be-helan
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Þý lǽs mé ówiht in þǽm londe beholen oððe bedégled wǽre ne quid mihi in ignotis subtraheretur locis, Nar. 20, 21. From þǽm uncystum ðe mé beholen synt ab occultis delictis meis, Ps. Th. 18, II. Add
lǽrend
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Wiste hé ꝥ hé on his godcundre mihte hæfde ǽghwæðer ge ðone lǽwend ge ðone lǽrend, Hml. A. 154, 71
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lǽce-wyrht
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Leech-work, medical treatment Mín ádlige cneów is yfele gehæfd, þæt ne mihte nán lǽcewyrht áwiht gelíðian, þeah ðe heó gelóme tó geléd wǽre ( diu est quod molestia genu tumentis oppressus nulla cujuslibet medicorum industria possum sanari, Vit.
frægning
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Asking, enquiry, questioning Mé náht nú tó láfe ne wunað þǽre frægninge and ácsunge be þám wísum, in þám ic wæs tweógende ǽr de his in quibus dubius fui nihil mihi quaestionis remansit, Gr. D. 323, 23. Mid fraignung interrogando, Mk. p. 4, 19
ofer-hygdig
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Hé hæfde ǽnne swíþe oferhigdigne cniht, þám hé sylf mihte uneáðe gewyldan superbum valde puerum habuit, cui vix poterat vel ipse dominari, Gr. D. 36, 5. Add
sǽ-healf
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The seaside Bæd hé hí ánre sylle, þæt hé mihte þæt hús on ðá sǽhealfe ( a parte maris) mid þǽre underlecgan, Hml. Th. ii. 144, 33. Hé lǽdde scipfyrde tó Scotlande, and ꝥ land on þá sǽhealfe mid scipum ymbelæg, Chr. 1072; P. 208, 13
aspide
An asp ⬩ viper ⬩ serpent ⬩ aspis ⬩ ĭdis ⬩ άσπίs ⬩ ίδοs
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Ðú ofer aspide miht gangan thou mayest go over an asp [super aspidem], Ps. Th. 90, 13; Lamb. has ofer nædran, 90, 13
ge-wæterian
To water ⬩ irrigate ⬩ adăquāre ⬩ irrĭgāre
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Teóh ðú forþ rénscúras gif ðú miht and gewætera ðíne æceras bring forth rain-showers, if thou canst, and water thy fields, Homl. Th. ii. 104, 1
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ge-clǽnsian
To cleanse ⬩ purify ⬩ mundāre ⬩ purgāre
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To cleanse, purify; mundāre, purgāre Gyf ðú wylt, ðú miht me geclǽnsian si vis, pŏtes me mundāre, Mt. Bos. 8, 2 : Mk. Bos. 1, 40 : Elen. Kmbl. 1352; El. 678.
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a-cweðan
To say ⬩ tell ⬩ answer ⬩ dicere ⬩ eloqui ⬩ respondere
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Ðæt me acweden syndon quæ dicta sunt mihi, Ps. Th. 121, 1
geóna
Hitherto, yet ⬩ adhuc
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Hitherto, yet; adhuc Hwædd geóna me gwona is quod adhuc mihi deest? Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 19, 20. Geóna hlifigende adhuc vivens, 27, 63. Ðá geóna [geone, Lind.] athuc, Jn. Skt. Rush. 11, 30: Mk. Skt. Rush. 5, 35. Ne ðá geóna nondum, Jn. Skt.
þiclíce
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Steorran of heofenan feóllan, náht be ánan oððe twám, ac swá þiclíce ðæt hit nán mane áteallan ne mihte, Chr. 1095; Erl. 231, 21
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ge-edleánian
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Hé ágelt ł geedleánaþ mé retribuet mihi, Ps. L. 17, 25. Geedleánades retribuisti, Ps. Srt. ii. 191, 42. Geedleánedun retribuebant, 34, 12. Geedleániendum repensanda, i. retribuenda, An. Ox. 1519
hwón-lic
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Hit wǽre hwónlic gebúht ꝥ . . . bútan mennisce eágan mihte geseón ꝥ . . Hml. S. 31, 1252
of-sendan
to reach by sending, send for, summon
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Ðá sende se cyng æfter ðám scypon ðe hé ofsendan mihte the king sent after the ships that his summons could reach 1049; Erl. 172, 39
ge-háwian
To look at ⬩ view ⬩ observe ⬩ examine ⬩ survey ⬩ inspect ⬩ intuĕri ⬩ aspĭcĕre ⬩ circumspĭcĕre
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To look at, view, observe, examine, survey, inspect; intuĕri, aspĭcĕre, circumspĭcĕre Se cing geháwode [geháwade, col. 1] hwǽr man mihte ða eá forwyrcean the king observed where the river might be obstructed, Chr. 896; Th. 172, 35, col. 2; 173, 35 :
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wan
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Want, lack Ne byð mé nánes gódes wan nihil mihi deerit, Ps. Th. 22, 1. Hí habbaþ ǽghwæs genóh, nis him wihte won, Exon. Th. 352, 9; Sch. 95. On ðám ðingum ðe hí won hæfdon in eis quae minus habuerat, Bd. 5, 22 ; S. 644, 15
efen-gelíca
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A coequal, fellow Þúhte him ( Lucifer ) þæt hé mihte beón þæs efengelíca ðe hine gescóp, Wlfst. 84, 4. Godes euengelíca, 306, 26. Þæt ungesǽlig man mǽðe ne geseó on his under*-*þeóddum ne on his efengelícan, 53, 25: Mt. 11, 16.
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of-tredan
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Ne lǽt þú mé oftredan þá ofermódan under heora fótum non veniat mihi pes superbiae, 35, 11. See next word
am-byre
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Substitute: Unfavourable, contrary (of wind) Þyder, hé cwæð, þæt man ne mihte geseglian on ánum n, mónðe, gyf man . . . ǽlce dæge hæfde ambyrne wind, Ors. l, I ; Bos. 21, 20. [Cf. Icel. aud-viðri a head wind. Mod. Icel. and-byrr (= mðt-byrr). (Dr.