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beþian

(v.)
Grammar
beþian, beþigean.

To warmfoment

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(two seals) mid heora blade his leoma beðedon, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 13.. Gesæt under sunn-beáme and his scencan beðode, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 26. Seóð on wætre, beþe mid . ꝥ lim, Lch. ii. 146, 5 : 148, 9: 154, 17.

Linked entries: beþan bæþþan

be-sencan

Grammar
be-sencan, pp. -senct

To plungesubmergedrown

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Weleras unwíses besenceað (praecipitabunt) hyne, Scint. 96, 3. xiii scipa on sǽbesencte, Ors. 4, 6 ; S. 172, 10. God besencte Pharao, Hml. Th. i. 312, 5. Wé besencton obsorbuimus. Bl. Gl. hine besencton on þá eá æt his cneówa, Bl. H. 43, 29.

bréme

(adj.)
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Dæg brýme dies Celebris, Hy. S. 38, 5. Se bréma cyng (Cnuf), Chr. 1023 ; P. 156, II. Béda ðe bróema bóecere, Jn. L. 10, 37 margin. Þá rícu þæs bréman Fæder Patris regna, Dom. L. 295. Heó æteówde hyre breóst þám bréman Philippe, Hml.

for-gifen

(adj.)
Grammar
for-gifen, adj. (ptcpl.).

forgivenpardonedmildgentleindulgent

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forgiven, pardoned Þé georne tó Gode bide and tó his hálgum, wið þám ðe þíne synna þæs ðe forgifenron beón, Wlfst. 290, 10. mild; remissus. of persons, gentle, indulgent wæs Rómánum swá forgiefen and swá milde swá him nán onwald næs ǽr þǽm Tiberius

Linked entries: for-gifan for-gifenlic

ge-sibbian

(v.)
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Add: to reconcile those who are at variance Sibba þá cídenda[n] men and þú hié gesibbast try to reconcile disputants and you will reconcile them, Lch. iii. 176, 26. On ðisum wræcfullum lífe wé sceolon ðá ungeðwǽran gesibbian, Hml.

ge-brýsed

(v.)
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Þá stánas nales ꝥ án ꝥ his limu tóbrǽcan, ac eác swylce mid ealle his bán gebrýsedon (-brýsdon, tóbrýsdon, v. ll.] saxa non solum cjtes membra, sed etiam ossa contri*-*verant, Gr. D. 125, 23.

ge-windan

(v.)
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Gewand him út eall his innewearde, Hml.

gramlic

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Ne cwæð þú ná goda, ac gramlicra deófla, 8, 59. of things Nǽron geneádode tó ðám gramlican geþeahte, Hml. S. 27, 166. genam áne cuppan mid cwealmbǽrum drence ... and begól þone gramlican drenc, 14, 76.

holdlíce

(adv.)
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Cf. hold; holdlíce God spræc be his clǽnum þegenum, Hml. A. 22, 190. loyally. Cf. hold ; Befrán se cyning . . . ' Hwilce méde hæfde Mardochéus for þám ꝥ swá holdlíce hogode embe mé ?'

mǽte

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mót ǽgðer witan ge lǽsse ge mǽre, ge betere ge mǽtre ðæs ðe tó túne belimpð, Angl. ix. 259, 23. getrymedon him word mǽte firmauerunt sibi uerbum malum, Ps. Rdr. 63, 6. Micle ge méttan, C. D. B. iii. 491, 12.

líf-lic

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Ic com se líflica hláf, Hml. Th. i. 34, 16. long-lived Sé þe acenned bid, líflic (vitalis) bið, Archiv cxxix. 18, 11.

sýl

(n.)
Grammar
sýl, e; f.

A pillar, column columnaa pillara pillar

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Ic getrymede sýle his confirmavi columnas ejus, Ps. Surt. 74, 4

of-gán

(v.)

to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exactto require what is not due, to exact with violence, extortto require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of anotherto start of, make a beginning of anything.

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his brother was his heir, according to the concession he had obtained of the king.

Linked entry: of-eode

LECGAN

(v.)
Grammar
LECGAN, p. legde, lægde, léde

to layplaceputlayto slay

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Hig lægdon ǽrende on hine tó ðam cynge they commissioned him to the king, 1064; Erl. 194, 24. Ðá lægdon fýr on they set fire to it, 1083; Erl. 209, 1. Lege hit hér beforan ðínum freóndum pone hic coram fratribus tuis, Gen. 31, 37.

ge-fylce

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fylce, -filce, es; n.

A collection of peoplearmytroopdivision

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férdon mid miclum gefilce they marched with a great army, Thw. Hept. 162, 38. Send ðǽrto gefylcio send troops against it, Past. 21, 5; Swt. 161, 6; Hatt. MS. Hie wǽrun on twǽm gefylcum they were in two divisions.

Linked entry: ge-filce

þryccan

(v.)
Grammar
þryccan, p. þrycte, þryhte; pp. þrycced, þryht.

To presscrushoppressrepresstrampleTo pressforce a way

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Swá hié se stán and seó eorþe þrycce, Blickl. Homl. 75, 9. mid wédenheortnesse módes ðrycced wæs mentis vesania premebatur, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 4. Untrumnesse ðrycced and hefigod infirmitate pressus, 4, 24; S. 598, 25. Grammar þryccan, intrans.

fercian

(v.)

to bringcarryconductto supportTo go

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Ǽlcon men is álýfed ꝥ of his yldrena gestreóne hine sylfne fercian móte, Hml.

plegan

Grammar
plegan, [In p. 775, col. 2, l. 2 for 361, l. 391.]
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Hundas blegan gesihð, þanc hit getácnað canes ludere uiderit, gratiam significat, Lch. iii. 200, 27. Add willað wódlíce drincan binnan Godes húse and bysmorlíce plegan (-ean, v. l.), Hml. S. 13, 77. <b>II a.

stíþ

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gemét swíðe stíðne dóm on ðám tóweardan lífe, Hml. Th. ii. 96, 15, Godes byrðene . . . beóð leóhte þám þe lufiað. . . þeáh stíðe beón þám stuntum mannum, Hml. A. 11, 273. Stíþra wala asperę inuectionis, An. Ox. 5365.

or-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
or-mód, adj.

Without courage, hopeless, despairing

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Ða lytelmódan ðonne hié ongietaþ hiera unbældo, hié weorðaþ oft ormóde ( in desperationem cadunt), Past. 32, i; Swt. 209, 8; Homl. Th. i. 536, 6; Nar. 32, 23. Hig ormóde (orwéne, MS. D. ) ne gedó, L. de Cf. 1; Th. ii. 260, 14

Linked entry: for-þencan