grípan
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Gripon (cf. gáres gripe, An. 187), unfægre under sceát werum scearpe gáras sharp spears fixed cruel fangs within the breasts of men, 2062. non-material Gráp heáh þreá on hǽðen cynn, Gen. 2545. trans. to seize, v. grípend Grípeð capessit, capit sumitque
a-byrgan
To taste ⬩ gustare
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To taste; gustare We cýðaþ eów ðæt God ælmihtig cwæþ his ágenum múðe, ðæt nán man he mót abyrgean nánes cynes blódes.
ge-myntan
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To determine, resolve; stătuĕre, decernĕre Gregorius gemunde hwæt he gefyrn Angel-cynne gemynte Gregory remembered what he of old had determined for the English race, Homl. Th. ii. 126, 25. He befran hwam ða gebytlu gemynte wǽron.
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up-weard
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Martii, and ic ðé secge tó gewissum, ðonne ðú cymð tellende tó .vii. id. Martii, ðonne gemétst ðú ðǽr lunam primam, Anglia viii. 327, 9-13. Tellaþ þreó and twéntig daga fram æfteweardum Martium upweard, 329, 28
úþ-genge
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Fugitive, transitory, not to be retained, passing out of one's possession Se éþel úðgenge wearð Adame and Euan, eardríca cyst beorht óðbróden that country could no more be held by Adam and Eve, the choicest realm was taken away from them, Exon.
ciric-weard
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Take here passages under cyrc-, cyric-weard, and add Ðæs cyricweardes tácen is þæt mon sette his twégen fingras on his twá eágan and dó mid his handa swylce hé wille áne hangigende bellan teón, Tech. ii. 118, 16.
mægen-þrymm
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Lbmn. 415, 19. mighty power Ðonne hé cymð mid his mægenðrymme tó démanne and his wuldor tó ætiéwanne cum virtutis suae gloriam venit ostendere, Past. 307, 17
ge-wendan
To turn ⬩ change ⬩ translate ⬩ incline ⬩ bring about ⬩ To turn [one's self] ⬩ change ⬩ go ⬩ return
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Ðá wæs se cyng gewend ofer Temese then the king was gone over the Thames, 1006; Erl. 140, 29: 1052; Erl. 183, 18
þríste
Bold ⬩ bold ⬩ presumptuous ⬩ audacious ⬩ shameless
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Wǽron Sodomisc cynn synnum þríste, 116, 13;Gen. 1935. Wed gesyllan eallra unsnyttro, þrístra geþonca, Elen. Kmbl. 2569; El. 1286. Ic þrísta sum þeófes cræfte, Exon. Th. 486, 24; Rä. 72, 20
útane
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flagella tundimur, ut intus in templum Dei postmodum disponamur, Past. 36; Swt. 253, 18. on the outside, on the surface Se wielm ðæs innoðes út ábiersð, and wierð tó sceabbe, and moniga wunda útane wyrcð, Past. 11; Swt. 71, 10. out, at sea Ðá gerǽdde se cyng
ge-bringan
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Se cyng sume hét on hæftneðe gebringan, Chr. 1095 ; P. 231, 34
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un-gelimp
Misfortune ⬩ mishap
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Misfortune, mishap Ǽlc ungelimp cymð of deófle omne infortunium venit a diabolo, L. Ecg. P. iv. 66; Th. ii. 226, 26. Ðonne mé hwylc ungelimp becymð, Ps. Th. 39, 18. Him cymð ege and ungelimp, 13, 9.
ge-þeaht
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Hæfde se cyng mycel geþeaht and swíðe deópe spǽce wið his witan, Chr. 1085; P. 216, 15. Geþancu mid geþeahtum beóð gestrangude, Scint. 199, 13. Þá þe ongynnað gesibbe geþeahtu qui ineunt pacts consilia, 9. Geðeaht, Kent. Gl. 421. <b>I a.
hwanan
Whence
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Ic ne wát hwonon his cyme sindon I know not whence is his coming, Exon. 50 b; Th. 175, 18; Gú. 1196. Hwanan, Beo. Th. 4798; B. 2403. Ðá næfde hé hwanon hé his wer águlde he had not means to pay his 'wer', Chart. Th. 207, 36
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wil-cuma
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One whose coming is pleasant, a welcome person (or thing) Mé is ðín cyme on myclum ðonce, and ðú eart leóf wilcuna grains mihi est multum adventus tui, et bene venisti Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 22. Leóf wilcuma Frysan wífe, Exon. Th. 339, 17; Gn. Ex. 95.
be-tweohnum
between ⬩ among
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Under þám griðe þe heom betweónan beón sceolde, Chr. 1004; P. 135, 27: 1016; P. 153, 1 Unseht betweónan Godwine and þám cynge, 1052 ; P. 183, 14. Se ríca and se þearfa sind him betwýnan nýdbehéfe (needful to each other), Hml.
cnucian
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Heó on þǽre cýtan duru cnocode, Hml. A. 196, 26. Gif hé þurhwunað cnuciende ( pulsans ), R. Ben. I. 95, 14: Hml. Th. i. 248, 21. Cnucigende æt þám geate, Hml.
wer
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Ðeós wyrt is twéga cynna, óðer ys wíf, óðer wer, 252, 20. <b>V a.</b> in grammar, masculine gender :-- Participia belimpaþ tó þrým cynnum, tó were and tó wífe and tó náðrum cynne, Ælfc. Gr. 39; Zup. 243, 19
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LECGAN
to lay ⬩ place ⬩ put ⬩ lay ⬩ to slay
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Se cyng lægde hí wið Eádward kyng hire hláforde the king laid [buried] her by King Edward her lord, Chr. 1075; Erl. 214, 12. Léde him ætforan posuit coram eis, Gen. 18, 8. Hé nam stánas and léde under his heáfod, 28, 11.
ge-writ
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Wilhelm cyng grét ealla þá þe þys gewrit tó cymð ofer eall Engla-land, 489, 2. Beháten gewrit pollicita rescripsio, An. Ox. 5455. Hér geswutelað on þison gewrite hú Æðelréd kyning geúðe ꝥ Æðeríces cwyde standan móste, Cht. Th. 539, 31: Ll.