ge-þingan
To determine ⬩ fix ⬩ destine
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-ed] he mæg ðǽr fela freónda findan if then Hrethric determine to come to the Goths' courts he can find there many friends, Beo. Th. 3678; B. 1857.
be-féran
to go about ⬩ from place to place, ⬩ to come upon ⬩ overtake ⬩ catch ⬩ To get ⬩ fall among ⬩ to pass by
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Hé beférde Maximum binnan ánre byrig, Hml. S. 31, 647: Bl. H. 79, 24. intrans. To get, fall among :-- Hé befoerde ł becuom on ðá ðeáfas incidit in latrones, Lk. L. 10, 30. to pass by Ðára naman ic beférde (praeterii), Lch. i. lxxii, 11
CYFES
A concubine, handmaid ⬩ concubina, pellex, ancilla
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> Gif he cyfesan hæbbe, and náne riht ǽwe, he áh ðæs to dónne swá him geþincþ; wíte he ðeáh ðæt he beó on ánre gehealden, beó hit cyfes, beó hit ǽwe si concubinam habeat, et nullam legitimam uxorem, erit ei proinde quod ipsi videbitur faciendum; sciat
ofer-stǽlan
to confute, convince, convict
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Ðonne hé oferstǽled biþ when he is convinced, Past. 6; Swt. 46, 16. Hé biþ ðonne oferstǽled ðæt hé Godes feónd is he will then be convicted of being God's foe. Homl. Th. i. 612, 24.
COSTIAN
To tempt, try, prove ⬩ probare, tentare.
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Costa mín, God proba me, Deus 138, 20. with the accusative; cum accusativo He ðæt folc costian lét he let [them] try the people, Ors. 6, 3; Bos. 118, 6.
gnornung
Grief ⬩ lamentation ⬩ mourning ⬩ mœstitia
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Hér is Brytta gnornung gemitus Brittanorum, Bd. 1, 13; S. 481, 42, note. Me hæfþ ðeós gnornung ðære gemynde benumen this grief hath deprived me of the remembrance, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 20: 7, 2; Fox 18, 10.
for-wered
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Eald wíf ... þonne heó forwerod byð and teámes ætealdod, Hml. A. 20, 158. Cild oððe forwerod man, Hml. Th. i. 236, 25. Wǽron hí bútan cilde oð þæt hí wǽron forwerede menn, 202, 1.
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ge-bídan
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Hé hæfde his ende gebidenne on eorðan unswǽslicne, Jud. 64. to obtain Hí bǽdon þone híréd ꝥ Ælfstán móste beón þæs þriddan peniges wurðe of þǽre tolne . . . ac hý forwyrndon heom ealle tógædere endemes, ꝥ hé hit ná sceolde nǽfre gebídan (that he should
a-dwæscan
To quench ⬩ put out ⬩ staunch ⬩ appease ⬩ extinguere
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Efne swá he mid wætre ðone weallendan lég adwæsce even as he with water the raging flame quenches, Exon. 122a; Th. 467, 23; Alm. 6. Eall mín unriht adwæsc omnes iniquitates meas dele, Ps. Ben. 50, 10
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BEÁCEN
BEACON ⬩ sign ⬩ token ⬩ standard ⬩ signum ⬩ significatio ⬩ typus ⬩ vexillum ⬩ portentum ⬩ miraculum
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Segn genom beácna beorhtost he took an ensign brightest of standards, Beo. Th. 5547; B. 2777
beótian
to threaten ⬩ minari ⬩ minitari ⬩ to boast ⬩ vow ⬩ promise ⬩ magna loqui ⬩ polliceri ⬩ spondere
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his beáhgifan as he boasted before towards his ring-giver Byrht.
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forþ-geleoran
To pass forth ⬩ pass away ⬩ depart ⬩ die ⬩ transīre ⬩ decēdĕre ⬩ mŏri
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Ðá ongeat he ðone mann, and him to gemynde com ðæt he his hrægle onféng ðá he forþgeleored wæs cognōvitque hŏmĭnem, et quia vestīmentum ejus mŏrientis accēpĕrit, ad mĕmŏriam reduxit, 3, 19; S. 549, 3: Th. Ghart. 138, 4
fréfrian
To comfort ⬩ console ⬩ consōlāri
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He héran ne wolde Fæder fréfergendum [ = fréfrigendum] he would not obey the comforting Father, Cd. 220; Th. 284, 7; Sat. 318
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in-stæpes
At once ⬩ immediately
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Hé ðá sóna instæpes geseh he then immediately saw, 15, 27. Ðéh gé sóna instæpes ðǽre méde ne ne onfón, 41, 13. Instepes, 33, 19. Ðæt fæsten wæs ongunnen instepes ðæs ðe . . . the fast was begun directly after . . . 35, 5.
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lytig-
Cunningly ⬩ artfully ⬩ craftily
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Ne weorþeþ on worulde lytelíce swicolra ðonne hé wyrþeþ none in the world is more craftily deceitful than he, 54, 22. Se ðe litelícost cúðe leáslíce hiwian unsóþ tó sóþe he that most cunningly could make untruth appear truth, 128, 9
mann-þeáw
A manner ⬩ custom ⬩ practice
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Ðæt hé monþeáwum mínum lifge that he live according to my customs, 71 b; Th. 267, 4; Jul. 410. Hé forlǽteþ láre ðine, and manþeáwum mínum folgaþ. Elen. Kmbl. 1856; El. 930. In monþeáwas, Exon. 55 b; Th. 197, 15; Az. 190.
for-gíman
to neglect ⬩ to neglect ⬩ to disregard
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Ne sceolde hé nán ðing forgýman ðe ǽfre tó note mehte, ne forða músfellan, Angl. ix. 265, 7. to neglect to do (dat. infin.)
ge-leáfsum
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Cymð se lytega sǽtere and áteleð him eall ðæt hé ǽr tó góde gedyde, and geræcð him ðonne tó geleáfsuman ( tells him and gets him to believe ) ðæt hé sié se gesǽlgosta on eallum cræftum, Past. 463, 13. Add
hleów
cover ⬩ shelter ⬩ Protection ⬩ a protector
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Hé holtes hleó geméteð, Ph. 429. Protection afforded by a person Hé ácenned wearð tó hleó and tó hróðre hæleða cynne, An. 567: III.