ge-nesan
To be saved, preserved, escape from ⬩ to be saved ⬩ to get well
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Se ða sæcce genæs who had come safely from the conflict, 3959; B. 1977: 4844; B. 2426: Cd. 94; Th. 121, 33; Gen. 2019. Ða ðe ða frécennesse and yrmðo genǽson those who had survived the danger and misery, Blickl.
trucian
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.), be wanting in duty to a person Hé undergeat ðæt his gesworene men him trucedan, and agéfon hera castelas him tó hearme, Chr. 1090; Erl. 226, 32. to fail, come to an end Trucaþ periclitatur, ic trucige periclitor (the passage is: Propria manu perire
finger
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Lǽt gán ꝥ getæl swá wé nú cwǽdon, ꝥ þú cume tó þæs lǽstan fingres nægle go on counting as we have just said, till you come to the nail of the little finger, Angl. viii. 326, 31. Gif man þone lytlan finger of áslæhð, .xi. scitt. gebéte, Ll.
ge-dreósan
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H. 113, 25. of non-material things, to fail, come to an end Bléda gedreósað, wynna gewítað. Rún. 29: Reim. 55. Ne lǽt ðín ellen gedreósan, Val. l, 7. Gedroren is þeós duguð eal, dreámas sind gewitene, Seef. 86.
líne
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Add: a cord Ne magon hy ðá lífes línan on middan ynibfæðmian, Sal. K. 150, 31. a line, stroke made on a surface ' Þú leornedest be ánre línan wæs áwriten anlang middes þæs þóþeres'. . . ' Ic wót hwæt seó líne tácnað, ' Solil.
rǽcan
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Copp full of æcced ráhton tó his múðe (obtulerunt ori eius), Jn. L. R. 19, 29. a non-material thing, to give, bestow Þine dómas rǽcað gehwám ágen gewyrhta, Hy. 7, 15. Rǽc fultume tribue auxilium, Rtl. 41, 11: 23,9
sál
a rope, cord, line, bond ⬩ a rein ⬩ the loop which forms the handle of a vessel ⬩ the fastening of a door ⬩ a necklace, collar
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a rope, cord, line, bond Licgaþ mé ymbe írenbendas, rídeþ racentan sál, Cd. Th. 24, 3; Gen. 378. Ðá wæs be mæste segl sále fæst, Beo. Th. 3816; B. 1906. (cf.O. H. Ger. segil-seil rudens ) Sálum nexibus, Wrt.
prica
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Swilce án prica (price, Cott. MS.), Fox 62, 20. Hé sǽde ðæt eal ðes miðdaneard nǽre ðé máre dríges landes ofer ðone mycelan gársecg, ðonne man ǽnne prican ápricce on ánum brádum brede, Wulfst. 146, 21.
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Cædmon
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Ðá andswarede he and cwæþ, ne con ic nán þing singan . . . Eft he cwæþ, se ðe mid him sprecende wæs, hwæðere ðú meaht me singan. Cwæþ he, hwæt sceal ic singan? Cwæþ he, sing me frumsceaft.
lǽn
a loan ⬩ grant ⬩ gift ⬩ lease ⬩ fee ⬩ fief
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Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. lix.
mǽl
a measure ⬩ a mark ⬩ sign ⬩ cross ⬩ crucifix ⬩ fixed, suitable, appointed time ⬩ season ⬩ occasion ⬩ the time for eating ⬩ a meal
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Ðon on ealdan Cristes mǽle; of ðam Cristes mǽle, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 66, 34. Ealle hit writen mid Cristes mǽl all signed it with a cross, Chr. 963; Erl. 123, 25. Similar entries v. fýr-mǽl, ge-mǽl, grǽg-mǽl: O. Sax. hobid-mǽl head on a coin and cf.
swigian
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Hé ne suigige ðæs ðe nyttwyrðe sié tó sprecanne, ne ðæt ne sprece ðæt hé suigigean (swigian, Cott. MSS.) scyle ne aut tacenda proferat, aut proferenda reticescat, Past. 15; Swt. 89, 6-7. Hié mon sceal lǽran ðæt hí hwílum suigien (swugien, Cott.
on-findan
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Add Anfindo depraehendo, Txts. 57, 661. to come upon by chance or in the course of events. to come across, meet with, light upon Ðone sé ðe onfindes quem qui invenit, Mt. L. 13, 44. Huón aron ðá ðe onfindes ðá ilco, 7, 14.
ÍS
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Styccum healfbrocenra ísa semifractarum crustis glacierum, 5, 12 ; S. 631, 26. the name of the Rune ᛁ = i ᛁ byþ oferceald ungemetum slidor ice is exceedingly cold and excessively slippery, Runic pm. 11; Kmbl. 341, 14
lytig
Cunning ⬩ astute ⬩ sly ⬩ artful ⬩ crafty ⬩ wily
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On leásungem lytige in mendaciis vafri, Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 29. Ða lytegan sapientes hujus seculi, Past. 30, 1; Swt. 203, 6, 24: 205, 3
ge-weorpan
to throw ⬩ cast ⬩ jacere ⬩ projicere ⬩ to turn one's self away ⬩ go away ⬩ depart ⬩ pass by ⬩ averti ⬩ abire ⬩ transire
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Th. 87, 5. to turn one's self away, go away, depart, pass by; averti, abire, transire Winter sceal geweorpan, weder eft cuman, sumor hát winter shall pass by, fair weather again shall come, hot summer, Exon. 90 a; Th. 338, 11; Gn. Ex. 77
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syn-full
Sinful; used substantively, a sinner
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Skt. 8, 38. ða synfullan (synn-, Cott. MSS.) bytledon uppe on mínum hrygge, Past. 21; Swt. 153, 9: Blickl. Homl. 71, 35. Geseald on synfulra hand, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 45. Synnfullum mannum tǽcan, Blickl. Homl. 43, 15. Þeófas and synfulle men, 75, 28.
á-lǽtan
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Hwí wolde þín hláford þé álǽtan tó mé ( let thee come to me ), Hml. S. 36, 65. of deprivation, loss Gé hit álǽtað ( you will lose it ), þonne gé lǽst wénað, Wlfst. 46, 10. Hé þá handa álýse oþþe hig álǽte, Ll.
ge-findan
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Add: to come upon, meet with. v. findan; : Hée gefand (invenit) énne of efneðegnum, Mt. L. 18, 28.
wæterian
To water, supply with water, ⬩ give drink to living creatures ⬩ to water plants ⬩ to irrigate
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Oxan wæterian, Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 1. Ðá hét ic wætrigan úre hors and úre niéteno, Nar. 12, 12. Tó wætranne, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 13, 15 : p. 8, 15. to water plants Se man ðe plantaþ wyrta, hé hí wæteraþ, Homl. Th. i. 304, 26.
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