betǽcan
to entrust ⬩ guidance ⬩ to hand over ⬩ pay ⬩ give ⬩ to assign ⬩ destine ⬩ yield to ⬩ to direct
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Ben. 130, 4
ferian
to carry ⬩ convey ⬩ bear ⬩ lead ⬩ conduct ⬩ ferre ⬩ portāre ⬩ vehĕre ⬩ dedūcĕre ⬩ afferre ⬩ to betake oneself to ⬩ se gerĕre ⬩ versēri ⬩ to go ⬩ depart ⬩ vehi ⬩ īre
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Hí hine feriaþ ofer fisces bæþ they bear it over the fish's bath [the sea], Runic pm. 16; Kmbl. 342, 17; Hick. Thes. i. 135, 31. Hwanon ferigeaþ gé fætte scyldas whence bear ye your stout shields? Beo. Th. 671; B. 333.
EALD
old, ancient ⬩ vĕtus, ætāte provectus, priscus, antīquus
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Eald ǽfensceóp an old evening-bard, Exon. 103a; Th. 390, 21; Rä. 9, 5: Beo. Th. 4426; B. 2210. Ealde ýþ-mearas old horses of the waves, Exon. 20b; Th. 54, 5; Cri. 864. Geongum and ealdum to young and old, Beo. Th. 144; B. 72.
Linked entries: ald eald-spræc
heord-rǽden
watching over ⬩ a guard ⬩ watch
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Ben. 51, 2. Sýn þá cild á behealdene mid steóre and mid mycelre heordrǽdenne ǽghwǽr pueri parvi ubicumque custodiam habeant, 117, II. Heordrǽdene, R. Ben. I. 106, 12.
Linked entries: hird-ness hird-ræden
beón
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., expressing motion Beón hí on ofeste útweard cum festinatione egrediantur foras , Chrd. 21, 28; 33. Add Hí gesáwon Thesali of hiora horsum beón feohtende wið hié, Ors. 1, 9; S. 42, 33
ge-þeódan
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Ben. I. 57, 2. Hý beóð geþeóde þeódscipum on gemang betwyx heáhfæderas and hálige wítegan vatidicis juncti patriarchis atque prophetis, Dóm.
ge-þeaht
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Be bisceopes geþeahte, ii. 300, 28. Béte hé be his scriftes geþeahte, i. 374, 8. Ænig man . . . ciricþén ne útige búton biscopes geþehte, 306, 29. Óswió Sigebyrhte mid freóndlicre geþeahte (consilio), oft tó spræc, Bd. 3, 22; Sch. 292, 8.
þreátian
to urge ⬩ press ⬩ to oppress ⬩ afflict ⬩ vex ⬩ trouble ⬩ exercise ⬩ harass ⬩ to urge a person to something ⬩ press for something ⬩ force to do something ⬩ to reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ to threaten
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Mec láðgeteónan þreátedon þearle my foes harassed me sorely, Beo. Th. 1124; B. 560.
wann
Dark ⬩ dusty ⬩ sable ⬩ lurid ⬩ livid ⬩ blue-black ⬩ livid ⬩ swarthy ⬩ dusty ⬩ dark-hued ⬩ dark ⬩ dingy
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Wan, Beo. Th. 1306; B. 651. Won, Exon. Th. 384, 33; Rä. 4, 37. Wonnum nihtum, 496, 3; Rä. 85, 8. as a (poetical) epithet of water (cf. Myn is the drenchyng in the see so wan, Chauc. Kn.
HELP
HELP ⬩ aid ⬩ succour
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Þurh ða gebedu gé mágon on swíðe mycelan hylpe beón ge libbendum ge forþfarenum by prayers you may be of very great help both to the living and the departed, L. E, I. 3; Th. ii. 404, 18: 21; Th. ii. 414, 36.
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lyt
Few ⬩ little
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Ne sceal hé tó lyt þancian heora ælmessan he shall not be too sparing of thanks for their alms, Blickl. Homl. 43, 13.
Linked entry: lyt-hwón
sib
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In the passage below, Lk. 14, 12, the form may be taken as a weak noun, cf. Icel. sifi a relation by marriage, guð*-*sifi a god-sib: O. L. Ger. sibbeo: O. H.
ge-fyrn
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Ox. 56, 93. in contrast with 'just now,' where a comparatively short period may be in question Hé gefyrn smeáde hwǽr hí bigleofan biddan sceoldon, ðá ðá hí ðá fare férdon búton wiste, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 32.
wesan
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Hit wæs hwílum on Engla lagum ꝥ leód and lagu fór be geþincðum, Ll. Th. i. 190, ii. Add Him wæs bet sóna, Hml. S. 31, 571. Hwæt wæs þám men? quid profuit?, Gr. D. 326, 18. add: cf. .
hearpe
A harp ⬩ plectrum, chelys, psalterium, cythara
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Ðǽr was hearpan swég there was the sound of the harp, Beo. Th. 179; B. 89: 4908; B. 2458: 6039; B. 3023: 4517; B. 2262: 4221; B. 2107.
tó-glídan
To glide in different directions, ⬩ glide away ⬩ to be dissipated, ⬩ dispersed, ⬩ dispelled, ⬩ to disappear, ⬩ vanish, ⬩ pass away ⬩ to fall to pieces, ⬩ collapse ⬩ to slip away
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Beo. Th. 4967; B. 2487. Þeo luue þat ne may her abyde . . . hit schal toglide, Misc. 94, 43. O. Sax. te-glídan to pass away, come to nought
DOCCE
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Ben. Lye. Docce seó ðe swimman wille the dock which will swim, the water-lily; nymphæa, L. M. 3, 71; Lchdm. ii. 358, 8: 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 292, 11: 1, 50; Lchdm. ii. 122, 21
stefn
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Beornas on stefn stigon, Beo. Th. 429; B. 212
Linked entries: stemn rád-stefn stefn-mǽlum emb-stemn stæfn
syll
a beam that serves as a foundation or support, a sill, a basis, support ⬩ a support, foundation ⬩ to lay a foundation
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Ðǽr fram sylle ( from the plank to which it was fixed ) ábeág medubenc monig, Beo. Th. 1555; B. 775.
á-wǽgan
to deceive ⬩ to make of no effect, ⬩ to fail to perform ⬩ to invalidate ⬩ nullify
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Ben. 102, 3: Hml. A. 34, 244. Forgyldan ealle þá þing þe wé ofor his bebod gedydon oþþe þæs áwǽgdon þe wé dón sceoldan, Bl. H. 91, 17. Áwǽgdon fefellisset (pollicita). An. Ox. 2, 237. Hí heora fulluhtes behát ðurh forgǽgednysse áwǽgdon, Hml.