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stǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
stǽlan, p. de

To impute a crime toa personto chargedeclare something against a person

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Ic wolde andettan and stǽlan ongeán mé sylfne míne scylda pronuntiabo adversum me injustitias meas, 31, 6. Synne stǽlan, Menol. Fox 569; Gn. C. 54. Fǽhðe ic wille on weras stǽlan (of the threatened deluge), Cd. Th. 81, 27; Gen. 1352.

líf

(adv.)
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Mid þweorum life, Bd. 5, 13; Sch. 642, 7. Orsorg líf lǽdan, Met. 7, 40.

FETER

(n.)
Grammar
FETER, fetor, e; f.

A FETTERchain for the feetcompespĕdĭca

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Ic módsefan mínne sceolde feterum sǽlan I must bind my thought in fetters, 76b; Th. 287, 29; Wand. 21: Salm. Kmbl. 141; Sal. 70

Linked entries: feoter fetor

blǽc-ern

(n.)
Grammar
blǽc-ern, es; n.

Literally a lamp or candlestick, also the light itselfverbum de verbo, candelabrum, etiam candela, lucerna

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Blǽcern fótum mínum lucerna pedibus meis, Ps. Th. 118, 105

Linked entry: blác-ern

þring

(n.)

a presscrowdwhat presses or confines

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Myd wel muchel þrynge, Misc. 86, 72. Cf. No þring of folc, A. R. 162, 8.] Similar entries v. eofor-, ge-þring. Grammar þring, (or þryng?) what presses or confines Þryng cannalis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 5. [Cf. Icel. þröng a strait, a narrow place.]

Linked entry: þryng

ge-freólsian

(v.)
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Ox. 1493. to free from an unpleasant condition (e. g. doubt) Þú mé hæfst gefreól-sod (-frýlsod, v.l. ) þǽre tweóunge mínes módes, Bt. 41, 3; F. 248, 25. to celebrate a festival Is heó wel wyrðe þæt hire ácennednys árwurðlíce gefreólsod sý, Hml.

on-gitenness

(n.)
Grammar
on-gitenness, e ; f.

understanding, knowledge

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Similar entries and-git. ) Ðeós ongitenys (þes ongitenysse, MS. ) mínre untrumnysse ys ðæt of ðisum líchaman sceal beón se gást álǽded the meaning of my illness is, that the spirit shall be taken away from the body, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 80, 22

Linked entry: -gitenness

þeód

(n.)
Grammar
þeód, e; f.
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Mid ðǽm ieldstan witum mínre þeóde, L. In. prm.; Th. i. 102, 6. Þióde aldor, Dauid, Ps. C. 146. In lond ðara ðeáde in regionem Gerasenorum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 28. Hér Édwine kyning wæs gefulwad mid his þeóde, Chr. 627; Erl. 24, 2.

Linked entries: þeád þeóden

ge-secgan

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Gisægi (annuncia) folce mínum héhsynna hiara, Rtl. 5, 16. Hé hine monnum gecýþan and gesecgan teolode, Bl. H. 165, 31. Ðá hérde Ægelríc þet gesecgon.

Ælfréd

(n.)
Grammar
Ælfréd, es; m. [ælf an elf; réd = rǽd counsel, wise in counsel: v. Ælfred]

AlfredAlfrédusAlfred the Great

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Ða ylcan sumere, forwearþ ná læs ðonne xx scipa mid mannum mid ealle be ðam súþ. riman in the same year [A.D. 897], the king [Alfred] commanded his men to go to Wight... They then took two of the ships, and slew the men ...

tellan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
tellan, p. tealde; pp. teald: also forms as from telian occur: ic telge, hí teliaþ; p. telede; p. teled.
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Se láreów Béda telþ mid micclum gesceáde ðæt se dæg is xii. KL. Aprilis, 100, 13. 'Telle (numera) ǽlcne wépnedman' ... Moises tealde (numeravit), Num. 3, 15, 16.

Basilius

(n.)
Grammar
Basilius, g. Basilies; m.

Basil, bishop of CæsarēaKαιδάρεια

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He wæs swýðe gelǽred and swýðe mihtig lareów, and he munuc regol gesette mid swýðlícre drohtnunge. He wæs ǽr Benedictus, ðe us bóc awrát on Lédenre spræce leóhtre be dǽle ðonne Basilius, ac he tymde swáðeáh to Basilies tǽcinge for his trumnysse.

BEORHT

(adj.)
Grammar
BEORHT, berht, byrht, bryht; adj.

BRIGHTlightclearlucidsplendidexcellentsplendidusluciduscoruscusclarusformosusbrightbrilliantmagnificentnobleglorioussublimedivineholyclaruspræclaruseximiusaugustusdivussanctus

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Mid ðý beorhtan gebéde with the holy prayer. [the Lord's prayer] Salm. Kmbl. 87; Sal. 43

drincan

(v.)
Grammar
drincan, to drincenne, ic drince, ðú drincst, he drincþ, dryncþ, pl. drincaþ; p. dranc, pl.druncon; pp.druncen [drinc drink] .

DRINK, imbibebibĕre, potāre, imbĭbĕre

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Bos. 2, 10. the Anglo-Saxons often drank to excess, as is evident by the exhortation of Abbot Ælfric to his friend Sigferd, to whom he dedicated his Treatises on the Old and New Testaments Ðú woldest me laðian, ðá ðá ic wæs mid ðé ðæt ic swíðor drunce

infangeneþeóf

(n.)
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Kmbl. iv. 227, 9, where is the form 'mid infangenum þeófe.'

rǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
rǽcan, p. rǽhte.
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Heó rǽhte mid handum tó heofoncyninge, Cd. Th. 292, 7; Sat. 437 : Beo. Th. 1499; B. 747. Rǽhton wíde geond werþeóda wróhtes telgan, Cd. Th. 61, 1; Gen. 990.

Linked entry: a-rǽcan

ge-lǽran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lǽran, ic -lǽre, ðú -lǽrest, -lǽrst, he -lǽreþ, -lǽrþ, pl. -lǽraþ; p. -lǽrde; pp. -lǽred, -lǽrd

To teacheducateinstructadvisepersuadeinducedŏcēreerŭdīrepersuādēre

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Ðæt gebrócode flǽsc gelǽrþ ðæt upahæfene mód the afflicted flesh teaches the proud mind, Past. 36, 7; Swt. 257, 14; Hat. MS. 48 a, 22. Hi á sibbe gelǽraþ they shall ever teach peace, Exon. 89 a; Th. 334, 23; Gn. Ex. 20.

Linked entry: ge-lǽred

slǽpan

(v.)
Grammar
slǽpan, slépan ; p. te. [The Northern Gospels also shew forms from slépian
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Skt. 22, 45. to sleep, lie with a person Gif hwá fǽmnan beswíce unbeweddode, and hire mid slǽpe (slépe, MS G. ), L. Alf. 29; Th. i. 52, 6

Linked entry: slépan

un-gerád

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gerád, adj.

stupidrudeunskilledfoolishignorantdiscordantdisagreeingat variance

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Ic sceal nú mid ungerádum wordum gesettan, þeáh ic geóhwílum gecoplíce funde carmina qui quondam studio florente peregi, moestos cogor inire modos, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 7

Linked entry: ge-rád

un-lytel

(adj.)
Grammar
un-lytel, adj.

not littlegreatnot littlenot few in numbermuchnot littlegreat

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Se eorl com mid unlytlan weorode, Chr. 1068; Erl. 206, 10. Mycel feoh and unlytel summam pecuniae non parvam, Bd. 4, 11; S. 579, 20: 4, 5; S. 571, 35. Micle lác and unlytle ælmessan, Wulfst. 278, 5. Ic him gestrýnde unlytel folc, Homl.