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wyrp

(n.)

recovery ⬩ to recover ⬩ to throw

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recovery, wyrpan to recover, wyrpan to throw, -wyrpan, -wyrpe

ge-dígan

to escape danger, (i) used absolutely ⬩ to come successfully out of conflict ⬩ to escape from danger, harm, c. ⬩ of things :-- ⬩ to escape from an enemy ⬩ to recover from illness ⬩ to benefit, profit,

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to come successfully out of conflict On swá hwylcum gefeohte swá ðú bist [ðú bist] sigefæst, and þú ꝥ gedigest, gif þú ðone fót mid þé hafast, Lch. i. 328, 7. to escape from danger, harm, c.

dweoligan

(v.)
Grammar
dweoligan, part.dweoligende

To err ⬩ errāre

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To err; errāre Hí to ðám dweoligendum lǽcedómum deófolgylde efeston they hastened to the erring cures of idolatry, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 7

et-felgan

(v.)
Grammar
et-felgan, p. -fealh, pl. -fulgon; pp. -folgen

To cleave or stick to, adhere ⬩ adhærére

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To cleave or stick to, adhere; adhærére Ná etfilgþ me heorte þweor a wicked heart cleaves not to me, Ps. Spl. T. 100, 4

ge-lútan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lútan, p. -leát

To bow

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To bow Se bisceop eádmódlíce to ðam Godes were geleát the bishop humbly bowed to the man of God, Guthl. 17; Gdwin. 72, 17

Linked entries: ofer-nón ge-loten

clynan

(v.)
Grammar
clynan, l. clynnan, clynian; p. ede.
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To sound, resound; El. 51. trans. To cause to sound, knock at a door Clyniga ðæt dor pulsare ostium, Lk. R. 15, 25

á-beran

(v.)
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to do without Hym wæs láð tó forlǽtenne þone Hǽlend, and hý uneáðe mihton his neáweste (wanan?, ond áberan = to endure) áberan. Nap. 4. (?)

gift

(n.; v.; part.)
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For the need, in the case of a king, of having gifts to give, see B. 1719-23) and wǽpnu . . . and gehwæt þæs þe þá þrié geférscipas behófiaþ, Bt. 17 ; F. 60, 4. v. feoh-, hand-gift. the giving of a woman in marriage, marriage, v. gífan ; [The word is

ge-néhwian

(v.)
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Add: to approach, draw near Tó geneólécde ł gehnéhwade (adpropinquavit) ríc heofna, Mt. L. 10, 7. to consent. Cf. ge-neálǽcan; VII Ðes ne efne-genéhuade (-ginéhwadæ, R. ) tó dédum hiora hic non consenserat actibus eorum, Lk. 23, 51

ge-feccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feccan, -feccean ; p. -feahte, -fehte; pp. -feaht, -feht

To fetch ⬩ bring to ⬩ addūcĕre

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To fetch, bring to; addūcĕre He mæg ða sáwle gefeccan under foldan it can fetch back the soul under the earth, Salm. Kmbl. 139; Sal. 69.

Linked entry: ge-fetian

ge-bringan

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</b> where the point reached is given by an abstract noun :-- Hú hé ꝥ Hú hí mihton hine tó deáþe gebringan, Hml. Th. i. 214, 32. to bring to or from a state, condition, action, &amp;c., cause to be in such and such a state, &amp;c.

Linked entry: ge-brengan

wægn

(n.)
Grammar
wægn, wægen, wǽn, es; m.

A waggon ⬩ wain ⬩ carriage ⬩ vehicle ⬩ Charles' wain

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Ðæt hig nymon wǽnas (plaustra), Gen. 45, 19, 27. with special reference to what is carried, in the phrase wægnes, wægna gang, the going to fetch wood, v.

fleswian

(v.)
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To profess to do something (?). In the passage líiccetende wrehte and leáse fleswede seem equally to render simolatam (legationem) volveret, and for the latter leáslíce ongann occurs in one MS. Another various reading is fleose-wade.

þreágung

Grammar
þreágung, II. add: cf. þreágan; <b>I a.</b>
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III. add: — Gif tó ðám yflum cymþ réþu wyrd, þonne cymþ hé tó edleáne his yfla, oððe tó þréunge and tó láre ꝥ hé eft swá ne dó aspera fortuna puniendi corrigendive improbos causa deferíur, Bt. 40, l; F. 236, 8

wíglere

(n.)
Grammar
wíglere, (wiglere ?), weohlere, es; m.

A diviner ⬩ soothsayer ⬩ augur ⬩ sorcerer

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II; Th. i. 172, 20: L. C. S. 4 ; Th. i. 378, 7. Wiccan oþþe wígleras, scíncræftigan . . . L. Eth. vi. 7; Th. i. 316, 20. Wiccan and wígleras (wígeleras, v. l. ). Wulfst. 27, I.

Linked entry: weohlere

bærnett

burning ⬩ cauterizing ⬩ a burn ⬩ burning heat ⬩ consuming by fire

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Isaac bær ðone wuda tó his ágenum bærnete, Hml. Th. ii. 62, 22

cleacian

(v.)
Grammar
cleacian, ode; od

hurry ⬩ festinare, trepidare

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To go nimbly, hurry; festinare, trepidare He cleacode swíðe earhlíce to porte he hurried very timidly to town; in via totus trepidabat, M. H. 115a

hlytman

(v.)

to allot

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to allot (?) Wé sculon tilian þæt wé tó þám écan gefeán becuman móton. þæt bið ǽlc man tó his yldrum hlytmeð(-ed?), Verc. Först. 167

ongeán-cyme

(n.)
Grammar
ongeán-cyme, es; m.

A return

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A return Útfæreld his fram fæder, ongeáncyme (regressus) his tó fæder, and utrene tó helle, ongeáncyme (recursus ) tó setle Godes, Hymn. Surt. 44, 17, 23

smillan

(v.)
Grammar
smillan, p. de

to cause to crack as a whip, ⬩ To crack as a whip ⬩ to crack ⬩ to cause to crack

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to cause to crack as a whip, etc. intrans. To crack as a whip Under smyllendum gyrdum weóp crepantibus flevit sub ferulis, Germ. 388, 7

Linked entry: smyllende