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rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
rǽdan, <b>II a.</b>
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A. 79, 161. with clause Þá ongann hé mid gleáwum móde þencean and rǽdan (rǽsian, smeágean, v. ll.) þætte nán óðer intinga wǽre coepit sagaci animo conicere, quod nulla esset alia causa, Bd. 3, 10; Sch. 233,3.

swerian

(v.)
Grammar
swerian, p. swór (but a weak swerede occurs; cf.
Icel. svarði as well as sór
), pl. swóron; pp. sworen

To swear, make oath. absoluteto swear by or onto swear to anythingto swear an oath by somethingto swear by, on . . . that . . .

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L. 57; Th. ii. 300, 2. with an object, a noun (pronoun) Ðá swóron hí swíðe, ðæt hit swá wǽre. Ðá cwæð hé tó him: ;Ac tó hwon sweriaþ git mán?; Guthl. 14; Gdwin. 64, 6. Ic ne swór fela áþa on unriht, Beo. Th. 5470; B. 2738.

Linked entry: fore-swerian

byrgen

(n.)
Grammar
byrgen, byrgenn, birgen, byrigen, burgen, e; f. [beorg tumulus]
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On ðam wyrt-túne wæs niwe byrgen in horto erat novum monumentum, Jn. Bos. 19, 41: 19, 42. Com to ðære byrgene venit ad monumentum, Jn. Bos. 20, 1: 20, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11.

lǽran

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Wæs hé gemét tómiddes ðára láreówa frignende, nalles lǽrende (docens); for ðǽm hé ús wolde ðæt tó bísene dón ðætte ðá unlǽredan ne dorsten lǽran (docere) 385, 27. Ǽr þám þe his Apostolas tófarene wǽron geond ealle eorðan tó lǽranne, Ll.

ládian

(v.)
Grammar
ládian, p. ode.

to excuseclearexculpatedefend

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Ðá cwæþ Petrus wǽre ðú mid ðínum fæder ðá hé mé swá ládode ðæt hie mé ne gegripon then said Peter 'Wast thou with thy father when he made such excuse for me that they did not seize me?' Blickl. Homl. 151, 26.

Linked entries: lǽdend be-ládian

wandian

(v.)
Grammar
wandian, p. ode.
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se ðe wilnaþ ðæt mon nánre ryhtwísnesse fore him ne wandige ille se ipso amplius veri*-*tatem desiderat amari, qui sibi a nullo vult contra veritatem parci, Past. 19; Swt. 145, 17. with a clause Sanctus Paulus geliéfde, ðæt hé swá micele unscyldigra wǽre

Linked entries: ge-wand á-wandian

ge-swícan

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L. 18, 1. of things Bléda gedreósað, wynna gewítað, wǽra geswícað, Rún. 29. Geswicen euanuerunt, An. Ox. 3980. Geswícan mitescere, 3852. Hé hire swingele behét gif heó suwian nolde.

lufu

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V. an object of desire :-- Hú sægde hire his lust and willan, ꝥ his lufu wǽre ꝥ hé þá stówe neósode þára eádigra apostola indicauit ei desiderium sibi inesse beatorum apostolorum limina uisitandi, Bd. 5, 19; Sch. 657, 14. in phrases with a preposition

LICGAN

(v.; adv.)
Grammar
LICGAN, p. læg: pl. lǽgon; pp. legen.

To LIEfailto liegorun

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Ðǽr wæs xx M horsa gefangen ðéh hié ðǽr nán licgende feoh ne métten pecorum magna copia abducta, auri atque argenti nihil repertum, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 116, 32. And nán man nán þing ne bycge ofer feówer peninga weorþ tie libbende ne licgende, L. C.

Linked entry: for-lǽge

ge-þafian

(v.)
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Ðá wæs Adam . . . ðurh Euan lustbǽrnesse oferswíðed, ðæt hé geðafode (ðá synne spiritus victus delectatione consentit. . . Eva quasi caro delectationi subdidit, Adam delectatione superatus assensit, Past. 417, 24-29: 18.

ge-wunian

(v.)
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Se consul wénde ꝥ hé búton sorge mehte on þǽm wintersetle gewunian þe hé þá on wæs, Ors. 4, 8; S. 188, 5: Jul. 375.

gangan

to gowalkto go pedestrianfootmountedto move along, proceedanimateliveto take a specified courseto be habitually in a specified conditionto pass, be currentto take place to have a specified issueto departto take one's way, proceed gomove in a specified directiongoandto be carried, moved, impelled to reach, extendto passbecometo cometo go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation

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Árás ꝥ mægden and geongende (gong-, R.) wæs (ambulabat), Mk. L. 5, 42. to go on business Wyrce hé þám hláforde þe him fore ríde oþþe gange, Ll.

Brunan burh

(n.)
Grammar
Brunan burh, gen. Brunan burge; dat. Brunan byrig; f.

Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,

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Ne wearþ wæl máre Was no greater carnage on ðísum [ðys] églande ever yet, ǽfre gyta, . . . within this island, . . . syððan eástan, hider since from the east, hither Engle and Sexan up came upp becóman. Angles and Saxons [Engle and Sexe]. Gst.

steór

(n.)
Grammar
steór, and stýr, e; f.
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Ǽgðer wǽre unnyt ge mildheortnes ge steór, gif hié ánlípe wǽron ... Fordæm scel bión on ðæm reccere ðæt hé sié mildheortlíce wítniende, Past. 17; Swt. 125, 3. Æfer ðæs gyltes gemete sceal beón gelengen ðære steóre gemet (disciplinae mensura), R.

ymb-hwyrft

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-hwyrft, (-hwearft, -hweorft, -hwerft), es; m.
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Ðæt eall ymbhwyrft (-hyrft, Lind.) wǽre tómearcod ut describeretur universas orbis, Lk. Skt. 2, I : Homl. Th. i. 30, 2.

ge-þeaht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þeaht, m. (e. g. geþeahtas, Gr. D. 137, 20), f. (e. g. mid bróþorlicre geþeahte. Bd. 3, 22; Sch. 292, 8), n. (e. g. ðæt ryhte geðeaht. Past. 287, 14).
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Hié gesetton ꝥ hé ... swungen wǽre oþþæt hé swylte ... Sóna swá him ꝥ geþeaht tó cóm, Bl. H. 193, 5.

niman

(v.)
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Hé bebeád ꝥ munecas wǽpena námen, and mid þǽm fuhte, Ors. 6, 34; S. 290, 2. to receive into one's body by one's own act, take food Hé tó micel nimð on æte oððe on wǽte, Hml. S. 16, 270.

for-standan

(v.)
Grammar
for-standan, fór-standan (l. for-).
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Scipio ofslagen wǽre, gif his sunu his ne gehulpe mid þǽm ꝥ hé hiene foran forstód oð hé on fleáme fealh Scipio per Scipionem filium ab ipsa morte liberates evasit, Ors. 4, 8; S. 186, 25.

Linked entry: for-licgan

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

a coursewaya lodewatercoursecarryingcarriagebringingSustenanceprovision

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Cappelád, Wodelád are other instances occurring in the Charters. carrying, carriage, bringing (see lǽdan) Sunnandæges cýpinge wé forbeódaþand ǽlc weorc and ǽlce láde ǽgðer ge on wǽne ge on horse ge on byrdene we forbid Sunday traffic and all work and

BRECAN

(v.)
Grammar
BRECAN, ic brece, ðú bricest, bricst, he briceþ, bricþ, pl. brecaþ; p. ic, he bræc, ðú brǽce, pl. brǽcon; pp. brocen.

to BREAK, burst, violate break or burst through; frangere, confringere, rumpere, perfringere, perrurnpereto press, force, urge;urgereto rush intotakeby stormin locum irrumpere, expugnare, erumpere, prorumpere, crepare, fremere to breakburst forthmake a noisecrashto sail;navigareTo retch;screare

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Ðæt ǽnig mon wǽre ne brǽce that any man should not break the compact, Beo. Th. 2205 ; B. 1100. Bióþ brocene áþsweord eorla the oaths of the warriors will be broken, 4132 ; B. 2063.