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á-lǽtan

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Add: of intentional movement unwærlíce nyðer álét ( submittens ) on wæter fæt, Gr. D. 114, 28. hine on ánre wilian áléton ofer ðone weall, Hml. Th. i. 388, 9. Hwí wolde þín hláford þé álǽtan ( let thee come to me ), Hml.

á-teón

to draw (out),to protractto deal with,to treat a personto employ propertytimetalents

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H. 29, 12. to deal with, to treat a person ÞÞ men áteáh swá swá wolde (dyde of heom wolde,v. L.), Chr. 1071; P. 208, 9. hiene átugon swá swá ge woldon, Ors. 6, 37; S. 296, 24. Lícaþ þé synt þusátogene, Or.

á-teorian

(v.)

to get exhaustedfaint,to lose heart or energyget wearyfaintto get exhaustedcome to an endfailbe wantingto be defective

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Add Áteoriaþ desislunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 39 : 59, 51. Áteorada defuit, 138, 27. to get exhausted, faint, lit. On ðisum lífe áteoriað gif ús mid bigleofan ne ferciað, ... gif lange waciað áteoriað, Hml. Th. i. 488, 32-4.

á-hón

(v.)
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Add:: to hang (trans.), suspend Gyf mon þás wyrte on mannes swyran áhéhð (-héð, v. l. ), Lch. i. 280, 10. Man áhéhð (-héð, v. l. ) mid searwum mycle sweras, Gr. D. 270, 4. áhéng dúst on ǽnne post, Hml. S. 26, 226, 233.

á-sceótan

(v.)
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Add: intrans. To shoot, move rapidly Sió costung út ásciét (-sciéð, v. l.) on weorc tentatio usque ad operationem prosilit, Past. 71, 7. Án út ásceát of weorode, Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 10. Se scyttel ásceát of þǽre fetere, Hml. S. 21, 419.

á-weallan

to well outto springproceed from a sourceto swarm,to exist in large numbersto swarm with to be hotto burnrage

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Voc. ii. 29, 56: 146, 36. to spring, proceed from a source Ealle únðeáwas áweallað of deófle, Wlfst. 40, 22. to swarm, to exist in large numbers Swá þicce hié in þǽre áweóllon swá ǽmettan veluti formice efferbuere, Nar. 11, 13. of production in large

á-lecgan

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Add: to lay down, deposit Hié hié selfe álecgeað on eorðan, Past. 157, 9. þá mancessas álegde in his ágene cyste, Gr. D. 63, 27. Swá hwæt swá þǽr man on álegde, Bl. H. 127, 1. Men feówer stánas on þǽre ilcan stówe álegdon, 189, 15.

Linked entry: á-licgan

á-bútan

(prep.; adv.)
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Dele first passage and add: prep. dat. acc. marking position Stódon him ábútan swearte gástas, Hml. Th. i. 414, 9.

á-gǽlan

(v.)
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Dele v. intrans. . . . esse, and add: to make gál (q. v.), to profane, v. -gǽlan Ne ic ne besmíte ł ágǽele míne ge-kýðnesse neque profanabo testamentum meum , Ps.

Linked entry: a-gálan

á-firran

(v.)
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Add: trans. To remove, &c. , place whence not given Se deáþ hit áfirreþ (-ferreð, v. l.) . . . cymð . . . líf áfyrre (-ferre, v. l. ), Bt. 8 ; F. 26, 4-7. Heó hyt áfyrreð, Lch. i. 280, 2 : 284, 8.

á-belgan

(v.)
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P. ii. 16; Th. ii. 188, 4. Gif ús hwá ábylgþ, ðonne beó sóna yrre, Bl. H. 33, 26. Ðone mon eft lufian ðe him ǽr ábealg, Past. 220, 26, Hwí irsast ðú wiþ ús ? on hwám ábulgon ðé? Bt. 7, 5 ; F. 24, l.

Linked entries: á-bloncgne in-belgan

á-búgan

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Add: to bow, bend, turn, of motion (lit. and fig. ) eorðan ábeáh, Hml. S. 14, 134. Ðá ábeáh seó módor hire bearne, 25, 174. Hwæþer þé of móde ábeáh has it escaped your memory?, Gr.

á-lǽdan

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Grn. 8, 37. of removal from difficulty, danger Loth God álǽdde þanon, 4, 18: Bl. H. 67, 19. álǽdde ( eduxit ) fram þám pytte yrmða, Ps. Th. 39, 1. Út álǽdde explicuit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 14.

á-drýgan

to dry upto extract the moisture from materialto dry up a fluidto dry up moisture on material, wipe offto dry material on which there is moisture, wipe dry

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D. 190, 24. Hit ádríg, Lch. i. 332, 26. Ádríg duste, ii. 144, 1. Genim ácmistel and ádríge, 88, 5. Ádríged on réce, 216, 8.

Linked entry: á-drígan

á-bǽdan

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Substitute the following: to force, wring Ele ábǽdan and áwringan of þám bergum ab olivis exigere oleum torquendo, Gr. D. 250, 22. to compel Gif ðæt nýd ábǽdeþ cum exhiberi mysterium ipsa necessitas compellit, Bd. l, 27; S. 497, 1.

á-wendan

(v.)

To turn.to give a certain direction toto returnto reducebring into subjectionto turn aside,to remove divertto avertto pervertto changeto turn into something elsetransformto translatereproduce something with other materialto exchangeTo turntake a certain direction

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Add: trans. To turn. to give a certain direction to áwende eów fram Drihtne, Deut. 13, 5. áwende hine sylfne Gode, Chr. 1067;P. 201, 34. se deófol mislicum synnum heora mód áwende, Hml. S, 10, 222.

Linked entry: on-wendan

á-fédan

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Add: to feed, nourish, support, maintain, of a person that provides food, &c. áfést ( pascis ) þú hafocas þíne ? fédaþ hig sylfe and on wintra, Coll. M. 25, 37. Áfédde seó wudewe þone wítegan mid ðám melewe, Hml. S. 18, 65.

á-wiht

aloneany goodgood for anything

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Unc ne gedǽlde nemne deáð ána ówiht elles, Kl. 23. Náge hió his ierfes ówiht (áwuht,v. l.), Ll. Th. i. 66, 19. Gif ǽfre þæs organes ówiht cúðe, Sal. 33. Heó ówiht swylces ne hýrdon, El. 571. Ymbe ówiht elles, Seef. 46.

a-weccan

(v.)
Grammar
a-weccan, -weccean ; ic -wecce, ðú -wecest, -wecst, he -wecceþ, -weceþ, -wecþ, pl. -weccaþ,-wecceaþ; p. -weahte,-wehte, pl. -weahton, -wehton; impert. -wec, -wece, pl. -wecceaþ; pp. -weaht, -weht ; v. trans.

to awakearouse from sleepawake from deathe somno excitaresuscitareresuscitareto exciterousestir upcall forthraise upraise up childrenexcitareconcitaresuscitareresuscitare

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et verbis excitabat et factis, Bd. 3, 5 ; S. 526, 34.

á-hreddan

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Add: to rescue, etc. Hié þá herehýþa áhreddon, Chr. 894; P. 85, 20: 917; P. 98, 7. Gener vel árede erue, i. defende, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 6. to rescue from, with gen. Áhrede hefiges níðes feónda mínra, Ps. Th. 58, 1. with dat.