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un-ágen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ágen, adj.

Not one's ownnot in a person's possession or under his control

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Hié sculon suá micle éstelícor dǽlan suá hié ongietaþ ðæt him lǽnre and unágenre bið ðæt hié ðǽr dǽlaþ tanto humiliter praebeant, quanto aliena esse intelligunt, quae dispensant, Past. 44; Swt. 321, 9

on-scunian

(v.)
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Siþþan hé þat geleornod hæbbe þæt his eágan nánwyht þæt fýr ne onscyniað, 45, 11. Ðý lǽs hié herigen hiera gódan weorc, and onscunigen ðæt hié selfe suá dón ne bona laudent, et agere recusent, Past. 231, 13.

ícan

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Nimen hié him bisene on hira gódan weorcum, and ícen (iécen, v. l.) hié simle mid hira ágenum proximorum facta imitando multiplicent, 229, 16

bæsten

(adj.)
Grammar
bæsten, adj.

Made of bastBASTtiliaceus

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Made of bast, BAST; tiliaceus Híg ðá hine gebundon mid twám bæstenum rápum then they bound him with two bast ropes, Jud. Grn. 15, 13

gehlot-land

(n.)
Grammar
gehlot-land, es; n.

Land appointed by lotan inheritanceterra sorte assignātapossessio

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Land appointed by lot, an inheritance; terra sorte assignāta, possessio Híg hine bebirigdon on his gehlotland sepĕliērunt eum in fīnĭbus possessiōnis suæ, Jos. 24, 30

ge-standan

(v.)
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Hé ne mihte his tídsangas gestandan mid his gebróðrum, Hml.

ge-ágnian

(v.)

to have as one's own, possess, occupyto getsecure possession of, acquireto adoptto prove one's title tosecure by shewing titleto usurp

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wille . . . sylle þone ád ꝥ hit on his ǽhte geboren wǽre, Ll.

ofer-feohtan

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Júdas oferfeaht and áflýmde ǽfre, Hml. S. 25, 387: 536. Máre sige bið þæt se man hine sylfne ðurh geðyld gewylde, ðonne hé wiðútan him burga oferfeohte, Hml. Th. ii. 544, 11.

ǽr

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
ǽr, adv.

earlyexpressing readiness, quickness, soonearlier, beforepreviously, beforehandsooner beforesoonerfirst

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Se apostol cwæð tó him: 'For hwon árise ðú swá hraðe?', Gr. D. 227, 4. Nýtenu etað swá ǽr swá hit habbað, Hml. S. 16, 317. Ðú wilt higian ðon ǽr ðe ðú hine ongitest, Bt. 11, 2; F. 34, 8.

self-líce

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
self-líce, es; n.
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Ðæm lytegan is ǽresð tó beleánne hiera selflíce ðæt hié ne wénen ðæt hié sién wiése . . . hé biþ ǽr úpáhæfen on selflíce for his lotwrencium in sapientibus hoc primum destruendum est, quod se sapientes arbitrantur, 30, 1; Swt. 203, 9, 18.

Linked entries: -líce -líce

ongeagn

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Hé oðsóc ꝥ hé hit nǽre; þá ongén hine gecnǽwne gedydon be þám tácne þe on his hneccan wæs ꝥ hé hit wæs, Hml. S. 30, 274

glídan

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glád hit on þǽm scillum, swelce hit wǽre sméðe ísen, Ors. 4, 6; S. 174, 7.

wæscan

(v.)
Grammar
wæscan, wacsan, waxan, wacxan, waxsan; p. wósc,wócs,wóx,weóx; pp. wæscen, wacsen,waxen

To wash

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Waxan hig ðæt innewerde, Lev. 1, 9, 13. Ðá hig hira reáf wóxon( lavissent), Ex. 19, 14. Ðæt hi heora hrægel weócsan and clǽnsodon, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 5. Hé wolde his reówan and hwítlas on sǽ wacsan (wæscan, MS. T.) 4, 31; S. 610, 11.

Linked entries: wascan wacsan waxan

weorþan

Grammar
weorþan, <b>. II</b> 3.
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Hit is áwriten ðætte úre Hǽlend wurde beaftan his méder and his mágum. Past. 385, 20. add: (a) weorþan æt to be at something; cf. (b 2) Þá wurdon æt sprǽce, oþ ꝥ Dúnstán rehte be Sancte Eádmunde, Hml. S. 32, 4.

un-tígan

(v.)
Grammar
un-tígan, p. de

To untieunbindloose

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Ðá hig hine untígdon, ðá cwǽdon ða hláfordas: 'Hwí untíge gé ðæne folan,' 19, 30-33: Mk. Skt. 11, 2-4. Petrus ðone ryððan untígde, Homl. Th. i. 374, 2. Ðá sende God his apostolas tó gebundenum mancynne, and hit untígan. Hú untígdon ðone assan?

tin-tregian

(v.)
Grammar
tin-tregian, -tergian; p. ode

To torment,torture,afflict

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Se kásere hine tintregode mid unásecgendlícum wítum, Shrn. 116, 1. Ða ðe tintergedon ðone hálgan wer, 73, 1. tintregodon hine and forléton hine sámcucene plagis impositis abierunt semivivo reticto, Lk. Skt. 10, 30.

Linked entry: tregian

swangorness

(n.)
Grammar
swangorness, e ; f.
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Ðæt is ðonne ðæt mon his eáge lǽte slápian ðæt mon for his unwísdóme and for his suongornesse ne mǽge ongietan ða unðeáwas ðara ðe him underðiédde beóþ.

under-þeów

(n.)
Grammar
under-þeów, es; m.

One reduced to slaveryone who serves under or is subject to anothera slaveservant

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Ða burgware bǽdon ðæt hié mósten beón hiera underþeówas ðá hié bewerian ne mehton petentes, ut quos belli clades reliquos fecit, saltem servire liceat, 4, 13; Swt. 212, 5: 2, 8; Swt. 92, 23.

Linked entry: þeów

óþ-fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
óþ-fæstan, I.
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to entrust, commit to the charge of another Óþ ðæt ic mé gebidde tó him and mín gást óþfæste I commit my spirit into his hands, Nar. 46, 34. Heó hyre mægþhád Gode óþfæste, 40, 16. Gif hwá óþfæste his friénd feoh, L. Alf. 28; Th. i. 50, 29: L.

stihtere

(n.)
Grammar
stihtere, es ; m.
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A disposer, director Ðæt hié geornlíce geðencen mid hú micelre giefe ofer him wacaþ se Scippend and se stihtere ealra gesceafta ðonne hé nyle lǽtan tó hiera ágnum wilnungum ut sollicita consideratione perpendant, Creator dispositorque cunctorum quanta