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findan

to come acrossto obtainfindto meet withexperiencebe exposed tofind difficultyprocureto visitlearnarrangesettleto determineto supplyprovidefurnish

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Sume þá goldhord hí on eorþan áhýddon þæt hié nǽnig mon siþþan findan ne meahte, 418; P. 10, 19. Mín wísdóm mé forlét...

ge-settan

(v.)
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Burug ofer mór geseted. Mt. L. 5, 14: Bl. H. 197, 21. Is seó cirice geseted on þǽm cnolle, 17. Þaet mynster is geseted in Huicca maegðe, C.

for-lǽtan

to letpermitallowsufferto sufferto letgrantto leaveto leaveto leaveconsumingto leave aloneleave undoneabstain fromneglectto leave outomitto spareleave toto leavequitto abandonforsakedesertabandonto leaveto leaveto leavedieto defendto abandonto leaveto abandonto leaveto leave ofgive upto abandonabandonto let goto restrainto releaserestoreto give uprelinquishto remitforgiveto loseto put awaydismisslay asideto send

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Ealle þá góde laga hé forlǽt þe hé ús ǽr behét he mode none of the good laws he had promised us, Chr. 1093; P. 227, 29. Ðá hé þis leóð ásungen hæfde, þá forlét hé þone sang he sang no more, Bt. 24, 1; F. 80, 4.

hwearf

(n.)
Grammar
hwearf, hwerf, es; m.

A turnspacechangeexchange

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Huelc seles monn hwerf fore sáuel his quam dabit homo commutationem pro anima sua, Mt. Kmbl. 16, 26. Huoerf, Mk. Skt. Lind. 8, 37. Gif huerf gie sellas si mutuum dederitis, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 34. Huoerf, 35.

munuc-hád

(n.)
Grammar
munuc-hád, es; m.

Monk-hoodthe monastic state

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Monk-hood, the monastic state (of women as well as of men) Munuchád and abbudhád syndon on óðre wísan (different from the seven orders previously mentioned), L. Ælfc. C. 18; Th. ii. 348, 31.

nearulíce

(adv.)
Grammar
nearulíce, adv.

narrowlywithin narrow limitsbrieflyoppressivelygrievouslynarrowlyexactlystrictly

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Thor. 4, 3. oppressively, grievously Ða ðe nearwlícast cúðan swician those who knew how to cheat in most oppressive manner, L. I.

Linked entry: nearu-þanc

ge-dál

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dál, es; n.

A divisionseparationpartingdistributiondīvīsiosepărātiodīvortiumdistrĭbūtio

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Se hæfde heortan unhneáweste hringa gedáles he had the most liberal heart in the distribution of rings, Scóp Th. 148; Wíd. 73. Æfter ðæs líchoman gedále and ðære sáwle after the separation of the body and soul, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 68, 12.

ge-langian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-langian, -langigan; p. ode; pp. od; v. trans. [ge, langian to long for]

To call forsend fordeliverliberateconvocarearcessereaccersireliberare

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To call for, send for, deliver, liberate; convocare, arcessere, accersire, liberare Ðú gelangast to ðé ðíne leófostan frýnd thou shalt call to thee thy most beloved friends, Jos. 2, 18. Gelangode to him ða bróðru convocavit ad se fratres, Greg.

Linked entries: ge-lengan langian

simbel

(adj.)
Grammar
simbel, symbel, simel ; adj.
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Ger. simpal for the most part appears in adverbial forms, but Graff vi. 26 gives one instance of its adjective use, simplém assiduis.

Linked entries: simble simbles symbel

twi-sprǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-sprǽce, adj.
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Gehega ðíne eáran mid þornigum hege, ðæt ðú ne gehýre lustum móde ðæra twysprǽcena word, Wulfst. 246, 10

un-weorþian

(v.)
Grammar
un-weorþian, p. ode.

to dishonourdisgraceto become dishonoured

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Ða swelcan monn sceal unweorðian mid ǽlcre unweorðnesse sine dedignatione dedignandi sunt, Past. 37; Swt. 265, 18. Forsewen and geunwurþod, Homl. Th. i. 24, 4. to become dishonoured Unwurðiaþ vilescunt, Hpt. Gl. 462, 53. Unwurðie vilescat, 420, 13

werlíce

(adv.)
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werlíce, adv.
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after the manner of a male Se ðe ðis werlíce déð qui hoc virili modo fecerat, L. Ecg. P. iv. 68, 6; Th. ii. 228, 18. like a man, manfully Wer uir, werlíce uiriliter, Ælfc. Gr. 232, 16. Werlíce dó ðú viriliter age, Ps. Spl. 26, 20: Ps.

earm-sceapen

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Ne mihte earmsceapen ( the youth about to be eaten by the cannibals ) áre findan æt þám folce, An. 1131. in a moral sense Saga, earmsceapen unclǽne gǽst, Jul. 418: An. 1347. Earmsceapen on weres wæstmum ( Grendel ), B. 1351.

for-leósan

to loseto destroy

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Th. i. 294, 19. to destroy. physical Hié gesworen hæfdon ðæt hié óþer forleósan woldon, oþþe hira líf, oþþe þæs cyninges, Ors. 2, 3; S. 68, 28. spiritual, moral, &c. þurh áðbrycas forloren, Wlfst. 164, 8.

ge-hende

(adj.; prep.)
Grammar
ge-hende, prep.
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Se móna yrnð ealra tungla niðemest and ðǽre eorðan gehendost, Lch. iii. 248, 10. temporal Deáðe gehende in articulo mortis Dóm. L. 59. Manna gehwylc ǽfre him gehende endedæges wéne, Ll. Th. i. 374, 17 : Wlfst. 75, 8.

ge-sibsum

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Add: peaceable, pacific, not disposed to quarrel Ꝥ se man hæbbe ðá soóan lufe on his móde . . and beó gesibsum, geðyldig, and ðolmód, Hml. S. 17, 55. Se gesibsuma lǽfð symle yrfeweard æfter him sunt reliquiae homini pacifico, Ps. Th. 36, 36.

heard-lic

boldwarlikeresolutesterndiregrievousharshseverepitiless

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Heom þúhte heardlic (durum) ꝥ hí wǽron genýdede on ealdum móde ꝥ hí scoldon níwe wísan hycgan. Gr. D. 104, 21. Silla wið Marius heardlice gefeoht þurhteáh and hiene gefliémde Sulla gravissimo praelio vicit, Ors. 5, 11; S. 236, 21.

hlifian

(v.)
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Þǽre byrig hlifað án munt urbi mons praeeminet Gr. D. 225, 14. Of ðám munte þe ofer his mynstre hlifade ex eo monie qui ejus monasterio in excelso prominet 12, 8.

ólehtung

(n.)
Grammar
ólehtung, e; f.
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flattering, adulation Þám móde, þe biþ ábysgod in manigum þingum, swíþe undercreópeð seó leáse ólehtung (liffetung, v. l.) occupato in multes animo adulatio valde subrepit, Gr. D. 35, 15.

rím-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
rím-cræft, es; m.

The science of numbers arithmetic

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Hæfðon hié on rímcræfte áwriten wera endestæf hwænne hié tó móse meteþearfendum weorðan sceoldon they (the cannibal Mermedonians) had numbered the days of their captives who were to be food to satisfy their hunger, Andr. Kmbl. 268 ; An. 134