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bǽdan

to urgepresscompelimpelto requireexact

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Ðonne ðá sácerdas tó weorðunga úres Álié-sendes ne bǽdað (exigunt) ðá ðe him underðiédde bióð mid hira lífes geearnungum, Past. 135, 10. Mǽru cwén bǽdde byre geonge (cf. v. 1182), B. 2018.

wríd

(n.)
Grammar
wríd,
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(cf. 'A ride of hazle or such like wood, is a whole plump of spriggs or frith growing out of the same root,' E. D. S. Pub. Old Farming Words, no. III. Here is an heelful thing, a wonder wride (rimes with abyde), Pall. 51, 207),
es; m.

A shootstalkplantbush

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A shoot, stalk, plant, bush Uurýd culmus, Txts. 52, 252. Genim æscþrote ǽnne wríd, Lchdm. i. 216, 11. Genim ðysse wyrte wríd, 224, 1. Bedelf ǽnne wríd cileþenigin moran, iii. 38, 9

Linked entry: hæsel-wrid

tíd

(n.)
Grammar
tíd, e; f.
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Gif preóst on gesetne tíman tída ne ringe, oþþe tída ne singe, L. N. P. L. 36; Th. ii. 296, 3-4. <b>I d.

Linked entry: týd

ge-swencan

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Úre fæder biddeð ꝥ gé eów on þone weg ne geswencean rogat pater noster ne fatigati debeatis, Gr. D. 39, 16.

be-fón

to seizecatchtake,to seizetake forcible possession ofto seize a criminallost propertyto catchget to see a personto getattain toto surroundencompassto enclose,to serve as a covering forcontainto put into a coveringto encircle,to lie roundto place roundto includecontaincompriseto surround with wordsfurnish with a commentaryto have to do with an objectto engage in an occupationget involved in an action

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Add: to seize, catch, take, of persons Ýþelíce þú his hond beféhst, Nar. 31, 24.

drenc-flód

(n.)
Grammar
drenc-flód, drence-flód,es ; m. [drenc II. a drowning, flód a flood]

A drowning-flood, deluge dilŭvium

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A drowning-flood, deluge; dilŭvium Noe oferláþ ðone deópestan drencflóda [MS. dren-flóda] Noah sailed over the deepest of deluges, Cd. 161; Th. 200, 30; Exod. 364.

ofer-drync

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Add Mid micelre sýfernysse and gemetfæstnysse Godes góda brúcan and mid nánre oferfylle and mid oferdrince, Hml. A. 144, 17. Ðá ðe hira ágene sáwle ðurh oferdrinc ofsleáð, 147, 75.

þider

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Add Far þider þe (swá hwider swá, v.l. ) þú wille, Gr. D. 25, 1

un-wíd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wíd, adj.
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Not wide, narrow Emne swá mycel swá fram heofenes hrófe is tó þysse eorðan, þonne is leornod on hálgum bócum, þæt sió hel sié swylc twá deóp, and nis ðe unwídre (-widdre, v.l.) (cf. seó hell ys twá swá deóp, and heó ys ealswá wíd.

Linked entry: wíd

ofer-scínan

(v.)

to cover with light, illumine

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to cover with light, illumine Næs ðæt án ðæt ðæt leóht ða dúne áne oferscíneþ, ac eác swylce ða burh, Blickl. Homl. 129, 2. Beorht wolcn hig ofersceán nubes lucida obumbravit eos, Mt. Kmbl. 17, 5.

ge-spyrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-spyrian, p. ede; pp. ed

To tracksearchseek

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Loca hwæðer ðú wille ðæt wit gespyrigen æfter ǽnigre gesceádwísnesse further look now whether you wish us two to seek further after any argument, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 162, 30, note

þes

(pronoun.)
Grammar
þes, þæs; m.: þeós, þiós, þiús; f.: þis, þiss, þys; n. demons. pron. This
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Sax. thius; f.; thit; n.: O. Frs. this, thisse; m.; thius, thisse; f.; thit, this; n.: O. H. Ger. dese; m.; desiu; f.; diz; n.: Icel. þessi ; m. f.; þetta; n.]

Linked entries: þás þis

wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
wyrcan, weorcan ; p. worhte ; pp. worht.

to worklabourto maketo makeformconstructto be the sourcecause of, to produceto makeconstituteto workdoperformto perform a ritekeep a seasonto workeffect a purposeattain an object,

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Hwý sceal ǽnig monn bión ídel, ðæt hé ne weorce (wyrce, v.l.)? Bt. 41, 3; Fox 248, 24. Sió hond sceal wyrcean for ða wambe, Past. 34; Swt. 233, 9. Hé ðǽr wircean sceolde, Gen. 2, 15. Niht cymþ ðonne nán man wyrcan (operari) ne mæg, Jn.

rǽdan

(v.)
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Ne rǽdde gé (gé hreórdeþ, Rush.) hwæt Dauid dyde, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 3. Ne rǽdde gé (gé ne reórdade, Rush.), 19, 4. Rǽddon (reórdadun, Rush.), 21, 16. Rǽdde (reórdun, Rush.), 21, 42. Mé lyst rǽdan lecturio, Ælfc. Gr. 34; Som. 37, 56. Réða to read, Mt.

ÁR

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ÁR, ǽr, es; n.

OREbrasscopperæs

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Israhéla folc is geworden me to áre on mínum ofne versa est mihi domus Israel in æs in medio fornacis, Past. 37, 3; Hat. MS. 50 a, 6. Gréne ár green copper, brass; orichalcum, Cot. 14

for-grówan

(v.)
Grammar
for-grówan, p. -greów, pl. -greówon; pp. -grówen [for-, grówan to grow]

To grow upgrow intoincrescĕre

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To grow up, grow into; increscĕre Se ǽr in dæge wæs dýre, scríðeþ deóp feor, brondhord geblówen, breóstum in forgrówen copper was dear in [that] day, now it circulates wide and far, an ardent treasure flourishing, grown up in the hearts, Exon. 94

mann-menigu

(n.)
Grammar
mann-menigu, f.

A multitude of people

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[Grein reads mán menio but there seems no reason to apply such an epithet to the menio in question.] Ðéh ðe Sciþþie hæfdon máran monmenie cum Scythae numero praestarent, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 116, 24

Linked entry: menigu

bí-swícol

(adj.)
Grammar
bí-swícol, adj.

Deceitfuldolosus

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[bí-swíc deceit; dolus] Deceitful; dolosus We sculon geþencean ðæt ðís líf, ðæt we onlibbaþ, is bíswícol eallum ðǽm ðe hit lufiaþ we ought to think that this life, in which we now live, is deceitful to all those who love it, L. E.

Linked entry: be-swicol

un-gehealdsum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gehealdsum, adj.

Incontinent

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Ðæt gé (maidens) wislíce lybbon and wel geþeáwode beón ... tó ungehealtsume (-heald-, in one MS. ), Homl. Ass. 47, 575

friþ-candel

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Cf. for example the Latin hymn with its gloss Tungel scínþ níwe ꝥ hit nyme ǽlc þing derigendlices sidus refulget jam novum ut tollat omne noxium, Hy. S. 37, 14