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Anglo-Saxon

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ang-sum

(adj.)
Grammar
ang-sum, anc-sum; adj.

Narrow ⬩ strait ⬩ troublesome ⬩ hard ⬩ difficult ⬩ angustus ⬩ difficilis

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Narrow, strait, troublesome, hard, difficult, angustus, difficilis Eálá hú neara and hú angsum is ðæt geat, and se weg ðe to lífe gelǽdt; and swýðe feáwa synt ðe ðone weg findon quam angusta porla, et arcta via est, quae ducit ad vitam; et pauci sunt

Linked entries: anc-sum ang-sum-líc

mán-swerian

(v.)
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Nú gýt eástdǽles men swergeað ðurh his noman, and ne geþrístlǽcað hí ó ꝥ hí mánswergen on his noman, Shrn. 109, 17. Add

wesan

Grammar
wesan, I a.
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Hý wiston hú hit þǽr besúðan wæs, Chr. 1052; P. 175, 18. Hit wæs hwílum on Engla lagum ꝥ leód and lagu fór be geþincðum, Ll. Th. i. 190, ii. Add Him wæs bet sóna, Hml. S. 31, 571. Hwæt wæs þám men? quid profuit?, Gr. D. 326, 18. add: cf. .

rǽdan

(v.)
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Hé rád and rǽdde, rincum tǽhte hú hí sceoldon standan, Byrht. Th. 132, 18; By. 18. Ðæt folc eall hrýmde, swá swá Josue him rǽdde, Jos. 6, 5 (20, Grn.). Rǽdende consulentes, consilium dantes, Hpt.

Linked entries: á-rǽdan a-rǽdan ge-rǽdan

be-swícan

to decoy ⬩ ensnare ⬩ beguile ⬩ to betray ⬩ to defraud ⬩ supplant ⬩ to circumvent ⬩ to seduce ⬩ mislead

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Ǽr hé Beorn beswice, Chr. 1050; P. 170, 8. Se beswícenda pellax, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 67. to betray Hió hý mid fácne beswác tó deáðe, Ors. 2 ; S. 30, 31. Gezabel beswác Naboð tó his feóre þurh leáse gewitnysse, Hml.

Linked entry: be-swícende

í-dæges

(adv.)
Grammar
í-dæges, adv.
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Swá hraþe swá hé him tó com ýdæges swá gewát hé of ðisum andwerdum lífe as soon as he came to him, on the same day, he departed from this present life, 176, 3

Linked entry: ig-dæges

bétan

(v.)
Grammar
bétan, ic béte; p. bétte; pp. béted; trans. [Goth. ó = A. Sax. ó, é, thus Goth. bótyan = bótan = A.Sax. bétan]

to make better, to improve, amend, repair, restore ⬩ emendare, reparare, reficere, mederi, expiare ⬩ to mend ⬩ repair a fire ⬩ to light ⬩ make a fire, to kindle ⬩ focum reparare ⬩ to remedy, compensate, make amends ⬩ compensare

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Ðá hét he bétan micel fýr then he ordered a great fire to be lighted, Ors. 6, 32; Bos. 129, 10. to remedy, compensate, make amends; compensare Ic hit béte I will remedy it, Deut. 1, 17

Linked entry: bétte

of-hæccan

(v.)
Grammar
of-hæccan, p. -næhte
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To hack off Hí cweðað ꝥ Petrus gewǽpnod wǽre, þá ðá hé his Drihten werian wolde; ꝥ wæs þá hé ofhæhte (amputavit) þæs forscildgdon eáre, Ll. Th. ii. 386, 22

Linked entry: hæccan

láþ

(adj.)
Grammar
láþ, adj.
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Ac hí ne geefenlǽcað ná Abrahame þe his leófran sunn tó láce geoffrode, Hml. A. 35, 265. unwilling, loath (?) Láþ inuitam (but perhaps the glosser has read inuisam ), An Ox. 5406

ge-feormian

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

to entertain ⬩ harbour ⬩ receive as a guest ⬩ feed ⬩ cherish ⬩ support ⬩ suscipere ⬩ hospitio suscipere ⬩ epulare ⬩ fovere ⬩ curare ⬩ to feed on ⬩ devour ⬩ vesci ⬩ comedere ⬩ to cleanse ⬩ farm ⬩ cleanse out ⬩ mundare

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he entertained, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 9.

ge-nédan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nédan, -niedan, -nýdan; p. de; pp. ed

To compel, force, urge

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Ealle Asiam hý genýddon ðæt hí him gafol guldon they compelled all Asia to pay them tribute, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 32, 28. He næs nó genéded he was not compelled, Blickl. Homl. 29, 15.

Linked entries: ge-nídde ge-niédde ge-nýdan

for-geara

(adv.)
Grammar
for-geara, for-geare; adv.

Very well

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Very well Ic nát ná forgeare hú ic hit þus macige, Hml. S. 23, 556

hand-leán

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þonne hé þá handleán hafað and sceáwað, Hy. 2, 7, 12. Cf. hand-gift. Add

neahhige

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Ús neahge wearð gecýðed hú Gúðlác his in Godes willan mód gerehte, Gú. 64. Add

organ

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Ðæs hálgan cantices se gyldena organ, hé hý ealle oferhleóðrað, Sal. K. 152, 12. Add

á-snǽsan

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Þene horn þet he asneseð mide alle þeo þet ha areacheð, A. R. 200. Add: —

ge-ascian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ascian, l. ge-áscian,
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and add: to ask a question of a person Hé geáscade (sciscitabatur) from him huér Críst ácenned wére, Mt. L. 2, 4. a person a question Hé geáscode hiá, 'Huu feolo láfo habbað gié?, ' Mk. L. 8, 5 : 14, 60: 15, 2.

helm-berend

(n.)
Grammar
helm-berend, es; m.

One who wears a helmet

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One who wears a helmet Ne róhte hé helm-berendra he recked not of helmeted warriors, Exon. 120 a; Th. 461, 18; Hö. 37. Gegrétte hwate helmberend he greeted the bold warriors, Beo. Th. 5027; B. 2517: 5277; B. 2642

íþ-togen

(adj.; part.)
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God wolde ꝥ hí ðǽr stille reston and on ðám scræfe slépon oþ þás ýðtogenan tíde þe hé hí eft mancynne geswutelian wolde, Hml. S. 23, 317

wiþer-dúne

(adj.)

glosses ⬩ angusta

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glosses angusta in Hú naru ł wiðerdúne geate quam angusta porta, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 7, 14

Linked entry: dúne

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