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þider

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Add Ðá hét bídan on þám eálande, ... and ðider heora þearfe forgeaf, Bd. 1. 25; Sch. 53, 2. Hit gebyreð rihtor intó West-Sexan; þyder scylan gafol syllan, Ll. Th. i. 356, 19. Add Far nú þider þe (swá hwider swá, v.l. ) þú wille, Gr.

fór-wyrcan

Grammar
fór-wyrcan, l. for-wyrcan,
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hét þæs scræfes ingang ðǽr inne lágon eall hit mid weorcstánum forwyrcan ... clypode: ' man mid weorcstáne on ǽghwilce healfe ðǽrinne forwyrce, ꝥ sunnan leóman nǽfre lengc ne geseón,' Hml. S. 23, 315-24. hét ꝥ scræf forwyrcan, 758.

heorcnian

(v.)
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Cuæð , ' meahte ic bú somod ge in heofon gehéran ge hér sprecan,' Shrn. 72, 24. Hié hyrcnodon háliges láre, An. 654. wolde hyrcnigan hálges lára, mildes meðelcwida, Gú. 979. with dat. heora wordum heorcnode, Hml.

á-hón

(v.)
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His stíward hét se cyng on róde áhón, 1096; P. 232, 23. hiene hét áhón in crucem suspendit, Ors. 4, 4; S. 164, 33. Sié áhóen crucifigatur, Mt. L. 27, 22: Lk. L. 23, 23

ge-syngian

(v.)
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on hira inngeðonce ongieten ðæt hié gesyngoden, 417, 35. Hié suuncon ymb ðæt hié meahton gesyngian, 239, 21. to sin in respect to a particular matter suíðe on ðám gesyngað, Past. 39, 2. Ðæt self suiður on ðǽm ne gesyngige, 149, 23.

be-hyldan

(v.)

to put off to flayskinexcoriare

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to put off to flay, skin; excoriare He hét behyldan he ordered to flay it Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 84, 45

seóþan

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Add seáþ coquebat, Germ. 395, 391. Se déma hét lǽdan sóna and seóðan on wætere (belúcan on byrnendum baðe, Shrn. 150, 1), Hml. S. 34, 343. 1.

ge-belgan

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H. 35, 6-10. Ðá sǽde heóheó nán land hæfde þe him áht tó gebyrede, and gebealh heó (acc, or nom. ? Cf. III in Dict.)swíðe eorlíce wið hire sunu, Cht. Th. 337, 24.

bismer

(n.)
Grammar
bismer, n.

infamyshamedisgraceignominyhumiliationscorncontumelyinsult blasphemy

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gehýrde þæt bysmor mínra worda, Hml. S. 23 b, 366. Tóeácan þǽm bismrum þe dónde wæs, hét onbærnan Rómeburg, Ors. 6, 5; S. 260, 29. disgrace, ignominy, humiliation Hwæþer ... hié ácwealde, þe hié libbende tó bismre gerénian héte.

Linked entry: bismer-sprecan

hearpung

(n.)
Grammar
hearpung, e; f.

Harping, playing on the harp

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Harping, playing on the harp hæfþ geearnod mid his hearpunga he hath deserved her by his harping, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 8

for-ceorfan

to cut upto cut offto cut down

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D. 340, 20. to cut off, out, away Hió forcearf sapientia excidit (columnas septem), Kent. Gl. 284. his eáran forcurfon. Hml. S. 21, 268. Heó bæd ꝥ hyre fæx forcurfon, 2, 50. hét forceorfan his tungan ... and his handa forceorfan, 25, 115.

leóht-leás

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hét lǽdan tó leóhtleásum cwearterne, Hml. S. 29, 240: 35, 36. Add

seldan

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Ðá reáferas geðenceað swíðe oft micel hié sellað, and swíðe seldun (-on, v. l. ) willað gemunan micel hié nimað, Past. 342, 15. Add

þreágan

(v.)
Grammar
þreágan, þreán, and þreáwian (v. þreápian); p. þreáde [in Bt. 38, 1; Fox 196, 7 a form occurs that might be a strong past of þreán, on the analogy of þweán, sleán Ðæt gewit wæs swíþe sorgiende for ðám ermþum ðe hí ðrógan; cf. the rendering of the same passage in the metres: Ðæt mód wæs swíðe sorgum gebunden for ðǽm earfoþum ðe him on sǽton,
  • Met. 26, 97.
But, perhaps, drugon should be read, as, Latin is:]; pp. þreád.

to reproverebukereproachto punish one who deserves punishmentto chastise by way of discipline, with a view to amendto chastencorrectto torturetormentafflictdistressvexoppress

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him eáwde mid miclum swingum ðread and wítnod wæs, Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 24. ( the man who will not give tithes ) bið mid wítum þreád æfter his deáþe, Blickl. Homl. 49, 25. Synfulle ( those in purgatory ) beóþ þreád, Elen.

Linked entries: þreán þreiga ðrogan

on-beódan

(v.)
Grammar
on-beódan, p. -beád; pl. -budon; pp. -boden.

to bid, orderto announce, tell, proclaim, send word

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onbeád ðæt of Róme cóme, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 25. to announce, tell, proclaim, send word hit him hám bebeád (onbeád, MS. C.) he sent them home word of it, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 168, 13.

Linked entry: in-beódan

wǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
wǽgan, p. de

To vexharassafflict

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To vex, harass, afflict het swingan, wítum wǽgan, Exon. Th. 251, 10; Jul. 143. Ðæt gé mec tó wundre wǽgan mótun (cf. erlós skulun wégian mi te wundrun, dót mi wíties filu, Hél. 3088), 124, 22; Gú. 341

leáden

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þás race on ánum leádenum tabulan ágrófen, Hml. S. 23, 342. ðá líc léde on áne leádene (lǽdene, v. l. ) ðrúh, 24, 71. Se cásere hét cwice belúcan in leádenum cistum, Shrn. 146, 24. Lédene plumbeos Germ. 393, 122. Add

swá

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Homl. 247, 1. and add Sægde him mon ꝥ þǽr wǽre sum man earmlíce áswolten swá ꝥ hine sylfne áwyrde, Bl. H. 219, 12. Heora án his exe úp ábrǽd, wolde hine sleán ; ac him forwyrnde sum óþer swá ꝥ ꝥ hylfe gelæhte, Hml. S. 31, 154: 32, 207.

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, to relate.
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his earfoða tó Rómána witum, þǽr hié æt hiera gemóte wǽron, hwý hié hiene swá unweorðne on his ylde dyden ; and ácsade hié for hwý hié nolden geþencan ealle þá brocu and þá geswinc þe for hira willan fela wintra dreógende wæs; and hié ádyde of

pic

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Hét ꝥ man ealle þá wínfatu mid pice geondgute, Gr. D. 57, 28. hét mid pice besprencgan, Hml. S. 9, 118. Sé þe æthrínð pic byð besmiten, Scint. 83, 5. Ꝥ weallende pic, Hml. A. 174, 165. Add