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ge-fón

(v.)
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Gif hwá on nunnan hrægl oþþe on hire breóst bútán hire leáfe gefó, 72, 9. <b>II a.</b> fig. to put one's hand to a matter, make attempt at :-- Hé hæfde ful oft ǽr on gefangen, C. D. ii. 113, 12. (Goth, ga-fáhan: O. Sax.

on-fón

(v.)
Grammar
on-fón, p. -féng; pp. -fangen ( with gen. dat. acc.).

to taketo take what another appoints or grants, to receive, have givento take what another offers, receive favourably, acceptto receive a personto undergo a rite, undertake a dutyto conceiveto take to, to beginincipere

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C. 26; Th. ii. 152, 3. to take what another appoints or grants, to receive, have given of material things Seó sául onféhþ hire líchoman, Blickl. Homl. 57, 16. Adames cynn onféhþ flǽsce, Exon. Th. 63, 33; Cri. 1029.

Linked entries: an-fón on-fónd

(adv.)
Grammar
má, <b>, ;</b> adv.

Moreratherfurther

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Wénestú recce hé hire ǽfre má numquid revertetur ad eam ultra, Past. 52, 3; Swt. 405, 12 : Cd. 216; Th. 273, 21; Sat. 140. Ne synga ðú nǽfre, má, Jn. Skt. 8, 11. Ðæt ðú má ne síe mínra gylta gemyndig, Elen. Kmbl. 1630; El. 817.

dóm

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Voc. ii. 23, 54. a sentence, doom Se dóm þæt hire wæs tó gecweden, ꝥ heó cende on sáre, Bl. H. 3, 8. Se mon þe nú démeþ þǽm earmum búton mildheortnesse, þonne biþ þám eft heard dóm geteód, 95, 36.

hand-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
hand-cræft, es; m.

Skill or power of the hand, handicraftstrength, power of hand

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Eác him gerísaþ handcræftas góde ðæt man on his híréde cræftas begange good handicrafts are also befitting him, that crafts may be practised in his household, L. I. P. 8; Th. ii. 314, 23

oððe

(con.)
Grammar
oððe, conj. I.
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Hié óðer forleósan woldon, oððe hira ágen líf oððe Porsennes, 2, 3; Swt. 68, 28. Nú ðonne óðer twega, oððe ðara nán nis, oððe hí nánne weorþscipe nabbaþ, Bt. 27, 4; Fox 100, 16. Gif onfunden biþ ðæt héáðer oððe... oððe..., L. E.

Linked entry: eðða

un-týnan

(v.)
Grammar
un-týnan, p. de.

to uncloseopento discloselay opensolvereinhiare

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Hira unriht wearð eall untýned, Ps. Th. 72, 5. the word is used to gloss solvere and inhiare in the following Se ðe untýnes ł tóslittes ( solverit ) énne of bebodum ðissum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 19. Hé untýnde ( solvebat ) ðone Sunnadæg, Jn. Skt.

Linked entries: an-týnan on-týnan

up-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
up-líc, adj.

on highloftysublimecelestial

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God mid ðǽm uplícum and mid ðǽm diéglum ðingum hira mód onliéht mid ðæm scíman his giefe, Past. 35; Swt. 243, 20. celestial Se uplíca Déma, Blickl. Homl. 95, 33: Chr. 979; Erl. 129, 17.

CLYPPAN

(v.)
Grammar
CLYPPAN, p. clypte; pp. clypt

To embraceclaspCLIPcherishcomplectiamplexari

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Iosep clypte hira ǽlcne and cyste híg and weóp amplexatus et osculatus est Ioseph et ploravit super singulos 45, 15. Ongan seó abbudisse clyppan and lufian ða Godes gife abbatissa amplexata gratiam Dei Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 1.

Linked entry: be-clyppan

on-gildan

(v.)

to pay (a penally for), to be punished for (with gen. acc. of crime or clause)to payto give an offering, to offer

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Th. 304, 17; Fä. 71. to pay Hwylc hira óðrum sceolde tó fóddurþege feores ongildan which should pay for the others food with his life, Andr. Kmbl. 2204; An. 1103. to give an offering, to offer Ðǽr hǽðene men deóflum onguldon, Blickl. Homl. 221, 3

Linked entries: an-gildan on-gyldan

DYRNE

(adj.)
Grammar
DYRNE, dierne; def. se dyrna, seó, ðæt dyrne; adj.

close, hidden, secret, obscure occultus, secrētus, latens, obscūrusdark, deceitful, eviltenebrīcōsus, subdŏlus

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Ides sceal dyrne cræfte hire freónd gesécan the woman shall with deceitful art seek her friend, Menol. Fox 547 ; Gn. C. 43 . Dyrnra gásta of evil spirits, Beo. Th. 2718 ; 1357: Exon. 71 a ; Th. 264, 22; Jul, 368

Linked entries: derne dierne

sirwan

(v.)
Grammar
sirwan, sirwian, sirewan ; p. sirwde, sirwede, sirede, sirewede, sirwode.
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Seó næddre wolde syrwan ongeán hire hó, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 12

streón

(n.)
Grammar
streón, es; n.
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The word is used also in the sense of what is begotten,progeny, lineage, strain :-- Of hire owene streone (race ), Laym. 2737. Streon ( offspring ) of a swuch strunde, Jul. 55, 16.

ge-macian

(v.)
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</b> to arrange with a person that something shall be done :-- Hire wer gemacode wið þone cyning ꝥ man sette on cweartern þone apostol, Hml. S. 36, 275

ge-cynde

(adj.)
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ge-cynde, adj.
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Hió cymþ swá úp swá hire yfemest gecynde bið she mounts as high as ever it is natural for her to go, 25; F. 88, 21-28: Met. 13, 63. belonging to one by birth, descent, or inheritance Ús is from úrum ǽrestan mǽge gecynde ðæt wé ǽlc yfel on ðrió wísan

hwearfian

(v.)
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Sió sául sceolde hwearfian on hire selfre, swá swá eall þes rodor hwerfþ, oððe swá swá hweól onhwerfþ, 33, 4; F. 132, 11. to revolve round a centre, move round in an orbit. of a material body Ðá tunglu lengestne ymbhwyrft habbaþ þe ymb þá eaxe middewearde

ge-lagian

(v.)
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Ag̃s. tó þisan lande cóm, Chr. 995; P. 128, 26. of a regulation that affects a single person, to fix, appoint Se kyngc Wyllelm hine underféngc, and hé wæs þǽr on his híréde, and tóc swilce gerihta swá hé him gelagade, Chr. 1075; P. 210, 28

FÓÐER

(n.)
Grammar
FÓÐER, fóður, es; n.

foodfood for cattlefodderălĭmentumjūmenti pābŭlumthat in which food is carrieda basketcophĭnusκόφĭνosthat in which food for cattle is carrieda cartcart-loadvĕhesplaustrumnunc massa vel vŏlūmen plumbi

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Gif he næbbe, agife healf on fóðre, healf on óðrum ceápe the ceorl, who has hired another&#39;s oxen, if he have to pay all in fodder, let him give it all.

Linked entry: fódder

lof

(n.)
Grammar
lof, es; n. m.

Praisegloryhymn

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Wé herigaþ hira cræftas and ðeáh nyllaþ hí habban forðæm wé hiera nabbaþ nán lof we praise their arts, and yet do not wish to have them, for we get no credit from them, Past. 34, 2; Swt. 231, 8.

scóh

(n.)
Grammar
scóh, scó, sceó : gen. scós, sceós; n. pl. scós, sceós; gen. sceóna; dat. scón, scóum; the Ancren Riwle has the weak plural scheon; m.
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Wíde sceós hangodan on hira ( the Saracens ) fótum, Shrn. 38, 8. His sceóna þwanga, Mk. Skt. 1, 7. Sceóea, Lk. Skt. Lind. 3, 16. Hí brohton swínes rysl his scón tó gedreóge, Homl. Th. ii. 144, 29. On ðínum sceón (scón. MS. B.), Lchdm. i. 330, 5.

Linked entries: scó sceó sceóh