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cearian

(v.)
Grammar
cearian, cearigan, carian; ic cearige, ðú cearast, he cearaþ, ceariaþ; ode; od [cearu = care]

To take care, heed, to be anxious or sorry ⬩ curare, sollicitum esse

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To take care, heed, to be anxious or sorry; curare, sollicitum esse Hwæt bemurnest ðú cearigende why mournest thou sorrowing? Exon. 10b; Th. 11, 27; Cri. 177. He æt gúþe ná ymb his líf cearaþ he cares not about his life in battle, Beo. Th. 3077; B. 1536

Linked entry: carian

líc-þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
líc-þegnung, -þénung, e; f.

funeral ⬩ exeguies

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Last offices done to the dead, funeral, exeguies Ic mæg habban árwurþfulle lícþénunge of heófigendre menigu I may have honourable service done to my corpse by a mourning multitude, Homl. Th. i. 86, 33. Ðá ðá his frýnd ða lícþénunge gearcodon when his

un-sidu

(n.)
Grammar
un-sidu, a; m.

A bad habit ⬩ vicious custom ⬩ mal-practice

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A bad habit, vicious custom, mal-practice Sóð is ðæt ic secge, árǽre man unlaga on lande oððe unsida lufige tó swíðe, ðæt cymð ðære þeóde tó unþearfe, L. I. P. 4; Th. ii. 308, 8. Nis eác nán wundor, þeáh ús mislimpe, forðam wé witan ful georne, ðæt .

un-nytness

(n.)
Grammar
un-nytness, e; f.

Uselessness ⬩ frivolity ⬩ vanity ⬩ triviality

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Uselessness, frivolity, vanity, triviality Unnytnis nugacitas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 5. Unnytnes, 60, 24. Ǽrendwrecan unnytnesse nugigerelus, 60, 21. Hí on unnytenesse gewordene synt inutiles facti sunt, Ps. Spl. T. 13, 4. Ðæt on ðam hálgan Sunnandæge nán

Linked entry: nytness

wíd-mǽrsian

(v.)
Grammar
wíd-mǽrsian, p. ode
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To spread abroad the knowledge or fame of an object, to proclaim, publish, celebrate Ðá spræc man ofer eall and wíd*-*mǽrsude, ðæt Iósepes bróðrn cómon tó Pharaone auditum est et celebri Sermone vulgatum in aula regis: Venerunt fratres Joseph, Gen. 45

bendan

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Add: to bend Þonne bende ic mínne bogan, Wlfst. 229, 8. Hí bendað. Ps. Th. 10, 2: 36, 13. Bogan bendan oððe flán ásendan geswinc getácnað. Lch. iii. 198, 19. Bendende, Ps. Spl. T. 77, 12. to bind Hý hergiað and heáwað, bændað and bismriað. Wlfst. 163

ge-weccan

(v.)
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to rouse from sleep In scip slépende from frohtendum gewaehten wæs in nave dormiens a periclitantibus excitatus, Mt. p. 15, 18. <b>I a.</b> to rouse from the sleep of death, raise the dead :-- Foerende ðá deáda gewæcca dohter uadens mortuam

Linked entry: weccan

liþian

(v.)
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Add: leoþian ; p. ode To unloose, release Þá wæs eft swá ǽr ealdfeónda níð onwylled: wóð óðerne lythwón leodode, þonne in lyft ástág ceargesta cirm then again as before the hate of old foes was hot, cries for a time gave vent to a second outburst of

rúm-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm-heort, adj.

liberal, munificent ⬩ untroubled

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of liberal heart, liberal, munificent Rúmheort dapsilis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 31. Rúmheort hláford (the Deity) Hy. 7, 63, Méé Rúmheort beón mearum and máþmum to be liberal of gifts, Exon. Th. 3391; Gn. Ex. 87. with mind free from oppression, untroubled.

weall-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
weall-geweorc, es; n.

Wall-work, ⬩ wall-building ⬩ the destruction of walls

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Wall-work, wall-building Gang tó ðínum weallgeweorce ( a monastery was being built ), Homl. Skt. i. 6, 173. Sí hit ǽlces þinges freoh bútan ferdfare and walgeworc (cf. burh-bót) and brycgeworc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 5, 13. Hé gesette hí tó his weallgeweorcum

Linked entry: weall-weorc

ofer-fylgan

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-fylgan, -fylgean; p. de

To pursue, persecute, attack

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To pursue, persecute, attack Gif ðæm móde mon tó ungemetlíce mid ðære þreápunga oferfylgþ si mentem immoderata increpatio affligit, Past. 21, 7; Swt. 167, 15. Ðonne ða iersigendan menn óðrum monnum oferfylgeaþ tó ðon suíðe ðæt hit mon forberan ne mæg

ge-teágan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teágan, -tégan; p. -téde; pp. -teád

To make ⬩ prepare

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To make, prepare Ðæt land mid to teágenne. Ðá ðæt land ðá geteád wæs to prepare the land with. When then the land was prepared; preparata terra, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 33. Ðone ilcan mete ðe he hí ǽror mid tame getéde the same food with which before he had

hlígan

(v.)
Grammar
hlígan, or hligan?

To allow one a reputation for anything, ⬩ to give one glory

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To allow one a reputation for anything, to give one glory Ne forlét ðú úsic éce drihten for ðám miltsum ðe dec men hlígaþ forsake us not, eternal Lord, because of those mercies for which men account thee glorious, Cd. 190; Th. 235, 25; Dan. 311. Willaþ

Linked entry: hlísa

ge-drípan

Grammar
ge-drípan, Take here ge-drypan (l. ge-drýpan) in Dict., and add:

to cause to fall in drops ⬩ to wet with drops, moisten

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to cause to fall in drops Þæt Lazarus mid hys fingre hym gedrípte weteris on þá tungan, Solil. H. 67, 29. Gyf þé gedrýptes wínes lyste, þonne dó þú mid þínum scytefingre . . . swycle þú tæppian wille, and wænd þínne scytefingre ádúne and twængc hine

Linked entry: ge-drypan

á-blácian

(v.)

to turn pale from fear, weakness, &c. ⬩ to grow faint ⬩ to get dull or tarnished, lose colour

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Substitute: to turn pale from fear, weakness, &c. Hé dranc átor, and ne áblácode, Shrn. 32, 24. Ðonne hé his síðfæt gemunde, ðonne áblácode hé eall and ábifode, 52, 2. to grow faint :-- Áblácode emarcuit, elanguit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 25: elanguet

á-swǽman

Grammar
á-swǽman, p. de.

to be grieved ⬩ confounded ⬩ to wander away

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Substitute; to be grieved, confounded Ic ne áswǽme non erubescam, Ps. L. 24, 20. Ic áswǽmde tabescebam; I was grieved (A.V.), 118, 158 : 138, 21. Ic ne sý áswǽmed non erubescam, 24, 2. Sé þe sceal áswǽman (or under II.?)sárigferð, wát his sincgiefan

a-wacnian

(v.)
Grammar
a-wacnian, -wæcnian; p. cnede, cenede; pp. cned, cened; v. intrans.

to AWAKEN ⬩ come to life again ⬩ revive ⬩ evigilare ⬩ expergefieri ⬩ reviviscere ⬩ to arise ⬩ spring ⬩ have one's origin ⬩ suscitari ⬩ oriri ⬩ nasci

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to AWAKEN, come to life again, revive; evigilare, expergefieri, reviviscere On dagunge he eft acwicode [awacenede MSS. Ca. O.] diluculo revixit, Bd. 5, 12; S. 627. 13. to arise, spring, have one's origin; suscitari, oriri, nasci Of ðám frumgárum folc

Linked entry: a-wæcnian

Dalamensan

(n.)
Grammar
Dalamensan, gen.-ena ; pl. m.

The Dalamensan; Dalamensæ: a Slavonic race, who dwelt in Misnia on both sides of the river Elbe

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The Dalamensan; Dalamensæ: a Slavonic race, who dwelt in Misnia on both sides of the river Elbe Be norþan eástan Maroara syndon Dalamensan, and be eástan Dalamensan [MS. Dalamensam] sindon Horithi, and be norþan Dalamensan [MS. Dalomensam] sindon Surpe

fæder-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
fæder-líc, def. se -líca , seó, ðæt -líce; adj.

Of or belonging to a father, FATHERLY, paternal, ancestral ⬩ patrius, pāternus, patrōnymĭcus

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Of or belonging to a father, FATHERLY, paternal, ancestral; patrius, pāternus, patrōnymĭcus Wæs he to ðære fæderlícan healle gelǽdd he was led to his father's hall, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 12, 11. Ðýlæs toworpen síen fród fyrngewritu and ða fæderlícan láre

fealwian

(v.)
Grammar
fealwian, fealewian, fealuwian; p. ode; pp. od

To grow yellow, ripen, to wither as leaves ⬩ flāvescĕre

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To grow yellow, ripen, to wither as leaves; flāvescĕre On hærfest hit fealwaþ in harvest it ripens, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 23. His leáf ne fealwiaþ its leaves shall not wither, Ps. Th. 1, 4. Lytle hwíle leáf beóþ gréne, ðonne hý eft fealewiaþ, feallaþ on eorþan