big-wist
Food, nourishment, provision ⬩ pabulum, alimentum, commeatus
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C. 3; Th. ii. 244, 12. He habban sceal ðám þrím geférscipum bíwiste he must have provisions for the three classes, Bt. 17; Fox 60, 3, 4
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ge-þancian
To thank ⬩ give thanks ⬩ reward ⬩ grătias agĕre
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To thank, give thanks, reward; grătias agĕre Geþance ðé þeóda Waldend, ealra ðæra wynna ðe ic on worulde gebád I thank thee, Lord of the nations, for all the delights which I have experienced on earth, Byrht. Th. 136, 57; By. 173.
Linked entry: þancian
ge-strangian
To make strong ⬩ strengthen ⬩ confirm ⬩ establish ⬩ rōbŏrāre ⬩ corrōbŏrāre ⬩ confortāre ⬩ conflrmāre
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To make strong, strengthen, confirm, establish; rōbŏrāre, corrōbŏrāre, confortāre, conflrmāre Ðá wolde he heora geleáfan gestrangian and getrymman then would he strengthen and confirm their belief, Homl. Th. i. 152, 34.
Linked entries: ge-strongian strangian
ge-smyrian
To smear ⬩ anoint ⬩ ungĕre
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To smear, anoint; ungĕre Hí word hira wel gesmyredon, ele anlícast molliērunt sermōnes suos sŭper ŏleum, Ps. Th. 54, 21. Forðon gesmiride mec propter quod unxit me, Lk. Skt. Lind. 4, 18. Ðætte gesmiredon hire ut ungerent eum, Mk. Skt. Lind. 16, 1.
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ge-stician
To stick ⬩ pierce ⬩ transfix
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Gebýreþ ðæt ðæt mód wierþ gesticced mid ðære scylde gielpes it happens that the mind is pierced by the sin of boasting, Past. 33, 2; Swt. 217, 6; Hat. MS. 41 b, 1
be-settan
To BESET, set near, appoint, to place, own, posess ⬩ circumdare, collocare, ponere
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To BESET, set near, appoint, to place, own, posess; circumdare, collocare, ponere Seó cwén ða róde héht mid eorcnanstánum besettan [MS. besetton] the queen commanded them to beset the cross with jewels, Elen. Kmbl. 2049; El. 1026.
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bí-libban
To live by or upon, to be sustained or supported ⬩ vesci, sustentari
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To live by or upon, to be sustained or supported; vesci, sustentari Sciððium wearþ emleóf, ðæt hý gesáwon mannes blód agoten, swá him wæs ðara nýtena meolc, ðe by mǽst bílibbaþ it was as agreeable to the Scythians to see [lit. that they saw] man's blood
drincan
DRINK, imbibe ⬩ bibĕre, potāre, imbĭbĕre
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Bos. 2, 10. the Anglo-Saxons often drank to excess, as is evident by the exhortation of Abbot Ælfric to his friend Sigferd, to whom he dedicated his Treatises on the Old and New Testaments Ðú woldest me laðian, ðá ðá ic wæs mid ðé ðæt ic swíðor drunce
Linked entries: DRENCAN druncennes drynge druncen
ge-staðelian
To found ⬩ establish ⬩ build ⬩ erect ⬩ place ⬩ settle ⬩ strengthen ⬩ confirm ⬩ fortify ⬩ repair ⬩ restore ⬩ fundāre ⬩ stăbĭlīre ⬩ ædĭfĭcāre ⬩ collŏcāre ⬩ lŏcare ⬩ confortāre ⬩ confirmāre ⬩ restaurāre
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Th. 138, 20
Linked entry: ge-staðolian
ge-swerian
To swear ⬩ take an oath ⬩ jūrāre
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Th. 131, 2. Ðú geswóre Apollonio thou didst swear to Apollonius, Apol. Th. 23, 5. He befóran his fæder gesweór, ðæt he nǽfre ne wurde Rómána freónd he swore before his father that he would never become a friend of the Romans, Ors. 4, 8; Bos. 89, 25.
be-swíc
Deceit, a deceiving, treachery ⬩ fraus, deceptio, dolus = δόλos
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Ða woruldwélan synt gesceapene to bíswíce monnum worldly riches are created for a snare to men, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 3
be-yrnan
To run by, to come in, occur, incur ⬩ percurrere
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To run by, to come in, occur, incur; percurrere Be-arn me on móde it occurred to my mind, Homl. Th. i. 2, 6. Án wundor me nú on mód be-arn one wonder now [runs by me into the mind] occurs to me, Dial. 1, 20.
be-teldan
To cover, cover over, surround, overwhelm ⬩ tegere, supertegere, circumdare, obruere
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Fuglas hringe beteldaþ Fénix the birds surround the Phœnix in a ring, Exon. 6o b; Th. 221, 24; Ph. 339. Wæs wópes hring torne bitolden the weeping circle was overwhelmed with grief, 15 b; Th. 34, 6; Cri. 538
tóh
Tough, ⬩ tenacious, ⬩ holding fast together ⬩ lentus ⬩ tough, ⬩ pliant ⬩ tough, ⬩ sticky, ⬩ glutinous, ⬩ clammy
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Tough, tenacious, holding fast together; lentus Tóh, tóch, thóch lenta, Txts. 73, 1198. Tóh, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 64. Ðæm tón lento, 62. Ðǽm tón ab lentis, 3, 48. tough, pliant Tóh (tóch, thóh) gerd lentum vimen, Txts. 75, 1207: Wrt.
be-sittan
to sit round, surround, beset, besiege ⬩ circumdare, cingere, obsidere ⬩ to be in session, to hold sessions ⬩ to posess ⬩ considere, ⬩ possidere
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to sit round, surround, beset, besiege; circumdare, cingere, obsidere Ða Læcedemonian besǽton ða burh Mæsiane tyn winter the Lacedæmonians surrounded the city of Messene for ten years, Ors. 1, 14; Bos. 37, 15.
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-wintre
FARAN
A word expressing every kind of going from one place to another, hence ⬩ to go, proceed, travel, march, sail ⬩ īre, vādĕre, incēdĕre, transīre, migrāre, nāvīgāre ⬩ FARE, happen, to be in any state ⬩ versāri in ălĭqua re, se hăbēre ălĭquo mŏdo
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Hú mæg se man wel faran how can the man fare well? Ælfc. T. 40, 3
tór
Difficult, ⬩ hard
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T.), 254, 2. Tor for to telle, Will. 1428. Toor, 5066
be-sellan
To surround, bring on ⬩ circumdare, obducere
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To surround, bring on; circumdare, obducere Sinnihte beseald surrounded with perpetual night, Cd. 2; Th. 3, 27; Gen. 42
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tot
a projection
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Tot artura, Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 73