be-týnan
to inclose or surround with a hedge, inclose, close, shut, shut up ⬩ sepem circumdare, sepire, intercludere, claudere, occludere, concludere ⬩ to end, finish, conclude ⬩ finire
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to inclose or surround with a hedge, inclose, close, shut, shut up; sepem circumdare, sepire, intercludere, claudere, occludere, concludere Sum hírédes ealdor wæs, se plantode wíngerd, and betýnde hyne homo erat paterfamilias, qui plantavit vineam, et
síðian
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Hig síðodon ealle tó Egipta lande, Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 3. Síðedon, Cd. Th. 121, 13 ; Gen. 2009. Hine cneówmǽgas mid síðedon, 104, 13 ; Gen. 1734. Ðæt ic hláfordleás hám síðie, wende fram wíge, Byrht. Th. 139, 9 ; By. 251. Ðǽr gé síðien, Cd.
storm
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Seó lyft ábyrþ ealle wolcna and stormas, Lchdm. iii. 274, 10. <b>Ia.</b> fig. a storm of arrows :-- Strǽla storm scóc ofer scyldweall, Beo. Th. 6225 ; B. 3118. <b>Ib.
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streám
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Ealle ða gewítaþ swá swá wæteres streám, Blickl. Homl. 59, 20. Forðon seó stów on ófre ðæs streámes ( super ripam fluminis ) wæs geseted, wæs his gewuna ðæt hé on ðone stream eode and hine on ðam streáme sencte, Bd. 5, 12; S. 631, 18-22.
swician
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Skt. 9, 43, 45. þeáh ðe ealle swicion ne swicige. ic ðé ná etsi omnes scandalizati fuerint serf non ego, 14, 29. <b>IV a.
un-cyst
A vice ⬩ defect ⬩ fault ⬩ a disorder ⬩ a fault ⬩ solecism ⬩ a vice ⬩ fault ⬩ the vice of avarice ⬩ niggardliness ⬩ parsimony ⬩ want of liberality
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Sume wealdaþ ealle uncysta and leahtras on him sylfum, Homl. Th. i. 344, 35. the vice of avarice, niggardliness, parsimony, want of liberality.
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wiþerweard-ness
hostility ⬩ contention ⬩ opposition ⬩ perversity ⬩ frowardness ⬩ depravity ⬩ arrogance ⬩ unfavourable condition ⬩ adverse circumstance ⬩ adversity ⬩ contrariety ⬩ diversity
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Ða getreówfullan for Godes ege ealle lífes wiðerweardnesse (universa contraria ) forþyldigian scylun, R. Ben. 27, 7. contrariety, diversity. Similar entries v. wiþer-weard VI, Seó wiþerweardnes ðe wé ǽr ymbe sprǽcon, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 32: Met. 11, 78
ymb-sittan
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Th. 15, 6: 17, 4. (1 a) to sit at council, be engaged about :-- Hí án geþeaht ealle ymbsǽtan cogitaverunt consensum in unum Ps. Th. 82, 5. to be around, be neighbouring. v. ymb-sittend Ðám ðe ús ymbsittaþ his qui in circuitu nostro sunt Ps.
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éfestan
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Uton wé nú efstan ealle mægene gódra weorca, and geornfulle beón Godes miltsa, Bl. H. 109, 9.
ge-miclian
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Rdr. 17, 5-t- II. to make great, noble, excellent, powerful, increase the power, worth, dignity of. the object personal Þú þín folc gemicladest, and him sealdest geniht ealra góda, Ps. Th. 4, 8.
ge-neát
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Hé héht his geneát, Ecgláf hátte, rídan mid ceastersétna preóste, Wulfhún hátte, and hé hine gelǽdde ealle ðá gemǽra . . and se ceastersétna preóst hit gerád and se Æðelwaldes geneát mid hine . . . Ðus him gewísede se Æðelwaldes mon ðá gemǽru, C.
ge-nirwan
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Seó wǽdl þǽra andlyfna genyrwde ealle omnes alimentorum indigentia coangustabat, Gr. D. 145, 6. Geswencendæ ł genyrwiende hig coartans eos, Ps. L. 34, 5. Genirwed and geenged afficiar, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 49.
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ge-reord
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Him wæs hláf án tó gereordum and wæter tó drynce of solid foods he ate only bread and had only water to drink, 100, 28. in pl. a meal, feast Hé him tó rǽde genóm þæt hé hié ealle tó gereordum ( filiae nuptiis ) tó him gehéte, Ors. 4, 5 ; S. 166, 27.
ge-wǽde
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S. 28, 83-86. (2 b) used of grave-clothes :-- Þá gewǽda þe heó bewunden wæs mid (cf. ealle þá scýtan (linteamina) þe se líchama mid bewunden wæs, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 449, 8), Hml. S. 20, 94. (2 c) figurative :-- Ðás gewǽdu áwrát se apostol ...
hreówsian
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Ðonne hié for ánre hwelcre hreówsiað, ðonne hreówsiað hié for ealle dum per unumquodque erroris sui inquinationem deflent simul se ac totos lacrymis mundent, Past. 413, 24. <b>II a.
orf
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. ¶ Cattle-stealing, it may be inferred from the statement of the oxherd in Ælfric's Colloquy, 'Ealle niht ic stande ofer þá oxan waciende for þeófan, Coll. M. 20, 291', was a crime whose prevalence justified the attention given it by the law.
rǽd
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Ealle ðá ðing ðe hláforde magan tó rǽde, Angl. ix. 259, 19. Rǽdas conpendia, Scint. 100, 14. Add Rǽde senatu, An. Ox. 4041. <b>V a.
scip
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Gyf Æðelrédes cynges friðman cume on iunfriðland, and se here þǽrtó cume, hæbbe frið his scip and ealle his ǽhta. Gif hé his scip uppe getogen hæbbe . . .ꝥ hé þǽr frið hæbbe, Ll. Th. i. 286, 8.
wéna
supposition ⬩ opinion ⬩ thought ⬩ idea ⬩ imagination ⬩ hope ⬩ expectation
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Ðæt hié ne lǽten hiera geðeaht and hiera wénan suá feor beforan ealra óðerra monna wénan nequaquam cunctorum consilia suae deliberationi postponerent 42; Swt. 306, 1 - 2.
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hǽr
Hair, a hair
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Ne losaþ ðæt heáfod ðonne ða hǽr beóþ ealle geedstaðelodd the head perishes not when the hairs are all restored, Homl. Th. ii. 542, 35. Wið wiðerweard hǽr onweg tó ádónne for contrarious hairs, to remove them, Lchdm. i. 362, 8.
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