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métan

(v.)
Grammar
métan, to paint.
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Wercað hió of weaxe . . . mgtað Fenix, E. S. viii. 478, 50. Add

weorold-ríce

(adj.)
Grammar
weorold-ríce, adj.
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Him is tó forbúgenne woroldríccra geférscipe (potentium consortium). Chrd. 69, 36. Add

wuldor-dreám

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Þeah him syndon ealle wuldordreámas tó gelǽdde, Verc. Först. 107, I. Add

æt-bredan

Grammar
æt-bredan, <b>. II.</b>
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Swilce þám rihtwísum ætbrédað his rihtwísnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 322, 18. Add

freót-mann

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Nelle wé tó him gyrnan feohgesceotes ne freótmannes, E.S. 49, 344. Add

feoh-gescot

(n.)
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a money-contribution Nelle wé tó him gyrnan feohgesceotes, E.S. 49, 341

Linked entry: ge-scot

ealdor-þegn

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Sanctus Petrus, his ealdorþegn ... cweð: 'Mín Dryhten,' Verc. Först. 111, 7. Add

rúnere

(n.)
Grammar
rúnere, es; m.

A whisperer

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A whisperer Ðes rúnere hic susurro, Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 51

tó-bláwenness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-bláwenness, e; f.

Inflation,distension

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Inflation, distension Ungelýfendlíc tóbláwcnnys his innoð geswencte, Homl. Th. i. 86, 13

Linked entry: -bláwenness

hyrwan

(v.)
Grammar
hyrwan, hyrwian; p. de, ede

blasphemedespisecondemntreat illoppressvexharass

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Hé hyrwde godes naman and wirigde hine cum blasphemasset nomen et maledixisset ei, Lev. 24, 11. Ðá hyrwdon ealle hine omnes condemnaverunt eum, Mk. Skt. 14, 64. Hié hyrwdon ðé they despised thee, Elen. Kmbl. 710; El. 355.

Linked entry: herwan

be

Grammar
be, <b>. A. 11 b.</b>
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Th. ii. 306, 29. (15) add :-- Gif hé ne geswice be þám si neque sic correxerit, Chrd. 41, 36. (18) add :-- Hé be heora gange gecneów, Hml.

Linked entry: bi-wrítan

ge-wanian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wanian, -wonian; p. ode; pp. od.

to lessendiminishto be wanting

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He his godcundnesse nán wiht ne gewanode he did not at all diminish his divinity, Blickl. Homl. 91, 9. Gewanude, Th. Chart. 203, 36. Gewonade, Exon. 44 a; Th. 148, 19; Gú. 747.

Linked entries: ge-wonian ge-wane

lád-rinc

(n.)
Grammar
lád-rinc, es; m.
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In. 33; Th. i. 122, 13 where it speaks of 'Cyninges horswealh se ðe him mǽge geǽrendian.'

strang-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
strang-líc, adj.
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Stingaþ stranglíc sár on his eágan, Wulfst. 141, 5

gryre

(n.)
Grammar
gryre, es; m.

Horror, terror, dread, something horrible, dreadful

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Him ðæs egesa stód gryre fram ðam gáste terror was upon him therefore, horror from the spirit, Cd. 201; Th. 249,6; Dan. 526: Exon. 116a; Th. 446, 12; Dóm. 21:116b; Th. 447, 22; Dóm. 43. Wæs se gryre læssa the horror was less, Beo. Th. 2569; B. 1282.

swífan

(v.)
Grammar
swífan, p. swáf, pl. swifon; pp. swifen.

to move in a course, wend, sweepof a course of action, to come to take part in a matter to be uncertainrove, tarn, sweepferri, volvere, incitarito cease, leave off

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then (after the commission of a crime) Eanulf, who was reeve, struck in or intervened, and took all the property from him (the criminal) that he owned at Tisbury, Chart.

Linked entries: a-swífan swefian

god

(n.)
Grammar
god, m. and <b>god;</b> n.
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Hié God sylfne áhéngon, El. 209. where the three persons are given Se Ælmihtiga Fæder is God, and his Sunu is Ælmihtig God, and se Hálga Gást is Ælmihtig God; ná ðrý Godas, ac ealle án Ælmihtig God untódǽledlic, Hml.

un-ábeden

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ábeden, adj.

Unbiddenunasked

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Unbidden, unasked God beád mancynne ðæt hine biddan sceoldon, and hé wile syllan unábeden ðæt ðæt wé ús ne wéndon þurh úre béne, Homl. Th. ii. 372, 16: L. O. 8; Th. i. 180, 28

Linked entry: á-biddan

CÍGAN

(v.)
Grammar
CÍGAN, cígean, cýgan, cýgean, ciégan, cégan, cégean; cígende; de; ed.

To call, name, call upon, invoke, call together, summonvocare, nominare, invocare, convocareTo cry, callclamare, vocare

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Ealle gewunedon móder cýgean all were accustomed to call her mother, Bd. 4, 23; S. 594, 39. Swá hine cígþ Engle and Seaxe as the Angles and Saxons call it, Menol. Fox 366; Men. 184.

Linked entries: cýgan cégan ciégan

under-hnígan

(v.)
Grammar
under-hnígan, p. -hnáh; pl. -hnigon; pp. -hnigen.

to descend beneathgo lower than a placeto submit to what is laborious or painfulbe subjected to evilundergo punishment

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., Grammar under-hnígan, with acc. of that which is undergone Ðonne ða scandlícan lustas ðisses middangeardes mid hira módes willan underhnígaþ cum turpi hujus mundi desiderio humanae mentis voluntas substernitur, Past. 52; Swt. 405, 3.