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ge-lícan

(v.)

to likenimitate

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to liken, imitate To gelícanne ad imitandum, Rtl. 22, 36. Gelíced biþ assimilabitur, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 7, 24

scyrtan

(v.)
Grammar
scyrtan, p. te
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To make short, to shorten Gif God his hwíle ne scyrte (gescyrte, MSS. B. C.), Wulfst. 19, 9

slǽpor

(adj.)
Grammar
slǽpor, adj.
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Addicted to sleep Ne beó ðú slǽpor, forðan ðe slép fét unhǽlo ðæs líchoman. Prov. Kmbl. i

wordian

(v.)
Grammar
wordian, p. ode

To speak

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To speak Wurdiaþ (but changed to wurdliaþ) rhetoricamttr, loquimur, Hpt. Gl. 527, 58. Wordiende concionandi, loquentes, 461, 36

Linked entry: wurdian

á-fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
á-fæstan, p. te
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To entrust, let out land to a person Hé áfæste wín-geard ðǽm londbígengum, Mk. R. 12, l

deorcian

(v.)
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Substitute: To become dark, to grow dim (of sight) Deorcaþ gesihð hebet visus, Ps. L. fol. 142, 2

ge-sinscippan

(v.)
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to marry gerihtanne þone gemánan gesinscep-pendra (-sienscyp-, v.l.) ad disponendum cubile conjugatorum, Gr. D. 218, 4

Linked entry: -sinscippan

weorold-wísdóm

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Þá befæste hé his sunu láre woruldwísdóme ꝥ hé úðwita wurde, Hml. S. 35, 9. Add

slǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
slǽtan, p. te [causative of siítan; cf. bait an animal, and bite]
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To slate [Halliwell quotes from a book of 1697 to slate a beast is to hound a dog at him; and in Ray's North-country Words (1691), E. D. S. Pub. Gloss. B. 15, 'to slete a dog, ' is to set him at anything, as swine, sheep, etc. In Gloss.

wiþ-standan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-standan, p. -stód, pl. stódon; p. -standen.

to withstandresistto stand againstsucceed in opposingbe a match forrefuteto stand in the waybe a hindranceobstructpreventbe a preventiveto stand offkeep away,be absentto be hostile

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Th. 139, 10. Ne mæg eów nán þing wiðstandan (resistere), Jos. 1, 5: 10, 8: Nicod. 26; Thw. 14, 10: Ps. Th. 75, 5. Wyrde wiðstondan, Exon. Th. 287, 17; Wand. 15: 161, 32; Gú. 967: 278, 18; Jul. 599.

gærs-tún

(n.)
Grammar
gærs-tún, es; m.

A grass-enclosurea meadowprātumpascuum

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or other partible land to fence, L.

líc-mann

(n.)
Grammar
líc-mann, es; m.
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A person having to do with a corpse Ealle ða líc-menn wurdon áfyllede mid ðam wynsumum stence, Homl. Th. ii. 98, 8: 334, 31. His líc læg ealle ða niht inne beset, ac hé árás of deáþe. Ðalícmenn ðá ealle flugon áweg, 348, 20: 548, 15.

ge-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyllan, p. -fylde; pp. -fylled

To fellcut downcast downdestroydeprive ofcæderedestruere

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To fell, cut down, cast down, destroy, deprive of; cædere, destruere Ðá wolde he ðæt gyld gefyllan then he determined to cast down the idol, Blickl. Homl. 221, 21, 32 : Beo. Th. 5303; B. 2655.

ge-hende

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
ge-hende, adv.

Nearat handprope

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Hí wǽron swá gehende ðet ǽgðer heora on óðer háwede they were so near that each of them looked on the other, Chr. 1003; Erl. 139, 8. Ða mynstra gehendor ðam wæterscipe timbrian to build the monasteries nearer to the water, Homl.

un-árlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-árlíc, adj.

dishonourabledisgracefulshamefulunkindly

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Th. 66, 31; Gen. 1092. unkindly Unárlíce yrfebéc a will in which nothing is left to nearest relatives; inofficiosum testamentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 17

for-pǽran

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Th. i. 576, 12. Hí mid swicdómum hí sylfe and óðre forpǽrað, 514, 33. Sume swefna beóð of deófle sumum swicdóme, hú hé ðá sáwle forpǽre, Hml. S. 21, 407.

á-bisgian

(v.)
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P. iii. 8; Th. ii. 198, 22.

Linked entry: a-bysgian

on-sendan

(v.)

to send off, despatch (an emissary)to send forth or out,to emit (an odour, etc.)to send forth (the spirit), to give up (the ghost)

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Seó beorhtnes ðæs onsendan leóhtes, 4, 7; S. 575, 9. to send forth (the spirit), to give up (the ghost) Sóna swá hé ðás word gecwæþ, hé his gást onsende, Blickl. Homl. 191, 29.

Linked entry: an-sendan

for-gieldan

(v.)

to pay forrepayrequitereddĕre

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In. 35, 36; Th. i. 124, 9, 18: 9; Th. i. 108, 5: 11; Th. i. 110, 4: 31; Th. i. 122, 6

willes

(adv.)
Grammar
willes, adv.

Willingly, voluntarily, of one's own accord

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I. tit.; Th. ii. 180, I. Ne scylan hyg ǽnig unriht willes geþafian, L. I. P. 6; Th. ii. 310, 18. Hé willes deáð þrowade, R. Ben. 26, 15. Geneádod ánre míle gange, gang willes twá, 28, 3. Hwílum willes, hwílum geneádode, Homl. Ass. 145, 45.