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tó-gán

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Add Se Hǽlend betǽhte Thóman him hám tó hæbbenne and hí swá tóeódon, Hml. S. 36, 50. Add Hetelíce ástreccað ealle his lima ꝥ þá liþa him tógaan, Hml. S. 37, 99.

sprecan

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D. iii. 336, 26. add: to speak of Gif hié hwæt swá heálicra yfela on him ongieten ðæt hié hit niéde sprecan scylen si qua valde sunt eorum prava, apud semetipsos dijudicent, Past. 197, 6.

be-sárgian

(v.)
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Hí gesáwon ꝥ him næs álýfed unálýfedlic þing tó dónne, and hí besárgodon ꝥ hí sceoldon hyra gewunan forlǽtan. Gr. D. 104, 18. Hý ná ne ceorien, ne mid móde besárgien non murmurarent, R. Ben. 65, 9.

Linked entry: sárgian

æf-weardness

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Hí ofer ðæt swá dón noldon in ðæs fæder æfweardnysse, be ðám hí ongǽton ðæt hé him symble wæs ondweard on his gáste, Gr. D. 127, 25. On heora hláfordes æfweardnysse, 29, 2. Add

mundbyrdan

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Add: to defend, protect Hit gelamp ꝥ se hálga wer mundbyrde his ágene þegnas (bewerede his gingran, v. l. discipulos defendit ), Gr. D. 43, 13

lytling

(n.)
Grammar
lytling, es; m.

A little one ⬩ a young person ⬩ child

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Gif hwylc gódra wile his lytlingas hiom [priests ] tó láre befæstan, hig sceolon swíðe lustlíce hig onfón, and him tǽcan, L. E. I. 20; Th. ii. 414, 8

þyncan

Grammar
þyncan, <b>. I</b> I.
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Hit þúhte him feáwa daga videbantur illi panci dies, Gr. D. 29, 20. Add

gódian

(v.)
Grammar
gódian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed.
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On his dagum hit gódode in his days things improved, Chr. 959; Erl. 119, 13: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 105, 19. Gif his hreófla gódigende wǽre if his leprosy were getting better, Homl. Th. i. 124, 27.

Linked entry: ge-gódian

ge-winnan

(v.)
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To get by effort what is striven for. of peaceful effort Him bið leán gearo þæs wé magon fremena gewinnan reward shall await him from any good we may gain, Gen. 437. His hyldo is unc betere tó gewinnanne þonne his wiðermédo, 660.

spanan

(v.)
Grammar
spanan, p. spón, speón; pp. spanen

To allure ⬩ entice ⬩ lure ⬩ decoy ⬩ attract ⬩ urge ⬩ suggerere, suadere, persuadere ⬩ to allure

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Cwæð, ðæt hine his hige speóne, ðæt hé trymede getimbro, 18, 17; Gen. 274. in a bad sense, with a prepositio Hine spænþ his mód tó unnyttum weorce, Past. 4; Swt. 37, 18. Deófol hine on wóh spaneþ, Salm. Kmbl. 1002; Sal. 502: 990; Sal. 496.

nágan

(v.)
Grammar
nágan, = ne ágan.

not to have ⬩ not to be allowed ⬩ ought not

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Gif hé náh his selfes geweald, Met. 16, 21. Helle hlinduru nágon hwyrft, Exon. Th. 364, 29; Wal. 78. Ðeáh ðú hí nǽfre náhtest, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 1. Hé náhte his líchoman geweald, Blickl. Homl. 223, 11.

ge-leornian

(v.)
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Þá geleornedon his byrelas him betweónum hú bié him mehten ꝥ líf oþþringan, and him gesealdon átor drincan: þá forlét hé his líf Alexander, cum ministri insidiis venenum potasset, interiit, Ors. 3, 9; S. 136, 14.

swangorness

(n.)
Grammar
swangorness, e; f.

Heaviness, torpor, sloth, indolence, sluggishness

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Ðæt is ðonne ðæt mon his eáge lǽte slápian ðæt mon for his unwísdóme and for his suongornesse ne mǽge ongietan ða unðeáwas ðara ðe him underðiédde beóþ.

píle

(n.)
Grammar
píle, an; f.
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Swilce hit on pílan gepílod wǽre quasi pilo tusum, Ex. 16,14

hyþ

Grammar
hyþ, l.
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Swá hwæt on hýðþe and on temprunge byð hálwende hit ys quicquid cum modo (but commodo has been read) et temperamento fit, salutare est, Scint. 54, 19. Tó þám ꝥ hé him gedyde sume getǽse hýððe his geswinces ei laboris sui commodum dedit, Gr.

dragan

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Hí becnytton his swuran mid rápe and drógon (cf. tugon, 54) hine swá swá hí ǽr dydon, Hml. S. 15, 82. Drógun (trógun, R., cf. tróg, v. 11) segni trahentes rete, Jn. 21, 8. Dragað hine niwelne his neb tó eorðan, 14, 155.

be-cuman

to come ⬩ get, ⬩ to come to power ⬩ get into trouble ⬩ to come to ⬩ by ⬩ to cometo a person ⬩ to befall ⬩ to become ⬩ behove

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Hí him gefylstan ꝥ hié eft tó hiora ágnum becóman vindicati sunt et restituti, Ors. 4, 3; S. 162, 21.

inlíce

(adv.)
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Bitere seel hit him wyrþan forgolden, búton hé hit mid ælmessan inlíce forgilde, Wlfst. 277, 7. Þæt is heálic rǽd monna gehwylcum . . . þæt hé symle inlocast and geornlícost God weorðige, Cri 432. Add

for-gitan

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On ðǽre gesundfulnesse mon forgiett (-git, v. l.) his selfes, Past. 35, 6. Hit forgiteð his ágenes gódes, Gr. D. 6, 11. Heó forgeat ꝥ heó hine mid ródetácne gebletsode (ne gebledsode, v. l.) eam signo crucis benedicere oblita est, 30, 34.

spellian

(v.)
Grammar
spellian, p. ode.

To talk ⬩ converse ⬩ discourse ⬩ To announce ⬩ proclaim ⬩ tell ⬩ utter ⬩ amare conterens impudentem ⬩ to tell, announce ⬩ to talk

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Hí ealne dæg fleardiaþ and spelliaþ, L. 1. P. 14; Th. ii. 322, 25. Ðá hig spelledon (woeron spellendo, Lind. : spellende, Rush.) dum fabularentur, Lk. Skt. 24, 15. Mid deádum spellian, gestrión hit getácnaþ, Lchdm. iii. 202, 5.