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LECGAN

(v.)
Grammar
LECGAN, p. legde, lægde, léde

to lay ⬩ place ⬩ put ⬩ lay ⬩ to slay

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To cause to lie. to lay, place, put, lay [a dead body in the grave.] Syððan hé ðanne grundweall legþ postea quam posuerit fundamentum, Lk. Skt. 14, 29. Ða ungeþyldegan ne mágon áberan nánwuht ðæs láðes ðe him mon on legþ impatientes ab aliis illata non

wundrian

(v.)
Grammar
wundrian, p. ode.

to wonder at ⬩ to regard with surprise ⬩ admiration ⬩ to make wonderful ⬩ magnify

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to wonder at, to regard with surprise or admiration. absolute Ealle gé wundriaþ (wundrigeaþ, v.l.) omnes miramini, Jn. Skt. 7, 21. Se Hǽlend wundrode (wundriende wæs, Rush.) Jesus miratus est, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 10, Hig wundrodun (wundradan, Rush.), 19, 25

Linked entry: wyndrian

déman

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Add: to judge. absolute Ic déme (doemo, L.) swá swá ic gehýre sicut audio judico, Jn. 5, 30. Gif ic déme (doemu, R.) mín dóm is sóð, 8, 16. 'Mé é Yfele geréfan þá þe on wóh démaþ, 61, 26. Déme gé swá swá gé willon ꝥ eów sý gedémed, 28. to judge a person

ge-mána

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Add: — Gemánan consortio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 31 : commertio, 24, 6. Tó þǽm gemánan ad copulam, 17. On þǽm gemánum in consortio, 44, 78. a sharing, partaking in common Him se pápa Petrus tó naman sceóp, þæt hé þám aldre þára apostola his naman gemánan

ge-réfa

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Add: in Latin-English glossaries Geroefa commenta-riensis. Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 63. Geréfa, i. 18, 43 : 60, 31: curator, 57, 39 : prepositus, 72, 67 : preses, ii. 66, 51: coors (cf. coors þreat (a gloss to Jn. 18, 12 cohors et tribunus; so that perhaps

ge-tǽcan

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Add: p. ge-táhte To shew. to present to the mind for consideration Getǽc mé nú sumne mann þára þe ðé gesǽlegost þince, Bt. 11, 1; F. 32, 15. to give a knowledge of an object Gif þú gecnáwan miht ðá anlícnessa þǽre sóþan gesǽlþe, ðonne siþþan is þearf

gilp

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Add: n. pride, arrogance, vainglory Fastus, elatio vel geþungennes vel gelp vel arrogantia Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 41. ꝥ mycele gylp and seó unrihtgítsung . . . ꝥ iss Hí flugon forhtigende . . . gylp wearð gnornra, Exod. 454. Hié gylp beswác, wíndruncen gewit

hyht

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Add: hope, expectation of something desired Ðæt sió manung hine tó hyhte gehwierfe ut admonitio eum ad&#39;spent reducat, Past. 265, 21. <b>la.</b> </b> in gen. Ne bið him wynne hyht, Ph. 480. Þú mé gelǽddest mid lufan hyhte deduxisti

on-gitan

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Add Ðá ðá hé ongeat ðá scylde on Annanian and Saffiran cum Ananiae et Sapphirae culpam reperit, Past. 115, 12. Ðæt mód ne mæg ongietan ðá tóweardan yfelo imminentia mala non prospicit, 431, 20. add: to be sensible of Ic ne ongyte náne trimðe ne on móde

HEARD

(adj.)
Grammar
HEARD, hard; adj.

HARD, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, brave ⬩ durus, rigidus, asper, acer

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HARD, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, brave Hond and heard sweord the hand and the hard blade, Beo. Th. 5011; B. 2509. Ic wát ðæt ðú eart heard mann scio quia homo durus es, Mt. Kmbl. 25, 24. Heard is ðeós sprǽc this is

swingan

(v.)
Grammar
swingan, p. swang, pl. swungon; pp. swungen.

to swinge, flog, beat, scourge, ⬩ to chastise, afflict, plague ⬩ to give a blow with the hand ⬩ without the idea of hurting, to whip a top, cream, etc. , beat up ⬩ to strike, dash ⬩ to beat the wings ⬩ to wing, soar, ⬩ a wing, pinion ⬩ of a bird to soar

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to swinge, flog, beat, scourge, literal Ðás cild ic swinge hos pueros flagello, Ælfc. Gr. 7, Zup. 23, 21. Ic swinge verbero, ic eom beswungen ver*-*beror, 5 ; Zup. 9, 4. Gif hwylc wíf hire wífman swingþ (flagellis verberavit), L. Ecg. P. ii. 4 ; Th.

scrífan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
scrífan, p. scráf, pl. scrifon; pp. scrifen

To decree ⬩ appoint ⬩ to decree to a person as his lot ⬩ to allot ⬩ assign ⬩ to fix as his lot for a person ⬩ to decree after judgment ⬩ to adjudge ⬩ doom ⬩ inflict ⬩ impose ⬩ pass as a sentence upon a person ⬩ to shrive ⬩ to impose penance after confession ⬩ to hear confession and then impose penance ⬩ to care for ⬩ regard

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To decree, appoint (cf. ge-scrif) Scribun promulgarunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 74. Scriben decerni, 106, 22. to decree to a person as his lot, to allot, assign Swá missenlíce Dryhten eallum dǽleþ, scyreþ and scrífeþ, Exon. Th. 331, 10; Vy. 66. Him (God)

Linked entry: be-scrifen

teám

(n.)
Grammar
teám, es; m.

A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively. ⬩ a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, children ⬩ bringing forth children, child-bearing ⬩ a line of animals harnessed together, a team

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A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively. a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, children Nán wen ne wífaþ, ne wíf ne ceorlaþ, ne teám ne biþ getýmed children

ge-lífan

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Take here <b>ge-léfan</b> in Dict., and add: absolute, to exercise faith Ne ondrǽd þú ðé, gelýf (geléf, L., giléfes, R.) for án, Mk. 5, 36. 'Gif þú gelýfan (geléfe, L. R.) miht, ealle þing synd gelýfedum (ðǽm geléfes credenti, L. R.) mihtlice

lǽdan

(v.)
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Add: to cause to move (líþan) with oneself, to bring or take a person to a place or person, with the person's consent Ezechias lǽdde ðá ællðeódgan ǽrenddracan on his máðmhús, Past. 39, 3. Orfeus lǽdde his wíf mid him oþ þe hé eóm on ꝥ gemǽreleóhtes and

þeów

(n.)
Grammar
þeów, es; þeówa, an; m.
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A servant; often with the stronger sense of slave; servus, famulus, mancipium Ic Béda Cristes ðeów and mæsse-preóst Baeda famulus Christi et presbyter, Bd. pref.; S. 471, 7. Se ðe wyle betweox eów beón fyrmest, sý hé eówer þeów (ðeá ł ðegn servus, Lind

in-geþanc

(n.)
Grammar
in-geþanc, es ; m. n.

Thought ⬩ thinking ⬩ cogitation ⬩ intent ⬩ mind ⬩ heart ⬩ conscience

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Thought, thinking, cogitation, intent, mind, heart, conscience Seaxes ord and seó swíðre hond eorles ingeþonc and ord somod the knife's point and the right hand, the mind of man and the point combined, Exon. 123 a ; Th. 472. 8 ; Rä. 61, 13. Ðæt ingeþonc

Linked entry: inn-geþanc

þrowian

(v.)
Grammar
þrowian, (þrówian?), þreowian (þreówian?); p. ode

To suffer ⬩ to suffer as opposed to to act ⬩ to suffer what is painful ⬩ to suffer martyrdom ⬩ to make to suffer ⬩ to crucify ⬩ to suffer for something ⬩ pay for ⬩ atone for

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To suffer Ic ðrowige patior, Ælfc. Gr. 29; Zup. 286, 9. to suffer as opposed to to act Verbum ys word ... getácniende oððe sum ðing tó dónne oððe sum ðing tó þrowigenne oððe náðor, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Zup. 119, 10. to suffer what is painful. Grammar þrowian

Linked entry: a-þrówian

þyncan

(v.)
Grammar
þyncan, p. þúhte.

to seem ⬩ appear ⬩ to seem fit

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to seem, appear. Grammar þyncan, where the subject of the verb is expressed Ðynceþ him swíðe leoht sió byrðen ðæs láreówdómes pondus magisterii levius aestimant, Past. proem.; Swt. 24, 9. Mé ðeós (ród) heardra þynceþ, Exon. Th. 91, 9; Cri. 1489: 383,

Linked entries: þincan ge-þyncan

wyrt-truma

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-truma, (wyrtruma), an: -trum, es; m.: -trume, an; f. (v. Be ðare wyrtruman,
    Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 93, 7).
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the root of a plant Wyrtruma radix, Wrt. Voc. i. 33, 11: 80, 8: 285, 79: Cd. Th. 252, 20; Dan. 581. Is seó æx ásett tó ðæs treówes wyrtruman, Lk. Skt. 3, 9. Be ðam wyrttruman, Lchdm. i. 172, 10. Wyrttruman radicem, Ps. Spl. 51, 5. Hig næfdon wyrtruman

Linked entries: -truma truma