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on-drǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
on-drǽdan, p. -dréd, -drǽd, -dreard, -dreord; pp. -drǽd

to dread, feartimeoto be afraid

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Surt. 118, 120. Ondreord timuit, 63, 10. Ondreordun, 63, 6. Ondreardon timuerunt, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 9, 8. Ondreardon (-dreordun, Rush.), Mk.

Linked entries: an-drǽdan á-drǽdan

tó-twǽman

(v.)
Grammar
tó-twǽman, p. de

To divideseparatedisjointo dividestand between objectsseparate one object from another to dividepartdissociatebreak the connection betweento dispersescatterto divide with the minddistinguishdiscern

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Loth férde fram eástdǽle, and hig wurdon tótwǽmede (divisi sunt) heora ǽgðer fram his bréðer, Gen. 13, 11. Hí ne beóþ mid ǽnigum fæce fram him sylfum tótwǽmede; on eallum weorcum hi beóþ tógædere, Homl.

be-beódan

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

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in manus ejus commendando, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 491, 21. to announce Þæt hé Alexandres wísan besceáwade, swá hé hit him eft hám bebeád (omnia civibus suis enunciabat), Ors. 4, 5; S. 168, 13

læssa

Grammar
læssa, l. lǽssa,
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Sume beóð on máran áre, sume on lǽssan, sume fulneáh búton, Solil. H. 44, 13. On lǽsse plihte, Ll. Th. i. 226, 6. Ánra gehwylc þe hafað lǽsse mægen, Sal. 356. <b>B.

un-eáðe

(adv.)
Grammar
un-eáðe, adv.

with difficultygrievouslyhardlyunwillinglyhardlyhardlyscarcelyonly just

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Cumaþ æalle tó ánum hláforde, sume ǽð sume unéð, Shrn. 187, 15. where a thing is not easily borne, grievously, hardly Sume uneáþe gedrycnede (gedrehte, MS.

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

a coursewaya lodewatercoursecarryingcarriagebringingSustenanceprovision

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a meaning does not well suit the phrase on byrdene, and, next, some journeying was allowed.

GE-RÉFA

(n.)
Grammar
GE-RÉFA, ge-reáfa, groefa, an; m.

A prefect, steward, fiscal officer of the shire or county, judge, reeve or sheriff, countpræpŏsĭtus, villĭcus, jūdex, præfectus, cŏmes

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He sende his geréfan mīsit præfectum suum, 4, 1; S. 564, 42. Míne ealdormen and míne geréfan my aldermen and my reeves, L. Ath. i. prm; Th. i. 194, 10.

cwíðan

(v.)
Grammar
cwíðan, cwýðan; he cwíðeþ; p. de; pp. ed

To speak or moan in grief, mourn, lament lamentāre, plangĕre

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Fǽmnan ne synd cwýðede [cwyðde MS.] virgines non sunt lamentatæ, Ps. Spl. C. 77, 69. Adames cyn cwíðeþ Adam's race lamenteth, Exon. 22a; Th. 59, 34; Cri. 962. Hý in cearum cwíðaþ they mourn in sorrows, Exon. 35b; Th. 115, 23; Gú. 194.

Linked entries: cwýðan un-cwíd

fulluht-ere

(n.)
Grammar
fulluht-ere, fulwiht-ere, es; m. [ful, full; uht, wiht; ere; es; m.]

A baptizerthe Baptistbaptista

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Sume secgeaþ Iohannem ðone Fulluhtere ălii dīcunt Joannem Baptistam, Mt. Bos. 16, 14: Mk. Bos. 8, 28

hyrne

(n.)
Grammar
hyrne, an; f.

A horncornerangle

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On ðæs weofodes hyrnan super cornua altaris, Ex. 29, 12: Lev. 4, 18: 8, 15. On ða feówer hyrnan ðære earce per quatuor arcæ angulos, Past. 22, 1; Swt. 169, 21

Linked entry: hyrnan

ísen

(adj.)
Grammar
ísen, adj.

Iron

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Drihten sett ísen geoc on eówerne swuran dominus ponet jugum ferreum super cervicem tuam, Deut. 28, 48. Ísene bendas vincula ferrea, Ps. Th. 149, 8. Ádrífan ísene næglas þurh ða handa, Homl. Th. i. 146, 11.

of-áxian

(v.)
Grammar
of-áxian, -ácsian; p. ode

To find out by askingto learn

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To find out by asking, to learn Ðá hé ofáxode ( didicisset ) hwæt his suna him dydon, Gen. 9, 24: Chart. Th. 340, 27. Hé his bróðor slege ofáxode, Homl. Th. ii. 358, 5.

rǽpling

(n.)
Grammar
rǽpling, rǽping, es; m.
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Rǽplingas his vinctos suos, Ps. Spl. 68, 32. Rǽplingas unbindan, Dóm. L. 4, 48. Ic geseah rǽpingas in ræced fergan . . . ða wǽron genamne nearwum bendum, gefeterade fæsta tógædre ( two buckets of a draw-well ), Exon. Th. 435, 1; Rä. 53, 1

BÉTE

(n.)
Grammar
BÉTE, an; f : béte, an; n ?

BEETbēta = σεύτλoν

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BEET, a root from which sugar is often extracted; bēta = σεύτλoν, n Sindon eáþ begeátra béteand mealwe beet and mallow are more easily procured, L. M. 2, 30; Lchdm. ii. 226, 25: iii. 12, 26.

ge-hreósan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hreósan, p. -hreás, pl. -hruron; pp. -hroren

To rushfallglide awayto failruerecaderelabideficere

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Ðá cómon hí to sumre ceastre gehrorenre venerunt ad civitatulam quandam desolatam, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 29. Ic ðus gehroren eom and aweg gewiten I [Babylon] am thus fallen and passed away, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 35.

geoc

(n.)
Grammar
geoc, gioc, geoht, góc, ioc, es; n: pl. geocu.

a YOKEjuguma yoke of oxenboum jugum, boves jugo juncticonjux

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a YOKE; jugum Nimaþ mín geoc ofer eów tollite jugum meum super vos, Mt. Bos. 11, 29. Mín geoc ys wynsum jugum meum suave est, 11, 30. We weorpan fram us geoc heora projiciamus a nobis jugum ipsorum, Ps. Spl. 2, 3.

Linked entries: iuc geocboga geoht

un-wæstmbǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wæstmbǽre, adj.

Unproductivebarrensterile

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Sume treówu hé cearf, ðý læs hié tó ðæm forweóxen ðæt hié forseareden, and ðý unwæsðmǽrran wǽren, Past. 40; Swt. 293, 7

Linked entry: wæstm-bǽre

weorold-wís

(adj.)
Grammar
weorold-wís, adj.
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worldly wise, having knowledge of the ways of the world On óðre wísan mon sceal manian ða woroldwísan (cf. ða ðe ðisse worulde lotwrenceas cunnon and ða lufigeaþ, 30 ; Swt. 203, 5), on óðre ða dysegan aliter hujus mundi sapientes admonendi sunt, aliter

beþian

(v.)
Grammar
beþian, beþigean.

To warmfoment

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Gesæt hé under sunn-beáme and his scencan beðode, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 26. Seóð on wætre, beþe mid . ꝥ lim, Lch. ii. 146, 5 : 148, 9: 154, 17.

Linked entries: beþan bæþþan

esol

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Sittende on eosule sedens super asinam, Mt. R. 21, 5. Ysle asello, An. Ox. 3663. Hí læddon him tó þone eosol, Bl. H. 71, 6. Eoselas (assan, v. l.) þá habbað swá micle horas swá oxan onagri cornua boum habentes, Nar. 34, 15.