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ge-bindan

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H. 79, 28. to bind a band Is þes wítes clom feste gebunden, Sat. 104. of non-material bands. denoting obligation Wé beóð mid Gode suá micle suíðor gebundne tanto apud Dominum obligatiores sumus, Past. 117, 23. denoting union, connexion Fæste gebunden

feoh

cattlepropertywealthmoneyrichestreasurebribegiftmetalcoin

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Ne sceal hé beón tó georn deádra manna feós, Bl. H. 43, 13: Ors. 1, 1; S. 20, 27-21, 4. For feós lufon, Bl. H. 63, 7, 8. Godes feós ðeófð sacrilegium, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 31.

smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
smeágan, smeán; p. smeáde; ppr. smeágende, smeánde; pp. smeád

to consider, meditate, inquire, deliberateto consider, ponder, examine, inquire into, discuss, searchto seek an opportunityto accept as the result of inquiry, to suppose

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.: Smeádon men oft, and gyt gelóme smeágaþ, hú se hláf máge beón áwend Homl. Th. ii. 268, 7 : L. Ed. 4; Th. i. 162, 1. Ic smeáde mid mínra witena geþeahte, hú ic mæhte cristendómes mǽst árǽran L. Edm. S. prm.; Th. i. 246, 19.

Linked entry: smeán

ge-swícan

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Heó cwæð: 'pǽs lifigendan Godes word ne magon geswícan, ne forsuwode beón,' Hml. S. 9, 71. to deceive, seduce Giseás gé dætte nǽnig iów giswíce (seducat) . . . monige hiǽgiswícas (seducent), Mk. R. L. 13, 5, 6. Gesuíca (forlǽre, R. beswíce, W.

ge-endian

(v.)
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Ꝥ ungeháten is sceal beón geendod, Bl. H. 189, 27. Fulwuiht ic hafo ... oðð ðá hwíl geendad sié, Lk. L. R. 12, 50. Geendad biðon alle ðá ðe áwriteno sindon, 18, 31.

ge-wis

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Þæt gé beón gewisse ðonne úre týddernys his worda getácnunga eów geopenað, Hml.

girnan

(v.)
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Gif hí tó him friðes tó ne girndon, Chr. 1009; P. 139, 11. with clause (and person to whom request made) Þá eorlas gerndon tó him ꝥ hí móston beón wurðe . . ., Chr. 1052; P. 180, 6.

lufian

(v.)
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. ¶ in the legal formula :-- Ic wille beón N. hold and getríwe, and eal lufian ꝥ hé lufað, and eal áscunian ꝥ; he áscunað, Ll.

open

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H. 125, 30. not covered so as to be concealed, exposed Hé hordwynne fond opene standan, B. 2271. of a passage or space, without obstructions Ne mihte nǽnig hróf on beón on ðǽre cirican . . . ac þæt se weg ðǽr wǽre á tó heofonum open, Shrn. 81, 10. of

sceótan

(v.)
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sceótan, p. sceát, pl. scuton, sceoton ; pp. scoten.
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Gr. 28, 6; Som. 32, 38, Se ðe of flánbogan fyrenum sceóteþ, Beo. Th. 3493 ; B. 1744. Hé hygegár léteþ, scúrum sceóteþ, Exon. Th. 315, 22 ; Mód. 35. Hé on bord sceát, Byrht. Th. 139, 46; By. 270.

Linked entries: fore fore-scét

ge-met

(adj.)
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L. 2, 6 margin. a line Ne beó ǽnig metegyrd lengre þonne óðer, ac be þæs scriftes gemete ealle gescyfte, and ǽlc gemet on his scriftscíre and æghwylc gewihte beó be his dihte gescyft swíþe rihte, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 5-8.

ge-witnes

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Gif hé láðleés beó séce swylcne hláford on þá gewitnesse swylcne hé wille si culpa careat, perquirat sibi dominum in testimonio quem voluerit, Ll. Th. i. 220, 25.

on

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on, Add: <b>A. I.</b> 5 ¶
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Hié beóð on þá winstran sídan mid ece geswenced and on ðone lið þǽra eaxla . . . biþ micel ece, and on þám gehweorfe þára bána on þám sweóran, Lch. ii. 242, 11-14. .vi. æcras mǽde on ðá geréfmǽde, C. D. iii. 53, 2.

CYRICE

(n.)
Grammar
CYRICE, cirice, cyrce, circe; gen. an, ean; f: cyric, ciric, in the compound cyric-ǽwe, etc. q. v. cyrc, e; f. circ,

in the compounda church, the material structure ecclesiaa heathen temple templum paganum

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Ða cyrcean, ðe beóþ fram ðám bisceopum gehálgode, sceolon mid hálig wætere beón geondstrédde ecclesiæ, ab episcopis illis consecratæ, aqua benedicta debent aspergi, L. Ecg. P. A. 5; Th. 232, 20.

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folc

a peoplea nationan armya racetribesectlay-folkthe laitythe peoplefollowersthe people the common peoplecountry-folkfolkmenpeoplefolksa crowdcompanytrooppeoplefolk

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Ne gedafenað biscope þæt hé beó on dǽdum folces mannum gelíc, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 12.

ÁN

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)

ONEunusunaunumaloneonlysoleanothersolusaliussolealone of its kindsingularuniquewithout an equalunicuseximiusa certain onesome onequidamaanaaneachevery oneallunus-quisqueuna-quæqueunum-quodqueOneother

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Ðæt wæs án foran eald-gestreóna that was before a singular old treasure, Beo. Th. 2920; B. 1458.

reccan

(v.)
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reccan, p. reahte, rehte.
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Tó lang ys tó reccenne too long to tell, Beo. Th. 4192; B. 2093. Hé his intingan wæs reccende causam dicturus, Bd. 5, 19; S. 639, 19. Reccendes loquentis, narrantis, Hpt. Gl. 460, 68.

LǼTAN

(v.)
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LǼTAN, p. lét, leórt; pp. lǽten. The ellipsis of a verb in the infinitive, the meaning of which may be inferred from the context, not unfrequently takes place after lǽtan; and the connection of many of the meanings which follow with the simple one seems explainable in this way.

to LETallowpermitsufferto letlet gogive updismissleaveforsakeletto letcausemakegethavecause to beplace make as ifmake outprofesspretendestimateconsidersupposethinkto behave towardstreatto let

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Wit ðæt ðá létan and unéþelíce þurhtugan ðæt hé ðæs geþafa wolde beón with difficulty we got him to assent to it, Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 17.

Linked entries: aweg-lǽtan leórt

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Hú (hú swíðe, R., L.) beó ic geþreád, Lk. 12, 50. Efne hú glædlic bið and gód swylce ecce quam bonum et quam jucundum, Ps. Th. 132, 1: Bt. 16, 2; F. 52, 3.

cýþþu

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cýþþu, (-o).
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Þá þe þurh geleáfan ús gelenge beóð, and þurh crístendóm ús cýððe tó habbað, 314, 14. Abraham . . . tó Gode cýððe hæfde (cf. Abraham was called the friend of God, James 2, 23), 190, 12.

Linked entry: cýþ