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ge-hradian

(v.)
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Add: to do soon Sý se nón geradod (= ? -hradod) and sý gehringed þonne seó eahteoðe tíd bið healf ágán agatur nona temperius mediante octava hora, R. Ben. 73, 14

þyrstan

Grammar
þyrstan, <b>. I</b> 2.
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Add Gif him þyrste, ðú him drincan, Hml. S. 21, 376. 2. Add Þonne seó sáwl þyrsteð and lysteð Godes ríces Deum sitiens anima, Gr. D. 244, 27

pohha

(n.)
Grammar
pohha, poha, pohcha, pocca, an; m.
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Sift ðonne, on pohhan ( bag ), lege under weofod, 138, 27. on ǽnne pohchan, iii. 48, 5. 'Se ðe médsceattas gaderaþ, hé legeþ hié on þyrelne pohchan ( sacculum ).' An þyrelne pohchan se legþ ... Past. 45, 4; Swt. 343, 20

of-sittan

(v.)

to sit upon, press down by sittingto sit upon, oppressto sit upon, occupy, take possession of (with idea of force or wrong)to sit about, besiegeto repress, check, present motion

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to sit upon, press down by sitting Heó ofsæt ðone selegyst she (Grendel&#39;s mother) pressed down the hall-guest (Beowulf, who had fallen) Beo. Th. 3094; B. 1545.

Linked entry: of-setenness

BIDDAN

(v.)
Grammar
BIDDAN, ic bidde, ðú biddest, bidst bitst, he biddeþ, bit, byt, bitt, pl. biddaþ; impert. bide, pl. biddaþ; p. ic, he bæd, ðú bǽde, pl. bǽdon; pp. beden : followed by an acc. of the person, or by the prep. to, and a gen. of the thing; v. trans.

To ask, pray, intreat, beseech, BID, order, requirepetere, poscere, orare, quærere, precari, deprecari, rogare, postulare, præcipere, requirere

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Ðone alwaldan ára biddan to intreat the all-powerful for benefits, Cd. 217; Th. 277, 24; Sat. 209. Gehýr, God, gebéd mín ðon is bidde exaudi, Deus, orationem meam cum deprecor, Ps. Spl. 63, 1. Biddaþ rogate, Ps. Th. 121, 6.

þǽr-on

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-on, adv.
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Ðá hét hé gefeccan ǽnne ǽrenne oxan, and ða hálgan ðǽron dón, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 422. thereof And hé ne cúðe nán þing þáron (cf. næs heora nán ðe þár ǽnig þing on cúðe, 41, 24), Gen. 39, 23

Linked entry: on

ofer-hycgan

(v.)

to despise, contemn, disdain, scorncontemnere, aspernereto be puffed up

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Utan oferhycgan helm ðone miclan, Cd. Th. 280, 7; Sat. 252: 283, 15; Sat. 305

gíme-líst

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Th. i. 84, II. the want of care to do or not to do something, negligence.

ge-wriþen

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wriþen, adj. (ptcpl.)
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Bound, obliged, under obligation to do Swá micele beón eádmódra gehwylc scyl of gyfe swá micele hyne gewriþenra ( obligatiorem ) beón besceáwað on ágyldendum gesceáde, Scint. 155, 7. Gewriþenre, 21, 2

síþ

(adj.)
Grammar
síþ, [] ; cpve. síþra ; spve. síþest, síþ[e]mest ; adj.
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Se síþemesta dóm (síþemesða demm, Hatt. MS.) extrema damnatio, Past. 2 ; Swt. 30, 21. Sardanopolus wæs se síþmesta cyning ðe on ðæm londe rícsade novissimus apud Assyrios regnavit Sardanapalus, Ors. 1, 12 ; Swt. 50, 29.

stán-cist

(n.)
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stán-cist, -cisten
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a chestnut-tree Of ðane þorne on ðo stáncysten on holencumbe; of ðane stáncyste on blacmanne bergh, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 8, 22. v. cisten-, cyst-beám, stán-ceastel

ár-fæt

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on árfæt, lǽt standan on þám árfate, ii. 34, 5. Meng on árfæt, 124, 25. Add

pytt

(n.)
Grammar
pytt, es ; m.
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Gelǽste man á ðone sáwelsceat æt openum pytte (cf. æt openum græfe, L. Eth. v. 12 ; Th. i. 308, 5), Wulfst. 118, 7. Uton dón hine on ðone ealdan pytt ( cisternam ), Gen. 37. 20. Ic wæs on pytt beworpen in lacum missus sum, 40, 15.

a-libban

(v.)
Grammar
a-libban, -lybban; p. -lifde, -lyfde; pp. -lifd, -lyfd

To livelive aftersurviveviveresuperesse

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Hwá unclǽnnisse líf alifde who lived a life of uncleanness, Exon, 116 b; Th. 448, 32; Dóm. 63: Hý. 4, 115. Hy on bilwitnesse hyra líf alyfdon they lived a harmless life, Ors. 1, 2; Bos. 27, 5: Ex. 21, 22

beofian

(v.)
Grammar
beofian, p. ode; pp. od

To tremblequakebe movedtremerecontremerecommoveri

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To tremble, quake, be moved; tremere, contremere, commoveri Beofaþ eal beorhte gesceaft all the bright creation shall tremble Exon. 116 b Th. 448, 22; Dóm. 58. Seó eorþe beofode the earth trembled 24 b; Th. 70, 27; Cri. 1145.

Linked entries: a-beofian beaftan

fild-cumb

(n.)
Grammar
fild-cumb, es; m. [cumb II. a liquid measure]

A milk-pailmulctrālemulctrum

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the milk-pail, and set not the vessel down on the earth far seven nights, L.

ge-cwémnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cwémnes, -nys, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

A pleasingsatisfactionappeasingplăcātiobeneplăcĭtum

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Martha wæs geornful ðæt heó ðon Hǽlende to gecwémnesse ðegnode Martha was desirous to minister to the Saviour to his satisfaction, Blickl. Homl. 67, 29. Gicuoenmise hæbbendo sufficentiam habentes, Rtl. 13, 15

Linked entry: ge-cwémednes

sigel-beorht

(adj.)
Grammar
sigel-beorht, adj.
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Bringþ sigelbeorhte dagas sumor tó túne, 175 ; Men. 89. bright as the sun Sitt sigelbeorht swegles brytta on heáhsetle ille sedens solio fulget sublimis in alto, Dóm. L. 117. [Icel. sól-bjartr.] Cf. sigel-torht

un-gerád

(n.)
Grammar
un-gerád, es; n.

stupidityfollyunreasondiscorddisagreementvariance

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stupidity, folly, unreason Fela dyslíce dǽda deriaþ mancynne oððe for ánwylnysse oððe for ungeráde; swá swá sume menn dóð, ðe dyslíce fæstaþ ofer heora mihte ... Nú gesettan ða hálgan fæderas ðæt wé fæston mid geráde, Homl.

ymb-gang

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Add Gif hí embegang ná dón si processionem non egerunt , Angl. xiii. 404, 554.