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ge-métan

(v.)
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H. 207, 13: Ph. 231. (4 a) with obj. and infin. :-- hine geneósian wolde: þá gemétte hine hleonian on þám hale his cyrcan, Guth. 82, 21.

hengen

(n.)
Grammar
hengen, e; f.

hanging that on which any one is hunga gibbetgallowscrossprisonconfinementdurance.

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hanging Eode and sylfe áheng ... Se deóful hire ágenre hengene gelǽrde she went and hung herself ... The devil persuaded her to her own hanging [to hang herself], Homl. Th, ii. 30, 24.

Linked entry: heng-wíte

tácnung

Grammar
tácnung, V.
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Sende se pápa tácnunga ꝥ hálgian, and on hwylcum stówum on Britane settan scolde, Chr. 995; P. 128, 34. Add

bitre

(adv.)
Grammar
bitre, bitere, bittre; adv.

Bitterly, sharply, cruellyamare, acriter, atrociter

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Unc he bitere forgeald he bitterly requited us, Cd. 222; Th. 290, 21; Sat. 418.

Linked entries: bitere bittre

for-lácan

(v.)
Grammar
for-lácan, p. -léc, -leólc; pp. -lácen

To seducebetraydeceivesedūcĕredecĭpĕre

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Forléc hie mid ligenum he seduced her with lies, Cd. 30; Th. 40, 30; Gen. 647. Hie seó wyrd forleólc fate deceived them. Andr. Kmbl. 1227; An. 614. He wearþ on feónda geweald forlácen he was betrayed into the foes' power. Beo. Th. 1811; B. 903

a-settan

(v.)
Grammar
a-settan, p. -sette ; pp. -seted, -sett.

to setputplaceappointlayset uperectbuildto set or taketo plantponerestatuereconstituereinstituerecollocaredeponeredesumereplantareto make a journeyiter facere

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Hét ǽnne weall asettan he ordered a wall to be built, Ors. 6, 15 ; Bos: 122, 34. Hét eft asettan he bade her again be taken, Exon. 69 a; Th. 256, 14; Jul. 231.

Linked entries: a-seted a-sette

smeálíce

(adv.)
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Add heom getǽhte swýðe smealíce (subtiliter) on gehwilcum stówum hwæt þǽr timbrian sceoldon, Gr. D. 148, 18.

ge-ládian

(v.)
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Búton hine geládige ꝥ hine fléma nvste, 382, 22. Búton hine geládige ꝥ ná bet ne cúðe, 384, 15. Dolien ealles þæs ágon, gif wóh tǽcen, oþþe geládian bet ne cúðon, 354, 11. where and are combined. v. 1.

un-tela

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tela, adv. (but in some cases it seems a noun?)

Not wellillbadly

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Þeáh hine hwá áhsode, for hwí swá dyde, ðonne ne mihte hit ná gereccan, ne geþafa beón nolde, ðæt untela dyde requiretur delictum ejus, nec invenietur, Ps. Th. 9, 35.

tó-weard

(prep.)
Grammar
tó-weard, prep.

Towardin the direction of

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hét ðæt biheólde tó his Drihtne werd. Homl. Skt. ii. 31, 78

or-wirþu

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Add: contumely, insult sǽde manigne teónan and orwyrðu (-wyrdu, v. l.) þára nunnena fracoðwyrda geþrowode quantas pateretur verborum contumeliis enarravit, Gr. D. 152, 6.

Linked entry: wirþu

be-þencan

consider

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Thi ii. 424, 15. with clause Oð ꝥ beðóhton hine ácwealdon, Hml. S. 15, 59. Beþence hine sylfne, and beðence hwæðer hine ne mæge ǽnig man getǽlan, Wlfst. 233, 22. with prep.

wód-lic

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He funde fíf mǽdena, wlitige and rance, . . . and hét áwendon mid heora wódlican plegan his geþanc fram Críste, Hml. S. jis, 53 : 65. Add

firen

(adj.)
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Hié nǽnigo firen ne gewundode, ne yfel gewitnes ne wrégde, ne hié nǽnig leahter ne dréfde, Bl. H. 161, 33. Firena forgifnes, 163, 23.

á-beódan

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) to hail hǽlo ábeád heorðgeneátum he bade farewell to his comrades B. 2418.

Linked entry: eoton-weard

stihtere

(n.)
Grammar
stihtere, es ; m.
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A disposer, director Ðæt hié geornlíce geðencen mid micelre giefe ofer him wacaþ se Scippend and se stihtere ealra gesceafta ðonne nyle lǽtan tó hiera ágnum wilnungum ut sollicita consideratione perpendant, Creator dispositorque cunctorum quanta

húslian

(v.)
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Man sceal húslian þone seócan þá hwýle hit for*-*swelgan mæg, and man ne sceal hit ná dón nánum sámcwyce men, for þan þe hit sceal etan, Ll. Th. ii. 390, 23. Gé sculon húslian þá cild bonne gefullode beóð, and Add: —

ge-lystan

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hæfde þá hwíle þe him geliste, Chr. 1046 ; P. 164, 30

ge-innian

(v.)
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Stande þǽr úte . . . oð þæt mid hreówsunge geinnige hine sylfne . . . intó Godes húse, 155, 24.

for-byrdig

(adj.)
Grammar
for-byrdig, (fore-); adj.

Patientforbearing

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Patient, forbearing, Hér is swíðe forbyrdig (fore-, v. l.) for ús, ac bið eft ús swíðé réðe, Nap. 23. Hér is swíðe forebyrdig ofer ús, ac is þǽr swíðe réðe, Ll. Th. ii. 394, 5

Linked entries: -byrdig fore-byrdig