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þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
þeóf, es; m.
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A thief [the secrecy implied by the word is marked in the following passage from the Laws dealing with injury done to a wood: Fýr biþ þeóf ... sió æsc biþ melda, nalles þeóf, L. In. 43; Th. i. 128, 19-23. Cf. Goth. þiubjó έν κρυπτω] Þeóf fur, scaþa latro

Linked entry: þeáf

ge-þencan

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Add: to think, deliberate, take counsel or thought Huælc geðences ( cogitans ) mæge atéce tó lícnesse his elne énne?, Mt. L. 6, 27. Hiá geðóhtun betuih him, Mt. L. 21, 25: Mk. L. R. 8, 16. Geðóhton ꝥte hine spildon cogitauerunt ut interficerent eum,

on-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
on-gitan, -gietan, -giotan, -geotan ; p. -geat, -get; pl. -geáton, -géton ; pp. -giten, -gieten
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To perceive Ic ongite comperio, Ælfc. Gr. 30; Som. 34, 46. Ongiotaþ animadvertite. Kent. Gl. 230. Ða hé ongítende wæs animadverterit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 9. Ongeten, onfunden expertus, cognitus, i. probatus, inventus, 145, 47. to perceive, see Gif ðú gesihst

ge-sécan

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Add: to seek, (i) to look for an object whose position is not known, try to find Ðene ðú gesóhtes rím illum quem quaerebas numerum, Mt. p. 4, 4. Fram ðreátum gesóht wæs a turbis quaesitus, Jn. p. 4, 17. to try to get Ðe wiðerworda gisóhte (gesóhta,

hwilc

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Add: in direct questions as adjective qualifying a noun, what Hwylc man is ꝥ mæge áríman ealle þá sár?, Bl. H. 59, 33. Hwelc gesceádwís mon mihte cweþan þæt. . . ? quis putet . . . ?, Bt. 28 ; F. 100, 30. On hwylcre mihte wyrcsð þú þás þing? in qua potestate

CLYPIAN

(v.)
Grammar
CLYPIAN, clypigan, clipian, cleopian, clepian,part. clypiende, clypigende, ic clypie, clypige, ðú clypast, he clypaþ, pl. clypiaþ,p. ode, ade ;impert. clypa, pl. clypiaþ; pp. od, ad

To make a vocal sound, speak, speak aloud, to cry out, call, say loqui, clamare, vocare, dicere

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To make a vocal sound, speak, speak aloud, to cry out, call, say loqui, clamare, vocare, dicere He ongan clypian cæpit clamare Mk. Bos. 10, 47. Ne corn ic rihtwíse clypian I came not to call the righteous Lk. Bos. 5, 32: 19, 15. Hlúddre stæfne clypigan

sár-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sár-líc, adj.
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giving occasion for sorrow, sad, mournful, lamentable, grievous Wá lá wá! ðæt is sárlíc ðæt swá leóhtes andwlitan men sceolan ágan þýstra ealdor heu, proh dolor! quod tam lucidi vultus homines, tenebrarum auctor possidet, Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 15. Sárlíc

stalu

(n.)
Grammar
stalu, e; f.
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theft, stealing Stalu ne lufaþ náne yldinge stealing loves not any delay, Homl. Th. i. 220, 9. Be stale. Gif hwá stalie, L. In. 7; Th. i. 106, 14. Gif hwá Godes cyricean brece for stale, L. Ecg. P. iv. 24; Th. ii. 210, 30: Blickl. Homl. 75, 31. Sum wer

útera

(adj.)
Grammar
útera, cpve. útemest, útmest; spve. adj.
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Outer, outmost. of position or order Seó útre wamb venter, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 21. Gif ðæt úterre (úttere, MS. B.: útre, MS. H.) bán bið þyrel, L. Alf. pol. 44; Th. i. 92, 15. Hié forgeátan ðara útera gefeohta they forgot the foreign wars, Ors. 2, 6; Swt

Linked entry: ýtera

be-ládian

(v.)
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Add: to excuse, absolve from an obligation, let off Ic ne beládige míne áteorigendlican ylde, Hml. S. 31, 1346. Hí bǽdon ðone bydel ðæt hé hí beládode. Hml. Th. ii. 374, 9. Beláda mé, 372 20: Lk. 14, 19. ꝥ ðú mé beládige habe me excusalum, 18, Nǽnig

deófol-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
deófol-lic, (deóf-); adj.
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Take here examples under deóf-lic in Dict., and add: of the devil Se freódóm ðæs deófollican onwaldes freedom from the power of the devil, Bl. H. 137, 13. Dióflices fanaticae (lustrationis ), An. Ox. 2058. Deóuolicre, 7, 125. Deóflices galdres necromantiae

Linked entry: deófel-lic

ge-hál

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Add: whole, unbroken Se tægel sceolde beón gehál on þám nýtene æt þǽre offrunge, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3, 39. Gif mon óðrum rib ofsleá binnan gehálre hýde, Ll. Th. i. 98, 11. entire, sound, in good condition, uninjured Hire líchama wæs gefunden eal gehál,

ge-licgan

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Add: of living creatures. to be in a prostrate or recumbent position Hé gelæg ( jacebat ) tó dura his, Lk. L. 16, 20. In ðǽm gelæg menigo micelo, Jn. L. R. 5, 3. to assume a prostrate or recumbent position Benedictus eóde tó ðæs cnapan líce, and ðǽr

ge-défe

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Add: suitable, fitting, seemly Hé má lufedon dióra drohtað, swá hit gedéfe ne wæs, Met. 26, 92. Tó forðspównesse gedéfore heánesse ad profectum debiti culminis, Bd. 2, 4; Sch. 127, 5. Gedéfum gafule debita pensione, Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 22. Gedéfum debitis

ge-endung

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Add: local, an extreme part Seó sunne undergǽd þǽre eorðan geendunge the sun goes below the horizon, Lch. iii. 260, 7. a termination of a word Seó forme declinatio hæfð tres terminationes, þæt synd ðreó geendunga, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 24, 4: 26, 12. a concluding

ná-wiht

Grammar
ná-wiht, <b>. I a.</b>
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Add Deófol mót ǽlces mannes áfandigan, hwæðer hé áht sý oððe náht, Hml. Th. i. 268, 12. Ne frign ðú unc nóhtes má ne ne áxa caue ne no; ulterins scisciíeris, Nar. 32, 6. Ne byþ ꝥ tó náhte that will be good for nothing, Lch. i. 344, 25. Oð hit mid ealle

fore

(prep.)
Grammar
fore, = for, q. v; prep. dat. acc.

foron account offor the sake ofpropropterperforon account offor the sake ofpropropterper

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for, on account of, for the sake of; pro, propter, per; with the dative; cum dătīvo Ne syndon to lufianne ða wísan fore stówum, ac for gódum wísum stówe syndon to lufianne non pro lŏcis res, sed pro bŏnis rēbus lŏca amanda sunt, Bd. 1, 27; 8. 489, 41

FRIÐIAN

(v.)
Grammar
FRIÐIAN, freoðian; p. ode; pp. od; v. a. [friþ peace] .

to keep the peacetowards, make peaceto protectdefendkeeppācĭfĭcāre protĕgĕretuēri

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to keep the peace, &#39; friþ,&#39; towards, make peace, to protect, defend, keep; pācĭfĭcāre protĕgĕre, tuēri Ðæt man eall friðige, ðæt se cyng friðian wille that one shall keep; the peace towards all that the king will, L. Ath. i. 20; Th. i

Linked entry: freoðian

ge-mengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mengan, -mencgan; p. de; pp. ed
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To mingle, commingle, mix, blend, confuse, unite, join, combine; miscēre, commiscēre, confundĕre, consŏciāre, infĭcĕre Ðæt he wísdóm mǽge wið ofermetta gemengan that he may mingle wisdom with sensuality, Bt. Met. Fox 7, 16; Met. 7, 8. Ic gemencge confundo

leód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
leód-scipe, es; m.

A peoplenation

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A people, nation, country occupied by a people Ðe ðes leódscype longe bieode whom this people have long worshipped, Exon. 68 b; Th. 255, 2; Jul. 208. Of ðam leódscipe ðe is Siria geháten from the country that is called Syria, Homl. Th. i. 400, 7: Exon