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be-þeódan

(v.)
Grammar
be-þeódan, p. de

To join ⬩ attach

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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 entries: dýdan ge-díþan

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 turn ⬩ avoid ⬩ pervert ⬩ subvert

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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 up ⬩ stop 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 drive ⬩ compel

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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 up ⬩ stop up ⬩ obstruct

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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 up ⬩ burn out ⬩ consume

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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

fore-stemman

(v.)
Grammar
fore-stemman, (for-); p. de

To hinder ⬩ prohibit

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To hinder, prohibit Ðá ðá ðe infoerdon forestemdon (for-, R.) gié eos qui introiebant prohibuistis, Lk. L. 11, 52

Linked entries: stemman for-stemman

fore-brǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
fore-brǽdan, p. de

To overshadow

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To overshadow Wolcen forebrǽde hiá nubis obumbrans eos, Mk. L. 9, 7

fore-féran

(v.)
Grammar
fore-féran, p. de

To precede

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To precede, go in front of Hé forefoerde hiá antecedebat eos, Lk. L. R. 22, 47. Þá foreférendan qui praeibant (Lk. 18, 39), Bl. H. 15, 20

for-slǽwan

(v.)
Grammar
for-slǽwan, p. de

hinder ⬩ impede

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To make too slow, hinder, impede, make reluctant Ðæt hé nóht unryhtlíce hit ne forslǽwde (-ðe, v. l.) quod in otio quasi non injuste torpescat, Past. 284, 3. Ná þé forslǽwe geneósian untrumne non te pigeat uisitare infirmum, Scint. 202, 4

Linked entry: for-sláwian

for-nǽman

(v.)
Grammar
for-nǽman, p. de

To consume

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To consume Þonne heó byð mid langre nearonesse þǽre gnornunge forht and geswænced and fornǽmed cum longa moeroris anxietudine fuerit formido consumta, Gr. D. 245, 3

ge-hirdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hirdan, p. de.
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in a physical sense, to harden, temper metal Hé ( the goldsmith ) gehyrdeð and gehyrsteð wel, Vy. 74. Gesmyrede and gehyrde lita (cf. átre gemǽled lita (veneno spicula), 96, 69, and see áhyrded, B. 1460), Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 49. in a moral sense, to inspire

Linked entry: ge-hyrdan