ge-yrgan
To make cowardly ⬩ terrify
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To make cowardly, terrify Ealle synd geyrgede ðe eardiaþ on ðisum lande all the inhabitants of the land do faint because of us, Jos. 2, 24: 8, 6: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 108, 123
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giwian
To ask ⬩ petere ⬩ postulare
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To ask; petere, postulare Wælde giwiga ł giuiade postulasset, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 17, 7. Giuiga petere, Rtl. 179, 34. Ic giuge wælle petam, Mk. Skt, Lind. 6, 24. Huu giues ðú quomodo poscis, Jn. Skt. Lind. 4, 9. Se ðe giuæþ qui petit, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 7,
glengan
To adorn ⬩ trim ⬩ deck ⬩ compose ⬩ set in order ⬩ ornare
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To adorn, trim, deck, compose, set in order; ornare Þeódnes cynegold sóþfæstra gehwone glengeþ the prince's crown shall adorn each of the just, Exon. 64 b; Th. 238, 19; Ph. 606. Glengdon heora leóhtfatu ornaverunt lampades suas, Mt. Skt. 25, 7: Exon.
grǽdan
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To cry, call out; clamare Ic grǽde swá gós I cry like a goose, Exon. 106 b; Th. 406, 18; Rä. 25, 3. Ðonne grǽt se láreów swá swá kok on niht prædicator clamat quasi gallus cantat in nocte, Past. 63; Swt. 459, 32; Hat. MS. Hine mon sceal swíðe hlúde hátan
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grillan
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To provoke, offend Hie willaþ grillan [griellan, Hat. MS.] óðre men they like to provoke other men, Past. 40, 4; Swt. 292, 19; MS. Cot
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þanc-weorþ
Thankworthy, ⬩ deserving thanks, ⬩ acceptable
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Thankworthy, deserving thanks, acceptable Þurh ðære þancweorþan Cristes gyfe through the help of Christ's grace, which is deserving of all thanks, Lchdm. iii. 432, 23. Þancwurðre gratuita (Christi gratia fretus), Hpt. Gl. 420, 76. Úrum godum geoffrian
þe
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in Northern Gospels Ðe ł hé ipse, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 15, 24. Ðe ilca ipse, 3, 4. Ðe ðe qui, 3, 2. Ðe Hǽlend, Jn. Skt. Rush. 4, 2, 6
þearfan
To need, ⬩ suffer need ⬩ indigent, ⬩ needy, ⬩ poor ⬩ a poor person; ⬩ the poor ⬩ a miserable person
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To need, suffer need Nú ðú ðæt swá openlíce ongiten hæfst, ne þearfe ic nú náuht swíþe ymbe ðæt swincan, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 8. Úre ceaster is þearfende ... wé þoliaþ ðone heardestan hungor, Ap. Th. 9, 7. Ðú, þíne þearfende thou, needing food (? v. þigen
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þrægan
To run ⬩ proceed in a course
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To run, proceed in a course Sume tungul læsse gelíðaþ, ða ðe lácaþ ymb eaxe ende, oððe micle máre geféraþ, ða hire midore ymbe þearle þrægeþ (-aþ?) (cf. sume tunglu habbaþ lengran ymbhwyrft ðonne sume habban, and ða lengestne ðe ymb ða eaxe middewearde
býgan
To bow, bend, turn, turn back, bow down, humble, abase ⬩ flectere, inflectere, incurvare, retorquere, deflectere, humiliare
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To bow, bend, turn, turn back, bow down, humble, abase; flectere, inflectere, incurvare, retorquere, deflectere, humiliare Býgdest ðú ðé fór hæleðum thou bowedst thyself before men, Exon. 100a; Th. 376, 11; Seel. 153. Ðeáh ðú hwilcne boh býge wið eorþan
BYRGAN
tumulus ⬩ To raise a mound, to BURY ⬩ tumulare, tumulo condere, sepelire
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To raise a mound, to BURY; ¨ tumulare, tumulo condere, sepelire Hí his líchaman on cyrican neáh weofode byrgan woldon they would bury his body in the church near the altar, Bd. 3, 19; S. 550, 10: Exon. 82b; Th. 311, 27; Seef. 98. Birge man hine ðæs ilcan
byrigan
To bury ⬩ sepelire
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To bury; sepelire Alýf me ǽrest byrigan mínne fæder permitte mihi primum sepelire patrem meum, Lk. Bos. 9, 59 : 9, 60: Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 21: Hy. 10, 29; Hy. Grn. ii. 293, 29: Nicod. 21; Thw. 10, 30: 21; Thw. 11. 4
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býrigan
To taste ⬩ gustare
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To taste; gustare Deáþ he ðǽr býrigde he there tested death, Rood Kmbl. 199; Kr. 101. Ðæt he hire sealde ðæt wæter to býrigenne ut gustandam illi daret eam aquam. Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 21
ge-cnyclan
To bend, crook
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To bend, crook Geniclede carperrabat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 48. Genicelde carperabat, 128, 70. Genyclede, genicldae obuncans (cf. obuncabat, i. reflectebat beclypte, gebígede, An. Ox. 2956), Txts. 81, 1408. Gecnyclede, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 18. Geniclede carperra
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ge-dríman
To modulate, make harmonious
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To modulate, make harmonious Gedrýmyd modulata, Germ. 390, 35. Mid gedrémedum cwyde non dissona sententia, An. Ox. 4628
ge-edcenned
To regenerate
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To regenerate Þurh þæne fulluht þe se mæssepreóst eów of geedcende per illud baptismum, quo uos sacerdos regenerauit, Ll. Lbmn. 413, 41. Geedcenned of wætere and of háligum gáste renatus ex aqua et spiritu, Jn. 3, 5. His gecoren-an beóð geedcennede on
ymb-cirran
To turn about ⬩ to revolve round ⬩ to turn one's self round ⬩ to turn away, avert ⬩ to turn over, move, stir, overturn ⬩ to change
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To turn about to revolve round Hí ðære eaxe útan ymbhwerfaþ (-eþ, MS.) ðone norðende, neáh ymbcerraþ (-eþ, MS.), Met. 28, 14. Saturnus hæfð ymb þrítig wintergerímes weoruld ymbcyrred, 28, 26. to turn one's self round Ymbcerred wæs on bægcgling conuersa
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ymb-ærnan
To go round
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To go round Ða gelamp ðætte Peahte ðeód com of Scyþþia lande and ymbærndon éall Breotone gemǽro, ðæt hí cómon on Scotland upp contigit gentem Pictorum de Scythia, circumagente flatu ventorum, extra fines omnes Brittaniae Hiberniam pervenisse, Bd. 1,
ymb-lǽdan
To lead about
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To lead about Hé ymblǽdde hine circumduxit eum (Deut. 32, 10), Cant. M. ad fil. 10
ymb-gyrdan
to gird about ⬩ to put a girdle round ⬩ to serve as a girdle ⬩ to surround, encompass, enclose
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of clothing, to gird about, to put a girdle round Ic embgyrde cingo and accingo and succingo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Zup. 173, 17. Hé ymbgyrde hine praecinxit se, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 13, 4. Ymbgyrdaþ eówre lendena, Anglia viii. 322, 19. Ymbgyrde wé úre lendena
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