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sǽt

(n.)
Grammar
sǽt, To judge by the former of the two passages given here the word in the latter of them should mean a place of concealment for the hunter where he lies in wait for the game which is driven towards him. Such driving of game is described by the hunter in Ælfric's Colloquy, Th. An. 21, 13-22, 18.
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Sǽte haldan would mean to keep the game from avoiding the ambush into which it was being driven. Cf. ge-sǽte

ge-stincan

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Heó cwæð ꝥ heó nǽfre ǽr náht swilces ne gestunce, S. 4, 349. Add

be-swícan

(v.)
Grammar
be-swícan, bi-swícan; ic -swíce, ðú -swícest, -swícst, he -swíceþ, -swícþ, pl. -swícaþ; p. -swác, pl. -swicon; pp. -swicen; v. a. [be by, swícan to deceive]

To deceive, entice, seduce, delude, betray, offend, supplant, weaken, evade ⬩ decipere, illicere, seducere, illudere, prodere, scandalizare, supplantare, deficere, evadere

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To deceive, entice, seduce, delude, betray, offend, supplant, weaken, evade; decipere, illicere, seducere, illudere, prodere, scandalizare, supplantare, deficere, evadere He ongan sirwan hú he hine beswícan mihte he began to plot how he might deceive

Linked entries: be-swác bi-swícan

GADERIAN

(v.)
Grammar
GADERIAN, gadorigean, gadrian, gadrigean, gæderian, gædrian; to gaderigenne, gadrienne, gadrigenne; ic gaderie, gaderige, gadrige, ðú gaderast, gadrast, he gaderaþ, gadraþ, pl. gaderiaþ, gadriaþ; p. gaderode; pp. gaderod

To GATHER ⬩ gather together ⬩ collect ⬩ store up ⬩ lĕgere ⬩ collĭgĕre ⬩ congrĕgāre

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To GATHER, gather together, collect, store up; lĕgere, collĭgĕre, congrĕgāre Næs nán heáfodman ðæt fyrde gaderian wolde there was not a chief man who would gather together a force, Chr. 1010; Erl. 144, 10. Ðá án ongann folc gadorigean then one began

Linked entries: gadorigean gadrian gæderian gaðerian

lim-gesihþ

(n.)
Grammar
lim-gesihþ, physical vision, sight by means of the bodily eye (? cf. A man has na lym þat he is warere wiþ þan wiþ his eghe, Hamp. Ps. 16, 9. Þe lyme of syȝte
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organum visus, N. E. D. under limb; I) Ealle menn árísað mid limgesihðum (corporibus), Ps. Rdr. 301, 4

Linked entry: ge-siht

weaxan

(v.)
Grammar
weaxan, weacsan, weahsan, weahxan, wexan, wehsan; ic weaxe; ðú wyxt; hé weaxeþ, weaxþ, weaxt, waexit, weaxst, wexeþ, wexþ, wixt, wihst, wihxþ, wyxþ, wyxt, wyxst, wycxþ; p. weóx, weócs, weóhs, pl. weóxon, weóhson, weóxson ; pp. weaxen

To wax, grow. ⬩ to grow, be produced, ⬩ to grow, grow up ⬩ to grow, increase, wax ⬩ to grow in honour, grow great, flourish, prosper ⬩ to be productive ⬩ to grow, take shape

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Hé lét weaxan heora rímgetel, Cd. Th. 166, 28; Gen. 2754. Sceal weaxan wonna lég, Beo. Th. 6221; B. 3115.

ge-hú

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Hé is gecweden hláf þurh getácnunge, and lamb, and leó, and gehú elles ( in every other way he is called, it is typically ), Hml. Th. ii. 268, 17

þǽr-on

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-on, adv.
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Ðá hét hé gefeccan ǽnne ǽrenne oxan, and ða hálgan ðǽron dón, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 422. thereof And hé ne cúðe nán þing þáron (cf. næs heora nán ðe þár ǽnig þing on cúðe, 41, 24), Gen. 39, 23

Linked entry: on

þurh-smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
þurh-smeágan, -smeán

to search through ⬩ inquire into ⬩ examine into ⬩ investigate

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Hé ríxade ofer Englæland, and hit mid his geápscipe swá þurhsmeáde ( made such a thorough inquisition ), ðæt næs án híd landes innan Englælande, ðæt hé nyste hwá heó hæfðe, oððe hwæs heó wurð wæs, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, l0.

port-geat

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Hé beseah tó þǽre hálgan Crístes róde tácne hwǽr heó uppan þám portgeate stód mid árwurðnysse áfæstnod, Hml. S. 23, 500. Add

a-weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
a-weorþan, a-wurþan, ic -weorþe, -wurþe, ðú -wyrst, he -weorþeþ, -wyrþeþ, -wurþeþ, -wyrþ, pl. -weorþaþ, -wurþaþ; p. -wearþ, pl. -wurdon; pp. -worden; v. intrans. [a from, away, weorþan to become]

To cease to be ⬩ become insipid or worthless ⬩ evanescere

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To cease to be, become insipid or worthless; evanescere Gyf ðæt sealt awyrþ if the salt become insipid, Mt. Bos. 5, 13: Lk. Bos. 14, 34. Ðú awordena raca, Mt. Bos. 5, 22

Linked entries: a-worden a-wurþan a-wyrþ

tó-féran

(v.)
Grammar
tó-féran, p. de.

to go in different directions, ⬩ go off separately ⬩ to disperse (intrans.)

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Ða apostoli er þon þet heo toferden, O. E. Homl. i. 93, 8

Linked entry: tó-faran

be-ceorfan

(v.)
Grammar
be-ceorfan, p. -cearf, pl. -curfon; pp. -corfen

To BECARVE ⬩ cut off ⬩ to cut or pare away ⬩ amputare ⬩ præcidere

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To BECARVE, cut off, to cut or pare away; amputare, præcidere Ðá hét he hine heáfde beceorfan then he ordered to cut of his head, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 3

Linked entries: be-corfen be-efesian

árlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
árlíce, honourably.
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Hé him árlíce tó spræc, Past. 305, 8. Heó wyllað geunnan healfes ꝥ þý árlícor on þǽre stówe beón mæge, Cht. Th. 137, 19. Ꝥ hé cume and sí micle árlícor þonne hé ǽr wæs, Shrn. 204, 9. Add

ge-treówlíce

(adv.)
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Hé gegæderaþ geféran ꝥ hié getreówlíce heora sibbe healdaþ hic fidis sua dictat jura sodalibus, Bt. 21; F. 74, 39. Heó nolde þá béc ágifan ǽr heó wyste hú getríwlíce hé hí æt landum healdan wolde ( quam fidem de beneficio tenere vellet ), Cht.

land-ár

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Þæt hé ná cíde be lǽssan landáre ne causetur de minori substantia R. Ben. I. 16, 13. Gehealdenum him sylfan landáre reservato sibi usufructorio 100, 1. Hí lǽfdon heora ǽhta . . . Iulianus þá dǽlde heora landáre þe him lǽfed wæs, Hml. S. 4, 82.

wiþer-sæc

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-sæc, es; n.

striving ⬩ opposition ⬩ contradiction ⬩ denial ⬩ apostasy ⬩ recusancy

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Heó worda gehwæs wiðersæc fremedon, ðæt heó frignan ongan; cwǽdon ðæt heó on aldre áwiht swylces ne ǽr ne síð ǽfre hýrdon, Elen.

irfe-hand

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-hand, a ; f.

an administrator

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Se mann se tó londe fóe ágefe hire erfehonda xiii pund pendingæ and heó forgifeþ xv pund for dý ðe mon ðás feorme ðý soel gelǽste let the man who succeeds to the land give to her administrator thirteen pounds of pennies; and he will give fifteen pounds

sneóme

(adv.)
Grammar
sneóme, snióme; adv.

swiftly, rapidly ⬩ quickly, immediately, at once ⬩ velociter, cito, subito, statim ⬩ citius ⬩ quickly ⬩ to hasten

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Swá heó sǽ geseah, hé hió snióme fleáh 113, 3. Sniómor Cd. Th. 51, 21; Gen. 830

ǽfen-repsung

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-repsung, e; f.

Eventide,night-fall

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Eventide,night-fall Hé slép swá hwǽr swá hine seó ǽfenrepsung gemétte he slept wherever night overlook him Hml. S. 236, 154, Sunne heó ðá tó setle áhylde, and ðǽre ǽfenrepsunge geneálæhte, 498

Linked entries: ræpsung ǽfen-hrepsung

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