BET
BETTER ⬩ melius
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BETTER; melius Ðá acsode he, to hwylcum tíman him bet wǽre interrogabat ergo horam ab eis in qua melius habuerit, Jn. Bos. 4, 52. Ðæt se hwǽte mǽge ðý bet weaxan that the wheat may grow the better, Bt. 23; Fox 78, 24.
efn-etan
to become equal, to equal? ⬩ par esse ălĭcui ĕdendo? æquāre, æmŭlāri
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to become equal, to equal? par esse ălĭcui ĕdendo? æquāre, æmŭlāri Ic mésan mæg meahtelícor and efn-etan ealdum þyrse I can feast more heartily and eat as much as the old giant. Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 28; Rä. 41, 63
Linked entry: efen-etan
tóþ-ece
Tooth-ache
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Tooth-ache Tóðæcce mé forwyrnde ǽlcre leornunga . . . Ic wát ðæt manig broc byð mycle strengre ðonne tóðsece, ðeáh ic nǽfre nán strengre ne geðolode, Shrn. 185, 9-16. Lǽcedðmas wiþ ðám uferan tóðece ge wiþ ðám niþeran. Lchdm. ii. 50, 7: 52, 6, 7
Linked entry: tóþ-wærc
tóþ-wyrm
A worm in a tooth
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A worm in a tooth Wið tóþwærce, gif wyrm ete ða léð . . . Wið tóðwyrmum . . . lǽt reócan on ðone múð, dó blæc hrægl under, ðonne feallaþ ða wyrmas on, Lchdm. ii. 50, 10-20
tóþ-sticca
A tooth-pick
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A tooth-pick Tóþsticca dentile, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 68
Linked entry: tóþ-gár
a-swebban
To sooth ⬩ appease ⬩ set at rest ⬩ put to death ⬩ destroy ⬩ sopire ⬩ sedare ⬩ necare ⬩ dolere
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Sweordum aswebban to put to death with swords, Andr. Kmbl. 143; An. 72. He his ealdordóm synnum aswefede his eldership he had destroyed by sins, Cd. 160; Th. 199, 9; Exod. 336
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ge-sweltan
To die ⬩ perish ⬩ mŏri
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To die, perish; mŏri Men gesweltaþ hŏmĭnes moriemini, Ps. Spl. 81, 6. Geswolten, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 18
ge-sígan
To sink ⬩ fall ⬩ set as the sun ⬩ cadere ⬩ labi ⬩ occĭdĕre ut sol
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Ðá to ðam wage geság then to the wall he sank, Exon. 51 a; Th. 178, 13; Gú. 1243
ge-læswian
To feed
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To feed Gilesua pasce, Jn. Skt. Lind. 21, 17. Ic eom gelæswod pastas sum, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 36, 44
ge-sehtian
To settle, reconcile ⬩ rĕconcīliāre
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To settle, reconcile; rĕconcīliāre Ða heáfodmen ða bróðra gesehtodan the chief men reconciled the brothers, Chr. 1l01; Erl. 237, 26
Linked entry: sehtan
ge-cwéman
To please ⬩ satisfy ⬩ propitiate ⬩ plăcēre ⬩ satisfăcĕre
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To please, satisfy, propitiate; plăcēre, satisfăcĕre He ne mihte ðám folcum mid gifum gecwéman he had not power to satisfy the people with rewards, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 60, 45. Pilatus wolde ðam folce gecwémam Pilātus vŏlens pŏpŭlo satisfăcĕre, Mk.
Linked entry: ge-cwémdun
hálsian
To beseech, entreat, implore, adjure, conjure, exorcise ⬩ augurari ⬩ to salute, greet
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On wigbedde tó hálsienne in altari ad augurandum, Cot. 17, Lye
ge-lýfed
One who believed, faithful ⬩ religiosus, fidus, fidelis
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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. Wæs sum cyning gelýfed swíðe on God there was a king firmly believing on God, Swt.
Linked entry: ge-léfed
un-dón
To undo ⬩ to undo that which is closed ⬩ to open ⬩ to undo that which is bound ⬩ to release ⬩ to release ⬩ absolve ⬩ to undo that which closes ⬩ to open a door ⬩ to undo that which binds or fastens ⬩ to undo a bolt, a knot ⬩ to undo what has been done ⬩ to abrogate ⬩ destroy
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To undo. to undo that which is closed, to open Ðá heó ðone windel undyde aperiens fiscellam, Ex. 2, 6. Ðá undyde hira án his sacc aperto sacco, Gen. 42, 27. Hé undyde his múð, Homl. Th. i. 548, 14.
be-murcnian
To murmur ⬩ murmur greatly ⬩ obmurmurare
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To murmur, murmur greatly; obmurmurare Hú ungemetlíce, ge Rómware, bemurcniaþ how immoderately, O Romans, do ye murmur, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 34, 9
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forþ-spównes
Great success ⬩ An advance ⬩ a growth ⬩ prosperity ⬩ profectus
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Great success, hence An advance, a growth, prosperity; profectus To forþspównesse gedéfenre heánesse ad profectum dēbĭti culmĭnis, Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 17
Linked entry: spówness
geond-þencan
To think over, consider, contemplate ⬩ aniĭo lustrāre, contemplāri
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To think over, consider, contemplate; aniĭo lustrāre, contemplāri Ðonne ic eorla líf eal geondþence when I consider all the chieftains' life, Exon. 77 a; Th. 290, 5; Wand. 60.
cyst
choice, election ⬩ optio, electio ⬩ æstimatio ⬩ excellence, virtue, munificence, goodness ⬩ præstantia, virtus, largitas, bonitas
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Him gewát Abraham eástan eágum wlítan on landa [MS. lande] cyst Abraham departed from the east to look with his eyes on what is chosen of lands [Canaan ], Cd. 86; Th. 107, 26; Gen. 1795.
Linked entry: wyn
a-séngan
To shew ⬩ discover ⬩ manifest ⬩ manifestare ⬩ perspicuum facere
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To shew, discover, manifest; manifestare, perspicuum facere Ðe ic aséngan ne mæg which I may not discover, Exon. 70 a ; Th. 261, 11; Jul. 313
be-æftan
after ⬩ behind ⬩ post ⬩ pone ⬩ without ⬩ sine
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Grammar be-æftan, Be-æftan contracted to bæftan, q. v. after, behind; post, pone without; sine Beæftan ðære menego sine turbo, Lk. Bos. 22, 6