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sígan

(v.)
Grammar
sígan, p. sáh, pl. sigon ; pp. sigen.
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</b> figurative :-- Sigon tó slǽpe they sank to sleep, Beo. Th. 2506 ; B. 1251. Hine man þreáge mid teartran steóre ðæt is him síge on swingella wracu (verberum vindicta in eum procedat), R. Ben. 52, 7.

Linked entries: sígend sígere

ge-wildan

Grammar
ge-wildan, Take here <b>ge-wyldan</b> in Dict., in which dele passage from Nar. 2, 1, and add
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Gif ic beó gebunden . . . sóna ic beó gewyld infirmus ero ), Jud. 16, 7. a thing Ðeós wyrt ǽlc yfel blód gewyldeþ, Lch. i. 236, 13. Is Godes mǽrð þe ealle þás wíta gewylde, Hml.

ge-wit

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Ic wát nú þæt þæt lýf á byð and þæt gewit, ac ic ondréde þæt hyt beó on þǽre weorulde swá hyt hér byð on cildum. Ne wéne ic ná þæt þæt lýf þǽr beó bútan gewitte þe má þe hyt hǽr byð on cildum, Solil. H. 64, 11-20: 66, 7.

ge-mǽne

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D. iv. 277, 29. beón ánum áwiht gemǽnes to have anything to do with Náwiht þé siǽ on þǽm sóþfæste gemǽnes nihil tibi et justo illi, Mt.

se

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Hié wǽpna náman, tó þon ðæt hié heora weras wrecan þóhton, 1, 10; S. 44, 32: 3, 9; S. 132, 11: 4, 10; S. 200, 16. 5 God is úre Fæder, þí wé sceolon ealle beón gebróðru on Gode, Hml. Th. i. 260, 28.

HÁD

(n.)
Grammar
HÁD, es; m.

personpersonasexdegree, rank, order, conditionstate, condition, kind, nature, formmanner, wayhonourpersona, sexus, ordo, gradus.

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Hæleþa leófost on gesíþes hád dearest of men as a comrade, Beo. Th. 2598; B. 1297. Næs sinc-máððum sélra on sweordes hád there was no better treasure among swords, 4393; B. 2193.

HUNGOR

(n.)
Grammar
HUNGOR, es; m.

HUNGERfamine

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Beóþ ðé hungor and þurst hearde gewinnan, 36 b; Th. 118, 27; Gú. 246. Hæfde hí hungor and þurst esurientes et silientes, Ps. Th. 106, 4. Hér wæs se micla hungor on Angelcynne in this year was the great famine in England, Chr. 976; Erl. 127, 34.

án

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
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Ne ðynce him nó genóg ðæt hé ána wel libbe, búton eác ðá ðe hé fore beón sceal from ðǽre slǽwðe his synna átió non solum ut ipse vigilet, sed etiam ut amicum suscitet.

drincan

(v.)
Grammar
drincan, to drincenne, ic drince, ðú drincst, he drincþ, dryncþ, pl. drincaþ; p. dranc, pl.druncon; pp.druncen [drinc drink] .

DRINK, imbibebibĕre, potāre, imbĭbĕre

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Ðonne híg druncene beóþ cum inebriāti fuĕrint, Jn.

ge-mengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mengan, -mencgan; p. de; pp. ed
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Ðǽr gemengde beóþ onhǽlo gelác engla and deófla there shall be mingled the whole assemblage of angels and of devils, Exon. 21 a; Th. 56, 4; Cri. 895 : Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 4.

un-hál

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hál, adj.

In bad healthsickweakinfirmunhealthyunsound

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Sume habbaþ bearn genóge, ac ða beóþ hwílum unhále oþþe yfele and unweorþ, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 8. Ða hálan ... ða unhálan incolumes ... aegri, Past. 36; Swt. 247, 4. Ðara unhálra ł ádligra languentium, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 5, 3.

hwít

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Þá leáf beóþ hwítran, Lch. i. 278, 15. Hægl bið hwítust corna, Rún. 9. <b>Ia.</b> without substantive, white dress :-- Hwíte (cr adv.?)

á-dwǽscan

to extinguish fire, lightto put an end to, put dawn, suppress a practice, doctrine, &;c.to put down, suppress, destroy a person

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Ic beóde ðæt hé ðæne unrihtwísan tó rihte gebíge gyf hé mæge; gyf hé ne mæge, ðonne wille ic ðæt hé hine on earde ádwǽsce, oððe út of earde ádrǽfe, Cht. E. 230, 25. Se preóst is ádwǽsced he was killed by a fall Hml. Th. ii. 164, 8.

þegen

(n.)
Grammar
þegen, þegn, þeng, þén, es; m.
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Ic (Cnut) cýðe, ðæt ic hæbbe geunnen him (archbishop Æthelnoth), ðæt hé beó his saca and sócne wyrðe ofer his ágene menn and ofer swá feala þegna swá ic him tólǽtan hæbbe, 233, 6. <b>VI b.

bútan

(prep.; adv.)
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God beó mid him ... búton hwá beó edníwan gecenned nisi fuerit Deus cum eo ... nisi quis natus fuerit denuo, Jn. 3, 2, 3. Búton him geholpen weorðe, Past. 251, 18. Him þæt tó lytel yfel þúhte, búton hié bié þæs naman benáme, Ors. 2, 8; S. 94, 3: Bl.

þeóstru

(n.)
Grammar
þeóstru, (sometimes written þr- instead of þ-) and þiéstru, þístru, þýstru; f.: and þeóstre, þýstre; n. [cf. O. Sax. thiustri; n.]
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Beóþ þeóstra gewordene, Blickl. Homl. 93, 18. Ðære nihte þióstro hí onlíhtaþ, Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 5. Ðióstro, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 6, 17.

fram

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Jn. 5, 24. denoting distinction, difference Se godcunda dóm geðencð ðætte ealle men gelíce beón ne magon, ac wile ðæt simle se óðer beó árǽred from ðǽm óðrum.

irmþ

(n.)
Grammar
irmþ, e; irmþu, irmþo; indecl. f.

Povertypenurymiserywretchednesscalamitydistressdisorder

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Ides yrmþe gemunde the woman remembered her misery, Beo. Th. 2523; B. 1259. Hé ða yrmþu oncyrde ðe wé ǽr drugon he averted the miseries that before we suffered, Exon. 16 b; Th. 38, 29; Cri. 614

Linked entry: earmþu

neód

(n.)
Grammar
neód, néd, niéd, nýd, e; f.

Desireeagernessdiligenceearnest endeavour

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Wé ðǽrinne andlangne dæg nióde namon in the hall the live long day we took our pleasure, Beo. Th. 4238; B. 2116

port

(n.)
Grammar
port, es; m. n.
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Hwæt fremaþ ðære burhware ðeáh ðe ðæt port ( the town ) beó trumlíce on ǽlce healfe getimbrod, gif ðǽr biþ án hwem open forlǽten, ðæt se onwinnenda here þurh ðam infær hæbbe? Homl. Th. ii. 432, 3. On ǽlche healfe ðæs portes, Chart. Th. 226, 25.

Linked entry: Portes-múþa