ge-costian
To tempt ⬩ try ⬩ prove ⬩ tentāre ⬩ probāre
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To tempt, try, prove; tentāre, probāre He gecostaþ wildeóra worn it tryeth the multitude of beasts, Salm. Kmbl. 610; Sal. 304. Ne eart ðú clǽne gecostad thou art not thoroughly proved, Exon. 41 a; Th. 136, 36; Gú. 552 : 40 b; Th. 134, 13; Gú. 507
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bringan
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Ic þé bringe mid mé tó heofonum, Bt. 3, 4; F. 6, 17. Lytel gestreón wiþerweardnes þé bringþ, 20; F. 72, 13. Ic nát hwæt þá woruldlustas myrges bringaþ hiora lufigendum, 31, l ; S. 70, 14.
hám-weard
Homeward, in the direction of home ⬩ domum versus, retro
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Th. i. 598, 23. Æþelwulf ðá him hámweard fór Ethelwulf then journeyed homeward, Chr. 855; Erl. 68, 29: 885; Erl. 82, 30. Se esne hig hámweard lǽdde tó his hláforde the servant brought her home to his lord, Gen. 24, 61
cerran
To turn, return ⬩ verti, reverti
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Cer ðé on bæcling turn thee behind, Cd. 228; Th. 308, 26; Sat. 698. Hió cerrende Criste hérdon they returning obeyed Christ, Ps. C. 50, 56; Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 56. Cerreþ on upródor leóht light returns to the sky, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 102; Met. 29, 50
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for-þrysmian
to choke ⬩ to darken with smoke ⬩ cloud
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Add: to choke as with smoke Þá Judéas Crýst mid stengum and myd blásum hyne forþrysmodon and úre leóht ofslógon, Hml. A. 191, 291. Þæt sǽd mid þǽra þorna wæstme forðrysmod wearð, Hml. Th. ii. 92, 6. Forðresmedon suffocato, An.
áþ-swaru
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Th. i. 482, ðsware sé þe flýhð, Lch. iii. 186, 7. Áðswara juramenta. Cant. Ab. 9. Add
hlinian
to recline ⬩ to lean
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þá gefeán þæs heofonlican ríces omnium uota ad nuper audita caelestis regni gaudia penderent Bd. 4, 2; Sch. 345, 8
ge-nugan
To suffice, to be sufficient, not to be wanting ⬩ sufficere
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Nǽnig mennisc tunge ne geneah ðæs acendan engles godcund mægen to gesecgenne no human tongue is sufficient to tell the divine virtue of that begotten messenger, Blickl. Homl. 165, 5
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torne
In a way that causes grief or distress, ⬩ grievously, ⬩ distressingly
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Thw. 22, 36; Jud. 93. Him ðæs wópes hring torne gemonade, Exon. Th. 182, 22; Gú. 1314. Heó mec torne tǽle gerahte (-rǽhte?), 247, 3; Jul. 73
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án-hydig
One or single minded ⬩ steadfast ⬩ firm ⬩ constant ⬩ stubborn ⬩ self-willed ⬩ firmus ⬩ constans ⬩ pervicax
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Ánhydig eorl the stubborn chieftain, Exon. 55b; Th. 196, 28; Az. 181: 100 a; Th. 377, 11; Deór. 2. Wearþ ðá ánhydig then he became, self-willed. Cd. 205; Th. 254, 1; Dan. 605
dyderung
An illusion, delusion, pretence ⬩ delūsio, simŭlātio
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An illusion, delusion, pretence; delūsio, simŭlātio Ðæs hálgan andwerdnyss acwencte ðæs deófles dyderunge the presence of the saint quenched the delusion of the devil, Homl. Th. ii. 140, 19.
deóful-cund
Devil-kind or similar, diabolical ⬩ diabŏlĭcus
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Devil-kind or similar, diabolical; diabŏlĭcus Gewát se deófulcsnda the diabolical departed, Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 14; Jud. 61
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in-belúcan
To shut
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To shut Ðá ða duru inbeleác æfter him then he shut the door after them, Blickl. Homl. 217, 26
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den-stów
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A place of pasture Þis sint þá denstówa, broc*-*hyrst. . . C. D. B. iii. 144, 21. v. preceding word
swangettung
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Movement, agitation, fluctuation Seó sǽ getácnað þás andwerdan woruld þe mid mislicum gelimpum ðǽre sǽ swangetunge geefenlǽcð, Nap. 60
wítegendlic
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Hé fela þing feorran oft wiste, ǽr þan þe hit gewurde, þurh wítigendlicne gást, Hml. S. 31, 1010. Add
gyst-ern
A guest-place ⬩ guest-chamber
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A guest-place, guest-chamber To ðam gysterne to the guest-chamber, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 29:Jud. 40
ge-æfnan
to perform ⬩ execute ⬩ perpetrate ⬩ accomplish ⬩ complete ⬩ make ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ patrāre ⬩ præstāre ⬩ făcĕre ⬩ to stir up ⬩ excite ⬩ excĭtāre ⬩ to bear ⬩ suffer ⬩ endure ⬩ sufferre ⬩ sustĭnēre
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Se eádga wer mægen unsófte elne geæfnde the blessed man with difficulty strenuously exerted his power, 49 a; Th. 168, 21; Gú. 1081. We ðæt geæfndon swá we thus accomplished it; Beo. Th. 1081; B. 538.
bonde-land
Bond or leased land, land held under restrictions, or on conditions expressed in writing ⬩ tributaria terra
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and also that after his day the land should come again to the monastery, Chr. 777; Th. 92, note 1; Cod.