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geond-wlítan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-wlítan, p. -wlát, pl. -wliton; pp. -wliten.

To look through, see through, look overperspĭcĕre, ŏcŭlis lustrāreTo look about, look aroundcircumspectāre

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To look through, see through, look over; perspĭcĕre, ŏcŭlis lustrāre He selfa mæg geondwlítan he can himself look through the sea, Cd. 213; Th. 265, 18; Sat. 9: Beo. Th. 5335; B. 2771.

á-drǽfan

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Hí ðone cyning ofer ádrǽfdon, 874; P. 72, 26: 878; P. 74, 26. Ádrǽf repelle, Hy. S. 23, 35. Ádrǽfen detrudere, An. Ox. 4053. Út ádrǽfende exterminans, 4079. Ádrǽfed explodatur, 814. Wǽre ádrǽfed arceretur, pulsetur, 4886.

ofer-féran

(v.)

to pass over or through, to cross, traverseto come upon or across, meet with

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Seó ðe se Hǽlend oferférde, Homl. Th. i. 182, 25. Oberfoerde emenso, Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 22. Oferférde, 29, 33. Mid ðý wit oferférdon transissemus ðás wununesse ðara eádigra gásta, Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 31. Ðet hí ne oferférdan ne transirent, Kent.

be-sylian

(v.)
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Hú oft his sweord wire besyled on unscyldigum blóde quoties iniquus additur saevo gladius veneno, Bt. 16, 4; F. 58, 18. Substitute

þeód-loga

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-loga, an; m.
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An arch-impostor, a great liar Ða gódan Godes þegnas sǽdan, ðæt hé ( Simon the sorcerer ) luge, and hý geswutelodon, ðæt hit eal leás wæs, ðæt se þeódloga sǽde, Wulfst. 99, 23.

Linked entry: loga

beód-land

(n.)
Grammar
beód-land, es; n.
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Land to defray the cost of the food consumed in a monastery Ic ðás land sælle ðám híwum tó hira beódlandæ ego has terras dono ad refectorium fratribus, C. D. v. 218, 19. Ágefe mon tuuénti hída híguum tó biódland, ii. 47, 3.

beorcan

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Se wrítere sǽde ꝥ sum hund burce hetelice on ánne man, Hml. S. 31, 1132. Add

rind

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Add Seó dríge gyrd ( Aaron's rod ) þe næs on eorðan áplantod, ne mid nánre rinde befangen, ne mid sæpe ácucod, Hml. Th. ii.8, 17. Ꝥ bælsamum ǽgþer ge ic ge míne geféran þǽr betwih þǽm rindum (corticibus) nóman, Nar. 27, 25.

hwíl-tídum

(adv.)
Grammar
hwíl-tídum, dat. pl. as adv.

At timessometimes

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Seó is hwíltídum smylte and myrige on tó rówene, hwílon eác swiðe hreóh and egeful on tó beónne, 182, 32

stillan

(v.)
Grammar
stillan, p. de.
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to become still or calm Ðá stylde se storm sóna, and seó wearð eft smylte, Shrn. 147, 9. Se æðeling hét streám*-*fare stillan, stormas restan, Andr. Kmbl. 3150 ; An. 1578 : Salm.

strand

(n.)
Grammar
strand, es ; n.
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Gáþ tó ðære strande, Homl. Th. i. 64, 3. Urk mín húskarl habbe his strand eall forne gén hys ágen land, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 221, 6. Stranda litorum, Hpt. Gl. 449, 28. Strandum litoribus, 465, 9

wiþ-habban

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-habban, p. -hæfde

To hold out againstto withstandresist

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Se ðe him ǽr geþúhte, ðæt him nán wiþhabban ne mehte, ðæt hé hiene mid scipum and mid his fultume áfyllan ne mehte, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 84, 13. Næs nán ðæs stronglíc . . . ðæt mihte ðam miclan mægne wiðhabban, Cd. Th. 297, 18; Sat. 519

Linked entry: wiþer-habban

endian

(v.)

to completefinish

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Ðá beorgas endiað æt þǽm , Ors. 1, 1; S. 22, 20. Þes middangeard on ðás eldo endian sceal þe nú andweard is, Bl. H. 117, 35: 119, 1

wæscan

(v.)
Grammar
wæscan, wacsan, waxan, wacxan, waxsan; p. wósc,wócs,wóx,weóx; pp. wæscen, wacsen,waxen

To wash

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Hé wolde his reówan and hwítlas on wacsan (wæscan, MS. T.) 4, 31; S. 610, 11. Línene cláðas waxan, Lchdm. iii. 206, 29. Hí sculan waxan sceáp, Chart. Th. 145, 13

Linked entries: wascan wacsan waxan

ofer-sittan

(v.)

to sit upon, occupy, take possession ofto desist from, abstain from

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Done mǽstan dǽl his hæfþ oferseten the greatest part of it the sea has occupied, Bt. 18, l; Fox 62, 11 [We maȝen ouersitten þis lond. Laym. 8035.] to desist from, abstain from Ic ofersitte supersideo Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 45.

munuc-hád

(n.)
Grammar
munuc-hád, es; m.

Monk-hoodthe monastic state

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Seó ǽrest wífa is sǽd in Norþanhymbra mǽgþe ðæt heó munucháde and háligrifte onfénge quae prima feminarum fertur in provincia Nordanhymbrorum propositum vestemque sanctimonialis habitus suscepisse, Bd. 4, 23; S. 593, 23

be-settan

(v.)
Grammar
be-settan, p. -sette, pl. -setton; pp. -seted, -sett; v. a. [be by, settan to set]

To BESET, set near, appoint, to place, own, posesscircumdare, collocare, ponere

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Sǽd þeówna his besetton ða semen servorum ejus possidebit eam, Ps. Spl. 68, 42

Linked entry: bi-settan

waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, e (but the declension seems partly u-stem) ; f.
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Ða gelamp hit æt sumum sǽle, swá swá gyt for oft déð, ðæt Englisce cýpmenn bróhton heora ware tó Rómána byrig, and Gregorius eode be ðære strǽt tó ðám Engliscum mannum heora ðing sceáwigende.

heorcnian

(v.)
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Maria sæt heorcigende his láre (cf. his word heorcnigende, 440, 16), Hml. Th. ii. 438, 33

gléd

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Gl. 970. (1 a) in pl. a fire, æt þám glédum at the fire :-- Sum man sæt æt þám (his, v. l.) gledum (sedebat ad prunas) in his húse mid his wífe and mid his lytlan suna . . . ꝥ hé sǽte mid him æt þám glédan . . . se áwyrgda gást þone sunu áwearp in ðá