þreátung
compulsion ⬩ force ⬩ violence ⬩ oppression ⬩ ill-treatment ⬩ rebuke ⬩ reproof ⬩ threatening
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Pilatus hé hæfde on þreátunge óþ hé hiene selfne ofstong Pilatus tantis angoribus coarctatus ert, ut sua se manu transverberaverit, Ors. 6, 3; Swt. 258. 10.
be-swícan
to decoy ⬩ ensnare ⬩ beguile ⬩ to betray ⬩ to defraud ⬩ supplant ⬩ to circumvent ⬩ to seduce ⬩ mislead
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Hé cweð þet hé gesíclod wǽre, and swá þ folc beswác, ꝥ hé lǽdan sceolde, Chr. 1003; P. 135, 14. Wolde se ealdorman beswícon þone æþeling, 1015 ; P. 146, 14. Cnut gewende him út, and wearð þet earme folc þus beswican þurh hine, 1014; P. 145, 22
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assa
A male ass ⬩ asinus
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He hæfde on olfendum and on assum micele ǽhta he had great possessions in camels and in asses, Gen. 12, 16: 22, 5
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bed-reda
One BEDRIDDEN ⬩ clinicus
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Ðá ðá se sunderhálga Iosias ðæt tácn geseah on ðam bedredan [def. adj.] men, ðá feól he to ðæs apostoles fótum when the pharisee Josias saw that miracle in the bedridden man, then fell he at the apostle's feet, ii. 422, 11.
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carc-ern
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Ðonne þincþ him ðæt he síe on carcerne gebroht then it seems to him that he is brought into prison, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 15. Ic wæs on cearcerne [MS. Cot. carcærne] eram in carcere, Past. 44, 7: Hat. MS. 62b, 22. To ðam carcerne to the prison, Andr.
dagung
A dawning, dawn, day-break ⬩ aurora, tempus matutinum, diluculum
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Eóde he út on dagunge of ðam húse egressus est tempore matutino de cubiculo, Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 1. On dagunge he eft acwicode and semninga uppasæt diluculo reviviscens ac repente residens, 5, 12; S. 627, 13: 4, 8; S. 576, 9: 4, 23; S. 596, 17.
cystig
Munificent, benevolent, bountiful, liberal, generous, good ⬩ munificus, largus, probus, bonus
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Ðæt he sié cystig that he be benevolent, Past. 20, 2; Cot. MS. Seó módor clǽngeorn biþ and cystig the mother is pure and bountiful, Exon. 128a; Th. 492, 25; Rä. 81, 21. Cystig largus vel dapsilis, Ælfc. Gl. 82; Som. 73, 34; Wrt.
flýma
One who flees ⬩ a runaway ⬩ an exile ⬩ outlaw ⬩ a man who had fled for any offence, and whose flight was equivalent to a conviction ⬩ profŭgus ⬩ fŭgĭtīvus ⬩ exul
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He monigra geára tíde flýma wæs multo annōrum tempŏre profŭgus văgābātur, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 3: Ps. Th. 77, 37. Beó he sydðan flýma let him be henceforth a fugitive, L. Ath. i. 2; Th. i. 200, 10: i. 20; Th. i. 210, 13, 14
fóre-bétan
To make full amends to or for anyone or anything ⬩ compensāre prō ălĭquo
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Gif he nyte hwá him fórebéte if he know not who shall make full amends for him, L. Ed. 9; Th. i. 164, 12: L. Ath. i. 8; Th. i. 204, 8
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forþ-faran
To go forth ⬩ depart ⬩ die ⬩ discēdĕre ⬩ abīre ⬩ defungi
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On ðam ilcan geáre he forþfór in the same year he died, Chr. 571; Erl. 19, 18. Forþfaren defunctus, Ælfc. Gr. 41; Som. 44, 31: Wrt. Voc. 85, 58. Ðá Héródes wæs forþfaren defuncto Hērōde, Mt. Bos. 2, 19: Chr. 685; Erl. 41, 34: Homl. Th. ii. 158, 4.
forþ-weg
An onward course ⬩ a going forth ⬩ departure ⬩ journey ⬩ progressus ⬩ profectio ⬩ ăbĭtus ⬩ ŏbĭtus
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He of ealdre gewát on forþweg he departed from life on his way forth, Beo. Th. 5243; B. 2625: Cd. 148; Th. 185, 27; Exod. 129. On forþwegas on their ways forth, 160; Th. 200, 1; Exod. 350: 144; Th. 179, 22; Exod. 32
eahtian
to meditate, devise, deliberate ⬩ meditāre, reputāre, deliberāre ⬩ to esteem ⬩ æstimāre
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to meditate, devise, deliberate; meditāre, reputāre, deliberāre Eahtade hū wynna þorfte brúcan he meditated how he might enjoy delights, Exon. 37 b; Th. 122, 17; Gú. 307.
in-cuman
To come in ⬩ enter
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Gá hé út mid swilcum reáfe swilce hé incom cum quali veste intraverit, cum tali exeat, Ex. 21, 3. Ðá hié tósamne incóman when they entered together, Blickl. Homl. 173. 5.
nirwan
To constrain ⬩ repress ⬩ blame ⬩ threaten
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To constrain, repress, blame, threaten Moyses onféng scínendum wulderhelme forðon hé symle ða nyrugde ðe God oferhogodan Moses received a shining crown, because he ever repressed those that despised God, Blickl. Homl. 49, 12.
ge-tweógan
To doubt ⬩ hesitate ⬩ dŭbĭtāre
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Ðá gehreów him ðæt hyne ǽfre swá on his geþohte getweóde then he repented that he had ever so doubted in his mind, Shrn. 155, 19
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Grécas
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The Greeks; Græci Ðá gefélde he his líchoman healfne dǽl mid ða ádle geslægene beón, ðe Grécas nemnaþ paralysis, we cweðaþ lyft-ádl then felt he that the half of his body was struck with the illness which the Greeks call paralysis, we call lift-ill,
bisceop-stól
A bishop's seat or residence, an episcopal see, bishopric ⬩ sedes episcopalis, episcopatus, pontificatus
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[stól a stool, seat] A bishop's seat or residence, an episcopal see, bishopric; sedes episcopalis, episcopatus, pontificatus He ne mihte ðone Rómániscan bisceopstól eallunge forlǽtan he could not altogether neglect the Roman episcopal see, Nat. S.
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ge-dræg
A dragging ⬩ band ⬩ multitude ⬩ tumult ⬩ tractus ⬩ turma ⬩ tumultus
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A dragging, band, multitude, tumult; tractus, turma, tumultus He wolde sécan deófla gedræg he would seek the band of devils, Beo. Th. 1516; B. 756.
geongra
A junior, disciple, vassal, subject, follower, attendant, servant ⬩ jūnior; adŏlescentŭlus, discĭpŭlus, assecla, sectātor, mĭnister
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He wolde Drihtnes geongran beswícan he would deceive the subjects of the Lord, Cd. 23; Th. 29, 15: Gen. 450
ge-ríp
A reaping, harvest ⬩ messis
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Biddaþ ðæs gerípes hláford, ðæt he asende wyrhtan to his gerípe pray to the lord of the reaping, that he send workmen to his reaping, Homl. Th. ii. 530, 20. On Godes gerípe in God's reaping, 530, 19.