ge-cwémnes
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Gode tó gecwémnysse and earmum and eádigum tó þearfe and tó friðe. Ll. Th. i. 272, 15. Þonne hé sceáwaþ þus eádmódlice geþingunge and gecwémnesse úres módes wið úre þá néhstan dum tale placitum nostrae mentis aspexerit. Gr. D. 349, 34.
for-seón
to despise ⬩ hold in contempt ⬩ to reject ⬩ to reject ⬩ to refuse
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Hé sǽde ꝥ se abbot him heafde forsegon he said that the abbot had treated him with contempt, 1066; P. 199, 7. to reject with scorn. to reject what is offered Hér bræc se here þone frið, and forsáwon ǽlc frið þe Eádweard and his witan him budon, Chr.
a-weorþan
To cease to be ⬩ become insipid or worthless ⬩ evanescere
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To cease to be, become insipid or worthless; evanescere Gyf ðæt sealt awyrþ if the salt become insipid, Mt. Bos. 5, 13: Lk. Bos. 14, 34. Ðú awordena raca, Mt. Bos. 5, 22
ge-gyrnan
To desire ⬩ seek ⬩ desīdĕrāre ⬩ pĕtĕre
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To desire, seek; desīdĕrāre, pĕtĕre Ic friþ wille æt Gode gegyrnan I will desire peace from God, Exon. 36 a; Th. 117, 24; Gú. 229.
gnídan
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Add Ic gníde frico, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 11. Frico ic gníde, fricui ic gnád, frictum gegniden, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 137, 15. to rub an object Hit biþ geornlic þæt mon heardlíce gníde þone hnescestan mealmstán, Ors. 4, 13; S. 212, 27. <b>I a.
grið
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Ðonne nam man grið and frið wið hí then was truce and peace made with them, 1011; Erl. 145, 3, 4. We willaþ wið ðam golde grið fæstnian for the gold we will make a truce, Byrht. Th. 132, 53; By. 35.
rǽd-líc
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Advisable Him ðá rǽdlecre geþúhte ðæt hé wið óðerne here friþ genáme ðæt hé ðone óðerne ðé iéð ofercuman mehtc proviso ad tempus consilio, unum denuntiato bello adpetit, alterum pacta pace suspendit, Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 96, 15 : 4, 13; Swt. 212, 16.
clǽnsnian
To cleanse, clear oneself ⬩ se purgare
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Búton he frínd hæbbe ðe hine clǽnsnian unless he have friends who may clear him, ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 13
ge-bryttan
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To break to pieces, crumble up Gebrytte frico, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 75. Gif þá finde fisc on óþrum fisce innan, genim þone and gebrǽd swíþe, and gebryte on drincan and sele þám seócan drincan, Lch. ii. 90, 10.
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a-weorpan
To throw or cast from or down ⬩ to cast away or off ⬩ cast out ⬩ to degrade ⬩ reject ⬩ divorce ⬩ abjicere ⬩ dejicere ⬩ projicere ⬩ ejicere ⬩ propellere ⬩ repellere ⬩ reprobare ⬩ repudiare
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To throw or cast from or down, to cast away or off, cast out, to degrade, reject, divorce; abjicere, dejicere, projicere, ejicere, propellere, repellere, reprobare, repudiare Ðæt he ðec aweorpe of woruldríce that he shall cast thee from thy worldly kingdom
LǼTAN
to LET ⬩ allow ⬩ permit ⬩ suffer ⬩ to let ⬩ let go ⬩ give up ⬩ dismiss ⬩ leave ⬩ forsake ⬩ let ⬩ to let ⬩ cause ⬩ make ⬩ get ⬩ have ⬩ cause to be ⬩ place ⬩ make as if ⬩ make out ⬩ profess ⬩ pretend ⬩ estimate ⬩ consider ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ to behave towards ⬩ treat ⬩ to let
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Gif hé tóþ of ásleá lǽt hig frige dentem si excusserit, dimittet eos liberos, Ex. 21, 27. Lǽte hig frige, 26. Wé lǽraþ ðæt man ǽnig ne lǽte unbiscpod tó lange, Wulfst. 120, 15.
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fretan
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R. 12, 40. of animals Ðæt ilce ðæt se hund áspáw, hé hit eft frit, Past. 419, 30. Fryt devorat, Ll. Th. ii. 174, 31. Fretan lurcare (gulosa beluarum ingluvies praedam lurcare non audens, Aid. 49, 8), Wrt.
ge-lícian
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Cf. ge-líc; Þá geceás hé him áne burg wið þone sǽ, Bizantium wæs hátenu, tó ðon þæt him gelícade ꝥ hié þǽr mehten betst frið binnan habban, and eác ꝥ hié þǽr gehendaste wǽren on gehwelc lond þonan tó winnanne maritimam urbem, Byzantium, aptissimam judicavit
Beornica ríce
The kingdom or province of the Bernicians ⬩ regnum vel provincia Berniciorum,
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The kingdom or province of the Bernicians, that part of Northumbria which lies between the river Tees and the Scottish sea or frith; regnum vel provincia Berniciorum, a Tesi ad fretum Scoticum olim pertingens Oswio ðone óðerne dǽl Norþanhymbra ríces
or-ceápe
Without payment, without cause, for nothing, gratis, gratuitously
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Beó hé frióh orceápunga, L. Alf. 11; Th. i. 46, 3. Hí onwunnon mé orceápunga ( gratis ), Ps. Spl. M. 119, 6. Orceápungum, Ps. Lamb. 108, 3
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þeówan
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Hí swá frige Drihtne gefeónde ðeóddon (þeówodon, Bd. M. 240, 13) sic liberi Christo servire gaudebant, 3, 24; S. 558, 1
hergung
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þá fremdan áne, ac hé gelíce slóg and hiénde þá þe him on siml wǽron mid farende nec minor in suos crudelitas, quam in hostem rabies fuit, Ors. 3, 9; S. 130, 19 Æt eallum slyht and æt ealre hergunge and æt eallum þám hearmum þe ǽr þám gedón wǽre ǽr ꝥ frið
Engla land
The land of the Angles or Engles
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D. 731, from the present Lincolnshire to the Frith of Forth, on the south of which Æbber-curníg is located
fær
a going, journey, way, journeying, expedition ⬩ ĭter, expĕdītio bellĭca ⬩ a vehicle, vessel, ship ⬩ vehĭcŭlum, nāvis
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a going, journey, way, journeying, expedition; ĭter, expĕdītio bellĭca Ánes dæges fær ĭter diei, Lk. Bos. 2, 44. Gódige folces fær facilitate the people's journeying, L. Pen. 15; Th. ii. 282, 9. Ðæt wæs fær micel that was a great expedition, Invent.
sehtan
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Hé sceal georne saca sehtan and friþ wyrcan, L. I. P. 7 ; Th. ii. 312, 14