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LIBBAN

(v.)
Grammar
LIBBAN, p. lifde

To LIVE

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hit be ðán libbendan habban let them have it during their lifetime, Chart. Th. 491, 25

Linked entries: lifian be-libban

weorc-stán

(n.)
Grammar
weorc-stán, es; m.
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hét wilian tó ðam scræfe micele weorcstánas ( saxa ingentia ), Jos. 10, 18, 27

yfel

(n.)
Grammar
yfel, es; n.
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Add: moral evil cwæð ðæt ǽlces yfles fruma wǽre ofermétta, Past. 300, 4. Gemyne ðæs yfles (yfeles, v. l. ) þe worhte, 24, 3. Ðæt tó yfle gedyde, 35, 9. Ðý lǽs hié hit mid ðǽm óðrum yfle (yfele, v. l. ) geiéce, 312, 11.

under-fón

Grammar
under-fón, <b>. I.</b>
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(l b) to receive what moves to meet one :-- manige hleórslægeas underféng æt ðæm ðe hine bismredon. Past. 261, 6. þæt þæt hálige treów underfénge feallende tó foldan, Hml. Th. ii. 508, 27.

á-faran

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of ðǽre wícstówe áfor, Ors. 2, 4; S. 76, 13. þonan áfór . . . and him from áfaran hét ealla þá burgware, 2, 5; S. 80, 29. Áfór Alexander þonan on Frigam, 3, 9; S. 124, 22. Þæt hié from þǽm fæstenne áfóren, 4, 11 ; S. 206, 17.

gíme-líst

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Cf. gíman ; 2 Oft ðá cræftas and ðá mægenn weorðað te færwyrde ðǽm ðe hæfð ðonne for hira giémeléste hié fortrúwiað on þǽm cræftum ðe habbað, and nyllað iécan, Past. 463, 6.

for-ildan

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H. 95, 25. Ðæt hié ne forielden ðone tíman ðe hié teola on dón mægen, Past. 281, 19

Linked entry: for-yldan

ge-botl

(n.)
Grammar
ge-botl, es; n.
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A dwelling þá byrig geseah eall on óþre wísan gewend on óþre heó ǽr wæs, and þá gebotla (botla, v. l. ) geond þá byrig eall getimbrode on óþre wísan on óþre ǽr wǽron, Hml. S. 23, 511

Linked entry: botl

scealfor

(n.)
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Gesáwon hié wel feala þára fugela þe wé scealfras nemnaþ, Bl. N. 4, 32. Geseah scealfran swimman on ánum flóde . . . þá bebeád Martinus þám mǽðleásum scealfrum ꝥ geswicon þæs fixnoðes, Hml. S. 31, 1322

forþ-gecýgan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-gecýgan, p. de; pp. ed

To call forthprovŏcāre

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To call forth; provŏcāre He hi to gefeohte forþgecýgde he called them forth to battle, Bd. 1, 16; S. 484, 20

laðian

(v.)
Grammar
laðian, p. ode

To invitecallcall upon

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Heora ða leásan godas hié him laðodan on fultum they called upon their false gods to help them, Blickl. Homl. 201, 31. héht hám laðian Mellitum and Iustum revocavit Mellitum et Justum, Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 33.

bídan

to waitremainto awaitexperience

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bítt (bít, v.l.) ðǽre tíde, hwonne . . . Past. 226, 11: 220, 10. bídeþ þínre geþafunga, Bl. H. 7, 34. wyrde bídeþ, hwonne . . . . 109, 32.

under-þeów

(n.)
Grammar
under-þeów, es; m.

One reduced to slaveryone who serves under or is subject to anothera slaveservant

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One reduced to slavery, one who serves under or is subject to another, a slave, servant geniédde Arhalaus ðone látteów ðæt wæs his underþeów, Ors. 5, 11; Swt. 238, 2.

Linked entry: þeów

wiþþe

(n.)
Grammar
wiþþe, an; f.

witha thongcord

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hét ( Agatha ) on hencgene ástreccan, and ðráwan swá swá wiððan, Homl. Skt. i. 8, 113. bebeád ðám cwellerum, ðæt hine mid wiððum handum and fótum on ðære róde gebundon, Homl. Th. i. 594, 31: 596, 21

for-pǽran

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ne mæg ús ætbrédan úrne geleáfan ne þæt éce líf, gif wé ús sylfe mid ágenum willan ne forpǽrað, Hml. Th. i. 576, 12. mid swicdómum sylfe and óðre forpǽrað, 514, 33. Sume swefna beóð of deófle tó sumum swicdóme, ðá sáwle forpǽre, Hml.

á-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
á-cirran, p. de
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geseah his hors ácyrred fram his wédenheortnesse ( a sua vesania immutatum ), Gr. D. 78, 16. Synd ealle ðáseorðlican þing ácerrede, ðæt heó ne syndon swylce heó iu wǽron, Wlfst. 212, 1. [Add:passages from á-cerran, -cyrran in Dict.]

Linked entries: a-cerran á-cyrran

inca

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Add: an occasion, opportunity Beháten þá mágas þæt nǽfre nǽnne incan ne sécan, him tó syndrigum ǽhtum gerýmed sý promittent quia numquam ei tribuant occasionem habendi, R. Ben. 103, 18.

á-cýþan

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Þeáh ǽr yfel wolde, þonne nyste hit swá fullíce ácýðde, ǽr fullne anweald hæfde, Bt. 16, 3; F. 56, 23. Sý on þone synnigan bróðor seó sóðe lufu ácýd and gefæstnod confirmetur in eo karitas, R. Ben. 51, 7. Add

for-wyrcan

(v.)
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Hæbbe hit ... bútan hit forwyrce, Cht. E. 238, 24. Hit wæs his lǽn ðæt on sæt, ne meahte ná his forwyrcan, C. D. ii. 134, 35. Heó hit náge mid nánon þinge tó forwyrcenne, ac hæbbe heó ðone bryce, vi. 147, 35.

efen-hlytta

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Swá swá ðú underfénge ǽr his gód, swá ðú scealt beón his efenhlytta on his wítum, Hml, Th. ii. 344, 22