íþast
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Wé magon hié suá íðesð gebétan, Past. 306, 20. Add
be-byrignys
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Gangað tó deádra manna bebyrignesse, Verc. Först. 128, 8. Add
torhtian
To make clear, ⬩ shew
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To make clear, shew Tácnendi, torctendi index, Txts. 71, 1105
trendeled
Made round
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Made round Tryndyled reáf circumtectum Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 29
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fríþ
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Substitute: Fair Mec (the cuckoo) seó friðe mǽg (the bird that hatches the cuckoo's egg) fédde oð þæt ic áweóx the fair lady (cf. freólec mǽg used of a woman) nurtured me, till I grew up, Rä. 10, 9
mægenþrym-nes
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Mæg[en]ðrymnysse, Ps. L. 28, 3 : An. Ox. 3398. Mæg[en]þrymnesse maiestati 428. Add
sellan
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Ðá wæs ic mid gýmenne mínra mága seald tó fédanne and tó lǽranne Abbude Benedicte, Bd. 5, 23 ; S. 647, 22. to give a woman to be a man's wife Ðá wolde se fæder hí sellan sumum æþelon men tó brýde. Shrn. 31, 6. Nyme hé hig tó rihtwífe.
tíman
to teem, ⬩ be productive. ⬩ to be with child, ⬩ bear, ⬩ bring forth young ⬩ to beget, ⬩ have intercourse with (wið) a woman ⬩ to have offspring, ⬩ bring forth ⬩ to vouch to warranty ⬩ to refer property (acc.) to (tó) the person from whom it was obtained in support of the right of possession ⬩ to refer an opinion to the source from which it is derived in its support ⬩ to betake one's self to a place, ⬩ go to ⬩ to resort to ⬩ appeal to in reverence or for help ⬩ to lead to
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Heó týmende ná leng beón ne mæg, Wulfst. 305, 29. referring to a male, to beget, have intercourse with (wið) a woman Godes bearn týmdon wið manna dohtra and hig cendon ingressi sunt filii Dei ad filias hominum illaeque genuerunt, Gen. 6, 4.
Linked entries: teáman téman un-tímende
frignan
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[ge-]frognen. the g may be absorbed giving frínan; p. frǽn, pl. frúnon ; pp. frúnen ; or frínan may be regarded as of the ablaut series í, á, i and have p. frán, pl. frinon ; pp.
-ing
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The suffix is also found in nouns formed from adjectives with a force which may be seen in the following examples æðeling a prince : earming a wretch
worþ
a close ⬩ an enclosed place ⬩ an enclosed homestead ⬩ a habitation with surrounding land ⬩ land ⬩ a place enclosed by buildings ⬩ a court ⬩ hall ⬩ a place ⬩ street
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Kmbl. vi. 251 sqq. about 70 combinations with weorþ occur, and for many of these modem representatives terminating in -worth are found.
feor
avoidance ⬩ widely ⬩ widely ⬩ far ⬩ far
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Voc. ii. 50, 31. with verbs of seeing Hí ne magon feor geseón, Ps. Th. 113, 13: 134, 16: B. 1916.
hál
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Andgit swá swá þæt hálre byð swá hyt máre geseón mæg þǽre ǽcean sunnan, 45, 2. of moral or spiritual health Dóð eówre heortan hige hále and clǽne, Ps.
healdan
to keep watch over ⬩ keep in charge ⬩ to keep ⬩ to watch over ⬩ keep ⬩ govern ⬩ rule ⬩ a king ⬩ to keep ⬩ guard ⬩ to watch ⬩ to defend ⬩ preserve ⬩ to hold ⬩ take ⬩ arrest ⬩ to have hold of ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold up ⬩ to maintain ⬩ support ⬩ uphold ⬩ manage ⬩ to hold ⬩ bear ⬩ conduct ⬩ to behave ⬩ to handle ⬩ treat ⬩ deal with ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold ⬩ to have possession ⬩ to hold ⬩ occupy ⬩ an office ⬩ a position ⬩ to hold ⬩ to remain in ⬩ to retain ⬩ detain ⬩ to keep ⬩ to detain ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep oneself ⬩ remain ⬩ to hold ⬩ keep together ⬩ continue ⬩ to maintain ⬩ keep ⬩ to perform ⬩ keep watch ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep unbroken ⬩ inviolate ⬩ to keep ⬩ to constrain ⬩ compel ⬩ restrain ⬩ stop ⬩ to restrain oneself ⬩ refrain ⬩ to entertain ⬩ to keep in mind ⬩ remember ⬩ regard ⬩ to hold as ⬩ to hold ⬩ to proceed ⬩ move on ⬩ to continue ⬩ go on with ⬩ to go on
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Hú mæg hé gástlicne wæstm habban and healdan?, Bl. H. 55, 10. Þeáh mé genóh cume, ne fagnige ic hys swíðe, . . . ne máran getilige tó haldænne, Solil. H. 35, 17.
æppled
APPLED ⬩ made into the form of apples ⬩ made into balls or bosses ⬩ in pomorum formam redactus
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APPLED, made into the form of apples, made into balls or bosses; in pomorum formam redactus Æpplede gold appled gold, Exon. 63a; Th. 232, 14; Ph. 506: 75b; Th. 283, 30; Jul. 688. Æplede gold, Elen. Kmbl. 2517; El. 1260
for-slǽwan
hinder ⬩ impede
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To make too slow, hinder, impede, make reluctant Ðæt hé nóht unryhtlíce hit ne forslǽwde (-ðe, v. l.) quod in otio quasi non injuste torpescat, Past. 284, 3. Ná þé forslǽwe geneósian untrumne non te pigeat uisitare infirmum, Scint. 202, 4
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ge-bríwan
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To make into pottage (v. briacute;w), make (pottage) Gebríw wel swíþne bríw mid hwǽtemelwe, Lch. ii. 354, 11. Beren breaacute;d, clǽne níwe buteran and niacute;we beren mela oððe grytta tógædre gebríwed swá coacute;cas cunnon, 220, 11
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HÚ
How
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How. in direct questions Hú mæg man ingán on stranges hús quomodo potest quisquam intrare in domum fortis? Mt. Kmbl. 12, 29: 34. Hú ne synt gé sélran ðonne hig nonne vos magis plures estis illis? 6, 26: 25.
sprecan
To speak. ⬩ to exercise the faculty of speech ⬩ to use words in conversation, discourse, etc. ⬩ to mention ⬩ to say ⬩ to speak ⬩ to sue for, make a claim against, lay claim to
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Ðæt nán man on his yrfenuman ne spece that no man bring an action against his heir, L. Eth. iii. 14; Th. i. 298, 10. Ðone áð syllan, ðæt hé mid folcrihte on ðæt land sprece, L. O. D. 1; Th. i. 352, 13
Linked entries: on-spreca æfter æfter-spræc æfter-sprecan on-spreca on-swætende specan
beorþor-þínen
A midwife ⬩ obstetrix
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A midwife; obstetrix [beorþor child-birth, þínen a maid-servant]
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