cneów
a knee ⬩ genu ⬩ a generation; ⬩ generatio
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Hí bígdon heora cneów befóran him they bowed their knees before him Mt. Bos. 27, 29. a generation; generatio In ðære þeóde awóc his ðæt þridde cneów in that nation rose the third generation from him Cd. 209; Th. 258, 16; Dan. 676
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be-swícan
to decoy ⬩ ensnare ⬩ beguile ⬩ to betray ⬩ to defraud ⬩ supplant ⬩ to circumvent ⬩ to seduce ⬩ mislead
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Cnut gewende him út, and wearð þet earme folc þus beswican þurh hine, 1014; P. 145, 22
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óþ-sceótan
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Man gehylt ðæt hé. hæfþ gif hé him ondrǽt ðæt hit him óþsceóte a man guards what he has, if he is afraid that it will escape from him, Prov. Kmbl. 18
ge-hiérsum
Obedient ⬩ obĕdiens
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Obedient; obĕdiens Hie him alle gehiérsume dydon they made all obedient to him, Chr. 853; Erl. 68, 11
ofer-hlifian
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Hit (ðæt mód) swíþe oferhlifade ealle þás woruldþing rebus omnibus quae volvuntur, eminebat, Gr. D. 4, 16. Swíþe þeónde on his weorcum and ealle oferhlifigende on wurðmynte, Hml. S. 30, 4
beódan
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Ox. 755. to propose to grant Beád hé heom heora ágene dóm feós . . . budon hí heora mágon ꝥ hí heom gesunde fram eódon, Chr. 755; P. 49, 16-21. Hié him eáþmédo budon, 827; P. 60, 33.
singallíce
Perpetually ⬩ continually ⬩ constantly
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Perpetually, continually, constantly Hieremias wilnode singallíce (sedulo) hine geþiédan tó ðære lufan his Scippendes, Past. 7, 1; Swt. 49, 16: Blickl. Homl. 101, 27. Wé him gyldaþ singallíce, and hý ús hýnaþ dæghwamlíce, Wulfst. 163, 10.
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an-weald
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Hé wile reáfian ðone ðe hié him sealde his anwaldes jus dantis invadit, Past. 371, 25. On ǽlcum ende mínes anwealdes, Ll. Th. i. 274, 2. Hú Assael hine unwærlíce mid anwealde ðreátode hunc cum Assael vi incautae praecipitationis impeteret.
unnan
to grant a person (dat.) something ⬩ to give ⬩ allow ⬩ to wish something (gen.) to a person (dat. ) ⬩ to wish something (gen.) for a person (dat.) ⬩ to like a person to have something ⬩ to like a condition of things ⬩ to be pleased
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Oft hit gesǽleþ ðæt his ǽhta weorþaþ on ðæsonwealde ðe hé ǽr on his lífe wyrrest úþe it often happens that his property gets into the power of the man that when alive he would have been least pleased should have it, Blickl. Homl. 195. 4.
þweál
washing ⬩ what is used in washing ⬩ ointment
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Ðeáh swín áðwægen sié, gif hit eft filþ on ðæt sol, ðonne biþ hit fúlre ðonne hit ǽr wæs, and ne forstent ðæt ðweál náuht, Past. 54; Swt. 421, 3. Hwæt forstent him ðæt ǽrre ðweál ( lavatio ), 21.
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wracu
pain ⬩ suffering ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ retribution ⬩ persecution ⬩ hostility ⬩ active enmity ⬩ vengeance ⬩ revenge
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Hit wæs swíþe ofþyncende ðám óþrum consulum . . . þéh ðe hie mid ðære wrace (in the matter of his banishment) ðæm ádrǽfdan on nánum stale beón ne mehton, Ors. 5, 9; Swt. 232, 22.
ceás
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Ox. 4, 54. reproof, chiding, rebuke Dauið anféng eáðmódlíce his ágnes ðegnes ceáse (correptionem ), Past. 145, 19. ' Ðonne ic him cídde, ðonne oncúdon hié mé.' Hié oncúðon hiene for ðǽre ceáse, 355, 16. For úre ceáse ex nostra increpatione, 23
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æfter
among, through, along ⬩ (pursuit, search, inquiry, &c.)
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His geréfan niéddon hí æfter gafole pressed them for tribute 6, 34; S. 290, 24: Bt. 16, 2; F. 52, 3.
ge-beódan
to command ⬩ order ⬩ summon ⬩ jŭbēre ⬩ mandāre ⬩ to announce ⬩ proclaim ⬩ annuntiāre ⬩ to offer ⬩ propose ⬩ give ⬩ grant ⬩ offerre ⬩ præbēre
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Gebudon him Perse ðæt hí hæfdon iii winter sibbe wið hí the Persians proposed that they should have peace with them for three years, Ors. 3, 1; Bos. 52, 27
tó-twǽman
To divide ⬩ separate ⬩ disjoin ⬩ to divide ⬩ stand between objects ⬩ separate one object from another ⬩ to divide ⬩ part ⬩ dissociate ⬩ break the connection between ⬩ to disperse ⬩ scatter ⬩ to divide with the mind ⬩ distinguish ⬩ discern
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Hí siredon hú hí hié tótwǽman mehten Romani dolo divisere hostes, Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 138, 7. Hié eft tótwǽmde wǽron, 3, 7; Swt. 118, 20. Loth férde fram eástdǽle, and hig wurdon tótwǽmede (divisi sunt) heora ǽgðer fram his bréðer, Gen. 13, 11.
secgan
To say ⬩ to say certain words ⬩ to mean ⬩ to tell a tale ⬩ recite a poem ⬩ pronounce ⬩ deliver ⬩ to speak of ⬩ tell ⬩ relate ⬩ narrate ⬩ declare ⬩ announce ⬩ give an account of something ⬩ to express in words feelings of gratitude, admiration, etc. ⬩ to give thanks, glory, etc., to a person ⬩ to declare a person or thing so and so ⬩ to say ⬩ tell ⬩ to speak of ⬩ to ascribe to a person ⬩ lay to the charge of ⬩ accuse of ⬩ attribute to
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Óðer him ðás eorþan ealle sægde lǽne, Exon. Th. 109, 15; Gú. 90. Hí ðone clǽnan sacerd sægdon tóweard, 9, 20; Cri. 137. Ða hálgan hine tóweardne sægdon, Blickl. Homl. 81, 31. Hié hine scyldigne sægdon, 173, 33. Hié sægdon hine sundorwísne, Elen.
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a-nýdan
to repel ⬩ thrust or beat back ⬩ keep from ⬩ restrain ⬩ constrain ⬩ force ⬩ repellere ⬩ extorquere ⬩ to expel ⬩ to drive out ⬩ expellere ⬩ depellere ⬩ exigere
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to repel, thrust or beat back, keep from, restrain, constrain, force; repellere, extorquere Hí fram his mágum ǽr mid unrihte anýdde wǽron they had formerly been unjustly forced from his kinsmen, Chr. 823; Th. 111, 34. with út to expel, to drive out;
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deófol-seóc
Devil-sick, possessed with a devil ⬩ dæmŏnium hăbens, dæmoniăcus
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Devil-sick, possessed with a devil; dæmŏnium hăbens, dæmoniăcus Ðá wæs him broht án deófolseóc man tunc oblātus est ei dæmŏnium habens, Mt. Bos. 12, 22 : 9, 32. Híg brohton him manege deófolseóce obtulērunt ei multos dæmŏnia habentes, 8, 16.
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feormung
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., susceptio; cf. sum man hine laðode ꝥ hé sǽte mid him in his húse æt þám glédan, 75, 17) næs ná bútan scylde, Gr. D. 76, 22