betǽcan
to entrust ⬩ guidance ⬩ to hand over ⬩ pay ⬩ give ⬩ to assign ⬩ destine ⬩ yield to ⬩ to direct
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. :-- Mon ðæt gewin nolde him betǽcan, Ors. 5, 11; S. 236, 4. in an unfavourable sense, to hand over, deliver On þíne handa ic hí betáce in manus tuas tradidi illos, Jos. 10, 8.
bed-reda
One BEDRIDDEN ⬩ clinicus
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Th. ii. 422, 4. Arás se bedreda, and arn blissigende the bedridden arose, and ran rejoicing, ii. 422, 9.
Linked entries: bædd-ryda bedd-redda bed-rida bed-ryda
ge-hlýd
A cry ⬩ clamour ⬩ noise ⬩ tumult ⬩ murmuring ⬩ clāmor ⬩ tumultus ⬩ murmur
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Th. ii. 252, 17 : 546, 16 : Basil admn. 2; Norm. 34, 15. Mid ánþræcum gehlýde with a horrible clamour, Homl. Th. ii. 508, 17
hæfern
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Voc. i. 281, 63: ii. 13, 30: 16, 30. Hafern concern (? concha, cf. of muscellan de conca, ii. 75, 71), i. 291, 31. Haebern, habern, hafern nepa, Txts. 81, 1370. Hæfern, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 11.
heorþ
a hearth ⬩ fire place
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Voc. ii. 39, 38. Íren hiorð arula, 10, 21. Heorðe fornacula, log, 7: 35, 77. Wermód gesodenne on wætere on níwum cytele, dó of heorðe, Lch. ii. 44, 2. Brǽdingce on heorþum tó móse assaturam (alimentorum) in focularibus (praeparatam) ad edulium, An.
reðe
Right, just
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Mé ðín se góda gást lǽdde ðæt ic on rihtne weg reðne férde ; spiritus tuus bonus deducet me in viam rectam,; Ps. Th. 142, 11. Ic on wísne weg worda ðínra, reðne rinne, 118, 32.
Linked entries: rede reðe-hygdig
eornost
in earnest ⬩ seriously ⬩ indeed
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Similar entries Cf. eornostlíce Sóðlíce on eornost ic eów secge amen quippe dico vobis, Mt. 17, 20
láþ
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Ic wát þæt nán swá gód man ne leofað swá hé is, þéh þe hé mé sié se láþesta, Ors. 5, 12 ; S. 244, 1. <b>I b.</b> antithetical to leóf :-- Leóf carus, láð odiosus Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 63, 64.
freóls
freedom ⬩ grant of land that enjoys immunity ⬩ libertas
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Add: freedom in respect to land granted, grant of land that enjoys immunity; libertas Þis is ealra þára landa freóls þe Eádgár cyning geedfreólsade Wulfríce his þegene (cf.
ge-deorf
labour, toil, work ⬩ trouble, laborious effort, difficulty ⬩ trouble, tribulation, affliction
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Th. ii. 144, 13-20. trouble, laborious effort, difficulty Micel gedeorf bið mé þæt ic míne feónd lufige. Ne wiðcweðe wé þæt hit micel gedeorf ne sý; ac gif hit is hefigtýme . . . Hml. Th. i. 56, 1-4.
ancor
An anchor ⬩ ancora
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An anchor; ancora Ðín ancor is git on eorþan fæst thine anchor is yet fast in the earth, Bt. 10; Fox 30, 5. On ancre fæst fast at anchor, Beo. Th. 611; B. 303. On ancre rád rode at anchor, 3771; B. 1883.
fór-hradian
To hasten before ⬩ anticipate ⬩ prevent ⬩ prævĕnīre ⬩ præoccŭpāre
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Th. ii. 124, 12. Fórhradode Godes mildheortnys us God's mercy prevented us, ii. 84, 13. Ðonne hie fórhradigaþ ðone tíman gódes weorces when they anticipate the time of a good work, Past. 39, 3
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ful-gangan
To fulfil ⬩ perfect ⬩ follow ⬩ accomplish ⬩ finish ⬩ complēre ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ obsĕqui ⬩ fīnīre
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Gif we him fulgangan wyllaþ if we will follow him, Ors. 5, 1; Bos. 101, 15. Hit is riht ðæt ðú heora þeáwum fulgange it is right that thou follow their manners, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 35
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mearþ
A marten ⬩ a kind of weasel
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Ofer mearþes hrycg ( in an enumeration of boundaries ), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 391, 20
ge-hwyrftnian
to tear
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brings its hungry whelps something to eat, then they show in that food which of them can tear it most, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 71, 39, note
cyrnel
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Voc. i. 285, 26. Cyrnel nucleus, cyrnlas nucli, ii. 60, 26, 25. Cirnlas nucli, 115, 6. a kernel in the neck, a tonsil; a glandular swelling Cirnel glandula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 80: 41, 1. Cyrnel tolia, i. 289, 62.
ge-sweltan
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Add: [weak forms occur in Lindisfarne gospels] Ðaeh becyme mec ꝥ ic efne-gesuelta ðé etsi oportuerit me common tibi, Mk. L. 14, 31. Se Hǽlend ásuelte (expirauit) . . . Gesæh ðe aldormon ꝥte suá clioppende gesuelte (expirasset), 15, 39.
middel
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D. iii. 260, 11. In þone midlestan holan weg, Swt. A. S. Rdr. ii. 203, 8. Add
sand-ceosol
Sand, gravel
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Th. ii. 524, 21