níd-behéfness
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What is needful Ealle nýdbehǽfnysse hé wæs dǽlende þám þe þæs behófodon, Hml. S. 30, 8
Linked entry: be-héfness
byrn-wíga
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and add Þá torras . . . þe ðá byrnwigon on stódan turres cum armatis iactatoribus, Nar. 4, 18
be-forhtian
To fear
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To fear Þá ðincg þe ic swíde þearle sylf be-forhtige, Hml. S. 23 b, 525
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daroþ
DART, spear, javelin, weapon ⬩ telum, jaculum, hasta
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ADART, spear, javelin, weapon ; telum, jaculum, hasta Daroþ sceal on handa the spear shall be in the hand, Menol. Fox 502; Gn. C. 21. Forlét daroþ of handa fleógan let a dart fly from the hand, Byrht. Th. 136, 11; By. 149: 139, 17; By. 255.
Linked entry: daraþ
for-gríwan
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To sink in vice Þá þe on unrihttídum on oferfylla bióð forgriwene, Nap. 27, 30
riht-wísian
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to justify:Add: Gé syndon þá þe eów sylfe rihtwísiað beforan mannum, Gr. D. 40, 9
stæl-þing
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Theft Þpe lǽs þá þénas þára bróðra gód þurh stælðing (furtim) ætferion, Chrd. 19, 16
for-gán
to forgo ⬩ to abstain from ⬩ go without ⬩ to abstain from
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Th. i. 420, 25. On þám tíman þe hé flǽscmettas forgán sceal, Hml. Th. ii. 100, 9: Wlfst. 286, 2.
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ge-hendnys
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Th. i. 406, 23. Hér on gehendnysse syndon [þá] þe þíne deórlingas beón sceoldon, Hml. S. 23, 147. what is at hand Hergiendum gehwylce gehendnysse bereánendum grassatoribus obuia queęque uastantibus An.
hwósan
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Þá men hwósað gelóme, hwílum blóde hrǽcaþ, ii. 258, 7. Hé egeslíce hweós and angsumlíce siccetunga teáh, swá þæt hé earfoðlíce orðian mihte, Hml. Th. i. 86, 7
bodian
to tell, announce, proclaim, preach ⬩ nuntiare, annuntiare, enuntiare, narrare, prædicare, evangelizare ⬩ to foretell, predict, prophesy, promise ⬩ prædicere, promittere ⬩ to announce
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Ðes apostol Iacobus bodode on Iudéa lande this apostle James preached in Judea [lit. in the land of the Jews], Homl. Th. ii. 412, 23.
Linked entries: bodiend-lic bodigean
gild-rǽden
The relation involved in membership of a guild
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Ðæt byþ rihtlíce gecweden gyldrǽdene ðæt we ðus dón that is very properly agreed upon as a part of guild-membership, that we do thus, 607, 24
fretan
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(l a) figurative :-- Sácerdas þe fretað and forswelgað folces synna sacerdotes qui comedunt peccata populi, Ll. Th. ii. 326, 40.Þá þe freotas (deuorant ) hús widwana. Mk.
mægen-wundor
A very great wonder
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A very great wonder (of the circumstances attending the day of judgement), Exon. 21 b; Th. 57, 31; Cri. 927
mis-scrýdan
to clothe improperly
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to clothe improperly Bindaþ ðone misscrýddan ( the man who had not on the wedding garment ), Homl. Th. i. 530, 13
ge-þeccan
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To cover; tegere Lago hæfde geþeahte éðel the water had covered the country, Cd. 73; Th. 90, 8; Gen. 1492
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sigor-wuldor
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Triumphant glory, the glory of the victor Háligra sáula gesittaþ in sigorwuldre Dryhtnes dreámas, Exon. Th. 109, 21 ; Gú. 93
Bret-walas
The Britons of Wales;
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The Britons of Wales; Walli — Cynríc ða Bretwalas gefliémde Cynric routed the Welsh, Chr. 552; Th. 28, 39, col. 1
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ofer-wintran
to winter, pass the winter
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to winter, pass the winter Nán eówer nele oferwintran (hiemare) búton mínum (the shoemaker) cræfte. Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 1
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orleg-weorc
War-work, action
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War-work, action Se ðæt orlegweorc ( the defeat of the people of Sodom) gecýðde, Cd. Th. 122, 2; Gen. 2020