ge-wítnian
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</b> </b> with noun Wommum gewítnad, B. 3073. Mid deáðe gewítnedra morti punitorum, Ps.
on-tendan
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A. 196, 49. add: to inflame a person with passion, emotion, &c. Hê wearð mid micclum graman ontend, Hml. S. 28, 54.
seofon
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L.) síðas, ac oð seofon hundseofontigon síðon, Mt. 18, 22. (1 a) in combination with decades :-- Twá hundredum and seofon and sixtigum fíftýne geáres getel, An. Ox. 3036. Þǽra diácona wæs se forma Stephanus. . . þá oðre six wǽron . . .
wearn
A multitude, a great number or quantity, a great deal
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Fol oft mon wearnum (or from wearn; f.) tíhð eargne ðæt hé elne forleóse full often the coward is freely (or with difficulty) accused of losing his courage, Exon. Th. 345, 13; Gn. Ex. 187
Linked entries: un-wearnum wirn worn
hara
A hare
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Se hara mid ðysse wyrte hyne sylfne gelácnaþ the hare doctors itself with this plant, Herb. 114, 1; Lchdm. i. 226, 22: Med. ex Quadr. 4; Lchdm. i. 342, 14, 16, 18.
slídan
To slide, slip, fall ⬩ to slide, glide ⬩ to make a mistake, to fail, err ⬩ to fall into an unhappy condition ⬩ to pass away, be transitory or perishable
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Kmbl. 758;Sal. 378. to fall into an unhappy condition Gif seó sáwl slídan sceal in ða écan wíte Wulfst. 187, 16. to pass away, be transitory or perishable Ðeós mennisce tyddernes biþ swá slídende swá glæs, ðonne hit scínþ and ðonne tðbersteþ; ac Godes
Linked entry: sliden
ge-swígian
to be silent ⬩ to pass over in silence; with the genitive ⬩ to silence
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Ðá for ðæs bysceopes hálignysse geswígdon eall ða deófolgyld then on account of the bishop's holiness all the idols were silent, Shrn. 151, 31. to pass over in silence; with the genitive Nelle ic lofes ðínes geswígian I will not pass over thy praise
Linked entries: ge-súgian ge-súwian ge-sweógian ge-swúgian
hlyt
A lot, ⬩ portion
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Mid háligra hlyte wunigan to dwell with the saints, Elen. Kmbl. 1639; El. 821. Hí sendon hlyt miserunt sortem, Ps. Spl. 21, 17. Swá him dryhten sylf hlyt getǽhte as God himself assigned a lot to them, Andr. Kmbl. 12; An. 6: 28; An. 14.
fæsten
a fast, fasting ⬩ jējūnium ⬩ a fastness, fortress, bulwark, place of strength, a castle, wall ⬩ mūnīmentum, arx, castellum ⬩ an inclosed place, cloister ⬩ claustrum
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We úrne líchoman clǽnsiaþ mid fæstenum and mid gebédum we cleanse our bodies with fastings and prayers, Homl. Blick. 39, 2. On fæstenum and on hálsungum jējūniis et obsecrātiōnĭbus, Lk. Bos. 2, 37: Ps. Th. 108, 24.
se
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On háte ða ahsan, Lchdm. ii. 32, 13. with adjectives Se dumba spræc, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 33. Ðá æthrán hé ðæs blindan hand, Mk. Skt. 8, 23. with numerals Ða þrý cómon, Cd. Th. 221, 24; Dan. 93.
ge-bendan
to bend ⬩ flectĕre ⬩ tendĕre ⬩ to bind ⬩ fetter ⬩ vincīre
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Hieremias se wítega wearþ oft gebend Jeremiah the prophet was often in bonds, Ælfc. T. 18, 23
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grimlíce
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Be þám spæc se wítega and grymlíce þus cwæð, Wlfst. 177, 2. Ús mon nénigre déda grimlícor ne mengaþ þanne þæs Seternes dæges weorces, 225, 25. Ðá hét se cing þone hyra ealra grimlícost ácwellan.
ofer-hlifian
to tower above, rise high above ⬩ to exceed, surpass, excel ⬩ to tower over in a threatening manner
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Iohannes ealle heáhfæderas and Godes wítgan oferhlifaþ, Shrn. 95, 10. to tower over in a threatening manner Oferhlifode ege heora ofer hig incubuit timor eorum super eos, Ps. Spl. M. 104, 36. Ofer[h]lifiende minaci, Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 47
ge-swingan
To scourge ⬩ beat ⬩ flagellare ⬩ verberare
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God geswang Farao ðone cining mid ðám mǽstum wítum flagellavit Dominus Pharaonem regem plagis maximis, Gen. 12, 17: Jn. Skt. Lind. 19, 1. Ic wæs ealne ðæg geswungen fui flagellatus tota die, Ps. Th. 72, 11: Andr. Kmbl. 2791; An. 1398.
Linked entries: ge-sumgdon ge-swicte
wælhreówness
Cruelty
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Wé witon hwelce wælhriównessa Neron weorhte, Bt. 16, 4; Fox 58, 1
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orige
in the following passage
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H. ) weorðe ðonne biþ hé wítes scyldig he who catches a thief shall have ten shillings . . . If he (the thief) run away, and gets clear off(?), then shall he (the captor. For the responsibility of one who lets a thief escape, see L. In.
geat
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Se wítega geseah án belocen geat on Godes húse (portam sanctuarii ), and him cwæð tó sum engel: 'Þis geat ne bið nánum menn geopenod, ac se Hǽlend ána færð inn þurh þæt geat,' Hml. Th. i. 194, 1-4.
a-biddan
To ask ⬩ pray ⬩ pray to ⬩ pray for ⬩ obtain by asking or praying ⬩ petere ⬩ precari ⬩ postulare ⬩ exorare ⬩ impetrare
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To ask, pray, pray to, pray for, obtain by asking or praying; petere, precari, postulare, exorare, impetrare Wilt tú wit unc abiddan drincan vis petamus bibere ? Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 30.
ge-yppan
To open ⬩ reveal ⬩ declare ⬩ manifest ⬩ disclose
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Wit wéndon ðæt ðæt sand uncre swaðe geypte we expected that the sand would discover our track, Shrn. 42, 19. Se geypte hǽðenum déman ðæt ðæs tiburtius wæs cristen he disclosed to the heathen judge that this Tiburtius was a christian, 116, 23.
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swinsian
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Wit song áhófan hlúde bi hearpan, hleóþor swinsade, 325, 2 ; Víd. 105: 353, 47 ; Reim. 29. Ðǽr wæs hæleþa hleahtor, hlyn swynsode ( a cheerful sound arose), word wǽron wynsume, Beo. Th. 1227; B. 611.