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á-dreógan

to bear offsuffer, endureto bear with, tolerateto pass, spend timeto carry out, perform

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Bysmra ádreógan, 15, 34. to bear with, tolerate :-- Ic bidde ðé, ðæt ðú geþyldelíce ábere and ádreóge, Gr. D. 267, 17. Ic wundrige hú seó sǽ ádruge míne unrihtlican lustas, Hml. S. 23 b, 385. Ðǽr beóþ geþyldelíce tó ádreóganne ðá yflan men, Gr.

Linked entry: á-dreósan

smiþ

(n.)
Grammar
smiþ, es; m.

A smith, a worker in metals or in wood faber faber, cudo

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Marian sunu Mk. Skt. 6, 3. Ðes ys smiþes sunu hic est fabri filius Mt. Kmbl. 13, 55. Byrne, searonet seowed smiþes orþancum Beo. Th. 817; B. 406. Gif gesíþcund man fare, ðonne mót hé habban his smiþ mid him L. In. 63; Th. i. 144, 3.

Linked entry: helle-smiþ

stede

(n.)
Grammar
stede, es; m.
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Heáfudponnes styd calvariae locus, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 33. Ǽr mon ða stánas tó ðæm stede brohte ðe hié on standan scoldon, Past. 36; Swt. 253, 15. Of hiora stede styrede, Met. 7, 25. On his ágenum stede, Ps. Th. 102, 21.

Linked entries: bed-stede hám-stede

á-wrítan

to write out or downwrite wordsto transcribecopy in writingto state in writingto write a book, letter,to write of or about somethingto write toto write an account ofdescribeto inscribe the name of a personto write on materialcover with writingto make a symbol other than a letter

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Moses áwrát, Mk. L. R. 12, 19. to write of or about something :-- Be þám ic áwrát on óðrum gewrite, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 20. Hé áwrát be heora misdǽdum, Wlfst. 166, 17. Swindrige of óðrum áwuritun, Mt. p. 11, 9.

Linked entry: wrítan

ǽ-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-cræft, es; m.

Law-craft and its resultlegis peritia et vires inde oriundæ

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Law-craft and its result; legis peritia et vires inde oriundæ Ǽcræft eorla law-craft of men, Elen. Kmbl. 869; El. 435: Cd. 173; Th. 217, 7; Dan. 19

a-screncan

(v.)
Grammar
a-screncan, p. -screncte; pp. -screnct [a, screncan to supplant]

To supplant

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To supplant Ne eft sió þræsþing ðæs líchoman ðæt mód ne ascrence mid upahæfenesse ne aut istos afflicta caro ex elatione supplantet, Past. 43, 9; Hat. MS. 60b, 3

án-willíce

(adv.)
Grammar
án-willíce, adv.

Obstinatelystubbornlypertinaciouslypertinaciter

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MS. 12 a, 15

beód-wist

(n.)
Grammar
beód-wist, beód-wyst, e ; f. [beód a table, wist food]

Food placed on a tableboarda tablemensa

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Food placed on a table, board, a table; mensa Ðú gearcodest befóran mínre gesihþe beód vel beód-wyste vel mýsan parasti in conspectu meo mensam Ps. Lamb. 22, 5

buter-geþweor

(n.)
Grammar
buter-geþweor, es; n.
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Butter-curd, what is coagulated, butter; butyri coagulum, butyrum Buter-geþweor ǽlc and cýsgerunn losiaþ [MS. losaþ] eów butyrum omne et caseus pereunt vobis, Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 19

Linked entry: ge-þweor

díhglum

(adj.)
Grammar
díhglum, díhlum = díglum

secret, retired, shady

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On díhlum in secret, Mt. Bos. 6, 6; dat. pl. of dígol, q. v

Linked entry: díhlum

dolh-bót

(n.)
Grammar
dolh-bót, dolg-bót,e ; f. [bót compensation]

A wound-fine or compensation for a wound vulnĕris compensātio

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A wound-fine or compensation for a wound; vulnĕris compensātio Bétedolgbóte [dolhbóte MS. H.] let him make compensation for the wound, L. Alf. pol. 23; Th. i. 78, 7

Linked entry: dolg-bót

fætelsian

(v.)
Grammar
fætelsian, p. ode; pp. od

To put into a vesselin vas infundĕre

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To put into a vessel; in vas infundĕre Fætelsa and heald hyt put it into a vessel and preserve it, Med. ex Qadr. 1, 3; Lchdm. i. 328, 17

feoh-gesteald

(n.)
Grammar
feoh-gesteald, es; n.

Possession of richesdīvĭtiārum possessio

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Possession of riches; dīvĭtiārum possessio Ne þorfton ða þegnas feohgestealda [MS. -gestealde] wénan the followers needed not expect possession of riches, Exon. 75 b; Th. 283, 25; Jul. 685

ferd-wíte

(n.)

a fine for neglecting to pay the contribution to the army

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In. 51; Th. i. 134, 10, note 23, MS. B: Th. Diplm. A. D. 1044; 359, 3

firen-fremmende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
firen-fremmende, part.

Committing sinsscĕlĕra commitens

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Committing sins; scĕlĕra commitens Ðæt he for ælda lufan firenfremmendra fela þrówade that he suffered much for love of men committing crimes, Exon. 24a; Th. 69, 9; Cri. 1118

fóre-þencan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-þencan, -þencean; p. -þohte, pl. -þohton; pp. -þoht

To FORETHINKconsider beforehandpræcōgĭtārepræmĕdĭtāri

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To FORETHINK, consider beforehand; præcōgĭtāre, præmĕdĭtāri Se láreów sceal mid geornfullíce ingehygde fóreþencean the teacher must consider beforehand with careful meditation, Past. 15, 5; Hat. MS. 20 a. 1

líft

(n.)
Grammar
líft, lýft

a grantallowance

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a grant, allowance Ús bóceras beteran secgaþ lengran lýft wynna learned men tell us of a better and longer grant of joys, Cd. 169; Th. 211, 24; Exod. 531

Linked entry: lýft

ge-wítigian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wítigian, -wítgian; p. ode; pp. od

To prophesy

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To prophesy Wel gewítgade Esaias bene prophetavit Esaias, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 15, 7: 11, 13. Swá hit gewítgod wæs as it was prophesied, Blickl. Homl. 93, 29: 83, 28

besta

(adj.)
Grammar
besta, m : seó, ðæt beste

the BESToptimus

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MS. Tib. B. I. fol. 85 b

Linked entry: betera

bet-nes

(n.)
Grammar
bet-nes, -ness, e; f. [bet better]

Satisfaction, amends, amendment, recompencesatisfactio, compensatio

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Satisfaction, amends, amendment, recompence; satisfactio, compensatio Ðæt ic búton betnesse beó mínra synna that I am, without amendment of my sins, L. De Cf. 10; Th. ii. 264, 16