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el-mehtig

(adj.)
Grammar
el-mehtig, almighty, Ps. C. 77 [Pfr. Germ. io, 427]

Similar entry: eal-mihtig

hatian

(v.)
Grammar
hatian, <b>; II 2.</b>
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See hettan

strude

Grammar
strude, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 26. v. next word.

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eald-letre

Grammar
eald-letre, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 57. v. next word.

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gihsinga

(n.)
Grammar
gihsinga, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 13. v. ge-scinco.

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hand-hæbbende

(adj.)
Grammar
hand-hæbbende, Add: v. hand;
1.

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trymming

Grammar
trymming, <b>II b.</b>
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., trymunge, Lch. iii. 206, 19) tutamento, Archiv cxxv. 59, 381. Trimminge (trimnige, MS., truminge, Lch. iii. 210, 30) tutamentum, 65, 585

þurh-wunung

Grammar
þurh-wunung, <b>. II.</b> add.
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Be þurhwunge. Ne bið nó þám crístenan menn sceáwod se fruma þæs gódan weorcts, ac se ende; for þon þe ǽlcum men bið demed be his þám endenýstan weorcum, Archiv cxxii. 260, l

under-niman

Grammar
under-niman, <b>. II.</b> l.
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Se fæder gelǽrde ꝥ mǽden, and hió þá láre deóplíce undernam, Hml. S. 33, 28. Add

fíftig

Grammar
fíftig, <b>; II a.</b>
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Ǽr þám fíftigan sealme ante psalmum quinquagesimum, Chrd. 28, 1. Add

findan

Grammar
findan, <b>; II 7.</b>
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Hí tó rǽde fundon, ꝥ ... decretum est, quia, Bd. 2, 5; Sch. 135, 9. (7a) to fix upon a person for an office :-- Hí swá fúle men him fundon tó godum, Sal. K. 123, 108. Add

CUNNAN

(v.)
Grammar
CUNNAN, ic can, con, ðú canst, const, he can, con, pl. cunnon; p. ic, he cúðe, ðú cúðest, pl. cúðon; subj. cunne, pl. cunnen; p. cúðe, pl. cúðen; pp. [on]-cunnen, cúþ; v. a.

to be or become acquainted with, to know ⬩ noscĕre, scire ⬩ CAN ⬩ scire, posse

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The weak p. cúðe, pl. cúðon, for cunde, cundon, is formed regularly from the inf. cunnan. The pp. generally takes the weak form, in Anglo-Saxon as well as in the cognate words; but strong and weak forms are both found, in A.

Linked entries: cúðe cúðen cúðon con can cann

un-feor

(adv.)
Grammar
un-feor, un-feorr; adv.

Not far off ⬩ at no great distance off ⬩ no great distance

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Fram ðam mynstre unfeor wæs ðære abbudissan mynster a quo (monasterio) non longe, illa monasterium habebat, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 1. where the point from which distance is measured is implied Wutað ðætte unfeorr sié scitote quod in proximo sit, Mk.

be-cýpan

(v.)
Grammar
be-cýpan, ic -cýpe, ðú -cýpest, -cýpst, he -cýpeþ, cýpþ, pl. -cýpaþ; p. ic, he -cýpte, ðú -cýptest, pl. -cýpton ; pp. -cýped, -cýpt

To sell ⬩ vendere

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To sell; vendere Ðú becýptest folc ðín vendidisti populum tuum, Ps. Spl. 43, 14. Gif hwá becýpþ his dóhtor si quis vendiderit filiam suam, Ex. 21, 7. Iosep becýped wæs venundatus est Ioseph, Ps. Spl. 104, 16 : Mt. Bos. 10, 29

Linked entry: be-ceápian

baðian

(v.)
Grammar
baðian, beðian, beðigean, ic -ige, -yge; p. ode, ede; pp. od.

To wash ⬩ foment ⬩ cherish ⬩ lavare ⬩ fovere ⬩ To BATHE ⬩ lavari ⬩ balneare ⬩ aquis se immergere

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Wit unc in ðære burnan baðodan we two washed ourselves in that brook, Exon. 121b; Th. 467, 2; Hö. 132. v. intrans. To BATHE; lavari, balneare, aquis se immergere Seldon heó baðian wolde she would seldom bathe, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 6.

Linked entries: bæðian beðian beðigean

DEORFAN

(v.)
Grammar
DEORFAN, ic deorfe, ðú dyrfst, he dyrfþ, pl. deorfaþ; p. dearf, pl. durfon; pp. dorfen

To labour ⬩ laborāre

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To labour; laborāre Ne wiðcweðe ic to deorfenne gyt, gif ic nýdbehéfe eom gyt ðínum folce I refuse not to labour still, if I am yet needful to thy people, Homl. Th. ii. 516, 26. Þearle ic deorfe I labour very much, Coll, Monast. 19, 13

Linked entry: mán-deorf

BRECAN

(v.)
Grammar
BRECAN, ic brece, ðú bricest, bricst, he briceþ, bricþ, pl. brecaþ; p. ic, he bræc, ðú brǽce, pl. brǽcon; pp. brocen.

to BREAK, burst, violate break or burst through; ⬩ frangere, confringere, rumpere, perfringere, perrurnpere ⬩ to press, force, urge; ⬩ urgere ⬩ to rush into ⬩ take ⬩ by storm ⬩ in locum irrumpere, expugnare, ⬩ erumpere, prorumpere, crepare, fremere ⬩ to break ⬩ burst forth ⬩ make a noise ⬩ crash ⬩ to sail; ⬩ navigare ⬩ To retch; ⬩ screare

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Seó wiht, gif hió gedýgeþ, dúna briceþ the creature, if it escape, will burst the hills, Exon. 109 b; Th. 420, 6; Rä. 39, 6. Him egsa becom ðá déma duru in helle bræc dread came over them when the judge burst the doors in hell.

Linked entries: ǽ-brec hús-brice brǽce brec breca brece

horh

Grammar
horh, [The hor(g)-, hor(e)w- forms seem to belong to the same original nominative, but they are so far differentiated in meaning that they are taken separately.]
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Voc. ii. 108, 71: 35, 64. Swiling wið hórum (hrum, MS.) and gillistrum tó heáfdes hǽlo, Lch. ii. 2, 3. [H]óras, i. 358, 13. Dracontjan wiþ fúle hóras on men, ii. 174, 5. Add

cneó-mǽgas

(n.)
Grammar
cneó-mǽgas, cneów mǽgas, -mágas, pl. m. [cneó II. generation, mǽg relation]

Relations of the same sex or the same generation ⬩ consanguinei

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Relations of the same sex or the same generation; consanguinei Cneówmǽgas relations Cd. 83; Th. 104, 11; Gen. 1733. From cneómǽgum from their relations Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 8; Æðelst. 8. Enos ongon, mid ðám cneómágum, ceastre timbran Enoch began, with

Linked entry: cneów-mǽgas

CLIMBAN

(v.)
Grammar
CLIMBAN, ic climbe, ðú climst, he climþ, climbaþ; clamb, clumbon; clumben; v. a.

To CLIMB ⬩ scandere, ascendere

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To CLIMB; scandere, ascendere Clumbon [MS. Clumben] upp to ðe stépel climbed up to the steeple, Chr. 1070; Erl. 209, 9. Clumbon [MS. Clumben] upp to ðe hálge róde climbed up to the holy cross, Erl. 209, 6

Linked entry: climan

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