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a-teón

(v.)
Grammar
a-teón, ic -teó, ðú -týhst, he -týhþ, -tíhþ, -tíþ, pl. -teóþ; p. -teáh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen [a from, out; teón to tow, draw] .

to draw out or awaypull outlead outpluckdrawabstrahereextrahereejicereeduceretrahereducereto treatusedispose ofemploytractareutiadhibereto draw to any placebetake oneself anywheregocomemake a journey or expeditionse reciperemeareproficisciirevenireiter facere

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Surt. 9, 30. Ðonne he fram atíhþ [atýgþ MS. C.] hine dum abstrahet eum, Ps. Spl. second 9, 11. Seó mæg ateón ǽlces cynnes áttor út of men which can draw poison of every kind out of man, Ors. 5, 13; Bos. 113, 33.

herian

(v.)
Grammar
herian, hærian, hergan; p. ode, ede; imper. hera and here; pp. ed

To praise

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Ic nát for hwý gé ða tída swelcra bróca swá wel hergeaþ I know not why ye praise so highly the times of such miseries. Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 120, 4: Blickl. Homl. 89, 31. Hergaþ, Cd. 192; Th. 239, 24; Dan. 375.

Linked entry: hergan

hwón

(adj.)
Grammar
hwón, adj.

Littlefew

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Huón aron ða ðe onfindes ða ilco pauci sunt qui inveniunt eam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 7, 14. Ofer lytla ł huón super pauca, 25, 21. Huoó ł unmonige paucos, p. 15, 7. Búta hwón untrymigo gehǽlde nisi paucos infirmos curavit, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 5.

morþor

(n.)
Grammar
morþor, es; n. m.

murdermortal singreat wickednesstormentdeadly injurygreat misery

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Ic on morþor ofslóh minra sumne hyldemága, Cd. 52; Th. 66, 32; Gen. 1093. Morþor sceal mon under eorþan befeolan, ðe hit forhelan þenceþ, Exon. 90 b; Th. 340, 23; Gn. Ex. 115. Morþer homicidium . . . fore morþre propter homicidium, Lk. Skt.

Linked entry: morþ

mynegian

(v.)
Grammar
mynegian, myngian; p. ode ( with acc. of person and gen. of thing, or with a clause).

to bring to one's own mindrecallto bring to another's mindto remindto bring a duty to the mindto admonishexhortto remind of a debtto ask for paymentto have in the mindto purposeintenddetermine

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Skt. 6, 30. to have in the mind, to purpose, intend, determine Menegiaþ, hogiaþ conati sumus, decreivimus Hpt. Gl. 527, 66

nægel

(n.)
Grammar
nægel, nægl, es; m.

the nail of a finger or toea nailpegan instrument for striking the strings of a harp

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Heó lǽdde tó hire suna ða ísenan næglas ðe wǽron ádrifene þurh Cristes folman, Homl. Th. ii. 306, 15. Nægelas geseón anxsumnysse getácnaþ, Lchdm. iii. 212, 24. an instrument for striking the strings of a harp, Similar entries v. hearpe-nægel, Exon.

strengðu

(n.)
Grammar
strengðu, (o); indecl. : strengð, e; f.
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Surt. 10, 10. Strengcþ. mín fortitudo mea. Ps. Spl. 17, 1. Strenð robur, Kent. Gl. 795. Ic eów healde strengðu staþolfæstre, Exon. Th. 31, 3; Cri. 490. In ðære gǽstes strengðu, 40, 14; Cri. 638.

weorþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ-líc, adj.
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Ðæm folce ðe on clǽnum felda weorðlícne sige gefeohtaþ his, qui per fortitudinem in campo victores sunt Past. 33; Swt. 227, 25. Weorðlícne wæstm, Ps. Th. 131, 12. Hí worhton wurðlíce cyrcan, Homl. Skt. i. 19, 143.

yfelian

(v.)
Grammar
yfelian, p. ode.
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.), ðæt him mon þingode tó ðǽm rícum pro his, qui grave quid, acerbumque perpessi sunt, miserationem judicum excitare conantur oratores, cum magis admittentibus justior miseratio debeatur, Bt. 38, 7; Fox 208, 25-29. E hine yflaþ, Salm.

cwide

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Ic áwende on Englisc sumne cwide ( the homily on Job ), Ælfc. T. Grn. 11, 1. a will, testament Cwyde testamentum, Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 3.

fægnian

(v.)

to rejoiceexultwelcome

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S. 23 b, 777. to receive with pleasure, welcome Se cyng cwæð ꝥ hé ꝥ lustlíce fægnian wolde the king said that he would welcome such a proposal with pleasure, Lch. iii. 426, 30

frófor

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His swǽsne sunu . . . feóres frófre, Exod. 404; Cri. 338. Hé frófre gecwæð . . . héht his líchoman háles brúcan, An. 1467. Hé ásende þisne frófer þus cwæðende: 'Eálá . . . þíne gebedu synd gefyllede . . . ꝥ gé ne beón gewemmede,' Hml. S. 4, 91.

ge-hálgian

(v.)
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</b> to consecrate to an office :-- SendeÆþelwulf cyning Ælfréd his sunu tó Róme. Þá wæs domne Leo pápa, and hé hiene tó cyninge gehálgode, Chr. 853; P. 64, 30.

hǽlan

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Cwóm sunu monnes tó soecanne and tó hǽlenne Ꝥte losade, Lk. L. R. 19, 10. Ne tó doemenne ah tó haelanne middangeard, Jn. p. 6, 19. ¶ hǽlende as epithet of Christ, Jesus. Cf. hǽ. end :-- Ic eom Hǽlende Críst, Hml. S. 30, 60 : Ll. Th. i. 54, 28 note.

hel

(n.)
Grammar
hel, hell, helle, e; f.
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Manige men wénað ꝥ seó hell sý on sumum dǽle þyssere eorðan . . . ꝥ wé hátað helle in gewritum . . . mé is geþúht ꝥ seó ufere hell sý on þissere eorðan, and seó neoþere hell sý under ðissere eorðan, Gr. D. 332, 10-20.

inne

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Wæs hé on sumum húse inne. Guth. Gr. 171, 15, 16. Inne on healle, B. 642. Inne in ræcede, Mód. 17. Þám þe inne gehýdde wrǽte under wealle, B. 3059.

twelf-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-hynde, adj.
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As applied to a person, of the rank for which the wergild was twelve hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank.

Linked entry: six-hynde

teóðung

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung, teóðing, e; f.
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Wile cristenra manna gehwilc, ðæt hé his Drihtene his teóðunge, á swá seó sulh ðone teóðan æcer gegá, rihtlíce gelǽste, L. Eth. ix. 7; Th. i. 342, 11.

Linked entry: tegðung

þeáh

(adv.)
Grammar
þeáh, þáh, þǽh, þéh; adv. conj.
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Surt. 38, 7. Ðeáh hwæðere, þeáh heó synderlíce Ióhannes gýmenne betǽht wǽre, hwæðere heó drohtnode gemǽnelíce mid ðam apostolícum werode, Homl. Th. i. 438, 31

Linked entries: þáh þéh þǽh

BEGEN

(num.; adj.; pronoun.)

Bothambobothamboambæambobothambo et ambæ vel ambæ et amboof bothamborumambarumamborumto bothambobusambabusambobusbothambosambasambobothambos et ambas velambas et ambwithby bothambobusambabusambobus

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Grammar BEGEN, Gen. m. f. n. begra, begea, bega of both; amborum, ambarum, amborum Se Hálga Gást, ðe gǽþ of ðam Fæder and of ðam Suna, is heora begra lufu the Holy Ghost, who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, is the love of them both Hexam. 2 ;