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trúwian

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
trúwian, p. ode

To trust ⬩ confide ⬩ to trust to ⬩ to trust something to a person ⬩ to trust to a person for something ⬩ to trust in ⬩ to be confident about, ⬩ to trust in, on, ⬩ to trust that

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Ðæt úre nán be him sylfum tó dyrstelíce ne trúwige that none of us be overconfident about himself, 82, 26. Ne trúwige nán man be ælmesdǽdum oððe on gebedum, bútan ðære foresǽdan lufe, i. 54, 11.

Linked entry: trúgian

a-beþecian

(v.)
Grammar
a-beþecian, subj. ðú abeþecige; p. ode; pp. od [be, þeccan to cover]

To uncover ⬩ detect ⬩ find hidden ⬩ to discover ⬩ disclose ⬩ detegere

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To uncover, detect, find hidden, to discover, disclose; detegere Búton ðú hit forstele oððe abeþecige unless thou steal it, or find (it) hid, Bt. 32, 1; Fox 114, 9

sydung

(n.)
Grammar
sydung, (better sidung, under which form the word should be entered), e; f.

A regulation, rule ⬩ meditari ⬩ to cause sorrow to a person ⬩ machinari, disponere; ⬩ instituere, destinare, conglutinare

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A regulation, rule Sydung regula, Germ. 398, 217. Cf. Gesidode determinabit, 399, 431: conserit, 469. Gesydod concinna, conveniens, benecomposita, 396, 321

Linked entry: be-sidian

wist

(n.)
Grammar
wist, e; f. (and m.?
Similar entries
v. big-, dæg-, hús-, neáh-wist.
)

subsistence ⬩ sustenance ⬩ food ⬩ provisions ⬩ dainty food ⬩ a feast ⬩ eating ⬩ feasting

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Wunaþ hé on wiste, Beo. Th. 3474; B. 1735. Hine his goldwine wenede tó wiste, Exon. Th. 288, 24; Wand. 36. Hé ǽlce dæge symblede and mid micelre wiste wǽre geleormod, Past. 45; Swt. 337, 24

aclian

(v.)
Grammar
aclian, p. ode; pp. od [acol, acl excited by fear]

To frighten ⬩ excite ⬩ terrere ⬩ terrore percellere

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To frighten, excite; terrere, terrore percellere

bátwá

(adj.)
Grammar
bátwá, bútá, bútú, bútwú; adj. [bá both, twá two]

BOTH THE TWO ⬩ both

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BOTH THE TWO, both: Bátwá Adam and Eue both Adam and Eve, Cd. 37; Th. 47, 24; Gen. 765: Gen. 26, 35

Linked entry: bútú

dǽglan

(adj.)
Grammar
dǽglan, secret, hidden, unknown, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 26; acc. pl. def.
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of dǽgol = dígol

drogan

(v.)
Grammar
drogan, = drugon suffered; tolerārunt, Bt. 38, 1; Card. 302, 21; p. pl.
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of dreógan

diógol

(adj.)
Grammar
diógol, secret, obscure, profound, Bt. 13; Fox 36, 32. v. dígol; adj.

leornesse

(n.)
Grammar
leornesse, [?]
  • Bd. 6, 5
    • ;
  • S. 527, 16
    • ,
other MSS. have geornesse.

pícan

(v.)
Grammar
pícan, to use a píc, to remove by means of a píc,
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to pick Lét him pýcan út his eágan, and ceorfan of his handa, Chr. 796; Erl. 58, 33

Linked entry: pýcan

lǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
lǽre, should be taken here: <b>-lǽre.</b>

Similar entry: earfoþ-lǽre

under-standan

(v.)
Grammar
under-standan, p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen.

to understand ⬩ have insight into ⬩ to understand ⬩ perceive ⬩ know certainly ⬩ to understand in such and such a sense ⬩ to conceive of ⬩ consider ⬩ to accept as correct ⬩ to observe ⬩ notice ⬩ consider

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Ben. 22, 18. Grammar under-standan, with prep. be : -- Ǽwfæstlíce understandende be úre ealra ǽriste piously conceiving of the resurrection of us all, Homl.

Linked entries: for-standan for-standan

þweán

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

to wash ⬩ to anoint.

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Skt. ii. 23 b, 502. Hé hire fét mid his teárum þwóh, 744. Hé þwóh Aaron and his suna, Lev. 8, 6. Heó hí ðwóhg, Bd. 3, 9; S. 534, 13. Ðæt sylfe wæter ðæt hí ða bán mid ðwógan, 3, 11; S. 535, 33.

wang

(n.)
Grammar
wang, es; m. . I. the word, which is almost confined to poetry, may be rendered by words denoting the surface of the ground taken in their most general sense,

field ⬩ plain ⬩ land ⬩ country ⬩ place

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Kmbl. 1678; An. 841 :Beo. Th. 2831; B.1413: 4809; B. 2409: 6139; B. 3073. Hí on wang stigon they landed, 456; B. 225. Ofer wong faran to go across country, Exon. Th. 481, 10; Rä. 65, 1. Hryre wong gecrong the ruin sank to earth, 477, 30; Ruin. 32.

Linked entries: ge-wenge wencge wenge wange

dáhle

Grammar
dáhle, hid, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 24, = dígle; pl. nom. acc.
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of dígol

dohton

(v.)
Grammar
dohton, benefited, were honest, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 64, 37; p. pl.
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of dugan

ge-þicgan

Grammar
ge-þicgan, [The strong and weak forms may be taken under one head.]
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<b>II a.</b> to take and drink from a cup :-- Cwén ful gesealde éðelwearde ... Hé on lust geþeah symbel and seleful (he ate and drank ), B. 618. Cf. ge-þeón to take

þus

(adv.)
Grammar
þus, adv.

Thus ⬩ in this manner, degree

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Þus manige men, Beo. Th. 679; B, 337. Ic nǽfre ðé gemétte þus méðne, Exon. Th. 163, 3; Gú. 988: 376, 19; Seel. 376: 447, 4; Dóm. 34. Grammar þus, with adverbs Nó wé ðé þus swíðe swencan þorftan, Exon. Th. 129, 58; Gú. 423: 268, 16; Jul. 433: Judth.

stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, e; f. A summons, citation (in rád-stefn a summons carried by a mounted person. v. rád-stefn, where this meaning may be substituted for the one there given).

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