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wiþ-sacan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-sacan, p. -sóc, pl. -sócon; pp. -sacen

To denyrefuserejectto say noto refuse permissionrefuserejectdeclineto denyreject refuse assentto renouncerejectgive uprefusewithholdnot to giveto declare hostility

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Gl. 428, 65. Grammar wiþ-sacan, with gen. Hí wiðsacaþ Cristes tócymes, Homl. Th. i. 144, 23. Grammar wiþ-sacan, with dat. Wiðsæcest ðú sóðe and rihte ymb ðæt lífes treów, Elen. Kmbl. 1322; El. 663.

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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geaf six and twéntig cottlífa eallum tó hylpe, C D. B. ii. 389, 33. Nim þé þis ofæt on hand . . . þé sende God þás helpe of heofonríce, Gen. 521. Helpas solacia, R. Ben. I. of, 10: praesidia, Wülck. Gl. 252, 5.

Linked entry: helpe

wracnian

(v.)
Grammar
wracnian, wræcnian; p. ode

To betravel in a foreign countrybe a pilgrimstranger

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Gif mæssepreóst manslaga wurðe. ðonne þolige hé ǽgðres, ge hádes ge eardes, and wiæcnige swá wíde swá pápa him scrífe, L. Eth. ix. 26; Th. i. 346, 6. Þolige hé éðeles, and wræcnige, L. C. S. 41 ; Th. i. 400, 15.

Linked entry: wræcnian

bletsian

(v.)
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Add: <b&gt;I a</b&gt; α. to pronounce the benediction in a religious service Hé hæfeð nú gemæssod, and bletsað nú þis folc, Vis. Lfc. 17. Þonne bletsiað on Israhéla folc, Num. 6, 23

sceaþung

(n.)
Grammar
sceaþung, e; f.

Injury, damage

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Injury, damage Ge landfeoh ge fihtewíte ge stale ge wóhceápung ge burhwealles sceatinge (sceaþinge ?) ge ǽlc ðæra wónessa ðe tó ǽnigre bóte gebyrie, ðæt hit áge healf ðære cyrcean hláford, Chart. Th. 138, 18

geréf-scir

(n.)
Grammar
geréf-scir, or geréfscire.
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Substitute: geréf-soír, e; geréf-soíre, an; f. office of ge-réfa. v. ge-réfa; I. II Geréfscíre praefecturae (dignitas), An. Ox. 1382. Hé is nú geréfscíre healdende in Rómebyrig in Romana civitate locum praefectorum servans, Gr.

wlencu

(n.)
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Eft laþode hí man and speón tó óðres mannes brýdræste ge for hire wlæncum ge for hire geogoðe quam dum ad iterandum thalamum et opes et aetas vocarent, Gr. D. 279, I

gise

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Take here <b&gt;gyse</b&gt; in Dict., and add Wéne ðæt ǽgðer sié mid mé ge gise ge nese? ( ut sit apud me est et non ), Past. 308, 9. 'Ne sǽde ic ꝥ . . .?' 'Gyse,' cwæþ ic, 'þú ꝥ sǽdest,' Bt. 34, 6; F. 142, 5.

torn-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
torn-mód, adj.

Having the mind excited to anger,having rage in the heart

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Having the mind excited to anger, having rage in the heart (the evil spirits) mec nǽfre mótan tornmóde teón in tintergu, Exon. Th. 141, 2; . 621

be-swincan

(v.)
Grammar
be-swincan, p. -swanc, pl. -swuncon; pp. -swuncen

To toil, labour, make with toillaborare

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Gr. 19; Som. 22, 48

Linked entries: be-swuncen swincan

geómrian

(v.)
Grammar
geómrian, geómerian, geómran; part. geómrigende, geómriende, geómerigende, geómrende; p. ode; pp. od [geómor sad, sorrowful]

To be sad, to sigh, groan, murmur, mourn, sorrow, lament, bewailgĕmĕre, murmŭrāre, ingĕmĕre, ingĕmiscĕre, lūgēre, quĕri

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, geómrende, gehðum mǽnaþ ye, murmuring, grieve in spirit, Exon. 9 a: Th. 6, 26; Cri. 90: 48 a; Th. 164, 34; . 1021. Ic geómrige gĕmo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 3; Som. 30, 58. Hí murcniaþ oððe geómriaþ murmŭrābunt, Ps. Spl. 58, 17.

medum-lic

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Ne beó tó creásum reáfum gefrætwode, ac medemlicum (simplici modo), 90, 13. <b&gt;I a.</b&gt; of middle rank. Cf. medume; <b&gt;II a</b&gt; :-- On medomlicere stówe loco mediocri, R. Ben. I. 101, 8

siltan

(v.)
Grammar
siltan, p. te
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Th. ii. 536, 17. ge-, un-silt (-sylt)

Linked entries: seltan syltan

scenc

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Cweðað þus fela scencea (þus manige calicas fulle, v. l.) ne gedruncon? numquid tot calices non bibistis?, Gr. D. 127, 11. Se abbud scencende mid syndrigum scencum ( potibus ), Angl. xiii. 416, 730. Scencum gedruncenum, 733.

sin-niht

(n.)
Grammar
sin-niht, f.
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Substitute: <b&gt;sin-nihte,</b&gt; es; n. Gársecg þeahte sweart synnihte blackest darkness covered ocean, Gen. 118. Þǽr eów is hám sceapen, sweart sinnehte there is a home assigned you, black darkness, . 650.

ele-beám

(n.)
Grammar
ele-beám, es; m. [ele oil, beám a tree]

An olive-tree ŏlea, ŏlīva

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He eów sylþ elebeámas ðe ne plantudon dĕdĕrit tibi ŏlīvēta quæ non plantasti, Deut. 6, 11. Unwæstmbǽre elebeám an unfruitful or wild olive-tree; ŏleaster, Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 19; Wrt. Voc. 33, 19: Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 15

wǽdl

Grammar
wǽdl, <b>; I.</b> ¶
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<b&gt;Ia.</b&gt; add :-- Seó wǽdl þǽra andlyfna alimentorum indigentia, Gr. D. 145, 6: alimentorum inopia, 159, 7. <b&gt;I b.</b&gt; with gen. describing kind of wane :--- Add

gebed-hús

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Æghwǽr, ge on weorce, ge on gebedhúse ( oratorio ), ge innan mynstre, ge on wyrtgearde, 31, 5. Cyrice . . . is ús gesceapen tó gebedhúse, uá tó nánum gemóthúse, Wlfst. 232, 24. In þám gebedhúse( oratorio ) þæs eádigan Laurentius, Gr. D. 40, 30.

wealca

(n.)
Grammar
wealca, an ; m.

a roller a wave billow a garment that may be rolled round a person a muffler wrap veil.

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Gl. 584, 36). Similar entries v. ge-wealc Streám út áweóll, fleów ofer foldan, fámige walcan eorðan þehton, miclade mereflód, Andr. Kmbl. 3047 ; An. 1526. a garment that may be rolled round a person, a muffler, wrap, veil.

Linked entries: walca wealcan

lǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽnan, p. de

To lendgrantlease

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Gl. Lénþ fenerator, Kent. Gl. 699. Gif lǽnaþ ðám ðe eft æt onfóþ hwilc þanc is eów sóþlice synfulle synfullum lǽnaþ si mutuum dederitis his a quibus speratis accipere quæ gratia est vobis? nam et peccatores peccatoribus fænerantur, Lk.

Linked entry: ge-léned