ge-býrian
To happen ⬩ to fall out ⬩ to pertain to ⬩ belong to ⬩ evenire ⬩ accidere ⬩ contingere ⬩ pertinere ad ⬩ It pertains to ⬩ it is fitting or suitable ⬩ it becomes ⬩ it behoves ⬩ pertinet ad ⬩ convenit ⬩ oportet ⬩ decet
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To happen, to fall out, to pertain to, belong to; evenire, accidere, contingere, pertinere ad ÐDonne hit gebýrigan mæg when it may happen, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 22; Met. 4, 11.
ge-niþerian
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cwyde þæs sláwan þeówes (þeawas, MS.) that I fall under the sentence passed on the slothful servant, Hml. S. 23 b, 14. to accuse Mið ðý (wæs) gewroeged ł geniðrad ( accusaretur ), Mt. L. 27, 12. [O. H.
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pening
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Fals pening paracaraximus, Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 34. Penninge hymenis (?), ii. 96, 71. Peninge, 43, 27. Bringaþ mé ðone pening ( denarium ), Mk. Skt. 12, 15. Ðá brohton hí him ǽnne peninc (penig, MS. A. : penning, Lind.), Mt. Kmbl. 22, 19.
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ídel-ness
Idleness ⬩ vanity ⬩ frivolity ⬩ uselessness ⬩ futility ⬩ emptiness ⬩ falseness
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Ðonne hí mid fulle gesceáde ongietaþ ðæt ðæt wæs leás and ídelnes ðæt hí ǽr heóldon cum certo judicio deprehenderint falsa se vacue tenuisse, Past. 58, 1; Swt. 441, 19. Sebastianus cwæþ ðis is swutol gedwyld and leás ýdelnyss, Homl. Skt. 5, 274.
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ge-witnes
knowledge ⬩ cognisance ⬩ witness ⬩ testimony ⬩ used of persons
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Be leásre gewitnesse of false witness, L. C. S. 37; Th. i. 398, 9: L. Ath. i. 10; Th. i. 204, 22. On hyra gewitnesse they being witnesses, Gen. 23, 9. On Moyses bóca gewitnesse by the testimony of the books of Moses, Blickl. Homl. 153, 5.
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under-bæc
backwards ⬩ back ⬩ behind ⬩ back
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Feallan underbæc to fall backwards, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 8: Homl. Skt. i. 12, 63. Sceófan underbæc, 14, 88: 18, 345: Hontl.
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DROPA
DROP ⬩ stilla, gutta, stillicĭdium
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Dropena dreorung a fall of drops, Exon. 54 a; Th. 189, 23; Az. 64: Cd. 191; Th. 238, 3; Dan. 349: 213 ; Th. 265, 23; Sat. 12 . a disease, paralysis?
sǽmra
Inferior, worse
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MS. ) gesceafta id (good) error humanus a vero atque perfecto ad falsum imperfectumque traducit, Bt. 33, 1; Fox 120, 12. Sǽmust vel wyrst pessima, Blickl. Gl. Ne wǽron ðæt gesíba ða sǽmestan, Exon. Th. 326, 8; Wíd. 1 Similar entries Cf. sám-
fóre-weard
FORWARD ⬩ fore ⬩ former ⬩ early ⬩ prōnus ⬩ antĕrior ⬩ prior
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FORWARD, fore, former, early; prōnus, antĕrior, prior Lǽteþ fóreweard hleór on strangne stán he shall let his cheek [fall] forward on a strong stone, Salm. Kmbl. 228; Sal. 113.
sóþ
Sooth ⬩ very ⬩ true ⬩ the opposite of that which is false, or merely pretends, or has the appearance of, genuine, real ⬩ true ⬩ in conformity with the actual state of things ⬩ true ⬩ righteous ⬩ just
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Sooth, very, true. the opposite of that which is false, or merely pretends, or has the appearance of, genuine, real Ðæt hí oncnáwon ðæt ðú eart án sóþ God ut cognoscant te solum Deum verum, Jn. Skt. 17, 3.
be-gán
passage ⬩ to go round ⬩ to reach by going ⬩ come upon ⬩ get at ⬩ to go ⬩ pass by ⬩ to go ⬩ come ⬩ get ⬩ to pass by ⬩ To come by ⬩ get at ⬩ to come ⬩ fall to one's lot ⬩ to fall ⬩ get into debt ⬩ to surround ⬩ to confine ⬩ to occupy ⬩ to go about a business ⬩ to attend to ⬩ to cultivate ⬩ to worship ⬩ to honour ⬩ venerate a place ⬩ to exercise, practise an art, mode of life, &c. ⬩ to practise a religion ⬩ follow the dictates of ⬩ to practise ⬩ carry on ⬩ do (habitually) ⬩ to devote one's self to a practice ⬩ to exercise a person ⬩ to behave ⬩ to exercise in something ⬩ to exercise ⬩ use ⬩ employ ⬩ to profess ⬩ pretend
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To come by, get at Hú þæt gewrit begǽn wæs how they got at the manuscript, Guth. 48, 20. intrans. to come, fall to one's lot Swá oft swá him tó begǽð. Ll. Th. i. 434, 14. to fall, get into debt, &c.
irnan
To run
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Hé arn him sylf tó his hrýðera falde ipse ad armentum cucurrit, Gen. 18, 7. Ðonne orn hé eft inn tó ðæm temple ad templum recurrit, Past. 16, 3 ; Swt. 103, 4. Ðú urne mid him simul currebas cum eo, Ps. Th. 49, 19.
þorn
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Átió hé of lande ða þornas and ða fyrsas and ðæt fearn and ealle ða weód ðe hé gesió ðæt ðám æcerum, derigen liberat arva fruticibus, falce rubos filicemque resecat, Bt. 23; Fox 78, 22: Met. 12, 3. ¶ The name of the letter þ was þorn Þ byþ þearle scearp
a-teón
to draw out or away ⬩ pull out ⬩ lead out ⬩ pluck ⬩ draw ⬩ abstrahere ⬩ extrahere ⬩ ejicere ⬩ educere ⬩ trahere ⬩ ducere ⬩ to treat ⬩ use ⬩ dispose of ⬩ employ ⬩ tractare ⬩ uti ⬩ adhibere ⬩ to draw to any place ⬩ betake oneself anywhere ⬩ go ⬩ come ⬩ make a journey or expedition ⬩ se recipere ⬩ meare ⬩ proficisci ⬩ ire ⬩ venire ⬩ iter facere
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Gif ðú up atýhst and awyrtwalast of gewitlocan leása gesǽlþa if thou pluckest up and rootest out of thy mind false felicities, Bt. Met. Fox 12, 49; Met. 12, 25.
ge-niman
To take, take up, take away, assume, receive, accept, obtain, comprehend, enter into ⬩ sūmĕre, tollĕre, auferre, assūmĕre, accĭpĕre, nancisci, comprehendĕre, inīre
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Búton hwá þurh flánes flyht fyl genáme unless any one through an arrow's flight obtained his fall, Byrht. Th. 133, 57; By. 71.
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hand
HAND, side, power, control
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Se ðe ofer ðis fals wyrce þolige ðæra handa ðe he ðæt fals mid worhte he that after this makes counterfeit money, let him lose the hands with which he made the counterfeit, L. C. S. 8; Th. i. 380, 17.
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ÁÞ
an OATH ⬩ a swearing ⬩ juramentum
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Nú on worulde hér monnum ne deriaþ máne áþas now here in the world wicked [false] oaths do not inflict injury on men, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 96; Met. 4, 48. Mid unforedan áþe with an unbroken oath; pleno juramento, L. Wil. ii. 3 ; Th. i. 489, 25.
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deófol
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</b> a devil as object of worship, false god. Cf. deófol-gild :-- Alle godas ðióda dióful omnes dii gentium daemonia, Ps. Srt. 95, 5. Hiera deófla sum Proserpinam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 3.
híwian
to form ⬩ fabricate ⬩ to feign ⬩ to dissemble
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Rdr. 92, 20. to give form to what is unreal, cause an illusion: Galdra híwung ... híwedan pręstigiarum scena (quam callido phantasmate falsi nebulones) schematizarunt, An. Ox. 4061. to shape in the mind (falsely), fabricate.
ge-brecan
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L. 6, 41. with sense of injury done, to the body Sé ðe faelles ofer stán ðiosne gebrocen (-broken, R.) bið (confringetur); ofer ðone fallas gebrecceð (conteret) hine, Mt. L. 21, 44. Bán ni gebraecgað gé (comminuetis), Jn. L. 19, 36.