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ǽg-hwá

in every respect, quite, altogether

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Hét ic ǽghwæt swá dón swá ús bebeád, Nar. 27, 14. Ǽghwæt gefremman ðæs ðe hié woldan, Bl. H. 137, 1. him ǽghwæt sealtes beorge, Lch. ii. 130, 8. ǽghwæs in every respect, quite, altogether :-- Ǽghwæs wæs ansund incolumis inventus est, Gr.

spǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
spǽtan, p. te.

to spitto syringesquirt

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spǽtte on his eágan expuens in oculos ejus, Mk. Skt. 8, 23: Jn. Skt. 9, 6. spǽtton on hine, Mt. Kmbl. 17, 30: 26, 67. Hig spǽtton him on conspuebant eum, Mk. Skt. 15, 19. Spǽte ðæt wíf on his nebb, Deut. 25, 9.

freólslíce

(adv.)
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Substitute: freely, without hindrance, without restraint him synderlíce wíc getimbrede, ꝥ mihte on ðám freólslíce (freólíce, v.l.) Gode þeówian (in quo liberius caelestibus studiis uacaret ). Bd. 3, 19; Sch. 277, 14.

be-hátan

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Gelǽste man eall þæt man beháte on Godes ést tó dónne, Wlfst. 172, 13. to threaten Se abbot dyde heom yfele, and beheót heom wyrs, Chr. 1083 ; P. 214, 21. heom behét ǽlcne hete, Hml. S. 23, 230.

riht-ǽw

(n.)
Grammar
riht-ǽw, e; f.

legitimate matrimonya legitimate wife

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legitimate matrimony Gehádedum mannum is beboden, ðæt cýþan sceolan folce hwæt on hálgum bócum áwriten is, and wísian, rihtǽwe healdan sceolan, Wulfst. 304, 18. a legitimate wife Be ðam men ðe hæfþ his rihtǽwe legitimam suam uxorem, L.

ge-weald

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Nacode swá ǽrest gemétte búton gewealdan þæs tóslitenan rægeles þe hire ǽr tó wearp, Hml. S. 23 b, 792. take here <b>ge-weald</b> pudenda, in Dict., and add Geweald inguen Germ. 389, 81.

strútian

(v.)
Grammar
strútian, p. ode
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Menn ðæs wundrodon, ða weargas hangodon, sum on hlǽddre, sum leát tó gedelfe, and ǽlc on his weorce wæs fæste gebunden, Swt. A. S. Prim. 87, 177

wíf-hand

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-hand, a; f.

The female sidefemale line

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The female side, female line Mín yldra fæder hæfde gecweden his land on ða sperehealfe, næs on ða spinlhealfe; ðonne gif ic gesealde ǽnigre wífhanda ðæt gestrýnde, ðonne forgyldan míne mágas . . . for ðon ic cweðe ðæt hit gyldan, for ðon fóð

á-þindan

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áðindað innane on ídlum gilpe, 439, 5. Þá þe áþindað and áswellað þurh þá wilnunge þæs ídlan gylpes, Gr. D. 40, 4. Ðætte hié ne áðinden on heora móde, Past. 319, 17. On oferméttum áðunden, 25, 6: III, l. wæs mid oferhygdes gáste áþunden, Gr.

þurh-teón

(v.)

to carry throughget a proposal accepted, a request grantedto carry out a plan, orders, etc.give effect to an intentionto carry throughcarry on to a (successful) endto accomplishperformto perpetrateto carry oncontinueto bring to a successful issueto achievebring aboutbring to passto affordto go throughundergoto drawdrag

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, ðonne hit mid weorcum ne ðorhtióð, Past. 54; Swt. 423, 4.

feormian

(v.)
Grammar
feormian, part. feormende; p. ode, ade; pp. od; v. a. [feorm food] .

to supply with foodfeedsupportsustainentertainreceive as a guestcherishbenefitprofitvictum suppĕdĭtāreepŭlāresuscĭpĕresuscĭpĕre hospĭtiofŏvērecūrārevălēreto feed ondevourconsumevescicomĕdĕreconsūmĕreto cleanse, FARM or cleanse outmundārepurgāreexpiāre

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feormaþ his bernes flóre he will cleanse the floor of his barn, Lk.

lufian

(v.)
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R. 12, 25. to have a strong lilting for, be very fond of lícet ðæt lufige ðæt ne lufað, ðisses middangeardes gilp lufað, and lícett swelce ðone onscunige fingit se de bono opere amare, quod non amat, de mundi autem gloria non amare,

on-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
on-gitan, -gietan, -giotan, -geotan ; p. -geat, -get; pl. -geáton, -géton ; pp. -giten, -gieten

To perceiveto perceive, seeto perceive by hearingto perceive, feel (pain, etc. )to feel, be of opinion, judgeto know, hear of, find outto perceive, understandto recognise, know,to take a person or thing to be what it really isto recognise a fact or circumstance,to know (of sexual intercourse)

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ongeat Titum hwéne mon-þwǽrran ðonne sceolde, and Timotheus he ongeat hátheortran ðonne sceolde, Past. 40; Swt. 291, 21-23; Blickl. Homl. 219, 5. Hit ongeat his láre swíðe tótorenne, Bt. 3, 1 ; Fox 4, 31.

þweán

(v.)
Grammar
þweán, p. þwóh, pl. þwógon; pp. þwagen, þwægen, þwegen, þwogen.

to washto anoint.

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hire fét mid his teárum þwóh, 744. þwóh Aaron and his suna, Lev. 8, 6. Heó ðwóhg, Bd. 3, 9; S. 534, 13. Ðæt sylfe wæter ðæt ða bán mid ðwógan, 3, 11; S. 535, 33.

wælhreówlíce

(adv.)
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wælhreówlíce, adv.

cruellyhorriblyatrociously

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áxodon, hwí swá wælbreówlíce dydon, ðæt freónda ne róhton, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 44. horribly, atrociously Ðæt cild wolde wyrian wælhreáwlíce Drihten, Homl. Th. ii. 326, 10

ge-cwísan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cwísan, p. de
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To crush Sumes þegnes cniht feóll fǽrlíce of his horse ... and swíðe wearð gecwýsed, ꝥ wéndon ꝥ þǽrrihte sceolde sweltan, Hml. S. 21, 325

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ge-méting

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him genam and clypte, and ealle þancunge dydon for heora gemétinge, Hml. S. 30, 384. (l a) a hostile meeting :-- Heora gemétting wæs æt Trefia, Ors. 4, 8; S. 186, 31. Geméti[n]g, 5, 7; S. 228, 24.

for-sacan

renounceabandonforsake

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Mid árwurðnysse underfón þone þe ǽr forsócon, 26, 189. to decline to bear: Se lǽce wile dæt se untruma his lǽceseax gefréde ǽr hit geseó, for ðǽm wénð, gif hit ǽr geseó, ðæt hit wille forsacan ut secantem gladium sentiret aeger antequam

lust

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hæfde his heofonríce hér on eorðan, þá him nánes willan næs forwyrnd hér, ne nánes lustes on þysse weorulde. Ps. Th. 48,18. Luste oblectamento (verborum frauduleitlo), An. Ox. 5285.

HÝDAN

(v.)
Grammar
HÝDAN, p. de

To HIDEconceal

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To HIDE, conceal Ic mé wið heora hete hýde absconderem me ab eo, Ps. Th. 54, 12. Se lǽce hýd his ísern wið ðone monn ðe sníðan wile the surgeon hides his knife from the man that he means to cut, Past. 26, 3; Swt. 185, 25.

Linked entries: a-hýdan hídan