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riht-wer

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Gif be cwicum ceorle wíf hig be óðrum were forlicge, . . . hæbbe se rihtwer eall ꝥ heó áhte, Ll. Th. i. 406, 8. Add

CEÓSAN

(v.)
Grammar
CEÓSAN, ciósan, ic ceóse, ðú ceósest, cýst, he ceóseþ, cýst, císt, ceósaþ; ic, he ceás, cés, ðú cure,curon; ceós, ceósaþ; coren; v. a.

to CHOOSE, select, electlegere, seligere, eligereto acceptoblatum accipere, accipere

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Ǽr he bǽl cure ere he chose the funeral pile, Beo. Th. 5629; B. 2818: Exon. 100a; Th. 376, 20; Seel. 157. Ðæt hí him cyning curan ut regem sibi eligerent, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 22.

grimman

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: to make angry Beóde ic ꝥ gé God ne grymman (gremian, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 270, 28

ge-ascung

(n.)
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ge-ascung, e; f. [acsung asking]

An askinginquiryinterrogātioinquīsītio

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An asking, inquiry; interrogātio, inquīsītio Búton be gemynde and be geascunga except by memory and by inquiry, Bt. 42; Fox 256, 25

Linked entries: geacsung áscung

treów-lic

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Add: safe, to be trusted Treówlicre hit is be staðe tó [swim]manne ðonne út on sǽ tó seglanne, Prov. K. 64

a-lǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lǽtan, a-létan; p. -lét, pl. -léton; pp. -lǽten; v. a. [a from, lǽtan to let]

To let golay downleavegive uploserenounceresignremitpardondeliversinereabjiceredeponererelinquereremitterecondonarerelaxareliberare

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To let go, lay down, leave, give up, lose, renounce, resign, remit, pardon, deliver; sinere, abjicere, deponere, relinquere, remittere, condonare, relaxare, liberare Ðæt ðú ne alǽte dóm gedreósan that thou wouldest not let thy greatness sink, Beo.

a-lýsan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lýsan, to alýsanne; p. de; impert. -lýs, -lís; pp. ed; v. a;

To let loosefreedeliverliberateto pay for loosingto payredeemransomliberareredimere

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Ðú beó fram him alýsed liberatus sis ab illo. Lk. Bos. 12, 58. Ðá wæs of ðæm hróran helm and byrne alýsed then was helm and byrnie loosed from the active chief, Beo. Th. 3264; B. 1630. We synt alýsde liberati sumus, Ps. Th. 123, 7: 107, 5.

frinan

(v.)
Grammar
frinan, part. frinnende; ic frine, ðú frinest, he frineþ, pl. frinaþ; p. ic, he fran, ðú frune, pl. frunon, frunnon; impert. frin, pl. frinaþ; subj. pres. frine, pl. frinen; p. frune, pl. frunen; pp. frunen

To askinquireconsultinterrŏgāresciscĭtāriconsŭlĕre

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To ask, inquire, consult; interrŏgāre, sciscĭtāri, consŭlĕre Se gesíþ ongan hine frinan, for hwon hine mon gebindan ne mihte cŏmes eum inierrŏgāre cæpit quāre lĭlgāri non posset, Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 24: Cd. 25; Th. 31, 34; Gen. 495: Beo.

Linked entry: FRIGNAN

líðan

(v.)
Grammar
líðan, p. láð

To gosail

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Ða líðende land gesáwon those sailing saw land, Beo. Th. 447; B. 221. Ðá wæs sund liden then was the sea passed [cf. Icel. líða as a transitive verb ], Beo. Th. 452; B. 223. Dóhtor mín eácen up liden my daughter, great and grown up[?]

ymbren-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
ymbren-fæsten, es; n.
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Feówer ymbrenfæstenu beóð on twelf mónðum, eallswá feówer tíman beóð, Anglia viii. 312, 14. Ymbrenfæstena healde man rihte, swá swá Scs. Gregorius Angelcynne sylf hit gedihte, Wulfst. 272, 16: L. Eth. vi. 23; Th. i. 320, 20

and-swaru

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Ben. 55, 8. Hnesce andswore responsio mollis, Kent. Gl. 502. Underfón andswore ( responsum ), R. Ben. I. 112, 6. Ondsuære, Jn. L. 1, 22. Ondsuere (-swore, R.), Lk. L. 2, 26. Andswara, rǽdas consulta, i. interrogata, An. Ox. 2524. Antswara, 8, 130.

swá

(adv.)
Grammar
swá, swǽ, swé (swé is the form in Ps. Surt. ; see also Txts. 600, col. 1. The form also occurs in Blickl. Homl. 23, 7).
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Th. 247, 19; Jul. 81 : Beo. Th. 875; B. 435. with a conditional force, provided that, if so be that, so (as in Shakspere : So it be new, there's no respect how vile; v. Abbott, Shak. Gram. § 133) Nim, swá hit ðé ne mislícyge, Ap. Th. 20, 12.

Linked entries: se swǽ eall-swá

sién

(v.)
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be) (

sýn

be

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be

ge-wendan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wendan, p. -wende; pp. -wended, -wend.

To turnchangetranslateinclinebring aboutTo turn [one's self]changegoreturn

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Ðonne weorþeþ sunne sweart gewended then shall the sun be turned black, Exon. 21 b; Th. 58, 14; Cri. 935. v. intrans.

fore-feng

(n.)
Grammar
fore-feng, -fong, es; m. [ = for-feng]

A seizingrescuingapprehensio

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A seizing, rescuing; apprehensio Be forstolenes monnes forefonge of seizing a stolen man, L. In. 53; Th. i. 134, 15. Be forefonge [forefenge MSS. B, G, H.], 72; Th. i. 148, 5.

ge-trúwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-trúwian, ge-trýgian.
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., to trust in or to something, B. 2322 (in Dict.). with preps, (be, on, in), to be confident about, trust in, rely on Hé getrúwode be his láreówes mægene swýðor þonne be his ágenum mægene plus didicerat de magistri, quam de sua virtute confidere.

hirwend-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
hirwend-lic, adj.

Contemptible

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The word might be the acc. fem. of an adjective, or it might be an adverb, in which case contemtim must be read

a-merian

(v.)
Grammar
a-merian, -myrian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To examinepurifyexaminarepurgaremerum reddere

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To examine, purify [generally said of melted metal]; examinare, purgare, merum reddere Óðer dǽl sceal beón amered on ðam fýre, swá hér biþ sylfor the other part shall be proved in the fire, as silver here is, Bt. 38, 4; Fox 204, 1.

Linked entry: a-myrian

fóre-setnes

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-setnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

a thing proposedpropositionpurposeintentionpropŏsĭtiopropŏsĭtumthat which is placed beforea prepositionpræpŏsĭtio

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Ic sprece fóresetnyssa fram frymþe lŏquar propŏsĭtiōnes ab inĭtio, 77, 2. that which is placed before, a preposition; præpŏsĭtio Præpŏsitio mæg beón gecweden on Englisc fóresetnyss præpŏsĭtio may be called in English a fore-setting, Ælfc.