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trum

(adj.)
Grammar
trum, adj.
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Eówer geleáfa biþ þe trumra, gif gé gehýraþ be Godes hálgum, Homl. Th. i. 556, 27. v. med-, mis-, un-trum

á-biddan

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Bt. 42 ; F. 258, 21. to ask for, entreat, with acc. of thing Seó áwyrgednes ðe eówer yldran ábǽdon sylfe, . . . ðá hió cwǽdon . . . H.

ge-metgian

(v.)
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Add: to set a measure or limit to something to prevent excess. the object personal For ðǽm ðæt gé eówer mód gemetgien on ðǽm níðe ut in increpationis zelo se spiritus temperet, Past. 159, 15. the object a thing Sé ðe gemetegað qui moderatur (sermones

on-findan

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Voc. ii. 62, 8. to discover on inspection or consideration Hwæt onfundon eówre yldran on mé þæs þe heom ðúhte þæt ful riht nǽre quid invenerunt patres vestri in me iniquilatis, Wlfst. 49, 6. (3 b) with complement clause :-- Ðá ongelíca gecwédon ðú onfindes

hǽte

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</b> the sensation caused by contact with fire :-- Ne undergyte gé þæt eówre gléda náne hǽtan mínum líchaman ne gedóð, ac swíðor célinge?, Hml.

restan

(v.)
Grammar
restan, ;p.; te

To restto cease from toil, be at restto rest on a couch, to sleepto rest in death, lie dead, lie in the graveto remain unmoved; or; undisturbed, be stillTo rest one's selfof cessation from toil

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Reste ðár eówer sib, Lk. Skt. 10, 6. Ðám folcum sceal sacu restan, Beo. Th. 3719; B. 1857. Se æðeling hét streámfare stillan, stormas restan, Andr. Kmbl. 3151; An. 1578. Ðín ríce restende biþ óþ ðæt ðú eft cymst, Cd. Th. 252, 26; Dan. 584.

Linked entry: ræstan

(adv.)
Grammar
HÚ, adv.

How

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Hú lange forbere ic eów usque quo patiar vos? 17, 17. Hú long tíd quantum temporis, Mk. Skt. 9, 21. Be gebróðrum hú gesibbe wíf hig habban móton de fratribus quam prope cognatas uxores habere possint, L. Ecg. C; Th. ii. 130, 8: 13.

Linked entries: hú-lic hú-meta hwu

swerian

(v.)
Grammar
swerian, p. swór (but a weak swerede occurs; cf.
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Ic secge eów, ðæt gé eallunga ne swerion, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 34. Hí mé hraþe æfter swerigean ongunnon, Ps. Th. 101, 6. Hé mót swerian for syxtig hída, L. In. 19; Th. i. 114, 11. <b>I a.

Linked entry: fore-swerian

un-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cúþ, adj.

Unknownincognitusunknownstrangeunknownnot understoodunknownuncertainungentleunkindhostileharshunfriendly

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Drihten sent uncúðe þeóde ofer eów ða ðe gé ne cunnon ducet te Dominus in gentem, quam ignoras, Deut. 28, 36. Geopenigean uncúðe wyrd, hwǽr hé ðara nægla wénan þorfte, Elen. Kmbl. 2202; El. 1102. Nime man uncúþ sǽd at ælmesmannum, Lchdm. i. 400, 17.

Linked entry: un-cúþlíce

weorþ

(n.)
Grammar
weorþ, weorþe, worþ, wurþ, wyrþ, es; n.
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Kmbl. 26, 9, 'Ic sille eów hundteóntig þúsenda mittan hwǽtes tó ðam wurðe ðe ic hit bebohte.' . . . Ðæt wyrð ðe hé mid ðam hwǽte genam hé ágeaf ágeán tó ðare ceastre bóte. Th. Ap. 10, 1-9.

ge-habban

(v.)
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Ðæt gé eów gehæbben sume hwíle, Past. 99, 15. to contain, have involved Gif ꝥ lange swá biþ, þonne gehæfþ hit on unéþelícne wæterbollan if that is so for long, then it has a dropsy hard to cure involved in it, Lch. ii. 204, 13. to have room or capacity

ge-wríþan

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'Unbinde eów Godes engel, swá þæt gé faron tó Hermogenem and hine gewriðenne hider gebringan,' ii. 416, 3-8. Hé gewráð fela manna, and on racenteágum gebróhte tó þǽre byrig, Hml. S. 31, 1144. In brídelse cécan heara gewríþ ( constringe ), Ps.

Linked entry: ge-wriþen

tó-slítan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-slítan, p. -slát, pl. -sliton; pp. -sliten

To tear in two,tear to pieces,tear asunderto tear in two,in pieces,rend material,to give a torn appearance to anythingto serrateto rend,cleave,break asunder that which is hard or bulkyto tear the flesh,rend,bite,woundlacerateto tear asunderpartseparate what has been joinedseverto pull to piecesdestroy the existence of an object, abstract or concreteto destroydissipateto distract the mindTo be different

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Ðe læs hig (porci) eów tóslýton (-slítas, Lind.) ne dirumpant vos, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 6. Tóslítan (-en, MS.). discerpere, dilaniare. Hpt. Gl. 423, 54. Ðam ðe tósliten (bitten by a dog) sý, Lchdm. i. 362, 25 : 370, 16.

nemnan

(v.)
Grammar
nemnan, nemnian; p. nemde.

to namegive a name to a person or thingto use such and such a name or title in speaking of a person or thingto call upon the name ofaddress by nameto invoketo mention by nameto mentionrelateto namenominate

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Ne gyrne gé ðæt eów man Láreówas nemne nolite vocari Rabbi, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 8: Ps. Th. 82, 4. Ðéh ðe gewrito oft nemnen eal ða lond Méðia, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 10, 24.

Linked entries: a-nemnan namnian

wandian

(v.)
Grammar
wandian, p. ode.
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Ne wandode ic ná mínum sceattum ða hwíle ðe eów unfrið on handa stód I did not spore my treasures while you had hostilities on hand, Chart. Erl. 229, 27.

Linked entries: ge-wand á-wandian

wanian

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
wanian, p. ode. I. trans.
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(The last two passages might be taken under 3. . ) Wirceaþ ealle ða þing ðe Drihten eów bebeád, and ne íce gé nán þing ne ne waniaþ (nec addas quidquam nec minuas), Deut. 12, 32.

Linked entry: a-wanian

ge-openian

(v.)
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Ús biscopum gedafenað ꝥ wé þá godcundan láre . . . eów preóstum geopenan on Engliscum gereorde, for ðám þe gé ealle ne cunnon ꝥ Læden understandan, Ll. Th. ii. 364, 9.

ge-sprecan

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Hé cwæð ꝥ hí Críst gespræce þysum godspellicum wordum: 'Ne háte ic eów ná þeówan . . .,' Hml. S. 2, 86. Gesprecendum contionante, An. Ox. 3459. to speak in reproof, exhortation, &amp;c.

ge-wis

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Þæt gé beón gewisse ðonne úre týddernys his worda getácnunga eów geopenað, Hml.

líc

(n.)
Grammar
líc, es; n.

A body

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Eowre líc sceolon sweltan on ðisum wéstene vestra cadavera jacebunt in solitudine, Num. 14, 32. Ðǽr ðara arcebisceopa líc bebyrigde syndon ubi archiepiscopi Cantiæ sepeliri solent, Bd. 4, 1; S. 565, 5.