ge-séman
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H. 183, 13. (2 a) of legal decision :-- Se cyning bæd and hét ꝥ hí scioldon Wynflǽde and Leófwine swá rihtlíce geséman swá him ǽfre rihtlícost þúhte ( the case between Wynflæd and Leofwine was to be settled with absolute justice), Cht.
restan
To rest ⬩ to cease from toil, be at rest ⬩ to rest on a couch, to sleep ⬩ to rest in death, lie dead, lie in the grave ⬩ to remain unmoved; or; undisturbed, be still ⬩ To rest one's self ⬩ of cessation from toil
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Ðá bæd hé his þeng on ǽfenne ... ðæt hé him stówe gegearwode, ðæt hé restan mihte, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 31. Ðá hé gesette his leomu tó restenne ;cum ad quiescendum membra sua posuisset,; 2, 6; S. 508, 11.
Linked entry: ræstan
on-wreón
to uncover, disclose ⬩ to uncover, open, remove a covering ⬩ to make known, shew forth, reveal, discover ⬩ to shew the (hidden) meaning of anything, to explain ⬩ to shew, display so as to avoid concealment ⬩ to display what is bad, to expose ⬩ to reveal
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Bæd ðæt hé him on spellum gecýðde, onwrige worda gongum, hú ..., Exon. Th. 171, 29; Gú. 1134. Iudas ðé mæg sóð gecýðan, onwreón wyrda gerýno, Elen. Kmbl. 1174; El. 589. Ðú scealt biddan ðæt móte beón open and onwrigen hwæt hé sý, Blickl.
Linked entries: in-wreón un-wreón on-wrigenness
stæf
a staff ⬩ stick ⬩ a written character ⬩ a letter ⬩ the old letters having been carved on staves ⬩ a mark in writing ⬩ a letter as representing a minute detail ⬩ a collection of written symbols ⬩ a letter ⬩ writing ⬩ letters ⬩ book-learning ⬩ literature ⬩ an element, a rudiment ⬩ baculus, virga, regula ⬩ a staff, post; a letter ⬩ learning
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Bæd hé ðone Abbud ðæt hé him sende trymmendlíce stafas and gewrito (exhortatorias litteras), 5, 21; S. 642, 38: Chr. 167; Erl. 8, 15. Nim ðíne stafas and wrít hundeahtatig, Lk.
Linked entries: stafa stæf-cræft
wiþ-sacan
To deny ⬩ refuse ⬩ reject ⬩ to say no ⬩ to refuse permission ⬩ refuse ⬩ reject ⬩ decline ⬩ to deny ⬩ reject ⬩ refuse assent ⬩ to renounce ⬩ reject ⬩ give up ⬩ refuse ⬩ withhold ⬩ not to give ⬩ to declare hostility
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Ðá wiþsóc (negavit) se biscop, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 1. where an offer or command is expressed or implied or choice is possible, to refuse, reject, decline, Grammar wiþ-sacan, absolute Bæd se gesíþ hine, ðæt hé eode on his hús; wiþsóc (renuit) se biscop,
cýþþu
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Th. i. 414, 17. native country, home Hé hine bæd ꝥ hé sǽde hwæt hé on his cýðþe wǽre ( quid in terra sua fuisset ), nalæs hwæt hé þǽr wǽre, Gr. D. 181, 30.
Linked entry: cýþ
ge-þingian
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Th. i. 198, 19. to arrange a matter for a person with another Goda gesóhte þone kynincg, and bæd ꝥ hé him geþingude wiþ Eádgife his bóca edgift regem requisivit Godo, ut pro eo me (Eadgiua) rogaret quatinus ei redderem libros terrarum suarum, Cht.
ge-weorc
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Oþ þaes temples geweorc, 9, 17. doing of operations Sé þe Drihtne hýreð and hys willan wyrceð: wel him bæs geweorkes, Hy. 2, 11.
sceaft
A smooth, round, straight stick or pole, a shaft ⬩ the shaft of a spear ⬩ a spear ⬩ the shaft of an arrow ⬩ a pole ⬩ a taper
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His sceaft ætstód ætforan him, and ðæt hors hine bær forþ, swá ðæt ðæt spere him eode þurh út, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 53. Hé sceáf, mid his scylde, ðæt se sceaft tóbærst, and ðæt spere sprengde, Byrht. Th. 135, 52; By. 136.
FISC
A FISH ⬩ piscis
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We ðé willaþ ferigan freólíce ofer fisces bæþ we will freely convey thee over the fish's bath, Andr. Kmbl. 586; An. 293: Exon. 116b; Th. 447, 14; Dóm. 39. Nim ðone ǽrestan fisc take the first fish, Mt. Bos. 17, 27: Jn. Bos. 21, 13.
Linked entry: fen-fixas
ge-nemnan
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</b> to mention :-- Þára on háde sint syx genemned, El. 741. to name in an appeal for help, to invoke Þá genemde þǽra scypmanna án Sc̃s Martynus and hyne bæd hylpes. Þá stylde se storm sóna, Shrn. 147, 8.
ge-sund
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Add: sound, without flaw or defect. of persons, in good health Sum móder bær hire sámcuce cild . . . hé cwæð þæt hire cild gesund beón sceolde, Hml. Th. ii. 150, - 19. Hé eóde cucu and gesund intó his byrgene, i. 74, 25.
of-gán
to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exact ⬩ to require what is not due, to exact with violence, extort ⬩ to require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of another ⬩ to start of, make a beginning of anything.
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Eádmund æþeling bæd ðone híréd ðæt hé móste ofgán (have, hold) ðæt land . . .
Linked entry: of-eode
lád-teów
A leader ⬩ guide ⬩ conductor ⬩ general
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Wilferþ bæd ðæt hé him ðæs siiþfætes látteów wǽre Vilfridum ducem sibi itineris fieri rogaret, Bd. 4, 5; S. 571, 35: 2, 20; S. 521, 41. Látteów ðæs weges, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 11. God, lífes látteów, Elen. Kmbl. 1037; El. 520: 1794; El. 899.
Linked entries: lǽttewestre lǽd-teów láteów látwa
plegan
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</b> to play (with anything) :-- Hé mid bǽm handum upweard plegade he waved both hands aloft, Elen. Kmbl. 1609; El. 805. Ðá pleogede hé mid his wordum, Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 25.
ge-tǽcan
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Gúðlác bæd þǽt hé him þá stówe getǽhte Guthlacus ilium locum sibi monstrari a narrante efflagitat, Guth. Gr. 114, 22. fig. Getǽc mé þone weg. Bt. 36, 3; F. 174, 32.
hyht
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Utan ús tó þǽre hýðe hyht staðelian, Cri. 865. expressed in a clause Hyht is onfangen, þæt bletsung mót bǽm. gemǽne symle wunian, Cri. 99. feeling of trust or confidence in a person or thing Þá gehýrde hé hú þá menn . . .
á-wendan
To turn. ⬩ to give a certain direction to ⬩ to return ⬩ to reduce ⬩ bring into subjection ⬩ to turn aside, ⬩ to remove ⬩ divert ⬩ to avert ⬩ to pervert ⬩ to change ⬩ to turn into something else ⬩ transform ⬩ to translate ⬩ reproduce something with other material ⬩ to exchange ⬩ To turn ⬩ take a certain direction
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Ne áwoendað on bæcc, (redeant) Lk. L. 17, 31. Ðæt teóðe werod áwende on yfel, Hml. Th. i. 10, 18. Ðá gyldenan gyrda eft tó þan ǽrran gecynde áwendon, 68, 19. Somnite áwendan on óþre wísan Samnites novum habitum sumentes, Ors. 3, 10;S. 138, 30.
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hád
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Past. 133, 13. in respect to natural relations Heó (Eve) bæd meotod miltse þurh Marian hád (as Mary was her daughter and Christ's mother): Þú fram mínre dohtor, Drihten, onwóce.
cépan
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Heó bæd ꝥ heó faran móste, wolde swá cépan þǽra crístenra láre, Hml. S. 2, 30. with clause Ðá hǽðenan cépton hú hí hine ácwealdon, Hml. S. 15, 48.