fylstan
to help ⬩ (tó) ⬩ to help
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Voc. ii. 9, 39. with dat. of person helped Drihten fylst him ǽfre, Hml. S. 11, 311. Se heáhengel him fylstende stód, Hml.
brǽdan
broad ⬩ latus ⬩ To make broad, BROADEN, extend, spread, stretch out ⬩ dilatare, propalare, expandere ⬩ To be extended or developed, grow or rise up; ⬩ dilatari, adolescere
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Brǽddon æfter beorgum flotan feldhúsum the sailors spread [themselves] amongst the hills with their tents, Cd. 148; Th. 186, 1; Exod. 132. Ðæt hí his naman brǽden [MS. brǽdan] that they spread his name, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 108, 11.
ge-þreátian
To urge ⬩ oppress ⬩ threaten ⬩ rebuke ⬩ compel ⬩ restrain ⬩ afflict ⬩ torment ⬩ urgēre ⬩ cōgĕre ⬩ afflīgĕre ⬩ trībŭlēre
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Hie hine hæfdon geþreátodne mid fýrenum racentum ðæt he ne móste gecweðan 'Miltsa me God' they had restrained him with fiery chains from saying 'Have mercy on me, O God!' Blickl. Homl. 43, 30: 221, 15. Geþreátad coactus, Mt. Kmbl. p. 8, 1.
ge-strínan
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Ðá ðe witan willað hwæt hié sellað, and nyllað wietan mid hwelcum woo hié hit gestriéndon qui quanta largiuntur aspiciunt, sed quantum rapiunt nan perpendunt, 343, 23. Gestrión adquire (prudentiam), Kent. Gl. 63.
un-wís
unwise ⬩ foolish ⬩ stupid ⬩ ignorant ⬩ ignorant of something
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Th. 93, 8. ignorant Gif hé hit nát, hwelce gesǽlþa hæfþ hé æt ðam welan, gif hé biþ swá dysig and swá unwís ðæt hé ðæt witan ne mæg? si nescit, quaenam beata sors esse potest ignorantiae caecitate? Bt. 11, 2; Fox 34, 26 note.
lád
excuse
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The lád varied with the character of the deed with the commission of which the accused was charged.
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ge-limpan
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, Guth. 80, 21. to fall in with, be suitable to Gelimpan quadrare, An. Ox. 4262. Forgylde hé ꝥ ángylde, and ꝥ wíte swá tó þám ángylde gelimpan wylle, Ll. Th. i. 66, 3
CLINGAN
to wither, pine, to CLING ⬩ shrink up ⬩ se contrahere, marcescere ⬩ to CLING, stick close ⬩ circumcludere, includere
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to wither, pine, to CLING [in this sense, rarely used in English] or shrink up; se contrahere, marcescere Clang wæteres þrym ofer eástreámas: ís brycgade blǽce brimráde the glory of water shrank over river streams: ice bridged a pale water*-*road, Andr
heáfod
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Þeáh him mon sleá mid sweorde wiþ þæs heáfdes though one strike at his head with a sword, Bl. H. 47, 14. Wið ðæs heáfodes sáre, Lch. i. 286, 22.
þanc
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Ðis is landa betst, ðæt wit þurh uncres hearran þanc habban móston (cf. hie thuru thes késures thank ríki habda, Hél. 66), Cd.
lǽtan
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Þæt hé lǽte him tó bysne hú þá feónd forwurdon that he regard the fall of the angels as an example for himself Sat. 196. in phrases with adj., án lǽtan, to let alone, not to meddle with Gif hié þone wæstm án lǽtan wolden, Gen. 644. with verb in infin
ÁÞ
an OATH ⬩ a swearing ⬩ juramentum
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Mid unforedan áþe with an unbroken oath; pleno juramento, L. Wil. ii. 3 ; Th. i. 489, 25. Ðæt he ðonne áþ funde gif he mæhte ungecorenne that he bring forward the oath of persons unchosen if he could, L.
Linked entries: aaþ ánfeald áþ
hwerfan
to turn ⬩ revolve ⬩ move about ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ depart ⬩ to turn ⬩ change ⬩ to exchange ⬩ barter
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Bt. 4; Fox 8, 12. to exchange, barter [with gen.] Aðelwold bisceop and Wulfstán Uccea hwyrfdon landa on Eádgáres cyninges gewytnesse bishop Athelwold and Wulfstan Uccea exchanged lands with the witness of king Edgar, Chart. Th. 230, 1.
sél
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Kmbl. 2315 ; El. 1158. denoting success or good result, with (more) success, (more) effectually, to (more) purpose Ic gelýfe ðe sél and ðý fæstlícor ferhþ staþelige, Elen. Kmbl. 1589 ; El. 796.
teár
A tear. ⬩ a drop of water from the eye, ⬩ caused by emotion, generally by grief ⬩ in plural, used for the feeling of which the tears are a sign, grief, affliction ⬩ caused by weakness. ⬩ a tearlike drop ⬩ that which drops or exudes, e.g. honey from a comb
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Tehhero, Rtl. 40, 35. caused by weakness. v. tíran Ðeós eáhsealf mæg wiþ ǽlces cynnes broc on eágon ... wiþ tér, Lchdm. iii. 292, 2. Lǽcedómas wið eallum tiédernessum eágena ... wið eágna teárum, ii. 2, 8. Wið eágena teára (-e, -as?)
ufan
from above ⬩ down ⬩ above ⬩ at the top
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On ǽlcere stówe hé is hire emnneáh ge ufan ge neoþon, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 23. ¶ Associated with prepositions : -- Saturnus yfemest wandraþ ofer eallum ufan óþrum steorrum, Met. 24, 24. On ðám ufan stódon scyttan, Nar. 4, 15.
eard
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Th. 86, 6. in connexion with things, natural place, native soil (of plants) Ǽlc þing biþ fullest on his ágenum earda, Bt. 34, 1; F. 134, 24
ge-hæftan
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Sume weriað wísdómes streám, welerum gehæftað, ðæt hé út ne tóflóweð, 469, 3. to bind, fetter with material bonds Se geonga . . . gehæfted (cf. fetorwrásnum fæst, 1109), An. 1129. with non-material bonds Sé þe gehæft sié mid ðǽre unnyttan lufe þisse
híwian
to form ⬩ fabricate ⬩ to feign ⬩ to dissemble
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Ben. 13, 16. with clause: ꝥ hí híwion ꝥ hí ingehýd habban, Angl. xi. 109, 56. to dissemble Ne híwige synna neque dissimulet peccata, R. Ben. S. 15, 5. to show figuratively Gástlíce híwedon typice obumbrabant (septenos vitiorum cuneos), An.
rún
a whisper ⬩ confidence, counsel, consultation ⬩ a mystery ⬩ a secret ⬩ a rune, a letter.
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Ex. 87. of that which is written, with the idea of mystery or magic Ðæt hé him bócstafas árǽdde and árehte hwæt seó rún ( the writing on the wall of Belshazzar's palace ) bude, Cd. Th. 262,9 ; Dan. 741.
Linked entry: rún-stæf