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be-nǽman

(v.)
Grammar
be-nǽman, be-néman; p. -nǽmde, -némde; pp. -nǽmed, -némed [be, niman to take]

To deprivetake awayauferreprivare

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To deprive, take away; auferre, privare He ne meahte hí ðæs landes benǽman he could not deprive them of their land Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 35 : Cd. 98; Th. 129, 32; Gen. 2152. Ealdre benǽman to deprive of life Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 24; Jud. 76.

Linked entry: be-néman

carles wǽn

(n.)
Grammar
carles wǽn, [gen. of carl]
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the churl's wain, the constellation of the Great Bear; Ursa Major Carles wǽn ne gǽþ nǽfre adúne under ðyssere eorþan, swá swá óðre tunglan dóþ the churl's wain never goes down under this earth, as other constellations do, Bd. de nat.

clǽn-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
clǽn-georn, adj.

puritatis amans

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Ne mágon ná swilce men macian wununge ðam clǽn-geornan Gode on clǽnre heortan no such men can make a dwelling in a pure heart for a God desirous of purity, Basil, admn. 7; Norm. 48, 19

feld-ciric

(n.)
Grammar
feld-ciric, e; f. -circe, an; f.

A field-churchcountry churchcampestris ecclēsia

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A field-church, country church; campestris ecclēsia Feldcirice griþbryce is, ðǽr legerstów ne sig, mid þrittigum scillingum the 'grith-bryce' of a field-church, where there is no burial-place, is thirty shillings, L. C. E. 3; Th. i. 360, 21.

fercian

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

To bringassisthelpsupportferreadjŭvāresubvĕnīresustentāre

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On ðisum lífe we ateoriaþ gif we us mid bigleofan ne ferciaþ in this life we faint if we support not ourselves with food, Homl. Th. i. 488, 33

ferhþ-loca

(n.)
Grammar
ferhþ-loca, ferþ-loca, fyrhþ-loca, an; m.

Soul-inclosurebosombodymentis clausūrapectuscorpus

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Ne willaþ eów andrǽdan fǽge ferhþlocan dread ye not feeble bodies, Cd. 156; Th. 194, 27; Exod. 267

Linked entries: ferþ-loca fyrhþ-loca

for-gǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gǽgan, p. de; pp. ed

To transgressprevaricatetransgrĕdiprætĕrīreprævārĭcāre

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Ðæt he Godes beboda ne forgǽge that he transgress not God's commandments, i. 604, 20. Ic geseah ǽslítendras oððe ða forgǽgendan vīdi prævārĭcantes, Ps. Lamb. 118, 158

Linked entry: ofer-gǽgan

hræd-hýdigness

(n.)
Grammar
hræd-hýdigness, e; f.

Precipitancyhastiness

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Precipitancy, hastiness Ðý læs hie unnytlíce forweorpen ðæt ðæt hie sellen for hira hrædhýdignesse ne præcipitatione hoc quod tribuunt inutiliter spargant, Past. 44, 2; Swt. 321, 18.

píle

(n.)
Grammar
píle, an; f.
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A mortar Ðeáh ðú portige ðone dysegan on pílan swá mon corn déþ mid piilstæfe ne meaht ðú his dysig him from ádrífan si contuderis stultum in pila, quasi plisanas feriente desuper pilo, non auferetur ab eo stultitia ejus, Past. 37, 2; Swt. 267, 1.

plantung

(n.)
Grammar
plantung, e; f.
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Voc. i. 39, 5. what is planted, a plant Ǽlc plantung ( plantatio ) ðe mín heofenlíca fæder ne plantode byþ áwurtwalod, Mt. Kmbl. 15, 13. Plontung rósæs plantatio rosae, Rtl. 65, 35. Ðara bearn swá swá æðele plantunga, Ps. Spl. 143, 14 : Blickl. G1.

gránung

(n.)
Grammar
gránung, e; f.
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Wununga on ðam ne ablinþ gránung dwellings in which groaning ceases not, Homl. Th. i. 68, 7: L. E. I; Th. ii. 400, 7

scorian

(v.)
Grammar
scorian, p. ode
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To refuse, reject an offer, repudiate Ða ðe ne gelýfab þurh ágenne cyre hí scoriaþ ná þurh gewyrd those who do not believe refuse by their own choice, not by fate, Homl. Th. i. 114, 12.

Linked entry: sceorian

be-singan

(v.)
Grammar
be-singan, p. -sang, -song, pl. -sungon; pp. -sungen

to enchant, charm, bewaildeplorare

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To utter enchantments, to enchant, charm, bewail; excantare incantationibus, deplorare Ne sceal nán man mid galdre wyrte besingan no man shall enchant a herb with magic, Homl. Th. i. 476, 9. Besing enchant Herb. 93, 2; Lchdm. i. 202, 13.

be-witian

(v.)
Grammar
be-witian, -witigan, -weotian; p. ode; pp. od

To observe, take care of, administer, performobservare, curæ habere, exsequi, peragere

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To observe, take care of, administer, perform; observare, curæ habere, exsequi, peragere Ne mágon hí tunglu bewitian they may not observe the heavenly bodies, Exon. 89 b; Th. 335, 31; Gn. Ex. 40.

Linked entries: witian be-weotian

ge-seglian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seglian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed.

to sailvēlĭfĭcārito furnish with sailsvēlis instruĕre

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to sail; vēlĭfĭcāri Ðyder he cwæþ, ðæt nán man ne mihte geseglian on ánum mónþe thither he said that a man could not sail in a month, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 21, 19. to furnish with sails; vēlis instruĕre Se ðe nafaþ gesegled scip who hath not a ship furnished

Linked entries: seglan ge-siglan

stede-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
stede-fæst, adj.
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Ne þurfon mé stedefæste hæleð wordum ætwítan, 139, 5; By. 249

un-deádlícness

(n.)
Grammar
un-deádlícness, e; f.

Immortality

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Hæfde God ðæs mannes sáwle gegódod mid undeádlícnysse ... wé ne forluron ná ða undeádlícnyssæ, 20, 1-4: Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 4: 3, 21; S. 551, 3

Linked entry: un-deáþlícness

under-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
under-sceótan, p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; pp. -scoten.

to move to a place beneathto interceptto under-propsupport

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R.) sunnan tó ðam swíðe ðæt heó eall áþeóstraþ, Lchdm. iii. 242, 20. to under-prop, support Hí ne beóð mid nánre sylle underscotene ðæs godcundlícan mægenes nullis fulti virtutibus, Past. 1; Swt. 27, 17. Similar entries Cf. under-stingan

un-áberendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áberendlíc, adj.

Unbearableintolerable

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On ðam ne eardaþ nán eorðlíc mann for ðam unáberendlícum (unáberiendan, MS. R.) bryne, Lchdm. iii. 260, 23 note. Unáberendlíce intolerabilem, Ps. Lamb. 123, 5. Unáberendlíce broc, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 4.

un-álífedlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-álífedlíc, adj.

Not allowableunlawfulillicit

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ne móstan for him náht unálýfedlíces begangan, Shrn. 65, 11. On hús gehwyrfed unálýfedlícra scylda in inlecebrarum cubilia conversae, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 14