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ge-wrixlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wrixlian, -wixlian; p. ede; pp. ed.

to changeto get by exchangeobtainto give in exchangegrant

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Kmbl. p. 2, 17. to get by exchange, obtain Hie hæfdon gewrixled wíta unrím >they had got punishments innumerable, Cd. 18; Th. 22, 3; Gen. 335. to give in exchange, grant Swá sceal gewrixled ðám ðe ǽr wel heóldon meotudes willan so shall be granted

Linked entry: ge-wixlan

locc

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Þá Ismahéli hæfdon ge-þwinglode loccas and scearp fex on hiora hiafde. Hml. A. 202, 218. Þá tær hé his loccas heófende and wolde hine sylfne ádrencan, Hml. S. 30, 180. Add

on-drincan

(v.)

to drink of

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Sioððan hié hæfdon ondruncen ðæs wætres potata aqua, Nar. 13, 28

Linked entry: in-drincan

þrinness

(n.)
Grammar
þrinness, þriness, e; f.

Trinity

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Trinity, mostly in the special sense the Trinity Ðæs mannes sáwl hæfð ðære hálgan þrynnysse anlícnysse; for ðan ðe heó hæfð on hire ðreó ðing ...

Linked entry: þryness

á-singan

to recite verseto compose verse

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Ðá se wísdóm and seó gesceádwísnes þis leóð þus ásungen hæfdon, Bt. 13;F. 36, 30(and often). to compose verse Wrát hé bóc and þá meterfersum ásang and gelǽrede sprǽce gesette scripsit librum quem versibus exametris et prosa conposuit, Bd. 5, 15;Sch.

sweotolung

(n.)
Grammar
sweotolung, e; f.
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Ðá gemǽtæ hé on ðam mynstre ða ylcan swutelunga (evidences, title-deeds) ðe his fore*-*genga hæfde . . . Syððon se bisceop his swutelunge geeówod hæfde, Chart. Th. 302, 8-33.

hund-teóntig

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Wintra hé hæfde twá and hundteóntig, Gen. 1227: 1131. Hundteóntig daga on án and hundeahtatig daga, Hml. A. 92, II. þurh ðá hunteóntig and feówer and feówertig þúsenda þrowera, Ll.

a-fyrran

(v.)
Grammar
a-fyrran, -fyran; p. ede, de; pp. ed [a from, fyrr far]

To removetake awayexpeldeliveramovereavertereelongareauferreeripere

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He hæfde feóndas afyrde he had the fiends expelled, 43 b; Th. 147, 1; Gú. 720

Linked entry: a-fyran

EÁCAN

(v.)
Grammar
EÁCAN, p. eóc, pl. eócon; pp. eácen, écen

To be increased, augmented, enlarged, indued augēri, increscĕre

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Heó ongieten hæfde ðæt heó eácen wæs she had discovered that she was pregnant, Exon. 100 a; Th. 378, 4; Deór. 11. Ælmihtig eácenne gást in sefan sende the Almighty sent an enlarged spirit into his soul, Cd. 198; Th. 246, 27; Dan. 485.

Linked entry: ǽcen

leornere

(n.)
Grammar
leornere, es; m.

A learnerreader

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Gif leornere geþéh þurh láre ðæt hé hád hæfde and þénode Criste if a scholar succeeded by learning so that he had holy orders and served Christ, L. R. 7; Th. i. 192, 12.

óþ-fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
óþ-fæstan, I.
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Drihten hæfde wítes clomma[s] feóndum óþfæsted the Lord had imposed penal chains on the fiends, Cd. Th. 292, 23; Sae. 445

ge-déman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-déman, p. de; pp. ed

To deemjudgedetermineordaindecreedoomcondemnjūdĭcāredecernĕresancīrecondenmāre

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He gedémed hæfde ðæt Ceólwulf æfter him cyning wǽre successōrem fore Ceoluulfum decrēvisset, Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 1 : Cd. 186; Th. 231, 11; Dan. 245.

wíd-mǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-mǽre, adj.
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Wídmǽre wer . . . hé moncynnes mǽste hæfde mægen and strengo, Cd. Th. 98, 14; Gen. 1630. Wídmǽre cynn, 158, 16 ; Gen. 2618. of things Án wundorlíc tácn gelamp, swá wídmǽre ðæt feáwa wǽron on ðære neáwiste ðe ðæt ne gesáwe, oððe ne gehýrde, Homl.

á-cunnian

(v.)
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Swá hé hit oft ácunnad hæfde, Past. 375, 1. where a test is successfully undergone, to prove Ðá biscopas ácunnodan ðæt hió wǽren clǽne fram ðám synnum, Hml. A. 136, 663. Bið ácunnod conprobatur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 41.

Linked entry: accutian

á-flíman

(v.)
Grammar
á-flíman, -flýman.
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Hine ( Egbert ) hæfde Offa áfliémed .iii. geár of Angelcynnes lande on Fronclond, Chr. 836; P. 62, 22. Wearð áflémed út (man útlagode, MS. D.) Ósgot Clapa, 1044; P. 165, 15. fig. Áflýman eliminace (verborum tonitrua ), An. Ox. 1963.

Linked entry: á-flýman

an-lícnes

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Rachel hæfde þá andlícnyssa (idola) forstolen, Gen. 31, 32. Ne wirce gé eów náne andlícnissa ( scalptam similitudinem, aut imaginem ) ne wǽpmannes ne nýtenes ne fugeles, Deut. 4, 16. v. and-, on-lícnes in Dict

cempa

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Seleucus hæfde ealle þá æðelestan men Alexandres heres ..., and Cassander þá cempan mid Chaldéum summa castrorum Seleuco cessit; stipatoribus regis satellitibusque Cassander praeficitur, Ors. 3, 11; S. 144, 2. Add

eáþe-lic

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hæfde mid him eáþelicne fódan . . . hé þá eáðelican þénunga heom þénode, Hml. S. 23, 234, 239.

Linked entry: íþe-lic

ge-hwider

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D. 198, 15. limited by an implied condition Hé hæfde ǽnne látteów þe hine lǽdde gehwider ( wherever he went ), Hml. S. 21, 203.

hamer

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Þeáh ðǽra manna ǽghwylc hæfde ǽnne hamor on handa, and þeáh man . . . mid þám hameron beóte on þæt ísene þell . . . ne áwacode hé nǽfre for eallum þissum, tó ðám wérig hé wǽre, Wlfst. 147, 3-8. Hameras sleánde mallei percutientes, Scint. 171, 14.