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be-ceápian

(v.)

to sellto buypurchase

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Add: to sell Heó beceápode þá gymmas wið licgendum feó, Hml. S. 9, 53. Beceápa ealle ðíne ǽhta, Bas. 56, 3. Ylpes bán becgan oððe beceápan, Lch. iii. 204, 3. to buy, purchase Gif mid þám gewítendlicum gestreónum beceápað him þæt éce líf, Hml.

be-hyldan

(v.)

to put off to flayskinexcoriare

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to put off to flay, skin; excoriare He hét behyldan he ordered to flay it Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 84, 45

á-hreddan

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H. 43, 24. wæs áhred æt his feóndum, Ps. Th. 4, arg. fram áhredde fram deófles anwealde, Hml. Th. i. 334, 7. fram frecednyssum áhredde, 574, 20.

ágnian

(v.)
Grammar
ágnian, = áhnian; part. ágnigende; p. ade, ode; pp. ad, od; v. a.

To ownpossessto appropriate to himselfto prove or claim as one's ownpossiderevindicare sibi

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He ágnige hit let him prove it as his own [keep possession of it, Th.], L. C. S. 24; Th. i. 390, 10, 11: L. O. 13; Th. i. 184, 5. Swá he hit ágnode [MS. B. áhnode], swá he hit týmde as he claimed it as his own, so he advocated it, L.

Linked entries: áhnodon ægnian

níþ

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Add mid swá lytle níþe ábræc Rómebyrg, ꝥ bebeád ꝥ mon nǽnne mon ne sláge. Ors. 6, 38; S. 296, 30. Ne trúwige nán man be ælmesdǽdum bútan lufe; for ðan ðe swá lange swá hylt ðone sweartan níð on his heortan, ne mæg God gegladian. Hml.

on-bǽru

(n.)
Grammar
on-bǽru, f. [on = un?]

Wrong behaviour, vexation, angerfastidium, ira,rabies.

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Wrong behaviour, vexation, anger ðæs onbǽru habban ne meahte ac háte lét teáras geótan he could not be vexed at it (Guthlac's death), but he shed hot tears, Exon. Th. 165, 12; Gú. 1827

hin-síþ

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Heard wæs hinsíð . . . þe æt þám beorge blídne f[u]ndon hard had been (Christ's) death (on the cross) . . . . . which at the grave (cf. for the meaning of beorg: Wéndon þæt on þám beorge bídan sceolde ána in þǽre eásterniht, 14) they found to be

un-gód

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gód, adj.

Not goodevilbad

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Not good, evil, bad Seldan bið eald; ungódan deáðe swylt, Lchdm. iii. 184, 23. On ylde ungódum deáðe heó swylt, 188, 28

scirpan

(v.)
Grammar
scirpan, p. te.
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Surt. 139, 4. metaph. to make active, arouse Symle sceal his hýrmen scyrpan mid manunge tó hláfordes neóde and him eác leánian be ðam ðe earnian, Anglia ix. 260, 23. v. a-, ge-scirpan

wlíte

Grammar
wlíte, wlítu.
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sǽde him hwilc heora wlitu wæs, and wǽron gescrýdde, Hml. S. 31, 705. Add Tó bóte cyrican wlites adornamentum ęclesię, Chrd, 82, 12.

ge-sǽliglíce

(adv.)
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Add: — Nǽron hi (the Innocents) gerípode tó slege, ac gesǽliglíce þeáh swulton tó lífe, Hml. Th. i. 84, 6 : Bl. H. 171, II. Þá þá þám biscope þá fremdan hǽlo forgeaf, þá becóm gesǽliglíce tó his ágenre hǽle, Gr. D. 190, 30

Linked entry: sǽliglíce

un-getogen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-getogen, adj.

Uneducated

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geceás siððan woruldlíce úðwitan, ac módegodon, gif ǽr ne gecure ða ungetogenan fisceras, 578, 14

pínian

(v.)
Grammar
pínian, p. ode
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Ðæt his heortan and his mód mid hreówsunga suíðe pínige ut per afflictionem poenitentiae cor prematur, Past. 28, 6; Swt. 199, 25. Ðá hét hi pínian (pínigan, MS. C.), Homl. Skt. i. 5, 371.

ge-miltsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-miltsian, -mildsian, -milsian; p. ode; pp. od.

to shew mercy, have compassion, to pity, pardonmĭsĕrēri, propĭtiārito make mild, make kind, softenpropĭtium reddĕre, mītĭgāre

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Gemiltsode se Hǽlend him mĭsertus eōrum Jēsus, Mt. Bos. 20, 34. Gemiltsa me God, gemiltsa mín mĭsĕrēre mei Deus, mĭsĕrēre mei, Ps. Spl. 56, 1: 50, 1: Ps. Th. 118, 132. Ðæt ðú gemiltsige me that thou pardon me, Hy. 3, 49; Hy. Grn. ii. 282, 49.

Linked entries: miltsian ge-mildsian

áscian

(v.)
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sende tó þám brýdguman and áxode þǽr, ac heó þǽr næs, 33, 182. befrán for hwylcum intingan hine áxodon, 10, 117. Wé ealle hine áxodan, Ll. Th. i. 234, 12. Hió ongan swíðe giornlíce áxian þá næglas, H. R. 15, 20.

Linked entry: áhsian

frimdig

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Ic eom fyrmdig tó ðám híwum þæt hine ceósan, C. D. ii. 114, 18. underfǽng þone cnapan swá swá frymdig wæs he received the boy even as he requested, Hml. S. 3, 13. Cf. firmettan. Add

ge-mǽnan

Grammar
ge-mǽnan, <b>; I.</b>
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earfeðlíce hit gemǽnað, Ors. 3, 9; S. 136, 19. Add

innian

(v.)
Grammar
innian, p. ode

To get withinput inbring input uplodge

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Ðá ðider cómon ðá woldon innian ðær heom sylfan gelícode when they came thither then they wanted to put themselves up, where it pleased themselves, Chr. 1048; Erl. 177. 35

be-frinan

(v.)
Grammar
be-frinan, l. be-frignan, -frinan; p. -frán, pl. -frúnon, -frinon; pp. -frúnen, -frinen,

to ask a person a question,to askquestion,to ask about somethingto ask a person about somethingto ask for some-thingto ask of a person what one wishes to be told

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A. 98, 216: 99, 257. question in-direct befrán his witan hwæt him þúhte be þám, Hml. A. 93, 46: 156, 115. befrán ðá hwám ðá gebytlu gemynte wǽron, Hml. Th. ii. 354, 34. befrán on hwilcne tíman þone steorran gesáwon, i. 82, 8.

brégan

(v.)
Grammar
brégan, brégean; p. de; pp. ed; v. a. [bróga
fear, terror

fear, terrorTo give fear, frighten, make afraid, terrify, astonishterrere, pavefacere, stupefacere

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hine brégdon they terrified him, Exon. 40b; Th. 136, 4; Gú. 536. Ne biþ he bréged mid ǽnigum ógan he will not be terrified with any dread, Herb. 73, 2; Lchdm. i. 176, 4.