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fulteman

(v.)
Grammar
fulteman, fultemian

to assisthelpsupportjŭvāreauxĭliāri

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to assist, help, support; jŭvāre, auxĭliāri Sió womb sceal fulteman ðǽm hondum the belly must support the hands, Past. 34, 3; Hat. MS. 44 a, 21. For ðæm ánwalde ðe ánra gehwilc fultemaþ through the power which each one supports, Bt. Met.

ge-ládian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ládian, p. ode; pp. od

To clearvindicateexcusepurgareexculpareexcusare

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Ðonne biþ he self geládod wiþ hine selfne then shall he himself be acquitted towards himself, Past. 21; Swt. 151, 18; Hat. MS

dráf

(n.)
Grammar
dráf, <b>. I.</b> driving. Take here Hml. Th. i. 502, 10 in Dict., and Bl. H. 199, 7. &para; the phrase dráfe drífan, C.D. iii. 450, 33, seems to refer to the transport of the lord&#39;s goods by vehicle which the geneát had to &#39;drive&#39;. Cf. drífan;
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III. and see lád. a drove [v. N.E.D. drove; I 3.] a road Of ðám hlince andlang dráfæ, C.D. v. 217, 6

hámettan

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Substitute: to bring back to a hám. Cf. hám; II 1 b a. Ealle eówre gyltendras gé hámetað omnes debitores uestros repetitis, Chrd. 116, 1

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, (from tíhan; but the verb seems to have almost entirely given up the conjugation to which this form would belong and to take that of teón from teóhan); p. teáh, pl. tugon; pp. togen, tygen
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Hé teáh hiene ðæt hé his ungerisno sprǽce wið ða senatos he (Philip) charged him (Demetrius, his son) that he had spoken disparagingly of him to the senate, Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 206, 28.

esn-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
esn-líce, adv.

Manfully, valiantly vĭrīlĭter

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Past. 47 ; Hat. MS. Hopa nú to Drihtne, and dó esnlíce expecta Dŏmĭnum, et vĭrīlĭter ăge, Ps. Th. 26, 16: 30, 28

Linked entry: esne

be-warenian

(v.)
Grammar
be-warenian, -warnian; p. ode; pp. od

To guard, bewarecustodire, cavere

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Ða ðe hie wið ða læssan scylda bewareniaþ those who guard themselves against the lesser sins, Past. 57, 1; Hat. MS

Linked entry: be-warnian

á-biterian

(v.)
Grammar
á-biterian, -bitrian.
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Ábitriaþ (-biteriaþ, Hat. MS.) ðá bléda fructus amarescit Past. 340, 24. to make bitter, to embitter, exasperate Exasperat .i. sevit, provocat vel ábiterie, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 60

eald-land

(n.)
Grammar
eald-land, es; n.
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Old-land, land that has remained long untilled: (cf. old-land ground that has lain untilled a long time and is now ploughed up; arable land which has been laid down in grass more than two years. D.D.)

ǽhte

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ǽhte, v. áhte; p. of ágan.

hadownedpossessed

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had, owned, possessed

hálig-nes

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-nes, -ness, e; f.

holiness, sanctitya holy thing, relica holy place, sanctuary

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Ic háte ðé Veronix ðæt ðú ágif mé ða hálignysse ðe ðú myd ðé hæfst. Veronix him ðá swýðe wiðsóc and sǽde, ðæt heó náne hálignyssa myd hyre næfde I command thee, Veronica, that thou give up to me the relic that thou hast with thee.

Linked entry: hǽlnes

CÓL

(n.)
Grammar
CÓL, gen. cóles; pl. nom. acc. cólacólu ; gen. cóla; dat. cólum; n.

COAL carbo

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On hát cól upon a hot coal L. M. 1, 50; Lchdm. ii. 124, 6. Cóla onælde synd fram him carbones succensi sunt ab eo Ps. Spl. 17, 10, 15. Feallaþ ofer hí cólu cadent super eos carbones Ps. Spl. C. 139, 11.

in-fær

(n.)
Grammar
in-fær, es; n.

An entranceingress

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Mid ðam innfære mid ðam ðe hé inn áfaren wæs by the entrance at which he had entered, Homl; Th. i. 178, 2. Hé hæfþ gerýmed rihtwísum mannum infær tó his ríce he hath opened to righteous men an entrance to his kingdom, 28, 13.

godcund

(adj.)
Grammar
godcund, adj.

Of the nature of Goddivinereligioussacred

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Wiotan ǽgðer ge godcundra háda ge woruldcundra wise men both of religious and secular orders, Past. Pref; Swt. 3, 3, 8; Hat. MS.

word-riht

(n.)
Grammar
word-riht, es; n.

a law expressed in the form of a commandan ordinancea law expressed in spoken words a spoken lawa statement of what is righta duty which one has given his word to perform

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a duty which one has given his word to perform ( Similar entries v. word, II. 9) Wígláf madelode, wordrihta fela sægde gesíðum (told them much of what they ought to do ; or (?) told them much of what they had promised to do.

ge-sceorf

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Sceal him mon sellan hát wæter drincan, þonne stilð ꝥ gesceorf, 240, 23. Þis deáh eác þám þe ꝥ gesceorf ðrowiað, 176, 22

be-ceorfan

to deprive a person (acc.) of something (dat.) by cutting

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Hát mé heáfde beceorfan . . . hé þá sceolde beón heáfde becorfen, Bl. H. 183, 16-20. Hé wæs heáfde becorfen, 173, 5: Shrn. 123, 6: Hml. Th. i. 420, 4

wǽpen-hete

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen-hete, es; m.

Armed hatehate that resorts to arms

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Armed hate, hate that resorts to arms Æðele sceoldon ðurh wǽpenhete weorc þrowian the noble ones were to be slain by their foes, Apstls. Kmbl. 159; Ap. 80

fræg

(v.)
Grammar
fræg, ðú frǽge, pl. frǽgon

askedhast askedinquired

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asked, hast asked, inquired;

lafian

(v.)
Grammar
lafian, p. ode

To lavebathepour water on

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Genim beren eár beseng lege on swá hát and hát wæter lafa on take a barley ear, singe it, apply it as hot as possible, and pour hot water on, 1, 51; Lchdm. ii. 124, 18