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ge-sellan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sellan, -syllan; p. -sealde, -salde; pp. -seald

To give, give up, betray, selldare, tradere, vendere

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To give, give up, betray, sell; dare, tradere, vendere Óðrum gesellan to give to others, Beo. Th. 2063; B. 1029. Ic ðé geselle I will give thee, Cd. 228; Th. 307, 25; Sat. 685. Me ða blǽda Eue gesealde Eve gave me the fruits, 42; Th. 54. 27; Gen. 883

Linked entry: ge-syllan

æf-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
æf-þanc, es; m: æf-þanca, -þonca, -þunca, an; m.

Offenceinsultgrudgedispleasureenvyzealsimultasoffensaodiumzelus

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Offence, insult, grudge, displeasure, envy, zeal; simultas, offensa, odium, zelus Swindan me dyde æfþanca mín tabescere me fecit zelus meus, Ps. Spl. M. 118,139. Æfþonca gefylled full of grudges, Exon. 83 b; Th. 315, 4; Mod. 26. Eald æfþoncan edniwedan

Linked entries: of-þanc æf-þunca

á-wiht

(adv.)
Grammar
á-wiht, á-wyht, á-wuht, á-uht, áht; adv.

At allby any meansomninoullo modo

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At all, by any means; omnino, ullo modo Ne lata ðú áwiht do not thou tarry at all, Ps. Th. 69, 7: 77, 10, 12: 134, 19. Me ðæt riht ne þinceþ, ðæt ic óleccan áwiht þurfe Gode æfter góde ǽnegum to me it seems not right, that I at all need cringe to God

be-birgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-birgan, -birigan; p. de; pp. ed

To burysepelire

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To bury; sepelire Mín fæder me byd ðæt ic hine bebirgde pater meus adjuravit me, ut eum sepelirem, Gen. 50, 5 : 50, 6. He hine bebirigde he buried him, Ælfc. T. Grn. 6. 2. Hine bebirgdon sepelierunt eum, Gen. 50, 13. Bebirged sepultus, 50, 14. Ðǽr wæs

in-orf

(n.)
Grammar
in-orf, es ; n.

Household goods

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Household goods Inéddisc vel inorf entheca, g. suppellex Ælfc. Gl. 58; Som. 67, 90; Wrt.Voc. 38, 16. Gif hit sý innorf if it be goods from a house [that are taken], Lchdm. iii. 286, 5. For hwilcum gylta férdest ðú ðus æfter mé and tówurpe eall mín inorf

Linked entries: orf in-irfe

irfe-stól

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-stól, es; m.

An hereditary seat

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An hereditary seat Se burgstede, eádges yrfestól, Exon. 52 a; Th. 181, 14; Gú. 1293. Eafora chuses yrfestóle weóld, Cd. 79; Th. 98, 13; Gen. 1629. Ne þearf ic yrfestól eaforan bytlian ǽnegum mínra ... ne sealdest ðú mé sunu I need not build an hereditary

ed-wenden

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Substitute for first passage Hyne Geáta bearn gódne ne tealdon, ne hyne on medobence micles wyrðne drihten wereda gedón wolde . . . edwenden cwóm tíreádigum menn torna gehwylces there came for the glorious man an end to all griefs, B. 2188. Add: :--

lád

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Add Lád excussatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 25. Heora ǽlc óþerne myngige þæt þá slápulan náne láde næbben ( propter somnolentorum excusationes ), R. Ben. 47, 17. Add Gif hwá þeóf fridige, sý hé emscyldig wið mé þá þe þeóf scolde, búton hé hine mid fulre

merigen-lic

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Add Hé on merigenlicere tíde mynster gesóhte he returned to the monastery in time for matins, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 16. Ealle þás niht ic áne wunode biddende . . . and þís mergendlican dæge gelícode mé ꝥ ic eówerne sum mé tó begeáte, Hml. S. 33, 108. Meriendlice

tíþian

(v.)
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Add: tygþian, týþian. Add Ðú bǽde mé ꝥ ic sceolde þé áwendan of Lédene on Englisc þá bóc Genesis. Þá þúhte mé hefigtýme þé tó tíþienne þæs, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 1, 6. Add Se rihtwísa gemildsaþ and tíþað ( tribuet), Ps. L. 32, 17. (d α ) with acc. of person

hláford-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
hláford-leás, adj.

Lordless, not having a lord

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Lordless, not having a lord Ætwítan mé ðæt ic hláfordleás hám síðie to taunt me that I return home without my lord, Byrht. Th. 139, 8; By. 251: Exon. 105 b; Th. 401, 35; Rä. 21, 22: Beo. Th. 5863; B. 2935: Andr. Kmbl. 810; An. 405. Be hláfordleásum mannum

hópig

(adj.)
Grammar
hópig, adj.

In hills and hollows

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In hills and hollows [applied to the sea in reference to the deep depressions between high waves;cf. Scot. hope a sloping hollow between two hills, or the hollow that is formed between two ridges on one hill] Com ic on sǽs hricg ðǽr mé sealt wæter hreóh

tweógung

(n.)
Grammar
tweógung, tweóung, e; f.
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Doubt Ðú mé hæfst gefrýlsod ðære tweóunge mínes módes be ðære ácsunga ðe ic ðé ácsode, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 248, 25

Linked entry: tweóung

fisc-cynn

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Saga mé, hú fela is fisccynna on wætere? Ic ðé secge vi and xx, Sal. K. p. 190, 20: 204, 9. Add

húdenian

(v.)
Grammar
húdenian, Dele the suggested connexion with hýd, and add '
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Húdenian . . . gehört offenbar mid ndd. húdern vor Kalte zittern' . . . und bildet die s-lose nebenform von me. ndd. schudderen', Beiblatt xv. 350

tó-stencan

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Add Hwá bereáfode mé mínra spéda oððe tó-stencte míne ǽhta, Hml. S. 33, 194. Tóstente bígengcas dirutas cerimonias, An. Ox. 2621

búton

(adv.)
Grammar
búton, adv.
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Gratuitously, without a cause; gratis Forðan ðe búton hí behíddon me onforwyrde quoniam gratis absconderunt mihi interitum, Ps. Spl. 34, 8

un-sóftlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-sóftlíce, adv.

Ungentlyhardly

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Ungently, hardly Ualerianus áwéd hrýmde: 'Eálá ðú, Laurentius, unsóftlíce tíhst ðú mé gebundenne mid byrnendum racenteágum,' Homl. Th. i. 434. 7

Linked entry: sóftlíce

swǽslíce

(adv.)
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add: — Þes wæs tó mé geþeóded swíðe swǽslíce and híwcúðlíce hic mihi valde familiariter jungebatur, Gr. D. 257, 14: 237, 22

æ-leng

Grammar
æ-leng, l. ǽ-lenge, ǽlinge,
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Mé þincþ ðæt . . . tó ǽlenge (MS. -legge) tó gehýranne, Shrn. 195, 21. On ǽlengum ðingum geðyldige, Past. 41, 16. and add