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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.

Linked entry: á-gytan

for-wiernan

Grammar
for-wiernan, Take here for-weornan, -wernan, -wyrnan in Dict. and add:

to refuse ⬩ deny ⬩ to refuse to give ⬩ to refuse admittance ⬩ to refuse ⬩ to restrain ⬩ prevent ⬩ prohibit ⬩ to hinder ⬩ prevent ⬩ to prevent

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Hié him þára béna forwierndon, Ors. 2, 2; S. 64, 27. Him ǽtes forwyrnan, Hml. S. 22, 137. Him nánes willan næs forwyrnd, ne nánes lustes, Ps. Th. 48, 11. with gen. of thing only Welena forwyrned, frófre bedǽled, Dóm.

nídan

(v.)
Grammar
nídan, p. de

To force ⬩ compel ⬩ urge

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Hé hié nýdde in fæðm fýres, Cd. Th. 230, 14; Dan. 233. Ða Egiptiscan nýddon ( urgebant ) ðæt folc út of hira lande, Ex. 12, 33. Ðá nýddon hine his yldran tó ðæm ðæt hé sceolde woroldlícum wǽpnum onfón, Blickl. Homl. 213, 1.

þǽr-ofer

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-ofer, adv.

Thereover ⬩ over that

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Thereover, over that Se fnobeám ofersceadaþ ðæt lond, ðæt hit under him ne mæg gegrówan, ne hé self nánne wæsðm dǽrofer ne bireþ, Past. 45; Swt. 337, 12. Hig tódðldon hys reáf, and wurpon hlot þǽrofer, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 35

Linked entry: ofer

be-cweþan

to say ⬩ to urge ⬩ press ⬩ to speak for ⬩ pray for ⬩ to bequeathe ⬩ grant by will

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Th. i. 534, 10. to bequeathe, grant by will (cwide) Hit becwæð sé ðe hit áhte, Ll. Th. i. 184, 1. Bútan þám dǽle þe uncer gehwæþer his bearnum becwæð, Cht. Th. 486, 4. Hé becwæð his ðincg, and ácwealde hine sylfne, Hml. S. 19, 211.

un-nídige

(adv.)
Grammar
un-nídige, adv.

Without compulsion ⬩ willingly

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Without compulsion, willingly Ða ðe beóð mid hira ágnum byrðennum ofðrycte ðæt hié ne magon gestondan, hié willaþ lustlíce underfón óðerra monna, and unniédige hié underlútaþ mid hira sculdrum óðerra byrðenna tóeácan hiera ágnum qui ad casum valde urgetur

Linked entries: nídige un-nédige

ísen

(n.)
Grammar
ísen, n.
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Add: iron Glád hit on þǽm scyllum swelce hit wǽre sméðe ísen, Ors. 4, 6; S. 174, 8. Grǽghǽwe ísene ferrugine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 34. Gewyrme mid háte glówende ísene, Lch. ii. 236, 32 : 218, 24.

be-fón

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add : (1 a) with a non-material object Of manegum myngungum wé beféngun ( perstringimus) feáwa, Chrd. 8, 19. (1 f) to ensnare, entrap :-- Þá sendon hí tó him sume . . . ꝥ hí beféngon (caperent ) hine on his worde, Mk. 12, 13

ge-hátan

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Ongan hé hine biddan ꝥ hé hine gemundbyrde . . . ðá gehét hé him ꝥ, Bt. 35, 6; F. 168, 22: By. 289. Hé him gehét his ǽriste, Bl. H. 17, 3. with clause Ic árás swá ic gehéht ꝥ ic dón wolde, Bl. H. 183, 29. Gehét, Bt. 33, 3; F. 126, 7.

ange

(adv.)
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Anxiously, painfully, with anxiety Blind sceal his eágna þolian . . . þæt him biþ sár in his móde, onge þonne hé hit ána wát, Gn. Ex. 42. Þú eart bitere ætfæsted, ænge and yfele, Ps. Th. 136, 8

CEÓWAN

(v.)
Grammar
CEÓWAN, to ceówenne, ic ceówe, ðú ceówest, cýwst, he ceóweþ, cýwþ, ceówaþ;ceáw, cuwon; cowen

To CHEW, gnaw, eat, consume ⬩ ruminare, manducare

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To CHEW, gnaw, eat, consume; ruminare, manducare He hét hine ceówan mid tóþum his fingras he commanded him to gnaw his fingers with his teeth, Homl. Th. ii. 510, 34.

Linked entry: cuwon

un-cyme

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cyme, adj.

Mean ⬩ paltry ⬩ poor

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Wæs his æþeleste ræst on nacodre eorðan. Ðá bǽdon hine his discipulos ðæt hié móstan húru sume uncyme streównesse him under gedón for his untrumnesse, Blickl. Homl. 227, 12.

yfelian

(v.)
Grammar
yfelian, p. ode.
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Hit is riht ðæt mon yfelige ða yfelan, and hit is wóh, ðæt hí mon lǽte unwítnode, Bt. 38, 3; Fox 202, 5. Gif hwá cyrican geséce, and hine man ðǽr yflige, L. Edm. S. 2; Th. i. 248, 17.

on-weald

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Hit hæfde Agustus him tó onwalde geseald, 6, 1; S. 254, 12. Hé betǽhte his twǽm sunum þone onwald, 6, 36; S. 294, 31. Rufinus wolde habban him self þone anwold, 6, 37; S. 296, 6.

fultum

help ⬩ assistance

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Se getreówa fultum him tó cóm, Scs Bartholomeus, Guth. 28, 25. of troops Hé férde mid fultume . . . þe lǽs þe hí secgon þæt hí mid hira folce hig sylfe álýsdon and mid heora fultume him gefuhton sige ne glorietur Israel et dicat: Meis viribus liberatus

láþ

(n.)
Grammar
láþ, es; n.
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Nis him nán láð, hé rest hine eáðe, Ps. Th. 40, 9. Þæt nán wiht ne sý . . . þæs leófes ne þæs láðes þæt hig þonne mihte fram úres Drihtnes lufan ásceádan, Wlfst. 185, 2. Ne cweðe gé nán láð ðǽm deáfan non maledices surdo Past. 453, 1.

wencel

(n.)
Grammar
wencel, wincel, es; n.

A child

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A child Gif his hláford him wíf sylle and hig suna hæbbon and dohtra, ðæt wíf and hire winclo (liberi) beóð ðæs hláfordes. Gif se wiel cwið: 'Mé ys mín hláford leóf and mín wíf and míne winclo,' Ex. 21, 4, 5.

Linked entry: wincel

for-hwǽga

(adv.)
Grammar
for-hwǽga, for-hwega (-hwæga); adv.

somewhere

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Where position is only vaguely determined, somewhere Him geþúht ꝥ hí behýddon ꝥ heáfod on þám holte forhwega (-hwæga, v. l.) it seemed to hiim that they hid the head in the wood somewhere, Hml. S. 32, 141.

and-weardnes

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Hié mon tó his andweardnesse héht gestandan they were summoned to stand before him, Bl. H. 173, 10. For þǽre andweardnesse þínes yrres a vultu irae tuae, Ps. Th. 37, 3. Se Hǽlend Petrum lǽrde on his andweardnysse ( while present ), Hml.

hwurful-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hwurful-ness, e; f.

Changeableness ⬩ mutability

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Hió hit gecýþ self mid hire hwurffulnesse ðæt hió biþ swíðe wancol se instabilem mutatione demonstrat, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 34