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be-swícan

to decoyensnarebeguileto betrayto defraudsupplantto circumventto seducemislead

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

Linked entry: be-swícende

ge-wreón

(v.)
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to cover, clothe Hwæt drincaþ wé, oþþe beóþ wé gewrigene ( operiemur )?, Mt. R. 6, 31

heáfod-bolla

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bær tó þǽre stówe seó is gecweden cwealmstów and heáfodbollan stów, Nap. 36. Add

á-pinsian

(v.)
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Uton ápinsian strec déma cymð pensemus quam districtus uenturus est iudex, Chrd. 88, 32. Add

ádle

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ðeós ádle scyle ende gesettan? Gú. 995. (Ádle Rä. 44, 4 might be pl.) Add

hand-geweald

(n.)
Grammar
hand-geweald, es; n.

Power

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Power on handgeweald hǽðenum sealde tradidit eos in manus gentium, Ps. Th. 105, 30

mægen-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
mægen-weorc, es; n.

A mighty work

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A mighty work micle synt ðíne mægenweorc quam magnificata sunt opera tua, Ps. Th. 91, 4

heáfod-ríce

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hit gelomp ymb ðás tú heáfodrícu, Asiria and Rómána, Ors. 2, l; S. 62, 12. Add

ofer-sprǽc

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micel ofersprǽc cymeð of ðǽre oferwiste quanta sibi per esum loquacitas insidietur, Past. 313, 10. Add

under-fón

Grammar
under-fón, <b>. I.</b>
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Add syþþan þá bletsungan underféng, Chr. 1070; P. 206, 18. hæfde mid him sume underfangene (some who had been baptized) þe synfulle wǽron and æfter heora fulluhte fela tó yfele dydon, Hml. S. 31, 730. <b>II a.

lǽran

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þám folce Godes gerihta lǽrde, Hml.

ge-lǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lǽnan, to grant for a time,
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lend, lease land Wé habbað . . . gelǽned heom ðæt land of ðǽre strǽt ðe úre wæs heore hús on tó rýmende, ðá hwíle ðe libbeð . . . and æfter heore dæie gyfeð heore hús and heore land and úre Críste and Sancte Petre, C. D. vi. 209, 28-210, 7.

ge-ascian

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

wela

Grammar
wela, <b>. II.</b>
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Sume bereáfaþ hiora welan swíþe hraþe þæs ðe ǽrest gesǽlige weorþaþ, þý lǽs for longum gesǽþum tó úp áhæbben, and ðonan on oferméttum weorðen quosdam remordet, ne longa felicitate luxurient, Bt. 39, II; F. 228, , 22. Add

ge-oweðan

(v.)

to subduesubjugare

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to subdue; subjugare He bæd his twám sunum ðæt ðæs ríces ðriddan dǽl geoweðan sculdon he ordered his two sons to subdue the third part of the kingdom, Som. ge-ðeówan [?]

tweógendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
tweógendlíce, adv.
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Doubtingly, doubtfully Sume twíendlíce be his lífe sprǽcon, and ðæt cwǽdon, ðæt nyston hwæðer on Godes mihte ða þing worhte ðe þurh deófles cræft, Guthl. 17; Gdwin. 70, 16

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æþelborenness

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Add: nobleness of birth, gentle birth Ne teáh nan æðelborennyss nǽnne man tó wurðscype, bútan wísdóm leornode, Hml. S. 3, 6. Æþelborenysse stemmatis, Hy. S. 47, 14. Wǽron æfter æþelborennysse oferhýdige, Hml. Th. ii. 174, 8.

geár-getal

Grammar
geár-getal, l. -getæl,
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and add: a number of years, years of existence, age of a person Gif bið cealdre gecyndo, þonne cymð seó ádl æfter feówertigum, elcor cymð æfter fíftigum wintra his gǽrgetales, Lch. ii. 284, 22. age of the world Findan micel þæs geárgeteles is

bleoh

Grammar
bleoh, (bleóh?).

colourform

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brǽd hine on feala bleóna þurh deófles þegnunga, Bl. H. 175, 5

fremfull

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God cwæð be synfullum mannum twá word swíde fremfulle, Hml. Th. ii. 602, 7: Hml. S. 12, 146