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be-fón

to seizecatchtake,to seizetake forcible possession ofto seize a criminallost propertyto catchget to see a personto getattain toto surroundencompassto enclose,to serve as a covering forcontainto put into a coveringto encircle,to lie roundto place roundto includecontaincompriseto surround with wordsfurnish with a commentaryto have to do with an objectto engage in an occupationget involved in an action

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Gif hwǽm gebyrige ðæt hé on ðá tǽlinge his hláfordes befoo . . . on ðæs hwæt befoo ðe wið his willan sié, 199, 14, 23. ꝥte nǽnig mon ne geþristlǽece on þone hálgan dæg on nán weoruldweorc befón, Ll. Th. ii. 420, 22.

hǽte

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Th. i. 430, 12. heat as an element present in all bodies, fire as one of the four elements Ðunor cymð of hǽtan and of wǽtan.

macian

(v.)
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macian, <b>. I.</b>
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regimen of the prep. to become what is denoted by the object of the verb Fornicatio macað of Crístes limum myltestrena limu, Hml.

Lunden

(n.)

London

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London Hé bebohte hine on Lundenne he sold him in London, Bd. 4, 22; S. 592, 3: Chr. 839; Erl. 66, 16: 898; Erl. 96, 20. Of Eástenglum and of Lunden, 992; Erl. 131, 33

folc-lagu

(n.)
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a law that is valid for all the people of a country, a law of the nation Godes gerihta wanedan innan þysse þeóde on ǽghwylcum ende, and folclaga wyrsedan (the laws deteriorated), Wlfst. 158, 6

slipa

(n.)
Grammar
slipa, (slypa ?), an; m.

A viscous, slimy substance

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gewyrc ðonne tó slypan . . . dó ðonne on ðone slipan Lchdm. ii. 18, 26-28. Wyrc slypan of wætere and of axsan iii. 38, 1

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fóran-niht

(n.)
Grammar
fóran-niht, e; f.

The fore-nightearly part of the nightdusk of the eveningantĕrior pars noctiscrĕpuscŭlum

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The fore-night, early part of the night, dusk of the evening; antĕrior pars noctis, crĕpuscŭlum Lǽd hine út of ðam húse on fórannihte lead him out of the house in the dusk, Herb. 8, 2; Lchdm. i. 98, 18: fram foran-nihte per noctem, Nar. 35, 9

Linked entry: fóran-dæg

turnian

(v.)
Grammar
turnian, p. ode.
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.), revolve round an axis or centre Ða árleásan turniaþ on ymbhwyrfte, Homl. Th. i. 514, 23. Seó firmamentum tyrnþ symle onbútan ús . . . and ealle ða steorran, ðe hyre on fæste synd, turniaþ onbútan mid hyre, Lchdm. iii. 254, 16.

fore-genga

an attendanta predecessora leaderruler

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Add: one who goes before Forgencga antecessor, An.

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land-leód

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Ox. 17, 18

stocc

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Ox. 3251. Of þǽre lége þæt hit cymð tó frobirig stocce ( to Froburg stocks ?), Cht. Crw. 25, 48. Þá yrsodon þá cempan ongeán þone cniht, and gesettan hine on ǽnne heardne stocc and his sceancan gefæstnodon on þám fótcopsum, Hml. S. 35, 147

sang-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
sang-bóc, f.

a music-book, one of the service books, containing 'besides the canticles, the hymns which were used in the Anglo-Saxon churches.'

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Ðæra mearcunga sind manega and mislíce gesceapene, ǽgðer ge on sangbócum ge on leóþcræfte, Ælfc. Gr. 50, 15; Som. 51, 20. one of the service books, containing 'besides the canticles, the hymns which were used in the Anglo-Saxon churches.' v.

ilf

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ilf, [The gender of ælf, ilf seems nowhere decisively fixed, but the forms dún-ylfa, -ælfa seem to show that at any rate sometimes it is feminine.]
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Sý ꝥ ylfa þe him sié, þis him mæg tó bóte, Lch. ii. 290, 29. Add

ge-wífian

(v.)
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Þæt cniht þurhwunige on his cnihtháde þæt hé on rihtre ǽwe gewífige, Wlfst. 304, 21. ꝥ ǽnig crísten mann binnan .vi. manna sibfæce on his ágenan cynne ǽfre ne gewifie, Ll.

ge-béd

Grammar
ge-béd, l. ge-bed, dele <b>II,</b> where for gebed l. gebod,
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Gebedu (-bédu, MS. ), 270, 17, 18, 26. a prayer as an act of worship or ritual, prayer of the church Hé mid micclum wópe þǽre byrgenne gebæd worhte mid sealmsange and mid óþrum gebedum þe tó þǽre wísan belumpon. Hml. S. 23 b, 745-7.

díc

(n.)
Grammar
díc, es; m.

DIKE, a bank formed by throwing the earth out of the ditchvallum, id est tumŭlus, qui terra effossa exstructus est

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On ðone díc to the dike, 494. 37

Linked entry: fæsten-díc

ge-trýwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-trýwan, p. de

To trusthope

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Getrýwde hweðre on Ælmihtiges Godes miht he trusted however in the power of Almighty God, Blickl. Homl. 217, 23

hlípe

(n.)
Grammar
hlípe, an; f.
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Take here passage under hlýpa in Dict. a place to jump over On hlýpan; of hlýpan. Cht. Crw. 3, 14. Tó hindehlýpan, C. D. iii. 385, 29. On ðone holan weg æt hindehlýpan; þonne of hindehlýpan, ii. 249, 35.

Linked entries: hlíp hlýpa

trúð

(n.)
Grammar
trúð, es; m.
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As an illustration of the character of the trúð see Strutt's Sports and Pastimes, Bk. iii. c. 3, § § 4, 7, where one picture is given of dancers accompanied by trumpeters, and another of a dancing bear attended by a trumpeter

deór-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
deór-cynn, es; n.

Animal-kind, beast-kind animālium vel bestiārum gĕnus

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On ðam syxtan dæge God gescóp eall deórcynn on the sixth day God created all kinds of animals, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 2, 16; Lchdm. iii, 234, 14: Hexam. 9; Norm. 14, 27.