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druncaþ

Grammar
druncaþ, drink, Exon. 99 b; Th. 373, 23; Seel. 114, = drincaþ; pres. pl.
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of drincan

self-wendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
self-wendlíce, under one's own direction, <b>self-wildlíce</b>
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under one's own control. Cf. wealdes

heals-ome

Grammar
heals-ome, l. heals-óme (or -óman; pl., only plural forms of the simple word seem to occur. v. -óman),
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Se man sé ðe biþ on healsóman nime healswyrt. and add

be-wenian

(v.)
Grammar
be-wenian, p. ede; pp. ed [be, wenian to accustom, draw to one's self, honour]

To entertain, take care of ⬩ hospitio accipere

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To entertain, take care of; hospitio accipere We wǽron hér tela bewenede we were here kindly entertained, Beo. Th. 3646, note; B. 1821. Dryht-bearn Dena duguþa bewenede [MS. and Thorpe's note, 4077; bí werede, B. 2035] a noble offspring of the Danes

Linked entry: be-þénede

ge-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rǽdan, to advise, ge-rǽdan to arrange. [These two verbs seem to have coalesced (v. rǽdan), and are taken together.]
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See next two words

biscop-seld

(n.)
Grammar
biscop-seld, es; n.

A bishop's seat or residence, an episcopal see ⬩ sedes episcopalis

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[seld a seat, residence] A bishop's seat or residence, an episcopal see; sedes episcopalis Se cyning sealde him stówe and biscopseld on Lindesfearona eá rex locum sedis episcopalis in insula Lindisfarnensi tribuit, Bd. 3, 3; S. 525, 35

Linked entry: bisceop-seld

a-hlǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hlǽnan, p. de; pp. ed [a, hlǽnan to lean]

To set himself up ⬩ exsurgere

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To set himself up; exsurgere Se ðe hine selfne þurh oferhygda up ahlǽneþ he who through presumption sets himself up, Exon. 84a; Th. 316, 24; Mód. 53

Þú

(pronoun.)
Grammar
Þú, pers. pron.

Thou

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Se hálga gást on þé (ðeh, Lind.: ðec, Rush.) becymþ, Lk. Skt. 1, 35. Þec Sarre áh, Cd. Th. 137, 8; Gen. 2270. Ne forlǽte ic þé, 136, 10; Gen. 2256. Grammar Þú, used reflexively : -- Ne ondrǽd þú þé, Gen. 15, 1: Lk. Skt. 1, 30.

Linked entries: tú þec þeh þistel

eall-mihtig

(adj.)
Grammar
eall-mihtig, -meahtig, -mehtig, -mihteg [el-, æl-, sell-]; adj.

All-mighty ⬩ omnĭpŏtens

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All-mighty; omnĭpŏtens Drihten eallmihtig Domĭnus Deus, Ps. Th. 93, 22

Linked entries: æll-mihtig Æl-meahtig Æl-mehtig Æl-mihtig eal-mihtig

fætt

(n.)
Grammar
fætt, m. Dele: the MS. has sefa ? geðang. v. Mod. Lang. Rev. xi. 215.

Íra-land

(n.)
Grammar
Íra-land, For argument in favour of taking Iceland to be the country intended where this word is used in Ohthere's narrative see Dr. Craigie's note in Mod. Lang. Rev. vol. xii, p. 200.

Fortende

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
Fortende, a; pl. f. [pp. of fortendan to burn off or away, sear]

The seared ones ⬩ Amazons ⬩ Amāzŏnes

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The seared ones, Amazons; Amāzŏnes, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 13

blód-setenn

(n.; part.)
Grammar
blód-setenn, e; f. [blód blood, setenn from seten, pp. of sittan to sit, stop]

The stoppage of blood ⬩ sanguinis profluentis restrictio

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The stoppage of blood; sanguinis profluentis restrictio

ge-býsnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býsnian, [or -bysnian; cf. Goth. busns] ; p. ode; pp. od

To give or set an example ⬩ exemplum dare

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To give or set an example; exemplum dare Se man biþ hérigendlíc, ðe óðrum gebýsnaþ the man is praiseworthy who sets an example to others, Homl. Th. ii. 406, 17

Linked entry: ge-bisnian

wirnan

(v.)
Grammar
wirnan, p. de.

to refuse ⬩ refrain from granting ⬩ to prevent ⬩ prohibit ⬩ keep from

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See II b

Linked entries: wyrnan wernan

fóre-seón

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-seón, to -seónne; p. ic, he -seah, ðú -sáwe, pl. -sáwon; pp. -sewen

To see before ⬩ FORESEE ⬩ provide ⬩ prævĭdēre ⬩ provĭdēre

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To see before, FORESEE, provide; prævĭdēre, provĭdēre Swylce eác be heora andlyfene is to þenceanne and to fóreseónne de eōrum quŏque stĭpendio cŏgĭtandum atque provĭdendum est, Bd. 1. 27; S. 489, 21.

ge-sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sǽlan, to succeed. See preceding word: ge-sælge. -For Cot. 89 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 63. (Gesǽlge might be adjective, fauste being faustae. Cf. for the termination (-e = ae) attrite gegiiidenan, 5, 12. v.
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also 5, 3.)

min

Grammar
min, [For another explanation of this word see N. E. D. min, where minne is taken as the nominative form : but the word may be taken as belonging to the same declension as mid[d]
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; pl. midde, so min[n]; pl. minne. Holthausen rejects the word altogether, v. Beiblatt, xvi. 228.] add(?) On minnan linche, C. D. B. iii. 494, 31. Add Wið feóndes hond and . . wið malscrunge minra wihta, Lch. iii. 36, 14

be-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sittan, to be-sittanne; p. -sæt, -sætt, pl. -sǽton; pp. -seten, [be by, near, sittan to sit].

to sit round, surround, beset, besiege ⬩ circumdare, cingere, obsidere ⬩ to be in session, to hold sessions ⬩ to posess ⬩ considere, ⬩ possidere

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Se cyng lét [hí] besittan ðone castel the king permitted [them] to beset the castle, Chr. 1087; Erl. 226, 9. He besæt ða sinherge sweorda láfe circumdedit magno exercitu ensium reliquias [superstites], Beo. Th. 5864; B. 2936.

Linked entry: be-seten

a-heordan

(v.)
Grammar
a-heordan, p. de; pp. ed [heorde = hyrde a guardian, keeper]

To set free from a guardian ⬩ e custodia liberare

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To set free from a guardian; e custodia liberare Abreót brimwísan, brýd aheorde slew the sea-leader, set free his bride, Beo. Th. 5853; B. 2930

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