be-cnyttan
to tie up in a bundle ⬩ to tie round ⬩ surround with a bond ⬩ to tie ⬩ attach with a string, ⬩ to tie a rope,
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Þæt heó náme ǽnne wernægel and becnytte tó ánum hringe mid hire snóde, ii. 28, 18. with acc. of the fastening to tie a rope, Hí becnytton ánne wriþan onbútan his swuran, Hml. S. 23, 607
tictator
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The Anglicized form of Latin dictator Hié him gesetton hír[r]an ládteów ðonne hiera consul wǽre, ðone ðe hié tictatores héton, and hié mid ðæm tictatore micelne sige hæfdon, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 70, 3
a-seóðan
To boil ⬩ seethe ⬩ scorch ⬩ to purify by seething ⬩ coquere
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Ðæt heó mid longre hire líchoman untrumnesse asodene beón that she should be purified by the long suffering of her body, Bd. 4, 23; S. 595, 15. Ealle we lǽtaþ to viii healf-marcum asodenes goldes we estimate all at eight half-marks of pure gold, L.
in-cleofa
closet ⬩ bed-chamber ⬩ den ⬩ cave
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Forþ of hire inclifan out of her closet, Chart. Th. 230,17. On incleofum [bedcliofum, MS. T.] eówrum in cubilibus vestris, Ps. Spl. 4, 5. On incleofum [bedcliofum, MS. T.] his in cubili suo, 35, 4. On incleofum [bedclyfum, MS.
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á-fæstnian
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Áfæstnia untrymnisse hire muniat itifirmitatem suam , Rtl. 110, 1. His fultum mehte mǽstra ǽlcne heora flána on hiora feóndum áfæstnian ( configere ), Ors. 6, 36; S. 294, 28. Ðá ðeóda sýn áfæstnode ( infixae ) on earfoðum, Ps. Th. 9, 14.
bere-ærn
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Tó hire byrene (bern-hús, berne, v. ll.), Gr. D. 68, 22 : 69, 4: 290, 20, 24. In berern. Mt. L. R. 13, 30: Lk. L. R. 3, 17. Nabbað nig bern (beren, v. l. ), Lk. 12, 24. Ic tówurpe míne bernu (bererno. L., berern,R. ), 18. Add
cláþ
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Heó . . . ðone cláð hire on ádyde, Hml. S. 7, 156, 159. Hé hæfde genumen sumne cláð ( uestimentum, Bd. 3, 19) æt ánum swyltendum men, Hml. Th. ii. 338, 28: i. 286, 24.
for-scyldigian
to condemn
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Hé cýdde ꝥ heó forscylgod wǽre for hire crístendóme, 7, 89. Biþ ofsprincg forscyldegod þurh forðfædera mándǽda, gif hé mid yfele him geefenlǽhð, Hml. Th. i. 114, 22.
for-swíþan
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Gif wíf forswýð hire wer hyre fram si mulier virum suum a se rejiciat, Ll. Th. ii. 152, 1
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steóran
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Se Drihtnes wer ongan hire stýran quam vir Domini compescuit, 216, 22. with gen. of that which is prohibited or from which one is restrained Þá stýrde hé þæs quod prohibuit, Gr.
tó-dón
to put asunder, ⬩ divide, ⬩ separate ⬩ to undo, ⬩ open
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Gif hwylc wíf twégen gebróðra nimþ hire tó gemæccan, óþerne æfter óþrum, tódó man hig (separentur), L. Ecg. P. ii. 11; Th. ii. 186, 10. Tódó man hig on twá separentur illi, 19; Th. ii. 188, 27. to undo, open Tódyde salvit, disligat, Germ. 402, 39.
self-líce
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Self-satisfied, self-complacent, conceited, arrogant Oft se welega and se wædla habbaþ suá gehweorfed hira þeáwum ðæt se welega biþ eáðmód and sorgfull and se wædla biþ upáhæfen and selflíce plerumque personarum ordinem permutat qualitas morum, ut sit
in-méde
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Hí nán þing him inmédre ne lǽten, ne besorhre, þonne hira Drihten Christo omnino nihil praeponant, R. Ben. 132, 8
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wærlíce
warily, cautiously, circumspectly, ⬩ in a way that guards against surprise ⬩ in a way that guards against an ill result, safely ⬩ carefully, heedfully, prudently
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Temien hire fleschs wisliche and warliche, R. 138, 8. Ha heold hire hird wisliche and warliche familiam pervigili cura gubernabat, Kath. 82. O.]
stæl-here
A marauding band ⬩ predatory army
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Ðæt hié ða burga hira módes wið stælherigas behealden, Past. 33; Swt. 229, 5
ǽr
before a certain time or circumstance ⬩ before the proper time ⬩ ago
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Gif hire forðsíð getímige ǽr him, Wlfst. 304, 23. Hé ǽr worolde rícsode, Past. 33, 13: Cri. 1346, marking preference (in the phrase ǽr ðám (ðan) ðe) Sum wíf wolde hire líf forlǽtan, ǽr ðan ðe heó luge, Hml. S. 12, 179.
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byrþen
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Hé bierð ðá byrðenne (pondus) hira scylda, 153, 7. Þá myclan byrþenne þǽre mycclan langunga, Bl. H. 135, 7. Gebígð ðæt folc hira hrycg tó hefegum byrðenum manegum ad portanda peccatorum onera, Past. 29, 17.
ge-hýran
To hear ⬩ give ear to ⬩ audīre ⬩ exaudīre ⬩ To hear ⬩ audīre ⬩ to obey ⬩ obĕdire
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v. trans. To hear, give ear to; audīre, exaudīre Forðamðe gé ne mágon gehýran mínespæce quia non pŏtestis audīre sermonem meum, Jn. Bos. 8, 43 : Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 22, 35. To eallum ðe ðis ylce stǽr becyme úres cynnes to rǽdanne oððe gehýranne omnes ad
ersc-hen
A quail ⬩ cŏturnix, perdix
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Drihten gesende swá micel fugolcyn on hira wícstówe swilce erschenna, ðæt is on Lýden cŏturnix ascendens cŏturnix co-opĕruit castra. Ex. 16, 13