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ge-bédian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bédian, bédigan; p. ode; pp. od

To praypray toworshipōrāreadōrāre

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To pray, pray to, worship; ōrāre, adōrāre Ðæt he wolde Róme gesécan, and him ðǽr gebédigan that he would visit Rome, and worship there, Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 21, note, MS. T

þrohtig

(adj.)
Grammar
þrohtig, (?); adj.

Enduringfirmperseveringlaborious

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Ic eom swiftre ðonne , þrágum strengra, þreohtigra, Exon. Th. 494, 7; Rä. 82, 4

Linked entry: þreohtig

un-æþellíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-æþellíce, adv.

Ignobly

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Ignobly Ic cúþe sumne bróþor ... wæs geseted on æþelum mynstre, ac unæþelíce his líf lifede novi fratrem ... positum in monasterio nobili, sed ipsum ignobiliter viventem, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 9

Linked entry: æþel-íce

un-scoren

(adj.)
Grammar
un-scoren, adj.

Unshornunshaven

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beón unscorene sint inrasi, Anglia xiii. 408, 609. lange tíd eodon ealle unscorene and sídfeaxe, Ap. Th. 6, 12

Linked entry: sceran

æt-lutian

(v.)
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Add: absolute on dymhofon ætlutode, Hml. Th. ii. 122, 4. with dat. of person from whom one hides ætluðode his éhterum, Hml. S. 19, 21. Ætlutian his feóndum, Jud. 4, 18

Linked entry: lutian

fót-setl

(n.)
Grammar
fót-setl, es; n.
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A footstool Sæt mid ðám cynincge æt gereorde. Þá fǽringa sáh niðer wið ðæs fótsetles sprǽce benumen (cf. mutus in ipsa sede declinavit, Florence of Worcester), Chr. 1053; P. 182, 21

geond-récan

(v.)
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to smoke thoroughly, fill with smoke Þonne restan wille, hæbbe gléda þǽrinne, lege stor on þá gléda, and réc hine mid ꝥ swǽte, and ꝥ hús geondréc, Lch. ii. 348, 6

þider-weard

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Add: where a verb of motion is implied Geseah olfendas þyderweard vidit camelos venientes procul, Gen. 24, 63. Ðá þá þágíta wæs feorron þyderweard adhuc longe positum, Gr. D. 37, 15

wiþerian

(v.)
Grammar
wiþerian, <b>.
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</b> add Þá geseah ꝥ ne mihte wið wiþerian (wiðwiþerian ?; wiðstandan, v.l.) þæs hálgan mannes fremmingum cum se conspiceret ejus profectibus obviare non posse, Gr. D. 117, 19

rynig

(adj.)
Grammar
rynig, adj.

Good at running

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He gon to rusien swa þe runie (wode, 2nd MS.) wulf þenne he cumeð of holte, Laym. 20123.]

slítere

(n.)
Grammar
slítere, es; m.

a waster, destroyera consumer of food, a glutton

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Ðá sǽde him, ðæt wǽre cyrican slítere Wulfst. 235, 24. a consumer of food, a glutton Slíteras lurcones Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 26

a-rédian

(v.)
Grammar
a-rédian, p. ode; pp. od, ad

To make readyprovidefurnishexecutefindto find the way to any placereachpararepræparareexsequiinvenirepervenire aliquo

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Oferdruncen man ne mæg to his húse arédian a drunken man is not able to find the way to his house, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 84, 31. Ic ne mæg út arédian I cannot find the way out, 35, 5 ; Fox 164,14.

Linked entries: a-rédad a-rédod

metod

(n.)
Grammar
metod, metud, meotud, meotod, es; m.

fatedestinydeath

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-Ne dorston ða deóflu, ðá ðá ádrǽfde wǽron, intó ðám swýnum, gif him ne sealde leáfe, ne intó nánum men forðan se metoda drihten úre gecynd hæfde on him sylfum genumen, Homl. Th. ii. 380, 4-7.

nán

Grammar
nán, <b>. I b.</b>
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H. 66, 4. Atýwde ꝥ wilde fýr ðe nán mann ǽror nán swylc ne gemunde, Chr. 1032 ; P. 159, 5. ne magon heom þeáh ná náne góde beón they cannot be of any good to them, Solil. H. 68, 29.

scealc

(n.)
Grammar
scealc, es; m.

a servanta man, soldier, sailor

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Heo wenden bi þen scelden þat hit heore scalkes (men, 2nd MS.)weoren, 4219. Schalk a knight, Gaw. 160

Linked entry: scilcen

lang

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swá langne fyrst hafað leáf yfel tó dónne, Bt. 38, 4; F. 204,13. lange hwíle on þǽm gebede wæs, Bl. H. 217, 28.

a-striénan

(v.)
Grammar
a-striénan, -strýnan; p. -strýnde; v. a.

To engenderprocreatebegetgignere

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To engender, procreate, beget; gignere Hie ðá ongunnon bearn astriénan they began then to beget children, Cd. 46; Th. 59, 19; Gen. 966. He bearn astrýnde he begat children, 57; Th. 70, 5; Gen. 1148

BÁT

(n.)
Grammar
BÁT, e; f: es; m. A

BOATshipvessellinterscaphanavicula

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He bát gestág he ascended a boat, Exon. 52a; Th. 181, 33; Gú. 1302

Linked entry: bát-swán

Drihten-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
Drihten-líce, comp. -lícor ; adv.

According to the Lord, by the Lord secundum Domĭnum, a Domĭno

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According to the Lord, by the Lord; secundum Domĭnum, a Domĭno Ðæt he Drihtenlícor mǽge beón hálig genemned that he may be called holy by the Lord, L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 418, 9

Linked entry: Dryhten-líce

fǽr-wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-wyrd, e; f.

A terrible fate, destruction, perdition terrĭbĭle fātum, intĕrĭtus, perdĭtio

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A terrible fate, destruction, perdition; terrĭbĭle fātum, intĕrĭtus, perdĭtio He wénþ ðæt ðone mon ǽr mǽge gebrengan on fǽrwyrde that he thinks may bring the man earlier to a terrible fate, Past. 62; Hat. MS