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íþ-ness

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Swá him ðiós stillnes and ðiós iéðnes má lícað, swá him lǽs lícað ðæt ðæt hié tó gelaðode sindon quo non sunt molesta quae tenent, eo minus amabilia fiant quae vocant, Past. 351, 7.

be-helian

(v.)
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Ðæt mód mid ðǽre beheleð his fét, Past. 241, 20. Heofon behelað eal ðæt him beufan bið, Sal. K. p. 178, 9. Moyses behelede ðá bierhto his ondwlitan, Past. 459, 19. ꝥ Þá heortan æt þínum burhgeatum behele (-a, v. l. ), Lch. i. 328, 24.

sceandlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sceandlíce, adv.

disgracefully, shamefully, infamouslyopprobriously, reproachfully, insultingly

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Him wand út his innoþ æt his setle, and hé sceandlíce sáwlode, Homl. As. 59, 202. opprobriously, reproachfully, insultingly Hiera wíf [sægdon] ðæt hié óðer gener næfden, búton hié on heora wífa hrif gewiton.

ísen

(n.)
Grammar
ísen, n.
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Add: iron Glád hit on þǽm scyllum swelce hit wǽre sméðe ísen, Ors. 4, 6; S. 174, 8. Grǽghǽwe ísene ferrugine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 34. Gewyrme mid háte glówende ísene, Lch. ii. 236, 32 : 218, 24.

be-cuman

to comeget,to come to powerget into troubleto come toby to cometo a personto befallto becomebehove

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him gefylstan ꝥ hié eft tó hiora ágnum becóman vindicati sunt et restituti, Ors. 4, 3; S. 162, 21.

weás

(adv.)
Grammar
weás, adv.

By chance, by accident, fortuitously

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Gif him weás gebyreþ, ðæt him wyrþ sume hwíle ðara þénunga oftohen, 37, 1; Fox 186, 13: Met. 25, 31. Gif him weás (wealdes, Hatt.

þencan

(v.)
Grammar
þencan, p. þóhte (þohte?)
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Mid ðý wrecan þenceaþ ad faciendum vindictam, Ps. Th. 149, 7, 8. unscyldige scotian þenceaþ ut sagittent immaculatum, 63, 3. Ic hine wríþan þóhte ... ic hine ne mihte ganges getwǽman I meant to bind him ... but I could not stop him, Beo.

ange

(adv.)
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Anxiously, painfully, with anxiety Blind sceal his eágna þolian . . . þæt him biþ sár in his móde, onge þonne hé hit ána wát, Gn. Ex. 42. Þú eart bitere ætfæsted, ænge and yfele, Ps. Th. 136, 8

þyncan

(v.)
Grammar
þyncan, p. þúhte.

to seemappearto seem fit

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Hire þúhte hwítre heofon and eorðe, Cd. Th. 38, 7; Gen. 603: 111, 4; Gen. 1850: Beo. Th. 1688; B. 842: Met. 12, 15. Tó lang hit him þúhte, hwænnne tógædere gáras béron, Byrht. Th. 133. 47; By. 66. Him ðæt wræclíc þúhte, Cd. Th. 233, 4; Dan. 270.

Linked entries: þincan ge-þyncan

ge-tǽse

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-tǽse, adj.
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Dele bracket at end, and add Hió bið eádgum leóf, earmum getǽse, Rä. 81, 22. Hé him geneádodum and gelettum gedyde sume getǽse hýððe his geswinces ei laboris sat commodum coacto renitentique dedit, Gr. D. 39, 27.

eówian

(v.)
Grammar
eówian, p. ode; pp. od

To shewostendĕre

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To shew ; ostendĕre Hi eówodon me ða wunde monstrāvērunt mihi vulnus, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 17. Ðá hét he his tungan forþdón of his múþe, and him eówian linguam prōferre ex ōre, ac sĭbi ostendĕre jussit, Bd. 5, 2; S. 615, 6

Linked entry: iówian

be-fæstan

to fix,to place in securityto fix in the mindimplantto fix by promise or agreementto pledgeto committo commit to a person's chargeto commit to a placeto setbetake to an occupationto commendrecommend,to make acceptableto trust

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Dele passage under I, and add: to fix, to place in security Hié befæston hira wíf and hira scipu and hira feoh on Eást-Englum, Chr. 894; P. 88, 4. Þá Deniscan hæfdon hira wíf befæst innan Eást-Engle, 896; P. 89, 22.

yfelian

(v.)
Grammar
yfelian, p. ode.
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Hit is riht ðæt mon yfelige ða yfelan, and hit is wóh, ðæt mon lǽte unwítnode, Bt. 38, 3; Fox 202, 5. Gif hwá cyrican geséce, and hine man ðǽr yflige, L. Edm. S. 2; Th. i. 248, 17.

þǽr

Grammar
þǽr, <b>I a.</b>
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Add Rufinus wolde habban him self þone anwold þǽr eást, and Stileca wolde sellan his suna þisne hér west, Ors. 6, 37; S. 296, 6. (1 a) used indefinitely :-- Hé getǽhte þá syndrigan stówe hwæt þǽr and þǽr timbrian sceoldon, Gr.

treów

Grammar
treów, truth.
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Add heora treówe (trýwa, v.l.) sealdon ꝥ hie riht mid him healdan woldon his manus dederunt, Bd. 3, 28; Sch. 327, 4. add Án of þám þe se cyng hæfde mǽst trúwe tó, Chr. 992; P. 126, 23.

healfunga

indirectlyslightlyto some extenthalf

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Add: from the side, indirectly: Hit is nyttre ðæt ðæt him mon on tǽlan wille, ðæt hit mon healfunga sprece, swelce hit mon hwón gehríne major profectus adducitur, si hoc, quod in eis reprehenditur, quasi ex latere tangatur, Past. 207, 7.

ge-sóþian

(v.)
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Gif hit him on gesóðod weorðe, 324, 18. to attest, bear witness to Þæt hé geseah hé gesóðode eác þurh his geséð-nysse, Nap. 32, 3

be-cnyttan

to tie up in a bundleto tie roundsurround with a bondto tieattach with a string,to tie a rope,

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Add: with acc. of what is tied, to tie up in a bundle Ðæt hé Godes gifa ná ne becnytte on ðǽm sceáte his slǽwðe, Past. 59, 15. to tie round, surround with a bond becnytton his swuran mid rápe, Hml.

sægen

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Hé mé cýþde mid his ágenre sægne (segene, v. l.) ꝥ . . . relatione sua me docent, quod . . . Gr. D. 220, 3. Hé him eall sǽde his síð be ændebyrdnysse, and ꝥ folc æfter his segene feóllon tó eorðan, Hml. A. 107, 160.

dígol-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
dígol-líce, dígolíce; adv.

Secretlysecrēto, clam

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Albánus hæfde ðone Cristes andettere dígollíce mid him Alban had Christ's confessor secretly with him Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 7. Se dígolíce lácnod wæs fram his wúndum who was secretly healed of his wounds, 4, 16; S. 584, 30