wiþ-cweþan
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</b> add Þonne wiðcwyð cum refragetur, An. Ox. 7, 341. Add Wiþcweþan frustrari, An. Ox. 3616: abdicare, 7, 108
Linked entry: wiþer-cweþan
Greátan leag
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Ath. i. 26; Th. i. 214, 7. To-écan ðám dómum ðe æt Greátanleá and æt Exanceastre gesette wǽron, and æt Þunresfelda in addition to the dooms which were fixed at Greatley, and at Exeter, and at Thunresfeld, v. pref; Th. i. 228, 9
læccan
To take ⬩ grasp ⬩ seize ⬩ catch ⬩ apprehend ⬩ capture
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To take, grasp, seize, catch, apprehend, capture Lǽdeþ hine and læceþ and hine geond land spaneþ leadeth and taketh him, and through the land lures him, Salm. Kmbl. 989; Sal. 496.
ge-beorg
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Geácsode se wræcca Sce Gúþláces forðfóre; for þon hé ána ǽr þon wæs hys gebeorh and frófor ( his refuge and comfort ), Guth. 94, 4. of places Gebeorge praesidio (in solo liberae mentis praesidio servatur), An.
CÉNE
KEEN, fierce, bold, brave, warlike ⬩ acer, audax, animosus, bellicosus
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KEEN, fierce, bold, brave, warlike; acer, audax, animosus, bellicosus Se wæs úþwita céne and cræftig who was a philosopher keen and profound, Bt. Met. Fox 10, 110; Met. 10, 51. Stóp út céne collenferþ he stept out bold [and] firm of mind, Andr.
of-þryccan
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Add: to destroy by pressure, crush Seó úpfléring tóbærst and hine ácwealde, and þæt hús eal ansund áðolode búton ðǽre ánre fléringe ðe ðone Godes feónd ofðrihte, Hml. Th. ii. 164, 5.
ge-nemnan
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Add: to give as a name to an object. a proper name of a person Monno . . . wæs genemned hominem Matthaeum nomine, Mt. L. 9, 9. Wes heora heratoga Reóda geháten, from þám heó sind genemnode Dæl Reódi, Chr. P. 5, 2.
drohtnung
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and add Þæt þú fare tó wéstene þǽr ðǽr nánes mannes drohtnung nis ( where nobody lives ), Hml. Th. i. 466, 32. Drohtnunge religionis, i. conversationis, An. Ox. 2567. Se gewuna þisse hálgan drohtnunge ( conversationis ), R. Ben. 5, 18.
ge-cneordlǽcan
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Gecneordlǽcan exercere i. studere (afféctum erga suorum obsequia principum ), An. Ox. 241. to study, examine carefully Gecneordlǽcaþ scrutamini, An.
hlít
lot ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune
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., and add: a lot (the object which is used) Cleros an Crécisc getácnað hlýt an Englisc cleros sors inter fretatur Chrd. 75, 28. Ofer hrægl mín sendon hlét (hlýt, Ps. L.) super vestem meam miserunt sortem Ps. Vos. Srt. 21, 19. Hlétt, Mk.
hínan
to humble ⬩ humiliate ⬩ degrade ⬩ insult ⬩ to conquer ⬩ subject ⬩ o oppress ⬩ afflict ⬩ to lay low ⬩ destroy ⬩ to lay waste ⬩ destroy ⬩ to accuse
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Hé ofslóg Amintas and his bróðor and Parmenion and Filiotes . . . and monege óþre . . . and Clitus nec minor ejus in suos crudelitas, quam in hostem rabies fuit.
ge-hégan
To do ⬩ perform ⬩ effect ⬩ hold
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Hie ðing gehégdon they held a meeting, Andr. Kmbl. 314; An. 157 : 2100; An. 1051 : 2991; An. 1498
Linked entry: -hégan
bladesian
to flame ⬩ blaze ⬩ be hot
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Gl. 464, 51) coquentibus, i. assantibus, An. Ox. 2469. to emit an odour Bladesiað redoleant, i. spirent, An. Ox. 554. Similar entries v. next words
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on-cweðan
of animate beings, to reply, respond ⬩ to echo back, give back a sound, reply
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Oft oncwæð ýð óðerre, Andr. Kmbl. 884; An. 442
mán-drinc
An evil, poisonous drink
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An evil, poisonous drink Ðone mándrinc ( the poison from an arrow, cf. ǽttren l. 7), Exon. 106 b; Th. 406, 6; Rä. 24, 13
pyffan
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to breathe out Pyfte gást efflauit flamen, An. Ox. 18, 42. Pyf on þínne scytefinger, Tech. ii. 121, 12. Piffendes spirantis, An. Ox. 1885
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á-leóran
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Áleóre transeat, 56, 2. alar-bedel an alder-bed :-- On an selrbedd, C. D. v. 153, 36. Add
friþ-burh
A town with which one is at peace, one included in the 'friþ' or peace made between two parties ⬩ pācis urbs
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be driven and it escape to any town with which ' friþ' has been made, and the men get away into the town, then let the men have protection, L.
mis-rǽdan
to counsel amiss ⬩ give bad advice
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act ill-advisedly (in the choice of an abbot), and a few wise men of the society with greater wisdom recognize what is necessary, let their counsel prevail, who with the fear and wisdom of God choose what is necessary, R.
twéntig
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Add Þis is þára twéntiga hída bóc, C.D. iii. 426, 12. (1 a) uninflected :-- Twéntig síðon seofon beóð án hund and feówertig, Angl. viii. 303, 6. helping to form ordinals His ríces þý þriddan geáre eác twéntigum, Bd. 1. 13; Sch. 36, 17. 1.