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tó-blǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-blǽdan, p. de

To inflate, ⬩ puff up

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To inflate, puff up Sóð lufu ná byþ tóblǽdd caritas non inflatur, Scint. 82, 10

Linked entry: blǽdan

ge-dígan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dígan, -dýgan, -dégan, ic -díge, ðú -dígest, he -dígeþ, pl. -dígaþ; p. de; pp. ed

To endure ⬩ carry through ⬩ tolerate ⬩ overcome ⬩ escape ⬩ ĕti ⬩ perpĕti ⬩ perferre ⬩ tolerāre ⬩ superāre ⬩ evadere

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Ðæt wíf ne gedígþ hyre feore the woman will not escape with her life, Nar. 50, 10. Ðara monna hit ǽlc gedígde hominibus idem morsus non usque ad interitum nocebant, Nar. 16, 11.

Linked entries: ge-dégan ge-dýgan

felan

(v.)
Grammar
felan, p. fæl, pl. fǽlon; pp. folen

To stick ⬩ adhere ⬩ hærēre

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To stick, adhere; hærēre Ðæt ic in ne fele ut non inhæream, Ps. Surt. 68, 15

Linked entry: felgan

ofer-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-weorþ, ofer-wirþe; adj.
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Very worthy Oferwyrþe condignae (non sunt condignae passiones huius temporis ad futuram gloriam), Angl. xi. 171

un-feor

Grammar
un-feor, un-feorr. I.
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Ðá wæs þǽr unfeorr (náht feorr, v.l. non longe ] sum mynster, Gr. D. 103, 23. Add

un-weder

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Gif þá unwedru his ne forwyrnað si sterilitas impedimentum non fecerit temporis, Chrd. 15, 16. Add

hefig-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hefig-ness, e; f.

Heaviness ⬩ slowness ⬩ weight ⬩ grief ⬩ affliction

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Ne geman heó ðære hefinysse non meminit pressuræ, Jn. Skt. 16, 21. Yfelra úserra hefignisse malorum nostrorum pondere, Rd. 15, 30: Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 20, 12. Hefignise gebær ægrotationes portavit, 8, 17

mele-deáw

Grammar
mele-deáw, mil-deáw, es; n. m.

Honey-dew ⬩ nectar

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Nó hé fóddor þigeþ mete on moldan nemne meledeáwes dǽl gebyrge se dreóreþ oft æt miðdre nihte non illi cibus est nostro concessus in orbe, ambrosios libat cælesti nectare rores, stellifero teneri qui cecidere polo, Exon. 59 b; Th 215, 29; Ph. 260.

ge-stæððignes

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Mid gestæþignesse and nó mid higeleáste, 68, 2

Agustus

(n.)
Grammar
Agustus, nom. acc. gen. Agustuses; dat.- Agustuse; m. [generally spelled incorrectly in Anglo-Saxon MSS: Agustus, as well as Agustinus, for Augustus and Augustīnus, from augustus majestic, august, from augeo to increase, exalt, honour, praise] ,

Augustus ⬩ the month of August ⬩ mensis Augustus

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Augustus, the first Roman emperor, reigned from A. C. 30 to A. D. 14 Wearþ Agustus sárig Augustus was grieved, Ors. 5, 15; Bos. 114, 38. Agustuses látteówas the generals of Augustus, 5, 15; Bos. 114, 34. Búton Agustuse sylfum without Augustus himself

Linked entry: Augustus

tucian

(v.)
Grammar
tucian, (or túcian ?; in Piers P. (v. infra) touked occurs, but the form of the noun is tokkere as well as touker, Prol. 100 A-text, and Halliwell gives tucker = fuller as a western word); p. ode
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To treat ill, to afflict, harass, vex Unrihtwíse cyningas ðe ðis wérige folc wyrst tuciaþ (quos miseri torvos populi timent tyrannos; ða unrihtwísan cyningas . . . ðe ðis earme folc heardost ondrǽt, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 26-29), Met. 24, 60. Hé heora fela

Linked entry: ge-tucian

æppel

(n.)
Grammar
æppel, nom. ac. pl. æp(p)la, ap(p)la, æpplas (apples of eye); gen. pl. appla, æpplena; m.: appla (-u, v. finger-æppel), æppel (? æppel mala, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 40); n.

an apple (in a special and in a general sense as in oak-apple) ⬩ an apple-shaped object ⬩ an eye-ball

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Add: an apple (in a special and in a general sense as in oak-apple) Æppel pomum, Ælfc. Gr. 31, 4. Ęppel malum, Kent. Gl. 962. Scoldon hangigan reáde apla mala punica Hwæt is getácnod ðurh ðá reádan apla (appla, l. 13)? Se æppel bið betogen mid rinde,

be-scerian

(v.)
Grammar
be-scerian, -scirian, -scyrian, -scyrigan; p. ede; pp. ed

To deprive, separate, defraud ⬩ privare, separare, fraudare

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Híg ne synt bepǽhte oððe bescyrede fram heora gewilnunge non sunt fraudati a desiderio suo, thei weren not defraudid of her desier, Wyc. Ps. Lamb. 77, 30

Linked entries: be-scirian be-scyrian be-scyrigan bi-scerian

fernes

(n.)
Grammar
fernes, -ness, e; f.

A going ⬩ passing ⬩ gressus ⬩ transĭtus

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A going, passing; gressus, transĭtus Ne, ðǽr fernes is non est transĭtus, Ps. Th. 143, 18

ge-tregian

(v.)

to despise ⬩ despicere

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to despise; despicere Þú ne getregedest mǽdenes innoþ tu non despexisti virgins uterum, Te Deum, Lye

Linked entry: tregian

be-wǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-wǽgan, p. de; pp. ed

To deceive, disappoint ⬩ frustrari

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To deceive, disappoint; frustrari Ne bewǽgde him non frustratus est eum, Ps. Spl. C. 131, 11

Linked entry: bi-wǽgan

unriht-wífung

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-wífung, e; f.

Unlawful matrimony

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Unlawful matrimony Hé forlét ða unrihtwífunge abdicato connubio non legitimo, Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 30

and-wille

(adj.)
Grammar
and-wille, (?); adj.
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Obstinate Ne sý hé andwille (ann-, an-, v. ll.) non sit obstinatus, R. Ben. 121, 13

ge-módsumian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-módsumian, ge-módsumnes.
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The Latin originals are: perversorum amicitiis vita nostra concordat; testatur quod cum malis concordiam non teneret

hagal-scúr

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Ne bið þǽr hagulscúras hearde mid snáwe non veniet . . . nix, grando, procella, Dóm. L. 264. Add

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