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ge-þýwan

(v.)
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ge-þýwan, -þýan, -þíwan, -þéwan, -þeón, -þeówan; p. -þýwde, -þýde; pp. -þýd

To pressimpelurgeforceimpressrebukeoppressprĕmĕretrūdĕreurgērecompellĕreimprĭmĕreincrĕpāreopprĭmĕre

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He Ægypti egesan geþýwde mid feala tácna pŏsuit in Ægypto signa sua, 77, 43. mec þingum geþýdan they pressed me violently, Exon. 123 a; Th. 472, 10; Rä. 61, 14. Geþýd and geþreátod rebuked and threatened, Andr. Kmbl. 871; An. 436.

á-smeágan

to investigate,to find out by investigationdevise

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Man ne mihte geþencan ne ásmeágan (-smǽgian, v. l.) man of earde gebringon sceolde, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 16 (v. p. 295). Ásmeáde elucubratam, An. Ox. 5101

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of-gifan

(v.)

to give up, leave, abandondestituere

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Dena land ofgeaf he left the Danes' land, Beo. Th. 3813; B. 1904. ðás woruld ofgeaf he died, Cd. Th. 72, 30; Gen. 1194. ðone beám ofgeaf he (Christ) left the cross (when he was taken to be buried), Exon. Th. 45, 35; Cri. 729.

á-fýlan

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Swelce mid ðǽre hreówsunge tó ðǽm áðweán ðæt mægen eft áfýlan cum se lacrymis lavant, ut mundi ad sordes redeunt , Past. 419, 26. Ne lǽt þú mé mín mægþhád áfýlan, Hml. A. 172, 68. Áfýled mid þý duste eorðlicra dǽda, Gr. D. 4, 34.

feormian

(v.)
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feormian, part. feormende; p. ode, ade; pp. od; v. a. [feorm food] .

to supply with foodfeedsupportsustainentertainreceive as a guestcherishbenefitprofitvictum suppĕdĭtāreepŭlāresuscĭpĕresuscĭpĕre hospĭtiofŏvērecūrārevălēreto feed ondevourconsumevescicomĕdĕreconsūmĕreto cleanse, FARM or cleanse outmundārepurgāreexpiāre

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feormaþ his bernes flóre he will cleanse the floor of his barn, Lk.

lícian

(v.)
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R. 3, 22. ' Gif eów swá lícige. . . " Hit him lícode. Bl. H. 241, 20-24. Hié cwǽdon ꝥ him ꝥ lícode eallum tó healdenne dixerunt omnes: ' Placet ea custodire, ' Ll. Th. i. 58, 29. Lícige þé . . . þæt þú mé árige complaceat tibi, at erip[i]as me, Ps.

be-ceápian

(v.)
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be-ceápian, p. ode; pp. od

To sellvendere

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To sell; vendere He sceolde ealle his wélan beceápian he should sell all his wealth, Homl. Th. i. 62, 3. Se ðe sóþfæstnysse beceápaþ wið feó he who sells truth for money, ii. 244, 24.

á-gímeleásian

(v.)
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Gif wé hit ágímeleásiaþ, Bl. H. 53, l : 57, 19. Hié ágiémeleásiað (-gýme-, Cote. MSS.) ðone ymbhogan, Past. 137, I. with clause Gif se hierde ágiémeleásað ðæt hiera helpe, 137, 14. ágýmeleásede ꝥ heólde his líchaman forhæfdnesse, Gr.

æ-bléc

(adj.)
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æ-bléc, ǽ-blǽce; adj.

Pallid, pale, livid

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On plúmfeðerum líð ac þéhweðere oft ǽblǽce, E. Stud. viii. 473, 19. wearð geangsumod, and ǽblǽce on nebbe cwæþ, Hml. S. 37, 213. Ðá áxode mid ǽblǽcum andwlitan his réðan cwelleras, 129. Be hiora híwe . . . beóð ǽblǽce, Lch. ii. 232, 2.

á-hwǽnan

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Þæt wydewan and steópcild tó oft ne áhwǽnan, ac georne gladian, 309, 3: Ll. Th. i. 326, 25. For ðisum wearð Theodosius þearle áhwǽned, and his líc for ðǽre sárignysesse mid wácon reáfe scrýdde . . .

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cýf

(n.)
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Hét ꝥ man ealle þá kýfa (bydenu, v. l. dolia ) gegearwode, Gr. D. 57, 28. Man sceal habban . . cýfa, Angl. ix. 264, 11

fǽhþ

feud

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Add: in a general sense Themistocles gemyndgade Iónas þǽre ealdan fǽhþe þe Xersis him tó geworht hæfde, hié mid forhergiunge and mid heora mǽga slihtum on his geweald geniédde, Ors. 2, 5; S. 82, 16.

for-lǽran

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Monigo hiá forlǽræþ multos seducent, Mt. 24, 5, 11. Far nú geond þǽra manna hús ðe þú mid þínum drýcræfte forlǽrdest, and gebíg eft tó heora Drihtne, Hml. Th. ii. 418, 16. Þá beswác deófol and forlǽrde his (Adam's) wíf, and heó hine, Wlfst. 9, 8.

ge-þyldigian

(v.)
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To bear with patience, tolerate, endure Wé magon ongietan mid micle irre Dryhten geðyldegað ðá ælmessan ðe him man of reáfláce bringþ hoc sacrificium quanta ira aspiciatur, Past. 343, 13.

be-tellan

exculpateexcuse

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sylfe earhlíce betealdon, Hml. S. 23, 308. Se Hǽlend nolde hine betellan, ðeáh ðe unscyldig wǽre, Hml.

sweotolung

(n.)
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sweotolung, e; f.
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Hpt.

ge-ner

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his wunda gewráð, and wolde him sum gener sécan, Hml. Th. ii. 356, 28. (2 a) used of a person :-- Geworden is Drihten gener ( re-fugium) ðearfena, Ps. Spl. 9, 9. Gener ł frófor mín, 58, 19

furþor

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wolde beón furðor on óðrum earde þonne on his ágenum wǽre, Hml. S. 6, 189. wæs furðor on hlísan and on mihte, Hml. Th. i. 478, 27. Se heofenlica cyning is mǽrra and furðor tóforan ðám eorðlican cininge, Hex. 38, 5.

þeón

(v.)
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þeón, [from þíhan; and this from an earlier nasal stem, of which traces are preserved in the past forms, where g has replaced h by Verner's law:-Ðunge pollesceret, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 40. Fród fæder freóbearn lǽrdewordum wísfæstum, ðæt hé wel þunge, Exon. Th. 300, 9; Fä. 3. See also the passages given under ge-þingan; ofer-þeón; ge-, heáh-, wel-þungen; on-þungan, Exon. Th. 497, 3; Rä. 85, 23 (omitted in its place)]
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Gl. 257, 17. of persons in respect to either physical or moral growth. absolute Se his yldrum ðáh tó frófre he grew up a comfort to his parents, Cd. Th. 67, 28; Gen. 1107. Sunu weóx and ðáh, 138, 30; Gen. 2299. Þág, 167, 25; Gen. 2771.

tó-licgan

(v.)
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tó-licgan, p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon; pp. -legen.

to lie or run in different directionsTo lie between,to lie and part,to divide,separate

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Nú hæbbe wé gesǽd ymbe ealle Europe landgemǽro tólicgaþ. Nú wille wé ymbe Affrica secgan ða landgemǽro tólicgaþ we have now told in respect to all the boundaries of the countries in Europe the several directions they take.