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ge-hálettan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hálettan, p. te
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To salute, greet Hé gehálette þone cniht and him þus bebeád puero resalutato praecepit, Gr. D. 36, 27. Þá Langbearde hé grétte and gehálette Langobardos salutavit, 250, 18

Linked entry: hálettan

ræpsan

(v.)
Grammar
ræpsan, p. te
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To seize (?), to reprove (?) Raebsid uuaes, repset uaes, ræpsit wæs interceptum est (cf. á-raepsid, -repsit interceptum, 511), Txts, 68, 523. Raefsed, refset, raefsit interpellari, 70, 526. Refsede intercepit, 69, 1082. Cf.

Linked entries: refsan ge-resp repsan

ge-bredan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bredan, p. -bræd, pl. -brudon; pp. -broden [ge-, bredan to draw]

to drawunsheathbrandishstringĕreevagĭnārevibrāreto draw breathtake breathinspireinspīrāreto weaveplaitnectĕreplectĕreto feignpretendsimŭlāre

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Alf. pol. 7; Th. 66, 9. Ic ðý wǽpne gebræd I brandished the weapon. Beo. Th. 3333; B. 1664.

be-hón

(v.)
Grammar
be-hón, p. -héng, pl. -héngon; pp. -hangen, -hongen [be, hón to hang]

To BEHANGto hang roundcircumpenderecircumdareambire

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To BEHANG, to hang round; circumpendere, circumdare, ambire Behongen beón mid bellum to be behung or hung round with bells Past. 15, 4; Hat. MS. 19 b, 7

Linked entry: bi-hongen

ge-cryppan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cryppan, p. te
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To crook a finger, close the hand Genim gecrypte hand fulle, Lch. ii. 276, 13

Linked entry: cryppan

for-scúnian

(v.)
Grammar
for-scúnian, -scúnigean; p. ode; pp. od [scúnian to shun]

To blushfeel shameerŭbescĕre

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To blush, feel shame; erŭbescĕre, Scint. 4

þiustra

(n.)
Grammar
þiustra, Wrt. Voc. ii. l00, 18; according to form the word might belong to þeóstru, but it glosses ambulas, the meaning of which, according to the dictionary, is endive
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or chicory

hrépan

(v.)
Grammar
hrépan, p. te
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To call, cry out Hrépað (printed hrewað) cient, Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 63. Hrépað, 20, 11

Linked entry: hrópan

dyrn-licgan

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
dyrn-licgan, part. -licgende, -licgynde [dyrne secret, licgan to lie]

To lie secretly, to fornicatefornicāri

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To lie secretly, to fornicate; fornicāri Dyrnlicgynde fornicāti sunt, Ps. Spl. C. 105, 36

Linked entry: dirn-licgan

hwóstan

(v.)
Grammar
hwóstan, p. te

To cough

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To cough Hwóstaþ [hwosaþ, MS.] gelóme they cough frequently, L. M. 2, 46; Lchdm. ii. 258, 7

fýhtan

(v.)
Grammar
fýhtan, p. te

To moisten

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To moisten Þeáh þe gewǽtte, fíhte quamvis umectaretur, An. Ox. 3470. Fýhtan umectare, 7, 14. Fíhten, 658

Linked entries: fúhtiende fíhtan

a-mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
a-mearcian, p. ode; pp. od [a, mearcian to mark]

To mark outdelineatedescribedetermineannotaredenotaredesignaredescriberedefinire

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To mark out, delineate, describe, determine; annotare, denotare, designare, describere, definire Hér amearcod is háligra hiw, þurh handmægen awriten on wealle here is described the form of the holy ones, through might of hand carved on the wall, Andr

ge-hyscan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hyscan, p. te

To mockderide

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To mock, deride Úre fýnd gehyscton us inimici nostri subsannauerunt nos, Ps. Lamb. 79, 7. Gehiscþ abominabitur, 5, 8

Linked entry: ge-hiscan

ge-hnǽstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hnǽstan, p. te
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To come into conflict with, contend Sé þe mec féhð ongeán and wið mægenþisan mínre genǽsteð, Rä. 28, 10

Linked entries: ge-nǽstan -hnǽstan

rǽpan

(v.)
Grammar
rǽpan, p. te
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To bind (with a rope), make captive Hí férdon ǽghwiðer and úre earme folc rǽpton (rýpton, MS. C.) and slógan (cf. rǽpling), Chr. 1011; Erl. 145, 6. Cyspan and mid racentan rǽpen, Met. 26, 78

Linked entry: ge-rǽpan

fnǽrettan

(v.)
Grammar
fnǽrettan, p. te

To snortneigh

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To snort, neigh, make a loud sound with the breath Frendens hnǽgende, fnǽrettende (printed fnæs-, but see E. S. xi. 511), vel grymettende, frendit i. stridet dentibus, rugiet grymetteþ. Wrt. Voc. ii. 150. 52-55

for-wrecan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wrecan, p. -wræc, pl. -wrǽcon; pp. -wrecen [wrecan to drive]

To drive outbanishexpelexpellĕrepropellĕrefŭgāre

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Hý forwrǽcon wícinga cynn they expelled the race of the vikings, Scóp Th. 95; Wíd. 47. Eart ðú ána forwrecen on Hierusalem tu sōlus peregrīnus es in Jerusalem? Lk. Bos. 24, 18

hleápettan

(v.)
Grammar
hleápettan, p. te

To jump aboutskip

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To jump about, skip: Cwið seó bóc þæt hé úp ástóde and ongunne hleápettan (hleáppettan, v. l.). . . and á wæs gangende and hleápende (hleappetende, v. l.) and Dryhten herigende, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 560, 5-10

Linked entries: hleápan hleáppettan

lystan

(v.)
Grammar
lystan, p. te
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To desire. with gen. Þonne seó sáwl þyrsteð and lysteð Godes ríces Deum sitiens anima, Gr. D. 244, 27. with infin. Manige men hine geornlíce lystan geseón multi hunc anxie videre sitiebant, Gr. D. 45, 22

ge-bígan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bígan, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans. [ge-, bígan to bow, bend]

To bowbendturninflect or decline a part of speechtwistbow downhumblebring undersubduecrushflectĕreinflectĕredeclīnārehumiliāre

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Gr. 7; Som. 6, 2: 14; Som. 16, 56: Exon. 24 a; Th. 69, 26; Cri. 1126: Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 64, 15: Ælfc. T. 30, 5: Ps. Th. 106, 15