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á-rétan

Grammar
á-rétan, Dele 'set right' (in last two passages á-rétan = to comfort),
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and add Hé hæfde his wíf mid him þe hine árétte, þeáh hé his bearna þolode, Hml. S. 30, 204. On þǽm sealme hé wæs cleopiende tó Drihtne, wilnode þæt hé hine árétte, Ps. Th. 27, arg. Be eallum þám þe gebrocode wǽron and eft árétte, 28, arg

ge-neálǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-neálǽcan, -lǽcean; p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht

To approach, draw near, adhere

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Ne dorstan hie ðære stówe geneálǽcan they durst not approach the place, Blickl. Homl. 199, 26. ne dorston hine geneálǽcan they durst not approach him, 243, 13, Geneálǽcean, 77, 11: Shrn, 76, 29.

GRÁPIAN

(v.)
Grammar
GRÁPIAN, grópian; p. ode; pp. od
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Handa habbaþ and ná grápiaþ manus habent et non palpabunt, Ps. Spl. 113, 15. Se cuma his cneów grápode mid his hálwendum handum the stranger felt his knee with his healing hands, Homl. Th. ii. 134, 35.

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ge-bétan

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Hex. 26, 25-27. ꝥ hé his geféra wǽre tó þám cynge, and his wísa wið hine gebétte (would make his relations with the king more satisfactory), Chr. 1050; P. 169, 31.

seht

(adj.)
Grammar
seht, adj.
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him ðæs gætíðodon wið swylcon gersumen swylce ðá sehtæ wǽron such as they were then agreed upon, 198, 16. wurdon sehte on ða gerád ðæt . . ., Chr. 1093 ; Erl. 229, 25.

streónan

(v.)
Grammar
streónan, (but more often with umlaut) striénan, strénan, strínan, strýnan; p. de (
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with gen. acc.). to gain, acquire On ðæm hiewe ðe hé sceolde his gielpes stiéran, on ðæm hé his striénþ. Mid ðý ðe hé sceolde his gestreón tóweorpan, mid ðý hé hié gadraþ, Past. 8; Swt. 55, 10. Strýneþ foeneratur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 45.

ge-dæftlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-dæftlíce, ge-dæftelíce.
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Add: gently, mildly Gif hé hit gedæftelíce ásægð si molestias tranquille lingua diceret, Past. 273, 20. in a. fitting manner, suitably Secge him mon suíðe gedæftelíce for his ágnum scyldum modis congruentibus de proprio reatu feriendi sunt, Past. 185

wundrian

(v.)
Grammar
wundrian, p. ode.

to wonder atto regard with surpriseadmirationto make wonderfulmagnify

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wundrodon on his láre admirabantur in doctrina ejus, Mk. Skt. 6, 2. Ðá wǽron ða apostolas swíþe wundrigende frand him, and wǽron cweþende tó him hwonon him ða wundorlícan gereordo cóman, Blickl.

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ge-bycgan

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Hé hét ꝥ áwendon his geþanc fram Críste, and cwæð ꝥ sceoldon sylfe hit gebicgan, gif ne bígdon his mód, 35, 55. to sell [= be-bycgan] Ðeáh hwá bebyccge (gebicge, v.l. ) his dohtor on þeówenne, Ll. Th. i. 46, 12

freó

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Add: free, not in subjection to a master, having liberty of action Ægylmǽr bohte Sǽðrýðe æt Sǽwolde abbude ... and ofer his dæg and his wífes dæg beó se man freóh, C.D. vi. 210, 17. Þeówie hé six gér and beó him freóh on þám seofoðan, Ex. 21, 2.

hálettan

(v.)
Grammar
hálettan, p. te

To salute, greet, hail

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Iohannes hálette on hie mycelre stefne John greeted her with a loud voice, 143, 15. Hie háletton on hie they greeted her, 139, 25

Linked entries: álette hǽlettan

hírsumian

(v.)

to obeyto obeyto obeya feelingdesirean impulseto serveto serve God

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him Perse þæt hié hæfden iii winter sibbe wiþ hié (rex Persarum quiescere in pace Graeciam praecepit) ...

mæssian

(v.)
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Take here mæssian, placed wrongly in Dict. after mæsse-hrægel, and add Sé pápa mid his ágenum handum him his pallium on sette . . . and hé syððan mid þám pallium þǽr mæssode (mæssan sang, v.l.), swá se pápa him gewissode, Chr. 1022; P. 157, l.

nídinga

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Nú ðæt ðæt hié lyst sculon néde[n]ga forlǽtan, and ðeáh ðæt nú nédenga forlǽtað him bið eft tó wíte gehealden nunc, quod libet, invitis subtrahitur, et tunc, quod dolet, invitis in supplicium reservatur, 441, 22-24.

tó-sníðan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sníðan, p. -snáð, pl. -snidon; pp. -sniden.

to cut in twocut in piecescut upto cut awaycut off

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to cut in two, cut in pieces, cut up Hé geteáh his seax and genam his sciccels ðe hé him on hæfde, tósnáð ðá hine on twá, and healfne sealed ðæm þearfan . . .

ge-frédan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-frédan, ic -fréde, ðú -frédest, he -frédeþ, frét, pl. -frédaþ; p. -frédde; pp. -fréded

To feelperceiveknowbe sensible ofsentīre

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Heó on hire gefrédde ðæt heó of ðam wíte gehǽled wæs sensit corpŏre quia sonāta esset a plāga, Mk. Bos. 5, 29. He gefrédde his deáþes neálǽcunge he was sensible of his death's approach, Homl. Th. i. 88, 8 : 574, 16.

cýþan

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Voc. ii. 90, 34. (2 a) to tell about (be, ymbe) :-- Cýþ him ymbe þé tell him about yourself, Hml. S. 3, 561. Þám cnihte cýðan be his Scyppende, 3, 27. with complementary adj. (?)

be-wacian

(v.)
Grammar
be-wacian, p. ode

To bewake

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D. ), to keep watch over Gé him weardas settað þe bewaciað wið þeófas, Hml, S. 14, 22. Weardmenn his líc bewacedon, Hml. A. 78, 154. Bewacige excubet, Germ. 388, 80

hús-hláford

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Add: — Eustachius gelǽdde meó his gesthúse. and . . . cwæð tó þám húshláforde : ' þás men synd mé cúðe . . . gif mé nú mettas and wín, and ic hit þé gilde eft of míre hýre,' Hml. S. 30, 259

INN

(n.)
Grammar
INN, es; n.

A dwellinghousechamberlodging

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Ðá hé tó his inne com hé hine ǽnne ðǽr inne beleác and hine sylfne ofslóh when he came to his house, he shut himself in alone, and slew himself, Ors. 4, 5 ; Bos. 81, 39 : Homl. Th. ii. 490, 10.

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