freó-man
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Hwæt gifest þú me, gásta Waldend, freómanna tó frófre ... ne sealdest þú mé sunu ... Gǽð geréfa mín fægen freóbearnum what freeborn children wilt thou give me, Ruler of spirits, for my comfort? ... Thou hast not granted me a son ... My steward goes rejoicing
for-wyrd
damage ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ ruin ⬩ death ⬩ detrīmentum ⬩ intĕrĭtus ⬩ intĕrĭtio ⬩ perdĭtio ⬩ pernĭcies ⬩ internĕcio
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damage, destruction, perdition, ruin, death; detrīmentum, intĕrĭtus, intĕrĭtio, perdĭtio, pernĭcies, internĕcio Hér is geswutelod úre forwyrd here is made manifest our destruction, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 30; Jud. 285. He alýsde ðin líf of forwyrde qui redĭmit
wer
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Gif hé geþeó ðæt hé hæbbe híwisc landes . . . þonne bið his wergild .cxx. sciłł.; and gif hé ne geþeó búton tó healfre híde, þonne sí his wer (were, v. l. ) .lxxx. sciłł., L. Wg. 7; Th. i. 186, 14. Wergildes ( v. l. weres) . . . Se wer, 1; Th. i. 186,
ge-ascian
To find out by asking ⬩ learn ⬩ hear ⬩ fando accĭpĕre ⬩ discĕre ⬩ audīre
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To find out by asking, learn, hear; fando accĭpĕre, discĕre, audīre Geascode he ðone cyning on Meran túne he learnt [that] the king [was] at Merton, Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 28. Ðá geascade se cyng ðæt ðæt hie út on hergaþ fóron then the king heard that they
ge-dígan
To endure ⬩ carry through ⬩ tolerate ⬩ overcome ⬩ escape ⬩ ĕti ⬩ perpĕti ⬩ perferre ⬩ tolerāre ⬩ superāre ⬩ evadere
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To endure, carry through, tolerate, overcome, escape; ĕti, perpĕti, perferre, tolerāre, superāre, evadere Swá mǽg unfǽge gedíganweán so an undoomed [man] may escape calamity, Beo. Th. 4572; B. 2291. Ðú aldre gedígest thou escapest with life, 1327; B.
drý
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Add: gen. drýes, dat. drýe, dat. pl. drým Þá Iudéas þone Hǽlend genámon ... and sǽdon ꝥ hé drý wǽre, Nic. 19, 40. Nectanebases þæs drýs, Ors. 3, 9; S. 126, 25. Hé wearð álýsed frám þæs drýes bendum ... and arn bysmrigende þæs drýes yfeldǽdum, Hml. Th
ge-irman
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Add: to make wretched, afflict. the object a person Genǽt, geyrmþ conterat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 5. Gé beóð gesealde feóndum tó gewealde, ðá eów geyrmað and swíðe geswencað, Wlfst. 133, 9. Þæt wíf hire ágenne teám mid wyriunge geyrmde, Hml. Th. ii. 34,
ge-neósung
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Add: visitation, making of a visit. visiting a person Him tó becóm for geneósunge þingon Seruandus Seruandus ad eum visitationis gratia convtnerat, Gr. D. 169, 27. Leahter gálnysse on geneósunge (uisitatione) wífa byð ácenned, Scint. 89, 15. (l a) visiting
módig
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III.</b> add Betere bið ꝥ wíf . . eádmód on heortan . . . þonne ꝥ mǽden beó þe módig bið on heortan, Hml. A. 40, 401. Se módiga deófol, Wlfst. 249, 2. Heó (Judith) ofercóm þone módigan (Halofernes), 114, 410. Módig[e] arrogantes, An. Ox. 56, 233
be-fæstan
to fix, ⬩ to place in security ⬩ to fix in the mind ⬩ implant ⬩ to fix by promise or agreement ⬩ to pledge ⬩ to commit ⬩ to commit to a person's charge ⬩ to commit to a place ⬩ to set ⬩ betake to an occupation ⬩ to commend ⬩ recommend, ⬩ to make acceptable ⬩ to trust
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Dele passage under I, and add: to fix, to place in security Hié befæston hira wíf and hira scipu and hira feoh on Eást-Englum, Chr. 894; P. 88, 4. Þá Deniscan hæfdon hira wíf befæst innan Eást-Engle, 896; P. 89, 22. Bið se þridda dǽl in þæs wylmes grund
up-lendisc
Uplandish ⬩ country (as opposed to town) ⬩ rural ⬩ rustic
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Uplandish, country (as opposed to town), rural, rustic Uplendisc forensis (forensis Migne), qui foras est, Germ. 389, 41. Eft begann sum uplendisc mann egeslíce hrýman tó ðám árleásum burhwarum ... Ð á arn se ceorl geond ealle ða strǽt hrýmende, Homl
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spǽtan
to spit ⬩ to syringe ⬩ squirt
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to spit intrans. Ic hrǽce oððe spǽte screo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 6; Zup. 158, 6. Ic spǽte spuo, 28, 3; Zup. 167, 10. Hé spǽtte on his eágan expuens in oculos ejus, Mk. Skt. 8, 23: Jn. Skt. 9, 6. Hí spǽtton on hine, Mt. Kmbl. 17, 30: 26, 67. Hig spǽtton him
BEORGAN
cum ⬩ To save ⬩ protect ⬩ shelter ⬩ defend ⬩ fortify ⬩ spare ⬩ preserve ⬩ servare ⬩ salvare ⬩ ⬩ custodire ⬩ tueri ⬩ parcere ⬩ To defend ⬩ secure ⬩ guard against ⬩ avoid ⬩ defendere ⬩ arcere ⬩ cavere ⬩ vitare
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cum dat. To save, protect, shelter, defend, fortify, spare, preserve; servare, salvare, custodire, tueri, parcere Beorh ðínum feore salva animam tuam Gen. 19, 17. Woldon feore beorgan they would save their lives Andr. Kmbl. 3075; An. 1540. Beorh me,
a-cennan
To bring forth ⬩ produce ⬩ beget ⬩ renew ⬩ parere ⬩ gignere ⬩ renovare ⬩ renasci
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To bring forth, produce, beget, renew; parere, gignere, renovare, renasci Swá wíf acenþ bearn as a woman brings forth a child, Bt. 31, 1 ; Fox 112, 2. On sárnysse ðú acenst cild in dolore paries filios. Gen. 3, 16. Ða se Hǽlend acenned wæs cum natus
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GALAN
To sing ⬩ enchant ⬩ call ⬩ cănĕre ⬩ incantāre ⬩ insŏnāre ⬩ clāmāre
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To sing, enchant, call; cănĕre, incantāre, insŏnāre, clāmāre Seó ne gehérþ stemne galendra, and átterwyrhtan galendes wíslíce quæ non exaudiet vōcem incantantium, et venēfĭci incantantis săpienter, Ps. Lamb. 57, 6. Sorh-leóþ gæleþ he sings a sad lay,
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leóht-líce
Lightly ⬩ slightly ⬩ gently ⬩ easily ⬩ quickly
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Lightly, slightly, gently, without trouble or effort, easily, quickly Swá swá leóhtlíce gebylged quasi leviter indignata, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 24. Swá swá hé leóhtlíce onslǽpte quasi leviter obdormiens, 4, 11; S. 580, 2. Geswét swíðe leóhtlíce mid hunige
castel
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a castle Þá Frencyscan þe on þan castelle wǽron, Chr. 1052; P. 175, 13. Sume tó Pentecostes castele, sume tó Ródbertes castele, P. 181, 5. Æt ǽlcan castelle, 1075; P. 210, 25. His wíf wæs innan þám castele, and hine heóld swá lang ꝥ man hire grið sealde
for-spanan
allure ⬩ to lure ⬩ to lure ⬩ to lure
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to lure to evil, allure. Add: to lure Forspenð hé hit mid ðǽre wólberendan óliccunge mentem securitatis pestiferae blanditiis seducit, Past. 415, 12. Forspa[nendre?] illecebroso (v. for-spennan), Angl. xiii. 34, 174. Forspanendum lufum illecebrosis amplexibus
hægtesse
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Add: <b>hægtiss, hægtess, e: hætse, an ; hǽts, e.</b> afury of the classical mythology Haehtes furia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 47. Hægtesse 36, 29. Hægtes erenis, hægtesse eumenides, 29, 41, 42. Haehtisse, hegitisse eumenides, filiae noctis, Txts
ólehtung
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flattering, adulation Þám móde, þe biþ ábysgod in manigum þingum, swíþe undercreópeð seó leáse ólehtung (liffetung, v. l.) occupato in multes animo adulatio valde subrepit, Gr. D. 35, 15. Þurh þá ólehtinga þára preósta, 40, 19. what pleases the senses