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ge-líþian

(v.)
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Ðæt ryhtlíce and stíðlíce wrecan sceolde, ðæt ðæt ne forielde . . . ðætte tó ungemetlíce ne sié gelíðod ðǽm scyldgan ne hoc, quod agi recte ac graviter potuit, immature praeveniens laeviget, Past. 151, 2

ge-cwide

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Ne má eft tó him hwearf æfter heora gecwide (-cwyde, v.l.) neque ultra ad eum juxta suum condictum rediit, Bd. 4, 25; Sch. 496, 10. a will Ðis is Wulfgates gecwide ... ꝥ is þonne ꝥ geann ǽrest Gode his sáwelscattas ..., C.D.B. iii. 652, 16

hand-full

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'Horse mete is bere ꝥ ús forgeaf, underfó gærs.' Þá underféng se hálga þá handfulle, Hml. S. 3, 218. Sé ðe gripa ł handfulla gæderaþ qui manipulos colliget, Ps. L. 128, 7. Genim þreó handfulla mucwyrte, þreó sealtes. Lch. ii. 38, 10

in-gán

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hine swá swýþe deóplíce mid his láre ineóde þæt nǽfre ǽr ne syþþan swylc ne gehýrde numquam ante neque post tam magnam profunditatem scientiae se ab ullius ore audisse testatur, Guth. Gr. 163, 46.

in-lenda

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Ǽlc ðǽra manna ðe blód ytt sceal losian of his folce, beó inlenda beó ælðeódig ( homo quilibet de domo Israel et de advents qui peregrinaniur inter eos,. si comederit sanguinem, disperdam animam illius de populo suo, Lev. 17, 10), E.

wacen

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Add Mid þý Benedictus behogode þá tíde þæs nihtlican gebedes, gefealh his wæcce (wacone, v.l.) (instans vigiliis), Gr. D. 170, 30. hine sylfne band mid mycclum fæstenum and wacenum, 19. Wacona vigilias, Ps. Vos. 76, 5

hearm-loca

(n.)
Grammar
hearm-loca, an; m.

An enclosed place where hurt or affliction is suffered, a prison

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his maguþegne under hearmlocan hǽlo ábeád he announced safety to his servant in prison, Andr. Kmbl. 189; An. 95: 2058; An. 1031: Elen. Kmbl. 1386; El. 695

breóst-wylm

(n.)
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breóst-wylm, es; m.

The fountain of the breast, a breast, teat, emotion of the breast, grief;pectoris fons, uber, pectoris æstuatio, ærumna

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He ðone breóstwylm forberan ne mihte he could not restrain the emotion of his breast, Beo. Th. 3758; B. 1877

læccan

(v.)
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læccan, læccean; p. læhte; pp. læht

To takegraspseizecatchapprehendcapture

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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.

Linked entries: on-leccan leccan

ge-árian

(v.)
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monegum yfelum wið hine selfne forworhtum ǽr geárode malis ante noverat pie parcere, Past. 37, 1. to endow, present wæs geárad mid freódóme fram his hláforde a domino suo libertate donatus est, Gr.

a-werian

(v.)
Grammar
a-werian, -wergan, -wergean ; p. ede ; pp. ed ; v. trans.

to ward offdefendrestrainprotectcoverdefendereprohibereprotegereto ward off from oneselfspurn from oneselfaspernarito wearwear outtereredeterere

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to ward off, defend, restrain, protect, cover; defendere, prohibere, protegere Ðæt he hine eáþ awerian mǽge that he may easily defend him, L. C. S. 20; Th. i. 388, 2.

Linked entry: a-wered

DYNT

(n.)
Grammar
DYNT, es; m.

a stroke, stripe, blow ictus, plaga, percussioA bruise, DINT, noise, crash contusio, impressio, sonus

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a stroke, stripe, blow; ictus, plaga, percussio He, mid ðamdynte nyðer astáh he, with the blow, fell down, Chr. 1012; Th. 268, 29, col. 2: Jn. Lind. Rush. War. 18, 22. Ondrǽden him ðone dynt let them fear the stroke, Past. 45, 2; Hat.

FURÐOR

(adv.)
Grammar
FURÐOR, furður; adv.

FURTHERmoreforwardsultĕriusultraampliusporro

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Ðæt he á furðor wǽre ðonne óðre bróðor that he was always more than the other brethren, Past. 17, 6; Hat. MS. 23 b, 1. Ic wille furðor gán I will go forwards, Byrht. Th. 139, 1; By. 247. Furðor dón to prefer, esteem, Past. 17, 7; Hat. MS. 23 b, 14

Linked entries: forðor furður

mild-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
mild-heort, adj.

kind-heartedof gentle dispositionmeekmercifulcompassionategraciousclement

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wæs eallra monna mildheortast he was most compassionate of all men, 5, 12; Swt. 242, 20

þeówetling

(n.)
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þeówetling, es; m.
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Þeáh ðe brúce brádes ríces is earm ðeówtling ná ánes hláfordes though he exer- cise extensive power, he is a poor miserable slave, and not of a single master, Homl. Th. ii. 228, 11. Ǽlc hysecild ǽgðer ge æþelboren ge þeówetling, i. 92, 1.

þanc

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</b> sake; gratia :-- Gebeáh tó þance rihtre cumlíðnesse tó Quadrigesimo ad Quadrigesimum hospitalitatis gratia declinabat, Gr. D. 215, 14. hine bæd ꝥ underfénge ꝥ him bróhte tó þance þǽre sóþan lufan ( gratia caritatis ), 343, 22.

hláford-scipe

(n.)
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hláford-scipe, es; m.

Lordship, rule;dominatio

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Hwí wæs Adame án treów forboden ðá ðá wæs ealles óðres hláford ? To ðan ðæt hine ne onhófe on swá micclum hláfordscipe why was one tree forbidden to Adam, when he was lord of every other?

wilnung

(n.)
Grammar
wilnung, e; f.

Desire

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For ðære wilnunge (gewil-nunge, v. l.) ðe wolde him on fultum geteón ambitione habendorum equitum Thessalorum, quorum robur ut exercitui suo admiscerit, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 59, 14.

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bærnan

to expose to the action of heatto cauterizeto cause to give lightto consume by fire

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ongan bærnan sum deófolgild, Bl. H. 221, 6: B. 2313: Dan. 242. Mul wærð on Cent bærned, Chr. 687; P. 39, 34

a-fíndan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fíndan, p. -fánd, pl. -fúndon; pp. -fúnden

To finddetectfeelexperienceinveniredeprehendereexperirisentire

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To find, detect, feel, experience; invenire, deprehendere, experiri, sentire De he Godes eorre afúnde though he felt God's anger, Ps. C. 25. Ic afínde experior, Ælfc. Gr. 31; Som. 35, 55.

Linked entry: a-fúnden