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á-gyltan

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Wið ðára ágyltendra unðeáwas contra delinquentium vitia, Past. 107, 10. with means or manner of sin given Wé ágyltaþ þurh feówer þing ( thought, word, deed, will ), Bl. H. 35, 13. Hwǽr ágylte hé ǽfre on his gegerelan?

Linked entry: ǽ-gylt

ge-ǽþan

(v.)

to make oath concerning, confirm by oathto administer an oath to, swear

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to make oath concerning, confirm by oath Hé hit mid áðsware geǽðde and geswór, þus cweðende: ' Ic . . . geǽðe and swerige þurh þone lifigendan Godes sunu . . . ꝥ þás word . . . nǽron of nánes mannes handa gehíwode, ' Nap. 27.

Linked entries: ǽþan áþ-swaru

Beormas

(n.)
Grammar
Beormas, gen. a; pl. m.

The Biarmians

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Ða Finnas, him þuhte, and ða Beormas sprǽcon neáh án geþeóde the Biarmians told him many stories, both about their own country and about the countries which were around them; but he knew not what was true, because he did not see it himself.

lǽce-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-cræft, es; m.

a remedyrecipemedicine

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Ðis sceal ðan manna tó lǽcecræfte this shall be a remedy for the men, 22.

toft

(n.)
Grammar
toft, A word apparently of Scandinavian origin,
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It does not occur often in the earliest English, but it is found as the second part of many place-names m districts which were affected by the Danes, v. Taylor's Names and Places. In the Prompt.

þreátung

(n.)
Grammar
þreátung, e; f.

compulsionforceviolenceoppressionill-treatmentrebukereproofthreatening

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Pilatus hé hæfde on þreátunge óþ hé hiene selfne ofstong Pilatus tantis angoribus coarctatus ert, ut sua se manu transverberaverit, Ors. 6, 3; Swt. 258. 10.

on-ǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
on-ǽlan, p. de.

to set fire to, to ignite, kindleto burn (cf. anneal), consume by burningto make hot with fireto make hot (in a metaphorical sense), to inflame, to excite intense feeling, to kindle passions

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Spl. 17, 10. to burn (cf. anneal), consume by burning Ðás fýr onǽlaþ manna sáwla . . . Ðis fýr onǽlþ ǽlcne be his gewyrhtum, Homl. Th. ii. 338, 6-17. Ðá námon Nadab and Abiud híra stórcillan and onǽldon ðǽron ungehálgod fýr, Lev. 10, 1.

sél

(adv.)
Grammar
sél, soel ; also sélor ; adv. (cpve.)
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Se getreówa man sceal syllan his gód on ða tíd ðe hine sylfne sélest lyste his brúcan, Blickl. Homl. 101, 20. Hí genáman ðæs folces ðe ðǽr tó láfe wæs and him sélost lícodan, 79, 21

wérig

(adj.)
Grammar
wérig, adj.
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Ða wéregan neát ðe man drífeþ and þirsceþ, Elen. Kmbl. 714; El. 357. <b>I a.</b> </b> with gen., weary of or from doing something Wérig ðæs weorces, Exon. Th. 436, 20; Rä. 55, 10. Síþes wérig, Beo. Th. 1162; B. 579.

wítega

(n.)
Grammar
wítega, an; m.

a wise manone who has knowledgeone who has knowledge from a superhuman sourceprophetwise mandivinersoothsayera presage

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Th. 73, 9. a wise man, diviner, soothsayer Wítgan, Caldéa cyn, Cd. Th. 218, 19; Dan. 41.

Linked entry: wítiga

witod

(adj.)
Grammar
witod, adj. (ptcpl. )

appointedordainedassuredcertaincertaincertainlyassuredly

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Se ealda man him mæg gewislíce witod witan, ðæt him se deáð geneálǽcð the old man may surely know, that for him the approach of death is certain, Wulfst. 147, 26. Hí eác wénan ne þurfon, ac witod witan, ðæt hig yfel leán habban scylan, 270, 26.

Linked entries: ge-witod witud

eard

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man þisne eard werian sceolde, 1010; P. 140, 29. On þá gerád ꝥ hý nǽfre eft on eard ne cuman. And gif heó man ǽfre eft on earde geméte, Ll. Th. i. 220, 8-10.

rest

(n.)
Grammar
rest, e; ;f.;

rest, quiet, freedom from toilrest, repose, sleepa place of rest, resting-placea bed, couch

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Mid gódum dǽdum man geearnige him ða écean ræste, 101, 26. Hwonne him Freá reste ágeáfe, Cd. Th. 86, 9; Gen. 1428. ; rest, repose, sleep; Rest ;dormitatio,; Kent. Gl. 894.

Linked entries: ræst reste

næglian

(v.)
Grammar
næglian, p. ode, ede

To nailfasten with nails

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To nail, fasten with nails Hí dulfon ł nægledun handa míne and fét míne foderunt manus meas, et pedes meas, Ps. Lamb. 21, 17. Síæ nægled on róde crucifigatur, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 27, 23. Ne hié scip fereþ naca nægled bord ( or nægled-bord; adj. ?)

Linked entry: nægled-bord

þætte

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þætte, ( = þæt þe; v. se, IV. 3); pron.
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Wíslíce gé dyde, ꝥte mannum bedígled wæs on eorðan þæt gé þæt on heofenas sóhtan, Blickl. HomI. 201, 1. combining antecedent and relative, that which, what On hire wæs gefylled ꝥte on Cantica Canticorum wæs gesungen, Blickl. Homl. 11, 15.

Linked entry: þæt

tilian

(v.)
Grammar
tilian, <b>.
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Ðæt hé hine selfne ne forlǽte, ðǽr hé óðerra freónda tilige ne proximos juvando se deserat, Past. 463, 4. add: to strive for Wá ðám mannum þe eorðlicum spédum tiliað and strýnað, Verc. Först. 120, 16. <b>VII 1.

Basilius

(n.)
Grammar
Basilius, g. Basilies; m.

Basil, bishop of CæsarēaKαιδάρεια

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And he awrát ða láre ðe we nú willaþ on Englisceum gereorde secgean Basil the blessed [born A.D. 328, died 379] was a very holy bishop in the city of Cæsaréa, a province belonging to Greece, the father of many monks, himself of the monkhood.

ge-mengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mengan, -mencgan; p. de; pp. ed
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Eorþe wearþ eall mid blóde máne gemenged infecta est terra in sanguinĭbus eórum, Ps. Th. 305, 28, Ðæt wæter and seó eorþe wǽron gemengede óþ ðone þriddan dæg the water and the earth were commingled unto the third day, Hexam. 4; Norm. 8, 15.

wráþe

(adv.)
Grammar
wráþe, adv.

angrilywith or in angerwith indignationfiercelycruellygreviouslybitterlyevillyperverselywickedly

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Th. 111, 26; Gen. 1861. evilly, perversely, wickedly Hé ða gehát swíðe yfele gelǽste, and swíðe wráðe geendode mid manegum máne, Bt. I; Fox 2, 10. Gé on heortan hogedon inwit, worhton wráðe in corde iniquitates operamini, Ps. Th. 57, 2.

á-lífan

(v.)
Grammar
á-lífan, (-lýfan, q. v.
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Voc. ii. 136, 9. to permit a person (dat. ) to do something Þæt hié him ǽlce geáre gesealden swá fela talentena swá hié him þonne áliéfden that they should pay them each year as many talents as they might be pleased to fix for them to pay when the time

Linked entries: a-léfan á-lýfan