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clipian

(v.)
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Add: of persons Ic þé cleopie, Bl. H. 89, 14, Clepað clamitat, Kent. Gl. 6. Wé cliepiað (clip-, v. l. ) Gode, Past. 263, 23. Clipode proclamat, Hpt. Gl. 480, 17. Þes þearfa clepode ( clamavit ) Gode, Ps. Th. 33, 6.

ge-þancian

(v.)
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.), 9. to express gratitude by action, shew gratitude, reward Rómáne him geþancodon ealles his geswinces mid wyrsan leáne þonne hé him geearnod hæfde, Ors. 5, 4; S. 224, 32

ge-campian

(v.)
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Add: to fight a fight Gé habbað gecampod gódne campdóm, Hml. S. 34, 262. to get by fighting Ne byð nǽfre leán þæs sigores, búton hit sý mid gewinne gecampod sine labore certaminis non est palma victoriae, Gr.

ge-werian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-werian, p. ede
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Hí ðá geweredon sumre tíde wið Pehtum turn inito ad tempiis foedere cum Pictis, Sch. 42, 21

mersc

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Híredes seota présta túne, and se mersc se ðam ilcan lande belimpð . . . isti sunt termini. . . marisci; in oriente híredes mersc présta túne, C. D. ii. 102, 29-33.

on-bláwan

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D. 180, 16. to blow on or away: — Feónd úre wé onbláwaþ mid horne inimicos nostros ventilabimus cornu, Ps. L. 43, 6. to breathe Anbléu spirabat (coelestem intento spirabat corde sophiam), Hpt. 33, 238, 3

æt-befón

(v.)
Grammar
æt-befón, ic -befó; subj. ic, he -befó [æt, be, fón]

To take toattachdeprehenderecapereinvenire

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To take to, attach; deprehendere, capere, invenire Gif hwá befó ðæt him losod wæs, cenne se ðe he hit ætbefó hwanon hit him cóme if any one attach that which he had lost, let him with whom he attaches it declare whence it came to him, L.

fagnian

(v.)
Grammar
fagnian, p. ode ; pp. od

To rejoice, be delighted with, wish for gaudēre, appĕtĕre

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To rejoice, be delighted with, wish for; gaudēre, appĕtĕre Fagnian to rejoice, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 108, 7, 10. Herodes fagnode, ðá he ðone Hǽlend geseah Hērōdes, vīso Jēsu, gāvīsus est, Lk. Bos. 23, 8.

feorh-gifa

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-gifa, -giefa, an; m.

Giver of lifevītæ dător

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Giver of life; vītæ dător Me onsende sigedryhten mín, folca feorhgiefa, gǽst háligne my glorious Lord, Giver of life to people, sent a holy spirit to me, Exon. 50 b; Th. 176, 20; Gú, 1213.

for-wisnian

(v.)
Grammar
for-wisnian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To wither or wizen awaydry updecaymarcescĕrearescĕretābescĕreputrescĕre

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To wither or wizen away, dry up, decay; marcescĕre, arescĕre, tābescĕre, putrescĕre Wyrt forwisnaþ, weorþeþ to duste herba indūret, et arescat, Ps. Th. 89, 6: 101, 23.

Linked entry: for-weosnian

hefigtímness

(n.)
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hefigtímness, e; f.

Troubleafflictionvexation

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Hé is nú mid ylde ofsett, swylce mid gelomlǽcendum hefigtýmnyssum deáþe geþreád it is now oppressed with age, as if wearied to death with frequent troubles, i. 614, 21

mangung

(n.)
Grammar
mangung, e; f.

Tradetrafficbusinesscommercedealingmerchandise

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Hig férdun, sum his túne, sum his manggunge (negotiationem), Mt. Kmbl. 22, 5. Se færþ embe his mangunge (cf. sume heora ceápe, l. 9), Homl. Th. i. 524, 12

earfeðe

(adj.)
Grammar
earfeðe, earfoþ; adj.

Hard, difficult, troublesome diffĭcĭlis, mŏlestus

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Hard, difficult, troublesome; diffĭcĭlis, mŏlestus Nis me earfeðe to geþolianne willan Dryhtnes mínes it is not hard for me to endure the will of my Lord, Exon. 48 a; Th. 166, 6; Gú. 1038.

scirpan

(v.)
Grammar
scirpan, p. te.
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Surt. 139, 4. metaph. to make active, arouse Symle hé sceal his hýrmen scyrpan mid manunge hláfordes neóde and him eác leánian be ðam ðe hý earnian, Anglia ix. 260, 23. v. a-, ge-scirpan

ge-býsnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-býsnung, e; f. [býsnung an example]

An exampleexemplum

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Má manna beóþ gecyrrede þurh his gebýsnunge to Godes hérunge more [of] men will be turned through his example to the praise of God, Homl.Th. i. 494, 23. Ne dó ge ná be his gebýsnungum do ye not according to his examples, Homl. Th. ii. 48, 35

Linked entry: ge-bisnung

ge-nýdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nýdan, -nédan, -niédan, he -nýt; p. de; pp. ed
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To compel, force, press; cogere, compellere, expellere Alexander ðæt folc to him genýdde Alexander forced the people to him, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 65, 18, 19, 20. Genýddon, Mk. Bos. 15, 21. Genýt, Mt. Bos. 5, 41.

Linked entries: nídan ge-nýt

treów-loga

(n.)
Grammar
treów-loga, an; m.
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One who fails to keep faith, one who fails in loyalty to his leader Ða hildlatan holt ofgeáfon týdre treówlogan ða ne dorston ǽr dareðum lácan on hyra mandryhtnes miclan þearfe those laggards in fight relinquished the wood, pitiful false ones to plighted

weorold-gód

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-gód, es; n.
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Ða getreówan freónd ne sint woruldgódum tellanne, ac godcundum, 24, 3; Fox 82, 29.

be-hóf

(n.)
Grammar
be-hóf, es; n.
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Hé sende æfter pallium arꝥ. behóue ( ad opus ), Chr. 780; P. 52, 14. ꝥ need, want behófe ad indigentiam, An. Ox. 27, 34. Cf. Lk. p. 8, 18 where behófe glosses prodigi

Linked entry: -hóf

cwealm-stów

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Ðá cempan hine ( Jesus gelǽddon ðǽre cwealmstówe þǽr man cwealde sceaðan, Hml. Th. ii. 254, 15. Hí lǽdde Maximus mid óþrum cwellerum þǽre cwealmstówe, Hml. S. 34, 226. ðǽre ealdan cwalmstówe (cwealm-, Cht. E. 290, 29), C. D. iii. 404, 27.