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brócian

(v.)
Grammar
brócian, part. brócigende; ic brócie, ðú brócast, he brócaþ, pl. bróciaþ; p. ode; pp. ge-brócod; v. a. [bróc
affliction
]

afflictionTo oppress, vex, afflict, break up, injure, blameopprimere, vexare, affligere, confringere, nocere, accusare

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Ðæt gebrócode flǽsc gelǽrþ ðæt upahæfene mód the afflicted flesh teaches the proud mind, Past. 36, 7; Hat. MS. 48 a, 22. We for úrum synnum gebrócode beóþ we are afflicted for our sins, Homl. Th. i. 476, 19.

for-búgan

to avoidto pass bypass overshuneschewTo avoid

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Ðæt wé mægen forbúgan ðæt wíte, Past. 255, 5. Unsibbe mon ne mehte mid nánum þingum forbúgan. Ors. 6, 3; S. 256, 33. Beón forbogen uitari, Scint. 234, I. to abstain from an action, practice, &c.

ancor

(n.)
Grammar
ancor, an anchor.
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Scipes ancerstreng byð áþenæd on gerihte fram þám scype tó þám ancre. . . se ancer byð gefæstnod on ðǽre eorðan, þeáh ꝥ scip sí úte on ðǽre sǽ, Shrn. 175, 18-22. Add

hǽðung

(n.)
Grammar
hǽðung, [ = hǽtung], e; f

Heating, warming

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Heating, warming Belimpþ seó hǽðung tó ðære hǽtan and seó onlíhting belimpþ tó ðære beorhtnysse the heating belongs to the heat and the illumination to the brightness, Homl. Th. i. 286, 3

Linked entry: hǽtung

godcundnys

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Be þám dǽle þe sió mennisce gesceádwísnes mæg ongitan ðá godcundnesse, 39, 10; F. 226, 28. divine service Ic wille ðet ðá híwan á hwílæ ðǽ crístendóm sié fullícæ mid hira godcundnessæ for mé sién uolo ut familia ... quamdiu christianitas permanserit

þurh-wunian

(v.)

to continuelastnot to come to an endnot to pass awayto continue in a place, with a personto remain, not to leaveto continue in a conditionnot to changeto perseverepersisthold out

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Hé nolde þurhwunian on ðære sóðfæstnisse ðæs sóðfæstan Godes sunu, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 41.

leód

(n.)
Grammar
leód, e; f,

A peoplenationracecountry

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Wæs his gewuna ðæt hé his ágene leóde Norþanhymbra mǽgþe sóhte solebat suam, id est, Nordanhymbrorum provinciam revisere, Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 6. Hé wæs ealle ða land and leóde þurhfærende omnia pervagatus, 3, 30; S. 562, 13.

(prep.)
Grammar
bí, prep. dat. [Bí is more frequently shortened into be. In compounds it is generally written be- or bi-; but bí- is long where it is used for big, or is a contraction, thus, - bí-spell for big-spell, and as bí-breád for beó-breád. v. be.]

By, near to, at, in, uponjuxta, prope, apud, inOf, aboutde, quoadBy, through, because of, after, according to, in comparison withper, secundum, pro, ex

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Of, about; de, quoad Ðæt bí ðé sóþfæst sægde Esaias what Isaiah said truly of thee, Exon. 12 a; Th. 19, 16; Cri, 301. Hýrde ic secgan gén bí sumum fugle I have yet heard tell of a certain bird, 97 b; Th. 365, 17; Reb. 1.

ÁGAN

(v.)
Grammar
ÁGAN, to áganne; pres. part, ágende; pres. indic. ic, he áh, ðú áhst, pl. ágon, ágan, águn; p. ic, he áhte, ðú ahtest, pl. áhton; subj. ic, ðú, he áge, pl. ágen; p. ic áhte, pl. áhten; pp. ágen.

OWNpossesshaveobtainpossiderehaberepercipereto make another to own or possessto givedeliverrestoredare in possessionemreddererependere

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Wuna ðǽm ðé ágon dwell with those who own thee, Cd. 104; Th. 138, 18; Gen. 2293 : 221; Th. 287, 3; Sat. 361. Ðæt hie heofonríce ágan that they shall possess heaven's kingdom, 22; Th. 27, 33; Gen. 427.

sáwel-sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
sáwel-sceatt, es; m.

An ecclesiastical due

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Sáulscat is rihtast ðæt man gelǽste aa æt openum græfe, 311, 12.

Linked entry: sáwel-gescot

ǽg-hwilc

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ǽg-hwilc, -hwelc, -hwylc; adj. [á + ge + hwý + líc]

Everyallwhosoeverwhatsoeverevery onequicunqueunusquisqueomnis

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Every, all, whosoever, whatsoever, every one; quicunque, unusquisque, omnis Ǽghwylc dæg every day, Mt. Bos. 6, 34. Ǽghwylce geáre every year, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 23. Hér is ǽghwylc eorl óðrum getrýwe here is every man true to the other, Beo.

Linked entries: á-hwylc ég-hwelc

a-hreddan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hreddan, p. -hredde; pp. -hreded, -hred [a from, hreddan to rid]

To ridliberateset freedeliverrescueliberareeripereeruere

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To rid, liberate, set free, deliver, rescue; liberare, eripere, eruere Ðæt he sceolde his folc ahreddan that he should deliver his people, Jud. 6, 14. Ðæt ðú us ahredde that thou deliver us, Exon. 13 a; Th. 23, 25; Cri. 374.

Linked entries: a-reddan a-riddan

ge-ǽrendian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ǽrendian, -érendian, -ǽrndian; p. ode; pp. od [ǽrendian to go on an errand]

To go on an errandto asktellintercedemandātum deferrenuntiāreinterpellāre

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Ðæt he him sceolde Gaiuses miltse geǽrendian that he might ask the mercy of Caius for them, Ors. 6, 3; Bos. 117, 36. He geǽrendaþ [geǽrndaþ MSS. A.

Linked entries: ge-érendian ǽrendian

land-gemǽre

(n.)
Grammar
land-gemǽre, es; n.

A boundaryconfine

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A boundary, confine Ligeþ ðæt londgemǽre [of Asia and Africa] súþ ðonan ofer Nilus ða eá, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 29. Cirus fór ofer ðæt londgemǽre,ofer ða eá ðe hátte Araxis Cyrus passed the boundary, the river that was called Araxis, 2, 4; Swt. 76, 6.

Linked entry: land-mearc

þrosm

(n.)
Grammar
þrosm, es; m.

smokevapourdarknessa dark spacechautêrem

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On forsworcennesse sweartes þrosmes and ðæs weallendan pices, 139, 1: Dóm. L. 199. Eft átogenum ðara fýra ðrosmum ... eác fúlnes wæs mid ðæs fýres ðrosme retractis ignium vaporibus ... et foetor cum eisdem vaporibus, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 24-26.

ísen

(n.)
Grammar
ísen, n.
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Ðæt ísen ðæt hié men mid lácnian sculdon, 364, 10. Hé teáh ꝥ ísen (cf. þás hringan, 66) úp, Hml. S. 21, 69. Hét se kyning lecgan háte ísena under his nacodum fótum, ac arn wæter úp and célde þá ísena, 36, 392

spǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
spǽtan, p. te.

to spitto syringesquirt

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Spǽte ðæt wíf on his nebb, Deut. 25, 9. Suelce hié him on ðæt nebb spǽten, Past. 5; Swt. 45, 4. Sume águnnon him on spǽtan (conspuere eum), Mk. Skt. 14, 65. Hé spǽtende (expuens) his tungan onhrán, 7, 33. Spátende expuentes, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 30.

ge-brengan

(adj.)
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</b> of legal status :--- to bring to or from a state, condition, action, &amp;c. cause to be Seó hrædwilnes ðæt mod gebrengð on ðǽm weorce þe hiene ǽr nán willa tó ne spón mentem impellit furor, quo non trahit desiderium, Past. 314, 9.

stúpian

(v.)
Grammar
stúpian, p. ode
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To stoop, bend the back Gyf seó sunne hine ( the moon) onǽlþ ufan þonne stúpaþ hé (it has the light part curving downwards ) . . . for ðan ðe hé went ǽfre ðone hricg tó ðære sunnan weard, Lchdm. iii. 266, 20.

swǽfan

(v.)
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The Latin original has: Saevior ignibus Aetnae fervens amor ardet habendi, which is rendered in the prose version: Manna gítsung is swá byrnende swá ðæt fýr on ðære helle seó is on ðam munte de Ætne hátte, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 29.