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ge-wépan

(v.)
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To weep over, lament Hwæt dést þú, lá flǽsc, hwæt dreógest þú nú, hwæt miht þú on þá tíd þearfe gewépan ? quid, caro, quid fades, illa quid flebilis hora?, Dóm. L. 176

merigen-lic

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Add Hé on merigenlicere tíde mynster gesóhte he returned to the monastery in time for matins, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 16. Ealle þás niht ic áne wunode biddende . . . and þís mergendlican dæge gelícode mé ꝥ ic eówerne sum mé tó begeáte, Hml. S. 33, 108.

CNYTTAN

(v.)
Grammar
CNYTTAN, p.cnittan; cnytte; pp. cnytted, cnytt, cnyt

To tie ⬩ bind ⬩ KNIT; ⬩ nectere ⬩ nexere ⬩ ligare

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To tie, bind, KNIT; nectere, nexere, ligare Ic cnytte necto Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 22. Ic cnytte MS. C. cnitte nexo 36; Som. 38, 23: 28, 3; Som. 30, 61.

Linked entries: be-cnyttan cnittan

ge-wríðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wríðan, part. -wríðende; p. -wráð, pl. -wriðon; pp. -wriðen

To bind ⬩ restrain ⬩ tie ⬩ tie together ⬩ coartare ⬩ alligare

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To bind, restrain, tie, tie together; coartare, alligare Lim gewríðan to bind the limb, Homl. Th. ii. 136, 2. Ða myhta to gewrýðenne potestatem ligandi, Th. Chart. 334, 7.

efenlíce

(adv.)
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Efenlíce Godes mon til vir aeque Deo devotus, Bd. 3, 23; Sch. 300, 4. with equanimity, calmly Efnlíce (emn-, v. l.) aequanimiter, Past. 100, 3. Emlíce, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 61. Geþyld sóð ys fremede yfelu emlíce þolian, Scint. 10, 3: 12, 5: 114, 16.

ge-wrixl

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wrixl, -wrixle, es; n.

A change ⬩ interchange ⬩ vicissitude ⬩ turn ⬩ course

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Ne wæs ðæt gewrixle til ðæt hie on bá healfa bicgan scoldon freónda feorum nor was the exchange good, that they on both sides must buy with the lives of friends, Beo. Th. 2613; B. 1304.

for-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sittan, he -siteþ; p. -sæt, pl. -sǽton; pp. -seten

To mis-sit ⬩ to be absent from ⬩ neglect ⬩ delay ⬩ defer ⬩ diminish ⬩ obstruct ⬩ besiege ⬩ abesse a ⬩ neglĭgĕre ⬩ supersĕdēre ⬩ desĕrĕre ⬩ præstruĕre ⬩ obsĭdēre

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Ne he tíd forsæt he deferred not the time. Exon. 37 b; Th. 122, 26; Gú. 311. Ðæt eágena bearhtm forsiteþ and forsworceþ the twinkling of the eyes diminishes and darkens, Beo. Th. 3538; B. 1767.

andetere

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andetere, andettere.
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On ðone .V. an dæg þæs móndes biþ ðæs Godes andetteres tíd Sc̃í Quinti, Shrn. 126, 11. Ondetteres, Rtl. 65, 6. Ondeteres, 49, 4: 88, 40. On ðǽra hálgena mæssedagum þe wé hátað confessores, þæt sind andeteras.

earmian

(v.)
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[For constructions cf. of-hreówan.] used impersonally with gen. of cause Hwám ne maeg earmian swylcere tíde to whom will there not be pity for such a time?

oþ-standan

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add: of a person Ðá þá seó tíd middæges tó becóm, þá oþstód hé tó sumere hwíle, hine fram þám síðfæte áhæbbende, Hml. S. 23 b, 161. of a procedure Gange se teám forð oþ þæt man wite hwǽr hé oðstande, Ll. Th. i. 158, 15.

Linked entry: æt-standan

HWÍL

(n.)
Grammar
HWÍL, e; f.

A WHILE

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Ða hwíle ðisses andweardan lífes the time of this present life, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 66, 4. Ða hwíle ðe his líf [tíma, l. 20] wæs, Chr. 1016; Erl. 155, 18. Sume hwíle some time, 1055; Erl. 190, 12.

be-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
be-rǽdan, p. -rǽdde; pp. -rǽd [be- dis-, rǽdan to possess]

To dispossess ⬩ deprive of ⬩ privare

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Earnulf hine berǽdde æt ðam ríce Arnulf deprived him of the kingdom Chr. 887; Th. 156, 32, col. 1; 33, col. 2, 3 : Bt. titl. 1; Fox x. 3

be-gán

(v.)
Grammar
be-gán, bi-gán, ic -gá, ðú -gǽst, he -gþ, pl.-gáþ; p. -eóde, pl. -eódon; pp. -gán [be, gán to go].

to go over ⬩ to surround ⬩ occupy ⬩ dwell ⬩ cultivate ⬩ till ⬩ perambulare ⬩ circumdare ⬩ incolere ⬩ habitare ⬩ colere ⬩ to go to ⬩ visit ⬩ attend ⬩ to cherish ⬩ honour ⬩ worship ⬩ obire ⬩ colere ⬩ excolere ⬩ to commit ⬩ exercise ⬩ practise ⬩ observe ⬩ committere ⬩ perficere ⬩ observare

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to go over, to surround, occupy, dwell, cultivate, till; perambulare, circumdare, incolere, habitare, colere Ic férde geónd ðas eorþan and hí be-eóde I walked through [over] the earth, and perambulated it, Job 1, 7; Thw. 164, 16.

ge-metlíce

(adv.)
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Substitute: in due measure or amount Ðæt hé him tó tíde gemetlíce gedæle ðone hwǽte ut det illis in tempore tritici mensuram, Past. 459, 12. (l a) in time, early :-- Sí gedón [nón] gemet-lícor agatur nona temperius, R.

Tifer

(n.)
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Tifer, e; f.
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Tie Tiber Hé cwæð ꝥ hit gelumpe on Rómebyrig, ꝥ Tifre streám wæs upp gangende and swá swíðe gangende, oð ꝥ hyre wæter and ýða fleówen ofer þá weallas dicens, quia apud hanc Romanam urbem alveum suum Tiberis egressus est, tantum crescens ut ejus unda

út-færeld

(n.)
Grammar
út-færeld, es; n.

A going out

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Thw. tit. Útfæreld his fram Fæder egressus ejus a Patre, Hymn. Surt. 44, 17. Hí ǽr Moyse and hys folce ðæs útfæreldes wyrndon, Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 38, 19. Útfæreld exitum, Ælfc. Gr. 30; Zup. 193, 8.

Linked entry: ex-odus

hamele

(n.)
Grammar
hamele, hamule, an; f.

An oar-loop

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Icel. hamsa an oar-loop, is used in the phrase, til hömlu = per man [v. Cl. and Vig.

Linked entry: hamule

CRÁWAN

(v.)
Grammar
CRÁWAN, ic cráwe, ðú cráwest, crǽwst, he cráweþ, crǽwþ; p. creów, pl. creówon; pp. cráwen

To CROW as a cock ⬩ cantare instar galli

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Bos. 13, 38; the koc schal not crowe, til thou schalt denye me thries, Wyc. Ǽrðamðe cocc cráwe, þriwa ðú wiðsæcst mín antequam gallus cantet, ter me negabis. Mt. Bos. 26, 34.

ymb-ryne

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-ryne, es; m.
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Th. i. 110, 8. course of time, revolution, period Ðes geárlíca ymryne ús gebrincþ efne nú ða clǽnan tíd Lenctenlíces fæstenes, Homl. Th. ii. 98, 24.

be-swincan

to labour at

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Gedafenað esnum þám orpedan, þonne hé gód weorc ongynð, ꝥ hé ꝥ geornlíce beswynce, Angl. viii. 324, 18. to till land :-- Hé seów hwǽte on be-swuncenum lande, Hml. Th. ii. 144, 10