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be-cnyttan

to tie up in a bundleto tie roundsurround with a bondto tieattach with a string,to tie a rope,

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Add: with acc. of what is tied, to tie up in a bundle Ðæt hé Godes gifa ná ne becnytte on ðǽm sceáte his slǽwðe, Past. 59, 15. to tie round, surround with a bond Hí becnytton his swuran mid rápe, Hml.

stíg

(n.)
Grammar
stíg, e; f.
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Be westan róde óó sticelan stíg; ðonne be ðære stíge óð ða ealdan díc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 406, 29. Of ðam stáne tó ðære grénan stíge, 38, 23.

Linked entries: stíga gát-ánstíg

án

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
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Þurh ðæs ánes mihte ðe ealle ðing gesceóp, Hex. 10, 21: Shrn. 48, 23. Nis ná ðæs ánes ðearf . . . ac is ðearf ðæt . . . , Past. 273, 3. Sé ðe for ðǽm ánum gód déð, 265, 7. Ne sceal hé nó ðæt án dón, 193, 21: St. A. 4, 10. Gif hí mé ǽnne habbað, Hml.

lǽðan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽðan, p. de

To speak ill ofaccuseabuseexecratedetesthate

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Ða ðe lǽðes ł lǽðedon qui oderunt, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 44. Ða ðe lǽðdon, Lk. Skt. Lind. i, 71. Hý wǽron ealle ánsprǽce ðonne hý mé leahtrodon and lǽðdon loquebantur simul, Ps. Th. 40, 7

Linked entry: láðian

seód

(n.)
Grammar
seód, es; m.
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Ðá ic eów sende bútan seóde ( sacculo ) and codde . . . Se ðe hæfþ seód gelíce nime codd. Lk. Skt. 22, 35, 36. Seódas marsupia, Hpt. Gl. 500, 40 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 9. Siódas, 84, 37. Ðæt feoh ðæt hí hæfdon on heora seódurn, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 262.

Linked entry: seád

fót-spure

(n.)
Grammar
fót-spure, es; n.

A foot-supportfoot-restpĕdum fultūra

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A foot-support, foot-rest; pĕdum fultūra Hí clumben upp to ðe hálge róde, námen ðá ðe kynehelm of úre Drihtnes heáfod, eall of smeáte golde, námen ðá ðet fótspure ðe wæs undernæðen his fóte, ðæt wæs eall of reád golde they climbed up to the holy cross

Linked entry: -spure

wearriht

(adj.)
Grammar
wearriht, adj.

having hard skin, leprousgnarled, knotted

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Ða wearrihtan callosa (calloso corpore lepram, Ald. 201), 96, 6: 20, 2. Wearihte callosa, 127, 53. of trees, gnarled, knotted On ðonæ wearrihtan stocc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 176, 4: v. 221, 4. In ða wæriht ác; of ðæt wærriht ác, iii. 390, 16

on-scuniendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
on-scuniendlíc, -scunigendlíc, -sceoniendlíc; adj.

Abominable, detestable, execrable

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Cristendóm wæs ðǽr onscunigendlíc, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 330. Onscuniendlíc execrandum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 20. Ða onscuniendlecan execranda, 33, 5. Onscuniendlícan probrosas, 66, 31. Onscuniendlíce ( abominabiles ) gewordene synd, Ps. Spl. 13, 2: Ps.

ge-wríþan

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Sió wund bið ðæs ðe wierse, gif hió bið unwærlíce gewriðen, and bið ðæt sár ðé gefrédre gif sió wund bið tó fæste gewriðen.

Linked entry: ge-wriþen

frum-mynetslege

(n.)
Grammar
frum-mynetslege, es; m.
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Ðá wæs þæt feoh ꝥ Malchus hæfde þæs forman mynetslæges on Decies naman. Ðonne betweónan Decies frummynetslæges dagum . . . and Theodosius tíman . . ., Hml. S. 23, 477-485

helan

(v.)
Grammar
helan, p. hæl, pl. hǽlon; pp. holen

To concealhidecover

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Ða ðe willaþ helan ðæt hí tó góde dóþ qui bona clam faciunt, Past. 59; Swt. 447, 23. Nele hé ús nánwiht helan se ðe ús lǽt hyne sylfne cunnan he will not conceal anything from us who lets us know himself, Shrn. 202, 12.

Linked entries: ge-hala be-helan hal

lácnian

(v.)
Grammar
lácnian, p. ode

To healcuretendtake care oftreatdress(a wound)

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Ðonne ðæt dolh open sý genial ða ylcan wyrte unsodene ... lácna ða wunde ðǽrmid ðonne byþ heó sóna hál when the incision (made by a snake) is open, take the same plant unsodden ... dress the wounds therewith; it will soon be well, Herb. 90, 16; Lchdm.

Linked entry: lǽcnan

éfstan

(v.)
Grammar
éfstan, éfestan; p. éfstte, éfste, pl. éfston, éfstun; impert. éfst, éfste, pl. éfstaþ; pp. éfsted, éfst; v. intrans. [ófest, ófost, ófst haste]

To hasten, draw near, approach, make haste, be quickfestīnāre, propĕrāre, concurrĕre, appropinquāre, accelĕrāre

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Éfstaþ ðæt ge gangon þurh ðæt nearwe geat hasten that ye go through the narrow gate, Lk. Bos. 13, 24. Ðæt we to ðé mid ealre heortan éfston that we may hasten to thee with all our heart, Homl. Th. ii. 600, 3.

Linked entries: ǽfstian éfestan

áhton

(v.)
Grammar
áhton, p. pl. of ágan.

hadownedpossessed

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had, owned, possessed Ðe Caldeas cyningdóm áhton the Chaldeans possessed the kingdom, Cd. 209; Th. 258, 24; Dan. 680;

bǽl-blys

(n.)
Grammar
bǽl-blys, e; f.

Blaze of a fireflammæ ardor

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Blaze of a fire; flammæ ardor, Cd. 184; Th. 230, 12; Dan. 232: 162; Th. 203, 9; Exod. 401

feasten

(n.)
Grammar
feasten, es; n.

A fastnessfortressmūnīmentum

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A fastness, fortress; mūnīmentum Hí on ðam feastene wǽron they were in the fastness, Chr. 877; Erl. 79, 23

gealh-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
gealh-mód, adj.

Sad in mindgloomytristis anĭmo

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Sad in mind, gloomy; tristis anĭmo Grim and gealhmód grim and gloomy, Cd. 184; Th. 230, 8; Dan. 230

hundtwentig-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
hundtwentig-wintre, adj.

A hundred and twenty years old

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A hundred and twenty years old Ic eom tó-dæg hundtwentigwintre centum viginti annorum sum hodie, Deut. 31, 2

maca-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
maca-, macca-líc; adj.

Fitsuitableconvenient

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Fit, suitable, convenient Mið ðý dæg maccalíc [macalíc, Rush.] gecuom cum dies opportunus accidisset, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 21

máðum-gesteald

(n.)
Grammar
máðum-gesteald, es; n.

Treasureriches

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Treasure, riches Eall ðæt máððumgesteald ðe in ðæs æðelinges ǽhtum wunade, Exon. 66 a; Th. 244, 32; Jul. 36