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wiltan

(v.)
Grammar
wiltan, p. wilte

To roll (trans.)

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To roll (trans.) Se ðe welt qui volvit (lapidem), Kent. Gl. 1006. Hé wylte (tówælte, Lind.: áwælte, Rush.) ánne stán ðære byrgenne dura aduoluit lapidem ad ostium monumenti, Mk. Skt. 15, 46.

sweartian

(v.)
Grammar
sweartian, p.ode

To make or to become black to become blackto dye black

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To make or to become black Ðanne sweartigaþ (sweratiged, MS.) hý (the teeth ) and feallaþ (-eð, MS. ), Lchdm. iii. 104, 17. Hé sweartade( but see spearcian), Cd. Th. 269, 24; Sat. 78. Ðá árás se wind, and ða wolcnu sweartodon, Homl.

ge-grípan

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Add: to lay hold of a material object, to take with the hand, grasp Hé wǽpn gegráp mid campienne, Bl. H. 167, 1. Se Hélend áþenede hond his and gegráp hine ( apprehendit eum ), Mt. R. 14, 31. Ealle þá apostolas hié gegrípan on hire middel, Bl.

ge-hæftan

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, 25. to seize, arrest, capture. the subject a person Swá hraðe swá hí becumað ðyssere byrig gehæftað hí, Hml.

help

Grammar
help, hylp (an i-stem noun? Cf. u-grade forms, hulpa, hulfa in O. L. Ger. and O.H.Ger. But cf. also hylpan = helpan):

helpassistancesuccouran aida thinga placea refugea cureremedy of disease

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Hé geseah þá gesihþe þám mannum nytnesse þe hit gehýrað, ná him sylfum ǽnigre helpe Gr. D. 327, 17. Heó þæt cild gebaer eallum middangearde sóðan helpe, Wlfst. 22, 10. Ic helpe þé holde gelýfe ad te confugi. Ps.

Linked entry: helpe

rún

(n.)
Grammar
rún, e; f.

a whisperconfidence, counsel, consultationa mysterya secreta rune, a letter.

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Gesittan rúne to sit in consultation, Beo. Th. 346; B. 172. Gesittan sundor rúne, Andr. Kmbl. 2324; An. 1163.

Linked entry: rún-stæf

cyne-lic

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cynelicon geseton ad palatinas (i. regales) zetas, An. Ox. 2996. Add

CÝÐAN

(v.)
Grammar
CÝÐAN, p. ic, he cýðde, cýdde, ðú cýðdest, cýddest; pp. cýðed .

to make known, tell, relate, proclaim, announcenuntiare, annuntiare, narrare, referre, effari, prædicare to declare, reveal, manifest, shew, perform, confess, confirm, testify, prove notum facere, revelare, manifestare, ostendere, perhibere, confiteri, testari, probare

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Cýðe his neáhgebúrum let him tell to his neighbours, L. Edg.

Linked entry: ge-cýðan

eáre

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Sé ðe hæfes eáro (eára, R.) hérranne, Mt. L. 13, 9. Heáro, 43. Eóro, Lk. p. 8, 15. as channel of information, as in to come to the ears of a person Þá becóm ꝥ eáran þæs ealdormannes peruenit ad aures principis, Bd. 1, 7; Sch. 20, 16.

láf

Grammar
láf, <b>. I.</b>
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. ¶ in the phrase láfe as remainder, remaining, left Þrý dagas nú láfe syndan, Bl. H. 231, 14. Hwæt is heora nú láfe bútan se lytla hlísa and se nama mid feáum stafum áwriten ?

hleótan

(v.)
Grammar
hleótan, p. hleát, pl. hluton.

to cast lotsto obtain by lot, get a share, share in, participate, obtain

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Then the lot fell to Quintus Flaminius, Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 202, 33.

Linked entry: ge-hleótan

fæstnian

(v.)

to betroth

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Add: to fix firmly in. Similar entries v. fæst; I, 1 Fæstniað eówer mód on his wundrum ponite corda vestra in virtute ejus, Ps. Th. 47, 11. to attach firmly to.

gremian

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 85, 57. to provoke to action. with prep, of a muscular movement Hine mon scel tyhtan and gremian spíwanne, Lch. ii. 184, 1. of a course of action Ne sceole wé þá ðwyran úre éhtnysse gremian, Hml.

settan

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R. 14, 31. add Hé sette Æþelgár abbod Níwan mynstre abbode, Chr. 964; P. 116, 3. Þá hé bebyrged wæs hié settan him hyrdas , Bl. H. 177, 26. Add Hí úre béc setton swá swá hí geleornodon æt heora láreówe Críste, Hml.

á-brecan

(v.)
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Goth. us-bruknan to be broken off]

a-blinnan

(v.)
Grammar
a-blinnan, p. -blann, pl. -blunnon; pp. -blunnen

To ceasedesistcessaredesistere

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To cease, desist; cessare, desistere, Ps. Spl. 36, 8: Bd. 4, 1 ; S. 563, 16

Linked entry: a-blann

a-cucian

(v.)

to revive

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to revive [cuc = cwic, Cd. 65; Th. 78, 23 = Ors. 2, 1; Bos. 38, 8]

æt-hredan

(v.)

to delivereripere

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to deliver; eripere Ic æthrede oððe ahredde eripio, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 3; Som. 30, 63

æt-irnan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-irnan, p. -arn, pl. -urnon; pp. -urnen; v. intrans.

To run awayegredi

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To run away; egredi Ðá ætarn he út et egressus est foras, Gen. 39, 12

Linked entries: æt-arn óþ-irnan

æt-springan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-springan, -sprincan; p.-sprang, -spranc, pl. -sprungon; pp. -sprungen; v. intrans.

To spring outprosilire

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To spring out; prosilire Blód ætspranc the blood sprang out, Beo. Th. 2247; B. 1121