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wiþ-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-bregdan, -brédan; p. -brægd,-brǽd,pl. -brugdon, -brúdon

To withholdrestraincheckhold back

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Th. i. 88, 5. Hit is micel ðearf, ðæt mon hire suíðe hrædlíce wiðbregde festinare necesse est, ut repugnatione vincantur, Past. 13; Swt. 79, 21

be-geondan

(prep.; adv.)
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Voc. ii. 24, 52. Begeondan sǽ hé is ultra mare est, begeondan ðé ultra te, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 270, 8. Begiondan Humbre, Past. 3, 16. Begeondan (begienda ðǽm streáme, L.) Iordáne, Jn. 3, 26. Begeondan þisse sǽ, Chr. 885; P. 78, 31.

camp-dóm

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Mannes líf is campdóm ofer eorðan (militia est vita hominis super terram), for ðan þe ǽlc . . . bið on gewinne wið ðone deófol, Hml. Th. ii. 454, 26: i. 418, 9 : Hml. S. 23, 86. Campdómes militiae, An. Ox. 868: 750.

deáþ-berende

(adj.)
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H. 65, 13. of living creatures On fæðme þæs deáðberendan dracan þe is deófol genemned, Wlfst. 188, 10. Þæt deáðberende deófol, 185, 13

ge-líþigian

(v.)
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Lch. i. 204, 21. Hyt gelíþegaþ þone gicþan, 25. Is swíðe micel niédðearf dæt mon mid micelre gemetgunge swelcra scylda ðreáunga gelíðigie and gemetgige necesse est, ut magno moderamine ipsa delicti correptio temperetur, Past. 158, 3

ge-rǽde

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rǽde, es; n.
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Th. i. 210, 15. Ridende on horsum mid gyldenum gerǽdum, Hml. S. 25, 491. Ic bicge hýda and fell, and gearkie hig, and wyrce of him . . . brídelþwancgas and gerǽda (frenos et phaleras), Coll. M. 27, 35

sam-tinges

(adv.)
Grammar
sam-tinges, (sæm-, sem-); adv.

immediately, forthwith, continuo

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Ðæt man hí ofslóge sæmtinges ealle, Anglia ix. 32, 165. Snáw cymþ of ðám þynnum wǽtan ðe byþ gefroren ǽr ðan hé tó dropum geurnen sý, and swá semtinges (sæm-, MS. P.) fylþ, Lchdm. iii. 278, 25

Linked entries: -tinges sæm-tinges

un-wreón

(v.)
Grammar
un-wreón, p. -wráh, -wreáh, pl. -wrigon, -wrugon; pp. -wrigen, -wrogen

To uncover (lit. or fig.) what is coveredto reveal

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To uncover (lit. or fig.) what is covered, to reveal Hé un-wríhþ þiccetu revelabit condensa, Ps. Lamb. 28, 9. Ðæt mǽden unwreáh hire heáfod, Ap. Th. 26, 14. Hé unwreáh his rihtwísnesse revelavit justitiam suam, Ps. Lamb. 97, 2.

Linked entries: an-wreón on-wreón

scippan

(v.)
Grammar
scippan, scieppan, sceppan; p. scóp, sceóp; pp. sceapen, scepen.
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Ic eom wiht on gewin sceapen I am a creature destined to strife, Exon. Th. 400, 15; Rä. 21, 1: 405, 14: Rä. 24, 2. <b>III b.

fylstan

to help (tó) to help

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Th. i. 410, 12. Gif se landríca nelle tó steóre filstan, ii. 298, 19: i. 250, 6. Ne scylan hyg ǽnig unriht geþafian ac tó ǽlcan rihte geornlíce fylstan, ii. 310, 19

be-æftan

(prep.; adv.)

behind,after

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D. ii. 150, 35

ge-scendan

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Th. ii. 66, 23. <b>III a.</b> to confound in argument, confute :-- Oferstǽlþ, gescent confutat, i. confundit, convincit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 45.

cýp-man

(n.)
Grammar
cýp-man, gen.es; m.

A chapman, merchant mercator

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A chapman, merchant; mercator Ða cýpmen binnon ðam temple getácnodon unrihtwíse láreówas on Godes gelaðunge the chapmen within the temple betokened unrighteous teachers in God's church, Homl. Th. i. 410, 35: ii. 120, 15.

leáf-full

(adj.)
Grammar
leáf-full, adj.

Believingfaithful

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Th. ii. 196, 18

nát-hwilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
nát-hwilc, pron. indef.

Some oneI know not who

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(Cf. sceaða ic nát hwylc, 554; B. 274.)

gewin-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
gewin-dæg, es; m.

A labourtrouble-daybattle-daylaboristribulationis diespugnæ dies

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Ðonne cumbulgebrec on gewinndagum weorþan scoldum when there should be crashings of banners in days of battle, Ps. C. 50, 12; Ps. Grn. ii. 227, 12

Linked entry: winn-dæg

bísgung

Grammar
bísgung, l. bisgung,
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Th. ii. 174, 28. and add

eówd

Grammar
eówd, eówde.
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Ic befæste þé ꝥ eówde . . . þurh þé ic þýs eówde stýran ne mæg, Bl. H. 191, 26. Of eówedum þíuum de gregibus tuis, Ps. L. 49, 9. feminine Eówde sceápum, Ps. Th. 64, 14. Hé hét nýtenu faran tó þǽre eówode þe hí of ádwelodon, Hml. Th. ii. 514, 23.

for-gangan

(v.)

to forgoabstain from

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to forgo, abstain from Forgang þæt ic þé forbeóde. Hwæt mæg hit beón þæt þú forgán sceole? Ic ðé secge, forgang þú ánes treówes wæstm, Hml. Th. i. 14, 8-10. Forgang hwít abstine te ab albo, Ll. Th. ii. 132, 5.

Linked entry: for-gán

grǽdignes

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Th. ii. 280, 16. in an unfavourable sense Ealle flǽsclice grǽdignyssa mid forhæfednysse beóð forcorfene omnes carnales cupiditates abstinentia resecantur, Scint. 55, 4