be-hlídan
To cover over ⬩ to cover ⬩ close ⬩ tegere ⬩ claudere
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To cover over, to cover, close; tegere, claudere Híg awylton ðone stán, and ðone pytt eft behlidon thei schulden turne awei the stoon, and thei schulden put. it eft on the pit Wyc; Gen. 29, 3.
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for-liden
Shipwrecked ⬩ naufrăgus
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Th. 11, 19: 14, 1, 9: 15, 11: 21, 7, 13, 14, 15, 20: 22, 1, 22: 24, 16: 25, 9
leásettan
To feign ⬩ pretend
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To feign, pretend Leásetende ðæt hí woldon hine eft tó lífe árǽran pretending that they would raise hint to life again, Homl. Th. ii. 474, 10
ge-berian
To happen ⬩ evĕnīre ⬩ accĭdēre
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To happen; evĕnīre, accĭdēre Geberian compĕtĕre, C. R. Ben. 37. Geberede hit dæt Ercules com to him it happened that Hercules came to him, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 34, note 10, MS. Cot: Bt. Met. Fox 25, 61; Met. 25, 31
gealpettan
to devour, eat greedily
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to devour, eat greedily [? v. N. E. D. galp to gape; D.
ge-axian
To find out by asking ⬩ learn ⬩ hear ⬩ exquīrĕre ⬩ resciscĕre ⬩ audīre
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AIf. 49; Th. i. 56, 14, MS. H. Geaxode dómas responsa, Ælfc. Gl. 14; Som. 57, 131; Wrt. Voc. 20, 68
ge-bréman
To celebrate ⬩ make famous ⬩ honour ⬩ celebrāre ⬩ honōrāre
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To celebrate, make famous, honour; celebrāre, honōrāre He wolde gebréman ða ludéiscan he would honour the Jews, Som. Lye
plihtan
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To bring danger upon an object (dat.), to compromise [To plight has later the meaning of to promise under peril of forfeiture, to make a solemn engagement for which one has to answer] Gif hwá bútan leáfe of fyrde gewende ðe se cyng sylf on sý plihte
ge-æfnan
to perform ⬩ execute ⬩ perpetrate ⬩ accomplish ⬩ complete ⬩ make ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ patrāre ⬩ præstāre ⬩ făcĕre ⬩ to stir up ⬩ excite ⬩ excĭtāre ⬩ to bear ⬩ suffer ⬩ endure ⬩ sufferre ⬩ sustĭnēre
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b; Th. 176, 16; Gú. 1211. to bear, suffer, endure; sufferre, sustĭnēre Hí sceolon ðone ryhtan dóm ǽnne geæfnan they shall suffer the one righteous doom, Exon. 27 b; Th. 84, 7; Cri. 1370.
towettan
To associate with
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To associate with Riht is ðæt mynecena ne towettan woruldmannum ne ǽnige sundorcýððe tó heorn habban ealles to swíðe (the other reading is nǽfre wið worldmen ǽnige gemánan worldlícre cýððe habban tó swíðe), L. I. P. 15; Th. ii. 322, 33
geán-þingian
To speak again ⬩ answer ⬩ reply ⬩ respondēre
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To speak again, answer, reply; respondēre Him brego engla geánþingade the Lord of angels replied to him, Cd. 48; Th. 62, 5; Gen. 1009
wítega
a wise man ⬩ one who has knowledge ⬩ one who has knowledge from a superhuman source ⬩ prophet ⬩ wise man ⬩ diviner ⬩ soothsayer ⬩ a presage
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Th. 41, 4; Cri. 650: 316, 18 ; Mód. 50. Se wítiga (the Psalmist; v. Ps. 28, 3) cwæð, Fragm. Kmbl. 13; Leás. 8. Óð ðæt wítga cwom Daniel tó dóme, Cd. Th. 225, 5; Dan. 149. Wítga (Isaiah), Exon. Th. 19, 26; Cri. 306.
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ge-bógian
To inhabit ⬩ incŏlĕre
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To inhabit; incŏlĕre Hí gebógodon eástdǽl middaneardes they inhabited the east part of the earth, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 30, 31, 32
ge-biterian
To make bitter ⬩ amarefacere
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To make bitter; amarefacere Hí sealdon him gebiterod wín dăbant ei myrrhātum vīnum [amarefactum vīnum, vīnum myrrha imbūtum ], Mk. Bos. 15, 23
a-sǽlan
To bind fast ⬩ bind ⬩ astringere ⬩ ligare
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To bind fast, bind; astringere, ligare Synnum asǽled bound fast by sins, Elen. Kmbl. 2485; El. 1244: Cd. 100; Th. 132, 18; Gen. 2195: 166; Th. 207, 21; Exod. 470
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gafol
Tax ⬩ tribute ⬩ rent ⬩ interest ⬩ vectīgal ⬩ trĭbūtum ⬩ census ⬩ ūsūra
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Hí ðone fíftan dǽl ealra hiora eorþwæstma ðæm cyninge to gafole gesyllaþ they give the fifth part of all their fruits of the earth to the king for tribute, Ors. 1, 5; Bos. 28, 31 : Byrht. Th. 133, 6; By. 46.
Linked entries: gæfel gafel gaful gauel gauel-sester gæfel gafol-gilda gafol-rand
ge-rísan
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Ðá ðe gehrísseð tó cuoeðanne quae oporteat dicere, Lk. L. 12, 12. Geriseð tó wyrcanne, 13, 14. Gerás tó wyrcanne, n, 42
geond-brǽdan
To overspread ⬩ supersternĕre
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To overspread; supersternĕre Hit geondbrǽded wearþ beddum and bolstrum it was overspread with beds and bolsters, Beo. Th. 2483; B. 1239
ge-cwylman
To afflict ⬩ torment ⬩ punish ⬩ destroy ⬩ kill ⬩ pūnīre ⬩ trucīdāre ⬩ mortĭfĭcāre
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Th. i. 88, 6
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for-hátan
To renounce ⬩ forswear ⬩ renuntiāre ⬩ ejurāre
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To renounce, forswear; renuntiāre, ejurāre Búton he hit forhíten hæbbe unless he have forsworn it, L. Ælf. P. 47; Th. ii. 384, 30