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rúnian

(v.)
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Add: to talk secretly against a person Mé is eác gesǽd ꝥ ðá Iúdéiscan syrwiað and rúniað him betwýnan þé berǽdan magon, Hml. S. 24, 100. Rúnigende murmurans, Germ. 401, 36. Rúnigende musitantes (presbyteros contra Susannam mussitantes), An.

ge-innian

(v.)
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Wé nýdað út þá forsyngodan of Godes cyrican, oð þæt mid dǽdbóte sylfe geinnian, tó þám þæt wé þyder in eft lǽdan durran, 154, 29. to supply the place of what is lost, replace, fill up a deficiency him gá tó honda oþþæt his ceáp him geinnian

þanécan

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
þanécan, þe
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Þeáh nú eall hiora líf áwriten hæfdon, ne forealldodon ða gewritu þeáh and losodon ðonécan þe hit wǽre swá some swá ða wríteras dydon and eác ða þe ymbe writon though they indeed had written all their life, yet would not the writings have become

ge-bregdan

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R. 18, 10. to withdraw, take away Nis cúð oððe on hwylcere tíde hyre líchama gebróden wǽre, oððe hwider áhafen sý, Hml.

cneówian

(v.)
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; p. de cneówdon þá æft, Hml. S. 3, 522. Óðre cyningas tó him cneówodon, 24, 6. Se fiscere cneówige æt þæs cáseres gemynde, Hml. Th. i. 578, 9. Godes hús séce and cneówige þǽr úte, Wlfst. 155, 9. Man ne mót cneówian on Sunnandagum, Hml.

fore-þeón

(v.)
Grammar
fore-þeón, (for-)

o excelsurpass

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to excel, surpass Ealle wé sind gelíce ætforan Gode, búton hwá óðerne mid gódum weorcum forðeó, Hml. Th. i. 260, 26. óþerne on hálgum þeówdóme forþeón mæge, R. Ben. 131, 18.

Linked entry: for-þeón

ge-píned

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-pínian;</b> p. ode To torment, punish [Ðá þá leásen gewíten swíðe gepínedon, Hml. A. 174, 161. heom átealde of þan Nazarenisscen kinge, hwu gepíned wæs, 194, 38.] Gepínodes semustulati, Germ. 397, 348.

nabban

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næfde þæs cræftes ꝥ hine tócwýsan mihte, Hml. S. 31, 1247. næbbað éce gewitnesse, Past. 449, 3, Hié hit tó nánum láðe næfdon, Ors. 1, 10; S. 48, 13. tó Gode næfdon náþer ne lufe ne ege, Wlfst. 10, 5.

under

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<b>; I</b> 3 f. add: — mihte Abraham beón clǽne, ꝥ nǽre forligr geteald, þá þá hæfde cyfese under his rihtwífe ? quomodo defenditur Abraham adulterii reus non esse, dum viventi legitima uxore sua conjunctus est ancillae suae ?

feónd-gild

Grammar
feónd-gild, -gyld.

idolatryan idol

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him swíþe ondréd þá feóndgyld þe in þám temple wǽron, 189, 2

ge-dwimorlic

(adj.)
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ge-dwimorlic, adj.
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Illusory, existing only apparently Benedictus ádwǽscte ꝥ gedwimorlice fýr . . Geseah ꝥ ꝥ fýr wæs geþúht on þára bróðra eágum . . .

scín-cræft

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tó, Hml.

un-scrýdan

(v.)
Grammar
un-scrýdan, p. de

To undressstripdivest

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Hine man sóna unscrýde and ða reáf nime ðe ǽr notode mox exuatur rebus propriis quibus vestitus est, R. Ben. 101, 22. hét hine unscrýdan, Hontl. Th. i. 432, 3: 424, 12. Gif hwá his líc forstǽle, nolde hine unscrýdan, 220, 8.

tealt

(adj.)
Grammar
tealt, adj.

in a physical sense, unsteadyin a figurative sense, unstable, not to be relied on, untrustworthy, precarious

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Kmbl. 343, 22; Rún. 21. in a figurative sense, unstable, not to be relied on, untrustworthy, precarious lǽne ðis líf is, tealt, Wulfst. 273, 7. Tealte syndon eorðan welan, 149, 8. Tealte beóþ eorðan dreámas, 264, 3.

Linked entry: un-tealt

MACIAN

(v.)
Grammar
MACIAN, p. ode

To MAKEdoact

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Ðá befrán heó ðæt cild hit macode on eallum ðam fyrste then she asked the child what it had been doing in all the time, Homl. Th. i. 566, 20. Swá hit macode on his lífe such was his practice in his life, ii. 354, 24.

feolan

Grammar
feolan, l. feólan, take here passages under felgan,
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Nú mé fealh on móde it has come into my mind, Gr. D. 17, 32. hét rǽdan oð ðæt fulge on slǽpe he bade them read till he could get to sleep, Hml. A. 98, 211.

ge-sǽliglic

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gesǽliglica tída ðá wǽron giond Angelcynn, Past. 3, 4

Linked entry: sǽlig-lic

óþ-þringan

(v.)
Grammar
óþ-þringan, to force away from one (oftenest in phrases líf, feorh, etc., óþþringan
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to take a person's life) Ðá geleornedon his byrelas hié him mehten ðæt líf óþþringan, and him gesealdon átor drincan, Ors. 3, 9 ; Swt. 136, 15. Se ðe mid gáres orde óðrum aldor óþþringeþ, Cd. Th. 92, 3; Gen. 1523 : Exon. Th. 330, 11; Vy. 49.

ondryslíce

(adv.)
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ondryslíce, adv.
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Awfully, terribly egeslíce and andryslíce se heálica cyngc þǽr gedémeð ánra gehwylcum for ǽrdǽdum, Wlfst. 137, 2. Swíðe ondryslíce ierribiliter, Gr. D. 119, 24

ge-miltsian

(v.)
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Þám ábryrdum gemilseþ contritis (corde) miserescit, An. Ox. 4124. Drihten him gemiltsode (-mildsode, v.l. ), Hml. S. 13, 266. gemilsade him misertus esi eis, Mt.