a-ginnan
To begin ⬩ to set upon ⬩ undertake ⬩ take in hand ⬩ incipere
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He agan hí sendan twám and twám cœpit eos mittere binos, Mk. Bos. 6, 7
ge-fiscian
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.), to fish for, catch or try to catch fish Críst dyde þæt hí mid his heofonlican láre manna sáwla gefixodon . . . be dám cwæð se wítega : 'Ic ásende míne fisceras, and hí gefixiað hí' ( ego mittam piscatores, et piscabuntur eos, Jer, 16, 16), Hml.
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ǽmerge
embers, ashes ⬩ dust ⬩ busta ⬩ embers
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Beréc hý on háte ǽmergean, Lch. iii. 30, 18. fig. dust Ic nán gást ne eom ac ǽmerge and axe and eall flǽsc, Hml. S. 23 b, 286
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treówlíce
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Faithfully, truly Ic dó swýðe treówlíce ymb hý fiducialiter agam in eo, Ps. Th. 11, 6
for-hwyrfan
to change for or from ⬩ transform ⬩ transfer ⬩ remove ⬩ avertĕre ⬩ transformāre ⬩ to turn aside ⬩ pervert ⬩ deprave ⬩ subvertĕre ⬩ pervertĕre ⬩ deprāvāre
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to change for or from, transform, transfer, remove; avertĕre, transformāre He forhwyrfþ eów of ðam lande he will remove you from the land, Deut. 28, 63.
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fultuman
To help ⬩ assist ⬩ aid ⬩ support ⬩ jŭvāre ⬩ adjŭvāre ⬩ auxĭliāri ⬩ făvēre
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We eów fultumiaþ we will aid you, Chr. Erl. 3, 12. Him náuðer ne fét ne fiðeras ne fultumaþ neither feet nor wings support them, Bt. 41, 6; Fox 254, 26. Me ðíne dómas dǽdum fultumiaþ jūdĭcia tua adjŭvābunt me, Ps. Th. 118, 175.
ge-ascian
To find out by asking ⬩ learn ⬩ hear ⬩ fando accĭpĕre ⬩ discĕre ⬩ audīre
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We geascodon ðæt úre geferan sume to eów cómon we have heard that some of our fellows have come to you, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 56, 14 : Exon. l00 a; Th. 378, 24; Deór. 20.
lesan
To lease ⬩ gather ⬩ collect
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Ne gé ne gaderion ða eár ðe bæftan eów beóþ ac lǽtaþ þearfan and útácymene hig lesan nec remanentes spicas colligetis, sed pauperibus et peregrinis dimittetis eas, Lev. 23, 22
ge-wéman
To turn ⬩ incline ⬩ seduce ⬩ inclīnāre ⬩ sedūcĕre
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Hí eów to óðrum Gode gewémaþ they will seduce you to another God, Homl. Th. ii. 494, 9. Ðæt we ne sceolon ná geþafian ðæt deófol us gewéme fram Cristes bróðorrǽdene we should not allow the devil to seduce us from the brotherhood of Christ, i. 260, 11
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ge-sǽlan
To happen, come to pass, befall ⬩ accĭdĕre, evĕnīre
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Ðeáh eów nú gesǽle, ðæt ... though it now happen to you that..., Bt. Met. Fox 10, 47; Met. 10, 24. Uncúþ hú him æt ǽhtum gesǽle it is unknown how it may befall him in the matter of property, Prov. Kmbl. 20
ge-irman
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Gé beóð gesealde feóndum tó gewealde, ðá eów geyrmað and swíðe geswencað, Wlfst. 133, 9. Þæt wíf hire ágenne teám mid wyriunge geyrmde, Hml. Th. ii. 34, 31.
ge-rihtwísian
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Gl. 251, 35. to maintain the righteousness of a person Gé eów sylfe beforan mannum gerihtwísiaþ, Lk. 16, 15. to exculpate, in theology to declare or make free from the penally of sin Andetnys gerihtwísað, andetnys synne forgyfednysse sylð, Scint. 40
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wilde
Having power ⬩ powerful ⬩ strong
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Útancumene men beóð wildran ðonne gé and eów genyðriaþ advena ascendet super te eritque sublimior; tu autem descendes et eris inferior Deut. 28, 43.
efen-þeówa
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A. 202, 240. weak forms Ic eom eówer efnðeówa (emn-, v. l.) consenior, Past. 136, 16. Hwí wylt þú cweðan ꝥ ðú sý mín þeówa? Ac þú eart mín efenþeówa, for ðan ðe wit syndan ánes Godes þeów, Hml. A. 123, 204: Hml, Th. i. 38, 25.
ge-cnyssan
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Ic eom gecnyssed (-cnysed, v.l.) mid þám stormum þǽre strangan hreóhnesse in þám scipe mines módes in naui mentis tempestatis ualidae procellae illidor, Gr. D. 5, 19.
BLEÁÞ
Gentle, timid, peaceful, inactive ⬩ timidus, imbellis, ignavus ⬩ destitute
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Gentle, timid, peaceful, inactive; timidus, imbellis, ignavus Ic eom to ðon bleáþ ðæt mec mæg gríma abrégan I am so timid that a phantom may frighten me, Exon. 110 b; Th. 423, 4; Rä. 41, 16. Ne wæs him bleáþ hyge his mind was not inactive, Andr.
ge-hénan
To humble ⬩ accuse ⬩ condemn ⬩ despise ⬩ humiliare ⬩ accusare ⬩ condemnare ⬩ spernere
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To humble, accuse, condemn, despise; humiliare, accusare, condemnare, spernere Gehéned ic eóm humiliatus sum, Ps. Vossii, 37, 8. Hine gehénan [MS. gehena] illum accusare, Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 2. He gehéned wæs he was condemned.
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wiþer
Against ⬩ Against
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Uiððir ða adversus eos, Rtl. 168, 5. Grammar wiþer, adv. Against, in opposition Wiþer infensus, Germ. 394, 366 Similar entries cf. he wæh Wiðer king þe wiðer wes an compe Laym. 9287
ambeht
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Ic eom Hróðgáres ár and ombiht, 336. Ðe ambeht ł se ðegn discipulus ille, Jn. L. 21, 23. Ðone ilca arnbeh[t], 20. Ðára ambihta discipulorum, 20, 30. Ambehtum discipulis, 21, 14. Abraham spræc tó his ombihtum: 'Rincas míne,' Gen. 2879.
þreodian
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Þé þá hé geseah ꝥ hí þrydodon ymb his deáð eum mortem illius deliberasse eos cerneret, Gr. D. 253, 12.