man
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On ðǽre gesundfulnesse mon forgiett his selfes, 35, 6. Hit is áwrieten ðæt mon ne scyle cweðan tó his fríend . . . 325, 1. Seó hróf wæs ꝥ man mid his handa gerǽcean mihte, Bl. H. 207, 22.
eafoþ
Strength, violence, might ⬩ vis
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Him Geáta sceal eafoþ and ellen gebeódan a Goth shall offer him strength and valour, Beo. Th. 1208; B. 602. Heremódes hild sweþrode, eafoþ [MS. earfoþ] and ellen Heremod's war had ceased, his strength and energy, 1808; B. 902: 4687; B. 2349.
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ge-brǽdan
To roast ⬩ broil ⬩ torrēre ⬩ assāre
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Hig brohton him dǽl gebrǽddes fisces illi obtŭlērunt ei partem piscis assi, Lk. Bos. 24, 42. Genime ðysse ylcan wyrte wyrttruman gebrǽde on hátan axan let him take roots of this same herb roasted on hot ashes, Herb. 60, 3; Lchdm. i. 162, 17
innan
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Ðæt hí innan ne áfeallen ðonon ðe hí wénað ðæt hí útan stonden ne, ubi se stare extrinsecus aestimant, ibi intrinsecus cadant, 439, 9. Ne þúhte hé him nó innon swá fæger swá hé útan þúhte, Bt. 32, 2; F. 116, 24.
ed-wít
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Hí edwít on þé hæfdon exprobaveruntrunt tibi, Ps. Th. 78, 13. Hí hine hysptun, sprǽcon him edwít, Cri. 1122. Þurh edwít in scorn (?)
feohtan
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Hió self fieht (fiht, v. l.) wið hié selfe, Past. 277, 25. Hér fegtaþ Títus end Giáþéasu, Txts. 127, 3. Feaht (feht, fæht, v. ll.) him on seó hǽþene ðeód Myrcna inpugnatus ab pagana gente Merciorum, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 252, 16.
ge-anlícian
to make like ⬩ to act towards
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(cf. swilce hé hit sylf wǽre, Hml.
án-forlǽtan
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Add: to let go what one holds 'Ic bebeóde ꝥ gé hine leng ne beran, ac hine ánforlǽtan.' And hié sóna hine forlétan and hé gefeól, Bl.
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ge-þingian
to determine
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Goda bæd ðæt se kynincg him geþingude wið Eádgife his bóca edgift Goda asked that the king would arrange for him with Eadgifu the restoration of his charters, Th. Ch. 202, 32.
in-fær
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Gif hé bit þæt him mon infæres tíþige, 95, 4-8. Hí noldon geðafian þám bisceope ꝥ hé infær hæfde his ǽrende tó ábeódenne, Hml. S. 31, 655.
ge-ǽrendian
to do an errand ⬩ a business ⬩ to obtain by negotiation ⬩ intercession ⬩ to go ⬩ and obtain ⬩ apply ⬩ and obtain
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.), apply to a person and obtain Englas mé geǽrndo-don tó þám Hǣlende, þ ic hī gebicgan mōste, Hml. S. 36, 176. Nán man ne mæg him sylfum rihtlíce tó his Drihtne his þearfe geǽrndian, bútan . . . Wlfst. 136, 15
ærdon
To run ⬩ run away ⬩ currere
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To run, run away; currere He gehleóp and his bróðru mid him begen ærdon he fled and both his brothers ran away with him, Byrht. Th. 137, 25; By. 191
seóc-mód
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Not strong-minded Hræce hé and snýte bæftan him, and þæt fortrede, þe lǽs hit seócmódum (infirmis mentibus) bróþrum and císum wyrðe tó wlættan, Cnid. 23, 9
þanc
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Gif hwá þeóf geméte and hine his þances áweg lǽte búton hreáme if any one come upon a thief and of his own accord let him get away without hue and cry, 29; Th. i. 392, 14.
tún-scipe
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The inhabitants of a tún Cýþe hé hit ðonne hé hám cyme; and gif hit cuce orf biþ mid his túnscipes gewitnysse on gemǽnre lǽse gebringe. Gif hé swá ne déð ǽr fíf nihtum, cýþan hit ðæs túnes men ðam hundredes ealdre, L. Edg. S. 8; Th. i. 274, 26.
nunne
A nun ⬩ a vestal
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Gif heó leng libbe ðonne se ðe hié út álǽdde, náge hió his ierfes ówiht. Gif hió bearn gestriéne, næbbe ðæt ðæs ierfes, L. Alf. pol. 8; Th. i. 66, 14-20. Be nunnena onfenge.
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sibling
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His módor cóm him tó and his siblingas (fratres, Mt. 12, 46), Hml. A. 31, 175. Syblinga contribulium, An. Ox. 6. Man ne mihte æt fruman wífian búton on his siblingum, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 2, 6.
á-lǽdan
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Ox. 3335. to bear off; carry off an object Swá hwæt swá hí ( two ravens ) mihton gegrípan, hí þæt woldon onweg álǽdan, Guth. 50, 24. Ealle þá scipu þe hié álǽdan ne mehton hié tóbrǽcon, Chr. 896; P. 89, 20.
be-rídan
to surround ⬩ invest ⬩ to seize ⬩ arrest
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Harold king lét berídan Sand*-*wíc of Xpes cyrcean him sylfan to handa and hæfde hit twelf mónað, 338, 30
ge-saca
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D. 158, 26. where a case is tried, an accuser Him wæs leaf seald þæt he moste him scyldan on andweardnesse his gesacena (-ona, v. l.)