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on-tendan

(v.)
Grammar
on-tendan, p. -tende; pp. -tended, -tend.

to kindle, set fire to, to fireto kindle emotion or passion, to excite, inflame

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Antendne succensam, ardentem, 464, 36. to kindle emotion or passion, to excite, inflame Sume se deófol ontent tó gýtsunge, Homl. Th. i. 240, 25. Ðíne gebedu geancsumiaþ mé and ontendaþ, 458, 4

bǽtan

to baitworry with dogs,to beatmake way against the wind or current

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[Icel. beita to bait, hunt with dogs] to beat, make way against the wind or current Good scipstióra ongit micelne wind on hreóre sǽ ǽr ǽr hit geweorðe, and hǽt fealdan ꝥ segl, anð eác hwílum lecgan þone mæst and lǽtan þá bǽtinge; gif hé ǽr þweores windes

ge-met

(adj.)
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VI. what is meet or adequate, due amount or degree :-- Gif him þegniað mæged and mæcgas mid gemete (fitly, adequately) ryhte, fédað hine fægre, Rä. 51, 7. Þé gemete (cf. un-gemet; II a) monige þeówiað, Gú. 472.

hors

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[Horses were used by those who had to journey or whose business required them to move about; for the drawing of vehicles in which either people (especially invalids(?)

níþ

(n.)
Grammar
níþ, es; m.

envyhatredenmityrancorspiteill-willjealousyaction which arises from hatredstrifewarhostilitythe effect of hatredpersecutiontroublevexationannoyanceafflictiontribulationgriefevilwickednessmalice

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Hannibal gecýþde ðone níþ and ðone hete ( odium ) ðe hé beforan his fæder swór, Ors. 4, 8; Swt. 186, 9.

mæsse-preóst

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-preóst, es; m.

A priest not of the Christian churcha priest of the Christian church, who had attained the last of the seven appointed orders, and might celebrate the mass

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He might be a regular or not. There is the mæssepreóst ðe regollíce libbe or the folcisc mæssepreóst ðe regollíf næbbe, L. Eth. ix. 19, 21; Th. i. 344, 11. 21; but he was forbidden to marry.

irre

(adj.)
Grammar
irre, yrre; adj.

Gone astraywanderingconfusedperversedepravedangryenragedwrathfulindignant

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Sumum méces ecg yrrum ealowósan ealdor óþþringeþ the edge of the sword crushes the life out of one, confused [or angry?] and mad with drink, Exon. 87 b; Th. 330, 10; Vy. 49.

ge-feormian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feormian, p. ode; pp. od. v. a.

to entertainharbourreceive as a guestfeedcherishsupportsusciperehospitio suscipereepularefoverecurareto feed ondevourvescicomedereto cleansefarmcleanse outmundare

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Ðonne mon monnan betýhþ ðæt he ceáp forstele, oððe forstolenne gefeormie when a man charges another that he steal cattle, or harbour the stolen, L. In. 46; Th. i. 130, 13.

beorgan

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</b> without dat. of person, with acc. or clause, to guard against, avoid Beorge hé ꝥ hé áwóh ne befó, Ll. Th. i. 290, 7. Beorge man georne ꝥ man þá sáwla ne forfare, 304, 16. with prep.

búgan

(v.)
Grammar
búgan, to bow.
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Th. i. 22, 6. of adhesion, submission, or abandonment, defection, to turn to or from Se ðe fram Gode bíchð tó deófle, Hml. Th. i. 110, 1. Seó gelaðung þe of Iudéiscum folce tó Crístes geleáfan beáh, 44, 11.

fætt

Grammar
fætt, l. fǽtt,

plumpcorpulentobesefattedplumpfull-bodiedsubstantialoleaginousunctuousrichfertileproductiverich

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and add: of animals or human beings, in a well-fed condition, plump Hine oxa ne teáh, ne fǽt hengest, Rä. 23, 14. Þæt þæt gé fǽt sáwon (þæt gé fǽttas gesáwon, R.

ge-nirwan

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ge-nirwan, ge-nirwian.
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Th. i. 34, 34. of extent or amount, to diminish, reduce, curtail Gyf hwá genyrwe ðæt ic Gode geseald hæbbe, C. D. v. 331, 5.

Linked entry: ge-nyrwian

hruse

Grammar
hruse, l. hrúse,
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, Met. 10, 43 as a solid stratum Treów hrúsan fæst, Rún. 13. (2 a) as a place of burial or concealment :-- Hald þú, hrúse, eorla ǽhte, B. 2247. Heard gripe hrúsan, Ruin. 8. Se þeódsceaða heóld on hrúsan hordærna sum, B. 2279.

in-gang

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Add: an entrance, a place or way by which one enters, a doorway, vestibule Seó byrgen is on Hierusalem ... Se ingang is eástan in, and on ðá swíðran healfe þǽm ingange is stǽnen bedd, Shrn. 69, 2-4. Æðelic ingong ... duru ormǽte, Cri. 308.

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D. 234, 9. with weakened temporal sense in sentences expressing a command or request And nú, cyningas, ongeotað, Ps. Srt. 2, 10. Cleopian wé nú in eglum móde, Bl. H. 19, 2.

rihtlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
rihtlíce, adv.

rightly, justly, with justice or quity rightly, in a manner which suits the circumstances of a case rightly, in accordance with rules or regulations, regularlyrightly as regards conduct

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rightly, justly, with justice or quity Rihtlíce, rihtlícor, rihtlícost juste, justius, justissime, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 50. Him getímode swíðe rihtlíce ðæt hí mid hiora árleásan hláforde ealle forwurdon, Homl. Th. i. 88, 30.

HORN

(n.)
Grammar
HORN, es; m.

A HORN, a drinking-horn, a cupping-horn, a trumpet, the horn-shaped projection on the gable-end of a house [v. Dasent's translation of Njála, plate 3, p. cvii], a pinnacle a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet, husk cornu, tuba a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet; a corner n. cornu, tuba, promontorium

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Hwílum teóh mid glæse oððe mid horne draw at times with a cupping-glass or horn, L. M. 2, 18; Lchdm. ii. 200, 13. Sete horn on ða openan scearpan put a cupping-horn on the open scarifications, 1, 56; Lchdm. ii. 126, 21.

up-ryne

(n.)
Grammar
up-ryne, es; m.

A coming uprising of a heavenly bodycoming of day

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Fram sunnan upryne a solis ortu, Ps. Spl. 106, 3. Uprine, 112, 3. Æfter sunnan setlgange ǽr mónan upryne, Lchdm. i. 330, 18. Ymb ðæs dæges uppyrne circa exortum diei, Bd. 4, 8; S. 576, 11

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ge-healdan

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Add: to hold, keep, take care or charge of a person Þeódnes bearn sceolde folc gehealdan, B. 911. a flock (lit. or fig.) Seó heord þe hé tó Godes handa gehealdan sceall, Ll.

æfter

(adv.)
Grammar
æfter, adv.

Afterthenafterwardspostposteaexinde

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Ǽr oððe æfter sooner or later, Exon. 32b; Th. 103, 22; Cri. 1692. Ic wát æfter nú hwá mec ferede ofer flódas now afterwards I know who conveyed me over the floods, Andr. Kmbl. 1808; An. 906.

Linked entry: æftera