for-seón
to despise ⬩ hold in contempt ⬩ to reject ⬩ to reject ⬩ to refuse
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Add: to despise, hold in contempt a person or thing Hé forsiehð (-sihð, v. l.) ðá ðe him underðiódde beóð subjectos despicit, Past. 111, 13: Bt. 19; F. 68, 32. Forsiohð, Kent. Gl. 490: 1090. Forsioð, 529: 541. Forseó ðysse worulde wlence, gif ðú wille
ge-bann
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Add Geban edictum, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 72. an edict, a decree of a temporal or spiritual prince ordering the doing of something by those under him Óðer is seó gesetnys ðe se cyning býtt ðurh his ealdormenn, óðer bið his ágen gebann on his andweardnysse
geond-geótan
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Add: Fusi, i. dispersi, confusi vel gendgotene, Wrt. Voc. ii. 152, 8. to cover by pouring, overspread with a liquid Ꝥ man ealle þá bydenu mid pice geondgute omnia dolia pice superfusa, Gr. D. 57, 30. Hé wæs geondgoten mid þæs swátes dropum he was bathed
hycgan
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Add: p. hygde, hygede (v. for-hycgan). to think, have such and such thoughts Þá þe mid heortan hycgeað rihte qui recto sunt corde, Ps. Th. 72, 1. On fyrenfulra geðancas, þá wiðer-wearde mé wráðe hycgeað cogitaverunt adversum me, 139, 8. <b>I a.
stingan
to thrust something into ⬩ to thrust one's self into the affairs of another ⬩ to prick with something, to sting, stab, pierce
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to thrust something into Sting ðín seax on ða wyrte. Lchdm. ii. 346, 12. Stingaþ stranglíc sár on his eágan, Wulfst. 141, 4. Nim án feðere, and stynge on hys múðe, Lchdm. iii. 130, 17. Wæs on slǽpe ætýwed ðæt hyre man stunge áne sýle on ðone bósum, Shrn
Á
Always ⬩ ever ⬩ for ever ⬩ ever ⬩ semper ⬩ unquam ⬩ usque
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Always, ever, for ever; hence the O. Eng. AYE, ever; semper, unquam, usque Ac á sceal ðæt wiðerwearde gemetgian but ever must the contrary moderate, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 19. Án God á on écnysse one God to all eternity [lit. one God ever, in eternity ], Homl
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a-reccan
to put forth ⬩ stretch out ⬩ strain ⬩ raise up ⬩ extendere ⬩ expandere ⬩ erigere ⬩ to put forth ⬩ relate ⬩ recount ⬩ speak out ⬩ express ⬩ explain ⬩ interpret ⬩ translate ⬩ proponere ⬩ exponere ⬩ enarrare ⬩ eloqui ⬩ exprimere ⬩ disserere ⬩ interpretari ⬩ reddere ⬩ to set in order ⬩ adorn ⬩ deck ⬩ expedire ⬩ expolire ⬩ comere
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to put forth, stretch out, strain, raise up; extendere, expandere, erigere Hondum slógun, folmum areahtum and fýstum eác they struck with their hands, with outstretched palms and fists also, Exon. 24 a ; Th. 69, 23 ; Cri. 1125. Areahtum eágum attonitis
lettan
hinder ⬩ impede ⬩ delay
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To cause to be slow [læt], to let, hinder, impede, delay Ne leteþ non tricaverit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 75. Ðæs andwearda wela ámerþ and læt [MS. Cot. let] ða men ðe beóþ átihte tó ðám sóþum gesǽlþum, Bt. 32, 1; Fox 114, 3. Ðæt flǽsc oft lett [MS. Hat. lætt
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ge-treówan
to trust ⬩ believe ⬩ have confidence ⬩ hope ⬩ confidere ⬩ credere ⬩ sperare ⬩ to make true or credible ⬩ to persuade ⬩ suggest ⬩ to make one's self out to be true ⬩ to clear one's self
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to trust, believe, have confidence, hope; confidere, credere, sperare Ic gemǽnscipe getreówe ðínra háligra I believe the communion of thy saints, Hy. Grn. ii. 294, 52, 55: Ps. Th. 118, 15. Ic on ðín word getreówe in verbum tuum speravi, 114: 62, 1, 7
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gifan
To give ⬩ dare ⬩ impertire
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To give; dare, impertire Hwá meahte me swelc gewit gifan who could give to me such perception? Cd. 32; Th. 42, 10; Gen. 672. Ic gife impertior, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Som. 39, 13. Gife ic hit ðé I will give it thee, Cd. 32; Th. 42, 26; Gen. 679. Us drincan gifest
á-bítan
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Add: to lacerate with the teeth, mangle, tear to pieces, of animals Seó leó ábít ǽrest hire ládteów primus lacer dente cruento domitor Bt. 25 ; F. 88, 13. Micel draca ábát ðone þriddan dǽl ðæs folces, Shrn. 88, 23. Ðæt flǽsc ðæt wildro ábiton flesh that
glídan
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Add: to pass from one place to another by a smooth and continuous movement. of motion on or through a liquid Hornfisc glád geond gársecg, An. 371. of motion through the air Þonne glád þæt deófol út mid his leásunge swá swá smýc æt his eágdura, Shrn.
á-scúfan
to drive away ⬩ repel ⬩ to expel ⬩ to drive forward ⬩ impel ⬩ overthrow ⬩ to give up
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Add Áscúfið praecipitat, Txts. 89, 1644. Ásceáfon weg explodit, excludit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 72. literal, where an object is moved Hé hit ásceáf fram his múðe, Hml. Th. ii. 254, 17. Út áscúfen eliminant, An. Ox. 4697. Scipu út áscúfan, Chr. 897; P. 91
á-syndran
to separate objects already connected ⬩ to distinguish ⬩ to except ⬩ to place at a distance ⬩ to prevent intermixture ⬩ keep apart ⬩ to prevent association ⬩ participation ⬩ cut off
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Add: to separate objects already connected, where there is intermixture Þ melo ðurhcrýpþ ǽlc þyrel and þá siofoþa weorþaþ ásyndred, Bt. 34, II;F. 152, 3. where there is association, juxtaposition Þá þe þæs wyrðe beóð hé ásyndreðof cyriclican gemánan
fægnian
To rejoice, be glad, exult, applaud, to be delighted with, to wish for ⬩ gaudēre, jubĭlāre, lætāri, exultāre, plaudĕre, appĕtĕre
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To rejoice, be glad, exult, applaud, to be delighted with, to wish for; gaudēre, jubĭlāre, lætāri, exultāre, plaudĕre, appĕtĕre Ne sceal he tó ungemetlíce fægnian ðæs folces worda he ought not to rejoice immoderately at the people's words, Bt. 30, 1;
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hreppan
to touch ⬩ treat
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to touch, treat Ic hreppe tango, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 32, 56. Ic hreppe Pharao mid ánum wíte una plaga tangam Pharaonem, Ex. 11, 1. Se ðe wudu hrepeþ he who touches the wood, Exon. 127 b; Th. 490, 7; Rä. 79, 7. Ða wé ne hreppaþ those [nouns] we shall not
land-ríca
a land-lord
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A powerful man in a district, a landed proprietor, a land-lord; the term, seems equivalent to land-hláford, q. v. Heáh landríca ierarchon, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 29. Fó se landríca tó healfan, and tó healfan ðæt hundred, L. Edg. S. 8; Th. i. 274, 30. Gif
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manung
monition ⬩ admonition ⬩ advice ⬩ a claiming or exaction of debt, tribute ⬩ the place where toll is demanded ⬩ the district in which a power of summoning or exacting is exercised ⬩ the people residing in such a district, and bound to answer his summons
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monition, admonition, advice Seó monung ðære godcundan árfæstnesse admonitio divinæ pietatis, Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 24. Ðá sealdon hí strange manunge dant fortia monita, 1, 12; S. 481, 13. Tó onfónne and tó ongitanne ða monunge ðære hálwendan láre ad suscipienda
síc
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seems also to occur. A sike. 'Sike a watercourse; applied to a natural as well as to an artificial stream; the latter usually constructed to receive the contents of field gutters, for discharge into the river.' Mid-Yorks. Gloss. See also E. D. S. Pub.
un-besacen
unmolested by litigation ⬩ not made the subject of litigation ⬩ uncontested
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of persons, unmolested by litigation Ðǽr se bónda sæt uncwyd and unbecrafod, sitte ðæt wíf and ða cild on ðam ylcan unbesacen, L. C. S. 73; Th. i. 414 23. of things, not made the subject of litigation, uncontested Ðæt ðæt land swá unbesæccen gange intó