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feolan

Grammar
feolan, l. feólan, take here passages under felgan,
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Nú mé fealh on móde it has come into my mind, Gr. D. 17, 32. hét rǽdan oð ðæt fulge on slǽpe he bade them read till he could get to sleep, Hml. A. 98, 211.

þegenlíce

(adv.)
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þegenlíce, adv.
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læg ðegenlíce ðeódne gehende he lay like a warrior close to his lord, Byrht. Th. 140, 26; By. 294

be-hæpsian

(v.)
Grammar
be-hæpsian, p. ode
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To fasten with a bolt, bolt a door hét gán út and behæpsode þá duru, Hml. S. 31, 214

Linked entry: hæpsian

ge-háwian

(v.)
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Add: to notice, observe an object Ǽlc man ðára þe æágan heft ǽrest háwað þæs ðe geseón wolde oð ðone first þe hyt geháwað Þonne hyt geháwad heaft, ðonne gesyhð hit, Solil. H. 27, 7. Þæt ic þé geháwian mæge ut aspiciam te, 11, 18.

nídan

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Stinge him mon feþere on múð, néde hine tó spíwanne, Lch. ii. 286, 17. [3) with clause :-- Þone hié nǽddun ꝥ bére his róde hunc angariaverunt ut tolleret crucem ejus, Mt. R. 27, 32

on-bídan

(v.)
Grammar
on-bídan, p. -bád; pl. -bidon; pp. -biden.

to abide, wait, remainto wait for, expect,to wait on, attend upon

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onbád ðæt feówertig wintra hweðer hié gecyrran woldan he waited the forty years to see whether they would change, Blickl. Homl. 79, 4. Onbíd her seofon and twentig nihta, 231, 5: 237, 33.

ge-leornian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-leornian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To learninquirediscĕredisquīrĕre

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Geleornedon his byrelas him betweónum, him mibton ðæt líf óþþringan his cupbearers inquired among themselves how they might take away his life, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 69, 9

Linked entry: leornian

ge-reordan

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</b> reflexive, to refresh oneself, take food :-- gereordode hine æfter his ǽriste, Hml, Th. i. 296, 24. gelóme æt heora húse hine gereorde, ii. 438, 19. Þénunge þider bróhte ꝥ be dǽle gereordodon. Hml. S. 23, 240.

be-frinan

(v.)
Grammar
be-frinan, l. be-frignan, -frinan; p. -frán, pl. -frúnon, -frinon; pp. -frúnen, -frinen,

to ask a person a question,to askquestion,to ask about somethingto ask a person about somethingto ask for some-thingto ask of a person what one wishes to be told

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A. 98, 216: 99, 257. question in-direct befrán his witan hwæt him þúhte be þám, Hml. A. 93, 46: 156, 115. befrán ðá hwám ðá gebytlu gemynte wǽron, Hml. Th. ii. 354, 34. befrán on hwilcne tíman þone steorran gesáwon, i. 82, 8.

ofer-hygdiglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ofer-hygdiglíce, adv.
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wende ꝥ mihte þá ylcan brógan him gedón þe ǽr gewunode óðrum mannum tó dónne, and ongan mid mycclum stefnum clypian and cweðan oferhygdilíce (arrogantly): 'Arís. . . ' 164, 2

Linked entry: hygdiglíce

purpure

(n.)
Grammar
purpure, an ; f.
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gemétte his ágenne sunu mid purpurum gegieredne ( purpuratus ) ... hit næs þeáw ðæt ánig óðer purpuran werede búton cyningum, Ors. 4, 4; Swt. 164, 30-35. Hiene hét iernan on his ágenum purpurum, 6, 30; Swt. 280, 12.

ge-warenian

(v.)
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Hét áwritan hine gewarnode Mardocheus, 95, 125. ꝥ sí gewarnod fram him ut videatur ab ipso, R. Ben. I. 76, 7. Ðurh þæt wyrð mǽst manna beswicen þe ne beóð swá wel gewarnode ǽr swá beðorfton. Lá!

æt-gebicgan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-gebicgan, p. -bohte; pp. -boht [æt, gebycgan to buy]

To buy for himselfemere

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To buy for himself; emere He æft æt ðam ágende sínne willan æt-gebicge let him afterwards buy her at her owner's will, L. Ethb. 82; Th. i. 24, 4

áþ

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cwæð ðæt nán ryhtre geðencan ne meahte þonne þone áð ágifan móste gif meahte ... and gelǽdde tó ðon ándagan done áð be fullan ... and cwæð ðæt him wǽre leófre ðæt ... ðonne se áð forbufste ... and wé gehýrdan ðæt ðone áð be fullan

sceáwian

(v.)
Grammar
sceáwian, IV. add: to review troops,
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revise what is written þá fyrde sceáwode, Hml. S. 30, 295. Marcus leornode of Petres bodunge ðá bóc gesette, and Petrus sceáwode, 15, 145. Spellunga sceáwende fabulas rimando, An. Ox. 193. v. fore-, ymb-sceáwian

mǽrlíce

(adv.)
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Hét se cásere hine Críst wiðsacan, and móste beón mǽrlíce mid him, Hml. Th. ii. 310, 19. Wæs hyre willa mǽrlícor ꝥ heó wolde hyre sylf hyre mægðhád behátan Gode, Hml. A. 32, 200.

á-loccian

(v.)
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Hét sum his folc feohtan on þæt fæsten þæt hié mid þǽm þæt folc út áloccoden, Ors. 5, 3; S. 222, 3. Add

Linked entry: loccian

feccan

(v.)
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hét ardlíce feccan, Hml. S. 8, 39. Men gesóhton þone stede heora hǽle feccende, 26, 238. Dele: "p. feahte . . . feht," and add

be-hamelian

(v.)
Grammar
be-hamelian, p. ode
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To mutilate Þá hét his leásere hig be-hamelian, Shrn. 154, 6. áxodon hwæðer etan wolde ǽr ðan þe behamelod wurde they asked him, will thou eat, before thou be punished throughout every member of thy body? (2 Maccabees 7, 7), Hml.

Linked entry: hamelian

ge-dreóglǽcan

(v.)
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ge-dreóglǽcan, p. ge-dreóglǽhte
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To make seemly, set in order Menn dæftað heora hús and wel gedreóglǽcað, gif sumne freónd onfón willað tó him, þæt nán unðæslicnys him ne ðurfe derian, Hml. Th. ii. 316, 7. cwæð ꝥ wolde gedreóhlǽcan his hámas, Hml. S. 6, 121.

Linked entry: -dreóglǽcan