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á-cwilmian

(v.)
Grammar
á-cwilmian, p. ode

To suffer

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To suffer Ðá ðá tó helle becumaþ, ne cumaþ hig nǽfre tó reste, ah ðár ácwylmiaþ mid sáule on ðám líchaman ǽfter dómes dæge, Wlfst. 220, 5. Sý hé betáht ðám deófle intó helle grunde and ðǽr ácwylmie, búte geswíce, C. D. iv. 107, 17

be-áscian

(v.)
Grammar
be-áscian, p. ode

To ask a person (acc.) for advice (gen. )

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To ask a person (acc.) for advice (gen. ), the question given in a clause Hié hine láre beáhsodan, hwæt him þæs tó dónne wǽre, Bl. H. 199, 29. Þæt hié ðone pápan and þæt pápseld beáhsodan, hwæt him þæs tó rǽde þúhte, 205, 20

Linked entry: be-áhsian

for-drífan

to drive away ⬩ off ⬩ out ⬩ to drive away ⬩ cast out ⬩ to drive out ⬩ to banish ⬩ expel ⬩ to drive aside ⬩ to overtask

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, 11. to subject to excessive toil or hardship, to overtask Eálá hú earmlice and hú reówlic tíd wæs ðá, ðá ðá wreccæ men lǽgen fordrifene full neáh tó deáðe, and syððan cóm se scearpa hungor and ádyde hí mid ealle, Chr. 1086; P. 218, 1

ge-wyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyrdan, -werdan; p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To hurt ⬩ injure ⬩ lædere ⬩ nocere

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Th. 106, 4

Linked entry: ge-werdan

níd

(n.)
Grammar
níd, neád, néd, neód, niéd, nýd, es; n.: e; f.

necessity ⬩ inevitableness ⬩ necessity ⬩ need ⬩ urgent requirement ⬩ a necessary business ⬩ duty ⬩ need ⬩ what one wants ⬩ necessity ⬩ need ⬩ difficulty ⬩ hardship ⬩ distress ⬩ force ⬩ compulsion

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Ne lufode hé woruldlíce ǽrehta for his neóde ána ( to supply his own needs only ), ac tó dǽlenne eallum wædliendum, Homl. Th. ii. 340, 21. Gylde se túnscipe tó ðære muneca neóde ( ad usus ), Chart. Th. 307, 26. Tó ðæs minstres neóde, 362, 7.

uppe

(adv.)
Grammar
uppe, adv.

up ⬩ above ⬩ on high ⬩ up

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Th. 113, 11: Cd. Th. 273, 25; Sat. 142: Exon. Th. 24, 19; Cri. 387: 239, 30; Ph. 629: Fragm. Kmbl. 86; Leás. 45. Wé mid englum uppe wǽron, Cd. Th. 289, 2; Sat. 391.

Linked entry: up

ríht

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Th. 38, 6. Add Méda beeástan ee swé ðér mid riahte tó ðém lande limpað, C. D. ii. 75, 20. <b>III a.</b> add :-- Gif ꝥ riht tó hefig sý, séce þá líhtinge tó þám cynge, Ll.

óþ-swígan

(v.)
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to stop speaking, become silent Hé spræc tó his liornæra sumum, and ðá fǽringa óþswígde hé suǽ hé hwæshwegu hercnade, Shrn. 72, 24

regnian

(v.)
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to rain, cause rain to fall Hé hregnað (regneð, R.) ofer sóðfæsta and unsóðfæste pluit super justos et injustos, Mt. L. 5, 45

út-waru

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út-waru, [For the obligation involved in waru see werian ; <b>III c.</b>]
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Hí him ꝥ land sealdon æt Norðtúne . . . ꝥ syndon iii hída tó inware and óðer healf tó útware, Cht. E. 235, 29. Add

salor

(n.)

a hall, palace

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a hall, palace Eów ðeós cwén laðaþ tó salore (cf. tó hofe, 1111; El. 557), Elen. Kmbl. 1100; El. 552 : 764; El. 382

sceorpan

(v.)
Grammar
sceorpan, scearp

To scrape, to irritate

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To scrape, to irritate Gif man [hwæt ?] sceorpe on ðone innaþ if anything irritate a man in the insides, Lchdm. iii. 44, 27

Linked entry: ge-sceorpan

wil-þegu

(n.)
Grammar
wil-þegu, e; f.

A grateful repast

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A grateful repast Tólýsan líc and sáwle, and þonne tódǽlan werum tó wiste and tó wilþege fǽges flǽschoman, Andr. Kmbl. 306; An. 153

á-bǽran

(v.)

to bring out, bring to light

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to bring out, bring to light Ðæt ðæt díhle wæs openum wordum sý eall ábǽred omnia luci verbis reddantur apertis, Dóm. L. 41

Linked entry: ǽ-bær

á-wrǽnan

(v.)

to make wrǽne

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to make wrǽne(q. v.) Gif mon sié tó unwrǽne, wyl on meolce þá ilcan wyrt, þonne áwrǽnst þú, Lch. ii. 144, 21

Linked entry: wrǽnan

sárig

(adj.)
Grammar
sárig, adj.

feeling grief, sorry, sorrowful, sad ⬩ expressing grief, mournful, sad, bitter

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Th. 155, 12; Gú. 859. Sóhton sárigu tú (the two women at the sepulchre) sigebearn Godes, 460, 2; Hö. 11.

be-ládian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 424, 24. with (neg.) clause Nán man hine ne sceal beládian þæt hé Godes cyrcan ne geséce Hml. Th. ii. 444, 8.

ge-tríwe

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Þá áne þe him getriéwe wǽron, Ors. 3, 7; S. 114, 1. Þá þing ne sint getréwe tó habbenne ... Nú ðuacute; hié æfter þínum willan þé getréwe habban ne miht, Bt. 7, 2; F. 18, 15-19.

réce-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
réce-leás, adj.
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Ymb ða gýmene his écre hǽlo hé wæs tó sǽne and tó réceleás erga curam perpetuae suae salvationis nihil omnino studii &amp; industriae gerens, Bd. 3,13; S. 538, 19. Tó hwam wurde ðú swá réceleás ðæra gyfena ðe ic ðé geaf? Wulfst. 258, 13 note.

Linked entry: récce-leás

ge-sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sǽlan, hit -sǽleþ, -sǽlþ; p. de; pp. ed [sǽl an occasion]

To happen, come to pass, befall ⬩ accĭdĕre, evĕnīre

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To happen, come to pass, befall; accĭdĕre, evĕnīre Hú gesǽleþ ðæt how doth that happen? Salm. Kmbl. 698; Sal. 348: Andr. Kmbl. 1021; An. 511: 1029; An. 515. Gif hit ǽfre gesǽlþ, ðæt ... if it ever happen that..., Bt. Met.