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huntian

(v.)
Grammar
huntian, p. ode

To hunt

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Gif him þince ðæt huntige beorge him georne wið his fýnd if he fancies that he is hunting, let him guard himself well against his foes, Lchdm. iii. 172, 19. Ne canst ðú huntian búton nettum nescis venari nisi cum retibus, Coll. Monast.

tyhtan

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tihton heora geféran ꝥ unforhte wǽron, and bǽdon ꝥ áwurpon heora wǽpna him fram, 28, 61. with dat. of person, to urge something on a person arn swá swá him his nytenlice yld tihte plegende mid his efenealdum, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 4

warenian

(v.)
Grammar
warenian, warnian, wearnian ; p. ode.
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Hié oft gesyngiaþ giet wyrs on ðæm ðæt wareniaþ wið ða lytlan scylda ðonne dón on myclum scyldum; for ðæm ðe lícettaþ hié unscyldge, ðonne wæreniaþ wid ða lytlan, Past. 57; Swt. 439, 18-20.

áscian

(v.)
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sende tó þám brýdguman and áxode þǽr, ac heó þǽr næs, 33, 182. befrán for hwylcum intingan hine áxodon, 10, 117. Wé ealle hine áxodan, Ll. Th. i. 234, 12. Hió ongan swíðe giornlíce áxian þá næglas, H. R. 15, 20.

Linked entry: áhsian

bícnan

(v.)
Grammar
bícnan, (-ian).

signifyindicateportend

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Add to make a sign to a person (dat. or prep, tó) with something bícneð mid ðǽm eágum annuit oculis, Past. 357, 20. bícnode hire tó mid his cynegyrde, Hml. A. 97, 180. þá becnade Sanctus Petrus him, 162, 239.

Linked entry: bécnan

tela

Grammar
tela, <b>.
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</b> of health :-- settað heora handa ofer ádlige men, and him bið tela ( bene habebunt ), Hml. Th. ii. 304, 22. Add him sylfum geworhte tela unmycel eardung-hús sibi humile habitaculum construxit, Gr. D. 201, 5

gástende

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
gástende, l. ge-áscende ?
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Ðá reahte [] hys mód fór oft gastnde (geáscende ?)

án-éged

(v.; part.)
Grammar
án-éged, part.

One-eyedblinded of one eyemonoculusmonophthalmusluscus

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One-eyed, blinded of one eye; monoculus, monophthalmus, luscus Gif he gedó ánégede if he make them one-eyed, L. Alf. 20; Th. 1: 48, 25, note: Ælfc. Gl. 71; Som. 70, 76; Wrt. Voc. 43, 9

bǽr-man

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hreopode ðá bǽre, and þá bǽrmenn ætstódon, Hml. Th. i. 492, 25: ii. 150, 13. beád him ꝥ deófolgild ne bǽron ná furðor . . . and þá bǽrmen sóna stedefæst stódon, Hml. S. 31, 374. Add

ymb-útan

(prep.; adv.)
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Him on healfa gehwone heofonengla þreát ymbútan faraþ, Exon. Th. 58, 1; Cri. 929. Hit bið sinbyrnende and ymbútan hit óðra stówa forbærnð, Met. 8, 53.

Linked entry: emb-útan

inca

(n.)
Grammar
inca, an; m.

Doubtquestionoffenceill-willfear

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Ðá frægn hwæðer ealle smylte mód and bútan eallum incan blíðe tó him hæfdon.

engel-lic

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þone apostol on engellicre fægernysse geseah, Guth. 28, 27. Of engcellicre sprǽce, 72, 11. wurdon betǽhte engellicum bósmum, Hml. Th. i. 84, 9. Tó engelicum sprǽcum, 544, 31. Engellicum, Guth. 86, 8. Engcellice sangas gehýrde, 88, 14. Add

weorc-stán

Grammar
weorc-stán, <b>. I.</b>
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Add ðǽr swíðe fæsthealdne weorcstán upp áhwylfdon . . . fundon ǽcne stán on óðerne befégedne, Hml. Th. i. 23, 423. Add Hét niman Claudium and lǽdan tó sǽ and wurpan hine út mid ánum weorcstáne, Hml. S. 35, 226

á-wlacian

(v.)
Grammar
á-wlacian, p. ode

To grow lukewarm

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To grow lukewarm on þám frumwylme heora gecyrrednesse sylfe fulfremede taliaþ, ac swíþe recene áwlaciaþ (continuo tepefacti) R. Ben. 135, 6. Þe lǽs þe þǽre hálgan ǽfestnesse welm áwlacige and mid ealle ácólige, Lch. iii. 442, 20

under-delfan

(v.)

to dig underunderminedig outsuffocare

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nolde geþafigan ðæt man hys hús underdulfe non sineret perfodi domum suam, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 43: Lk. 12, 39. nolde geþafian ðam þeófe náteshwón ðæt underdulfe dígellíce his hús, Homl. Ass. 50, 13.

sweltan

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Add: p. sweolt. absolute, to die sweolt, Shrn. 153, 14. cúðe tócnáwan gif cunnode þæs mannes be his ǽdrena hrepunge hweðer hraðe swulte, Hml.

þweán

(v.)
Grammar
þweán, p. þwóh, pl. þwógon; pp. þwagen, þwægen, þwegen, þwogen.

to washto anoint.

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hire fét mid his teárum þwóh, 744. þwóh Aaron and his suna, Lev. 8, 6. Heó ðwóhg, Bd. 3, 9; S. 534, 13. Ðæt sylfe wæter ðæt ða bán mid ðwógan, 3, 11; S. 535, 33.

for-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
for-cirran, p. de.

to turnavoidpervertsubvert

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Barbarismum hig forbúgað, and eác barbara lexin hig forcyrrað, Angl. viii. 313, 19. wǽron mid strǽlum scotode, ac ðá strǽlas forcyrdon and slógon ðá hǽðnan, Shrn. 135, 29.

Linked entries: for-búgan for-cyrran

ofer-hygdiglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ofer-hygdiglíce, adv.
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wende ꝥ mihte þá ylcan brógan him gedón þe ǽr gewunode óðrum mannum tó dónne, and ongan mid mycclum stefnum clypian and cweðan oferhygdilíce (arrogantly): 'Arís. . . ' 164, 2

Linked entry: hygdiglíce

ge-férrǽden

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ágsode hwá wolde on þǽre geférrǽddene beón þe wǽre, and ꝥ lufian ꝥ lufode. Ll.