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wiþ-standan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-standan, p. -stód, pl. stódon; p. -standen.

to withstandresistto stand againstsucceed in opposingbe a match forrefuteto stand in the waybe a hindranceobstructpreventbe a preventiveto stand offkeep away,be absentto be hostile

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Grammar wiþ-standan, with dat. of that which is hindered and gen. of that in respect to which the hindrance occurs Micel stán ðone bróc tódǽlð and him his rihtrynes wiþstent; swá dóð nú ða þeóstro ðínre gedréfednesse wiþstandan mínum lárum, Bt. 6; Fox

á-beódan

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Se deáþ him tó cymeþ Godes dóm tó ábeódenne, Bl.

Linked entry: eoton-weard

swæðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
swæðer, swaðer (= swá hwæðer, cf.
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Hí móston dón swá gód swá yfel, swæþor swá hí woldon, 41, 2; Fox 246, 2

Linked entry: swaðor

ge-býsnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-býsnung, e; f. [býsnung an example]

An exampleexemplum

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Ne ge ná be his gebýsnungum do ye not according to his examples, Homl. Th. ii. 48, 35

Linked entry: ge-bisnung

ge-medemian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-medemian, <b>; V.</b>
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add: to be deemed worthy to do Ic wæs ge-medemod gebiddan þá gerýnu þǽre róde. Hml. S. 23b, 466

á-líþran

(v.)
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to lather þǽron ealdre sápan cucler fulne . . . on niht álýþre, Lch. ii. 76, 13. v. á-léþran in Dict

Linked entries: a-ledran á-lýþran

ge-sceaþian

(v.)
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Add: to do harm Deófol bið á ymbe þæt án, hú hé on manna sáwlum gescaðian mæge, Wlfst. 191, II

nasu

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Add: [a wk. dat. occurs] brálinga þíne hand tó þínre nasan, swilce þú hwæt gestince, Tech. ii. 123, 12

ge-seohhian

(v.)
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to strain Se preóst sceal hogian þæt hé his offrunga swýðe clǽnlíce þurh cláð geseohhod (-seohgod, v.l. ), E.S. 49, 353

drenc

(n.)
Grammar
drenc, es; m.

DRENCH, dose, draught, drinkpōtus, pōtio a drowningdemersio, submersio

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ðone gástlícan drenc druncon they drank the spiritual drink, Homl. Th. ii. 202, 3. Drenc wyð áttre a dose or antidote against poison; theriăca = θηριακή, Ælfc. Gl. 12; Som. 57, 78; Wrt. Voc. 20, 20.

Linked entry: drenge

HWELP

(n.)
Grammar
HWELP, es; m.

A WHELP,catulus

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A WHELP, a young dog, the young of other animals; catulus Hund canis, hwylp catulus, Wrt. Voc. 78, 53. Hwelp catulus [leonis ], Ps. Th. 16, 11.

þeód-loga

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-loga, an; m.
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Antecrist lǽrþ unsóðfæstnysse and swicolnesse ... and swá dóð ða þeódlogan, ðe taliaþ ðæt tó wærscype, ðæt man cunne lytelíce swician and mid unsóðe sóð oferswíðan, 55, 15

Linked entry: loga

unfriþ-mann

(n.)
Grammar
unfriþ-mann, es; m.

A man of a country not at peace with anothera man of a hostile country

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A man of a country not at peace with another, a man of a hostile country Gif hé his ǽhta bere geman[g] ðara unfriðmanna ǽhta intó húse, þolie his ǽhta si pecuniam suam inter pecuniam unfriðfmannorum, i.e. pacem non habentium, in domo mittat, perdat pecuniam

ge-swingan

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Æfter ðon gesuingeð hiá (geswungen bið, R. ) postquam flagellauerint, 18, 33. Gesuuingde (giswicte (=-swencte? cf. ge-swencan ; 1. 3; or-swingde?), R. ) vapulabit, 12, 47. Geswungen flagellato, Kent. Gl. 713: tortus, An.

weddung

(n.)
Grammar
weddung, e; f.

Betrothal, espousal

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Betrothal, espousal Ðá cwæþ Pilatus tó ðam folce, ða ðe sǽdon ðæt hé of forligere wǽre ácenned : ' Ðeós sprǽc nys ná sóþ ðæt gé sprecaþ, for ðon seó weddung wæs beweddod, eal swá eówre ágene ðeóda secgaþ, ' Nicod. 7 ; Thw. 3, 31.

bróc

(n.; part.)
Grammar
bróc, es; m? [bróc, p. of bracan]

An inferior horse, a shaking horse, jadecaballus, equus vilior

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An inferior horse, a shaking horse, jade; caballus, equus vilior Ðæt hie sécen him bróc on onráde, and on wǽne, oððe on ðon ðe hie á þrówian mǽgen that they look for themselves to ride on a horse, and in a wain, or in that which they can ever endure,

trede

(adj.)
Grammar
trede, adj.

Firm to tread onthat may be walked on

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Firm to tread on, that may be walked on Sǽ cýðde hwí hine gesette, tírmeahtig cyning, for ðon hé hine tredne him ongeán gyrede, ðonne God wolde ofer síne ýðe gán ready for his coming the sea made itself firm for his tread, when God would walk over its

MACIAN

(v.)
Grammar
MACIAN, p. ode

To MAKEdoact

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To MAKE, do, act Ic macige ðé mycelre mǽgþe faciam te in gentem magnam, Gen. 12, 2. Seó forme declinatio macaþ hire genitivum on ae, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 4 : 24; Som. 24, 24.

hreówsian

(v.)
Grammar
hreówsian, hrýwsian; p. ode

To be sorrygrieverepentdo penance

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To be sorry, grieve, repent, do penance Ðæt hé ǽfre ne beþence ymbe ða hreówsunge ðe hé ǽr hreówsade deque pœnitentia qua antea pœnituit nunquam cogitare, L. Ecg. P. i. 7; Th. ii. 174, 26.

Linked entry: hrýwsian

ge-búr

Grammar
ge-búr, ge-býr.
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Se gebúr sceal his riht dón ( then follows an account of what the gebúr was bound to do ), C.D. iii. 450, 34. Dudda wæs gebúr into Hǽðfeldan, vi. 211, 28.

Linked entry: ge-býr