þá
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Homl. 19, 11, 31 : 5, 25. of cause or reason, when, since, as Hí héton hine secgan hweþer hé cristen wǽre, þá hé wilnode þyllíces, Homl. Skt. ii. 28, 106.
nearu
narrow ⬩ strait ⬩ confined ⬩ not spacious ⬩ narrow ⬩ limited ⬩ poor ⬩ restricted ⬩ strait ⬩ oppressive ⬩ causing anxiety ⬩ oppressed ⬩ not having free action ⬩ strict ⬩ severe
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Hét hié from hweorfan neorxna wange on nearore líf, Cd.
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scíran
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He hét wurpan ac hé ne scýrde on hwæðere healfe hí ðæt net wurpansceoldon he bade throw, but he did not decide on which side they were to throw the net, Homl.
be-sittan
to sit round, surround, beset, besiege ⬩ circumdare, cingere, obsidere ⬩ to be in session, to hold sessions ⬩ to posess ⬩ considere, ⬩ possidere
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Cassander hý hét ðǽr besittan Cassander commanded to besiege them there, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 74, 16. Hí þohton [MS. þohtan] hine inne to besittanne they thought to besiege him therein, Chr. 1094; Erl. 230, 22.
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ge-niman
To take, take up, take away, assume, receive, accept, obtain, comprehend, enter into ⬩ sūmĕre, tollĕre, auferre, assūmĕre, accĭpĕre, nancisci, comprehendĕre, inīre
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Hét se kásere ðæt he genáme on ðam biscope ealle godes béc the emperor ordered him to take from the bishop all God's books, Shrn. 123, 24. Án byþ genumen ūnus assūmētur, Mt. Bos. 24, 40, 41: Gen. 2, 23.
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gird
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Hé hét hí ealle beswingan mid gyrdum, and siððan beheáfdian, Hml. S. 29, 283. <b>I a.
on-ǽlan
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Add Hét hé gefeccan ǽnne ǽrenne oxan and þone onǽlan, Hml. S. 30, 421. Is þes atola hám fýre onǽled, Sat. 97. <b>III a</b>. to make hot with other matter than fire :-- Flór is on welme ǽttre onǽled, Sat. 40.
of-teón
to withdraw ⬩ to take away what a person has, deprive a person of anything ⬩ to withhold, keep back, deny a person anything ⬩ abstrahere
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Th. 515, 30] Hé hét hire ofteón étes and wǽtes, Homl. Skt. i. 8, 129: Blickl. Homl. 37, 28. Ðæt ðám gódum, ðe hit(doctrine) gehealdan willaþ, ne sý oftogen seó gástlíce deópnyss, Homl. Th. ii. 96, 4: i. 370, 8.
on-sendan
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On gramra gemang hetend hildenæ̂dran forð onsendan, El. 120. of speech, to address, direct prayer, send a message Þislic æ̂rende se pâpa eft onsende and þâs word cwæð, Bl. H. 205, 22. Hê oft his word Gode ûp onsende, Gû. 748.
fird
an expedition ⬩ campaign ⬩ an army ⬩ a camp
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Hét hé beódan ofer ealle þá fird, 94, 4. Hé sende firde ge of West-Seaxum ge of Mercum, 910; P. 94, 28.
sceáwian
to look ⬩ to look at ⬩ observe ⬩ behold ⬩ see ⬩ to look at, look on with favour, to regard, have respect to ⬩ to look at with care, consider, inspect, examine, scrutinize, reconnoitre ⬩ to look out, seek for, select, choose, provide ⬩ to shew (favour, respect, etc.) ⬩ to grant
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Moyses sende and hét sceáwian Azer misit Moyses, qui explorarent Jazer, Num. 21, 32. Iosue ásende twegen sceáweras dígellíce and hét sceáwian ðæt land, Jos. 2, 1. Him ðá féran gewát land sceáwian, Cd. Th. 106, 33; Gen. 1780: Beo. Th. 2831; B. 1413.
settan
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</b> to set down :-- Ðá hét se apostol ða bǽre settan, Homl.
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hræfn
A raven
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Ðǽr wæs se gúðfana genumen ðé hí ræfen héton there was the banner taken which they [the Danes] called the Raven [see Asser's life of Alfred under the year 878 for an account of this banner; and see further references in Cl. and Vig. Icel.
swǽsende
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Ðá hét ic eallne ðone here ðæt hé tó swǽsendum sǽte and mete þigde cenare militem jussi 23, 8. Swǽsende, swǽsenda þicgan to take food :-- Sæt hé and swǽsende ðeah and dranc (sæt hé on swǽsendum and æt and dranc, MS.
feld
plain ⬩ field
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Nefrod hét wyrcan ǽnne tor on ðám felda þe Sennar hátte, Bt. 35, 4; F. 162, 19. Þǽm gelícost þe ic sitte on ánre heáre dúne and geseó on sméðum felda (in magno campi spatio) fela fýra byrnan, Ors. 3, 11; S. 142, 14.
ge-lícnes
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Ic hét wircan þǽr of ánes celfes gelícnysse, Ex. 32, 24. Gelícnessa signa (cuncti velut aenea signa rigebant), Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 10. an example, a parable Gelícnesse paradigmate (cf. paradigma bíspel, bysene, 66, 3), Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 81.
leóht
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Hét ic .cc. mínra þegna leóhtum wǽpnum (levibus armis) hié gegyrwan, Nar. 10, 27. of a vessel or receptacle, adapted for light loads Leóht leáp imbilium, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 27 : ii. 46, 40.
under-fón
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<b>Ill</b> i. add: — Geoweorða wæs Mecipsuses mǽg, and hé hiene on his geogoðe underféng, and hiene fédan hét and tyhtan mid his twám sunum Jugurtha, Micipsae adoptivus, heresque inter naturales ejus filios factus, Ors. 5, 7; S. 228, 8.
streónan
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Hé ús féran hét gásta streónan. Andr. Kmbl. 662 ; An. 331. Se ðe his feore nyle hǽlo strýnan, Exon. Th. 96, 16; Cri. 1575. Tó striónanne thesaurizandum. Mt. Kmbl. p. 15, 1. Ðú ðe wǽre welena strýnende, L. E.
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á-brecan
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Hé hét ábrecan ðone weall, ðeáh ðe hé brád wǽre, Hml. S. 25, 448. (1 b) to break off, separate forcibly :-- Ðá ábræc ðæt mægden ðæt gold of ðǽm godgeldum.