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teohhian

(v.)
Grammar
teohhian, teohchian, teohgian, tihhian, teohian, teochian, tihian; p. ode.
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Swá swá hé tiohhaþ, ðæt hit sié, 39, 6; Fox 220, 7. Nis nán gesceaft ðe hé tiohhige (tiohhie, Cott. MS.) ðæt hió scyle winnan wiþ hire Scippendes willan ...

be-áscian

(v.)
Grammar
be-áscian, p. ode

To ask a person (acc.) for advice (gen. )

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To ask a person (acc.) for advice (gen. ), the question given in a clause Hié hine láre beáhsodan, hwæt him þæs tó dónne wǽre, Bl. H. 199, 29. Þæt hié ðone pápan and þæt pápseld beáhsodan, hwæt him þæs tó rǽde þúhte, 205, 20

Linked entry: be-áhsian

streónan

(v.)
Grammar
streónan, (but more often with umlaut) striénan, strénan, strínan, strýnan; p. de (
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with gen. acc.). to gain, acquire On ðæm hiewe ðe hé sceolde his gielpes stiéran, on ðæm hé his striénþ. Mid ðý ðe hé sceolde his gestreón tóweorpan, mid ðý hé hié gadraþ, Past. 8; Swt. 55, 10. Strýneþ foeneratur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 45.

ge-healdan

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Gehealde hé his gefán .vii. niht inne, Ll. Th. i. 90, 5, 7. Gif hé self his wǽpno his gefán út rǽcan wille, gehealden hine .xxx. nihta, 64, 18.

hetelíce

(adv.)

violentlyfuriouslyfiercelymalignantlywith ill-will

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Add: of action or motion, violently, furiously, fiercely Hét hé him his seax árǽcan . . . and hine sylfne hetelíce ðýde, þæt him on ácwehte, Hml. Th. i. 88, 10: Hml. S. 15, 24. Þá Engliscan hindan hetelíce slógon, Chr. 1066; P. 199, 15.

áþ

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heora freóndscipe gefæstnodon ge mid wedde ge mid áðe, Chr. 1016;P. 153, 4. Mid áþum, 921;P. 103, 20. Hé him áþas swór, 874; P. 72, 30. Þá salde se here him foregíslas and micle áþas, þæt hié of his rice uuoldon, 878;P. 76, 13. Add

deófol-cræft

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Se moncwealm wæs swá ungemetlic, ðæt hié mid deófolcræftum sóhton hú hié hit gestillan mehte, and gefetton Escolafius þone scínlácan, Ors. 3, 10; S. 140, 7. Add

ge-fealdan

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Add: to wrap up, roll up Ðæt yfelwillende mód gefielt hit self twyfeald oninnan him selfum, and sió twyfealdnes ðæs yflan willan hiene selfne twyfealdne gefielt oninnan him selfum malitiosae mentis duplicitas sese intra se colligit, Past. 242, 6-9.

bredan

(v.)
Grammar
bredan, ic brede, ðú britst, brist, he brit, bret, pl. bredaþ; p. bræd, pl. brudon; pp. broden, breden.

to weave, BRAID, knit, join together, draw, pluck;plectere, nectere, vibrare, gladium stringere to change, vary, transform;vertere, variare, transformare

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Hǽðen cild biþ gefullod, ac hit ne bret ná his hiw wiðútan, ðeáh ðe hit beo wiðinnan awend a heathen child is baptized, but it varies not its aspect without, although it be changed within, Homl. Th. ii. 268, 30

Linked entries: a-bredan bret brit

ge-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rǽdan, to advise, ge-rǽdan to arrange. [These two verbs seem to have coalesced (v. rǽdan), and are taken together.]
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Add: to advise, suggest Hé him tó gefeccean hét his witan, him gerǽddon hwæt him be ðám sélost ðúhte, oððe tó dón[n]e wǽre. Lch. iii. 426, 12.

ge-reord

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Gyf hig hwylc hýrédes fæder tó his húse gelaðige, sé þe wyle . . . æt him onfón þá gereord gástlicre láre, and him syllan líchamlice gereordo, Ll.

neáh-west

Grammar
neáh-west, <b>. I.</b>
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Búton hit sy elles hwylc þe máran Godes ege habbe, þæt hit for his neáweste þe betere beó for Gode and for worolde, 269, 13

be-beorgan

to ward off somethingto guard one's self againstto save one's selfto guard one's self (acc.) against (wiþ) something

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Ꝥ hé mihte him bebeorgan, 109, 33. dat. of person and acc. of thing:--- Ꝥ hié him sylfum heora synna bebeorgaþ, Bl. H. 63, 24. Hé bebearh him and warnode hine wiþ swá swá wið þone ealdan feónd eam quasi hostem cavens, Gr. D. 276, 2.

and

(con.)
Grammar
and, conj.
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S. 30, 371. connecting a subordinate clause or phrase with the principal clause, and so superfluous Mid þí þe hié gehýrdon þára sácerda ealdormen, and hié cwǽdon him betweónan, Bl. H. 239, 29.

þeahtian

(v.)
Grammar
þeahtian, p. ode
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þeahtedon ongén hine, hú hine fordón mihton consilium faciebant aduersus eum, quomodo eum perderent, Mk. Skt. 3, 6. ðeahtodon embe ðæra apostola forwyrd, Homl. Th. i. 572, 30.

mǽl

(n.)
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Add Nýtenu etað swá ǽr swá hit habbað, ac se gesceádwísa man sceal cépan his mǽles, Hml. S. 16, 318. Þonne etað tó ánes mǽles on dæg quando in die una refectio fuerit, Chrd. 15, 7. Be hyre ( St.

ge-scý

(n.)
Grammar
ge-scý, es; n.

A pair of shoescalceamentum, tegmentum pedis, caliga

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A pair of shoes; calceamentum, tegmentum pedis, caliga Gif he [man] ðonne cwiþ 'Nelle ic híg habban to wífe,' gá ðæt wíf to him and nyme his gescý of his fótum beforan ðám ealdrum and spǽte on his nebb and nemne hine ǽlc man on Israéla folce ' unsceóda

Linked entries: -scý ge-sceó ge-scóe

a-smorian

(v.)
Grammar
a-smorian, p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od; v. trans.

To smotherchokestranglesuffocatesuffocare

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hine on his bedde asmoredan and aþrysemodan they smothered and stifled him on his bed, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 5. Ðæt ge ne blód ne þicgen, ne asmored [MS. H. asmorod] that ye taste not blood, nor [what is] strangled, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 56, 26

Linked entry: smorian

biter-nys

(n.)
Grammar
biter-nys, -nyss, e; f.

BITTERNESSamaritudo

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BITTERNESS; amaritudo Híg cómon to ðære stówe, ðe ys Mara genemned, ðæt ys on úre lýden biternys; ðá ne mihton híg drincan ðæt wæter, forðamðe hit wæs biter: ðá héton híg ealle his naman Mara, ðæt ys on úre lýden biternys venerunt in Mara, nec poterant

Linked entry: bitter-nes

be-styrian

(v.)
Grammar
be-styrian, p. ede; pp. ed; [be, styrian to move]

To heap up, pile upaggerare

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To heap up, pile up; aggerare His þegnas mid moldan hit bestyredon and gefæstnedon his thanes heaped up with mould and fastened it, Bd. 3, 2; S. 524, 20

Linked entry: be-streddon