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á-teón

to draw (out),to protractto deal with,to treat a personto employ propertytimetalents

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Add: to draw (out), with direction undetermined,(a) of movement his sword áteáh, Hml. S. 27, 75. fig. to protract lange wylt þú áteón þás ýdelnysse, Hml.

á-fédan

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áfést ( pascis ) þú hafocas þíne ? fédaþ hig sylfe and mé on wintra, Coll. M. 25, 37. Áfédde seó wudewe þone wítegan mid ðám melewe, Hml. S. 18, 65. Gif ðá móder ðe hine gebær and áfédde nele árwurðian, Hml. Th. ii. 208, 12.

spówan

(v.)
Grammar
spówan, speów

To succeed.to be successfulit succeeds with a person (dat.)

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him speów ǽgðer ge mid wíge ge mid wísdóme, Past. pref.; Swt. 3, 8. him æt ǽte speów, Beo. Th. 6045; B. 3026

ǽn-íge

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽn-íge, ǽn-ígge

one-eyed

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one-eyed Gif he gedó ǽnígge if he make them one-eyed, L. Alf. 20; Wilk. 30, 11: Cot. 179

mægen-leást

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Sum lícðrowere náhte his féðes geweald . . . wolde geneálǽcan his hulce, gif mihte. Þá ofhreów ðám munece þæs hreóflian mægenleást, Hml. Th. i. 336, 11. Sume bebyrigan woldon, ac hrædlíce for mægenleáste swulton, 404, 2 : Hml. A. 68, 79.

á-lútan

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Seó cwén áleát tó þæs cyninges fótum, Hml. A. 100, 295: 110, 247. áleát wið þæs Hǽlendes, Hml. Th. i. 120, 12: Num. 22, 31. ealle tó him áluton, Guth. 16, 9. nolde álútan ne lyffettan þám Amane, Hml. A. 97, 194.

be-búgan

(v.)

to avoid.

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bebeáh and warnode hine wiþ swá swá wið þone ealdan feónd eam quasi hostem cavens, Gr. D. 276, 2. Ongan his freónd and his geféran bebúgan amicos coepit et familiares deserere, 181, 1. Add

un-cýðig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cýðig, adj.

Ignorantunacquainted

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Ðá wundrade heó ymb ðæs weres snyttro, swá geleáfful on swá lytlum fæce ond swá uncýðig ǽfre wurde gleáwnysse þurhgoten she wondered at the man's wisdom, how in so little space and (previously) so ignorant he should ever become so full of belief

late

(adv.)
Grammar
late, adv.

Slowlylateat length at last

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late on ðysne middangeard ácennede wurdon and raþe him eft of gewítan sceolan, Blickl. Homl. 59, 23. Late on geáre late in the year, Chr. 867; Erl. 72, 11. Late mylt gǽten flǽsc goat's flesh digests slowly, L.

hogu

(n.)
Grammar
hogu, e; f.

Care, anxiety, solicitude

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Care, anxiety, solicitude Habbon hoge ðæt sýn swilce ðæt wurþfullíce herigan mágon let them have a care that they be such that they may worthily praise, Homl. Th. i. 446, 32.

Linked entry: heort-hogu

hnesc-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hnesc-líc, adj.

Effeminate

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Effeminate wæs swíðe hnesclíc man he [Sardanapalus] was a very effeminate man, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 35, 15. Hi beóþ hneslíce swá forlegene hi sunt delicati ita fornicantes, L. Ecg. P. iv. 68, 6; Th. ii. 228, 18

fór-wyrcan

Grammar
fór-wyrcan, l. for-wyrcan,
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hét þæs scræfes ingang ðǽr inne lágon eall hit mid weorcstánum forwyrcan ... clypode: ' man mid weorcstáne on ǽghwilce healfe ðǽrinne forwyrce, ꝥ sunnan leóman nǽfre lengc ne geseón,' Hml. S. 23, 315-24. hét ꝥ scræf forwyrcan, 758.

ge-scrífan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scrífan, p. -scráf, -screáf; pp. -scrifen.

to judge, deem, assign, impose, appointjudicare, assignare, imponere, designareto shrive, impose penance, censurepœnitentiam imponere, reprehendere

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to judge, deem, assign, impose, appoint; judicare, assignare, imponere, designare Se ðe him gescráf weán who to him had assigned misery, Cd. 148; Th. 186, 16; Exod. 139. Swá him wyrd gescráf so fate assigned to him, Beo. Th. 5142; B. 2574: Elen.

Linked entry: ge-scrif

luf-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
luf-líce, adv.

Amiablykindlydearlywillingly

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luflíce him hýrde libenter eum audiebat, Mk. Skt. 6, 20. Ðæt luflíce swá gedyde libentissime se facturum, Bd. 4, 11; S. 579, 31: Blickl. Homl. 203, 33.

gise

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Yes; how could Adam know what he was, unless he were obedient in some thing to his Lord?, Hml. Th. i. 14, 4

hám-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
hám-fæst, adj.

Resident, dwelling at home

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Resident, dwelling at home mæg ðǽr ðonne ánes ríces monnes nama cuman ðonne ðǽr mon furðum ðære burge naman ne geheórþ ne ðære þeóde ðe he on hámfæst biþ how can one great man's name come there, when the name of the town even and of the people among

forþ-gecýgan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-gecýgan, p. de; pp. ed

To call forthprovŏcāre

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To call forth; provŏcāre He hi to gefeohte forþgecýgde he called them forth to battle, Bd. 1, 16; S. 484, 20

ende-mes

Grammar
ende-mes, emdenes, emdemes.

togethercoincidence straightwayat once

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him ondrǽdan wið him eallum emdemes mehten, and siredon hié tótwǽman mehten, Ors. 3, 10; S. 138, 6. straightway, at once Þæt folc eall hrýmde, þá burston þá weallas endemes tó grunde omni populo vociferante muri illico corruerunt, Jos.

heorcnian

(v.)
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Cuæð , ' meahte ic bú somod ge in heofon gehéran ge hér sprecan,' Shrn. 72, 24. Hié hyrcnodon háliges láre, An. 654. wolde hyrcnigan hálges lára, mildes meðelcwida, Gú. 979. with dat. heora wordum heorcnode, Hml.

ge-métan

(v.)
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æt him helpe gemétton, Gú. 894. Ðæt geméte forgiefnesse, Past. 165, 22. Reste gemétan, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 616, 17. something disadvantageous Hine bismriende hié cwǽdon : 'Hwæt is þæt þú hér gemétest?' what luck have you had here?, Bl. H. 243, 8.