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wág-rift

(n.)
Grammar
wág-rift, es; n.

A wall-covering, a curtain, veil (of the temple)

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hæfð ðiderynn gedón . . . .ii. wáhræft, Chart. Th. 429, 29. [An waȝherifft wass spredd fra wah to waȝhe, Orm. 1014.]

Linked entry: wág-hrægel

læccan

(v.)
Grammar
læccan, læccean; p. læhte; pp. læht

To takegraspseizecatchapprehendcapture

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Hí gærs ǽton georne and ǽlc læhte of óðrum gif hé hwæt litles hæfde they eagerly ate grass, and each seized from the other, if he had any little bit, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 10.

Linked entries: on-leccan leccan

óþ-íwan

(v.)
Grammar
óþ-íwan, -éwan, -eáwan, -eówan, -iéwan, -ýwan.
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Hé óþéwde openlíce ðæt hé ǽr gehýd hæfde. Ors. 6, 34; Swt. 288, 32. Óþíwde, Ps. Spl. 77, 14. Óþiéwde, Cd. Th. 44, 24; Gen. 714. Hér cometa hiene óþiéwde, Chr. 729; Erl. 46, 5. Ðæt ðú mé óbéwe, Bt. 22, 2; Fox 78, 11. Wearþ ðþiéwed án ígland.

Linked entries: óþ-eáwan óþ-éwan

rǽswan

(v.)
Grammar
rǽswan, rǽswian, rǽsian, résian; p. ede, ode
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Hé résade ( suspicabatur ) ðæt hé hæfde ðæs Cáseres ǽrendo sum tó Breotone cyningum ... Ðá hé ongeat ðæt hit swá ne wæs swá hé résade, Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 48-,565. 3. Rǽswodan, spǽcan, wǽron gemunende comminiscuntur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 1.

Linked entry: résian

blác

(adj.)
Grammar
blác, adj.

bright, shininglucidus, splendidusBLEAK, pale, pallid, livid, as in deathpallidus, de moribundis et mortuispallidus, subalbus

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He hæfde blæc feax and blácne andwlitan he had black hair and a pale countenance, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 34. Se móna mid his blácan leóhte the moon with her pale light, Bt. 4; Fox 6, 34

Linked entry: blǽc

dígolnes

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hæfde behýdd on his dígolnysse án wurðlic weorc, Hml. S. 5, 250. Hé him cýtan árǽrde on sumere dígelnysse swylce hé ancersetla beón mihte, 31, 1069. Dígelnesse latibulum, i. obscurum, An. Ox. 3318. Deágelnesse abyssum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 29.

eád

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Ic þé góda swá fela forgiefen hæfde, and þé on þám eallum eádes tó lyt þúhte, gif þú meahte spéd efenmicle Gode ágan ne móste, 1401: 1199: Gú. 1165. Forber oft ðæt ðú wrecan mæge; geþyld bið middes eádes, Prov. K. 25. Eádes hleótan, Fä. 89.

éce

(adj.)
Grammar
éce, adj.
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Hé on feorhgebeorh foldan hæfde eallum eorðcynne éce láfe frumcneów gehwæs túddorteóndra he (Noah) to save life for all that lives on earth had a remnant that should perpetuate it, to wit, the primal generation of everything that has offspring (i. e.

sacerd

(n.)
Grammar
sacerd, es; m.

A priest

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Hæfde se sacerd ( sacerdos) on Madian seofon dohtra, Ex. 2, 16. Moises heóld his mǽges sceáp ðæs sacerdes on Madian, 3, 1. Putifares dohtor ðæs sacerdes of ðære byryg, Gen. 41, 45. Hé slóh ðæs sacerdes(héhsacerdas, Lind. Rush.) þeów, Mk.

brengan

(v.)
Grammar
brengan, ic brenge, ðú brengest, brengst, he brengeþ, brengþ, brencþ, pl. brengaþ ; p. ic, he brohte, ðú brohtest, pl. brohton; pp. broht ; v. a.

To bring, adduce, lead, produce, bear, carry; ferre, afferre, offerre, proferre

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Ða he hæfde ǽr him to wífe broht whom he had formerly married [lit. he had formerly taken to himself for a wife], Bd. 3, 7; S. 529, 30

Linked entry: bringan

tíþe

(n.)
Grammar
tíþe, tíþa (-e, -a; masc.: -u, -a, -e; fem.: -a; pl.)

to obtain one's request,to have granted the request for something

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Heó ábæd æt Gode Godes willan tó ðám ðæt heó sunu hæfde, and heó sóna wæs tíðu (other MSS. tíða), Homl. Ass. 38, 357. For swá hwæne swá heó bit, heó biþ tíða simle, Homl. Skt. ii. 29, 274. Ðæt ic (a widow) beó ðæs tíðe ðe ic bidde, Homl.

Linked entries: týþa un-tygþa tíþ

ge-tíþian

(v.)
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Þisne anweald hé forgeaf Petre ... þone ylcan andweald hæfð se Ælmihtiga getíðod biscopum, i. 370, 4-13. Críst hæfð micel getíþod eów, Hml. S. 36, 167

óþ-fleón

(v.)
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Wil-niende ðæt hí ǽlcum gewinne óþflogen hæfdon, I. 4; Swt. 32, 21

grimlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
grimlíc, adj.
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Ða Crétense hæfdon ðone grimlecan sige cruentiorem victoriam Cretenses exercuerunt, Ors. 1, 9; Swt. 42, 28. Se légdraca grimlíc gryre the fire-drake, that fierce horror, Beo. Th. 6074; B. 3041.

tang

(n.)
Grammar
tang, e; tange, an; f.

A pair of tongs

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Hí fýrene tangan him on handa hæfdon, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 42

Linked entry: ísen-tanga

fore-spreca

an advocatedefendera sponsor

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Hí blissodon ꝥ hí swilcne forespræcan him áfunden hæfdon, Hml. A. 101, 317. a sponsor Se godfæder wæs þæs cildes forspreca and borh wið God, Hml. Th. ii. 50, 17. Þá þe æt font*-*bæþe úre forespecan (-sprecan, v. l.) wǽran, Wlfst. 67, 9: 109, 16.

heán-lic

paltrycommonvilecontemptiblebase

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Þá hláfordas hæfdon heánlicne sige (indignam victoriam), 2, 6; S. 88, 1. Þá áscedan hiene his þegnas hwý hé swá heánlice word be him selfum gecwǽde, ꝥ hé oferwunnen wǽre, 4, 1; S. 156, 29

ge-hergian

(v.)
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Hí námon menn and swá hwæt swá hí findan mihtan, and gewendon him tó Baldewines land, and sealdon þǽr þet hí gehergod hæfdon, Chr. 1046; P. 167, I. Ealle þá men þe hié geher-gead hæfden Ors. 4, 6 ; S. 178, 13.

ár

Grammar
ár, honour.
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Gode þancian þǽra ára þe hi be wege hæfdon, Ps. Th. 22, arg. property Gange seó ár unbeflitan intó See Petre, Cht. Th. 148, 4. Þeós ár, 203, 37.

be-sorgian

(v.)
Grammar
be-sorgian, bi-sorgian; p. ode; pp. od

To be sorry for, to care for, be anxious about, fear

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Ðú hæfst gesúnd gehealden eall ðæt deórwyrðoste, ðætte ðú ðe besorgod hæfdest thou hast kept entire everything most precious, which thou wast anxious about, Bt. 10; Fox 28, 10.

Linked entry: bi-sorgian