Egiptisc
Belonging to Egypt, Egyptian ⬩ Ægyptius
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Belonging to Egypt, Egyptian; Ægyptius Hér is ides Egyptisc here is an Egyptian woman, Cd. 101; Th. 134, 19; Gen. 2227. Fram ðære Egiptiscan eá from the Egyptian river, Gen. 15, 18.
Linked entry: Egyptisc
ge-bígednys
A bending ⬩ inflection ⬩ declining ⬩ declension ⬩ case ⬩ declīnātio ⬩ cāsus
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Cāsus, ðæt is fyll oððe gebígedniss a case, that is a fall or inflection, Ælfc. Gr. 14; Som. 17, 23.
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scerwen
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(the reference is to the disturbance caused by the fight between Beowulf and Grendel), Beo. Th. 1542; B. 769.
Linked entries: ealu-scerwen -en medu-scerwen
ge-windan
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Th. i. 290, 19. of action, to go about a matter, act in reference to 'Wást þú hú ic gewand ymbe Creosos þearfe, þá þá hine Cirus forbærnan wolde.' Þá hine man on ꝥ fýr wearp, þá álýsde ic hine mid heofonlicon réne, Bt. 7, 3; F. 22, 10. trans.
be-gitan
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add : to get a wife Þæs cyninges sáwle þe hí begæt, Lch. iii. 422, 15 : Gen. 1130. to get into one's keeping, bring home Begyte hé þá báde hám, Ll. Th. i. 354, 7. where the object is non-material Freóndscipe begitan, An. 480.
á-drencan
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Add: where the subject is a person Hí man on sǽ ádrencte, Hml. S. 28, 127. Brettas hié bedrifon út on áne eá and monige ádrencton, Chr. 890; P. 82, 14. Hí ádrengton má ðonne ǽnig man wiste tó tellanne, 1087; P. 224, 19.
æf(e)stig
envious ⬩ zealous (against)
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Add: in a bad sense, envious Beón andetta ðæt hé æfestig sý, Bl. H. 65, 4. Ne sý hé æfestig zelotipus R. Ben. 121, 13. Æfstig emulus Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 46. Se æfæstiga mæssepreóst. Gr. D. 117, 18. Æfestiga, æfstigea, 118, 20.
á-smeágan
to investigate, ⬩ to find out by investigation ⬩ devise
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Ásmeáde exposita i. tractata, An. Ox. 174: trutinatas, i. pensatas, 198. Þá ásmeádan exqusita, 324. to find out by investigation, devise Swá hwæt swá ðé is geðúht gyt máre on tintregum ásmeá, Hml. Th. i. 594, 12.
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þearfan
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B. i. 155, 5. Hé fédde þearfende, Homl. Skt. ii. 31, 53. Ða þearfendan Drihten gehýreþ, Ps. Th. 68, 34.(b) a miserable person :-- Biþ ðæt þridde þearfendum (the wicked ) sorg, Exon. Th. 79, 4; Cri. 1285
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gird
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Voc. i. 21, 17. Cild ic eom under gyrde drohtniende, Coll. M. 34, 23. Láreów mín áwecþ mé stíþlíce mid gyrde, 35, 31. Hé hét hí ealle beswingan mid gyrdum, and siððan beheáfdian, Hml. S. 29, 283. <b>I a.
a-cwician
To quicken ⬩ revive ⬩ to come to life ⬩ vivificare ⬩ reviviscere
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To quicken, revive, to come to life; vivificare, reviviscere On ðínre mild-heortnesse me scealt acwician in misericordia tua vivifica me, Ps. Th. 118, 159. Ðá acwicode ic hwon then 1 revived a little, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 29
a-gén
Against ⬩ adversum ⬩ contra
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Against; adversum, contra Se ðe nis agén eów, se is for eów qui non est adversum vos, pro vobis est, Mk. Bos. 9, 40. Ðín bróðor hæfþ ǽnig þing agén ðé frater tuus habet aliquid adversum te, Mt. Bos. 5, 23
æt-fón
To claim ⬩ lay claim ⬩ attach ⬩ deprehendere ⬩ capere
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To claim, lay claim, attach; deprehendere, capere Gif se ágend hit eft ætfó if the owner afterwards lay claim to it, L. H. E. 7; Th. i. 30, 8: 16; Th. i. 34, 6: L. Ed. l; Th. i. 160, 8
býmian
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To sound or play on a trumpet; tuba canere, buccinare Ic býme salpizo vel buccino,Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 14; Wrt. Voc. 60, 49. Býmiaþ oððe hlyriaþ on niwum mónþe mid býman buccinate in neomenia tuba, Ps. Lamb. 80, 4
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deád-bǽrende
Death-bearing, deadly ⬩ mortĭfer
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Death-bearing, deadly; mortĭfer Se Arrianisca gedwola ðæt deádbǽrende áttor his getreówleásnysse on eellum middangeardes cyricum strégde the Arian heresy spread the death-bearing venom of its truthlessness in all the churches of the earth, Bd. 1, 8;
fæder-feoh
A father-fee, - the marriage portion which reverted to the father, if his daughter became a widow, and returned home
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A father-fee, - the marriage portion which reverted to the father, if his daughter became a widow, and returned home, Fæder-feum, dos a patre accepta, L. Ethb. 81; Th. i. 24, 1, note a. v. Du Cange in voce
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foxes clife
The greater burdock ⬩ arctium lappa
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The greater burdock; arctium lappa, Lin Genim clifwyrt, sume men hátaþ foxes clife, sume eáwyrt take burdock, some men call it fox's cliver or the greater burdock, some riverwort, L. M. 1, 15; Lchdm. ii. 58, 3: Lchdm. iii. 74, 10
hús-hleów
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Shelter afforded by a house Gif[e] his húshleów and mete and munde ðam ðe ðæs beþurfe let him give the shelter of his house and food and protection to him that needs it, L. Pen. 15; Th. ii. 282, 25
hwésan
To wheeze
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To wheeze, make a noise in breathing, to breathe hard Gif hé mid earfoþnysse hwést if he breathes with difficulty, Lchdm. iii. 122, 3. Hé hwést swýðe hefelíce, 126, 9. Hé egeslíce hweós he wheezed terribly, Homl. Th. i. 86, 1
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mis-boren
mis-born ⬩ mis-shapen at birth ⬩ abortive ⬩ degenerate
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mis-born, mis-shapen at birth, abortive Gif cild misboren sý, Herb. 115, 3; Lchdm. i. 228, 10. (Cf. H. M. 33, 34: ȝif hit (the child) is mis-born, as hit ilome limpeð.) degenerate Misboren degener, Germ. 393, 130