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be-leán

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restrain a person (dat.) from something (acc.) by blaming, to prohibit Hé willnode þæt hé móste mid him sweltan, þeáh se bisscop him þæt swíðe belóh (tametsi ipso multum prohibente), Bd. 5, 19; Sch. 661, 18. ꝥ preóstas ofer-druncen georne beleán óðrum mannum

ge-leánian

(v.)
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Ox. 42, 1. to give remuneration for well-doing (acc.) to a person (dat. ) :-- Drihten ealle þá gód mannum geleánað mid twyfealdre méde éces lífes, Bl. H. 101, 23. to give recompense for loss, suffering, &c.

ge-sǽlþ

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Cf. ge-sǽlig; III Hæfde God þæs mannes sáwle gegódod. . .mid undeádlicnysse and mid gesǽlðe... wé forluron þá gesǽlðe úre sáwle, Hml. Th. i. 20, 1-3. <b>III a.

nyten-ness

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</b> a condition of not being known by others, a state of incognito :-- Þá gefylde Smaragdus on þǽre netennysse eahta and þryttig wintra Smaragdus (who was Euphrosyne in man's clothes) maintained her incognito for thirty-eight years, Hml.

óga

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Witodlíce mannes ege is smíce gelíc, Hml. Th. i. 592, 10. Hé gesette þá lǽssan beboda Iúdéisces þéode þe mid ógan ðágýt gebunden wæs, 548, 22. For ógan Iúdéisces folces, 324, 5. Ógan oferswíðdan worulde terrore victo saeculi, Hy. S. 130, 5.

Linked entry: on-égan

for-weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
for-weorþan, -wurþan; ic -weorþe, ðú -weorþest, -wyrst, he -weorþeþ, -wyrþ, pl. -weorþaþ, -wyrþaþ; p. ic, he -wearþ, ðú -wurde, pl. -wurdon; pp. -worden

To become nothingto be undoneto perishdiead nihilum devĕnīrepĕrīreinterlredeficére

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To become nothing, to be undone, to perish, die; ad nihilum devĕnīre, pĕrīre, interlre, deficére Swá sceal ǽlce sáwl forweorþan æfter ðam unrihthǽmede, búton se mon hweorfe to góde so shall every soul perish after unlawful lust, unless the man turn to

HÝDAN

(v.)
Grammar
HÝDAN, p. de

To HIDEconceal

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Se lǽce hýd his ísern wið ðone monn ðe hé sníðan wile the surgeon hides his knife from the man that he means to cut, Past. 26, 3; Swt. 185, 25. Hýt abscondit, Swt. 187, 9. Se ðe his hwǽte hýtt qui abscondit frumenta, 49, 1; Swt. 377, 13.

Linked entries: a-hýdan hídan

pytt

(n.)
Grammar
pytt, es ; m.
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Gelǽste man á ðone sáwelsceat æt openum pytte (cf. æt openum græfe, L. Eth. v. 12 ; Th. i. 308, 5), Wulfst. 118, 7. Uton dón hine on ðone ealdan pytt ( cisternam ), Gen. 37. 20. Ic wæs on pytt beworpen in lacum missus sum, 40, 15.

scotian

(v.)
Grammar
scotian, sceotian ; p. ode.
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Gif ðé man scotaþ tó, Homl. Th. ii. 538, 10. Scotiaþ scríðende scín scearpum wǽpnum, Exon. Th. 385, 28; Rä. 4, 51. Mid ðám strǽlum ðæs hálgan sealmsanges hé wið ðám áwerigedum gástum sceotode, Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 24, 12.

Linked entries: sceotian scotung

ge-hýdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hýdan, -hídan, -hédan; he -hýdeþ, -hýt, pl. -hýdaþ; p. -hýdde; pp. -hýded, -hýdd.

to hideconcealcondĕreabscondĕreto watchguardheedobservāreto bring into safetymake firmfastenallĭgāre

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Sumne dreórighleór in eorþscræfe eorl gehýdde a man sad of countenance has hidden one in an earth-grave, Exon.77 b; Th. 291, 19; Wand. 84 : Beo. Th. 4463; B. 2235.

teáh

(n.)
Grammar
teáh, tǽh, téh, tíh (-g); gen. teáge; f.

a tie, banda case, coffer, casket, boxan enclosure, a close (cf. Icel. teigr (teygr?) a close, paddock)

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Man bær út ða teáge ... Ðá féng se portgeréfa tó ðære tége and hí sóna unhlidode, 23, 755-765. Búton hit ( the stolen property ) under ðæs wífes cǽglocan gebroht wǽre ... ðæt is hire hordern and hire cyste and hire tége, L. C. S. 77; Th. i. 418, 22.

Linked entries: tǽg tágum teág tége

trymness

(n.)
Grammar
trymness, trymeness, e ; f.
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Hiora trymnisse liomana suorum firmitate membrorum, Rtl. 32, 15. that which makes a firm, a support, prop, literal Man ða ilcan studu útan tó gesette tó trymnesse (wræðe, col. l) ðæs wáges (in munimentum parietis) . . . tó trymnesse (fultume, col. l)

Linked entry: trymeness

wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt, e; f.
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Ðeós wyrt, ðe man betonicam nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 70, 1: 90, 2, and often. Seó wyrt (herba ) weóx, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 26. Gemolsnad wyrt, Ps. Th. 89, 6. Wyrta wynsume, Exon. Th. 233, 23; Ph. 529.

Linked entry: blód-wyrt

á-búgan

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Hé wiste ðæt se man ábúgan (yield to temptation) wolde, Angl. vii. 24, 224. abandonment Ðá ðe ábúgað (declinant) from bebodum ðínum, Ps. L. 118, 21. of shaping, to bend, curve; fig. to be humble Heó wæs ábogen erat inclinata, Lk. 13, 11.

á-hwǽr

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á-hwǽr, l. -hwer, -wer,
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Deófol gelǽrð þæt ungesǽlig man ne árige áhwár, 53, 23: 166, 33. Heó nele ábúgan fram hyre Drihtne áhwár, Hml. A. 28, 100: Hml. S. 16, 93. Gif hé ðé áhwár geyfelode, þæt ðú scealt forgifan, Hml. Th. i. 54, 25. Áwár, ii. 100, 33: i. 484, 7: 500, 5.

án-forlǽtan

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D. 345, 29. to lose as the result of fault Tó náhte nyt ne biþ ꝥ man gódne mete ete . . . gif ꝥ gelimpeþ ꝥ hé hit eft spíwende ánforlǽteþ; swá wé þá gástlican láre unwærlíce ne sceolan ánforlǽtan, Bl. H. 57, 5-9.

Linked entry: for-lǽtan

be-tweoh

Grammar
be-tweoh, (i, y, u), -tuh.

betweenamongbetweenamong

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Wæs heora lár sáwen and strogden betuh feówer sceátum middangeardes, 133, 33. temporal Betweoh (-twyh, v. l.) þám þe hine man lácnode inter medendum, Bd. 4, 26; Sch. 509, 18. of mutual relation For ðǽre dǽde ðe hié dóð betwuh him, Past. 399, 27. marking

búr

(n.)
Grammar
búr, es; m. (not n.).
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On búr in triclinium, 480, 68. the chamber of a great man Drihten behýdde mé on his búre ( tabernaculo ), Ps. L. 26, 5. Hé ( the emperor ) wæs him ána on his inran búre, Hml. S. 23, 395. Com se apostol intó ðæs cyninges búre, Hml. Th. i. 458, 27.

Englisc

(n.)

(the) Englishthe English language

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Ǽlc man . . . Frencisce and Englisce, 1087; P. 224, 34. Ǽrost Engliscra cininga Ercenbriht gesette Eástorfæsten, 639; P. 27, 18.

ge-limp

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Þǽr eardode sum man Garganus geháten: of his gelimpe ( he was accidentally shot) wearð seó dún swá gecíged, Hml. Th. i. 502, II. Hé þá hire árehte ealle his gelymp, and æt þáre sprǽcan ende him feóllon teáras of ðám eágum, Ap.