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þeód-wita

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-wita, an; m.
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I. P. 5; Th. ii. 308, 12. a man of great wisdom or learning, a sage Wá eów ðe taliaþ eów sylfe tó ðeódwitan ve, qui sapientes estis carom oculis vestris, Wulfst. 46, 26. <b>II a.

un-bindan

(v.)
Grammar
un-bindan, p. -band, pl. -bundon; pp. -bunden

To unbinduntie

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To unbind, untie Ne eom ic wyrðe ðæt ic unbinde ( soluam ) his sceóþwang, Jn. Skt. 1, 27. 'Æfter his beháte ic ðé unbinde' ... Se engel hire ðá unband, Homl. Th. i. 466, 31.

Linked entry: on-bindan

snǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
snǽdan, p. de.

to slice, cut into slicesto snathe to lop, prune, cut branches off trees to hew trim stones. putare to cut into slices

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to slice, cut into slices On hunig gesnǽd Lchdm. ii. 294, 9. to snathe [given by Halliwell as a northern word = to prune trees, and occurs in Ray's collection, E. D. S. Pub. Gloss. B. 15.

Linked entries: tó-snǽdan ge-snǽdan

wáse

(n.)
Grammar
wáse, an; f.

Oozemudslime

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Voc. ii. 103, 2: 13. 35. Cenum, i. luti vorago, vel lutum sub aquis fetidum, i. wáse vel fæn, 130, 75.

á-slacian

(v.)

to slackenbecome slackto make slack

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Th. i. 614, 13. figurative Ásleacað his tunge tó ðǽre godcundan bodunge. Hml. Th. ii. 442, 25. Gif wé ásleaciað fram gódum weorcum, 98, 15. Gif wé áslaciað þæs friðes and þæs weddes þe wé seald habbað, Ll. Th. i. 238, 21.

Linked entry: á-slæcian

þes

(pronoun.)
Grammar
þes, þæs; m.: þeós, þiós, þiús; f.: þis, þiss, þys; n. demons. pron. This
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Th. ii. 496, 29. Æfter þisson, Jn. Skt. 11, 7. Betwux ðisum, Homl. Th. i. 480, 27. Æfter þiossum, Blickl.

Linked entries: þás þis

healdan

(v.)

to keep watch overkeep in chargeto keepto watch overkeepgovernrulea king to keepguardto watchto defendpreserveto holdtakearrestto have hold ofto holdto holdto hold upto maintainsupportupholdmanageto holdbearconductto behaveto handletreatdeal withto holdto holdto have possessionto holdoccupyan officea positionto holdto remain into retaindetainto keepto detainto keepto keepto keep oneselfremainto holdkeep togethercontinueto maintainkeepto performkeep watchto keepto keep unbrokeninviolateto keepto constraincompelrestrainstopto restrain oneselfrefrainto entertainto keep in mindrememberregardto hold asto holdto proceedmove onto continuego on withto go on

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Th. i. 192, 15.

FOR

(prep.)
Grammar
FOR, prep. dot. acc. and inst.

FORon account ofbecause ofwithbypropropterperaccording toprosĕcundumjuxtaForinstead ofprolŏcovĭceForon account ofbecause ofthroughpropropterper

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Se wæs in ðam fíre for Freán meahtum he was in the fire by the Lord's power, Exon. 54a; Th. 189, 26; Az. 65.

a-rǽran

(v.)
Grammar
a-rǽran, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans. [a, rǽran to rear, raise]

To rear upraise uplift upexaltset upbuild upcreateestablisherigereexcitareresuscitareextollereædificarecreare

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Ic arǽre ðis tempel binnan þrím dagum excitabo hoc templum in tribus diebus, Jn. Bos. 2, 19, 20. Ic hine arǽre on ðam ýtemestan dæge ego resuscitabo eum in novissimo die, 6, 44, 54. Weá wæs arǽred woe was raised up, Cd. 47; Th. 60, 26; Gen. 987.

efen

(n.)
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Th. ii. 354, 19. Mid efnum móde, R. Ben. 55, 16: R. Ben. I. 62, 15. equal, just, impartial Mid þá efnan helurbléde justa lance, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 40.

feórþa

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Voc. i. 72, 22. Feórþa sunu abnepos, ii. 4, 73. Feówerðe dohter abneptis, i. 51, 74. Similar entries v. feówerþa(-e) in Dict. in combination with another numeral: Þý twéntigðan dæge and þý feórþan Septembris mónðes, Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 373, 19.

ginian

(v.)
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Take here <b>geonian</b> in Dict., and add Geongendi oscitantes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 75. Þá giniendan hiulcas, 42, 49. of living creatures. to open the mouth; of the mouth, to be open Geonath, ginath battat, batat, Txts. 43, 269.

hátan

(v.)
Grammar
hátan, p. hátte.
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Add: : To be called so and so. the complement a proper name Meroe hátte án ígland, Lch. iii. 258, 18. þý wege þe háte Appia, Bl. H. 193, 12. In tún þone þe hátte (háta, L. ) Gezemani in uillam quae dicitur Gesemani, Mt. R. 26, 36.

innoþ

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Voc. ii. 89, 22. the stomach, womb, belly Se hálga innoð þǽre á clǽnan. Þone innoþ geceás Críst, Bl. H. 11, 20. Of innoþe uulua. An. Ox. 4086. Innoþas receptacula (viscerum), 105. <b>II a.

up-áhafenness

(n.)
Grammar
up-áhafenness, e; f.

Upliftingelevationexaltationexultationarrogancepride

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Hér is úres módes upáhafennes; ac ðǽr is ðære þýstro dymnes, L. E. I. proem.; Th. ii. 394, 12. Élc upáhafenes omnis arrogans (cf. 242), Kent. Gl. 547. Ðonne ðæt mód ðenceþ gegrípan him tó upáhæfenesse (-hef-, Hatt.

ge-wuna

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Th. i. 346, 28.

heorot-crop

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Genim heorotcrop neobeweardne, Lch. ii. 50, II. Add

átor-láþe

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Voc. ii. II. 6. Add

bodung-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
bodung-dæg, es; m.

An annunciation dayannuntiationis dies

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An annunciation day; annuntiationis dies Ðes dæg is geháten Annuntiatio Sanctæ Mariæ, ðæt is Marian bodungdæg gecweden this day is called Annuntiatio Sanctæ Mariæ, which is interpreted, the annunciation-day of Mary, Homl. Th. i. 200, 25

gealg-treów

a gallow-tree

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Add: a gallow-tree (gallows-tree comes in only in the 19th cent. The older form remains in local names e. g. Gallowtree-gate in Leicester) Tó ðám galhtreówe on deópan dene, C. D. iii. 439, 12