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hleótan

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Hleótan man mót mid geleáfan swá þeáh on woruld-ðingum bútan wiccecræfte, ꝥ him déme seó tá gif hwæt dǽlan willað. Hml. S. 17, 73-86. Hleáte (hleátte, L.) wé sortiamur Jn.

swǽr

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add: — Sum mann wæs gebunden onbútan ꝥ heáfod for his hefigum gylte, sé cóm tó þám hálgan, and his swára heáfodbend sóna tóbærst, Hml. S. 21, 423.

weard-setl

(n.)
Grammar
weard-setl, es; n.

A place where guard is kept; those who keep watch, a guard

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Ðá férde his gaśt and mid wǽpne ðone Godes feónd ofstang, his weardsetlum on lócigendum, Homl. Th. i. 452, 13-31. Æt ðǽm weardsetlum ad excubias, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 16. Weardsetl excubias, 81, 20: 30, 11: 71, 11.

æfter-weard

(adj.; adv.)

later, latterbeing behind (?), absentAfter

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After urnon ealle him æfterweard, Hml. S. 31, 995. Weorþan æfterweard to be after, to pursue, follow :-- Iohannes heów ðæt hors mid ðám spuran and wearð him æfterweard . . . and cwæð tó ðám fleóndum, Ælfc. T. 18, 22: Rä. 16, 14.

ge-teld

(n.)
Grammar
ge-teld, -tæld, -teald, es ; n. [teld a tent]

A tenttabernaclepavilionTILTcovertentōriumtabernācŭlum

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aslógan án geteld tĕtendērunt tentōrium, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 34. Onsunnan gesette getelda his in sōle pŏsuit tabernācŭlum suum, Ps. Spl. 18, 5

Linked entries: teld ge-teald

ge-myndig

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Gif hwilc mon sié on ondyrstlecum wísum. and hé sý mínes naman gemyndig (remembers my name and calls upon it ), Drihten, gefriða ðú hine, Shrn. 101, 31. Hé wæs þíera worda gemyndig . . . and his fole lǽdde, Ps. Th. 104, 37.

tyhting

(n.)
Grammar
tyhting, e; f.
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God hira mód onliéht mid his fandunga and eác his tiehtinge (tihtinge, Cott. MSS.), Past. 35; Swt. 243, 22. For láre and for tiehtinge his ágenes firenlustes persuasione luxuriae, 50; Swt. 393, 7.

Linked entry: tihting

HÝRAN

(v.)
Grammar
HÝRAN, heran, hiéran; p. de [with acc., with infin., and with acc. and infin.]

to HEARhear ofto listen tofollowserveobeybe subject tobelong to

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Him ǽghwilc hýran scolde gomban gyldan him each one had to obey, to him pay tribute, Beo. Th. 20; B. 10. Héran, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 61; Met. 1, 31. Holdlíce hýran woldon were ready loyally to obey, Andr. Kmbl. 3277; An. 1641.

wirgness

(n.)
Grammar
wirgness, e; f.

Cursinga curse

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Hé sceal lǽtan his wyrignesse and lufian his gebedu, Wulfst. 239, 19. His múð byð symle full wyrignessa cujus os maledictione plenum est, Ps. Th. 9, 27; 13, 6.

Linked entries: wirigness wyrgness

bóc-lic

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Hé cwæð on his bóclican láre (the advice contained in his book), Hex. 32, 19. Underþeódd þǽre bóclican láre, Hml. A. 41, 419. Þeáh wé hi æfter bóclicum andgyte áwríton if we describe them scientifically, Lch. iii. 244, 8.

mengan

(v.)
Grammar
mengan, mængan, mencgan; p. de.

to mixminglecombineto mingle togetherstir updisturb

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wið mánfullum megndan þeóde commisti sunt inter gentes, Ps. Th. 105, 26. mínne mete mengde wið geallan, 68, 22. Meng ða blisse wið ða unrótnesse, Prov. Kmbl. 71. Fífleáfon seáw mencg (mængc, MS. B) tó wíne, Herb. 3, 6; Lchdnl. i. 88, 112.

Linked entries: mængan for-mengan

for-faran

(v.)

To perishTo destroyto blockade

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Þurh ꝥ . . . þe heom sylfe ǽlc óðerne forfóre, Chr. 1052; P. 180, 25. Hé (Jupiter) wolde his ágene fæder forfaran, Wlfst. 106, 11. Is folces forfaren máre þonne scolde, 46, 18.

Linked entry: fór-faran

siltan

(v.)
Grammar
siltan, p. te
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On ðæm ðe gé hit syltaþ ( condistis ), Mk. Skt. 9, 50. Selte mon hiora mettas, Lchdm. ii. 234, 14. Láreówum gedafenaþ ðæt mid wísdómes sealte geleáffulra manna mód sylton, Homl. Th. ii. 536, 17. ge-, un-silt (-sylt)

Linked entries: seltan syltan

under-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
under-sceótan, p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; pp. -scoten.

to move to a place beneathto interceptto under-propsupport

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to move to a place beneath, to intercept His ( the moon's ) trendel underscýt ðære (ða, MS.

un-álífedlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-álífedlíc, adj.

Not allowableunlawfulillicit

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ne móstan for him náht unálýfedlíces begangan, Shrn. 65, 11. On hús gehwyrfed unálýfedlícra scylda in inlecebrarum cubilia conversae, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 14

be-swingan

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Hé beswincgð mid untrumnyssum his gecore-nan, Hml. Th. i. 470, 25. beswingað mé, 152, 9. Saulus beswang þá crístenan, 392, 1. Gif mon cierliscne mon unsynnigne beswinge, Ll. Th. i. 84, 3.

earce

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Add: a chest Sum ceorl ásette his earcan ( arcam ) mid hwǽte gefylde ofer þæs hálgan mannes byrgene . . . Þá semninga wæs geworden þoden, ꝥ hé áhóf upp þá earcan and forð áwearp, Gr.

forþ-fór

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Hé bodode hire forðfóre ( obitum ), 169, 14: Guth. 94, 3. ¶ where death is commemorated On ðone endlyftan dæg þæs mónðes bið þǽre hálgan abbodissan forðfór, Shrn. 137, 32. mǽrsodon þǽre eádigan forðfóre dæg, Hml. S. 23 b, 800. Add

handlinga

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Þá ongunnon ðá hǽðenan handlinga áteón, Hml. S. 11, 247

mǽg-lic

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Sume for mǽiglicre sibbe bebyrigan woldon some would have buried them because they were kinsmen 404, I. Add