be-gyrdan
to BEGIRD ⬩ surround ⬩ cingere ⬩ præcingere ⬩ accingere ⬩ to clothe ⬩ amicire
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He ðæt eálond begyrde and gefæstnade mid díce he begirt and secured the island with a dike Bd. 1, 5; S. 476, 10. God se begyrde me of mihte Deus qui præcinxit me virtute Ps. Spl. 17, 34 : Ps. Th. 17, 37.
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FALS
FALSEhood, fraud, counterfeit ⬩ falsum
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Se ðe ofer ðis fals wyrce, þolige ðæra handa ðe he ðæt fals mid worhte he who after this shall make a counterfeit [coin], let him forfeit the hands with which he made the counterfeit, L. C. S. 8; Th. i. 380, 16, 17, 20, 22.
meornan
To care ⬩ feel anxiety ⬩ trouble one's self about anything ⬩ reck
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Nó mearn fore fyrene he cared not for the crime he committed, 273; B. 136. Lyt ǽnig mearn ðæt hié út geferedon dýre máðmas little anxiety did any feel about bringing out the precious treasures, 6250; B. 3129.
óþ-lǽdan
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Ic þence ðis feóh tó lufianne, næs tó óþlǽdanne . . . hé nǽfre nabbe landes ðæt hé hit óþlǽde. Lchdm. i. 384, 4-9. Ic com óþlǽded gódum excussus sum. Ps. Th. 108, 23.
sófte
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Skt. i. 11, 231. gentle, not harsh, not stern, v. sófte, [ He wæs swíðe gód and sófte man and dyde mycel tó góde, Chr. 1114; Erl. 244, 38. Hé milde man was and sófte and gód, 1137; Erl. 261, 31.]
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stefnan
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to regulate, direct, fix, institute Hé stefnde Godes cyrican and Godes gesomnunga on ðære byrig eahta and twentig geára he had the direction of God's church and God's congregations in that town eight-and-twenty years, Shrn. 108, 6.
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sticel
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That with which a prick may be given, (stickle in stickle-back; cf. stickly prickly, Halliwell's Dict.) a sting, goad Óðerne hé dráf mid sticele, óðrum hé wiðteáh mid brídle illum stimulo impellere nititur, hunc freno moderatur, Past. 40, 3; Swt. 293
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tǽsan
To tear to pieces, pull to pieces, tease wool, tear a person's flesh with a weapon, wound
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Hwílon hé on bord sceát, hwílon beorn tǽsde; ǽfre embe stunde hé sealde sume wunde, ða hwíle ðe hé wǽpna wealdan móste, Byrht. Th. 139, 47; By. 270. Nint wulle, and tǽs hý, Lchdm. iii. 112, 8
þurh-sceótan
to shoot through ⬩ transfix ⬩ pierce
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Hé his byrnsweord getýhþ, and ða líchoman þurh-sceóteþ, Blickl. Homl. 109, 35.
þweor-tíme
given to opposition ⬩ contentious ⬩ given to evil ⬩ wicked ⬩ depraved
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cani comparabis, Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 16. given to evil, wicked, depraved And ðeáh ðonne hé ongiete ða scylda ðara ðweortiémena, ðonne geðence hé ðone ealdordóm his onwealdes cum pravorum culpa exigit, potestatem sui prioratus agnoscat, Past. 17; Swt.
un-geleáfsum
Unbelieving ⬩ infidel ⬩ not Christian
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Hé ungeleáfsume ( incredulos ) tó Cristes geleáfan getrymede, 3, 19; S. 547, 10
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wincian
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Se ðe ágímeleásaþ ðæt hé ðence ǽr ðæm ðe hé dó, se stæpð forð mid ðám fótum and wincaþ mid ðǽm eágum qui negligit considerando prae*-*videre, quod facit, gressus tendit, oculos claudit Past. 39; Swt. 287, 16.
cum-líþness
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Add: hospitality Ꝥ hé lufige cumlíðnysse, and nánum cuman ne forbeóde ꝥ hé ne móte on his húse gerestan, for ðan ðe manega Gode gelícodon þurh ꝥ ꝥ hí cuman onféngon, Hml. A. 147, 83: Ll.
ge-anwyrde
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M. 18, 28. to make confession of Him man wearp on ꝥ hé wæs þes cynges swica and ealra landleóda, and hé þæs geanwyrde wes (hé was þas gewyrde, v. l.), þeáh him ꝥ word of scute his unnþances debuit esse delator patriae, quod ipse cognovit ita esse, licet
geornian
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Ꝥ hé on þá wísan hire geornige ꝥ hé hý healdan wille swá wær his wíf sceal, 254, 6. to beg Hé gesaet æt woeg giornade sedebat juxta uiam mendicans, Mk.
ge-unstillan
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Rǽde hé swá þæt hé óþre mid gehlýde ne geunstille ( inquietet ), R. Ben. 73, 14. Se abbod ne geunstille ne ne gedréfe þá heorde abbas non conturbet gregem, 113, 23.
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greáda
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Ðá hé beseah on his ágenne grǽdan (sceát, v. l.) betweoh his ástrehtan earmas, þá gemétte hé on his greádan (sceáte,v. l., sinu), twelf mancosas ... hé áwearp þá mancosas on þæs mæssepreóstes greádan (sceáte, v. l., sinum ), Gr. D. 65, 13, 23.
lár-lic
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Cf. lár; lǽran ; 1 Hé hine getrymede mid his lárlicum wordum ( verbis persuasoriis ), Gr. D. 299, 2. concerned with learning, of learning, learned. Cf. lár; Hé underfǽng þone cnapan tó lárlicre scóle, Hml. S. 3, 14.
mǽnan
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his earfoða tó Rómána witum, þǽr hié æt hiera gemóte wǽron, hwý hié hiene swá unweorðne on his ylde dyden ; and ácsade hié for hwý hié nolden geþencan ealle þá brocu and þá geswinc þe hé for hira willan fela wintra dreógende wæs; and hú hé hié ádyde of
port
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Add Hé cleacode swíðe earhlíce tó porte (Ephesus) . . . Þá hé fulgehende wið ðæs portes geate eóde, Hml. S. 23, 493-498. Hí sumne man ofslógon of þám porte (Dover), Chr. 1052; P. 173, 25.