for-búgan
to avoid ⬩ to pass by ⬩ pass over ⬩ shun ⬩ eschew ⬩ To avoid
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Add Wæs forbúgende cedens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 3. with acc. or clause. to avoid, not to come in contact with, not meet with, get or keep out of the way of a material object Rae. mid emfare forbúgaþ balenam circito declinant. An. Ox. 670. Swican hé forbeáh
cunnian
to prove, try, inquire, search into, seek for, explore, examine, investigate, tempt, venture ⬩ probare, tentare, explorare, requirere, experiri, periclitari ⬩ with gen. To have, experience of, ⬩ to make trial of ⬩ periclitari, experiri
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to prove, try, inquire, search into, seek for, explore, examine, investigate, tempt, venture ; probare, tentare, explorare, requirere, experiri, periclitari Woldon cunnian hwæðer. . . they would prove, whether. . . Andr. Kmbl. 257 ; An. 129 . Mót ic
Linked entries: a-cunnian be-cunnian ge-cunnian conned
earg
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Add: cowardly, timid, spiritless Earh tremibundus, i. pavidus, An. Ox. 1865: 4896. Þone ungemetlíce eargan þe him ondrǽt máre þonne hé þurfe pavidus ac fugax non metuenda formidat, Bt. 37, 4; F. 192, 21. Earge ignavi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 13: inertes, 92
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eást-ern
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Substitute: <b>eásterne;</b> adj. marking position. in the east Leóht eásternes tungles lux eoi sideris, Hy. S. 22, 9. of the east part of the world, eastern Of Asian lande þæs eásternan ríces, Hml. S. 25, 752. Eásterne tungelwítegan eoi
ge-hogian
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to resolve, determine, with infin. Þuacute; gehogodest sæcce sécean ofer sealt wæter, B. 1988. with clause Hæfde hé gehogod, þæt hé gedǽde, swá hine Drihten hét, Gen. 2892. with pronoun and clause in apposition Þá ic ǽrest hyt gehogede, þæt ic hine
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ge-hremmed
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Substitute: <b>ge-hremman;</b> p. ge-hremde; pp. ge-hremmed To hinder, impede, to prevent the free action of Dóð húru þæt hí ne magon úre tungan gehremman, ne ús áléfian, Hml. Th. ii. 488, 5. ꝥ se bróðor ðe hine synderlíce gebiddan wyle tó
ge-lecgan
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Add: with a material object. to lay, place Gyf þysse wyrte sǽd man ofer þá scorpiones gelegð, Lch. i. 248, 23. Noldon hí þæt feoh gelecgan on heora fǽtelsum, Hml. Th. ii. 250, 17. Hé wæs on ðissere beðunge geléd, i. 86, 24. On scríne geléd in sarcofago
þǽr-on
thereon ⬩ therein ⬩ thereinto ⬩ thereof
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thereon Hé com tó ðam treówe, sóhte wæstm ðǽron, and nǽnne ne gemétte, Homl. Th. ii. 408, 1. Se déma hét wyrcan áne hencgene and hét hón ðone bisceop þǽron, Homl. Skt. ii. 29, 253 : Blickl. Homl. 71, 7. therein Hér is án lytele burg, ðǽr ic mæg mín
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for-spillan
To spill ⬩ lose ⬩ waste ⬩ destroy ⬩ disperse ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ disperdĕre ⬩ dissĭpāre
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To spill, lose, waste, destroy, disperse; perdĕre, disperdĕre, dissĭpāre Darfus wolde hine sylfne forspillan Darius would destroy himself, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 65, 40. Alýfþ reste-dagum wel to dónne, hwæðer ðe yfele? sáwla gehǽlan, hwæðer ðe forspillan lĭcet
Linked entries: spilian swítan for-spyllan spillan for-specan for-swat
mearc-land
a border-land ⬩ waste land lying outside the cultivated ⬩ a district ⬩ country ⬩ territory
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a border-land, waste land lying outside the cultivated Se mylenhám and se myln and ðæs mearclandes swá mycel swá tó þrím hídon gebyraþ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 189, 11. v. Kemble's Saxons in England, i. 50. Mearclonde ( the sea coast ) neáh, Exon. 101 b
micelian
to become great ⬩ to increase in size or in quantity ⬩ to make great ⬩ to increase the size or quantity of a thing ⬩ to extol ⬩ magnify
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to become great, to increase in size or in quantity Micelaþ grandescit, crescit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 42. Rím miclade, Cd. 63; Th. 75, 21; Gen. 1243: Andr. Kmbl. 3050; An. 1528. Wæter micladon the waters waxed, 3105; An. 1555. Ðæt folc ongan weaxan and
stapol
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a post, pillar, column Stapul batis (basis?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 49: patronus (in a list giving parts of a house), i. 26, 36. Stapole cione (κίων a column, pillar ), ii. 131, 41. Of ðam beorge on ðone stapol; of ðam stapole, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 14, 11
á-flíman
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Add: where there is conflict, to put to flight, of actual fighting Hé hyg áflímde and ofslóh má þonne .xxx. gódra ðegna. Chr. 1052 ; P. 179, 11. Wé mid strǽlum hié scotodon and hié sóna onweg áflýmdon, Nar. 32, 18. Hý ðǽr áflýmede wurdon, Chr. 1001;
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ǽt
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Add: food Æt edulium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 5. He ǽtes ne gimde, Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 16. Tó móse, ǽte ad edulium, i. ad uescendum, An. Ox. 3762. Be ǽte de cibo, Ll. Th. ii. 128, 20. Seó leó bringð his hwelpum hwæt tó etanne; hié gecýðað on ðǽm ǽte . . . ,
á-gitan
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Add: to find, get to know a person Wille wé be him áwrítan swá swá wé hine ágeáton we will write of him as we found him , Chr. 1086; P. 219, 19. a fact Gif se abbod his geearnunga swá ágitt quem si talem esse perspexerit abba , R. Ben. 110, 3. Swá
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cyre
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Add: choice, &c. Cyri (printed cyni, Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 27) detectum vel electio, Txts. 57, 664. Gyre optio, Germ. 396, 217. Freólicum sylflíces willan cyre ( munus quod) libero spontaneae voluntatis arbitrio (offertur ), An. Ox. 1290. Þæt folc
eardung
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Add: abstract, living, dwelling. of men (or spirits) Eardung wæs municipatus fuerat, An. Ox. 2, 395: 4853. Ne biþ Crístes eardung (or ?) on þǽre heortan, Bl. H. 13, 23. Nú se áwyrgda gást tó þon férde in ꝥ hús ꝥ hé manna eardunge of þám húse ádrife si
ge-scrífan
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Add: to decree, appoint something to a person. of the dealings of Providence Hé (St. Andrew) Marmedonia mǽgðe hæfde gesóhte . . . þám hé (the MS. has hé) (the Deity] him fóre gescráf (cf. þú scealt þá fóre geféran, 216) he had reached the tribe of Mermedonians
ge-teórian
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and add: of persons, to be exhausted, be fatigued. of bodily weariness Gif mon fram longum wege geteórod sié, Lch. ii. 150, 19. Mé genihtsumiað þás tintrega, for þon ic eom geteórod . . . þú wást þá menniscan týddernysse, Bl. H. 243, 27. of mental weariness
ge-þungennes
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Add: maturity, v. ge-þungen; Þæs geþungennes hine ne geþafige worian cuius maturitas eum non sinat vagari, R. Ben. I. 112, 6. growth, progress, advancement Of geþungenysse processu ... conuersationis (v. R. Ben. I. 6, 8), An. Ox. 57, 1. eminence, distinction