bletsian
To BLESS, wish happiness, consecrate ⬩ benedicere, consecrare ⬩ merciful, kind ⬩ to have mercy
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He, bletsiende [bletsigende, Jun.], bræc ða hláfas, and sealde his leorningcnihtum he, blessing, brake the loaves, and gave to his disciples, Mt. Bos. 14, 19. Ic bletsie ealle ða ðe hit healden I bless all who may observe it, Chr. 675; Erl. 39, 25.
ge-mǽnelíce
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Þ hí ealle habbon heofonan ríce him gemǽnelíce him sylfum tó méde, Hml. A. 45, 519. where there is participation in attributes, characteristics, & c., in common with others Mǽdenu magon beón Crístes módru.
Linked entries: -mǽne-líce ge-ménelíce
tó-drífan
To drive in different directions, ⬩ drive away ⬩ to drive asunder ⬩ separate ⬩ to scatter, ⬩ disperse ⬩ to scatter, ⬩ destroy ⬩ to drive away, ⬩ send elsewhere ⬩ to drive away, ⬩ dispel, ⬩ put an end to
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Ðú hí wíde tódríf disperge illos, Ps. Th. 58, 11. Hé híi wolde on ðam wéstenne wíde tódrífan ut prosterneret eos in deserto, 105, 21. Wurde seó eorbe tódrifen mid ðam winde swá swá dust, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 8: Met. 20, 104.
Linked entry: tó-drǽfan
á-dwǽscan
to extinguish fire, light ⬩ to put an end to, put dawn, suppress a practice, doctrine, &;c. ⬩ to put down, suppress, destroy a person
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Ðǽm gelícost ðe mon drýpe ǽnne eles dropan on án micel fýr, and þence hit mid ðǽm ádwǽscan; ðonne is wén, swá micle swíðor swá hé þencð ðæt hé hit ádwǽsce, ðæt hé hit swá micle swíðor ontýdre, Ors. 4, 7; S. 182, 25. Sunne wearð ádwǽsced, Cri. 1133.
Cædmon
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When he received this answer, then he began forthwith to sing, in praise of God the Creator, the verses and the words which he had never heard . . . Then he arose from sleep, and had fast in mind all that he sleeping had sung. . .
hlutor
clear ⬩ bright ⬩ shining ⬩ splendid ⬩ bright ⬩ untroubled ⬩ peace ⬩ clear ⬩ splendid ⬩ glorious ⬩ illustrious ⬩ brilliant ⬩ guilt ⬩ deceit ⬩ pure ⬩ sincere
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H. 81, 17
Linked entry: hlútor-líce
tó-slúpan
To slip apart or away ⬩ be relaxed ⬩ dissolved ⬩ to have the connection between several objects ⬩ that between the parts of the same object relaxed ⬩ to be dissipated, ⬩ destroyed ⬩ to be loosed ⬩ undone ⬩ to get relaxed, ⬩ to be relaxed, ⬩ get remiss ⬩ to get paralysed, ⬩ get powerless,
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Ða wénde heó ðæt seó snód tóslupe, ac heó áfunde ða snóde mid eallum cnottum fæste gewriðen, Homl. Th. ii. 28, 25. Gif hé ða (brídlas) lǽt tóslúpan hic si frena remiserit, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 33 : Met.11, 80.
Linked entry: tó-swífan
cyssan
KISS ⬩ osculari
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Ðæt he his mondryhten clyppe and cysse that he embrace and kiss his lord, Exon. 77a; Th. 289, 2; Wand. 42
Linked entry: cossian
under-þeódan
to subject ⬩ subjugate ⬩ render subject ⬩ to subject ⬩ cause to endure ⬩ render liable ⬩ to subjoin ⬩ add ⬩ to support
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, suffulta, Hpt.
Linked entries: under-geþeóded under-þídan
lǽwede
Lay ⬩ laic ⬩ lewd
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Ne úre nǽnig his líf ne fadode swá swá hé scolde, ne gehádode regollíce ne lǽwede lahlíce, Swt. A. S.
Linked entry: lǽwed
for-licgan
fornicari
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Hé hine forlæg wið ðá Madianiten, 353, 19. Gé eów forlǽgon fornicata es, 463, 33. Hine mon sǽde þæt heó hié wið forlǽge, Ors. 126, 26. Þæt hí hí forlǽgen, Past. 403, 33. to lie in the way of, to defend.
ge-þóht
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Hé hine oðhóf innan his geðóhte eallum óðrum monnum cunctis in cogitatione se praetulit, Past. 39, 15. On his geþóhte tó módig, Bl. H. 109, 27. Eóde se Wísdóm neár mínum hreówsiendan geþóhte, Bt. 3, 1; F. 426: Wand. 88.
Linked entry: þóht
ge-drincan
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Add: absolute. to take liquid as nourishment or to quench thirst Þá hé þone mete bróhte, hé bróhte him eác wín.
ge-beran
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Sóna swá hé ácenned wæs and geboren at his birth, Bl. 167, 10. For geborene ge for ungeborene, Ll. Th. i. 152, 6. of an animal Sylle hé þone áð ꝥ hit on his ǽhte geboren wǽre, Ll.
a-scirian
To cut from ⬩ separate ⬩ divide ⬩ part ⬩ sever ⬩ separare ⬩ sejungere ⬩ excommunicare ⬩ destinare
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Ðæt he scyle from his Scippende ascyred weorþan to deáþe niðer that he shall be separated from his Creator by death beneath, Exon. 31b; Th. 99, 2; Cri. 1618
burh-loca
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A cily-inclosure, city-barrier or defence, as — a wall, mound or moat; urbis septum, arcis claustrum vel clausura He gelǽdde brýd mid bearnum under burhlocan, in Sǽgor he led his wife with the children within the city-inclosure, into Zoar, Cd. 118; Th
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furþ-an
Also ⬩ too ⬩ even ⬩ indeed ⬩ further ⬩ at first ⬩ etiam ⬩ quĭdem ⬩ prīmo
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He wéneþ furþon ðæt he man ne sý he even thinks that he is not man, Blickl. Homl. 179, 5. Ic furþum ongan búgan I first [prīmo] began to dwell Exon. 50 b; Th. 176, 21; Gú. 1213
Linked entry: furþum
hrif-wund
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Wounded in the belly Gif [hé] hrifwund [hrif wund, Thorpe] weorþeþ xii scill. gebéte. Gif hé þurhþirel weorþeþ xx scill. gebéte if he be wounded in the belly let twelve shillings be paid.
wiþ-gínan
To reply ⬩ to repel ⬩ reject
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Ðá wiðgýnde hé eft his geðance, ond him þus andwyrde (he replied to his thought, or he rejected the idea, and answered himself thus): 'Ac ic nát eftsóna, ne ic nǽfre git nyste ðæt ǽnig óþer byrig ús wǽre gehende búton Ephese ánre,' Homl.
Linked entry: gínan
ealling
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Hé wolde ealling (alning, v. l.) beón betweoh earfeðum, and hé symble lufode þá geþyldu; hé wæs fleónde ealling woruldlicra manna gemétinge and symble gyrnde ꝥ hé wǽre geǽmtigod tó his gebede inter adversa semper patientiam amplectens, conventus secularium