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bisceopung

(n.)
Grammar
bisceopung, e; f.

Confirmation

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setton heora handa ofer geleáffulle men, and him com tó se Hálga Gást ðurh heora biscepunge.

cwiddian

(v.)
Grammar
cwiddian, cweddian, cwydian (q. v. in Dict.); p. ode, ede
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Þá cweddiað (cwyddiaþ, An. Ox. 1953) quam dicunt, 452, 43. Cwedd(iað), cwyddiað ferunt, dicunt, 504, 60. Befrán hé hú woruldmenn be him cwyddedon . . .

Linked entry: cweddian

hergian

(v.)
Grammar
hergian, p. ode; pp. od

To harrypillageplunderravagewastedevastatemake an incursion or a raidmake war

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Sǽdon ðæt woldan him sylfe niman and hergian ðǽr hit findan mihton protestantur se cuncta insulæ loca vastaturos, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 38. sceoldan ealle ætgædere faran and hergian they should go all together and harry.

ge-hende

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hende, adj.
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Land ðæ him gehændre beó and behéfe terra quae eis vicinior sit vel utilior Cht. Th. 493, 20. Him tó geneálǽhton his discipuli ꝥ gehendran wǽron líchamlíce, þá þe mid móde his bebodum geneálǽhton, Hml.

wénan

(v.)
Grammar
wénan, p. de.

to weensupposethinkimagineopinebelieveto hopeexpectlook for

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Onstyrede mid ðæm wénan ðæt ðæs endes suá neáh wéndon commotos vicini finis suspicione Past. 32; Swt. 213, 24. wéndon his beteran ðonne hé wǽre Bt. 30, tit.; Fox xvi, 5.

Linked entries: for-wénan wǽnan

wederian

(v.)
Grammar
wederian, p. ode

To be (good or bad) weather

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To be (good or bad) weather Cweðaþ sume men, ðæt se móna hine wende be ðan ðe hit wuderian (wedrian, widrian) sceal on ðam mónðe; ac hine ne went náðor ne weder ne unweder of ðam ðe him gecynde ys, Lchdm. iii. 268, 2

sweotolian

(v.)
Grammar
sweotolian, swutelian, swytelian; p. ode.
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Hé ongan swutelian (ostendere) his leorningcnihtum, ðæt hé wolde faran, Mt. Kmbl. 16, 21. [He schawde and sutelede he wes soð godd, Kath. 1037. He schawde him and sutelede him seolf to hire, 1834. Þet hit sutelie in us hwuch was his lif, A.

ná-hwanon

(adv.)
Grammar
ná-hwanon, adv.

From nowhere

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From nowhere Sió his gesǽlþ him náhwonan útane ne com, ac wæs simle on him selfum, Bt. 34. 7; Fox 144, 20

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blód-reád

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His micgge bið blódreád swilce hió blódig sié, Lch. ii. 198, 20. His fét syndon blódreáde, E. S. viii. 477, 34. Add

þíxl

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Hit is mycel nédþearf ꝥ hié man forspille, and mid írenum þíslum and ordum hié man sleá, Bl. H. 189, 30. Add

spornan

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add: to kick Hine gelæhte án hors . . . and hefde him upp. Þá spearn óðer hors tó, and ásprencde hine ofer bord, Hml. S. 8, 213. Se flǽscbana spearn hine mid his spuran, and hét hine ꝥ hé árise hunc interfector calce pulsavit ut surgeret, Gr.

LEÓGAN

(v.)
Grammar
LEÓGAN, p. leáh; pl. lugon

To liedeceivefeign

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Ðá swóran hié swíðe ðæt hié sóð sægdon and nóht lugon ðara þinga quibus jurantibus se nichil falsi commiscere, Nar. 25, 28. Sǽdon ðæt wǽran on Criste gelýfede, ac lugon swá ðeáh, Homl. Skt. 2, 303.

teón

(n.)
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hurt, damage, vexation Ðone on teón wigeþ feónd his feónde him (the dog) foe brings for the annoyance of his foe, Exon. Th. 433, 28; Rä. 51, 3. insult, abuse, reproach, calumny Ðá hine teóne wyrde (teónode and wyrgde? see note) Chus, Ps.

leáf-ness

Grammar
leáf-ness, léf-, lýf-ness; e; f.

Leavepermissionlicence

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Mid his léfnysse accepta ab eo licentia, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 11. Mid Ebrinum lýfnysse, 4, 1; S. 564, 44. Heó his leáfnysse hæfde ðæt ... she would have his permission to ... 1, 25; S. 486, 34.

Linked entries: léf-ness lýf-ness

se

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
se, sió, Lchdm. ii. 260, l; m.: seó, ðeó, Blickl. Homl. 65, 13; se, Lchdm. ii. 228, 8; f.: ðæt; n.
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Hé weorðeþ eádig se ðe hine God geceóseþ beatus quem elegisti, Ps. Th. 64, 4. by se . . . se se: — Swá þyncþ him, ðæt se hié him niédscylde sceolde, se se hié him sealde, Past. 9; Swt. 57, 6. Ðæt ðæt lator biþ, ðæt hæfþ angin, Homl.

on-cweðan

(v.)

of animate beings, to reply, respondto echo back, give back a sound, reply

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Ne sculon mæssepreóstas bútan óðrum mannum mæssan syngan, ðæt hé wite hwone hé gréte, and hwá him oncwæðe, L. E. I. 7; Th. ii. 406, 23. Ðæt hió ðære cwéne oncweðan meahton . . . swá hió him tó sóhte, Elen.

ge-dirnan

(v.)
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To hide Gedyrned appilatum (silentio ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 74: 64, 23. intrans. To hide oneself, lie hid Ge-diernan dilituisse (Apollonius delituisse fertur haud procul a delubro), Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 9 : 26, 61. Gedyrnan, 140, 40

eorþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
eorþ-líc, def. se -líca ; seó, ðæt -líce; adj.

EARTHLY, terrestrial terrēnus, terrestris

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Hine nolden his eorþlícan mágas wrecan his earthly kinsmen would not avenge him. Chr. 979; Erl. 129, 11, 15. Gif ic eów eorþlice þing sǽde si terrēna dixi vobis, Jn. Bos. 3, 12.

hebban

(v.)
Grammar
hebban, occurs with dat.

to liftto liftto raiseliftmake a soundto exaltelevateto extolexaltto set upinstituteto raisebring upto directbearTo risemount

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S. 8, 212. trans. to raise material to a higher level or towards a vertical position Se esne his ágen hrægl ofer cneó hefað, Rä. 45, 5. Hine gelæhte án hors mid tóðum and hefde him upp, Hml. S. 8, 212. Hyse hóf his ágen hrægl hondum úp, Rä. 55, 3.

bád

a pledgeexpectationwaiting

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For þǽre báde his ændes, 282, 10. Hit neálǽhte þǽre tíde his deáþes . . . Hine þá on þǽre sáwle báde (while the soul expected its departure) ácsode his wíf, 301, 25