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EGE

(n.)
Grammar
EGE, æge, eige, es; m.

Fear, terror, dread, AWE tĭmor, terror, formīdo

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Nis me ege mannes for áhwæðer non timēbo quid făciat mĭhi hŏmo, Ps. Th. 55, 4: 117, 6. Wearþ hit swá mycel æge fram ðam here there was so great awe of the army, Chr. 1006; Erl. 140, 31.

Linked entries: æge eige

eardian

(v.)
Grammar
eardian, eardigan, eardigean, ærdian; part, eardiende, eardigende, eardende; ic eardige, ðú eardast, he eardaþ, pl. eardiaþ, eardigaþ; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed.

To dwell, live, feed habĭtāre To inhabit inhabĭtāre

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For yfelnesse ðara eardiendra ðǽr on ðære byrig a malītia inhabĭtantium in eo, Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 22: Ps. Th. 82, 6: 135, 27: Ps. Spl. 16, 13. Eardendra, Ps. Th. 106, 33.

Linked entries: ærdian eordian

hengen

(n.)
Grammar
hengen, e; f.

hanging that on which any one is hunga gibbetgallowscrossprisonconfinementdurance.

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Hét hine hón and mid hengen þráwan tó langere hwíle bade hang him and for a long time torture him with hanging, 308, 31. that on which any one is hung, a gibbet, gallows, cross Crist ðone ðe hí on hengene fæstnodon Christ whom they fastened on a cross

Linked entry: heng-wíte

inn

(adv.)
Grammar
inn, in; adv.

Inwithin

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Ðá mé gerýmed wæs síð inn under eorþweall when a road was cleared for me in under the earthwall, Beo. Th. 6171; B. 3090

pleoh

(n.)
Grammar
pleoh, gen. pleós; n.
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Hwelc mágon beón máran gehát ðonne mon geháte for his freónd ðæt hé underfoo his sáule on his pleoh spondere pro amico est alienam animam in periculo suae conversationis accipere, 28, 3 ; Swt. 193, 7

Linked entry: pleón

be-týnan

(v.)
Grammar
be-týnan, -tiénan, bi-týnan; p. -týnde, pl. -týndon; impert. -týn, -tiéne; pp. -týned, -tiéned, -týnd; v. a. [be, týnan to hedge in].

to inclose or surround with a hedge, inclose, close, shut, shut upsepem circumdare, sepire, intercludere, claudere, occludere, concludereto end, finish, concludefinire

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Gif hwá wæterpyt betýnedne ontýne, and hine eft ne betýne, gelde swelc neát swelc ðǽron befealle if any one open a water-pit [that is] shut up, and close it not again, let him pay for whatever cattle may fall therein, L. Alf. 22; Th. i. 50, 6, 7.

Linked entries: be-tiénan bi-týnan

staþolian

(v.)
Grammar
staþolian, p. ode.
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Staþelign, 115, 1. to make steadfast, confirm, endow with steadfastness Ne míð ðú for menigo, ah ðínne módsefan staðola wið strangum ... herd hyge ðínne, heortan staðola, Andr. Kmbl. 2419-2428; An. 1212-1215.

stearc

(adj.)
Grammar
stearc, adj.
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Th. 135, 17. fig. v. stearc-heard Nán stefn búton stearc and heard wóp for wóhdǽdum, Wulfst. 139, 3

Linked entries: stearc-heard streac

tihtle

(n.)
Grammar
tihtle, an ; f.
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Ðá tugon hié hiene ðæt hé heora swicdomes wið Alexander fremmende wǽre and hiene for ðære tihtlan ofslógon they accused him of betraying them to Alexander, and on that charge slew him; hunc, quasi urbem Alexandro venditasset, necaverunt, Ors. 4, 5; Swt

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under-hnígan

(v.)
Grammar
under-hnígan, p. -hnáh; pl. -hnigon; pp. -hnigen.

to descend beneathgo lower than a placeto submit to what is laborious or painfulbe subjected to evilundergo punishment

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For intingan hérsumnesse ic háten geþafode ðæt ic ðone hád underhnáh (-nágh, S. 566, 8) þeáh ðe ic unwyrðe wǽre obedientiae causa jussus subire hoc quamvis indignus consensi, Bd. 4, 2; M. 260, 8.

á-rǽran

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Gif se hláford him wile ꝥ land árǽran tó weorce and tó gafole if the lord want to raise the rent of the land for him by exacting work as well as payment, 146, 4. to extol Up áhefde, árǽrde extollit, An. Ox. 2425.

Linked entry: rǽran

be-þurfan

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Lege to ðám sáre þe man beþurfe apply it to the wound for which it is needed. Lch. 322, 4.

beorgan

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Gelíce þám dwǽsan þe for heora prýtan léwe nellað beorgan, ǽr hý ná ne magan, Wlfst. 165, 10

búgan

(v.)
Grammar
búgan, to bow.
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Se streám beáh for his fótum ꝥ hé mihte drýge ofergangan uidit undam suis cessisse ac uiam dedisse uestigiis, Bd. 1, 7 ; Sch. 24, 9, Sóna swá hí tógædere féngon, þá beáh seó Englisce fyrd , Chr. 1001; P. 133, 23. to bend one's steps, turn, go Þæt folc

cunnan

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Leófre ys ús beón beswungen for láre þænne hit ne cunnan ( nescire ), Coll. M. 18, 22. Hé wilnade mé tó cunenne cupidus me nosse, Nar. 18, 1. Ic getnune . . . cunnendum [mé] memor ero . . . scientium me, Ps.

eácan

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
eácan, eácen; adj.
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Substitute for these: <b>eácan;</b> [p. eóc. pl. eócon]; pp. eácen, écen to increase (trans.) Hí sculon ǽlce dæg eácan (ýcan, v. l. ) ꝥ mon ǽlce dæg wanaþ, Bt. 26, 2; F. 94, 1.

éfestan

(v.)
Grammar
éfestan, l. efestan,
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Ic náht gehýðes hæbbe þis weorc tó begangenne, ne ic efstan ne mæg swá myccles síðfætes hider tó bringanne I have nothing convenient for doing this work, and I cannot undertake such a long journey to bring tools hither, Hml. S. 23 b, 784

framian

(v.)
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For dý þe hé be dǽle þǽre stówe framaþ eo quod videatur aliquid conferre monasterio, R. Ben. 95, 7. Þæt hit him eal framað sibi expedire, 128, 18. Framað (fremað, v.l. ), Lch. i. 300, 14. Hí framigaþ heora bearnum, R. Ben. 137, 26.

ge-þinge

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þinge, es; n.
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Bídan beorna geþinges to wait for the determination arrived at by warriors, El. 253. a condition appointed to a person, a circumstance determined by providence Wéne ic tó þé wyrsan geþingea, B. 525. Þearlra geþinga, An. 1600.

Linked entries: ge-þingio ge-þynge

racu

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H. 26, 7. v. fór-, mǽg-racu