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á-lǽtan

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Add: of intentional movement Hé unwærlíce nyðer álét ( submittens ) on ꝥ wæter ꝥ fæt, Gr. D. 114, 28. Hí hine on ánre wilian áléton ofer ðone weall, Hml. Th. i. 388, 9. Hwí wolde þín hláford þé álǽtan tó mé ( let thee come to me ), Hml. S. 36, 65. of

á-teón

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

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Add: to draw (out), with direction undetermined,(a) of movement Hé his sword áteáh, Hml. S. 27, 75. fig. to protract Hú lange wylt þú áteón þás ýdelnysse, Hml. S. 8, 105. with direction determined by an adv. or prep. of movement Seó orþung þe wé in

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 wé áteoriað gif wé ús mid bigleofan ne ferciað, ... gif wé tó lange waciað wé áteoriað, Hml. Th. i. 488, 32-4. Gif ic hí forlǽte

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. Hé áhéng ꝥ dúst on ǽnne post, Hml. S. 26, 226, 233. Hé sǽde ꝥ hé on dá lyfte

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. Áscuton þá gástas

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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Add: to well out Ic upp áwealle ebullio, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 192, 4. Áweól exundavit, Wrt. 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

á-lecgan

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Add: to lay down, deposit Hié hié selfe álecgeað on eorðan, Past. 157, 9. Hé 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. Ðeós geofu on

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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. Ðú tǽcst folce gemǽro ábútan ðone munt constitues terminos populo per circuitum Ex. 19, 12. motion outside His scipu wendon út ábúton

á-gǽlan

(v.)
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Dele v. intrans. . . . esse, and add: to make gál (q. v.), to profane, v. tó-gǽlan Ne ic ne besmíte ł ágǽele míne ge-kýðnesse neque profanabo testamentum meum , Ps. L. 88, 35. to neglect, delay doing Se sláwa ágǽlð and forielt ðæt weorc ðe him niédðearf

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.) . . . hé cymð . . . ꝥ hé ꝥ líf áfyrre (-ferre, v. l. ), Bt. 8 ; F. 26, 4-7. Heó hyt áfyrreð, Lch. i. 280, 2 : 284, 8. Dióblas hé áfirde ( eiciebat ), Mk

á-belgan

(v.)
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Add Ábealg exacerbavit, provocavit, adflixit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 56. Ábulge offenderet, 63, 4. Ábolgen ringescens, 90, 47. with dat. or uncertain Ðá ǽbylignesse gebéte ðe heó Gode ábylgð (ábealh, v. l.) iram Dei, quam excitaverit, placare, L. Ecg. P

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á-búgan

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Add: to bow, bend, turn, of motion (lit. and fig. ) Hé tó eorðan ábeáh, Hml. S. 14, 134. Ðá ábeáh seó módor tó hire bearne, 25, 174. Hwæþer þé of móde ábeáh has it escaped your memory?, Gr. D. 40, 24. (1a) where motion indicates reverence :-- Hí on cneówum

á-lǽdan

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Add: to lead off, carry off Ic of álǽde abduco, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 275, 10. of captivity Cirus cyning hí ásende eft ongeán tó ludéa lande, þanon þe hí álǽdde wǽron, Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 37. of removal from difficulty, danger Loth God álǽdde þanon, 4, 18:

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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Add: to dry up (lit. and fig.). to extract the moisture from material Hé ðá miltan ádrígeð, Lch. i. 334, 24. Gást unrót ádrígð exsiccat bánu, Scint. 167, 11. Hé ealle ðá costunga of his ágnum líchoman ádrígde omni illa tentatione carnis caruit, Gr. D

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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. Ne hé on horses hrycg

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 Hé áwende eów fram Drihtne, Deut. 13, 5. Hé áwende hine sylfne tó Gode, Chr. 1067;P. 201, 34. Hú se deófol tó mislicum synnum heora mód áwende, Hml. S, 10, 222. Uton áwendan úrne willan tó Gode, 28,

Linked entry: on-wendan

á-fédan

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

á-wiht

aloneany goodgood for anything

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Add:, ó-wiht, óht. substantive alone Him þǽr ówiht ne derede, Dan. 274. with governed gen. Ne sceþþeð þé wólberendes áwiht, Lch. i. 326, 19. Ne mæg ðæs unrihtes beón áwiht bedígled, Bl. H. 111, 1. Ǽr þon óht þisses ǽfre gewurde, Cri. 238. Unc ne gedǽlde

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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to awake, arouse from sleep, awake from death; e somno excitare, suscitare, resuscitare Hí awehton hine excitaverunt eum, Mk. Bos. 4, 38. Ðá wearþ aweaht Drihten swá he slǽpende excitatus est tamquam dormiens Dominus, Ps. Th. 77, 65. Ic hine awecce resuscitabo

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 mé hefiges níðes feónda mínra, Ps. Th. 58, 1. with dat. Mennen þe þú áhreddest