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be-warenian

(v.)
Grammar
be-warenian, -warnian; p. ode; pp. od

To guard, bewarecustodire, cavere

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To guard, beware; custodire, cavere He wel ne bewarenaþ wið ða unþeáwas he does not well guard against the vices, Bt. Met. Fox 16, 45; Met. 16, 23.

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síclian

(v.)
Grammar
síclian, sícelian; p. ode
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To sicken, be or fall sick Lange síclaþ diu egrotat, Lchdm. iii. 151, 8. Sícclaþ (síclaþ, MS. T.), 13. [Ðá wæs Leófríc c Þat ilce ðæi þat Martin abbot of Burch sculde þider faren, þa sǽclede & ward déd .iv. no.

trumian

(v.)
Grammar
trumian, p. ode
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Hine gestód sumu untrymnis . . . sóna swá trumian ( convalescere ) ongan, 4, 1; S. 564, 46

þeów-boren

(adj.)
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þeów-boren, adj.
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Slave-born, born of parents in slavery Ne sceal (the abbot) ðone æþelborenan settan beforan ðane þeówborenan, gif se þeówborena ǽr on ðæm mynstre wæs, bútan for hwylcum gesceáde hit dó non preponatur ingenuus ex servitio convertenti nisi forte

be-hogian

(v.)
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Substitute: to take care of, attend to, be solicitous about behogode þá tíde þæs nihtlican gebedes, Gr. D. 170, 28. Ðá ðe his líc behogodon qui funus ejus curaverant, 297, 17. Ealdor þe georne behogige (curiose intendat) hwæþer God geséce, R.

dréfan

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sceal dréfan dimne and deópne hellewítes grund he shall be plunged into hell's dim and deep abyss, Wlfst. 48, 2: Ll. Th. ii. 320, 5. Dréfende turbulentus, R. Ben. I. 61, 6: R. Ben. 120, 12. Dréfende turbida (aequora turgida, Ald.), Wrt.

fǽr-haga

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Calamity that compasses about Wæs se báncofa ádle onǽled . . . leomu hefegedon sárum gesóhte . . . his módsefan wið þám fǽrhagan fæste trymede the body was inflamed with disease . . . the limbs grew heavy attacked by pains . . . he fortified his mind

ge-rípian

(v.)
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Add: of vegetables, to get ripe: — him bringan bere tó sǽde . . . Hit weóx . . . and wel gerípode, Hml. Th. ii. 144, 13. of non-material objects to get mature Se mynstres hordere si . . . wis, on gerípedum þeáwum (maturis moribus), R.

ge-wearmian

(v.)
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Nǽfre his þá wǽtan hrægl and þá cealdan ásettan wolde oððæt hí of his seolfes líchaman gewearmedon ( calefierent ) and ádrúgedon, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 633, 6. Tó þæs eald ꝥ ne mihte gewearmigan búton æt fýre, Nar. 18, 15. Add

heonane

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Ne mót hionane lǽdan of þisse worulde wuhte þon máre hordgestreóna þonne hider bróhte, Met. 1. 4, 9. from existence Gedwínað heonone þysse worulde gefeán (hujus cessabunt gaudia saecli) . . . wrǽnnes eác gewíteð heonone, Dom. L. 231-235

lencten-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
lencten-tíma, an ; m.
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Ox. 3837. the season of Lent Lǽsse pleoh bið þám Crístenan men þæt flǽsces brúce on Lenctentíman, þonne wífes brúce, Hml, Th. ii. 608, 18

mis-tucian

(v.)
Grammar
mis-tucian, l. mis-túcian,
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and add beót Liberlinum on ꝥ heáfod and on þá ansýne, oð ꝥ eall his andwlita wearð tóswollen and áwannod. Ðá þá swá swíðe mid geþersce mistúcod wæs (vehementer caesus), Gr. D. 20, 33.

stæþ-hlípe

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Add: in wk. declension used as noun; a steep place, precipice geseáh manige men gán þurh þá stæþhlýpan (-hlépan, v. l.) heora uncysta multos ire per abrupta vitiorum cernebat, Gr. D. 95, 16.

wæter-þísa

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-þísa, (?),an; m.

A water-rusher, what rushes through the water, applied to a ship and to the whale

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(the whale) hafaþ óþre gecynd, wæterþísa wlonc, 363, 7;Wal. 50

bredende

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
bredende, adj. [part. , of bredan]

Deceitful, cunning, crafty; dolosus

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Deceitful, cunning, crafty; dolosus Sendon [MS. sendan] hí Marius, ðone consul, ongeán Geoweorþan, a swá lytigne, and á swá bredende, swá he wæs they sent Marius, the consul, against Jugurtha, as he was always so cunning, and so crafty, Ors. 5, 7; Bos

Linked entry: bregdan

on-drǽding

(n.)
Grammar
on-drǽding, e; f.

Dread, terror

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sume hwíle wénde ðæt hine mon gefón sceolde, and for ðære ondrǽdinge ðæs ðe swíðor on ðæt weorod þrong, 5, 12; Swt. 244, 12

grasian

(v.)
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to graze Oxan grasiende gesihþ if he sees oxen grazing, Lchdm. iii. 200, 9

sceþness

(n.)
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sceþness, e; f.
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Hurt, harm eft férde bútan sceþnysse ǽniges sáres, Guthl. 16; Gdwin. 68, 27

ge-hrif

(n.)
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a womb Gemétte hí bearn hæbbende on hire gehrife, Hml. A. 134, 595

ge-mǽre

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ge-mǽre, <b>; I 1.</b>
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æt Somnite gemǽre and Rómáne gesæt, Ors. 3, 7; S. 110, 7. Add