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ofer

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Th. ii. 280, 8. Add Hider ofer . . . geon ofer, Ll. Th. i. 354, 29, 30. Þæt þæt þǽr ofer byð, Solil. H. 35, 19 : Lk. R. 11. 41. Súþ ofer on hlýpan, Cht. Crw. 3, 14. Redempta stód hire ofer, Hml. Th. ii. 548, 1.

be-fón

to seizecatchtake,to seizetake forcible possession ofto seize a criminallost propertyto catchget to see a personto getattain toto surroundencompassto enclose,to serve as a covering forcontainto put into a coveringto encircle,to lie roundto place roundto includecontaincompriseto surround with wordsfurnish with a commentaryto have to do with an objectto engage in an occupationget involved in an action

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Th. i. 118, 13. Sé geypte déman þæt Tiburtius wæs crísten, and hé wæs befangen, Shrn. 116, 24. ¶ to take in the act:-- In dernelegerscip befóen in adulterio deprehensam, Jn.

ge-sweotulian

(v.)
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Ox. 3653. to shew, prove, demonstrate by action Ic gesweotelige ł ic geséde þé God þín ic eam testificabor tibi Deus tuus ego sum, Ps. L. 49, 7.

ge-hwilc

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Tó ánum gehwylcum menn, ii. 76, 13. Gehwilce ǽnlípige on heora burgum be him sylfum cendon, i. 34, 4: ii. 124, 9. Æt þám óðrum táum gehwilcum healf gelde . . . æt þám óðrum gehwilcum, Ll. Th. i. 20, 3, 6.

ceorl

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</b> where ceorl is in contrast with eorl :-- Eóde ánrǽd eorl tó þám ceorle, By. 132. Cuð þeódum gewelhwǽr, ceorlum and eorlum, Men. 31. <b>II b.

hemlíc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hemlíc, hymlíc, es; m: hymlíce, an; f.

Hemlock

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Dó tó hymlícan put hemlock to it, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 18, 27

Linked entry: hymblícae

un-ámeten

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ámeten, adj.

Unmeasurednot having determined limitsvery greatimmenseboundless

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Th. ii. 314, 12: Homl. Skt. i. 16, 254

Linked entry: á-metan

ge-brosnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brosnian, p. ode; pp. od
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Take here ge-brosnod in Dict., and odd: in a physical sense Ðú ne geðafast þæt mín líchama gebrosnige (nec dabis sanctum tuum videre corruptionem, Ps. 16, 10), Hml. Th. ii. 16, 27. Ðonne ðín flǽe; gebrosnod, Past. 249, 14: 251, 9.

oþ-wítan

(v.)
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with dat. of person, and charge in acc. Him God ne oðwít his scylda, Ps. Th. 31, 2. Ðæt ilce Dryhten oðwát Israhéla folce, Past. 267, 14. in a clause Ic þé ná ne oðwíte þæt þú mé ne gehýrst, Ps.

Linked entry: æt-wítan

hwæðer

(con.)
Grammar
hwæðer, hweðer; conj.

Whether

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Whether, in direct questions Hwæðer ic móte lybban óþ ðæt ic hine geseó may I live till I see him? Homl. Th. i. 136, 30. Hwæðer gé willen on wuda sécan gold ðæt reáde? Bt. Met. Fox 19, 9, 29; Met. 19, 5, 15.

(prep.)
Grammar
tó, prep. adv.

to, atso as to producebecometo (the satisfaction, etc. )to some end,for some purposefornext to,at,by,alongsidein,onnext toaftertoasfortoasforat,inof,fromto (in to do something to anything)according to,at,aftercompared to,in comparison with,besidein addition to,besidesfor,atto be sufferedatin the course of,in,onfor,duringtoto,forin,atto the extent,to such a degreeto,up to,until,tillat,in,onin addition,besides,tootoo

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Th. i. 86, 10.

Linked entry: -anne

melcan

(v.)
Grammar
melcan, p. mealc, pl. mulcon; pp. molcen

To milk

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M. 1, 67; Lchdm. ii. 142, 9. Níge molcen, 2, 27; Lchdm. ii. 222, 13: 2, 25; Lchdm. ii. 218, 22

Linked entry: meolcian

scín-

(prefix)
Grammar
scín-, scinn-hiw, es;
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Voc. i. 21, 61: fantasma , ii. 33, 82. Scínlác vel [scín]hiw fantasia, i. imaginatio, delusio mentis , 147, 42. Réþlic scínhiw ferale monstrum , 147, 53: Hymn. Surt. 142, 12. Ne eom ic ná scinnhiw ( phantasma ), swá swá gé wénaþ, Homl.

þafian

(v.)
Grammar
þafian, p. ode.
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Ic sceal þinga gehwylc þolian and þafian on ðínne dóm I must suffer and submit to everything, as you decide, Exon. Th. 270, 6; Jul. 466.

ge-hýdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hýdan, -hídan, -hédan; he -hýdeþ, -hýt, pl. -hýdaþ; p. -hýdde; pp. -hýded, -hýdd.

to hideconcealcondĕreabscondĕreto watchguardheedobservāreto bring into safetymake firmfastenallĭgāre

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to hide, conceal; condĕre, abscondĕre He hit gehýt and gehelt it hides and preserves it, Bt. 39, 8; Fox 224, 11 : 39, 13; Fox 234, 19.

á-reccan

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Voc. ii. 14, 69. to raise, lift up Dryhten áreceð ( eregit ) alle gecnysede, Ps. Srt. 144, 14. Hé árehte ( erexit ) horn haelu, ii. p. 199, 6. Up árehte sindun erecti sumus, 19, 9. Upp árehte arrectas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 3. to excite, astonish [cf.

bere-gafol

(n.)
Grammar
bere-gafol, es; n.

Barley-renta tribute of barleyhordei tributum

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In. 59; Th. i. 140, 5

Linked entry: gafol-bere

CERFILLE

(n.)
Grammar
CERFILLE, cærfille, cyrfille, an; f.

CHERVILcærefolium = χαιρέφυλλον chærophyllum sylvestre

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. 106; Lchdm. i. 220, 9: Lchdm. ii. 72, 6.

hreác

(n.)
Grammar
hreác, es; m.

A heapstackrickreek

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A heap, stack, rick, reek [in dialects, v. E. D. S. Old Country and Farming Words, ii. iii. and Halliwell's Dict.] Hreác acervus, Wrt. Voc. 89, 44.

Linked entry: hrǽc

pínung

(n.)
Grammar
pínung, e; f.
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For his gylta pínunga in criminum suorum cruciatum, L. Ecg. P. ii. 5 ; Th. ii. 184, 8. Pínunge, L. Edg. C. 13; Th. ii. 268, 19. Mid ungemetlícre pínunge hé ( Phalaris ) wæs ðæt folc cwielmende, Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 54, 18. Pínunge tormento, Hpt.