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cunnian

(v.)
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H. 69, 12. hleóp cunnigende his féðes, hwæðer cúðe gán, Hml. S. 10, 33. (I a) of medical examination :-- cóm and cunnode (cf. fandode his, 434) þæs mannes, Hml. S. 3, 430.

be-slépan

(v.)
Grammar
be-slépan, p. -slépte; subj. pl. -slépen; pp. -sléped, -slépt

To slip, lay, place, putto slip, put or lay on, to impose, clotheponere, imponere, induere

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To slip, lay, place, put, and with the preposition on on, upon - to slip, put or lay on, to impose, clothe; ponere, imponere, induere hefig geoc he beslépte on ealle how heavy a yoke he laid on all! Bt. 16, 4; Fox 58, 16.

Linked entry: slípan

lútan

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Heó leát tó siege, and slóh þá tó mid eallum mægene she bent to receive the blow, and he struck at her with all his might, Hml. S. 12, 211. Add

oft

(adv.)
Grammar
oft, adv.

Oft, often

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Swá oft swá ða óðre hergas út fóron, ðonne fóron hié, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 5. beóþ ðæs ðe lator ðe oftor ymbþeahtiaþ, Past. 56; Swt. 435, 2. Hwílum wæs on horse sittende, ac oftor on his fótum gongende, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 12.

of-healdan

(v.)

to withhold, keep back, retainto retain

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Mí gauil hauiþ ofhealden my rent he has withheld. Chart. Th. 427, 30

wéning

(n.)
Grammar
wéning, e; f.

suppositiondoubtful thoughtdoubthope expectationchance

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Homl. 213, 24. hope, expectation Bæd heó swíþe lange ðone cyningc, ðæt forlǽte on mynstre Criste þeówian, ðæt heó ða wénunge æt nýhstan ðurhteáh (so that at last her hope was realized) Bd. 4, 19 ; S. 587, 39. chance In woenunga forte, Mt.

nabban

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næfde þæs cræftes ꝥ hine tócwýsan mihte, Hml. S. 31, 1247. næbbað éce gewitnesse, Past. 449, 3, Hié hit tó nánum láðe næfdon, Ors. 1, 10; S. 48, 13. tó Gode næfdon náþer ne lufe ne ege, Wlfst. 10, 5.

ge-æmtian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-æmtian, l. ge-ǽmtian,

to empty, remove the material contained in somethingto freegive leisure toto free oneselfto be disengaged to makeget timedevote oneself

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hié hié geǽmettian (-ǽmeti-gian, v. l.) scoldon óðerra weorca, Past. 131, 5. with prep. Þonne heó mæg fram hyre láre geǽmtigan, Ap.

á-gímeleásian

(v.)
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Gif wé hit ágímeleásiaþ, Bl. H. 53, l : 57, 19. Hié ágiémeleásiað (-gýme-, Cote. MSS.) ðone ymbhogan, Past. 137, I. with clause Gif se hierde ágiémeleásað ðæt hiera helpe, 137, 14. ágýmeleásede ꝥ heólde his líchaman forhæfdnesse, Gr.

swǽtan

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add: — Úre líchama is eorðe, and oft ðeáh swǽt, Hex. 22, 24. add Se stán cymð of eorðan, and swǽt swáþeáh, Hex. 22, 22. gangende gemétton ꝥ stánclif swætende and wǽtende qui euntes rupem montis sudantem invenerunt, Gr. D. 113, 9

ge-earnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-earnian, -igan; p. ode; pp. od

To earndeserveenjoymereripromererifrui

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Hie ne mágon geearnigan ðæt gé heora wundrigen they cannot deserve that ye should admire them, Bt. 13; Fox 40, 8. He geearnode meruit, Bd. 4. 23; S. 593. 6. He hæfþ geearnod mid his hearpunga he has earned her by his harping, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 7

sam

(con.)
Grammar
sam, conj.

Whether, or

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Sam hine miclum lufige, sam hine lytlum lufige, sam hine mydlinga lufige. Shrn. 194, 13. Wið wunda som sýn of íserne, som sýn of stence, oððe fram nædran, Lchdm. i. 166, 9. [Sam. . . sam whether. . . or, O. E. Homl. ii. 107, 8.]

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tintregung

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hét his cwelleras swíðor wítnian þone hálgan wer, ac áteórodon on þǽre tintregunge, Hml. S. 37, 126. Add

baþian

(v.)

to immerse in a liquid by way of torment,

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Baþige hine on swétum wætre, Lch. ii. 244, 17, 23. Ongan hine baðian swá swátigne, Ors. 3, 9; S. 124, 30. Heó wolde sylfe baðian, Hml.

Linked entry: bæþ

spircan

(v.)

to sparkleto fall in drops.

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Hpt. Gl. 429, 42. Spyrcendum scintillantibus, 499, 43. to fall in drops. v. spircing hét mycel ád ontendan on ymbhwyrfte ðæs mǽdenes and mid pice besprencgan and mid spyrcendum ele with oil that bespattered her Homl. Skt. i. 9, 118

Linked entries: spearcian spyrcan

hám-weardes

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Add: cf. hám-weard; Fór Swegen eorl in tó Wealan, and him man gíslode. Þá hámwerdes wæs, Chr. 1046; P. 164, 28. cf. hám-weard; sceoldon beón álǽd of Babilonia þeówdóme, and Gode þancian þǽra ára þe be wege hædon hámweardes, Ps.

Snotinga-hám

(n.)

Nottingham

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Nottingham Hér fór se ilca here innan Mierce tó Snotengahám (Snotinghám, MS. E.) Chr. 868; Erl. 72, 21. Fór tó Snotingahám and gefór ða burg and hét hié gebétan and gesettan ǽgðer ge mid Engliscum mannum ge mid Deniscum 922; Erl. 108, 30.

þeón

(v.)
Grammar
þeón, [from þíhan; and this from an earlier nasal stem, of which traces are preserved in the past forms, where g has replaced h by Verner's law:-Ðunge pollesceret, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 40. Fród fæder freóbearn lǽrdewordum wísfæstum, ðæt hé wel þunge, Exon. Th. 300, 9; Fä. 3. See also the passages given under ge-þingan; ofer-þeón; ge-, heáh-, wel-þungen; on-þungan, Exon. Th. 497, 3; Rä. 85, 23 (omitted in its place)]
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Se síð ne þáh ðam ðe unrihte inne gehýdde wræote the journey did not turn to the profit of him who unrighteously had hidden treasure within, Beo. Th. 6109; B. 3058: 5665; B. 2836. Hine (him?) se cwealm ne þeáh, Exon. Th. 278, 30; Jul. 605.

dyrst-lǽcan

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Ne dyrstlǽce ( presumat ) se gingra ꝥ mid þám yldran sitte, bútan hine háte, R. Ben. 116, 5: 128, 4. Ne dyrstlǽcen þæt út of mynstre etan non presumant foris manducare, 79, 16. Add

dígol-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
dígol-líce, díglíce.
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nolde geþafian þám þeófe ꝥ underdulfe dígellíce his hús, Hml. A. 50, 13. Dígollíce, 54, 64.