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weorþan

Grammar
weorþan, <b>. II</b> 3.
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(b 2) Þá wurdon æt sprǽce, oþ ꝥ Dúnstán rehte be Sancte Eádmunde, Hml. S. 32, 4. (bl) :-- Eft gehwearf tó him selfum, and wearð on his ágenum gewitte, Past. 273, 15. Þ hús fǽrlíce eall on fýre wearð. Hml. S. 26, 230.

gærsama

(n.)
Grammar
gærsama, gersuma, an; m.

Treasureŏpes

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Treasure; ŏpes He lét nyman of hire ealle ða betstan gærsaman he caused all the best treasures to be taken from her, Chr. 1035; Th. 292, 22, col. 2. Gif he ne sealde ðe máre gersuman if he had not given the greater treasures, Chr. 1047; Erl. 177, 7

sáwlian

(v.)
Grammar
sáwlian, ode

To give up the ghost, expire

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To give up the ghost, expire ne geswác his gebeda óþ ðæt sáwlode, Homl. Th. ii. 518, 1. Flaccus hét ðone preóst beswingan óþ ðæt sáwlode, Homl. Skt. i. 10, 291. Sóna swá ðyder com swá sáwlode ðæt mǽden, 22, 101: Homl. As. 59, 202.

eówan

Grammar
eówan, eówian.
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Suelce nacodne hine selfne eówige tó wundigeanne his feóndum, Past. 277, 17. Hwelce hié hié selfe eówien (-igen, v. l.), 273, 4. hine sceal eówian (eówan, v. l.), 118, 7: 449, 31, 32: Bt. 35, 3; F. 160, 9. Ðú eáuande arð manifestaturus es, Jn.

ge-mundian

(v.)
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Hml, S. 2, 283. Gemunda ( fove ) þá biddendan, Hy. S. 3, 31. Gebide for mé and for míne ungesǽlignysse gemunde, Hml. S. 23 b, 719. Fultumes biddende æt Gode, ꝥ gemundian sceolde, 25, 337. Add

of-stingan

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Cóm sum cempa . . . and hyne (Julian) [mid francan] þurhþýddé, Hml. S. 3, 237), Ors. 6, 32 ; S. 286, 26. Hét mid sweorde ofstingan, Shrn. 143, 12. Add

nídan

(v.)
Grammar
nídan, p. de

To forcecompelurge

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nýdde his leorningcnihtas on scyp stígan, Mk. Skt. 6, 45. Ne nýdde ná ðæt folc tó his cwale he did not force the people to kill him, Homl. Th. i. 216, 1. Ðá nýdde ðone unclǽnan gást út, Lk. Skt. 9, 42. hié nýdde in fæðm fýres, Cd.

on-beódan

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add: to command Scipia hit oftrǽdlíce hám onbeád ( sent nome orders) þæt hié hit ne angunnen, and eác self sǽde, þá hám of Ispánium cóm, Ors. 4, 12; S. 308, 34.

be-geótan

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hét hine begeótan mid weallende leáde he ordered boiling lead to be poured upon him, Shrn. 83, 16: 154, 3. wearð begoten mid fantwætere, Hml. Th. ii. 346, 24.

án-íge

(adj.)
Grammar
án-íge, -ígge; adj.

One-eyed

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Gif he gedó ánígge if he make them one-eyed, L. Alf. 20; Th. i. 48, 25

Linked entries: án-eága ǽn-íge

a-þýwan

(v.)
Grammar
a-þýwan, p. de; pp. ed [a from, þýwan to drive]

To lead or drive fromto discardejicere

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To lead or drive from, to discard; ejicere He raðe aweg aþýwde he soon drove them away, Ors. 6, 36; Bos. 131, 28

ge-hǽman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hǽman, p. de; pp. ed

To lie withcohabitcommit fornicationconcumbĕre

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To lie with, cohabit, commit fornication; concumbĕre Gif he mid gehǽme if he lie with her, L. Alf. pol. 11; Th. i. 68, 16

Linked entry: hǽman

þweorlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þweorlíce, <b>.
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</b> add: insolently smeáde míd tóþundenum móde þwyrlícost (proterva mente) sceolde him wiþ sprecan, Gr. D. 37. 22

on-fón

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Líc onféng gǽst, . 20. Him hel onféng, B. 852. Heal swége onféng, 1214. Brimwylm onféng hilderince, 1494. to have placed on its surface, have brought in contact with Hleór bolster onféng, B. 688, Bord ord onféng, By. 110.

lufian

(v.)
Grammar
lufian, p. ode

To love

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hine lufedan leáse múðe dilexerunt eum in ore suo, 77, 35. Lufgean his néhstan swá hine sylfne, Mk. Skt. 12, 33.

pinsian

(v.)
Grammar
pinsian, p. ode
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holrede ł pinsode pensavit, cogitavit, Hpt. Gl. 443. 76. sceáwode hine selfne and pinsode he observed and weighed himself, Past. 7, 2; Swt. 51, 15. Pinsige ǽlc mon hiene selfne georne, 10, 2 ; Swt. 63, 18. Pinsiende inquirendo, scrutando, Hpt.

Linked entry: pís

í-dæges

(adv.)
Grammar
í-dæges, adv.
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Swá hraþe swá him tó com ýdæges swá gewát of ðisum andwerdum lífe as soon as he came to him, on the same day, he departed from this present life, 176, 3

Linked entry: ig-dæges

se

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hié begeat, tó ðon ꝥ wolde ꝥ þá folc him þý swíþor tó buge, Ors. 3, 11; S. 148, 31. Þá geceás him áne burg wið ðone sǽ, tó ðon ꝥ him gelícade ꝥ hié þǽr mehten betst frið binnan habban, 3, 7; S. 116, 5.

dreórignys

(n.)
Grammar
dreórignys, dreórinys,-nyss ,e ; f.

DREARINESS, sadness mœstĭtia

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DREARINESS, sadness; mœstĭtia Gif he ne gehulpe hire sárlícan dreórinysse if he might not relieve her painful dreariness, Greg. Dial. MS. Hat. fol. 5 a, 8

feárlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
feárlíce, adv.

Suddenly, quickly sŭbĭto

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Suddenly, quickly; sŭbĭto He óðre fyrde hét feárlíce abannan he commanded another army to be quickly summoned, Chr. 1095; Erl. 232, 6: 1120; Erl. 248, 12