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týn

(v.)
Grammar
týn, p. týde, tydde (týdde?); pp. týd

To instruct ⬩ educate ⬩ teach

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Se wísdóm ðe hit lange ǽr týde and lǽrde, Bt. 3, 1; Fox 4, 30. Hé hine geornlíce týde and lǽrde hú hé drohtian sceolde eum erudire studuit qualiter conversari debuisset. Bd. 1. 27; S. 489, 5.

wil

(n.)
Grammar
wil, will, es; n.

will, pleasure ⬩ a pleasant or desirable thing

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Gif þeówa and þeówen hyra bégra wylles hig gesomnigon si servus et ancilla mutua voluntate se conjunxerint L. Ecg. C. 25; Th. ii. 150, 15.

nágan

(v.)
Grammar
nágan, = ne ágan.

not to have ⬩ not to be allowed ⬩ ought not

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Náh se sacerd náne þearfe ( sacerdoti non opus est ), ðæt hé forwyrne ðam men rihtre andetnysse, L. Ecg. P. i. 2; Th. ii. 172, 11. Gif hé náh his selfes geweald, Met. 16, 21. Helle hlinduru nágon hwyrft, Exon. Th. 364, 29; Wal. 78.

ge-neahhe

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Hí him on healfa gehwone ymbútan farað . . . geneahhe, Cri. 930.Ic þín sóð weorc séce geneahhe justificationes tuas exquisivi, Ps. Th. 118, 94 : 141, 2.

sceaþa

(n.)
Grammar
sceaþa, an; m.

a criminal, wretch, miscreant, an enemy ⬩ fiend, devil ⬩ a spoiler, robber ⬩ a warrior

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His feónd áfyllan ðe ðone scaþan ( the assassin Eomer ) sende, Chr. 626; Erl. 23,34 . Fýnd ł sceaþan inimici, Ps. Lamb. 9, 7. Gewítaþ, áwirgede woruldsorga, of mínes þegenes móde, forðam gé sind ða mǽstan sceaþan, Bt. 3; Fox 4, 24.

Linked entries: sceoþa sceþþ

æt-íwan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-íwan, æt-íwian (-eáw-, -eów-, -éw-, -iéw-, -ýw-. In Ps. L. 16, 15 a dis-tinction between the mutated and not mutated forms seems to be made, the former being transitive (cf.
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To appear, to be shewn, be seen Ateáuð aparuit, Kent. Gl. 1116. Hí ætiéwað on openum yfle, Past. 439, 6. Æteáwde hé him on swefne, Shrn. 70, 13 : Hml. S. 30, 57, 58.

Linked entry: æt-eáwan

help

Grammar
help, hylp (an i-stem noun? Cf. u-grade forms, hulpa, hulfa in O. L. Ger. and O.H.Ger. But cf. also hylpan = helpan):

help ⬩ assistance ⬩ succour ⬩ an aid ⬩ a thing ⬩ a place ⬩ a refuge ⬩ a cure ⬩ remedy of disease

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Sende se túnrǽd his helges biddende. Hml. S. 31, 1220. Hé hyne bæd hylpes, Shrn. 147, 9. Ælcum swyn-cendum on helpe beón, Ll. Th. ii. 414, 36: Ps Th. 98, 3. Hy on name helpe néron ne heom sylfum ne heora freóndum, Solil. H. 68, 24.

Linked entry: helpe

ful-gegán

(v.)
Grammar
ful-gegán, p. -ge-eóde, -geóde, pl. -ge-eódon, -geódon; pp. -gegán; with the dat.

To fulfil ⬩ perform ⬩ carry out ⬩ follow ⬩ complēre ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ perăgĕre ⬩ obsĕqui

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To fulfil, perform, carry out, follow; complēre, perfĭcĕre, perăgĕre, obsĕqui Ðá ðú lustgryrum eallum fulgeódest when thou didst follow all horrid lusts, Soul Kmbl. 47; Seel. 24

laur

(n.)
Grammar
laur, lawer, es; m.

Laurel ⬩ bay

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Laurel, bay Laures croppan, seáw, bléda, leáf, Lchdm. ii. 20, 17: 226, 2: 228, 25: 230, 3. Mid lawere gebeágod crowned with laurel, Blickl. Homl. 187, 27

self-cwalu

(n.)
Grammar
self-cwalu, e; f.
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Self-slaughter, suicide Sum sceal ful earmlíce ealdre linnan . . . and hine tó sylfcwale secgas nemnaþ speak of him as committing suicide, Exon. Th. 330, 24; Vy. 56

bi-gellan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-gellan, p. -geal, pl. -gullon; pp. -gollen

To celebrate by song, to scream ⬩ canendo celebrare, exclamare

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To celebrate by song, to scream; canendo celebrare, exclamare Ful oft ðæt earn bigeal the eagle screamed that often, Exon. 81 b; Th. 307, 16; Seef. 24

Linked entry: be-gellan

ele-drósna

(n.)
Grammar
ele-drósna, pl.
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Lees of oil, oil-dregs Genim þysse wyrte seáw mid eledrósnum gemencged, Lch. i. 310, 17. [O. H. Ger. oli-truosin amurca.] Cf. eles drosna under ele

heáh-heall

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-heall, (?), e; f.
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Cf. heáh-sele

on-styreness

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Ne seleð on onstyrenesse ( com-motionem ) ðînne fôt, Ps. Vos. 120, 3. Add

brýd-lufe

(n.)
Grammar
brýd-lufe, an; f.

love, favour ⬩ A bride's love ⬩ sponsæ amor

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[lufe love, favour] A bride's love; sponsæ amor He ða brýdlufan sceal sécan he must seek a bride's love, Exon. 67 b; Th. 249, 20; Jul. 114

ǽht-gesteald

(n.)
Grammar
ǽht-gesteald, es; n.

Possession ⬩ possessio

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Possession; possessio He ða brýdlufan sceal to oðerre ǽhtgestealdum idese sécan he must seek conjugal love in the possession of another woman, Exon. 67 b; Th. 249, 22 ; Jul. 115

Linked entry: ge-steald

æt-steal

(n.)
Grammar
æt-steal, -steall, -stæl, -es; m. pl. nom. acc. -stalas [at a place, a fixed place]

Station ⬩ camp station ⬩ -sedes ⬩ statio

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Station, camp station; -sedes, statio Æt ðam ætstealle at the camp station, Wald. 37; Vald. 1, 21. Æt-stælle at the place. Exon. 35 a; Th. 112, 26; GG. 150

Linked entry: stæl

fyrd-gemaca

(n.)
Grammar
fyrd-gemaca, an; m. [gemaca a companion]

A companion in war ⬩ fellow-soldier ⬩ commīlĭto

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A companion in war, fellow-soldier; commīlĭto Tytus asende bodan to hys fyrdgemacan, ðe wæs genemned Uespasianus Titus sent messengers to his fellow-soldier, who was named Vespasian, Nathan. 5

Linked entry: fird-gemaca

nípan

(v.)
Grammar
nípan, p. náp, pl. nipon; pp. nipen

To grow dark

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Náp nihtscúa, 307, 29; Seef. 31. Nípende niht, Beo. Th. 1098; B. 547 : 1302; B. 649

un-lifigende

(adj.)
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Hé gesæt néh þám líchaman þæs unlifigendan mannes (neáh þám deádan líchaman, v.l.) juxta corpus defuncti sedit, Gr. D. 85, 3. Þá word þára unlifigendra verba mortuorum, 346, 10. Add

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