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á-fédan

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áfést ( pascis ) þú hafocas þíne ? fédaþ hig sylfe and mé on wintra, Coll. M. 25, 37. Áfédde seó wudewe þone wítegan mid ðám melewe, Hml. S. 18, 65. Gif ðá móder ðe hine gebær and áfédde nele árwurðian, Hml. Th. ii. 208, 12.

for-beran

to bearenduresustainto bear withtolerateto bear withput up withto do withoutto abstain fromdesist fromto abstainto restrain

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H. 20, 5. Heó ne mihte forbæran ꝥ heó hit leng forhǽle, Hml. S. 30, 348. absolute Hǽte oþ ꝥ hit sié swá hát swá þín finger forberan mæge. Lch. ii. 236, 28.

Linked entries: fór-beran fóre-beran

be-clyppan

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His swíðre hand mé beclipð (amplexabitur), Past. 389, 11, 14. Grǽdum beclypte gremiis obuncabat, An. Ox. 2956. Heó beclypte hire neb mid handum, Hml. Th. ii. 184, 1. beclypte ealle, Hml. S. 23, 823. Ic eom beclypt mid his earmum, 7, 46. Add

freóndscipe

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H. 195, 25-28. ꝥ Git mé freóndscipe cýðað, 2515: An. 478. cf. freónd, gemyndgade Iónas þǽre fǽhðe þe Xersis him tó geworht háfde ... bæd hié eác ꝥ hié gemunden þæs unárímedlican freóndscipes þe hié hæfdon tó Athéniensum, Ors. 2, 5; S. 82, 19.

on-ǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
on-ǽlan, p. de.

to set fire to, to ignite, kindleto burn (cf. anneal), consume by burningto make hot with fireto make hot (in a metaphorical sense), to inflame, to excite intense feeling, to kindle passions

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Skt. i. 4, 260. to make hot with fire hét onǽlan ðone ofen swíðe þearle, Homl.

wyrm-galdere

(n.)
Grammar
wyrm-galdere, es; m.

A serpent-charmersorcerer

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A serpent-charmer, sorcerer hét sumne wyrmgaldere micle næddran hire in tó gelǽdan, ðæt seó ábítan sceolde. Ðá stód seó fǽmne forð on hire gebede, and seó næddre stód be hire; ðonne seó fǽmne onleát, ðonne onleát seó næddre.

cáf

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Se eorðlica kempa bið ǽfre gearo and cáf, swá hwyder swá faran sceal tó gefeohte mid ðám kininge, Hex. 34, 19. Þæt sýn cáfran tó Godes þeówdóme, R. Ben. 68, 19. Petrus wæs cáfost on Crístes lufe, Hml. Th. ii. 388, 29. Add

ofer-eáca

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Add: the rest 'Ic hæbbe mænigfealde ǽhta, and . . . ic gedó ꝥ cumað hider"... forðteáh þá fíftig mancsas, and þám abbode sealde and cwæð, 'Nim þis feoh, and gif ic hér þurhwunige se ofereáca hider cymð,' Hml. S. 33, 145-155.

seáþ

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ðá moldan námon oð þæt þǽr wæs deóp seáð ( fossa ) ádolfen, þætte wǽpnedman mihte oð his sweóran on gestandan, Bd. 3, 9; Sch. 229, 3. hét ðá gebróðor in ðæs húses flóre hím seáð (foueam) ádelfan, 4, 28; Sch. 520, 9.

ge-biddan

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Gebide þe þriwa eást, Lch. iii. 60, 15. ꝥ é Mid þám paternostre sceal hine gebiddan, Hml. S. 12, 262. Heó wæs hié gebiddende, Bl. H. 137, 23 : Hml. S. 7, 224. to pray to an object Andreas gebæd tó Drihtne, Bl. H. 247, 23.

tó-weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-weorpan, -werpan, -worpan, -wurpan, -wyrpan; p. -wearp, pl. -wurpon; pp. -worpen.

To throw in different directionsthrow awaythrow downto scatterdispersedestroyoverthrowto scatterdisperseto break in piecesscatter the parts of a connected wholeto overthrowto overturnto throw downdestroy a buildingdemolishto overthrowto destroy the power of a person,to destroyto overthrow an institution, a practice, regulation, law, etc.,to put downput an end todestroymake voidbreakdissolveto throw out

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úre ǽ tówyrpþ. Pilatus hym cwæð: Hwæt ys ðæt déþ ðæt mǽge eówre ǽ tówerpan? cwǽdon: 'On restedagum hǽlþ,' Nicod. 2; Thw. 1, 23-27. com tó ðý ðæt wolde ǽlc yfel tówurpan, and ǽlc good árǽran. Nú tówyrpþ on us leahtras . . .

ge-þrístlǽcan

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dorste geþrístlǽcean (for hwon geþrýsstlǽhte, v. l. ) ꝥ héte þone Godes wer swencean, 39, 9. Sceal nán mon geþrístlǽcan ( presumat ) þát sprǽce, R. Ben. 16, 2

DEÓFOL

(n.)
Grammar
DEÓFOL, deóful, dióful; contracted to deófl; gen. es; dat. ; nom. pl.deóflu , deófol; gen. deófla; m. n.

DEVIL diabŏlus

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Then let him know that God created, as a great angel, him who is now the devil; but God did not create him as the devil; but when he was wholly done for and guilty towards God, through his great haughtiness and enmity, then became he changed to the devil

Linked entry: deóful

ge-lácan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lácan, p. -léc

To play a trick ondelude

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To play a trick on, delude On geléc ðæt mid him wunnon he deluded them into making war with him, Ors. 3,,7; Bos. 60, 2

geáp-scipe

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ríxade ofer Englæland, and hit mid his geápscipe swá þurhsmeáde, ꝥ næs án híd landes innan Englælande ꝥ nyste hwá heó hæfde, Chr. 1086; P. 220, 19

smeaþancollíce

(adv.)
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embe þæt heofonlice líf geornlíce smeádon swýðe smeáþancollíce, Hml. S. 3, 509. Add

un-wriðen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wriðen, adj.

Not bound

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Not bound Ðæt mid ungemetlícre grimsunge his hiéremonna wunda tó suíðe ne slíte, ne eft for ungemetlícre mildheortnesse hié ne lǽte unwriðena ut neque multa asperitate exulcerentur subditi, neque nimia benignitate solvantur, Past. 17; Swt. 125,

Linked entry: un-wríþan

be-ceápian

(v.)
Grammar
be-ceápian, p. ode; pp. od

To sellvendere

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To sell; vendere He sceolde ealle his wélan beceápian he should sell all his wealth, Homl. Th. i. 62, 3. Se ðe sóþfæstnysse beceápaþ wið feó he who sells truth for money, ii. 244, 24.

æ-bléc

(adj.)
Grammar
æ-bléc, ǽ-blǽce; adj.

Pallid, pale, livid

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On plúmfeðerum líð ac þéhweðere oft ǽblǽce, E. Stud. viii. 473, 19. wearð geangsumod, and ǽblǽce on nebbe cwæþ, Hml. S. 37, 213. Ðá áxode mid ǽblǽcum andwlitan his réðan cwelleras, 129. Be hiora híwe . . . beóð ǽblǽce, Lch. ii. 232, 2.

hǽs

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hét him tó clypian ealne þone here his hǽse gefyldon, Hml. S. 28, 27: Angl vii. 52, 406. gehýrde þá word þæs hátendan, ac yldode ꝥ þá hǽsa gefyllan nolde audivit jubentis verba, sed implere distulit, Gr. D. 159, 16.