for-cuman
To surpass ⬩ overcome ⬩ destroy ⬩ harass ⬩ wear out ⬩ supĕrāre ⬩ vexāre
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To surpass, overcome, destroy, harass, wear out; supĕrāre, vexāre Hæfde ðá se snotra sunu Dauides forcumen and forcýðed Caldéa eorl then had the wise son of David overcome and surpassed in knowledge the earl of the Chaldeans, Salm. Kmbl. 353; Sal. 176
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be-swíc
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Biswic decipula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 15 : supplantatio, Kent. Gl. 347. Tó biswice weorðan offendiculum fieri, Past. 451, 33. Him Arpellas tó beswice wearð Arpellas had played him false, Ors. 1. 12; S. 54, 10. Bútan ǽlcen brǽde oððe beswice, C. D. ii. 58
B
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p Ic hæbbe I have, he hæfþ he hath. When words are transferred into modern English, b is sometimes represented by f or v :-- Beber or befor a beaver; Ober, ofer, over. In comparing the Anglo-Saxon aspirated labial f with the corresponding letter in Old
a-breóðan
To unsettle ⬩ ruin ⬩ frustrate ⬩ degenerate ⬩ deteriorate ⬩ perdere ⬩ degenerare
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To unsettle, ruin, frustrate, degenerate, deteriorate; perdere, degenerare Hæleþ oft hyre hleór abreóðeþ a man often unsettles her cheek, Exon. 90a; Th. 337, note 18; Gn. Ex. 66. Abreóðe his angin he frustrated his enterprise, Byrht. Th. 138, 59; By.
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assa
A male ass ⬩ asinus
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A male ass; asinus Se assa geseah ðone engel asinus cernebat angelum, Num. 22, 23, 25. Beót ðone assan verberabat asinum, 22, 23, 25. Gif ðú geméte ðínes feóndes assan, lǽd hine to him si occurreris inimici tui asino erranti, reduc ad eum, Ex. 23, 4:
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flýma
One who flees ⬩ a runaway ⬩ an exile ⬩ outlaw ⬩ a man who had fled for any offence, and whose flight was equivalent to a conviction ⬩ profŭgus ⬩ fŭgĭtīvus ⬩ exul
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One who flees, a runaway, an exile, outlaw, a man who had fled for any offence, and whose flight was equivalent to a conviction; profŭgus, fŭgĭtīvus, exul Ðú bist flýma geond ealle eorþan profăgus ĕris sŭper terram, Gen. 4, 12: 4, 16. He monigra geára
eald-hláford
An old or ancient lord ⬩ pristĭnus domĭnus
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An old or ancient lord; pristĭnus domĭnus Ecg wæs íren eald-hláfordes the sword of the old lord was iron, Beo. Th. 5550; B. 2778. He hæfde heora eald-hláfordes sunu on his gewealde he had the son of their old lord in his power, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 74, 25
land-here
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A military force which acts on land [opposed to sciphere], or which belongs to the land [opposed to a foreign force] Æfter ðam gegadorode micel here hine of EástEnglum ǽgðer ge ðæs landheres ge ðara wícinga ðe hié him tó fultume áspanen hæfdon after
leger-bedd
A sick-bed ⬩ grave
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A sick-bed, bed of death, grave Sum mǽden hé gehǽlde ðæt ðe langlíce læg on legerbedde seóc a maiden he healed that had long been confined to her bed by sickness, Homl. Th. ii. 510, 25. Árís nú and ber hám ðín legerbed, i. 472, 25. Ðæt ðú ðus láðlíc
mis-micel
Wanting in greatness or quantity(?) ⬩ few
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Wanting in greatness or quantity(?), few On feorhgebeorh hæfde eallum eorþcynne éce láfe frumcneów gehwæs fæder and móder tuddorteóndra geteled ríme mismicelra (misselícra or missenlícra?) ðonne men cunnon to preserve the life of all that lives on earth
bord-hreóða
the cover or protection of the shield ⬩ clypei tegmen vel tutela ⬩ a shield, buckler ⬩ clypeus
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the cover or protection of the shield; clypei tegmen vel tutela Hǽðne heápum þrungon under bordhreóðan the heathens thronged in heaps under the cover of shields, Andr. Kmbl. 256; An. 128: Beo. Th. 4412; B. 2203: Cd. 154; Th. 192, 23; Exod. 236. a shield
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box
A wooden case made of box-wood, a BOX ⬩ buxom, pyxis ⬩ a box
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A wooden case made of box-wood, a BOX; buxom, pyxis = πυξίs Bixen box a box made of box-wood; pyxis, Ælfc. Gl. 26; Som. 60, 96; Wrt. Voc. 25, 36. Forcorfen [MS. forcaruen] box a carved box; buxom, Ælfc. Gr. 6, 9; Som. 5, 59. Seó hæfde box mid deórwyrþre
ge-frinan
To learn by asking ⬩ find out ⬩ hear of
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To learn by asking, find out, hear of Ðá gefran Ioseph ðæt Archelaus rixode on Iudea lande then Joseph learned that Archelaus reigned in Judea, Homl. Th. i. 88, 19. We ðeódcyninga ðrym gefrunon we have heard of the glory of the great kings, Beo. Th.
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ge-hédan
to hide ⬩ conceal ⬩ condĕre ⬩ abscondĕre ⬩ to acquire ⬩ obtain ⬩ seize ⬩ obtĭnēre ⬩ deprehendĕre
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to hide, conceal; condĕre, abscondĕre Is ðæt fýr on stánum gehéded fire is hidden in stones, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 302; Met. 20, 151. to acquire, obtain, seize; obtĭnēre, deprehendĕre Ǽr he gehéde ðæt he ǽr æfter spyrede until he seizes that which he before
ge-nípan
to darken, become dark ⬩ cālīgāre, obnūbĭlāri ⬩ to rise as a cloud, to creep up or come suddenly upon one ⬩ obrēpĕre, sŭpervĕnīre alĭcui
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to darken, become dark; cālīgāre, obnūbĭlāri Hú seó þrag gewát, genáp under niht-heltn, swá heó nó wǽre how the time has passed, has darkened under the veil of night, as if it had not been, Exon. 77 b; Th. 292, 8; Wand. 96. to rise as a cloud, to creep
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geár-gemearc
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Substitute: Measurement of time expressed in years. Cf. fót-gemearc, míl-gemearc; geár-gerím Mé onsende sigedryhten mín, siððan ic furðum ongon on þone æfteran ánseld búgan geárgemearces ( directly after I had begun the second year of my inhabiting the
maga
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Add: having means Gif man þone man betýhð þe bið lǽssa maga ( a person of less ability; qui minus possit) þone se cyninges þegn, Ll. Th. i. 154, 7. Sé þe lǽsse maga (mæge, mage, v. ll.) sý ( qui minus potest, qui impotencior est [old Latin versions])
cringan
To yield ⬩ CRINGE ⬩ fall ⬩ perish ⬩ die ⬩ occumbere ⬩ mori
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To yield, CRINGE, fall, perish, die; occumbere, mori Sume on wæl crungon some had fallen in the slaughter Beo. Th. 2231; B. 1113. Hí sceoldon begen crincgan on wælstówe they should both fall on the battle-field Byrht. Th. 140, 23; By. 292; Andr. Kmbl
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ge-tweógan
To doubt ⬩ hesitate ⬩ dŭbĭtāre
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To doubt, hesitate; dŭbĭtāre Ne getweóge ic náwuht be godes ǽcnessa I do not at all doubt about God's eternity, Shrn. 195, 4. Nó him treów getweóde his faith doubted not in him, Exon. 37 b; Th. 122, 25; Gú. 311: 40 b; Th. 134, 27; Gú. 515. Getuíga hæsitare
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ge-wadan
To wade ⬩ go ⬩ vadere ⬩ ire ⬩ To pervade ⬩ go through
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v. intrans. To wade, go; vadere, ire Sár gewód ymb ðæs beornes breóst pain went around the man's breast, Andr. Kmbl. 2494; An. 1248. Ord in gewód the point entered, Byrht. Th. 136, 26; By. 157: Exon. 47 b; Th. 163, 29; Gú. 1001. Wundenstefna gewaden