bi-settan
To set, beset, surround ⬩ inserere, circumdare
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Mid wyrtum se wilda fugel his nest biseteþ útan the wild bird surrounds its nest without with herbs, 63 b; Th. 233, 26; Ph. 530
Súþan-hymbre
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The Southumbrians, the Mercians Hér Súþanhymbre (-humbre, Laud. MS.) ofslógon Æþelrédes cwéne (cf. Æþelréd Myrcna cyning, Bd. 4, 21; S. 590, 14), Chr. 697; Th. 67, cols. 1, 3. Hér Cénréd féng tó Súþanhymbre ríce (cf. Cénréd Myrcna ríce fore wæs.
Linked entries: Súþ-hymbre Hymbre
ge-span
A joining ⬩ fastening together ⬩ nexus
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He is on helle hæft mid hringa gesponne he is in hell bound with the clasping of rings, Cd. 35; Th. 47, 17; Gen. 762. Searo-rúna gespon the web of mysteries, Exon. 92 b; Th. 347, 20; Sch. 15
léf
Weak ⬩ injured ⬩ infirm
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On féðe líf seonobennum seóc weak for walking, sick with sinew-wounds, 87 b; Th. 328, 16; Vy. 18. Oft him feorran tó laman liomseóce léfe cwómon oft from far to him the paralytic, the cripple, the infirm came, Elen. Kmbl. 2426; El. 1214.
sum
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Skt. 20, 27. where the whole, of which the object denoted by sum is part, is to be inferred from the context Sigon ðá tó slǽpe: sum ( one of the sleepers) sáre angeald ǽfenreste, Beo. Th. 2507; B. 1251.
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lácnung
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Wite hé þæt hé þá gýmenne þára umtrumra sáula tó rihtre lácnunge underféng noverit se infirmarum curam suscepisse animarum, R. Ben. 51, 12.
ge-wyrpan
To recover ⬩ verti ⬩ recuperare
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He hyne gewyrpte, ðeáh ðe him wund hrine he recovered though the wound had touched him, Beo. Th. 5944; B. 2976. He ðá befrán on hwilcere tíde he gewyrpte he then enquired at what hour he recovered, Homl. Th. i. 128, 12.
ge-læccan
To take ⬩ catch ⬩ seize ⬩ apprehend ⬩ comprehend ⬩ capere ⬩ arripere ⬩ comprehendere
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Germanus gelæhte ðone pistol æt Gregories ǽrendracan and hine totær Germanus took the letter from Gregory's messenger and tore it to pieces, Homl. Th. ii. 122, 29. Hét sóna gelæccan Stranguilionem he bade seize Stranguilio at once, Th. Apol. 25, 25.
ge-laþung
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Grn. 8, 2. a particular part of the general body, a church Ðæt Crístes gelaðung, ðe ðá git was níwe on Engla lande, nǽre bútan ãrbiscope, Chr. 616; P. 22, 35. On þǽra gewitnysse þe þú ( the bishop ) wissian scealt on þissere gelaðunge, Ælfc. T.
husc-lic
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Þaelig;t nán cyning. . . ne sceolde þincan tó huxlic þæt hé gebúge tó Crístes fulluhte, Hml. Th. ii. 40, 24. Ne ðúhte him tó huxlic þæt hé mid gesceáde hine betealde unsynnine, 226, Næs on þǽre þeóde nán deáþ swá huxlic swá swa on ródehengenne, Hml.
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sendan
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Þá sende seó heofen níwne steorran, Hml. Th. i. 298, 26. <b>IV b.</b> add :-- God him sende ufan greáte hagolstánas, Jos. 10, 11. <b>IV c.
incer
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ac wǽron æt þisse wydewan háme and þǽr þus incer líf leofodon, Guth. 64, 7. ¶ plural and dual forms used of the same persons :-- Ic geseó þæt eówer mód is áwend, for ðan ðe gé eówre spéda þearfum dǽldon: gáð nú tó wuda, and heáwað incre byrðene gyrda
ge-déman
To deem ⬩ judge ⬩ determine ⬩ ordain ⬩ decree ⬩ doom ⬩ condemn ⬩ jūdĭcāre ⬩ decernĕre ⬩ sancīre ⬩ condenmāre
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Ðæt he ǽghwelcne on riht gedémeþ that he judge every one righteously, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 56, 30 : Ps. Th. 57, 10. He gedémde úrne Drihten to deáþe he condemned our Lord to death, Ors. 6, 3; Bos. 117, 42.
æt-grǽpe
Grasping at ⬩ seizing ⬩ prehendens
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Grasping at, seizing; prehendens Ðǽr him aglǽca ætgrǽpe wearþ where the miserable being seized him. Beo. Th. 2542; B. 1269
æðel-cund
Of noble kind or origin ⬩ noble ⬩ nobilis originis
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Of noble kind or origin, noble; nobilis originis Æðelcunde mægþ the noblewoman. Exon. 119 b; Th. 459, 18; Hö. 1
a-wend
turned ⬩ translated
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turned, translated; Seó bóc is on Englisc awend the book is turned [translated] into English, Homl. Th. ii. 358, 30
beadu-rún
A war-secret ⬩ quarrel ⬩ jurgiosum arcanum ⬩ rixa
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A war-secret, quarrel; jurgiosum arcanum, rixa Húnferþ onband beadurúne Hunferth unbound the war-secret, Beo. Th. 1006; B. 501
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benc-swég
A bench-noise ⬩ noise from the benches ⬩ convivial noise ⬩ clamor in scamnis ad convivium sedentium
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A bench-noise, noise from the benches, convivial noise; clamor in scamnis ad convivium sedentium Beo. Th. 2326; B. 1161
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burg-steal
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A city-place; arcis locus, arx Brosnade burgsteal the city-place has perished, Exon. 124a; Th. 477, 23; Ruin. 29
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drepe
A slaying, stroke, violent death ⬩ occīsio
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A slaying, stroke, violent death; occīsio He drepe þrówade he suffered the stroke [death-stroke], Beo. Th. 3183; B. 1589
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