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web-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
web-geweorc, es; n.

Weaving

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Heó wolde beón fram ðære þriddan tíde óð ða nigoþan tíd ymbe hyre webb-geweorc, Homl. Ass. 127, 348

a-spanan

(v.)
Grammar
a-spanan, p. -spón, -speón, pl. -spónon, -speónon; pp. -spanen, -sponen; v. trans.

To allure from ⬩ entice ⬩ induce ⬩ urge ⬩ persuade ⬩ introduce secretly ⬩ allicere ⬩ illicere ⬩ impellere ⬩ persuadere ⬩ attrahere ⬩ subintroducere

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He aspeón him fram ealle he enticed all from him, 1, 12; Bos. 35, 19: 2, 2 ; Bos. 41, 8 : 5, 2 ; Bos. 102, 21. Aspeón óðerne bisceop subintroduxit alium episcopum, Bd. 3, 7; S. 530, 4

Linked entries: a-speón a-spón spanan

twǽming

(n.)
Grammar
twǽming, e; f.
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Bið ús sélre ðæt wé his flǽsc*-*lícan lufe fram ús áceorfon, and mid twǽminge ( by separation from him ) áwurpon, i. 516, 11.

for-dilgian

(v.)
Grammar
for-dilgian, -diligian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To blot out ⬩ destroy ⬩ dēlēre ⬩ obnūbĭlāre ⬩ oblītĕrāre

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To blot out, destroy; dēlēre, obnūbĭlāre, oblītĕrāre He wolde ealle his þeóde fram ðam gingrum óþ ða yldran fordón and fordilgian he would do for and blot out all his nation from the younger to the elder, Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 13: 5, 21; S. 643, 26.

sticels

(n.)
Grammar
sticels, es; m.
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Ic bæd mínne Drihten ðæt hé áfyr*-*rode ðæs sceoccan sticels fram mé ( there was given to me a thorn in the flesh. . . . I besought the Lord, that it might depart from me, 2 Cor. 12, 7-8), Homl. Th. i. 474, 12-15. Sticelse stimulo, monitione, Hpt.

Linked entry: sticel

camp

(n.)
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From Latin.]

be-dydrian

(v.)

to delude ⬩ to conceal from (wið)

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Frag. 10, 30) mæge, 21, 413. to conceal from (wið) Se swicola bedyddrað (-dyderað, -dydrað, v. ll.) his dǽda wið menn, ac hí beóð geopenode oft unþances, Hml. S. 19, 174. [Itt maȝȝ þe wrecche follc forrblendenn and bididdrenn, Orm. 15391.]

Linked entry: bedrian

leás

(adj.)
Grammar
leás, adj.

loose ⬩ destitute ⬩ void of ⬩ without ⬩ vain ⬩ false ⬩ lying ⬩ deceitful ⬩ deceptive ⬩ faulty

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loose, free from, destitute or void of, without Hé wæs ealra fyrena leás he was free from all sins, Blickl. Homl. 135, 2: Exon. 9 b; Th. 8, 25; Cri. 123. Wer womma leás a man spotless, Cd. 188; Th. 233, 29; Dan. 283.

Linked entry: -leás

healf

(n.; num.)
Grammar
healf, e; f.

a half ⬩ side, part

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Frs. halve: Icel. hálfa: O. H. Ger. halb, halba, Grff. iv. 882-6: Ger. halbe.]

Linked entries: healfe half

for-

(prefix)
Grammar
for-, is used in composition in Anglo-Saxon exactly as the English for: it often deteriorates, or gives an opposite sense, or gives strength to the words before which it is placed; in which case it may be compared with Gothic fra-, Dutch and German ver- [different from the Dutch voor, and German vor]. Forbeódan to forbid; fordéman to condemn; forcúþ perverse, corrupt; fordón to destroy, to do for. — Sometimes fór denotes an increase of the signification of the word before which it is placed, and is then generally to be in English very; valde, as fó;r-eáde very easily,
  • Homl. Th. ii. 138, 35
: fór-oft very often,
  • Bd. de nat. rerum
    • ;
  • Wrt. popl. science 11, 8
    • ;
  • Lchdm. iii. 256, 16.
For- and fór-, or fóre- are often confounded, though they are very different in meaning; as forseón [Flem. versien] to overlook, despise; fór- or fóreseón [Flem. veursien] to foresee. — If a word, having for, fór or fóre prefixed, cannot be found under for-, fór- or fóre-, it must be sought under the simple term, and the sense of the preposition added; thus, fór- or fóre-sendan is from sendan to send, and fór-, fóre before, to send before, etc. [On the vowel in for, fore, see remark in the preface.]

Linked entries: scrífan scyldigian síðian -witol -wríþan stalian swelgan swígan swigian swíðan syngian trúwian þeahtung þeón þingian meltan myrþrian nefa pyndan of-drincan -sáwenlic scirian seáþ -wyrpness setness -sewen -sewenlic -sewenlíce -sewenness síþ stregdan teón treddan trúwung weorþan manig micel nǽman neáh irman þrǽstness witig wlencan wrégan wundian wyrht brítan fær- feallan fyllan gǽgan gǽgednes

LǼTAN

(v.)
Grammar
LǼTAN, p. lét, leórt; pp. lǽten. The ellipsis of a verb in the infinitive, the meaning of which may be inferred from the context, not unfrequently takes place after lǽtan; and the connection of many of the meanings which follow with the simple one seems explainable in this way.

to LET ⬩ allow ⬩ permit ⬩ suffer ⬩ to let ⬩ let go ⬩ give up ⬩ dismiss ⬩ leave ⬩ forsake ⬩ let ⬩ to let ⬩ cause ⬩ make ⬩ get ⬩ have ⬩ cause to be ⬩ place ⬩ make as if ⬩ make out ⬩ profess ⬩ pretend ⬩ estimate ⬩ consider ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ to behave towards ⬩ treat ⬩ to let

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Swá hí hiora lufe neár Gode lǽtaþ swá hí bióþ orsorgru the nearer to God they place their love, the more free are they from care, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 24: 40, 7; Fox 242, 26-28.

Linked entries: aweg-lǽtan leórt

lyft-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
lyft-ádl, e; f.

Palsy ⬩ paralysis

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Fram lyftádle gehǽled a paralysi sanatus, 610, 2. Wið lyftádle, L. M. 1, 59; Lchdm. ii. 130, 1

eánian

(v.)
Grammar
eánian, eánigan; part. eánigende; p. eánode; pp.eánod [eáw=eówu a female sheep, a ewe]

YEAN, bring forth as a ewe ⬩ enīti, parturīre

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To YEAN, bring forth as a ewe; enīti, parturīre He genam hine of eówedum sceápa, fram eánigendum he genam hine sustŭlit eum [Dāvĭdem] de grĕgĭbus ovium, de post fetantes [oves] accēpit eum, Ps. Lamb. 77, 70

Linked entry: eácnian

tún-scír

(n.)
Grammar
tún-scír, e; f.
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Ðonne ic bescired beó fram túnscíre redde rationen uilicationis tuae, jam enim non poteris uilicare . . . Cum amotus fuero a uilicatione, Lk. Skt. 16, 2-4

treppan

(v.)
Grammar
treppan, p. te.
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Frs. Ger. treppe a step.] to trap Hió [tr]e[p]te inretivit, Kent. Gl. 211

Linked entry: træppan

eádan

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For second passage substitute Þonne is gromra tó fela æfestum eáden hæbbe ic þonne æt freán frófre when fate maliciously brings too many foes, then may I have comfort from the Lord, Hy. 4, 46. Add:

hamela

Grammar
hamela, hamola.
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Frs. berdes hemilinge (homelenga) barbae truncatio.] Take here the article under homela, and add: The Latin version of the law is: Si eum radat in contumeliam ad collificum ( = ? colobicum)

Linked entry: homela

tweógung

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Ic wille ániman fram þám þe þás bóc rǽdað þone intingan ǽlcre tweónnge (tweónge, v.l.) æt ǽlcum þǽra spella þe ic wríte ut dubitationis occasionem legentibus subtraham per singula quae describo, Gr. D. 9, 6. Add

ge-wítan

(v.)
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Wé biddaþ ꝥ þú fram ús ne gewíte, Bl. H. 145, 18. Hé geseah ꝥ eal manna cynn from heora Scyppende gewitene wǽron, 103, 5. to desist from doing Hé gewát from þǽre dústsceáwunga, Bl. H. 113, 29.

ge-freólsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-freólsian, p. ode; pp. od

To liberate ⬩ deliver ⬩ set free

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To liberate, deliver, set free He wolde Adam gefreólsian he would deliver Adam, Blickl. Homl. 29, 20, 35. Ic ðé gefreólsige of ealre frécennesse I will deliver thee from all danger, 231, 3. Úre Drihten us gefreólsode our Lord delivered us, 83, 25.

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