níwan anginne ánsetla beón wile . . .

for-cýþan

To reproverebuke

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To reprove, rebuke Geðreátas ł forcýðas of áde ... éc forcýðas ł geðreátas ꝥ hiá getimbredon byrgenna ðára wítgena increpat pharisaeos de juramento ... Item arguit pharisaeos aedificantes sepulchra prophetarum, Mt. p. 19, 11. 12.

niht-nihstig

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Hine mon scel neahtnestigne tyhtan tó spíwanne, Lch. ii. 184, 1.

æt-gebicgan

(v.)
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æt-gebicgan, p. -bohte; pp. -boht [æt, gebycgan to buy]

To buy for himselfemere

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To buy for himself; emere He æft æt ðam ágende sínne willan æt-gebicge let him afterwards buy her at her owner's will, L. Ethb. 82; Th. i. 24, 4

earm-lic

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Add: miserable. attended with misery Ne wénaþ nó ꝥ ꝥ gód wyrd sié, ac wénaþ ꝥ hió sié swíþe earmlico ( populus judicat esse miserrimam ), Bt. 40, 2; F. 236, 27. Bið earmlic gedál líces and sáwle, Wlfst. 187, 15.

wildan

(v.)
Grammar
wildan, p. de.

to tamesubdueto make submissivehave dominion overrulecontrolto take into one's powerto seize

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Gyf mín ne beóþ wyldde si mei non fuerint dominati . Ps.

norþweardes

(adv.)
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norþweardes, adv.

Northwards

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Northwards Hié ða herehýþ woldon ferian norþweardes ofer Temese, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 23

ǽfen-steorra

(n.)
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ǽfen-steorra, an; m.

The evening starHesperus

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The Romans designated him by the names Lucifer and Hesperus, to characterise him as the morning or evening star Se steorra ðe we hátaþ ǽfensteorra, ðonne he biþ west gesewen, ðonne tácnnaþ he ǽfen.

Linked entry: morgen-steorra

CORN

(n.)
Grammar
CORN, es; n.

CORNa grainseedberry frumentumgranumbaccaa hard or cornlike pimplea cornkernel on the feet pustulaclavus

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corns on his feet Lchdm. iii. 62, 22

(v.)
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be Him sí ábrogden hiora sceamu, Ps. Th. 108, 28. Hwæt hér sí gedón. Blickl. Homl. 179, 34. Hwǽðer hit sig ðe sóð ðe leás. Gen; 42, 16. Ðæs sig Metode þanc. Beo. Th. 3561; B. 1778. Ðæt gé witen hwæt hit sié, Past. 8; Swt. 53, 13.

eardian

(v.)
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Hé cwæþ: 'Ic eardige on him' . . . God sécþ þá clǽnan heortan him on tó eardienne, Bl. H. 73, 13. On his hálgum God eardaþ ( habitat ), An. Ox. 40, 38: Bl.

hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
hweorfan, hworfan, hwurfan

To turnchangegoreturndepartgo aboutwanderroam

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Him his gebed hweorfe tó fyrenun oratio ejus fiat in peccatum, Ps. 108, 6.

FLET

(n.)
Grammar
FLET, flett, es; n.

the groundfloor of a houseārĕaa dwellinghabitationhousecottagehallhăbĭtātiodŏmuscăsaaula

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Scilling agelde ðam ðe ðæt flet áge let him pay a shilling to him who owns the dwelling, L. H. E. 11, 12, 13; Th. i. 32, 6, 9, 12. fǽrlíce flet ofgeáfon they suddenly gave up the hall, Exon. 77a; Th. 290, 7; Wand. 61:Beo.

Linked entries: fled flett

bisceop-stól

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Hé betǽhte his bisceopstól óþrum bisceope, Hml. S. 29, 112. in a local sense, a bishop's see, cathedral town Geáfon him tó bisceopstóle þá burh Dorcanceaster, and hé þǽr binnan wunode, Hml. S. 26, 135.

Linked entry: bisceop-stæf