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ge-býrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býrian, -býrigan, -bírian; 3rd sing. ; p. ede; pp. ed; 3rd sing. ; p. ode; pp. od. [The cognate words point to a short vowel.]

To happento fall outto pertain tobelong toevenireacciderecontingerepertinere adIt pertains toit is fitting or suitableit becomesit behovespertinet adconvenitoportetdecet

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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.

Linked entries: býre ge-bíraþ

ge-niþerian

(v.)
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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.

Linked entry: niþerian

pening

(n.)
Grammar
pening, penning, pending, penig, pennig, es; m.
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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.

Linked entry: pending

ídel-ness

(n.)
Grammar
ídel-ness, e ; f.

Idlenessvanityfrivolityuselessnessfutilityemptinessfalseness

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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.

Linked entry: ídel-gild

ge-witnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-witnes, -ness, e; f.

knowledgecognisancewitnesstestimonyused 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.

Linked entry: witness

under-bæc

(adv.)
Grammar
under-bæc, adv.

backwardsbackbehindback

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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.

Linked entry: BÆC

DROPA

(n.)
Grammar
DROPA, an; m.

DROPstilla, 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

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽmra, adj. (without positive)

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-

Linked entries: sǽmest sám- sámran

fóre-weard

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
fóre-weard, fór-weard, -werd, -ward; adj.

FORWARDforeformerearlyprōnusantĕriorprior

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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

(adj.)
Grammar
sóþ, adj.

Soothverytruethe opposite of that which is false, or merely pretends, or has the appearance of, genuine, realtruein conformity with the actual state of thingstruerighteousjust

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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

(v.)

passageto go roundto reach by goingcome uponget atto gopass byto gocomegetto pass byTo come byget atto comefall to one's lotto fallget into debtto surroundto confineto occupyto go about a businessto attend toto cultivateto worshipto honourvenerate a placeto exercise, practise an art, mode of life, &c.to practise a religionfollow the dictates of to practisecarry ondo (habitually)to devote one's self to a practiceto exercise a personto behaveto exercise in somethingto exerciseuseemployto professpretend

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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

(v.)
Grammar
irnan, p. arn, pl. urnon ; pp. urnen

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

(n.)
Grammar
þorn, es; m.
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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

(v.)
Grammar
a-teón, ic -teó, ðú -týhst, he -týhþ, -tíhþ, -tíþ, pl. -teóþ; p. -teáh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen [a from, out; teón to tow, draw] .

to draw out or awaypull outlead outpluckdrawabstrahereextrahereejicereeduceretrahereducereto treatusedispose ofemploytractareutiadhibereto draw to any placebetake oneself anywheregocomemake a journey or expeditionse reciperemeareproficisciirevenireiter 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

(v.)
Grammar
ge-niman, -nyman, -nioman; he -nimeþ, -nimþ; p. -nam, -nom , pl. -námon, -nómon; imp. -nim, pl. -nimaþ; subj. p. -náme, pl. -námen; pp. -numen

To take, take up, take away, assume, receive, accept, obtain, comprehend, enter intosūmĕre, 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.

hand

(n.)
Grammar
hand, hond, a; f.

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.

ÁÞ

(n.)
Grammar
ÁÞ, es; m.

an OATHa swearingjuramentum

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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.

Linked entries: aaþ ánfeald áþ

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

(v.)

to formfabricateto feignto 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

(v.)
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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.