á-rásian
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Sé ðonne sé hit dégellíce déð aod ðeáh wolde ðæt hé wurde arasod and siððan for ðý hered qui in secreto suo bono opere deprehendi ac laudari concupiscit, Past. 451, 19. Þá drýcræftigan wurdon árásode (deprehensf), Gr. D. 27, 15: 132, 9: Hml.
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be-tellan
exculpate ⬩ excuse
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Substitute: to clear a person of a charge, exculpate, excuse Nis nán man swá dyrstig on þám micclum dóme, þ æt hé durre óðerne betellan, Hml.
ge-scildan
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Ðonne ðæt líf ðæs líchoman bið gescilðed (-scielded, v.l., protegitur), Past. 141, 7. Seó burg wearð gescild praesentem perditionem Deus avertit, Ors. 3, 2 ; S. 100, 23. Wæs gesceld defenditur, i. custodiebatur, An.
ge-forþian
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Dauid hit hæfde gemynt ǽr tó dónne, ac hé ne geforðede hit ná, ac hit wearð þurh his sunu geforðad, Wlfst. 277, 26. Sé þe þis forsitte and hit geforðian nylle. Ll. Th. i. 284, 4: ii. 288, 22: Chr. 1097; P. 2-53, 24. 'Man ofsleá Amanes mágas.'
girela
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., and add: in a collective sense, attire, apparel, clothing, garments Ðá gimmas . . . scoldon scínan on ðæs hiéhstan sácerdes hrægle . . . ðonne ne beóð hira gimmas on ðǽm gerénum ðæs biscepes gierelan, Past. 135, 12.
ge-tucian
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D. 22, 23 of punishment for wrong-doing Sum man wæs betogen ꝥ hé wǽre on stale ... hí dydon him út þá eágan. Hé cwæð ꝥ hé wurde wólíce swá getúcod, Hml. S. 21, 276. Swilce hé for his synnum swá getúcod wǽre, Hml.
óleccung
soothing, caressing, gentleness of treatment ⬩ flattery, fawning, adulation ⬩ charm, allurement
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Ðonne hit hæfþ gewunnen ðæs folces ólecunga (favor popularis), Bt. 24, 3; Fox 82, 23. of things, charm, allurement Óliccung jocunda, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 2. Ne. hine ne geloccige nán óliccung (ólicung, Cote.
god
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Gode Ælmihtigum sié ðonc ðætte . . ., Past. 3, 18. Swǽ gelǽrede biscepas swǽ nú, Gode ðonc, siendon, 9, 4.
hycgan
take thought ⬩ be mindful ⬩ think ⬩ consider ⬩ meditate ⬩ to intend ⬩ purpose ⬩ determine ⬩ endeavour ⬩ strive ⬩ to hope
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Uton wé hycgan hwǽr wé hám ágen and ðonne geþencan hú wé ðider cumen let us consider where we may have a home, and then devise how we may come thither, 83 a; Th. 312, 30; Seef. 117.
ge-hlýd
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Ðá bróðru þá mid gehlýde wurpon wæter on ꝥ fýr swylce hit tó ádwǽscenne cum jaciendo aquam, et ignem quasi extinguen-do perstreperent Gr. D. 123, 29.
ge-teohhian
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Först. 116, 10. to determine, intend, resolve to do Geteohhade conaverit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 45. Geteohode deliberaret (virginale munus occultare ), An. Ox. 4213 : 8, 288. Geteohhode, 2, 302.
hrepian
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Th. i. 598, 12. to touch, make use of, have to do with Ic þé swá geheóld, þæt þú hig ne hrepodest, Gen. 20, 6.
fóre-mǽre
Fore-great ⬩ very honourable ⬩ illustrious ⬩ eminent ⬩ famous ⬩ celebrated ⬩ præclārus ⬩ illustris ⬩ excellens ⬩ fāmōsus ⬩ celeberrĭmus
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Fore-great, very honourable, illustrious, eminent, famous, celebrated; præclārus, illustris, excellens, fāmōsus, celeberrĭmus Ic nǽfre ne geseah ne gehýrde nǽnne wísne mon ðe má wolde bión wrecca, and earm, and ælþiódig, and forsewen, ðonne wélig, and
inwid
Fraud ⬩ guile ⬩ deceit ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness
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S.] dolo, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 4. Gé on heortan hogedon inwit in corde iniquitates operamini, Ps. Th. 57, 2. Hió ðá inwit feala ýwdan on tungan locuti sunt adversum me lingua dolosa, 108, 2.
mǽst
most ⬩ chiefly ⬩ especially ⬩ almost ⬩ nearly
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Preóst oftor ne mæssige ðonne þríwa mǽst ðara þinga (at the utmost), L. Edg. C. 37; Th. ii. 252, 4. with the adj. eall, almost, nearly Hit is eal mǽst mid háligra manna naman geset it is almost all occupied with holy men's names, Homl.
nágan
not to have ⬩ not to be allowed ⬩ ought not
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Sí on cynges dóme hwæðer hé líf áge ðe náge, L. Eth. vii. 9; Th. i. 330, 25. Grammar nágan, with gen. Nágan wé ðæs heolstres, ðæt wé ús gehýdan mágon, Cd.
stig-weard
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Se ðe má manne in lǽde ðonne hé sceole búton ðæs stíwerdes leáfe and ðæra feormera, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 278, 20.
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botl
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Hét hé ontendan eal hire (the abbess Effigenia) botl, þǽr heó mid (má ðonne twám hund, cf. 476, 20) mǽdenum on gebedum ðurhwunode, ii. 478, 35. ¶ Bottle remains in local names, e.g. Newbottle
dwolian
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L. 118, 10. of inaccurate conception. to mistake, err Bið se here eal ídel, ðonne hé on óðer folc winnan sceal, gif se heretoga dwolað in exploratione hostium frustra exercitus velociter sequitur, si ab ipso duce itineris erratur, Past. 129, 9.
for-cúþ
unclean ⬩ worthless
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Eálá þú forcúðost manna, 12, 197. of human actions or qualities Hwæt segst ðú ꝥ sié forcúþre ðonne sió ungesceádwísnes?, Bt. 36, 6; F. 180, 31.