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drohtnian

(v.)
Grammar
drohtnian, drohtian; part. drohtniende, drohtiende, drohtende; p. ode , ade ; pp. od, ad

To converse, dwell or keep company with, pass life, liveversāri, conversāri, dēgĕre, vitam ăgĕre

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Fela wítegan under ðære ǽ Gode gecwémelíce drohtnodon many prophets under the old law passed their days acceptably to God, Homl. Th. ii, 78, 34. Ðæt mid Suna Meotudes drohtigen dæghwamlíce that ye converse daily with the Son of God, Andr.

Linked entries: drohtian drohtigen

a-drencan

(v.)
Grammar
a-drencan, p. -drencte; pp. -drenced; v. a.

To plunge underto immersedrownimmergere

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To plunge under, to immerse, drown; immergere Wolde hine adrencan on ðære eá would drown him in the river, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 36.

BYDEN

(n.)
Grammar
BYDEN, bydenn, e; f.
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a bushel; modius Cwyst ðú cymþ ðæt leóhtfæt ðæt hit beó under bydene aset numqitid venit lucerna ut sub modio ponatur? Mk. Bos. 4, 21: Lk.

un-gesib

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesib, un-gesibb; adj.

not relatedstrangenot at peace at variance

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Ic ( the cuckoo ) under sceáte ungesibbum wearð eácen gǽste, Exon. Th. 391, 20; Rä. l0, 8. not at peace at variance Ða twá mǽgþa ða ðe betwih him ungeþwǽre and ungesibbe wǽron provinciae quae ab invicem discordabant, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 32: Blickl.

hwaþerian

(v.)
Grammar
hwaþerian, hwoþerian; p. ode
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Drihten cóm gangende on ðǽre sǽ; þá ýða árison, ac hé hí oftræd; se brym hwoðerode under his fótswaðum ( the sea roared beneath his footsteps ) ac swá ðeáh hé hine bær, wolde hé nolde hé, Hml. Th. ii. 388, 19. See next word

Linked entry: hwoþerian

pyle

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Genim þás wyrte, lege him nytendum under his pyle, Lch. i. 228, 1

olfend

(n.)
Grammar
olfend, es: olfenda, an; m.

A camela camel

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Under ánes oltendes (cameli) seáme, Gen. 31, 34. Gescrýd mid oluendes hǽrum, Mk. Skt. 1, 6. Gé drincaþ ðone olfend (olbendu, Rush.) Mt. Kmbl. 23, 24. Of olfenda hǽrum áwunden, Blickl. Homl. 169, 2. Hé nam týn olfendas (camelos), Gen. 24, 10

or-ceápe

(adv.)
Grammar
or-ceápe, -ceápes, -ceápunga, -ceápungum; adv.

Without payment, without cause, for nothing, gratis, gratuitously

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Without payment, without cause, for nothing, gratis, gratuitously Ne þurfon gé wénan ðæt gé ðæt orceápe sellon, ðæt gé under Drihtnes borh syllaþ, þéh gé sóna dære méde ne ne onfón, Blickl. Homl. 41, 12. Orceápes gratis, Hpt. Gl. 478, 42.

Linked entry: or-sceattinga

tǽcing

(n.)
Grammar
tǽcing, e; f.

the pointing out of a course to be followed, direction, teaching.teaching, doctrine

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Underfó hé ǽlcne regoles þeáw and tǽcinge; sig hé æfter Cristes bóce tǽcinge ðus geáxod, R. Ben. 104, 19. Þurh háligra bóca tǽcunge úres Drihtnes willan mid gódum dǽdum gefyllan, Homl.

manigfeald-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
manigfeald-líce, adv.

Manifoldlyin many waysin the plural

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Wé mihton be eallum ðám óðrum stafum mænigfealdlíce sprecan we might speak of all the other letters under various heads, Ælfc. Gr. 2; Som. 3, 10. Mænigfealdlíce pluraliter, 5; Som. 3, 42: 13; Som. 16, 9, 12.

wræc-stów

(n.)
Grammar
wræc-stów, e; f.

a place of exilea place of miserypunishment

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werige gástas under hearmlocan heáne gefóran, Cd. Th. 6, 17; Gen. 90. Wræcstówa ergastula, Lchdm. i. lxii, 4

dolg-swæþ

(n.)
Grammar
dolg-swæþ, n.: -swaþu; f.
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Add:to examples under dolh-swæþ: neut. Dolgswæð cicatricis uestigia, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 449, 7. Eáðe mihte Críst árísan of deáðe bútan dolhswaðum, ac hé heóld þá dolh*-*swaðu, Hml. Th. i. 234, 26. Hí grápodon ðá dolhswaðu, 302, 2. fem.

fúl

(n.)
Grammar
fúl, es; n.
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Take here passages under <b>fúl,</b> es; m. and add Áð ðæt hé nyste ne fúl ne fácen . . . Nyste ic on þám þingum þe þú ymbe speast fúl ne fácn, Ll. Th. i. 182, 1-3

ge-derian

(v.)
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., and under þám leáslican híwe swídost gederige, Wlfst. 53, 27. Gederod lessus, Wülck. Gl. 257, 27. Ðám gederedum lesis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 31. with dat. Sé ðe heom gederige mid worde oððe weorce, Ll. Th. ii. 240, 6.

þæc

(n.)
Grammar
þæc, es; n.
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Gé þearfum forwyrndon, ðæt hí under eówrum þæce mósten in gebúgan, Exon. Th. 92, 6; Cri. 1504. Se ðe on þæce siǽ qui in tecto, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 24, 17.

ge-wylde

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wylde, adj.

Subjectunder one's power or controlin one's possesion

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Subject, under one's power or control, in one's possesion Him wæs gelíce gewylde his wynstre and his swíðre utraque manu pro dextra utebatur, Jud. 3, 15.

brand

a fire-branda torchburningbrand

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Ox. 54, 2 (see the note). a blade, sword: Se hálga áleát and astrehte his swuran under ðám scínendan brande, Hml. Th. ii. 510, 19

Linked entry: brand-óm

scead

(n.)
Grammar
scead, scæd, scad, sced, es; n.

Shade

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Under sceadu bregdan to kill, Beo. Th. 1419; B. 707. Dæg ǽresta geseah deorc sceado sweart swiðrian, Cd. Th. 8, 33; Gen. 133

ge-crístnian

(v.)
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See the passage given under crístnian; II. [The passages given under crístnian; I and IV (l. III) should be taken under II.

Linked entry: crístnian

fífteóða

(adj.)
Grammar
fífteóða, fíftéða, fíftegða, fýfteogeða; seó, ðæt fífteóðe; adj.

The FIFTEENTHquintus dĕcĭmus

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Under ðam fíftéðan dæge Kalendarum Octobris sub die quinta decĭma Kalendas Octobres, Bd. 4, 17; S. 585, 20. Heó leórde ðý fífteóðan dæge transīvit die quinta décíma, 4, 23; S. 592, 39. Ðý fíftegðan geáre in the fifteenth year, 4, 26; S. 602, 21

Linked entries: fíftegða fýfteógða