be-cweþan
to say ⬩ to urge ⬩ press ⬩ to speak for ⬩ pray for ⬩ to bequeathe ⬩ grant by will
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Th. i. 534, 10. to bequeathe, grant by will (cwide) Hit becwæð sé ðe hit áhte, Ll. Th. i. 184, 1. Bútan þám dǽle þe uncer gehwæþer his bearnum becwæð, Cht. Th. 486, 4. Hé becwæð his ðincg, and ácwealde hine sylfne, Hml. S. 19, 211.
leófan
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A word seems missing, and it might be suggested by 43l. þær Israéla ǽhta wǽron, and the line might read: Áhton Israela, &c. Cf. too eorlas Israéla for a similar half line
ge-drincan
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Þá hé hæfde gedruncn ( quo hausto), Gen. 27, 25. to drink intoxicating liquor convivially or for pleasure Is tó wyrnanne bearn-eácnum wífe ꝥ hió áht sealtes ete . . . oþþe beór drince, ne swínes flǽsc ete . . ., ne druncen gedrince (get drunk), Lch.
stalu
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Gif hwylc man medeme þing stele, ágyfe ða stale ðam ðe hig áhte, L. Ecg. P. ii. 25; Th. ii. 192, 20: iv. 24; Th. ii. 212, 1. a fine payable for theft, Chart. Th. 138, 17.
þrǽl
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þrǽla hwylc hláforde æthleápe and of cristendóme tó wícinge weorðe, and hitæfter ðam eft geweorðe, ðæt wǽpngewrixl weorðe gemǽne þegene and þrǽle, gyf þrǽl ðæne þegen fullíce áfylle, licge ǽgylde ealre his mǽgðe; and gyf se þegen ðæne þrǽl, ðe hé ǽr áhte
ge-séðan
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Gif þú geséþan miht ꝥ ǽnig deáþlic man swelces hwæt ágnes áhte si cujusquam mortalium proprium quid horum esse monstraveris, Bt. 7, 3; F. 20, 7.
ge-belgan
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Ðá sǽde heó ꝥ heó nán land hæfde þe him áht tó gebyrede, and gebealh heó (acc, or nom. ? Cf. III in Dict.)swíðe eorlíce wið hire sunu, Cht. Th. 337, 24.
wǽdlung
poverty ⬩ indigence ⬩ want ⬩ begging
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Ne ðú ne wén ná ðæt ic áht underfénge for ǽnegum welan, ac symle on wǽdlunge lyfde, Homl.
ge-þrístlǽcan
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Geðrýstlǽcende áht secgan, Hml. S. 23 b, 645. with dat. infin. Ꝥ þú ná geþrístlǽce ... tó gánne, Ll. Lbmn. 414, 1. Nán man ne geþrístlǽce ǽnigne deófles bígencg tó dónne, Hml.
Gota
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Eormanríc áhte wíde folc Gotena ríces Ermanric possessed the wide nations of the kingdom of the Goths, Exon. 100 b; Th. 378, 28; Deor. 23: 86 a: Th. 324, 3; Wid. 89: 86 b; Th. 325, 10; Wid. 109.
sige
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Se cyng áhte siges geweald victory remained with the king, Chr. 1066 ; Erl. 201, 12. Hí mid mycele sige ( triumpho magno ) hám fóran, Bd. 1, 12 ; S. 480, 32. Palm getácnaþ syge, Homl. Th. i. 218, 11.
fyrmest
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Man sealde Godwine his eorldóm swá full and swá forð swá hé fyrmest áhte they gave Godwin his earldom with all the rights and powers that he had ever possessed, Chr. 1052; P. 180, 30
ge-lendan
To approach ⬩ come ⬩ arrive ⬩ go ⬩ proceed ⬩ applĭcāáre ⬩ accēdĕre ⬩ procēdĕre
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Conon gelende to Ahtene Conon came to Athens, Ors. 3, 1; Bos. 54, 12 : Chr. 886; Erl. 85, 10. He wæs on hergaþ gelend on ðæt ilce ríce he had arrived on a plundering expedition in the same kingdom, 894; Erl. 92, 3.
Linked entries: -lendan ge-lænde lendan ge-landian
rýmet
space, extent ⬩ clear space, room ⬩ extension, clearance
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ár on óðres rýmette lége (if the property of one monastery should lie within the part given by the extension to another ) ðæt ðes mynstres ealdor, ðe tó ðam rýmette fénge, ofeode ðæs óðres mynstres áre mid swilcum þingum swylce ðam híréde, ðæ ða áre áhte
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twǽde
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Se biscop and ða hígen áhten twǽde ðæs wuda and ðæs mæstes, Chart. Th. 70, 29. Se cyning áh twǽdne dǽl (twegen dǽlas, MSS. B. H.) weres, þriddan dǽl sunu oþþe mǽgas, L. In. 23; Th. i. 116, 15. [O. L. Ger. tuédi half: O.
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leód-biscop
a suffragan
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Gif hé sóhte leódbiscop oððe ealdorman ðonne áhte hé vii nihta griþ, L. Eth. vii. 5; Th. i. 330, 14.
bryne
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</b> a conflagration, fire :-- Tó miclum bryne sceal wæter unlytel, gif man þæt fýr sceal tó áhte ácwæncan, Wlfst. 157, 8.
tó-middes
in the midst of, ⬩ amidst, ⬩ into the midst of ⬩ in the midst of, ⬩ in the middle of ⬩ into the midst of
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I. 7; Th. ii. 406, 27. marking movement, into the midst of Ðá hé hiene tómiddes ðæs wéstennes hæfde gelǽdd in deserta perductus, Ors. 6, 31; Swt. 286, 17. as adverb Hé áhte geweald ealles ðæs splottes ðár ðæt scræf wæs tómiddes, Homl.
stíþ-líc
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Scrd. 21, 6. of speech, hard, harsh, severe Ne sceal nán mon geþrístlǽcan ðæt hé áht stíþlíces spræce ongeán his abbod, R. Ben. 16, 2.
Dene
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Þá Denan sige áhton, 943; P. 111, 13. Under Dena onwalde, 901: P. 91, 28: 921; P. 103, 14. Denia leóde, B. 2125. Mægen Deniga, 155: 271. Fram Anglum ge fram Denum, Chr. 1039; P. 161, 25. Hé Dene weorðode, B. 1090