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be-gitan

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Þá mynsterclǽnsunge man begite, 340, 19. to beget Hé bið mid synnum begylen and mid synnum ácenned and on synnum áfédd, Wlfst. 193, 4

ge-búgan

(v.)
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Maníg fram þám eorle gebogen wæs, 1091 ; P. 226, 9. trans. To submit to. Cf. I. 2, 3 Gebúge hé hengenne and þǽr gebíde, Ll. Th. i. 396, 27. Man nolde godcunde bóte gebúgan, 166, 18. Ǽr þám þe hé hæbbe godcunde bóte gebogene, 312, 3

óþer

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Man sette heora heáfda swilce óþra ðeófa búton ðám portweallon on ðám heáfodstoccum. Hml. S. 23, 75. (3 a) used substantively :-- Hé hire fét þwóh, ne geþrýstlǽhte hé nán óþer þæs líchaman oðhrínan, Hml. S. 23 b, 745

welig

(adj.)
Grammar
welig, weleg; adj.

Wealthyrichopulent

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.: wælig, Lind.) mann Mt. Kmbl. 27, 57. Hé wæs swíðe welig (weolig, Rush.) Lk. Skt. 18, 23. Sum welig mon vir quidam, privatis opibus reipublicae vires superans Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 166, 24.

Linked entry: wealig

MACIAN

(v.)
Grammar
MACIAN, p. ode

To MAKEdoact

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Ðæt ða cristenan hine tó martyre ne macion that the Christians may not make a martyr of him, Homl. Skt. 5, 460. Hé (Lucifer ) wolde hine macian tó gode, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 43.

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Begite hé, swá hú swá hé mæge, septies cxx manna, Ll., Th. ii. 286, 25

dreóh-lǽcan

(n.)

magicians, sorcerers

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magicians, sorcerers; magi, Som. Ben. Lye

beterian

(v.)
Grammar
beterian, p. ode; pp. od; [betera better]

To make better, amelioratemeliorari, emendare

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To make better, ameliorate; meliorari, emendare

Linked entries: betigean betrian

ge-emnian

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

To make evenmatchadæquare

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To make even, match; adæquare, Som

fird

(n.)
Grammar
fird, faerd, ferd, fierd, fyrd(e).

an expeditioncampaignan armya camp

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Swylce man fyrde trymme and samnige, Bl. H. 01, 31. Fyrdum exercitibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 42. a camp Ær þǽm gefeohte, þá hié on firde wǽron, Ors. 4, l; S. 156, 34.

wracu

(n.)
Grammar
wracu, e; f.

painsufferingmiserysufferingpunishmentvengeanceretributionpersecutionhostilityactive enmityvengeancerevenge

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Grammar wracu, with gen. of person for whose sake vengeance is taken Gif hwylc man for his mǽges wræce (in ultione propinqui) man ofsleá. . . Se ðe man ofsleá on his módor wrace (in ultione matris suae), L. Ecg.

ge-lífan

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Hæbbe man gewitnesse ungeligenra manna þe man gelýfan mæge, Ll. Th. i. 158, 12. (1 a) where statement to be believed is given, directly in a clause Gelýf mé ꝥ seó tíd cymð . . ., Jn. 4, 21.

beso-reádian

(v.)
Grammar
beso-reádian, p. ode; pp. od [baso red, purple, reádian to redden]

rubefacere

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To make a reddish purple; rubefacere Besoreáda ða rinda ealle útan make all the rinds on the outside a reddish purple [by soaking in chalybiate water?] L. M. 1, 47; Lchdm. ii. 116, 3

Linked entry: basu-reádian

ǽcen

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽcen, = ácen; adj.

Oakenmade of oakquernus

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Oaken, made of oak; quernus, Cot. 165

Linked entry: ácen

a-ýdlian

(v.)
Grammar
a-ýdlian, p. ode; pp. od

To make useless

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To make useless, Ps. Lamb. 38, 12

feówer-fealdan

(v.)

to make fourfoldquadruplĭcāre

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to make fourfold; quadruplĭcāre, Som. Ben. Lye

ge-cýðelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cýðelíc, adj.

Manifestmade knownmanifestatus

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Manifest, made known; manifestatus, Alb. resp. 10

Linked entry: cýð-líc

ge-frǽgnian

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

To make famous

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To make famous Gefrǽgnod, Beo. Th. 2670

Linked entry: frǽgnian

ge-rótsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rótsian, [ = geunrótsian?]

to make sadcontristare

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to make sad; contristare, Rtl. 56, 20

brégyd

(v.; part.)
Grammar
brégyd, =bréged; pp. of brégan.

made afraid, frightened

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made afraid, frightened, Lk. Foxe 12, 4