ge-þweán
To wash
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Búta oftor geþuógon hondo nisi crebro lavarent manus, Mk. Skt. Lind. 7, 3. Búton hí geþwegene beón nisi baptizentur, Mk. Bos. 7, 4. Se ðe geþuǽn is qui lavatus est, Jn. Skt. Lind. 13, 10. Hwí he geþwogen nǽre quare non baptizatus esset, Lk.
deófol-gild
Devil-worship, sacrifice to devils, idolatry, an idol, an image of the devil ⬩ diabŏli vel dæmōnum cultus, idololatrīa = είδωλoλατρεία, idōlum, simulacrum
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Devil-worship, sacrifice to devils, idolatry, an idol, an image of the devil, diabŏli vel dæmōnum cultus, idololatrīa = είδωλoλατρεία, idōlum, simulacrum Ðæt man mihte dón heora deófolgyld that they might do their devil-worship, Ors. 3, 3; Bos. 55, 29
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EÁÐE
Easy, smooth ⬩ făcĭlis, lēvis
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Eáðere ys olfende to farenne þurh nǽdle þyrel, ðonne se ríca and se wélega on Godes ríce gá it is an easier [thing] for a camel to go through a needle's eye than a powerful and wealthy man to go into God's kingdom, Mk. Bos. 10, 25.
fore-þingian
To plead for anyone ⬩ intercede ⬩ defend ⬩ intercēdĕre ⬩ defendĕre
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Ne cweðe ic ná ðæt ðæt yfel síe ðæt mon helpe ðæs unscyldigan, and him foreþingie I do not say that it is wrong that a man should help the innocent, and defend him. Bt. 38, 7; Fox 210, 4: L. Alf. pol. 21; Th. i. 76, 3: 24; Th. i. 78, 10
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for-hwyrfan
to change for or from ⬩ transform ⬩ transfer ⬩ remove ⬩ avertĕre ⬩ transformāre ⬩ to turn aside ⬩ pervert ⬩ deprave ⬩ subvertĕre ⬩ pervertĕre ⬩ deprāvāre
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Sí se man awirged, ðe forhwyrfe his freóndes landgemǽro maledictus hómo, qui transfert termĭnos proxĭmi sui, Deut. 27, 17. to turn aside, pervert, deprave; subvertĕre, pervertĕre, deprāvāre Ðisne we gemétton forhwyrfende úre þeóde huuc invēnĭmus subvertentem
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GǼLAN
to hinder ⬩ delay ⬩ impede ⬩ keep in suspense ⬩ retardāre ⬩ mŏrāri ⬩ impĕdīre ⬩ to hesitate ⬩ delay ⬩ cunctāri
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Swǽ mon oft lett fundiendne monnan, and his færelt gǽlþ, swǽ gǽlþ se líchoma ðæt mód as a man hastening forward is often hindered, and his journey impeded, so the body impedes the mind, Past. 256, 6; Hat. MS. 48 a, 16.
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ge-ascian
To find out by asking ⬩ learn ⬩ hear ⬩ fando accĭpĕre ⬩ discĕre ⬩ audīre
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Habbaþ we geascad ðæt se Ælmihtiga worhte wer and wíf we have heard that the Almighty created man and woman, 61 b; Th. 225, 22; Ph. 393
pleó-líc
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Dangerous, perilous, hurtful, hazardous Hit swýðe pleólíc is, ðæt man on ðám hálgum stówum áðer oððe ðæt dó oððe ðæt sprece ðæt ðǽm stówum ne gedafenaþ, L. E. I. 10; Th. ii. 408, 27.
blód-gýte
a flowing or running of blood ⬩ sanguinis profluvium ⬩ a blood-shedding, bloodshed ⬩ sanguinis effusio
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a flowing or running of blood; sanguinis profluvium Gif men blód út of nósum yrne tó swíðe, syle him drincan fífleáfan on wíne, and smyre ðæt heáfod mid ðam; ðonne óþstandeþ se blódgýte sóna if blood run from a man out of his nostrils too much, give
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ge-dihtan
to put in order ⬩ dispose ⬩ compose ⬩ arrange ⬩ conspire ⬩ disponere ⬩ componere ⬩ conspirare ⬩ to order ⬩ direct ⬩ appoint ⬩ dirigere ⬩ dictare
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Ðis gewrit wæs to ánum menn gediht this writing was directed to a particular man, Ælfc. T; Swt. A. S. Rdr. 56, 1
ge-dígan
To endure ⬩ carry through ⬩ tolerate ⬩ overcome ⬩ escape ⬩ ĕti ⬩ perpĕti ⬩ perferre ⬩ tolerāre ⬩ superāre ⬩ evadere
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To endure, carry through, tolerate, overcome, escape; ĕti, perpĕti, perferre, tolerāre, superāre, evadere Swá mǽg unfǽge gedíganweán so an undoomed [man] may escape calamity, Beo. Th. 4572; B. 2291.
stǽnan
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Stǽne hine man mid stánum, Lev. 20, 2. Ðá hét se déma hine stǽnan, Shrn. 48, 28. Tó stǽnenna, Jn. Skt. Rush. 11, 8. Hí hine gelǽddon tó stǽnenne, Homl. Th. i. 46, 35. Hé for ðǽm stǽnendum gebæd, 52, 19.
steám
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Man píntreów bærne tó glédum ... wende his neb tó and onfó ðam stéme ( the heat proceeding from the embers ), Lchdm. ii. 284, 16. Of hómena æþme and stiéme cymþ eágna mist, 26, 26.
teart
Tart, sharp (of pain, punishment, etc.) ⬩ severe; acer, asper
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Hine man þreáge mid teartran steóre, R. Ben. 52, 6. Hé stíðran and teartran steóre underló majori uindicte subjaceat, 71, 8
under-delfan
to dig under ⬩ undermine ⬩ dig out ⬩ suffocare
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Hé nolde geþafigan ðæt man hys hús underdulfe non sineret perfodi domum suam, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 43: Lk. 12, 39. Hé nolde geþafian ðam þeófe náteshwón ðæt hé underdulfe dígellíce his hús, Homl. Ass. 50, 13.
be-tweohnum
between ⬩ among
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. : — Man sealde gíslas betweónan, Chr. 1052 ; P. 175, 27. Betwínum in invicem, Ps. Srt. 33, 4
cræftig
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Ben. 95, 3. skilful, cunning Man on ǽnigum þingum cræftig oþþe on máran wísdóme oþþe on lǽssan, Bl. H. 49, 28. Hé wæs cræftig lǽce, Shrn. 138, 27. Wæs sum mǽden wundorlíce cræftig . . . on úðwítegunge snoter, Hml. S. 35, 80.
cnucian
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Cnocie man þá bán mid æxse ýre, 14, 11
eáþelíce
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On sumre stówe se hróf wæs ꝥ man mihte eáþelíce mid heáfde gehrínan, Bl. H. 207, 23. cf. eáþe; 2 Eáþelíce facile, Wülck. Gl. 252, 2. Ne sý him nó eáþelíce þæs infæres getíðod non ei facilis tribuatur ingressus, R. Ben. 97, 4.
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ge-fandod
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Substitute: <b>ge-fandian;</b> p. ode To try. to examine, explore Hé þæt sóna onfand þæt hæfde gumena sum goldes gefandod, heáhgestreóna he soon found that some man had ransacked the treasure, B. 2301. to try whether.