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tó-gán

(v.)
Grammar
tó-gán, p. -eode; pp. -gán.

to go in two different directions,to part,separateto be sundered,to partto go in many different directions,to disperse,go away

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R. 103. 22. to go in many different directions, to disperse, go away Ða wæteru tóeodon and wanedon aquae ibant et decrescebant. Gen. 8, 5. Þe wlcne togað, O. E. Homl. i. 239, 25. Þe rede see toeode, 141, 6.

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, (from teóhan); p. teáh, pl. tugon; pp. togen, tigen (v. of-teón)
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Skt. 5, 3, 4. to draw, be of weight Ðonne man sett ða synne and ða sáwle on ða wǽge, and hý man wegeþ, swá man déþ gold wið penegas. And gif ða penegas teóþ swíðor ðonne ðæt gold, ðonne miswyrð ðam men hraðe.

on-sacan

(v.)

to attack, strive againstto, resist, refuse to comply with a demandto declare that one has no knowledge of a personto refuse a person what he wantsto refuse to acknowledge a claim, not to allow the truth of a statement, in a legal sense to deny a chargeto make excuseto sacrifice

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to attack, strive against Ne biþ cwénlíc þeáw ðætte freoþuwebbe feores onsæce leófne mannan ( to strife with a man for his life ), Beo.

Linked entries: an-sacan sacan on-sacan

hladan

(v.)
Grammar
hladan, p. hlód;pp. hladen.

to heap, pile up, build, place, lade, load, freight to lade, draw [water]; haurire

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Hý ne móston on bǽl hladan leófne mannan they might not place the beloved man on the pile, Beo. Th. 4259; B. 2126. Him on bearm hladan bunan and discas to heap up in his bosom cups and dishes, 5543; B. 2775.

Linked entries: hlæd hlædel hlæst

be-beódan

'to give . . . generally,'to orderenjoin to commitcommendto offer to the gods to commit into (on, in)to announce

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Healde man mæssedæg swá hé beboden beó, Wlfst. 117, 5. Hí wǽron bebodene imperantur, An. Ox. 4782, to commit, commend Ic mé þé bebeóde, Hml. S. 23 b, 448. Gif ðú gewítest, hwǽm bebeódest þú ús?, Bl. H. 225, 17.

á-meldian

(v.)
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Se bróðor þe giltig ámeldod bið ðám abbode þurh óðerne man and nó þurh hine selfne, R. Ben. 71, 13. Wurdon ámeldode seofon hálige men, Hml.

a-scirian

(v.)
Grammar
a-scirian, -scyrian; p. ede; pp. ed, ud; v. a. [a, scirian to share]

To cut fromseparatedividepartseversepararesejungereexcommunicaredestinare

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Ascyrud beón fram mannum moveri ab hominibus, Somn. 280. Ascyred and asceáden scylda gehwylcre sundered and set apart from every sin, Elen. Kmbl. 2623; El. 1313: Exon. 31b; Th. 98, 16; Cri. 1608.

wérigian

(v.)
Grammar
wérigian, p. ode
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To grow weary, get exhausted Ðonne ðæt deófol swíðe wérgaþ, hit séceþ scyldiges mannes nýten, oððe unclǽne treów, Salm. Kmbl. p. 148, 8. Hingrian, ðyrstan, hátian, célan, wérigean (wǽrigean, Bd.

Linked entry: wérgian

camp

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Se camp (certamen) in þæs mannes breóste, Gr. D. 18, 3. Se stranga wiga, S. Paulus, sóhte þone feld þæs campes (certaminis campum), 110, 16. Fulfremede campe (compe) perfecto agone, Bd. 1, 7; Sch. 27, 22.

ge-hú

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God hit gewræc, ꝥ hí swultan gehú ( they died by all manner of deaths ), S. 13, 232. God gemyltsode mancynne gehú, 284. Hé is gecweden hláf þurh getácnunge, and lamb, and leó, and gehú elles ( in every other way he is called, it is typically ), Hml.

fullere

(n.)
Grammar
fullere, es; m.

A FULLERbleacherfullo

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Bos. 9, 3; vestīmenta ejus facta sunt splendentia et candĭda nĭmis vĕlut nix, quālia fullo non pŏtest sŭper terram candĭda făcĕre, Vulg; his clothis ben maad schynynge and white ful moche as snow, and which maner clothis a fullere, or walkere of cloth

ge-wyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyrdan, -werdan; p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To hurtinjurelæderenocere

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G.] óðres monnes wíngeard if any one injure another man's vineyard, 26: Th. i. 50, 24. Ne mæg ðǽr rén ne snáw gewyrdan neither rain nor snow can there injure, Exon. 56 a; Th. 199, 1; Ph. 19.

Linked entry: ge-werdan

feónd-lic

hostilediabolicdevilishoutrageous

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Genumen fram ðám mannum ðæs feóndlican weredes (hostilis exercitus), Bd. 4, 22; Sch. 455, 18. Seó wan þurh geleáfan wið þá feóndlican ealdras, Hml. S. 7, 10. diabolic, of the devil Feóndlices nearaþances spiritalis nequitiae, An. Ox. 377.

firen-lic

Grammar
firen-lic, (fyrn-).

flagitiouscriminalgrossgrievous

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Fram fyrnlicere synne ðæs frumsceapenan mannes, Hml. Th. ii. 260, 15. Hé bæd þone Ælmihtigan for ðám árleásum cwellerum, þæt hé him forgeáfe þá fyrnlican synne, 300, 22. Þá fæstan cnottan fyrnlicra synna, Hml. S. 10, 47. Fyranlicra, C.

Linked entry: fern-lic

ge-stælan

Grammar
ge-stælan, l. -stǽlan, dele first passage, in last for leágung l. leásung, and add: to bring home to a person a charge, liability, &c., to prove something to have been committed by, or
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.), and his eft geswícan wille, gestǽle on ryhtran hand ( let him make the charge good upon one who more justly may be charged; pertrahat hoc ad rectiorem manum, Old Lat. vers.), Ll. Th. i. 76, 6.

mése

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Add: a table at which a meal is taken Ðæs abbodes mýse sceal á beón gemǽne þearuum and elþeódegum mannum, R. Ben. 93, 3. Sý hé áscyred fram gemǽnre mýsan þigene suspendatur a mensa, 49, 15. Fram meósan and fram geférǽdene a meme consortio, R. Ben.

ofer-hlifian

(v.)

to tower above, rise high aboveto exceed, surpass, excelto tower over in a threatening manner

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Iohannes ealle heáhfæderas and Godes wítgan oferhlifaþ, Shrn. 95, 10. to tower over in a threatening manner Oferhlifode ege heora ofer hig incubuit timor eorum super eos, Ps. Spl. M. 104, 36. Ofer[h]lifiende minaci, Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 47

wirsa

(adj.)
Grammar
wirsa, (wirra occurs once in the Chronicle); cpve.; wirrest, wirst; spve. adj.

Worseworst

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Grammar wirsa, of an unfitting condition of things And ðæt git wyrse is, ðæt wé witon manige foremǽre weras forþgewitene ðe swiþe feáwa manna á ongit Bt. 19; Fox 70, 11; Met. 10, 57.

FEÁWA

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
FEÁWA, feá; pl. nom. acc. feáwe, feáwa, feá; gen. feáwena, feáwera, feára; dat. feáwum, feáum, feára; adj.

FEWpauci

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FEW; pauci Feáwa ðata manna mihte beón eardfæste few of the men could abide in their dwellings [lit, could be earth-fast or settled ], Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 10: Deut. 4, 27: Mt. Bos. 9, 37: Lk. Bos. 10, 2.

Linked entry: feá

ge-séman

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</b> of a legal settlement, to give judgement in a suit, make award in as arbitrator :-- Gif man óðerne tihte . . . gesécæn hiom sǽmend . . . siþþan sió sace gesémed sió an seofan nihtum se man þám óðrum riht gedó . . . gif hé þonne ꝥ nylle gelde