byrþen
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H. 135, 7. of what is difficult or troublesome Seó unáræfnedlice byrþen synna, Bl. H. 75, 9. Hefig byrdæn, Dóm. L. 28, 20. Be ðǽre byrðenne ( pondere) ðæs reccendómes, Past. 33, 4. Hé bierð ðá byrðenne (pondus) hira scylda, 153, 7.
for-gǽgan
to go beyond ⬩ exceed ⬩ transgress ⬩ to pass by ⬩ omit to do ⬩ neglect ⬩ to pass away
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Náne þá tó dónne synd gódu forgǽgean nulla quae facienda sunt bona preterire, Scint. 68, 5. Herelof bócfellum ne sí forlǽten ł forgǽged ł forgýmeleásod nequaquam rumusculus [a nostris] pitaciolis excipiatur, An. Ox. 4571.
full-fremman
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Ac siþþan hit fullfremed biþ, ðonne hátaþ wé hit wyrd, Bt. 39, 5; F. 218, 24. to do, perform, accomplish Bútan tweón hé fullfremede (ful-, v. l.) ðá synne culpam procul dubio perpetraret, Past. 264, 4.
ge-gódian
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Þá synd gegódede potiuntur (puritatis palma ), 1743.
ge-lǽtan
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For gebétendnysse tó fyrstan synt gelǽtene (nobis) propter emendationem (malorum hujus uite dies) ad inducias relaxantur (R. Ben. I. 5, 6), An. Ox. 58, 8. <b>I a.
ge-cnǽwe
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Hí þǽr wunedon, gecnǽwe heora synna, Hml. A. 102, 15. with clause Ic ne eom gecnáwe ꝥ ic ǽnigean menn geáfe þá sócne ... gyf ǽnig mann secge ꝥ ic hig ǽr him geunnan sceolde ... C.D. iv. 222, 27. Hé oðsóc ꝥ hé hit wǽre.
ge-cwéme
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Þǽm wiþerweardan beóþ þæs mannes synna gecwémran þonne goldhord, Bl. H. 43, 21. convenient, suitable, fit. fit for (tó) a purpose Seó wyrt is tó lǽcedómum wel gecwéme, Lch. i. 260, 4.
sceanca
a shank, shin, ⬩ the upper part of the leg
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Lǽcedómas wið scancena sáre, and gif scancan forade synd. Lchdm. ii. 6, 10. Sindon ða scancan (of the Phenix) scyllum biweaxen crura tegunt squamae Exon. Th. 219, 20; Ph. 310. Scancan tibias, Hpt. Gl. 482, 64: Kent. Gl. 982. Sconca[n?] suras Wrt.
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on-gildan
to pay (a penally for), to be punished for (with gen. acc. of crime or clause) ⬩ to pay ⬩ to give an offering, to offer
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Hú eall moncvn angeald ðæs ǽrestan monnes synna mid miclum teónum and wítum ab initio et peccare homines et puniri propter peccata, Ors. 5, 15; Swt. 250, 27. Hú swíðe hí his anguldon from heora ágnum cásere ut Caesare punirentur, 6, 2; Swt. 256, 6.
EAX
An axis, axle-tree ⬩ axis
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Twegen steorran synd gehátene axis, ðæt is ex, forðamðe se firmamentum went on ðam twám steorran, swá swá hweogel tyrnþ on eaxe, and forðí hi standaþ symle stille two stars are called axis, that is axle-tree, because the firmament turns on the two stars
middan-eard
The middle dwelling ⬩ the abode of men ⬩ the earth ⬩ the world ⬩ the world ⬩ mankind
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Seó heofen and sǽ and eorþe synd gehátene middaneard, Lchdm. iii. 254, 6-9. Hé sǽde, ðæt eal ðes middaneard nǽre ðé máre dríges landes ofer ðone mycelan gársecg, ðonne man ǽnne prican ápricie on ánum brádum brede.
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nama
a name ⬩ a noun
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Sume synd ágene naman, swá swá is Eádgár, Dúnstán. Sume gemǽnelíce, kynincg, biscop, Som. 4, 10-11
scín-cræft
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the art by which deceptive appearances are produced, magic Ðis synt ða ídelnyssa ðisse worlde . . . scíncræft hae sunt vanitates hujus mundi . . . ars magica , L. Ecg. P. i, 8; Th. ii. 174, 34.
ymbren
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Fæstaþ ða feówer ymbrenu on twelf mónðum, ðe eów rihtlíce ásette synd, Wulfst. 136, 17. ¶ the form occurs also with riht prefixed :-- Áðas and wífunga ǽfre sindan tócwedene heáhfreólsdagum and rihtymbrenum, L.
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ge-þreágean
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Synt geþreáde ( wearied ) þegnas míne ... duguð is geswenced, módigra mægen miclum gebysgod, An. 391. in mind Forht ... egesan geþreád, Gen. 2668.
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ge-beót
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Add: a promise to do great things, a boast, boasting Ðá bóceras gýmaþ tó gebeótes þǽra fíf stafa þe synd vocales gecíged the grammarians make a boast of taking care of the five letters that are called vowels, Angl. viii. 327, 35.
gearcian
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Gearciað þá þing þe eów gewunelice synd tó bebyrigunge, Hml. S. 3, 579. Hé hét gearcian tó heora gyftum mænigfealde mǽrða, Hml. A. 95, 103. Þysum is tó gearcigenne þá réþestan wíta, Hml. S. 24, 21.
ilca
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Sch. 450, 15', and add: in weak declension. as adjective Se ilca wiþerwearda þe him ǽr þá synna lǽrde, Bl. H. 61, 17. Be þǽm ilican (ilcan, ylcan, v. ll. ) andgyte, R. Ben. 4, 9: 64, 3. Þára ilcena engla geféran, Gr.
on-bryrdan
to instigate, stimulate, incite, inspire, animate ⬩ to excite to a feeling of compunction
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Homl. 33, 23. to excite to a feeling of compunction Hé wæs onbryrded compunctus mid gemynde his synna and weóp, Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 2. Ðǽr mon ðæt godspel sægþ maniges mannes heorte biþ onbryrded, Blickl. Homl. 47, 32
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tó-cleófan
To cleave asunder
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Ða nýtenu synd clǽne ðe tócleófaþ heora cláwa, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 55. Tócleáf findit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 32. Se réða kyning hine tócleáf on twá, Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 21. Tócleófende sulcans, Wülck. Gl. 254, 21.