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hyldan

(n.)
Grammar
hyldan, f. de

To flay

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To flay, take off the skin Hyldeþ discoriat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 78. And hyldon ða offrunge detractaque pelle hostiæ, Lev. 1, 6

hýnan

(v.)
Grammar
hýnan, hénan; p. de

To abusehumiliaterebukecorrectdespiseoppressafflictill-treat

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To abuse, humiliate, rebuke, correct, treat with insult or contumely, despise, oppress, afflict, ill-treat, bring or lay low, subject Ðám ilcan monnum ðe hé ðǽr þreátaþ and hénþ ipsis fratribus qui corriguntur, Past. 17, 7; Swt. 117, 16. Ða ðe hé ðǽr

Linked entry: hénan

hyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
hyrdan, herdan, hierdan; p. de

to emboldenencouragebrace

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To make hard, strong or bold, to embolden, encourage, brace Sóna æfter ðon suíðe líðelíce hierde [hirde, Cott. MS.] ða ðe hé unfæsðráde wisse caute monendo postmodum, quæ infirma sunt, roborat, Past. 32, 2; Swt. 213, 8. Tó ðam wáge geság heafelan onhylde

hýðan

(v.)
Grammar
hýðan, p. de

To despoilplunderlay wastepillageravage

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To despoil, plunder, lay waste, pillage, ravage Híðeþ and tó hám týhþ it plunders and brings home, Exon. l09 a; Th. 416, 25; Rä. 35. 4. Hýðaþ wíde gífre gléde widely shall the greedy flames lay waste, 23 a ; Th. 64, 28; Cri. 1044. Hit feor and wíde hýððe

Linked entry: hýð-scip

in-ásendan

(v.)
Grammar
in-ásendan, p. de

To send in

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To send in Hí inásendan ðæt bed summiserunt grabatum, Mk. Skt. 2, 4

in-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
in-dǽlan, p. de

To impartinfuse

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To impart, infuse Ðæt léht scínende indǽl heartum úsum illud lumen splendidum infunde cordibus nostris, Rtl. 2, 13. Indǽlde infudit, 47, 1

in-lǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
in-lǽdan, p. de

To leadbring inintroduce

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To lead or bring in, introduce Ne inlǽd úsih in costunge ne inducas nos in temtationem, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 13. Se ðe má manna inlǽde ðonne hé sceole he who introduces more men than he ought, Chart. Th. 606, 32. Mið ðý inlǽddon ðone cnæht aldro his cum

in-sendan

(v.)
Grammar
in-sendan, p. de

To send in

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To send in Insendes inmittit, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 9, 16. Insende engel dryhten inmittit angelum Dominus, Ps. Surt. 33, 8 : 39, 4

irfan

(v.)
Grammar
irfan, p. de

To inherit

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To inherit Yrfan hí swá hí wyrðe witan let the land devolve upon such as they know to be worthy or entitled [v. wyrðe], Chart. Th. 578, 9. v. [?] Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. i. xxxiii-v on the leases of church lands for lives, in which such phrases as the following

irman

(v.)
Grammar
irman, p. de

to afflictvex

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To make miserable or wretched, to afflict, vex Ðá ongunnan twá þeóda Pyhtas norþan and Scottas westan hí onwinnan and heora ǽhta niman and hergian and hí fela geára yrmdon and hýndon then began two peoples, the Picts from the north, the Scots from the

Linked entry: ge-irman

íwan

(v.)
Grammar
íwan, p. de

To show bring before the eyesdisplayreveal

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To show, bring before the eyes, display, reveal Ýweþ and yppeþ shews and reveals, Salm. Kmbl. 985; Sal. 494. Ðá ýwde hé ðǽr synne wisan culpam esse demonstravit, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 2. Ðá ýwde ic him sóna ða ylcan bóc ðara reogola quibus statim protuli

Linked entry: éwan

lǽfan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽfan, p. de.

to leaveto remain

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to leave Ic lǽfe eów sibbe percent relinquo vobis, Jn. Skt. 14, 27. Ic léfe lego, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 66. Gif hwæs bróðor deád biþ and lǽfþ his wíf si cujus frater mortuus fuerit et dimiserit uxorem, Mk. Skt. 12, 19. Hig ne lǽfaþ on ðé stán ofer stáne

Linked entry: be-lǽfan

lǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽnan, p. de

To lendgrantlease

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To lend, grant, lease Lǽnþ commodat, Ps. Spl. 36, 27 : 111, 5 : Blickl. Gl. Lénþ fenerator, Kent. Gl. 699. Gif gé lǽnaþ ðám ðe gé eft æt onfóþ hwilc þanc is eów sóþlice synfulle synfullum lǽnaþ si mutuum dederitis his a quibus speratis accipere quæ gratia

Linked entry: ge-léned

lǽwan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽwan, p. de

To betray

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To betray Ðonne lǽweþ bróðer óðerne hǽðnum on deáþ and sunu se lǽweþ his fæder then one brother shall betray another to the heathen to death, and a son he shall betray his father, Blickl. Homl. 171, 21

lengan

(v.)
Grammar
lengan, p. de

To pertainbelong

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To pertain, belong Ðonne heó byþ ii and xx niht eald ðæt ðú gesihst hit lenceþ tó góde and gefeán when the moon is twenty-two nights old, what thou seest belongs to good and to joy, Lchdm. iii. 160, 9

lífan

(v.)
Grammar
lífan, léfan, lýfan; p. de

allowpermit

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To give leave, allow, permit Ða feówer ic eów lýfe tó sǽde and tó mete quatuor reliquas permitto vobis in sementem et in cibum, Gen. 47, 24. Ic ðé selfes dóm lífe I allow you to decide, Cd. 91; Th. 115, 7; Gen. 1916. Moyses lýfde eów eówer wíf tó forlǽtenne

lífan

(v.)
Grammar
lífan, léfan, lýfan; p. de

To believe

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To believe Ðá lýfde Simplicus and fulwihte onféng, Shrn. 146, 18. Ða dysegan men ðe ðysum drýcræftum lýfdon. Bt. Met. Fox 26, 197; Met. 26, 99. Swá is tó lýfenne ðæt ... Blickl. Homl. 11, 12

mǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽlan, p. de

To speak

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To speak Se stán mǽlde for mannum the stone spake before men, Andr. Kmbl. 1533; An. 768. Wícinga ár wordum mǽlde, Byrht. Th. 132, 35; By. 26: 133, 1; By. 43: 137, 63; By. 210. Hyre se feónd oncwæþ, wordum mǽlde. Exon. 70 b; Th. 263, 18; Jul. 351. Be

Linked entries: mǽl sam-mǽle

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, p. de

To tell ofrelatedeclare

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To tell of, relate, declare Ne wyrneþ word lofes, wísan mǽneþ mine for mengo (cf. O. Sax. thú fora thesaro thiod telis, mahtig ménis). Exon. 105b; Th. 401, 14; Rä. 21, 11. Hæleþ hý hospe mǽnaþ men speak of her contemptuously, 90 a; Th. 337, 17; Gn. Ex

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, p. de

To lamentmourncomplain

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To lament, mourn, complain. intrans. Ðú simle mid wópe and mid unrótnesse mǽnst gif ðé ǽnies willan wana biþ (tu) qui abesse aliquid tuae beatitudini tam luctuosus atque anxius conqueraris, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 22. Ðá hé gehiérde ðæt ðæt folc mǽnde tó