á-blegned
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Ulcerated Wiþ út áblegnedum ómum, Lch. ii. 10, 5: 98, 25: iii. 42, 25
á-blend
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á-blícan
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Ic beó gehwítad vel áblicen dealbabor Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 83; Bl. Gl. Add
á-blindan
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Substitute: p. de To make blind Hié wurdon sóna áblinde, Bl. H. 151, 4
á-blinnendness
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Cessation Bútan áblinnendnysse unceasingly Hml. S. 23 b, 98
Linked entry: -blinnend-ness
á-blissian
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to moke glad God ne byð nǽfre geblissod (áblissod, v. l.) mid earmra manna cwale Deus miserorum cruciatu non parcitur Gr. D. 335, 14
á-bloncgne
Similar entry: á-belgan
a-blýsgung
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Substitute: á-blysung, e; f. Reddening with shame, confusion Tó sceame and tó áblysunge hí sint ús nobis rubor confusionis est R. Ben. 133, 11
á-borgian
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Add: to be security for a person, v. ex. in Dict. an agreement Beháte hé and on wedde sylle ðæt . . ., and áborgian his frýnd ðæt, L. Edm. B. 1; Th. i. 254, 7. Weddige sebrýdguma ðæs, and hit áborgian hís frýnd, 2; Th. i. 254, 9. to borrow Hit gelamp
Linked entry: on-borgian
á-brácian
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To emboss, stamp Celatum ábrácod, út áþrungen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 22. Ábrectat ( = ábrǽcad?) celatum, Txts. 49, 451. [Cf. O. H. Ger. ka-práchit impressa: ki-práhtia (ac. pl.) celata: Ger. prägen.]
á-breátan
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The p. t. here given may be taken as an irregular form (on the model of reduplicating verbs, cf. heóf, p. t. of heófan) belonging to á-breótan q. v
á-brednes
Similar entry: á-bryrdness
á-brégan
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Ðæt níwe wíte ábrégeþ (terret) ðæs mannes mód, Gr. D. 135, 19. God heora mód ábrégde. 249, 10. Ábrége terreat, Lch. i. 69, 5. Áfyrhted and ábréged territus, Gr. D. 222, 15. Swíðe ábréged vehementer exterritus, 39, 7. Hié forhte and ábrégde cwǽdon, Bl.
á-breótan
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Add: Also with p. -breot, pl. -breóton, and wk. -breótte Weg synfulra ábreóteð (exterminabit), Ps. Srt. 145, 9. Ðone ðe heó on ræste ábreát, B. 1298. Hé ábreótte (exterminavít) hié. Ps. Srt. 77, 45 : 79, 14. Hié his heáfdes segl ábreóton mid billes ecge
á-breóþan
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Substitute for all but the two instances from Ælfc. Gr. : intrans. To degenerate, deteriorate, fall away, fail, of persons, physical Oft hyre hleór ábreóðeð her good looks ore lost, Gn. Ex. 66. moral Se deófol sendeð earhscype, swá ðæt se man ábrýð
Linked entries: a-broten á-broþenness
á-breótness
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Destruction Ðára ábreótnissa exterminia, Txts. 182, 86
Linked entry: -breótness
á-brítan
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To destroy Beóþ ábrýtte exterminabuntur, Ps. Spl. C. 36, 9
Linked entry: a-brytan
á-broþenness
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Degeneracy, ignobleness, baseness Ignauia, ðæt is ábroðennyss oððe náhtnyss, Wlfst. 58, 17. Ongeán ðæs módes strengðe se deófol forgifð ábroðennysse, 59, 12