be-hátan
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Add: to promise Hú fela beháta behét God Abra-hame?, Angl. vii. 42, 396. Embe þis wé sprecað eft swíðor swá swá wé ǽr behéton, Lch. iii. 240, 8. Cantware heom feoh behéton, Chr. 865 ; P. 69, 4. ꝥ him man gafol behéte, 994; P. 129, II. Tó ðám behátenan
beód
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Add: I. a table, at which a meal is taken Beód mensa, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 19. Biód, Ps. Srt. 68, 23. Bútan cræfte mínon ( the baker's ) ǽlc beód ǽmtig byþ gesewen, Coll. M. 28, 33. Be abbodes beódes gereorde de mensa abbatis, R. Ben. 93, 2. Críst gehál-gode
botl
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Add: of any dwelling On middan ðǽre flóre his fægeran botles (Cuthbert's hermitage), Hml. Th. ii. 144, 3. ꝥ se líg náht þǽre burge botles ne gehrínan ne dorste ut flamma contingere quidquam aedi-ficii non auderet, Gr. D. 48, 11. Wé ceorfað heáh treówu
carian
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Add: to sorrow, be troubled Ne ceara þú, ne ne wép, Bl. H. 143, 3. to care for (ymbe), see to the welfare of, be solicitous about Se abbod mid ealre embhýdignesse carige embe þá gyltendan gebróðru omni solicitudine curam gerat abbas circa delinquentes
feórþa
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Add: ordinal Ðe feárða quartum, Mt. p. 10, 5. Cuóm feórþe healf hund scipa, Chr. 851; P. 64, 16. Wæs xxxiii wintra and þæs feórþan dǽl þæt hé lífes wegas tácnode for 33 years and part of the thirty-fourth he pointed out the ways of life, Bl. H. 129,
ge-healdsumnes
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Add: moral restraint, modesty, sobriety, v. ge-healdsum ; Gehealdsumnyss inpuderatio, Scint. 225, 16. <b>I a.</b> abstinence, refraining from :-- Uton wé yfel forlǽtan and eft ne geed-lǽcan, þæt wé móton Gode geðeón þurh gódre gehaltsumnysse
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ge-hefigian
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Add: to make of serious import Ðonne hié willað him selfum ðæt yfel ðæt hié ðurhtugon tó suíðe gelíhtan ðæt hié ðonne ondrǽden for ðæs láreówes ðreáunga ðæt hié hit him gehefegien (-hefgien, v. l.) cum sibi quis malum, quod perpetravit, laevigat, hoc
ge-lǽtan
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Add: to leave, allow to have, grant Ic eaforan þínum spédum wille stépan and him sóðe tó módes wǽre míne gelǽtan, (gelæstan? v. 1542), Gen. 2366. For gebétendnysse tó fyrstan synt gelǽtene (nobis) propter emendationem (malorum hujus uite dies) ad inducias
ge-lustfulling
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Substitute: <b>ge-lustfullung</b>, e; f. a taking pleasure, delight, v. ge-lustfullian; Nán gelustfullung flǽsces, nán lust yfel nulla delectatio carnis, nulla voluptas mala, Scint. 3, 9. On gewilnunge and ungelustfullunge (on gelustfullunge
ge-manigfildan
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Take here <b>ge-mænigfyldan</b> in Dict. and add: To multiply, to make numerous Þú woldest mÍnne ofspring gemenigfyldan swá sǽceosol þe nán man átellan ne mæg, Gen. 32, 12. Þú woldest his cynn gemenigfealdan swá steorran beóð on heofenum
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ge-myndgian
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Add: to recall the memory of (gen. ) Wé geedníwiað and gemyndgiað ðǽre scylde ðe úre ieldesta mǽg ús on for-worhte parentis primi lapsus iteratur, Past. 313, 15. to remember Symble bið gemyndgad morna gehwylce eaforan ellorsíð, B. 2450. II a. to remember
gryre
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Add: the state of being terrified Ðurh hine gewyrð swá micel gryre, swá nǽfre ǽr on worulde ne gewearð, Wlfst. 19, 6. Gryre se mǽsta, 25, 19: 203, 4. Ásprang micel óga and gryre ofer ealle ðá ungeleáffullan, Hml. Th. i. 470, 8. Gryre and ege, Hml. S.
hirwan
to despise ⬩ scorn ⬩ derision ⬩ scorn ⬩ to blaspheme ⬩ blame
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Take here hyrwan, herewian, herian, in Dict., and add: to feel (and express) contempt for, to despise, scorn Ealle hié hié swá wundige hyrwað omnes ut ulcerosum contemnunt, Verc. Först. 139, 10. Hý nú hyrwað háligra mód, þá þe him tó heofonum hyge staðeliað
nearu-ness
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a narrow space, a place of small extent Nearenesse ergastulo (e corporis ergastulo emigrare), An. Ox. 979. add Þám men bið þurst getenge and nearones. Lch. ii. 194, 2. For manegum nearonessum ic neálǽhte mínum ende crebris angustiis ad exitum propinquans
swilc
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Add On ðǽm dæge plegedon hié of horsum ... swá heora þeáw æt swelcum ( on such occasions ) wæs, Ors. 3, 7; S. 118, 31. Ðá swelcan wé magon ealra betest geryhtan mid ðý ðæt ..., Past. 293, 22. 2 a. Add Ic mæg gelíc anginn þǽm gesecgan, þéh hit swelcne
æcer
field, land ⬩ of arable land ⬩ the crop raised on the land ⬩ a definite quantity of land, an acre
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Add: in a general sense, field, land Æcer ager, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 53. Si jaceat, jaceat in ungildan ækere, Ll. Th. i. 301, 23. Similar entries (v. un-gilde.) of arable land :-- Gesáwen æcer vel land seges, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 55. Se æker, Past. 411, 18.
fylstan
to help ⬩ (tó) ⬩ to help
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Add: absolute Fylstende adstipulans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 39. with dat. of person helped Drihten fylst him ǽfre, Hml. S. 11, 311. Se heáhengel him fylstende stód, Hml. Th. i. 506, 16. to help a person (dat.) to (tó) something, to help to the attainment
smeágung
search, inquiry, investigation, where something is lost ⬩ inquiry carried on by the mind, inquiry, consideration, meditation, discussion, deliberation
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search, inquiry, investigation, where something is lost On swylcere smeágunge (the search for stolen cattle) L. Edg. S. 12; Th. i. 276, 21. Habban ðás ylcan smeágunge on mínum cucum orfe and on mínra þegena 13; Th. i. 276, 24: 14; Th. i. 276, 32. inquiry
smíc
Smoke, vapour, steam
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Smoke, vapour, steam Swelce se bitresta smíc Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 142, 20. Smíc fumus Ælfc. Gr. 8; Zup. 28, 12 : Ex. 19, 18 : Homl. Th. ii. 68, 20. Hí losiaþ swá swá sméc Bt. 27, 3; Fox 98, 31 : Ps. Th. 36, 19. Smýc Hpt. Gl. 501, 78 : Shrn. 52, 33. Ða þicnyssa
tó-lúcan
To tear to pieces, ⬩ wrench asunder, ⬩ dislocate ⬩ to root out, ⬩ destroy
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To tear to pieces, wrench asunder, dislocate. literal Ðæs ne wéndon witan Scyldinga, ðæt hit (the hall) manna ǽnig tóbrecan meahte, listum tólúcan, Beo. Th. 1566; B. 781. Forðon ðe míne innoþas on ðam fylle tólocene wǽron eo quod interanea essent ruendo
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