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DIHT

(n.)
Grammar
DIHT, es;

a setting in order, disposing, contriving, disposition, conduct, consultation, deliberation, purposedisposĭtio, excogitātio, consĭlium, propŏsĭtum a dictating, direction, order, commanddictātio, directio, jussum, mandātum

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disposĭtio, excogitātio, consĭlium, propŏsĭtum God gefylde on ðam seofoðan dæge his weorc ðe he worhte on wunderlícum dihte, and he on ðam seofoðan dæge geswác ðæs dihtes ðæs deóplícan cræftes God completed on the seventh day his works which he had wrought with

Linked entry: dyht

DÓGOR

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
DÓGOR, dóger, es; m. n.
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Dógor beóþ mín forþscriðen my days will be departed, Exon. 48 a; Th. 164, 14; Gú. 1011. He dógora gehwám dreám gehýrde hlúdne in healle he heard loud merriment each day in the hall, Beo. Th. 176; B. 88: Bt. Met.

Linked entry: dóger

for-stelan

(v.)
Grammar
for-stelan, he -steleþ, -stelþ, -stylþ, pl. -stelaþ; p. -stæl, pl. -stǽlon; pp. -stolen

To steal with violencerobdeprivefūrārisurrĭpĕreprīvāre

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To steal with violence, rob, deprive; fūrāri, surrĭpĕre, prīvāre Sécende forstelan sáwla quærens fūrāri anĭmas, Ps. Lamb. fol. 142, 8. Gif ceorl ceáp forstelþ [-stylþ MS. B; -steleþ MS. H.] if a churl steal property, L. In. 57; Th. i. 138, 15: L.

FRIGNAN

(v.)
Grammar
FRIGNAN, part. frigneride, ic frigne, ðú frignest, he frigneþ, pl. frignaþ; p. ic, he frægn, frægen, frægin, fræng, fregen, fregn, ðú frugne, pl. frugnon; impert. frign, pl. frignaþ; subj. pres. frigne, pl. frignen; pp. frugnen

To askinquireinterrŏgāresciscĭtāri

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To ask, inquire; interrŏgāre, sciscĭtāri Ic ðé frignan wille hwæt forlǽtest ðú me I wish to ask thee why hast thou forsaken me. Andr. Kmbl. 2824; An. 1414.

Linked entries: fregnan fricgan frinan

hengen

(n.)
Grammar
hengen, e; f.

hanging that on which any one is hunga gibbetgallowscrossprisonconfinementdurance.

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Hét hine hón and mid hengen þráwan tó langere hwíle bade hang him and for a long time torture him with hanging, 308, 31. that on which any one is hung, a gibbet, gallows, cross Crist ðone ðe hí on hengene fæstnodon Christ whom they fastened on a cross

Linked entry: heng-wíte

ildest

(adj.)
Grammar
ildest, superl.

eldestoldestprincipalchiefgreatest

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Ic hit rehte ðam yldostan Egiptan witun I told it to the chief wise men of Egypt, Gen. 41, 24

ge-feormian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feormian, p. ode; pp. od. v. a.

to entertainharbourreceive as a guestfeedcherishsupportsusciperehospitio suscipereepularefoverecurareto feed ondevourvescicomedereto cleansefarmcleanse outmundare

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Hát gefeormian mín blód bid [them] wipe away my blood, Blickl. Homl. 183, 26

síðian

(v.)
Grammar
síðian, p. ode
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Ðæt ic hláfordleás hám síðie, wende fram wíge, Byrht. Th. 139, 9 ; By. 251. Ðǽr gé síðien, Cd. Th. 195, 6 ; Exod. 272. Síðien and færen comitentur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 14. For ðé sceal ǽlc flǽsc forþ síðian ad te omnis caro veniet, Ps. Th. 64, 2.

á-beódan

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Ðæt ic wiþ ðé sceolde ǽrendsprǽce ábeódan, Räi. 61, 16. Áboden bið praedicabitur Lk. R. 12, 3: 24, 47.

Linked entry: eoton-weard

á-rǽran

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Gif se hláford him wile ꝥ land árǽran tó weorce and tó gafole if the lord want to raise the rent of the land for him by exacting work as well as payment, 146, 4. to extol Up áhefde, árǽrde extollit, An. Ox. 2425.

Linked entry: rǽran

díc

(n.; v.)
Grammar
díc, es, e, and indecl.; m. f. [The instances given in Dict. under díc; m. and díc; f. may probably be taken together.]
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S. 27, 39. an earthwork with a trench Gihaðrigað ðec fióndas ðíne mið díce (dícg, L.) circumdabunt te inimici tui uallo, Lk. R. 19, 43.

éfestan

(v.)
Grammar
éfestan, l. efestan,
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Tó ðǽm heistum ibodum oefistende ad altiora festinans, Mt. p. 9, 17. trans. with gen. To strive after, endeavour to do, undertake Þá gódan weorc wé ánforlátaþ . . . Uton wé nú efstan ealle mægene gódra weorca, and geornfulle beón Godes miltsa, Bl.

fætt

Grammar
fætt, l. fǽtt,

plumpcorpulentobesefattedplumpfull-bodiedsubstantialoleaginousunctuousrichfertileproductiverich

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Gl. 788. fertile, productive, rich (soil) Ðeós wyrt byþ cenned on fǽttum landum and begánum, Lch. i. 254, 11. well supplied with what is needful or desirable, rich in good things Æt fruman ðes middangeard wæs ðeónde, . . . on spéda genihtsumnysse fǽtt

ge-hreósan

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L. 104, 38. to rush upon, move with violence On gehreósan ingruere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 73. <b>IV a.

ge-ládian

(v.)
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Th. i. 354, 27. to clear oneself by shewing that one had no cognizance of a matter, did not connive at ( clause with þæt) Gif hé nyte hwá hit stǽle, geládige hine selfne ꝥ hé þǽr nán fácn ne gefremede, Ll. Th. i. 50, 31.

ge-neát

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Add: one who enjoys (v. neótan) with another, one who belongs to the household or following (comitatus) of a superior Genaeot inquilinis (cf. inquilinus inbúend, 134, 24), Wrt. Voc. ii. in, 53. Geneát, 45, 57.

ge-nirwan

Grammar
ge-nirwan, ge-nirwian.
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Voc. ii. 133, 15. of space-relations, to make narrow, contract Se arc wæs swá genyrwed ꝥ hé wæs mid ánre fæðme belocen ufewerd arca collecta in cacumen angustum, ita ut cubitus sit longitudinis et latitudinis, Angl. vii. 34, 325. (1 a) with idea of pressure

Linked entry: ge-nyrwian

ge-sǽlan

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Th. 166, 20. the subject not expressed Hwílum us on ýðum earfoðlíce gesǽleð at times things go hard with us at sea, An. 515

orf

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If a man returned from a journey not undertaken for the purchase of cattle, and brought some back with him, he was obliged within five days of his return to give notice of his purchase to the proper authority. v. Ll. Th. i. 274, 23-276, 5.

scip

(n.)
Grammar
scip, a ship.
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Gyf mon beó at his ǽhtan bereáfod and hé wite of hwilcum scipe, ágyfe steóresman þá ǽhta, Ll. Th. i. 286, 17. Se nówent rihte ꝥ lytle ǽrene scip þe wiþhindan þám máran scipe gefæstnod wæs nauta post navem carabum regebat, Gr. D. 347, 2.