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án-waldan

(v.)

to have sole power overto exercise absolute rulesolam potestatem haberedominari

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to have sole power over, to exercise absolute rule; solam potestatem habere, dominari He ðone ánwaldeþ he rules it, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 154

beágian

(v.)
Grammar
beágian, biágian; p. ode; pp. od

To crownto set a garland oncoronare

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To crown, to set a garland on; coronare Of wuldre and weorþmynt ðú beágodest hine gloria et honore coronasti eum, Ps. Spl. 8, 6

Linked entries: bégian biágian

ge-wæltan

(v.)

to roll

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to roll Gewælteno provolutus, Mt. Kmbl. 17, 14. He gewætte stán micel to duru ðæs byrgennes advolvit saxum magnum ad ostium monumenti, 27, 60

ge-nǽtan

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Add: to subject to trouble, ill, &c. Sáre and eallum ðám unrótnessum on þysse worulde wé beóð genǽtte, Verc. Först. 125, 11

birgan

(v.)
Grammar
birgan, p. de; pp. ed

To cover with a mound, to burysepelire

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To cover with a mound, to bury; sepelire Birge man hine ðæs ilcan dæges sepelietur in eadem die, Deut. 21, 23: Gen. 49, 31

Linked entries: býrian birgean

un-cumlíðe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cumlíðe, adj.

Inhospitable

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Inhospitable Se Hǽlend spræc sumum weligum men, ðe ... him wæs láð þearfendum mannum mete syllenne, and hé wæs uncumlíðe, Wulfst. 257, 14

wlitigness

(n.)
Grammar
wlitigness, e; f.

Beautycomelinessadornment

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Crist com wlitignesse and weorþunge his brýde, ii. 31

bildan

(v.)
Grammar
bildan, (byldan, q.v. in Dict.)

to emboldenencourage

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to embolden, encourage Nán mon hiu hiéremonna mód ne bilt (bielt, v. l.) gǽstlicum weorcum nulla subditorum mentes exhortatio sublevat, Past. 129, 11

Linked entry: byldan

cyne-riht

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-riht, es; n.
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A royal right, right belonging to the crown Myrce gecuran Eádgár cynge, and him anweald gesealden ealra cyne*-*rihta, Cht. E. 202, 18

fæstan

to entrustcommit

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Add: to make fast. Similar entries v. ende-fæstend. to entrust, commit In hondum ðínum ic fæsto (commendo) gást mínne, Lk. L. 23, 46

mánful-lic

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Iacób hæfde twá geswustru him wífe. . . Ac ꝥ is nú mánfullic ǽnigum menn dónne on þám crístendóme. Hml. A. 16, 73. Add

for-gildan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gildan, -gyldan, -gieldan, -geldan; he -gildeþ, -gilt; p. ic, he -geald, ðú -gulde, pl. -guldon; subj. pres. -gilde, pl. -gilden; p. -gulde, pl. -gulden; pp. -golden

To pay formake goodrepayrequiterecompenserewardreddĕreexsolvĕrecompensāreretrĭbuĕre

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Forgilde hine be his were let him pay for him according to his value, L. In. 11; Th. i. 110, 4, note 14, MS. H: 9; Th. i. 108, 5, note 14, MS. H: L. Ath. i. 1, 3; Th. i. 200, 1, 15: L. Edg. ii. 4; Th. i. 266, 25: Andr. Kmbl. 774; An. 387.

Linked entries: for-geldan for-gieldan

folgian

(v.)
Grammar
folgian, p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed; v. trans, dot. and acc.

to FOLLOWgo behindrun afterpursuesĕquiinsĕquito follow as a servant, attendant or disciplecŏmĭtāriadhærēre alicuiservīresubdĭtus esse

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Ath. i. 8; Th. i. 204, 5: i. 22; Th. i. 210, 21: iv. 1; Th. i. 220, 21.

Linked entry: FYLGEAN

ge-bærnan

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Add: to expose to the action of heat Gebær[n]d stán calcis vi[v]a, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 27. Gebærnd lím calcis viva, ii. 127, 49. of a lamp, to cause to give light Ne ǽnig ðæcele giberneð (-að, L. ) nemo lucernam accendit, Lk. R. 11, 33.

bregdan

(v.)

to pluckpulldrawdragto bindknotto changeto changeto movebe pulledto flash

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Shrn. 154, 28 : 74, 30. to bring a charge (braid in up-braid) Þe lǽs þé God up bréde þone godspellican cwide lest God bring up against you that saying of the gospel, Wlfst. 248, 9. to change Þá brǽd se sceocca hine sylfne menn, Hml. S. ii. 222.

ge-weaxan

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Th. ii. 432, 29. Wearð hrædlíce micel mennisc geweaxen, Hml. Th. i. 20, 21. Alle ðá ðe gewæxen sint mé omnia quae nata sunt mihi, Lk.

flítan

to striveto striveto strivequarrelsomecontentiousto disputearguelay blame on

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Th. 68, 13), Bl. Gl.

ge-þencan

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Þá consulas noldon hié selfe swá earge geþencan, 4, 10; S. 194, 15. to employ the mind on a subject, think of or on, consider. with acc.

Ælfríc

(n.)
Grammar
Ælfríc, es; m. [ælf, ríc]

ÆlfricÆlfricus

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Th. i. pp. vii-ix. Ælfric Bata was the pupil of the preceding Ælfric, the grammarian. In the title of the MS. in St.

open

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Th. i. 30, 16