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v. 19) swá open swá hió ǽr wæs, Ll. Th. i. 30, 16

DRAGAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRAGAN, ic drage, ðú drægest, drægst, dræhst, he drægeþ, drægþ, dræhþ, pl. dragaþ; p. dróg, dróh, pl.drógon ; pp. dragen.

DRAG, draw ⬩ trahĕre ⬩ To draw oneself, to draw, go ⬩ se conferre, ire

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To draw oneself, to draw, go; se conferre, ire Drógon swá wíde swá wegas to lǽgon they went as far as the roads lay before them, Andr. Kmbl. 2465; An. 1234.

feá-sceaft

(adj.)
Grammar
feá-sceaft, adj.

Having few things, poor, naked, destitute ⬩ mĭser, pauper, destĭtūtus

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God eáðe mæg afréfran feásceaftne God may easily comfort the poor [one], Exon. l0 b; Th. 11, 23; Cri. 175: Andr. Kmbl. 733; An. 367. Hwider fundast ðú, feásceaft ides whither art thou hastening, poor damsel? Cd. 103; Th. 137, 6; Gen. 2269.

Linked entry: -sceaft

for-hogian

(v.)
Grammar
for-hogian, p. ede, ode; pp. ed. od [hogian to be anxious]

To neglect ⬩ despise ⬩ accuse ⬩ neglĭgĕre ⬩ spernĕre

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Ða Sundor-hálgan forhogodon ðæs Hǽlendes geþeaht Pharĭsæi consĭlium Dei sprēvērunt, Lk. Bos. 7, 30. We forhogien on arísendum on us spernēmus insurgentes in nōbis, Ps. Spl. T. 43, 7.

Linked entry: for-hycgan

forþ-feran

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-feran, p. de; pp. ed.

To go forth ⬩ depart ⬩ die ⬩ decēdĕre ⬩ defungi ⬩ mŏri ⬩ expīrāre

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Bos. 22, 27: Lk. Bos. 16, 22: Bd. 3, 29; S. 561, 17: 4, 11; S. 579, 14; 580, 3: Chr. 101; Erl. 9, 10: 534; Erl. 14, 32: 544; Erl. 17, 5. Cúþréd and Coenbryht on ánum geáre forþferdun Cuthred and Cenbyrht died in one year, Chr. 661; Erl. 34, 13.

for-tredan

(v.)
Grammar
for-tredan, ðú -tretst, -trydst, -trytst; p. -træd, pl. -trǽdon; pp. -treden

To tread upon ⬩ tread under foot ⬩ conculcāre ⬩ calcāre

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Lk. Bos. 21, 24. Seó fortredene heorte the trodden down heart, Homl. Th. ii. 90, 16

fyrmest

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
fyrmest, formest; def. se fyrmesta, seó, ðæt fyrmeste; sup. adj.

FOREMOST ⬩ first ⬩ prīmus

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Agynn fram ðám ýtemestan óþ ðone fyrmestan begin from the last to the first, 20, 8. Manega fyrmeste beóþ ýtemeste, and ýtemeste fyrmeste multi ĕrunt prīmi novissĭmi, et novissĭmi prīmi, 19, 30: Mk. Bos. 10, 31: Lk. Bos. 13, 30.

Linked entry: formesta

neoþe-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
neoþe-, nioþo-, niþe-weard; adj.

Low ⬩ situated beneath ⬩ bottom of

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Low, situated beneath, bottom of (the noun with which the adjective agrees) Niþeweard fót planta; hóh niþeweard calx, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 73, 75. Is se hals gréne nioþoweard and ufeweard, Exon. Th. 218, 23; Ph. 299.

ge-hæftan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hæftan, he -hæft; p. -hæftede, -hæfte; pp. -hæfted, -hæft

To take ⬩ take captive ⬩ cast into prison ⬩ detain ⬩ bind ⬩ captare ⬩ captivare ⬩ vincire

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Híg mycelum ege gehæfte wǽron timore magno tenebantur, Lk. Bos. 8, 37. Drihten híg gehýrde ðæt híg gehæfton wiþ hine, Josh. 11, 20 [?]

Linked entry: be-hæftan

þúf

(n.)
Grammar
þúf, es; m.

A tuft ⬩ the crest of a helmet ⬩ a kind of standard, made with tufts of feathers

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.), Angli vero Tuuf (v. ll. thuuf, thuf, Txts. 137, 1), ante eum ferri solebat (the A.-S. version has only Him mon symle ðær tácen beforan bær), Bd. 2, 16. Ðá wæs þúf hafen, segen for sweótum, Elen. Kmbl. 246; El. 123.

Linked entries: þuuf ge-þúf

á-hón

(v.)
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L. 27, 22: Lk. L. 23, 23

be-hát

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A. 35, 273. a threat (cf. beót; Icel. heit; pl. threats) Ðeós wyrt tó manegum þingon wel fremað, ꝥ ys . . . wið gehwylce behátu and wið andan and wið ógan, Lch. i. 312, 25

be-witian

(v.)

to watch ⬩ observe

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Add: to watch, observe Sé sceal þ ǽre sunnan síð behealdan, . . . georne bewitigan, hwonne up cyme æðclost tungla, Ph. 92. to have charge or direction of, see about or after, living things Be ðám ðe beon bewitað concerning the beekeeper, Ll.

be-sceáwian

(v.)

to contemplate ⬩ behold ⬩ to consider ⬩ to see about ⬩ take care of

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Ll. Th. ii. 226, 34. to see about, take care of: Hálige fatu hé besceáwige vasa sacrata conspiciat, R. Ben. 1. 62, 2. Besceáwige hé praevideat, R. Ben. 89, 17

be-leán

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mid him sweltan, þeáh se bisscop him þæt swíðe belóh (tametsi ipso multum prohibente), Bd. 5, 19; Sch. 661, 18. ꝥ preóstas ofer-druncen georne beleán óðrum mannum that priests restrain other men from drunkenness by their earnest condemnation of it, Ll

bend

(n.)
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Ll. Th. i. 62, 3. Ðeóf siþþan hé bið on cyninges bende, 112, 5. Healdan þone bróðerlican bend, Hml. Th. i. 260, 29: ii. 318, 5. Bendas lora. Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 76. Tóburstan þá bendas, Shrn. 54, 21: Wlfst. 83, 8; Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 13, 22.

burg-waran

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burg-waran, -ware.
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L. 1, 33. Burgwaras (burugweras, R.) cives, Lk. L. 19, 14. Ðá burguaras Hierosolyma, Mt. L. 3, 5. Burgwæras, 2, 3. Cirinensa gewinn þára burgwarana, Ors. 2, 2; S. 66, 14. Hwylcra burgwara for worulde þú wǽre, Bt. 5, 1; F. 10, 4.

cáfer-tún

Grammar
cáfer-tún, l. cafer-tún, dele 'DER. cífan,'
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L. R. 26, 3. Ceafertún (cæfer-, R.), 58: Lk. L. (R.), 11, 21. Ceafortúnum atriis, Ps. Srt. 133, 1. Ceafultúnum, 83, 11

druncen

(adj.)
Grammar
druncen, adj.
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Is tó wyrnanne bearneácnum wífe ꝥ hió beór drince, ne swínes flǽsc ete, ne druncen gedrince ( get drunk ), Lch. ii. 330, 8. Wín, ꝥ is ǽlces cynnes drinc þe man mæg of (fore, v. l. ) druncen beón, Ll. Th. ii. 134, 21.

for-dwínan

to vanish ⬩ to pass ⬩ to fade away ⬩ dwindle away ⬩ pass away ⬩ decay

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Fordwínan delitescere, i. latere, 2152. to fade away, dwindle away, pass away, come to an end, decay Gif se salt forduínde ł forduíneð si sal euanuerit. Lk. L. 14, 34. Þæs folces duguð fordwíneð, Wlfst. 133, 12. Fordwán cassaretur, An. Ox. 4711.