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emb-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
emb-sittan, p. -sæt, pl, -sǽton; pp. -seten

To sit round or about, surround, beset, besiege circumsĕdēre, obsĭdēre

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He besirede ðæt folc ðe hi embseten hæfdon he deceived the people who had besieged them, Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 83, 3

Linked entry: ymb-sittan

trymmend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
trymmend-líc, adj.
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mid trymme[n]dlíce ǽrendgewrite gestrangode epistola illos exhortatoria confortaverit, Bd. 1, 23; S. 485, 15. Eác swylce ðæm cyninge sende trymmendlíce (-líc, Bd. M. 146, 9) gewrit misit regi literas exhartatorias, 2, 17; S. 520, 19

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ge-helan

(v.)
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To conceal geheóld and gehæl þá deógolnysse mid him secretum tenuit desiderium, Gr. D. 98, 20. Hyra willa bið ꝥ beón geholene latere in voluntate habent 61, 4. intrans. To hide, conceal oneself ne maehte gehæla non potuit latere Mk. L.

be-gán

(v.)

passageto go roundto reach by goingcome uponget atto gopass byto gocomegetto pass byTo come byget atto comefall to one's lotto fallget into debtto surroundto confineto occupyto go about a businessto attend toto cultivateto worshipto honourvenerate a placeto exercise, practise an art, mode of life, &c.to practise a religionfollow the dictates of to practisecarry ondo (habitually)to devote one's self to a practiceto exercise a personto behaveto exercise in somethingto exerciseuseemployto professpretend

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H. 43, 5.

ge-hlæstan

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hét his scip mid hwǽte gehlæstan, and mid micclum gewihte goldes and seolfes, and mid reáfum, Ap. Th. 6, 3. Add

leóf-tǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
leóf-tǽle, -tǽl; adj.

Lovingdeardesirableestimablegratefulpleasantgracious

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Ða welan beóþ hlíseádigran and leóftǽlran ðonne ðonne hié mon selþ ðonne hié beón ðonne mon gadraþ.

Linked entry: -tǽl

breóst

Grammar
breóst, [The word occurs of all three genders, and can be used in the plural (dual) when a single person is referred to.]

the chestthoraxthe stomachwomba breastmammamamilla

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On þám hálgan breóstum eardode nigon mónaþ, Bl. H. 105, 16. a breast; mamma, mamilla hét gewríðan on ðám breóste, and hét siððan of áceorfan.

deófol-gild

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Hét se geréfa lǽdan tó þúres deófulgeldum ond hét ꝥ weorðian . . . þá feól ꝥ deófolgild tó hire fótum, Mart. H. 166, 14-16. Syxtum nédde se cásere tó Tíges deófolgilde.

Linked entry: ge-deóful-geld

gaderian

(v.)

to join, uniteto bring togetherto bring togethercollectaccumulate, amassto bringgarnerto gatherto gathercompile

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Biþ hlíseádigra sé ðe hit selþ ðonne sé þe hit gaderaþ . . . ge eác þá welan beóþ hlíseádigran þonne þonne hié mon selþ þonne hié beón þonne hié mon gadraþ and healt, 13; F. 38, 11-15.

æf-weardness

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ofer ðæt swá dón noldon in ðæs fæder æfweardnysse, be ðám ongǽton ðæt him symble wæs ondweard on his gáste, Gr. D. 127, 25. On heora hláfordes æfweardnysse, 29, 2. Add

rihtan

(v.)
Grammar
rihtan, p. te

to right, to restore to a proper position that which is displaced, erect, direct to right a person,replace a person in the rights of which he is wrongfully deprivedto make right that which is faulty, set right, rectify, correct, amend to keep right, direct, rule

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Rush. 1, 79. to right a person, replace a person in the rights of which he is wrongfully deprived Heó smeádan heó mehton monige men ryhtan, ge godcundra háda ge weorldcundra, ge on londum ge on má ðara þinga ðe heó on forhaldne wéran, Chart.

ge-frédan

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Add: (i) absolute, To have sensation Seó sáwul is sensus, ꝥ is andgit oððe félnyss, þonne heó gefrét, Hml. S.

ge-earnian

(v.)
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H. 209, 25. with gen. : — Gif ic tó þisum þe mé swencað þæs geearnod hæbbe, Ps. Th. 7, 3. absolute Him swá leánian swá hire tó geearnud hæfde, Cht. Th. 202, 22. Mid wyrsan leáne þonne him geearnod hæfde.

híwung

shapingshapeframemakeconstitutionshapeformspecieskindtransformationan illusory shapedeceptive appearancea pretencetricksimulationhypocrisyfictionirony

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S. 23 b, 281. pretending to do what is not really done Ðá bǽdon ... ꝥ ... dyde swilce ǽte ... and swá mid ðǽre híwunge him sylfum geburge. Ðá cwæð : 'Ic eom eald tó híwigenne ... bið mín híwung þám geongum tó forwyrde, Hml.

hengen

a crossa rack

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Þá hét gewríðan on ðám breóste mid þǽre hencgene, Hml. S. 8, 112-122. Hét se wælhreóva hine hón on heardre hengene, and his sídan bærnan mid hátum lígum, and mid hengene ðráwan tó langere hwíle, Hml. Th. ii. 308, 30.

elcian

(v.)
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ne sceal elcian þæt his synna gebéte, Hml.

tó-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-bregdan, -brédan; p. -brægd, -brǽd, pl. -brugdon, -brúdon (-brudon ?); pp. -brogden, -bróden (-broden ? in O. and N. tobrode rimes with unsode).

to separate (trans.) by a quick movement,to pull to pieces (lit. and fig. )to pull apartto separate (intrans.) by a quick movement,to break off,start from sleep,to awaketo separate by making a quick movement with something

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to separate (trans.) by a quick movement, to pull to pieces (lit. and fig. ) ǽnig mæg gangan in húse stronges and fatu his tóbregdan (diripere), nymþe ǽr gebindaþ se stronge and ðonne hús his tóbrægdeþ (diripiat), Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 12, 29.

for-búgan

to avoidto pass bypass overshuneschewTo avoid

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Barbarismum hig on heora gesetnyssa forbúgað, Angl. viii. 313, 18. Swá ꝥ heó (the soul) leahtras forbúge, Hml. S. l, 154, 237. Swá heó syngige, swá heó synna forbúge, Hml. Th. i. 292, 33. Ðæt wé orsorgnesse ús ondrǽden, and forbúgen, Past. 35, 2.

mirigþ

(n.)
Grammar
mirigþ, mirhþ, mirhþ, myrþ, e; f.

Pleasurejoydelightsweetness

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him ðære mirigþe búte ðæs yfeles ǽr geswíce alas for his delight, unless first he leave evil, Hy. 2, 6; Hy. Grn. ii. 281, 6. ádrǽfed wæs of neorxena wanges myrþe ( paradisum voluptatis ), Gen. 3, 24. For ðære mirhte (mergþe, MS.

Linked entries: mirhþ myrþ

ge-lácnian

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

To healcuresānāremĕdēri

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Gelácna ðú heal thou them, Hy. 1, 5; Hy. Grn. ii. 280, 5. He wæs gelácnod he was cured, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 61, 44. Mon geseah hine laman gelácnian people saw him healing the lame, Blickl. Homl. 177, 16. Hine gelácnode curam ejus egit, Lk.

Linked entries: lácnian ge-lécnian