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ǽ-bylgness

Grammar
ǽ-bylgness, ǽ-byligness.
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Of ðám leahtre (weámét) cymð hreám, and ǽbilignys, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 14. mid gedréfedre ǽbilignysse him fram ádráf, 24, 30: Ap. Th. 4, 10. Racha getácnað ǽbylignysse oððe yrre, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 279, 18. Ǽbilignysse, 280, 3.

Linked entry: a-bylgnes

bælca

(n.)
Grammar
bælca, balca (-e ?), bælcan; m. (f. ?).
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Þá Regulus swíðost forslagen hæfde, ðá hét bindan and on balcan lecgan Regulus plures Poenorum bello captos in vincula conjecerat, Bt. 16, 2; S. 37, 8

healdan

(v.)
Grammar
healdan, haldan; p. heóld; pp. healden.

to HOLD, keep, grasp, retain, restrain, confine, containto hold, have, possess, occupy, inhabitto rule, governto behave, conductto guard, defend, keep, preserve, protect, maintain, sustain, regard, observe, take heedto hold out, last, hold on, continue, hold withto hold, keep, keep sheepservare, custodire

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Heó hit heóld ǽr tó fæste wið hine she had before dealt too hardly with him, Chr. 1043; Erl. 168, 10. Gif hine heólde swá swá sceolde if he conducted himself as he ought, L. R. 7; Th. i. 192, 15.

on-gildan

(v.)

to pay (a penally for), to be punished for (with gen. acc. of crime or clause)to payto give an offering, to offer

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eall moncvn angeald ðæs ǽrestan monnes synna mid miclum teónum and wítum ab initio et peccare homines et puniri propter peccata, Ors. 5, 15; Swt. 250, 27. swíðe his anguldon from heora ágnum cásere ut Caesare punirentur, 6, 2; Swt. 256, 6.

Linked entries: an-gildan on-gyldan

be-sǽtian

(v.)
Grammar
be-sǽtian, p. ode
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To lie in ambush for forsǽtade hié ðǽrðǽr hió geþóht hæfdon p hié hiene besǽtedon insidiantes insidiis capit. Ors. 3, 11 ; S. 146, 11

wæfer-hús

(n.)
Grammar
wæfer-hús, es; n.

A theatreamphitheatre

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A theatre, amphitheatre lǽdde tó ðam wæferhúse, ðǽr ða deór wunodon, beran and león, ðe ábítan sceoldon, Homl. Skt. ii. 24, 49

þǽr-on

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-on, adv.
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thereon com tó ðam treówe, sóhte wæstm ðǽron, and nǽnne ne gemétte, Homl. Th. ii. 408, 1. Se déma hét wyrcan áne hencgene and hét hón ðone bisceop þǽron, Homl. Skt. ii. 29, 253 : Blickl.

Linked entry: on

æf-éstian

(v.)
Grammar
æf-éstian, -éstigan ; p. ode ; pp. od

To envybe envious of or atinvidere

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To envy, be envious of or at; invidere Ðes iunga man ne æféstigaþ on nánum þingum, ðe he hér gesihþ this young man is envious at nothing, which he here seeth, Th. Apol. 14, 25: Cot. 119

Linked entry: ge-æféstian

feorh-geníþla

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-geníþla, an; m.

A life-enemydeadly foequi vītæ insĭdiāturlētālis hostis

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A life-enemy, deadly foe; qui vītæ insĭdiātur, lētālis hostis He brægd feorhgeníþlan, ðæt heó on flet gebeáh he dragged the deadly foe, that she bowed on the place, Beo. Th. 3084; B. 1540: 5859; B. 2933

ge-hæftan

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, 25. to seize, arrest, capture. the subject a person Swá hraðe swá becumað tó ðyssere byrig gehæftað , Hml.

á-brecan

(v.)
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Gl. 522, 3. (1 a) to break down a wall :-- Hié ðone weall ábrǽcon perfractis muris, Ors. 3, 9 ; S. 134, 22. hét ábrecan ðone weall, ðeáh ðe brád wǽre, Hml.

wilnian

(v.)
Grammar
wilnian, p. ode.

of animate objectsto desire, ask forwith gen. or uncertainwith accusativewith infinitivewith geniudial infinitivewith genitive and gerundial infinitivewith a clauseabsolute or uncertainto desire to goto tend to an end

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Heó ealle tó mé wilnodon ðæt ic hine lǽte æt mé ðæt land begeotan. Th. 167, 38. Hié wilnedon tó him ðæt hié mósten on his ríce mid friðe gesittan, Ors. 6, 34; Swt. 290, 20.

Linked entry: willnian

sciccels

(n.)
Grammar
sciccels, sciccel, es; m.
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Geteáh his seax and genam his sciccels ðe him on hæfde, tósnáð hine on twá, Blickl. Homl. 215, 6. Ðá tócearf his scyccel ontwá, and hyne gesealde healfne ðam þearfendum men, Shrn. 146, 36

Linked entry: scyccels

yfel-sacian

(v.)
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gewunode ꝥ yfelsacode þæs ælmihtigan Godes mægnþrym majestatem Dei blasphemare consueverat , Gr. D. 289, 8: 290, 1. yfelsacode . . . þá forðbigférendan yfelsacedon on hine, Nap. 88.

for-lǽtan

to letpermitallowsufferto sufferto letgrantto leaveto leaveto leaveconsumingto leave aloneleave undoneabstain fromneglectto leave outomitto spareleave toto leavequitto abandonforsakedesertabandonto leaveto leaveto leavedieto defendto abandonto leaveto abandonto leaveto leave ofgive upto abandonabandonto let goto restrainto releaserestoreto give uprelinquishto remitforgiveto loseto put awaydismisslay asideto send

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hié grétte and hié swá forlét, 247, 36.

of-áxian

(v.)
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hét ácwellan ealle þá crístenan þe ofáxian mihte, 29, 201. the object a thing Dó ús gewisse þæs þe þú ofáxie, Hml. S. 23, 467. with a clause Þǽr ofáxode ꝥ se cyning wæs, Chr. 1016 ; P. 152, 22.

be-míðan

(v.)
Grammar
be-míðan, bi-míðan; p. -máþ, pl. -miðon; pp. -miðen [be, míðan to hide]

To hideconcealabscondereoccultare

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He his mǽgwlite bemiðen hæfde he had concealed his shape Andr. Kmbl. 1712; An. 858

Linked entries: míðan bi-míðan

róde-hengen

(n.)
Grammar
róde-hengen, róde-hengenn, e; f.
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A cross, crucifixion Hwæt hæfþ ðes man gefremod, ðæt ródehengene wyrðe sý, Homl. Th. i. 596, 2. Hét hine áhón on ródehengene, 594, 29. Ðá ðá on ródehengene mancynn álýsde, 58, 20. On ródehengene genæglod, 82, 25.

Linked entry: hengen

ge-lecgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lecgan, p. -legde; pp. -leged, -legd, -léd

To laypōnĕre

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He wæs unscyldig ðæs ðe him geléd wæs he was guiltless of that which was laid to him, Chr. 1053; Erl. 187, 21

on-líc

(adj.)
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hæfde twégen gingran suíðe gelíces willan and on eallum ðingum suíðe onlíce, and hié ðeáh lǽrde suíðe ungelíce duobus discipulis non diversa caritate praeditis, diversa tamen adjutoria praedicationis impendit, 291, 14. Add