bég
A bracelet ⬩ ring ⬩ crown ⬩ armilla ⬩ corona
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A bracelet, ring, crown; armilla, corona Hie feredon brýd and bégas they conveyed bride and bracelets Cd. 90; Th. 112, 25; Gen. 1876. Hí on beorg dydon bégas [MS. beg] and siglu they placed in the mound rings and jewels Beo. Th. 6308, note; B. 3164
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ge-brúcan
To enjoy ⬩ eat ⬩ perfrui ⬩ edere ⬩ manducare
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To enjoy, eat; perfrui, edere, manducare Hí ðæs biǽdes gebrocen hæfdon they had enjoyed the success, Exon. 38 b; Th. 127, 29; Gú. 393.Miððý sacerdhád gebréce cum sacerdotio fungeretur, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 8. Ðætte hia gebrécon manducarent, Jn. Skt.
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weriend
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Hig woldon sumne weriend habban, ðe hí geheólde wið ðæt hǽðene folc, Ælfc. T. Grn. 6, 43
weorold-þearf
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What is needed for the life of this world Swá swá hé gehét him andlyfne and heora weoruldðearfe forgifan, eác swylce lýfnesse sealde ðæt hí móstan Cristes geleáfan bodian eis, ut promiserat, cum administratione victus temporalis, licentiam quoque praedicandi
wrecend
An avenger
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An avenger Hwæt hwá óðrum tó wó gedó, God his bið wrecend, L. E. I. 35 ; Th. ii. 432, 27 : Chr. 979; Erl. 129, 17. Ðæt gesýne wearð, ðætte wrecend ðágyt lifde æfter láþum, Beo. Th. 2517 ; B. 1256. Hí habbaþ eác wrecend (ultorem), Scint. 39, 13
wæter-stoppa
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A bucket Hí þá racenteáge gefæstnodon tó þám rápe and gebundon tó ðám wæterstoppan (situlam), Gr. D. 214, 25.
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FÁCEN
Deceit, fraud, guile, treachery, malice, wickedness, evil, crime ⬩ dŏlus, fraus, nēquĭtia, mălĭtia, inīquĭtas, prævārĭcātio
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Hí fácen and unriht acwǽdon lŏcūti sunt nēquĭtiam, Ps. Th. 72, 6: 94, 9. Ðæt he him nán fácn mid nyste that he knew of no guile in him, L. C. S. 29; Th. i. 392, 16: L. O. 9; Th. i. 182, 3.
ge-wendan
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Hí gewendon heom tó ðám cynge, Chr. 1046; P. 169, 2. where the subject is acted on Hí of eorðan cómon, and eft tó dúste gewendað, Hml. S. 12, 20. His sáwul gewende tó helle, Hml. Th. i. 20, 10.
self-cwalu
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Self-slaughter, suicide Sum sceal ful earmlíce ealdre linnan . . . and hine tó sylfcwale secgas nemnaþ speak of him as committing suicide, Exon. Th. 330, 24; Vy. 56
be-serian
To rob, plunder, deprive, deceive ⬩ spoliare, fraudare
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To rob, plunder, deprive, deceive; spoliare, fraudare He hine feore [MS. fere] beserode he deprived him of life, Ps. C. 50, 22; Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 22
sige-beorn
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A victorious warrior Ne gefrægn ic æt wera hilde sixtig sigebeorna sél gebǽran . . . Hig fuhton fíf dagas, swá hyra nán ne feól, Fins. Th. 76 ; Fin. 38
ceaster-waru
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Micele lufe hæfde eal seó ceasterwara tó him, Ap. Th. 6, 11. Þeós ceasterwaru on heáfe wunað, 23. Mínre ceasterwaru nis nán hǽlo hiht, 9, 10. Add
efen-gefeón
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Efengefeónde his hǽlo cujus sanitati congaudens, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 560, 15. Efengefeánde (-feónde, v. l. ) hire micclan wundres, Gr. D. 169, 10. Cf. efen-blissian. Add
ofer-cuman
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overpower, exhaust, render helpless Swongornes hí ofsit and hí mid slǽwþe ofercymþ, Bt. 36, 6; F. 180, 34.
hú
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Hí tó rǽde gerǽddon . . . hú hí God weorðodon, Ll. Th. i. 350, 7. Geþencan wé hú Drihten cwæð, 'Eádige beóþ þá þe nú wépað', Bl. H. 25, 19. Hé þóhte hú hé him strenglicran stól geworhte, Gen. 273.
betǽcan
to entrust ⬩ guidance ⬩ to hand over ⬩ pay ⬩ give ⬩ to assign ⬩ destine ⬩ yield to ⬩ to direct
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Hí betǽon heora rǽd 15 his willan, Hml. Th. i. 12, 7. Him wæs betǽht þe castel tó healdene, Chr. 1087 ; P. 223, 17. Gleáwum úþwitum betǽht þe gymnosophistis traditum (i. commendatum), An. Ox. 3097. of betrothal: Betáht despon*-*sata, Mt.
sol
Mire or a miry place ⬩ filthy ⬩ volutabrum
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His (the priest's) alter cloð great and sole, and hire (the priest's concubine's) chemise smal and hwit; and te albe sol, and hire smoc hwit Rel. Ant. i. 129. Solwy dirty Wrt. Voc. i. 171, 41.]
FRIGNAN
To ask ⬩ inquire ⬩ interrŏgāre ⬩ sciscĭtāri
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Ðáfræng hine his maæsse-preóst for hwon he weópe quem dum presby̆ter suus quare lachrymārētur interrogasset, Bd. 3, 14; S. 541, 3. Fregn freca óðerne one warrior asked another, Andr. Kmbl. 2327; An. 1165.
clǽnsian
To CLEANSE, purify, chasten, clear oneself ⬩ mundare, purgare, castigare, se liberare
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Preóst hine clǽnsie sylfes sóþe let a priest clear himself by his own truth, L. Wih. 18; Th. i. 40, 14, 16: 19; Th. i. 40, 17: 20; Th. i. 40, 19: L. Eth. ii. 8; Th. i. 288, 19: ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 10. Hine geréfa clénsie let the reeve clear him, L.
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beám-sceadu
A tree-shade ⬩ the shade of a tree ⬩ arborum umbra
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A tree-shade, the shade of a tree; arborum umbra Gewitan him ðá gangan under beámsceade then they retired under the tree-shade, Cd. 40; Th. 53, 10; Gen. 859. Hí slépon under beámsceade they slept under the tree-shade, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 55; Met. 8, 28
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