métan
To meet with ⬩ come upon ⬩ come across ⬩ find
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Cott. métte) ða Parcas then he went on until he came upon the Fates, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 24. Ðá métte hé ðane man forþféredne he found the man departed, Blickl. Homl. 217, 17. Hé ne métte mundgripe máran, Beo. Th. 1506; B. 751: Andr.
slihtan
To smite, slay ⬩ caedens ⬩ mactare
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To smite, slay Gif ðú fallas ł slæhtas cadens (translator seems to have read caedens in the second case) Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 4, 9
Linked entries: slæhtan wæl-slihta
in-stæppan
To step in ⬩ enter
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Th. ii. 546, 23
hyspan
To mock ⬩ scorn ⬩ taunt ⬩ revile ⬩ insult ⬩ reproach
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Th. 41, 12. Tógeánes mé hyspton ealle fýnd míne adversum me susurrabant omnes inimici mei, Ps. Spl. C. 40, 8. Hyne hyspdun improperabant ei, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 44. Ðone hyspton quod exprobraverunt, Blickl. Gl.
drípan
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[From this form drype an infin. dryppan is inferred in the N. E. D. (v. drip:) but the form may be taken as a subjunctive, cf. the following instances of that mood in Lch. :-- Nime þysse wyrte wós, dó on, i. 266, 8.
Linked entry: dryppan
éstan
To feast
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To feast, give luxurious food to. Wá þám hirdum þe éstað heom silfum swá heom betst lícað vae pastoribus qui pascebant semetipsos (Ezech. 34, 2), Wlfst. 190, 17
ge-lengan
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Add: to extend, increase the amount of Ne durre wé ðás bóc ná miccle swíðor gelengan, Hml. Th. ii. 520, 4. Wé willað þysne cwyde gelencgan, Hml. S. 24, 81.
ge-tíman
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Take here <b>ge-téman</b> in Dict., and see tíman; II
wiþ-grípan
To seize on
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To seize on Gif ic wiste hú wið ðam áglǽcan elles meahte gripe wiðgrípan, swá ic wið Grendle dyde, Beo. Th. 5035; B. 2521
Linked entry: wiþ-fón
ge-deccan
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Substitute ge-décan to smear
spittan
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D. spit to dig]
grunnettan
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To grunt Grunnettan grunnire, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 13
þorfan
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To need Ne ðorfeþ (-æþ, Lind.) non indiget, Jn. Skt. Rush. 13, 10. Ne ðo[r]feþ ða ðe hálo sint tó léce non egent qui sani sunt medico, Lk. Skt. Lind. 5, 31. Cf. þearfan, and see next word
hrýtan
To scatter
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To scatter Se ðe hrét qui sternit, Prov. 10, Lye
Linked entry: hrétan
acúsan
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To accuse Ðæt hié acúste hine, Mt. L. 12, 10
ge-crympan
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To crimp, curl Gecrymptum calamistratis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 73
ed-wítan
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To reproach Edwítte improperavit, Ps. Srt. 73, 18. Edwíttun exprobraverunt, 34, 7
huncettan
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To limp, halt Hý healtodon ł huncetton claudicauerunt, Ps. Rdr. 17, 46
grítan
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To become great, flourish Grýtte floruit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 52. Cf. greátian
Linked entry: grýtan
hleáppettan
To leap up
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To leap up Hé ongunne hleápettan exsiliens, Bd. 5, 2; S. 615, 22