for-trúwian
To be over-confident, rash ⬩ to presume ⬩ præsúmĕre ⬩ præcĭpĭtāre
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To be over-confident, rash, to presume; præsúmĕre, præcĭpĭtāre Ðú ðé fortrúwodest [MS. fortrúwudest] for ðínre rihtwísnesse thou wast over-confident on account of thy virtue, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 22, 13. Ðý-læs he hine for ðære wynsuman wyrde fortrúwige lest
in-lende
Native ⬩ indigenous
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Native, indigenous Inlænde ic eam on eorþan incola ego sum in terra, Ps. Lamb. 118, 19. Ðǽr on fyrd hyra fǽrspell becwom óht inlende there to their host came tidings sudden and terrible, fear of the men of the land [the Israelites hearing of the pursuit
óþ-lǽdan
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to lead away, carry off Hé Israhélas ealle óþlǽdde eduxit Israel, Ps. Th. 135, 11. Álýs mé and óþlǽd láðum wætrum eripe me et libera me de aquis, 143, 12. Ic þence ðis feóh tó lufianne, næs tó óþlǽdanne . . . hé nǽfre nabbe landes ðæt hé hit óþlǽde.
be-þurfan
To need, have need, want, to be in want, to require ⬩ opus habere, egere, indigere
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To need, have need, want, to be in want, to require; opus habere, egere, indigere Wísdómes beþearf he requires wisdom, Elen. Kmbl. 1082; El. 543. Ic árna biþearf I need mercy, Exon. 76 a; Th. 285, 17; Jul. 715: Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Som. 28, 48. Góda mínra
ge-lífan
To believe ⬩ trust ⬩ crēdĕre ⬩ confīdĕre
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To believe, trust; crēdĕre, confīdĕre Gif hie willen geliéfan dætte Godes ríce hiera síe if they will believe that God's kingdom is theirs, Past. 36, 5; Swt. 253, 9; Hat. MS. 47 b, 8. Se ðe him to ðam hálgan helpe gelífeþ, he ðǽr gearo findeþ he who
tǽsan
To tear to pieces, pull to pieces, tease wool, tear a person's flesh with a weapon, wound
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To tear to pieces, pull to pieces, tease wool, tear a person's flesh with a weapon, wound Ic tótere oððe pluccige oððe tǽse (wulle added in MS. W.) carpo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Zup. 170, 13. Carpsit, discerpsit, trahit, evellit, vel tǽst, Wülck. Gl. 200,
un-áræfnedlíc
Intolerable ⬩ impossible to bear
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Intolerable, impossible to bear Búton hit unáræfnedlíc sý tó ofercumenne ða þing ðe ús synd fram ðe forestihtode unless it be beyond our powers of endurance to overcome the things that are fore-ordained for us by thee, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 133. Seó unáræfnedlíce
be-hreówsian
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Add: absolute, to repent Þǽra behreów sigendra heortan, Hml. Th. i. 550, 32. <b>Ia.</b> with object, to repent of, with acc. Þæt þæt wé ágylton, þæt wé nú bereówsiað, Hml. Th. i. 68, 27. Þám þe heora synna behreówsiað, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 17
fágettan
to quibble
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Add: literal, to change colour, grow dark(cf. Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 35. v. fág) Se fulla móna fágettað, þonne hé ðæs sunlican leóhtes bedǽled bið þurh ðǽre eorðan sceadwunge, Hml. Th. i. 608, 33. to quibble, use with double meaning Cwæð Ualerianus tó ðám
ge-anwyrde
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Substitute: <b>ge-anwyrde</b> in the phrase ge-anwyrde beón. to profess, declare oneself to be Ic eom geanwyrde monuc pro-fessus sum monachum Coll. M. 18, 28. to make confession of Him man wearp on ꝥ hé wæs þes cynges swica and ealra landleóda
ge-fýsan
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Add: to impel, incite, make eager Ne leng bídan wolde wyrm, ac mid bǽle fór fýre gefýsed no longer would the dragon bide, but fared forth furious with fire and flame, B. 2309. Heorte gefýsed sæcce tó séceanne a heart fiercely stirred strife to seek,
ge-gada
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Add: a colleague, confederate, consort Gegada complex, Wrt. Voc. i. 86, 34. Him niman óðerne gegagan (-gadan ?) alium sibi conjugem sumere, Ll. Th. ii. 152, 35. Gegadan collegam, Germ. 399, 299: alumni, 398, 137. Hé læg swá deád . . . ðá wéndon his gegadan
ge-scrýdan
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Dele last passage for which see <b>ge-scirdan,</b> and add: To clothe a person with (mid) a garment Hé hine gescrýdde mid his byrnan, Hml. S. 25, 279: Hml. A. 130, 479. Hí mid hǽran hí gescrýddon tó líce, Hml. S. 12, 36. Gescrýd circumamicta
ládian
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In l. 3 read 241 for 244, and add: to clear, excuse, defend a person Manigra manna gewuna is ðæt hié hié mid ðissum wordum ládiað and cueðað: 'Wé brucað úres ǽgnes, ne gítsige wé nánes óðres monnes,' Past. 337, 19: 439, 21. Sume þá biscopas wiðstódan
notian
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Ic notode þǽra hláfa, Hml. S. 23 b 568. <b>I d.</b> :--- Feoh þe man on fyrndagum slóh, and on ðǽra yldrena cásera tíman notode, 615. Ðis synd þára bóca tácn þe mon on cyrican tó godcundum þeówdóme notigan sceal . . . Ðonne þú anti-phonariam
tilung
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III.</b> add Þá nearonessa his ágenre costunge hine gedydon þý geornfulra tó þáre teolunge (gímene, v.l. ) godcundra beboda, Gr. D. 26, 20. Ðá cynn beóð langswýrede ðe lybbað be gærse ... and ǽlc byð gelimplic tó his lífes tilunge ( each is adapted
rynel
A runner, messenger, courier
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A runner, messenger, courier Rynel cursor, Wrt. Voc. 1. 76, 24 : Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 24. Renel, Kent. Gl. 949. Pilatus hét geclypian his ǽnne rynel and hym tó cwæþ : Yrn and clypa tó mé ðone ðe ys Jesus genemned. Se rynel swá dyde and myd mycelum
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rihtlǽcan
To make right, rectify, correct, amend
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To make right, rectify, correct, amend Gif hé ðonne swá ne béte and rihtlǽce, hé sý of ðam ealdorscype áworpen, after punishment R. Ben. 46, 19. Se ðe ǽr ðysum misdyde, ðæt hé hit georne gebéte and rihtlǽce hine sylfne, Wulfst. 277, 2. Úton wé nú ǽlces
Burgendas
The Burgundians ⬩ Burgundiones.
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The Burgundians; Burgundiones. These, in Alfred's time, dwelt to the north-west of the Osti. We find them at another period on the east bank of the Oder. They have given name to the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Osti habbaþ be norþan him Winedas and
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á-wyrtwalian
to pluck up or out by the root ⬩ to extirpate ⬩ eradicate ⬩ exterminate ⬩ to pluck ⬩ draw away
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Add: to pluck up or out by the root, lit. Onweg ácorfenum þám tungum swylce hí áwyrtwalode wǽron abscissis radicitus linguis, Gr. D. 241, 12. fig. to extirpate, eradicate, exterminate Ic áwyrtwalie extirpo (gaudia carnis ), An. Ox. 186, 26. Áwyrtwalað