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mylen

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Sume menn syllað eác cyrcan tó hýre swá swá wáclice mylna . . . ac hit ne gedafnað ꝥ man dó Godes hús ánre mylne gelíc for lyðrum tolle, Hml. S. 19, 248-253. Fiscwer and mylne macian, Angl. ix. 261, 13.

sculan

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D. iii. 352. 7. add: Þǽre nǽdran gécynd is ꝥ ǽlc uht þǽs þe hió ábítt scęl his líf on slǽpe geendian, Ors. 5, 13; S. 246, 27. (12) :-- Ic wénde ꝥ þes sceolde beón mycel and fæger (ꝥ þes wǽre micel man and fæger, v. l.) ego grandem hominem credidi, Gr

orþian

(v.)
Grammar
orþian, p. ode

To breathe, pant

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Ðonne se sacerd cristnaþ, ðonne orþaþ hé on ðone man, Wulfst. 33, 18. Gást oreþaþ spiritus spirat, Jn. Skt. 3, 8. þurh ðæt lyft wé orþiaþ and eác ða nýtenu, Hexam. 4; Norm. 8, 18. Ælc þing ðe orþode omne quod spirare poterat, Jos. 10, 40.

Linked entry: oreþian

beard

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Wé lǽrað ꝥ ǽnig gehádod man . . . his beard ǽnige hwíle ne hæbbe, Ll. Th. ii. 254, 13. Þonne hé (one entering a monastery) his beard áléde, Hml. S. 6, 2228.

Boéties

(n.)
Grammar
Boéties, Boótes; m. Boätes; Bŏōtēs, æ; m. [ = βoώτηs, oυ; m. a ploughman, from βoυs an ox].

The ancient constellation, the chief star of which is the bright Arcturus, the bear; Ursa Major. The modern representation of Boötes is a man with a club in his right hand, and in his left a leash, which holds two dogs

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The modern representation of Boötes is a man with a club in his right hand, and in his left a leash, which holds two dogs Hwá ne wundraþ ðætte sume tunglu habbaþ scyrtran hwyrft ðonne sume habban?

ge-brengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brengan, p. -brohte, pl. -brohton; pp. -broht; v. trans, [ge-, brengan to bring]

To bringleadproducebearferredūcĕreprodūcĕre

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To bring, lead, produce, bear; ferre, dūcĕre, prodūcĕre He wénþ ðæt ðone mon ǽr mǽge gebrengan on fǽrwyrde that he thinks may bring the man earlier to a terrible fate, Past. 62; Swt. 457, 11; Hat. MS: Salm. Kmbl. MS. A. 176; Sal. 87: 296; Sal. 147.

Linked entries: ge-bringan ge-broht

ge-séman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-séman, p. de; pp. ed

To compose, settle, make peace with, reconcile, satisfycompōnĕre, concĭliāre, reconcĭliāre, satisfăcĕre

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Ðæt me geséme snoterra mon that a wiser man shall reconcile me, Salm. Kmbl. 501; Sal. 251. Ðæt he hý ymbe ðæt ríce gesémde that he would satisfy them about the kingdom, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 60, 23.

Linked entry: séman

þǽr-on

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-on, adv.
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Segeþ þǽron ( in the book ), ðæt sum ríce man wǽre, Blickl. Homl. 197, 27. thereinto Ðú ne cymst þǽron non ingredieris eam, Deut. 32, 52. Ðá hét hé gefeccan ǽnne ǽrenne oxan, and ða hálgan ðǽron dón, Homl.

Linked entry: on

un-fǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fǽle, adj.

Evilillbad

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[Gif þe unfele man his wille folgeð, and teð him to unwrenches, O. E. Homl. ii. 79, 27. Þe laþe gast cwelleþþ hemm þurrh his unnfæle þeowwess, Orm. 8034. Iðisse wildernesse beoð monie vuele bestes (unfeale bestes monie, MS. T.), A. R. 198, 2.

ymb-hygdig

(adj.)
Grammar
ymb-hygdig, adj.
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Homl. 55, 27. causing anxiety, anxious Gif him þince ðæt hé geseó man mid wǽpnan gewundodne, ymbhídig sorg ðæt byð, Lchdm. iii. 174, 12

Linked entries: ymb-hédig -hygdig

dust

Grammar
dust, l. dúst,
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Genim of ðysse wyrte swýþe smæl dúst, 11. applied to the mortal frame of man Þú eart dúst and tó dúste wyrst, Gen. 3, 19. Ic eom dúst and axe, 18, 27. Hwæt ofermódgað ðiós eorðe and ðis dúsð?, Past. 299, 22

efenlíce

(adv.)
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Substitute: evenly, without inequalities of surface Man þǽre cyrcean flór emlíce gewyrce, ꝥ þǽr nán byrgen gesýne ne sý, Ll.

fercian

(v.)

to bringcarryconductto supportTo go

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S. 23, 597. figuratively: Man sceall þé óþer gecýþan ꝥ þú ús ná lencg ne þearft mid þínre leásunge fercian (you need not try to make us swallow any more of your lies), Hml. S. 23, 713. intrans.

ge-hogian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hogian, p. ode; pp. od.
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Gé þæt gehogodon, þæt gé on fára folc feorh gelǽddon, An. 429. (3 a) with pron. relative clause, and clause in apposition :-- Ðá þæt gehogode Méda aldor, þæt ǽr man ne ongan, þæt hé Babilone ábrecan wolde, Dan. 687. to look for, hope for Israhéla hús

Linked entry: ge-hycgan

ge-lecgan

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Add: with a material object. to lay, place Gyf þysse wyrte sǽd man ofer þá scorpiones gelegð, Lch. i. 248, 23. Noldon hí þæt feoh gelecgan on heora fǽtelsum, Hml. Th. ii. 250, 17. Hé wæs on ðissere beðunge geléd, i. 86, 24.

ge-þæf

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Gif munuc eáðhylde biþ and geþæf, þeáh híne man wácne talige si omni Militate contentus sit monachus, R. Ben. 29, 3. not wishing change in something, with gen. Hú hé his ágene unðeáwas ongietan wille and hira geþæf bión (cf. (?)

ge-findan

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Hí synd nú on díglon behýdde ꝥ hí nán man ne mæg náhwǽr gefindan, Hml. S. 23, 291. to determine, provide, v. findan; 9 Éác is gefunden . . . gielde þone wer bútan wíte, Ll. Th. i. 84, 12.

ge-þrístlǽcan

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Nán man ne geþrístlǽce ǽnigne deófles bígencg tó dónne, Hml. A. 143, 122. with clause Ꝥ þú ná geþrístlǽce ꝥ þú þises húsles onbyrige, Ll. Lbmn. 413, 24. Nǽfre ic ne míne lástweardas geðrístlaecen þat heó hit onwenden, C. D. i. 114, 22.

wæterian

(v.)
Grammar
wæterian, p. ode

To water, supply with water,give drink to living creaturesto water plantsto irrigate

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Rush. 13, 15 : p. 8, 15. to water plants Se man ðe plantaþ wyrta, hé hí wæteraþ, Homl. Th. i. 304, 26. Sumu treówu hé watrode, Past. 40;Swt. 293, 4. to water land, to irrigate Hé land wæteraþ arua rigat, Scint. 118, 14.

Linked entry: wætrian

á-dídan

Grammar
á-dídan, Add: to a-dýdan:

to destroy, &c.to deaden, make torpid; to mortifymorti tradere, mortificare

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Ǽlc man bið fordémed ðe hine sylfne ádýt, Hml. S. 19, 229. Ealle gesceafta ðæt wæter ádýdde, Hml. ii. 60, 11: 122, 17. Hig manega ádýddon ad mortes plurimorum Num. 21, 6. Se unlybba ne mihte hine ádýdan, Hml. Th. ii. 178, 12: Hml.

Linked entry: a-dýdan