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ge-brítan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brítan, p. te; pp. ge-briacute;ted, ge-brítt
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To pound, bruise, crush. Take here ge-brytan (l. -brytan) in Dict. and add Gebrýtte fricabat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 39. lit.

ge-bǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bǽdan, p. -bǽdde; pp. -bǽded [bǽdan to compel]

To compel ⬩ constrain ⬩ force ⬩ impel ⬩ urge ⬩ oppress ⬩ compellĕre ⬩ cōgĕre ⬩ persuādēre ⬩ impellĕre ⬩ urgēre ⬩ prĕmĕre

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Hie gecwǽdon ðæt ne hie to ðam gebéde he mihte gebǽdan they said that he could not force them to that prayer, Cd. 182; Th. 228, 15; Dan. 202.

Linked entry: ge-béded

ge-bærnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bærnan, p. -bærnde; pp. -bærned [ge, and bærnan to burn]

To burn ⬩ ūrĕre

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To burn; ūrĕre Ne ðé sunne on dæge gebærne per diem sol non ūret te, Ps. Th. 120, 6

Linked entries: ge-bærd-stán gebærn-lím ge-bernan

miltan

(v.)
Grammar
miltan, mieltan, meltan; p. te.

To melt ⬩ to digest ⬩ to refine by melting ⬩ To melt ⬩ become liquid

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To melt Nim heortes mearg mylt take heart's marrow, melt it, L. Med. ex Quad. 10, 4; Lchdm. i. 366, 4. Mylt buteran, Lchdm. iii. 6, 22.

Linked entries: mealt myltan sám-milt

ge-arnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-arnian, p. ode; pp. od [earnian to earn]

To earn ⬩ merit ⬩ mĕrēri

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To earn, merit; mĕrēri Sceal mon lofes [MS. leofes] gearnian a man shall merit praise, Exon. 91 a; Th. 342, 9; Gn. Ex. 140

ge-lýfed

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-lýfed, part. p. [pp. of ge-lýfan to believe]

One who believed, faithful ⬩ religiosus, fidus, fidelis

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Th. ii. 306, 3 : i. 60, 13. Com se árwurþa Swíþhun to sumum gelýfedan smiþe on swefne the venerable Swithun came to a certain religious [lit. faithful] artisan in a dream, Glostr. Frag. 2, 5.

Linked entry: ge-léfed

be-clingan

(v.)
Grammar
be-clingan, p. -clang, pl. -clungon; pp. -clungen [clingan, I. to wither, II. to adhere]

To BECLING ⬩ surround ⬩ inclose ⬩ circumcludere ⬩ includere

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To BECLING, surround, inclose; circumcludere, includere Clommum beclungen inclosed in bands, Elen. Kmbl. 1388; El. 696

Linked entry: CLINGAN

for-spyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
for-spyrcan, p. te; pp. ed [spearca a spark]

To dry out ⬩ empty ⬩ exarescĕre ⬩ arēre

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To dry out, empty; exarescĕre, arēre Forspyrcende synd mine mearhcófan ossa mea aruērunt. Ps. Th. 101, 3

Linked entry: spircan

hát-hirtan

(v.)
Grammar
hát-hirtan, -hiertan, -hyrtan; p. te

To make angry

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To make angry Ðonne is micel þearf ðætte se, se ða hátheortnesse ofercuman wille, ðæt hé hiene ongeán ne háthirte necesse est, ut hi, qui furentes conantur reprimere, nequaquam se in furore erigant, Past. 40, 5; Swt. 296, 6

langian

(v.)
Grammar
langian, to grow long, <b>langian</b> to cause longing, may be taken together.
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Mé á langað ( it ever distresses me ) þæs þe ic þé on þyssum hýnðum wát, Seel. 154. Longað þonne þý lǽs þe him con leóða worn he that knows many songs sorrows the less Gu. Ex. 170.

ágend

(n.)
Grammar
ágend, es; m. [part. of ágan to own]

An owner ⬩ a possessor ⬩ the Lord ⬩ possessor ⬩ proprietarius ⬩ Dominus

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Th. 6142; B. 3075. Wuldres Ágend the Lord of glory. Exon. 25 b; Th. 73, 32; Cri. 1198: 14b; Th. 29, 32 ; Cri. 471. Se Ágend the Lord; Dominus, Cd. 158; Th. 196, 21; Exod. 295

fór-werod

(v.)
Grammar
fór-werod, -wered; part. p. [werian to wear]

Worn out ⬩ very old ⬩ attrītus ⬩ vĕtus

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Worn out, very old; attrītus, vĕtus Seó endlyfte tíd biþ seó fórwerode ealdnyss the eleventh hour is very late or very great oldness, Homl. Th. ii. 76, 22. On fórwerodre ealdnysse in very old age, 76, 26.

ge-tíhtlod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tíhtlod, -tíhtled, -týhtlod, -týhtled; part. [tíhtlian to accuse]

Accused; ⬩ accūsātus

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Accused; accūsātus Gif se getíhtloda man máran werude beó ðonne twelfa sum if the accused man be of a larger company than twelve, L. Ath. i. 23; Th. i. 212, 8.

Linked entry: ge-týhtlod

ful-lǽstan

(v.)
Grammar
ful-lǽstan, -léstan; p. te; pp. ed

To help ⬩ aid ⬩ support ⬩ opĭtŭlāri

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To help, aid, support; opĭtŭlāri Ic ðé fullǽstu I will support thee, Beo. Th. 5330; B. 2668. RUNE [ós] fullésteþ [the mind] gives aid, Exon. 106 b; Th. 407, 1; Rä. 25, 8. Him men fulléstaþ men aid them, 119 a; Th. 457, 31; Hy. 4, 92

wæter

(n.)
Grammar
wæter, es; n. (the word seems to be feminine inon ðisse wætere,
  • Homl. 247, 25
    • ; see also
  • Ps. Th. 17, 11
: and a weak genitive plural wæterena is found in
  • Ps. Th. 31, 7.
)

water ⬩ water ⬩ water in the sky, rain ⬩ water of a river, sea, etc. ⬩ water as in Derwentwater, a body of water, a stream, lake, sea ⬩ waters of a great river, of a sea, etc.

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Ðæt folc fór betwux ðám twám wæterum (the two parts of the Red Sea), Wulfst. 293, 16. Seó eorðe wæs wætrum weaht, lagostreámum leoht, Cd. Th. 115, 19 ; Gen. 1922. Mid bricgum ofer deópe wæteru, L. Edg. C. 14; Th. ii. 282, 10.

for-síðian

(v.)
Grammar
for-síðian, p. ode; pp. od [síðian to journey]

To perish ⬩ ĭter fātāle inīre

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To perish; ĭter fātāle inīre Hæfde ðá forsíðod sunu Ecgþeówes Ecgtheow's son had then perished, Beo. Th. 3104, note; B. 1550

be-cnáwe

(adj.)
Grammar
be-cnáwe, in the phrase beón becnáwe (v. to be beknown = to avow, confess, N. E. D. s.
Similar entries
v. be-know
)
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Ic ne am bicnówe ðat ic (printed it; but cf. ic ne eom ge-cnáwe ꝥ ic ǽnigean menn geáfe þá sócne þanon ut, 222, 27) áni man úðe ðenen út . . . hámsócne, C. D. iv. 226, 4

áge

Grammar
áge, subj. s. of ágan to own.
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Mk. Bos. 10, 17;

a-weged

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-weged, pp. of a-wegan to move.

moved

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moved,Bt. 12; Fox 36, 18;

cwánig

(adj.)
Grammar
cwánig, adj. [cwánian to bewail, lament, mourn]

Complaining, bewailing, sad ⬩ querulus, tristis

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Complaining, bewailing, sad; querulus, tristis

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