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á-cwilman

(v.)
Grammar
á-cwilman, p. de
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To kill Hí hine bysmorlíce ácwylmdon, oftorfedon mid bánum, Chr. 1012; P. 142, 22 note. Sélre ús ys ðæt wé ús sylfe ofsleán, ðonne hig ús yfelum deáðe ácwylmon, Hml. A. 185, 138. Hé hét Pilatum ðám fúlestan deáðe ácwylman, 190, 257. Titus and Vespasianus

Linked entry: cwilman

be-lífan

(v.)
Grammar
be-lífan, (ié, é, ý); p. de
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To believe Þone hálgan gást þe þú on beléfst, Hml. A. 177, 266. Þá þe on God belýfað. Hml. Th. i. 114, 8. Þone dracan þe wé on belýfdon, 570, 25. Hí on God belýfdon, 92, 33: 244, 4: ii. 20, 7: Hml. S. 23, 22. [Cf. ge-lífan, which is the earlier form.

be-líman

(v.)
Grammar
be-líman, p. de
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To glue together Swylce sé þe belíme tigelan quasi qui conglutinet testam, Scint. 96, 19

be-nídan

(v.)
Grammar
be-nídan, [ p. de To compel
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Mín sár (m)é benét tó segen dolor me compellit dicere, Angl. xi. 110.]

be-willan

(v.)
Grammar
be-willan, -wellan ; p. de
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To roll about, mix with ingredients Be-welledne (-weledne, v. l.) hláf and mid áttre gemengedne infectum veneno panem, Gr. D. 118, 6. Confectos, i. compositos, mixtos vel be-welde, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 22

Linked entry: be-wilwan

be-stǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
be-stǽlan, p. de
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To lay a charge of crime on a person, to convict a person (on with dat. ) of crime þæt mé nǽfre deófel náht on ne mæge bestǽlan æt mínum endedæge, Angl. xi. 101, 53. þæt se deófol eów náge náht on tó bestélenne ungeandettes, Wlfst. 135, 31. Sé þe frióne

Linked entry: stǽlan

be-þeódan

(v.)
Grammar
be-þeódan, p. de

To joinattach

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To join, attach ]þǽm hý mid clǽnum móde hý sylfe beþeóddan and for his lufan manna geþeódrǽdenne forsáwan cui puris mentibus inherserunt, et propter cujus amorem hominum consortia reliquerunt, R. Ben. 134, 20

be-sǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sǽgan, p. de

To sink

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To sink (trans.) Besǽgedum convolutis, lapsis, Germ. 388, 85

brigdan

(v.)
Grammar
brigdan, (?); p. de
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To seize property improperly held by another Ðus man sceal swerigean, ðonne man hafð his ǽhte gebryid ( =-brigd ?) (cf. ꝥ orf ꝥ ic mid N. befangen hæbbe, l. 15). Ðæs óðres áð ðe mon his orf æt bryideð ( = brigdeð?) . . . Ðæs áð ðe his ǽhte bryideð thus

dídan

(v.)
Grammar
dídan, p. de
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To put to death; Ll. Th. i. 172, 13

Linked entry: dýdan

dirfan

(v.)
Grammar
dirfan, p. de; pp. ed
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To afflict, molest Ús deriað and ðearle dyrfað fela ungelimpa, Wlfst. 91, 18

Linked entries: deorfan dyrfan

fæderen-bróþer

(n.)
Grammar
fæderen-bróþer, In l. 2 for fram ðé l. framþe.

féðan

(v.)
Grammar
féðan, féþan; p. de

walk

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To travel on foot, walk Fergað and féþað fæder and módor father and mother lead [the child] and walk (with it), Vy. 7. Hí námon þá hors þe hí þyder bróhton, and wǽron ðá rídende ðe ǽr wǽron féðende, Hml. A. 116, 449. Substitute:

Linked entry: féþa

for-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
for-cirran, p. de.

to turnavoidpervertsubvert

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Take here for-cyrran in Dict., and add: to turn (intrans.) aside from, get out of the way of, avoid Ǽghwylce yfele fótswaðu him ongeán cumende hé forbúgeþ, for ðon se yfela man hyne forcyrreþ, Lch. i. 318, 23. Barbarismum hig forbúgað, and eác barbara

Linked entries: for-búgan for-cyrran

for-clǽman

(v.)
Grammar
for-clǽman, p. de

To plaster upstop up

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To plaster up, stop up Forclaemid (printed fol-) obturat, Txts. 81, 1419. Forclaemde opilavit, 83, 1446

for-drǽfan

(v.)
Grammar
for-drǽfan, p. de

To drivecompel

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To drive, compel to do or undergo Be ðon ðe mon tó ceápe fordrǽfe. Ðonne mon bið tyhtlan betygen and hine mon bedrífeð tó ceápe, Ll. Th. i. 140, 15

Linked entries: drǽfan for-drífan

for-flígan

(v.)
Grammar
for-flígan, p. de
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To put to flight Forflýcð aginat, fugat, Hpt. 31, 16, 418

Linked entry: flígan

for-fylden

(v.)
Grammar
for-fylden, for-fyllan; p. de

To fill upstop upobstruct

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To fill up, stop up, obstruct Forfyldan obstrictas (for? obstructas), Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 22. Substitute:

for-hǽþan

(v.)
Grammar
for-hǽþan, p. de; pp. ed

To parch upburn outconsume

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To parch up, burn out, consume Forswǽld, forhǽþed exustus, i. spoliatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 34

Linked entry: for-hátena

firran

(v.)
Grammar
firran, p. de.
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Hit fyrþ tollit, An. Ox. 61, 6. Add