be-swícan
To deceive, entice, seduce, delude, betray, offend, supplant, weaken, evade ⬩ decipere, illicere, seducere, illudere, prodere, scandalizare, supplantare, deficere, evadere
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Alf. 29; Th. i. 52, 5. Feóndas sóþfæstra sáwle willaþ beswícan fiends will seduce the souls of the righteous, Exon. 41 a; Th. 136, 12; Gú. 540.
ge-swencednes
Sorrow ⬩ affliction ⬩ tribulation ⬩ afflictio ⬩ tribŭlātio
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Nán ðyssera geswencednyssa ne becom on ðam ende ðæs eardes ðe ðæt godes folc on eardode none of these afflictions came into that part of the country in which the people of God dwelt, Homl. Th. ii. 192, 25
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DÓN
To DO, make, cause ⬩ agĕre, facĕre
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Edg. i. 2; Th. i. 262, 15. Dón of to take off, doff, L. M. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 86, 15: Beo. Th. 5610; B. 2809. Dón on to put on, in, or into, to don, L.
be-sprecan
To speak to, to tell, pretend, plead, speak against, to complain, charge, accuse, impeach ⬩ obloqui
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To speak to, to tell, pretend, plead, speak against, to complain, charge, accuse, impeach; obloqui Fram stefne besprecendre oððe ofersprecendes a voce obloquentis, Ps. Lamb. 43, 17.
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þenedness
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leóht
Light ⬩ inconsiderable ⬩ quick ⬩ ready ⬩ nimble ⬩ fickle ⬩ easy
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Leóht and leoþuwác nimble and supple, Exon. 79 b; Th. 298, 12; Crä. 84. Hé is snel and swift and leóht levis et velox est, 60 b; Th. 220, 9; Ph. 317: 52 a; Th. 182, 6;Gú. 1306.
be-seón
to look about or around ⬩ circumspicere ⬩ to see, look, behold ⬩ videre, aspicere ⬩ to go to see, visit ⬩ visere, visitare
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Lamb. 118, 132. to go to see, visit; visere, visitare Beseoh wíngeard ðisne visita vineam istam, Ps. Th. 79. 14
BIDDAN
To ask, pray, intreat, beseech, BID, order, require ⬩ petere, poscere, orare, quærere, precari, deprecari, rogare, postulare, præcipere, requirere
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Ðone alwaldan ára biddan to intreat the all-powerful for benefits, Cd. 217; Th. 277, 24; Sat. 209. Gehýr, God, gebéd mín ðon is bidde exaudi, Deus, orationem meam cum deprecor, Ps. Spl. 63, 1. Biddaþ rogate, Ps. Th. 121, 6.
bæc
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Tó ðám bæce; of ðám bæce, vi. 234, 29. Tó gafærbæce (gaferbice), 302, 33, v. 306, 28. In cærsa bæc; of ðám bæce, iii. 380, 2. ¶ in one passage the word occurs apparently as fem. and masc. in the same line :-- On cnollan gæte in ðá (ðám ?)
ETAN
EAT, consume, devour ⬩ ĕdĕre, cŏmĕdĕre, mandūcāre, vescĕre
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To EAT, consume, devour; ĕdĕre, cŏmĕdĕre, mandūcāre, vescĕre Ðú scealt greót etan thou shalt eat dust [grit ], Cd. 43; Th. 56, 9; Gen. 909: 43; Th. 57, 28; Gen. 935.
frignan
- Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 54.
to ask ⬩ inquire ⬩ to ask a question, ⬩ to ask about, after, ⬩ to ask ⬩ to ask a person a question ⬩ to ask a person about something, ⬩ to ask information of or from a person,
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Frignan, Jul. 346 : Gú. 1184. to ask a person a question Þæt þú mé frigne (frinne, fríne, v. ll.) swá hwæt swá þú wille, Bd. 4, 29; Sch. 528, 17. where the question is given in a dependent clause Ic þé frigne (ic bidde ꝥ þú secge mé, v.l.) hwæþer áht
tow-cræft
Skill in weaving or spinning
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According to the Protevangelion, when a new veil for the temple had to be made, it fell to Mary's lot to spin the true purple, c. ix. 4
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toh-líne
A tow-line
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A tow-line Tohlíne remulcum. Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 64: remulcus, 57, 5
tow-mýdrece
A work-box ⬩ box for keeping materials connected with spinning or weaving (?)
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Th. 538, 21
tot-rida
That which swings on a projection ⬩ a swing (?) or a swinging figure (?)
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That which swings on a projection, a swing (?) or a swinging figure (?) Totrida oscida, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 52. Totridan oscille, ii. 63, 56: oscillae, Txts. 83, 1466
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tow-hús
A spinning-house
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The women who worked were called geniciariae pensiles, Migne), Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 7
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lang-toh
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Long-drawn, extensive Þæt lengtogran leahtras seócnyss lengre bærnð ut prolixiora uitia egrotatio prolixior exurat Scint. 161, 18. For double comparative cf. lang-fǽre
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treppan
to tread ⬩ to trap
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to tread Hé trepeþ terit, Kent. Gl. 144. [Cf.Halliwell's Dict. trap to tramp : Du. trappen to tread, trample : O. Frs. Ger. treppe a step.] to trap Hió [tr]e[p]te inretivit, Kent. Gl. 211
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tacan
To take
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To take Ða menn ealle hé tóc, and dyde of heom ðæt hé wolde (cf. ðamen hé áteáh swá swá hé wolde, MS. E.), Chr. 1072; Erl. 211, 20. Hé tóc swilce gerihta swá hé him gelagade (cf. hé nam swilce gerihta swá se cyng him geúðe, MS.