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ge-redian

(v.)
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K. 32. to find out, hit upon Sé hæfð gódne rǽd þe him geredað ǽfre hwæt him dónne sý and hvvæt forlǽtenne, Wlfst. 57, 15. Gerædað, 51, 19

Linked entries: rédian ge-rædian

ge-drencan

(v.)
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Add: to cause to drink, supply a person with drink Wætre snytres gidrenceð hine Drihten aqua sapientiae potabit illum Dominus, Rtl. 46, 11. Gidrencde, 84, 33. <b>I a.

friþian

(v.)

to protectto protect maintain the sanctityto protect an operationkeep from unfavourable conditionsto grant immunity to a criminalto give asylum to

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Lch. iii. 438, 3. to protect, maintain the sanctity of a day Þone heaan dæg ( Sunday ) healdað and friðiað ealle þá ðe cunnon crístene þeáwas, Dóm.

a-sweartian

(v.)
Grammar
a-sweartian, p. ode; pp. od

To blackendarkento be made SWARTHY or blackobscureddarkeneddenigrari

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To blacken, darken, to be made SWARTHY or black, obscured, darkened; denigrari Ðæt gold biþ asweartod aurum obscuratur, Past. 18, 4; Hat. MS. 26 b, 8

cép

(n.)
Grammar
cép, es; m.

A sale, bargain, business negotium

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Sellan to cépe to give for sale, sell, Deut. 28, 68

posel

(n.)
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a small lump, a pill Gǽten smeoro geþýd poslum swelge let him swallow goat's grease squeezed to pills, Lchdm. i. 354, 9. v. next word

syngung

(n.)
Grammar
syngung, e; f.

Sinning

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Sinning Ús is swíðe þearle éfstanne ðæt wé bewépan ðæt wé ǽr yfele gedydon, and ofer ðis ðære syngunge geswícan, Homl. Ass. 149, 137

þynnian

(v.)
Grammar
þynnian, p. ode

To make or to become thin

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To make or to become thin Ðynnade obtenuerat, Txts. 182, 80. Ðæt þicce horh ðú scealt mid ðám lǽcedómum wyrman and þynnian, Lchdm. ii. 194, 22

Linked entry: ge-þynnian

á-latian

(v.)
Grammar
á-latian, p. ode
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To grow sluggish, dull Álatode uilesceret, An. Ox. 7, 131. Cf. the gloss to the same word: Uilesceret i. tardaret vel latode, Angl. xv. 208, 13

Linked entry: latian

in-waru

(n.)
Grammar
in-waru, e; f.
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Performance of services due in the case of in-land. v. werian ; c .iii. hída inware, and óðer healf útware, Cht. E. 235, 28

mid-hlít

(n.)
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fellowship Gyf hwylc. . . andetnesse cuman nele fram cirycean hé is ánýdanne and fram gemǽnsumunge and midhlýte geleáffulra ( a communione et consortio fidelium ], Nap. 45

Linked entry: hlít

ofer-glésan

(v.)
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to write an English word over a Latin one to explain the latter, make an interlinear gloss Aldred hit oferglóesade on Englisc, Jn. p. 188, 7

Linked entry: glésan

swín-hege

(n.)
Grammar
swín-hege, es; m.
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A fence to keep swine from straying bysceopes swýnhege; ondlong heges, C.D. iii. 77, 11. Of ðǽre burnan on ðane swýnhege; andlang heges, 78, 5

á-teorian

(v.)
Grammar
á-teorian, l. á-teórian,
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and add: of material, to end, not to be continued -Ymbe þæt útan þe þæs scapularæs handstoca áteóriað ( where the cuffs end), Tech. ii. 127, 20

ge-swystra

(n.)

sisters

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To mínre méder and geswystrum to my mother and sisters, Nar. 1, 12

freóls-dæg

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Hú on freólsdagum (in sanctorum natalitiis) seó nihtlice wæcce healdenne sý ... sealmas sýn gesungene þe þám freólsdæge belimpað, R. Ben. 39, 4-9. Add

a-cægan

(v.)

to name

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to name

a-ceápian

(v.)
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a-ceápian, p. ode; pp. od

To buy

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To buy

ærnian

(v.)

to earn

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to earn

a-steópan

(v.)

to bereave

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to bereave