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be-stingan

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Beren eár bestinge on eáre, Lch. ii. 54, ii. Ðeáh hié mettas him on múð bestingon on fæstendægum though they cram food into their mouths on fast days, Hml. Th. ii. 330, 31. Gif sió lendcribrǽde bið on bestungen, Ll. Th. i. 98, 2. Add:

for-gifen

(adj.)
Grammar
for-gifen, adj. (ptcpl.).

forgivenpardonedmildgentleindulgent

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Hié sume heora þeówas gefreódon, and eác him eallum wurdon tó milde and tó forgiefene cum licentia in consuetudinem prorogata servos suos passim liberos facerent, 4, 3; S. 162, 15. of discipline, punishment, &c., not hard Sodomom forgefenra ł eáðor

Linked entries: for-gifan for-gifenlic

tó-ferian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-ferian, p. ede

To carry in different directionsdiffeneto removeget rid ofto put offto digestdigerere

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orantes non cito exaudimur, nostra nobis facta in oculis proponamus, ut hoc ipsum quod differimur non divinae reputetur justitiae sed culpe nostre, Scint. 35, 10. to digest; digerere Ðæt seó dæges þigen tófered sý . . . and se maga gelýht, ðæt hé ðe eáð

nefa

(n.)
Grammar
nefa, an; m.

a nephewneposa grandsona step-son

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Eám and nefa, Exon. Th. 431. 35; Rä. 47, 6. Heó wæs Édwines nefan ( nepotis ) dohtor, Bd. 4. 23; S. 593, 2. Hé swylces hwæt secgan wolde eám his nefan, Beo. Th. 1766; B. 881. a grandson Nefena bearnum pronepotibus, filiis nepotum, Hpt. Gl. 426, 50.

weþer

(n.)
Grammar
weþer, es; m.
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eald hríðeru oððe .x. weðeras, L. In. 70; Th. i. 146, 18: Chart. Th. 40, 7. Weðras, 468, 25. Is nú irfæs ðæs ðæs stranga winter lǽfæd hæfð nigon eald hríðru . . . and fíftig wæþæra, 163, 4. Weðera vervecum Hpt. Gl. 524, 17.

hwíl-tídum

(adv.)
Grammar
hwíl-tídum, dat. pl. as adv.

At timessometimes

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Seó sǽ is hwíltídum smylte and myrige on tó rówene, hwílon eác swiðe hreóh and egeful on tó beónne, 182, 32

mis-beódan

(v.)
Grammar
mis-beódan, p. -beád, pl. -budon; pp. -boden

To do wrong toto offendabuseill-use

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Ne misbeóde ǽnig óðrum, forðam eal ðæt ǽnig man óðrum on unriht tó hearme gedéþ, eal hit sceal eft mænigfealdlíce derian him sylfum, Wulfst. 112, 7-11. Misbeódan, 157, 20. Gif him ǽnig man heálíce misboden hæbbe (cf.

éðyl

(n.)
Grammar
éðyl, es; m.

A native countrypatria, terra

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A native country, country; patria, terra Gesǽton eard and éðyl unspédigran ðonne se frumstól wæs they inhabited a dwelling and a country more barren than was the first settlement, Cd. 46; Th. 59, 11; Gen. 962: 73; Th. 90, 9; Gen. 1492

for-gnagan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gnagan, p. -gnóg, pl. -gnógon; pp. -gnagen [for-, gnagan to gnaw]

To gnaw or eat upcorrōdĕrecomĕdĕre

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To gnaw or eat up; corrōdĕre, comĕdĕre On eallum grówendum þingon hig forgnagaþ omnia quæ nascuntur corrōdent, sive comĕdent, Ex. 10, 5. Gærstapan forgnógon swá hwæt swá se hagol belǽfde locusts gnawed up whatsoever the hail had left, Homl.

fúlnes

(n.)
Grammar
fúlnes, fúllnes, fýlnes, -ness, e; f.

FOULNESSimpuritystenchfœditassordesfætor

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Exon. 98 a; Th. 368, 7] eorþan, eal forwisnad foulness of earth, all decayed, Soul Kmbl. 35; Seel. 18. Unarǽfnendlíce fúlnes wæs upp aweallende fætor incompărābĭlis ebulliens ĕrat, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 25

Linked entries: fúllnes fýlnes

mǽl-mete

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl-mete, es; m.

Food to eat

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Food to eat Ne biþ ðec mǽlmete nymþe mores græs no food shall there be for thee but the grass of the moor. Cd. 203; Th. 252, 7; Dan. 575. [Grein, quoting Dietrich, would read mǽl méte ( = obvius), v. Hpt. Zeitsch. x. 358.]

ge-wídmǽrsian

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

To publishspread abroaddivulgecelebratedivulgare

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Iosep nolde hí gewídmǽrsian Joseph nollet eam traducere, 1, 19

cyne-gird

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Hé bícnode hire tó mid his cynegyrde extendit contra eam virgam auream, Hml. A. 97, 181

cild-geogoþ

(n.)
Grammar
cild-geogoþ, e; f.
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. , and eác þá gelícnyssa, ꝥ ys cildhád, . . . lengtentíma and cildiugoð geþwǽrlǽcað, Angl. viii. 299, 26. Swá hé ǽr behét on his cildgeogoðe, Lch. iii. 438, 10. Sprǽcon hí embe heora cildgeogoðe, Hml. S. 30, 320. 374

Linked entries: cild-hád cild-ildu

ge-híwlǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-híwlǽcan, p. ge-híwlǽhte.
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to form, fashion, shape And eác manna wynsumlic wlita æfter his ágenan anlícnessan gehýwlǽhte, Nap. 30. to colour. Cf. ge-híwian ; 2 Heó ágyfð ꝥ gecynde-lice híw, and hé byð gehýwlǽht swylce hé of swíðe háton bæþe eóde. Lch, i. 262, 14

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orþian

(v.)
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Se hálga gást orðað (spirat) þǽr hé wyle, eác is tó witenne ꝥ hé orðað (aspirat) þonne hé wyle, Gr. D. 146, 11-14. Orþode palpauit, Germ. 402, 73. Add

sceamian

(v.)
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Add Hwá bið gesciended ðæt ic eác ðæs ne scamige?, Past. 101, 5. Hé scamode his wiþ men, gif hé ne eóde intó cyrican in swá hálgan dæge þára eástrena si tanto die non iret ad ecclesiam, erubescebat homines, Gr. D. 308, 23

tó-brýsan

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Þá tóglidenan stánas ná ꝥ án ꝥ hí his limu tócwýsdon ac hí eác swylce mid ealle his bán tóbrýsdon ( ossa contriverant ), Gr. D. 125, 21. His preósta ǽnne of horse feallende and tóbrýsendne ( contritum ), Bd. 4, 6; Sch. 573, 7. Add

tó-cyme

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Ne bið heó ná swincende on feforádlum, ne eác heó ne gyrneð Basilies tócymes neque febribus laboratura est, neque Basilium quaesitura. Gr. D. 29, 24. Add

weorold

Grammar
weorold, <b>. II</b> I c. ¶
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Wæs Tilman mǽre wer and for worulde (weorulde, v.l.) eác swylce æþelra gebyrda vir inlustris et ad saeculum nobilis, Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 604, 12. Add