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ge-weorþan

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Gehwá understande hwanan he sylf cóm, and hwæt is, and tó hwám geweorðan sceal ( what he must come to ), 108, 7. where a character or function is taken, to become, turn, turn to Hý gewurdan of englum to deóflum gewordene.

BEARO

(n.)
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BEARO, bearu; gen. bearwes; dat. bearwe, bearowe, bearuwe; acc. bearo; pl. nom. acc. bearwas; gen. -wa; dat. -wum; m.

A grovewoodnemuslucussilvavirgultum

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Heó begeát gréne bearwas she gained the green groves, Cd. 72; Th. 89, 13; Gen. 1480

be-scúfan

(v.)
Grammar
be-scúfan, p. -sceáf, pl. -scufon; pp. -scofen; v. a.

To shove, thrust, cast, hurl or throw, to precipitateintrudere, immittere, detrudere, præcipitare

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Seó heord wearþ on sǽ bescofen grex precipitatus est in mare, Mk. Bos. 5, 13

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wer-nægel

(n.)
Grammar
wer-nægel, es; m.
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Ðá lǽrde hí sum man ðæt heó náme ǽnne wernægel of sumes oxan hricge, and becnytte tó ánum hringe mid hire snóde, and mid ðam hí tó nacedum líce begyrde, Homl. Th. ii. 28, 17

líget

(n.)
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Heó cymð fram winde and fram wætere, Sal. K. 186, 14. Lýgtu flamma. Ps. L. 105, 18. Légitu fulgur, Ps. Srt. ii. 196, 19. Légite fulgoris, 190, 15. On þá gelícnesse tungles oððe lígite, Nar. 7, 14. For ðæs þunres ege and pǽrelígette. Wlfst. 207, 26.

þanne

(adv.)
Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.
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Hwylc beren mǽnde þonne elles búton heofona ríce what other barn can it be inferred that he meant, but heaven? Blickl.

Linked entries: þonne þænne

ge-wyrcan

(v.)
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, to succeed in doing Þæct gewyrce, ǽr on weg scyle, fremman on foldan wið feónda níð, Scef. 74

a-geótan

(v.)
Grammar
a-geótan, -gítan; p. -geát, -gét, pl. -guton; pp. -goten.

To pour outshedstrewspilldeprive ofeffundereprivareTo pour forthprofluere

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To pour out, shed, strew, spill, deprive of; effundere, privare He his swát ageát he shed his blood. Exon. 40a; Th. 133, 22; Gú. 493 : Cd. 47; Th. 60, 20; Gen. 984. He his blód agét he had spilled his blood Andr. Reed. 2897; [ageát.

Linked entries: a-geát a-goten agute

for-hwyrfan

(v.)
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for-hwyrfan, -hwerfan; part. -hwyrfende; p. -hwyrfde; pp. -hwyrfed, -hwyrfd.

to change for or fromtransformtransferremoveavertĕretransformāreto turn asidepervertdepravesubvertĕrepervertĕredeprāvāre

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to change for or from, transform, transfer, remove; avertĕre, transformāre He forhwyrfþ eów of ðam lande he will remove you from the land, Deut. 28, 63.

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glóf

(n.)
Grammar
glóf, e; a weak pl. glófan occurs; f. A

GLOVEchirothēcaχειρoθήκη

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Voc. 67, 24: Herb. 144; Lchdm. i. 266; 16

þurh-seón

(v.)

to see throughsee intopenetrate with the sight

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Gif hwá biþ swá scearpséne, ðæt mæge hine (Alcibiades) ðurhseón, swá swá Aristoteles sǽde ðæt deór wǽre, ðæt mihte ǽlc wuht þurhseón ... gif ðonne hwá wǽre swá scearpséne, ðæt mihte ðone cniht ðurhseón, ðonne ne þúhte him nó innon swá fæger,

ylp

(n.)
Grammar
ylp, (elp), es; m.
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Gif ylp gesihð láðne oððe gramne, sume wróhte hit getácnaþ, Lchdm. iii. 204, 1. Ða ylpas beóð swá mycele swylce óðre muntas, Hexam. 9; Norm. 16, 9. geworhte ða ormǽtan ylpas, Norm. 14, 34

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ge-reording

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Gereordunge æfter gereordunge ána under[fó] refectionem cibi post fratrum refectionem solus accipiat 56, 12. mé gefyllde mid níwre gereordunge nova refectione me satiat, Gr.

grama

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Wolde tóbrecan Godes templ mid teónfullum graman, Hml. S. 25, 723. Godes graman habban, Ll. Th. i. 380, 5. Ná sé þe þolað ac sé þe déþ graman ( contumeliam ) earm ys, Scint. 9, 6.

sǽtian

(v.)
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sǽtian, sǽtan; ode

To lie in wait for, waylay

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sǽtaþ (insidiatur) ðæt bereáfige ðone earman. Ps. Th. 9, 30. Se synfulla sǽtaþ ðæs rihtwísan observabit peccator justum, 36, 12. Hý sǽtiaþ mín susceperunt me, 16, 11. Ðú scealt fiersna sǽtan, Cd. Th. 56, 18; Gen. 913.

Linked entries: sǽt sǽtan sǽtnian

ofer-eáca

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-eáca, an; m.

an over-plus, a surplus, what remains over when apart has been takenan addition, augmentation

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Ða seofon mynstru gegódode, ðone ofereácan his ǽhta áspende on Godes þearfum, 1118, 31. Oferécan, Chart. Th. 482, 17. Ofæreácan, 554, 32.

ge-bídan

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hæfde his ende gebidenne on eorðan unswǽslicne, Jud. 64. to obtain Hí bǽdon þone híréd ꝥ Ælfstán móste beón þæs þriddan peniges wurðe of þǽre tolne . . . ac hý forwyrndon heom ealle tógædere endemes, ꝥ hit ná sceolde nǽfre gebídan (that he should

ge-limpan

(v.)
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Forgylde ꝥ ángylde, and ꝥ wíte swá tó þám ángylde gelimpan wylle, Ll. Th. i. 66, 3

ge-scippan

(v.)
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Take here <b>ge-sceppan</b> in Dict., and add: to create, form. of the operation of divine power God gesceóp æt fruman twégen men, and geswác ðá þǽra gesceapennyssa . . . ac . . . gescypð ǽlces mannes líchaman on his móder innoðe, and

hláford

a rulersovereigngovernorcaptaina mastera major-domoan ownera proprietora husbandthe husbanda rulerlord

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Ǽlcne man lyst, siððan ǽnig cotlýf on his hláfordes lǽne getimbred hæfð, þæt hine móte þár on gerestan ... oð ðone fyrst þe bócland and ǽce yrfe þurh his hláfordes miltse geearnige, Solil. H. 2, 7-13.