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restan

(v.)
Grammar
restan, ;p.; te

To restto cease from toil, be at restto rest on a couch, to sleepto rest in death, lie dead, lie in the graveto remain unmoved; or; undisturbed, be stillTo rest one's selfof cessation from toil

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On niht ǽr ræste, Blickl. Homl. 47, 18. Ǽnlýpige munecas geond ǽnlýpige bed restan, R. Ben. 47, 3. Ðá bæd his þeng on ǽfenne ... ðæt him stówe gegearwode, ðæt restan mihte, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 31.

Linked entry: ræstan

hund-feald

Grammar
hund-feald, [In the first passage perhaps hundfealdgetel should be read. v. þúsendfeald-getel.]
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Add: — Heó næfð þone wurðmynt þæs hundfealdan wæstmes, Hml. A. 34, 250. underféhð þá méde be hundfealdum edleáne, 15, 51. Hundfealde méde, 21, 186 : Hml. Th. i. 148, 18.

pistol-rǽdere

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Pistolrǽdere, swá oft swá mid mæssehacelan byþ gescrýd, dó of þænne rǽd pistel; þǽm gerǽddum eft mid þǽre sí gescrýd, Angl. xiii. 406, 581-586. Þænne se pistelrǽdere gá upp tó rǽdenne þá rǽdincge, 417, 739.

cáf-líce

(adv.)
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Singaþ cáflíce (naviter), Hy. S. 57, 4: An. Ox. 56, 258. Cáflíce naviter (coronam nancisci), Hpt. Gl. 405, 23. sóna begyrdon cáflíce ( with alacrity), Hml. S. 5, 247: R. Ben. 47, 13. Hieu férde mid fultume . . .

nágan

(v.)
Grammar
nágan, = ne ágan.

not to havenot to be allowedought not

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Náge hié út on elþeódig folc tó bebycgganne it shall not be allowable for him to sell her abroad into a foreign people, L. Alf. 12; Th. i. 46, 13. On ða gerád ðæt hine náge nán man of tó áceápienne, Chart. Th. 151, 13.

á-wǽgan

to deceiveto make of no effect,to fail to performto invalidatenullify

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wæs áwǽged from þǽm tungulkræftgum, (inlusus) Mt. R. 2, 16. to make of no effect, to fail to perform Gif beswicen byð, ꝥ his behát áwǽgð, R. Ben. 102, 3: Hml. A. 34, 244.

hálsigend

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beád him wǽre gehádod tó exorcista, ꝥ wé hátað hálsigend þe ðe bebýt deóflum ꝥ of gedrehtum mannum faran, Hml. S. 31, 141. Add

ofet

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Sume leofodon be ofete and wyrtum, Hml. Th. i. 546, 5. æt him ofet, and þæt þæt on wuda findan mihte, ii. 38, 8. Add

biddan

to askto askto pray to

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H. 145, 18. bæd ꝥ móste faran, 23, 13: 211, 29. bǽdan ꝥ óþer seonað wǽre, Bd. 2, 2 ; Sch. 115, 22. to ask something of a person, with gen. of thing ꝥ witon hwæs biddað æt Gode, Hml. S. 12, 266.

magan

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smeádon heora frið betere beón mæhte, 162, 2. Begytan hine magan forgyfenysse gelýfe consequi se posse ueniam credat, Scint. 46, 6.

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

æt-gædere

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H. 133, 18: 24. Lǽt beón hér ætgædere geléde, Hml. S. 30, 443. ne mihton ealle ætgædere gewunian, Chr. P. 3, 9.

un-ágen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ágen, adj.

Not one's ownnot in a person's possession or under his control

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Not one's own, not in a person's possession or under his control Gehiéren ða eáðmódan éce ðæt is ðæt hié wilniaþ, and gewítende and unágen ðæt is ðæt hié onscuniaþ audiant humiles, quam sint aeterna, quae appetunt, quam transitoria, quae contemnunt

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

hraðe

(adv.)
Grammar
hraðe, hræðe, hreðe; adv.

Quicklyimmediatelyat oncesoonforthwithstraightway

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He wæs Godes bearn swá hraðe swá he mannes bearn wearþ he was the Son of God so soon as he became the Son of man, Homl. Th. ii. 526, 1. Swíðe hræðe repente, Past. 21, 7; Swt. 166, 14.

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be-stingan

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Gif heó ꝥ heáfod innan þám men bestincð (-stingð, v. l.), Angl. vii. 28, 259. Bestang se hálga his hand him on múð, Hml. Th. ii. 510, 34. Hire man bestang sweord on ðá hracan, Shrn. 56, 13. bestang þone hláf on þ sealtfæt, Hml. A. 163, 254.

of-hæccan

(v.)
Grammar
of-hæccan, p. -næhte
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To hack off cweðað ꝥ Petrus gewǽpnod wǽre, þá ðá his Drihten werian wolde; ꝥ wæs þá ofhæhte (amputavit) þæs forscildgdon eáre, Ll. Th. ii. 386, 22

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un-gerisenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gerisenlíce, adv.

In an unsuitable, unseemly or unbecoming mannerwith indignitydishonourablybasely

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bepǽhte intó his búre, and man ðǽrinne ofslóh ungerisenlíce ( they were basely slain ), Chr. 1015; Erl. 152, 1

ná-hwider

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nóhwider ofer ꝥ cumon ne mæg, Bt. 36, 5 ; F. 180, 24. Martinus nolde út of þám mynstre náhwider, Hml. S. 31, 257. Þá hig woldon hig lǽdan, þá ne myhton hig náhwyder hig onstyrian, Shrn. 154, 25.

týn

(v.)
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týn, p. týde, tydde (týdde?); pp. týd
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lǽrþ and týð heorde his docet et erudit gregem suam, Scint. 146, 7. Se wísdóm ðe hit lange ǽr týde and lǽrde, Bt. 3, 1; Fox 4, 30. hine geornlíce týde and lǽrde drohtian sceolde eum erudire studuit qualiter conversari debuisset.