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á-teón

to draw (out),to protractto deal with,to treat a personto employ propertytimetalents

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H. 29, 12. to deal with, to treat a person ÞÞ men hé áteáh swá swá hé wolde (dyde of heom ꝥ hé wolde,v. L.), Chr. 1071; P. 208, 9. Gé hiene átugon swá swá ge woldon, Ors. 6, 37; S. 296, 24. Lícaþ þé ꝥ wé synt þusátogene, Or.

scirian

(v.)
Grammar
scirian, p. ede; pp. scired, scirred (v. á-scirred)
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Sceolde him beón deáþ scyred should death be the lot doomed him, 31, 15; Gen. 485. Sié hira dǽl scired mid Marian may their part be assigned with Mary, Elen.

Linked entries: scerian scyrian swyrige

lyre

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Hé þolode lyre (jacturam) eallra þára þinga þe on þám scipe wǽron, 141, 13. loss of a living creature by death Hé nolde ábúgan fram Godes lufe for bærna lyre, Hml. S. 16, 48.

ge-þrowian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þrowian, -þrowigan; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To suffer

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Deáþ he geþrowode for us he suffered death for us, Blickl. Homl. 85, 2: Cd. 228; Th. 306, 18; Sat. 666. He æt ðǽm unlǽdum Iudéum manig bysmor geþrowade he suffered many contumelies at the hands of the wicked Jews, Blickl. Homl. 23, 31

wyrcend

(n.)
Grammar
wyrcend, es; m.

a workerlabourera makera doer.

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Similar entries v. wyrcan, III Þurh ða unrótnesse ðe is deáðes wyrcend, Anglia xi. 113, 43. Ealle ic feóde fácnes wyrcend facientes praevaricationes odivi, Ps. Th. 100, 3

gearolíce

(adv.)
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geare-líce, gear-líce</b> well. of sight, perception Þá mihte hé mid þan óþron geseón, and on þám inne hé gearlíce oncneów hwæt þǽr inne wæs, Guth. 98, 5. of knowledge, understanding Ic habbe gearolíce (cúðlíce, v. l. ) ongyten ꝥte ús is seó mǽste ðearf

hold

(n.)
Grammar
hold, es; n.

A carcase, body

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Tódǽlon ðæs deádan hold him betwýnan cadaver mortui inter se dispertient, Ex. 21, 35

á-hwár

(adv.)
Grammar
á-hwár, adv.

somewhereanywherealicubiin any wisequoquo modo

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G. 11; Th. i. 172, 21. in any wise; quoquo modo And se man, ðe wiðcwiþ ðínum bebodum [Grn. wordum] áhwár, beo he deáþes scildig and the man, who shall in any wise contradict [speak against] thy commands [Grn. words], he shall be guilty of death, Jos.

sáp

(n.)
Grammar
sáp, e; f. (?)

Amber, resin, pomade

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Reádre deáge (in margin,sápe) rubro stibio (the word occurs in a passage treating of dressing the hair, cf. the passage in Pliny describing the use and invention of'sapo:' Gallorum hoc inventum rutilandis capillis; fit ex sebo et cinere optimus fagino

Linked entry: sápe

heaðu-sceared

(adj.)
Grammar
heaðu-sceared, adj.

blade of a sword,war-share

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and hearde heaðo-scearede = with hard and deadly blades. If scearde is taken, the Icel. skarð may be compared, and the word = notched, hacked in battle

á-brecan

(v.)
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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.

flówan

to pass awaybe transitoryto issueto flowto be floodedto flowto abound

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.: Þæt deáde flǽsc rotað leahtorlíce, þonne se deádlica líchama ðeówað þǽre flówendan (fluid, and so capable of rotting ?) gálnysse, swá swá se wítega be sumum cwæð: 'Ðá nýtenu forrotedon on heora meoxe,' Hml.

HEARM

(n.)
Grammar
HEARM, herm, es; m.

HARM, hurt, injury, evil, grief, affliction, pain, injurious speech, calumny, insultpain, griefgrief, sorrow, harmcalamitas, calumnia, contumelia, ærumna, iujuriagrief, sorrow

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Nán hearm ne biþ ðeáh hit nó ne gewyrðe there is no harm if it do not happen, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 250, 4.

Linked entry: hearm-heort

leógan

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Ðeáh hé nyte hwæt hé sóðes secge, him is ðeáh leófre ðæt hé leóge ðonne him mon ǽnigra ungerisna tó wéne eligit bona de se vel falsa jactari, ne mala possit vel minima perpeti, Past. 217, 16. Heó wolde hire líf forlǽtan ǽr þan þe heó luge, Hml.

for-ealdian

(v.)

to run outexpire

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Ben. 114, 8. of dead matter, to get worn out with long use, to decay through being kept too long Warnige hé ꝥ ꝥ húsl ná forealdige; gif hit for[h]ealden sí, ꝥ his man brúcan ne mæge, forbærne hit man, Ll. Th. ii. 252, 7. Hé funde on þám mynstre ...

cýðere

(n.)
Grammar
cýðere, es; m.

a witness testis a witness

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Bos. 14, 63. a martyr, one who bears witness by his death; martyr = μάρτυς a witness Stephănus is se forma cýðere Stephen is the early martyr, Homl. Th. ii. 34, 13. Þurh ðæs hálgan cýðeres þingunge through the pleading of the holy martyr, 28, 33.

mǽgþ-hád

(n.)
Grammar
mǽgþ-hád, es; m.

Kinshiprelationship

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Ne gedyrstlǽce nán man be mǽgþháde bútan sóðre lufe 'he who loveth not his brother continueth in death' ... All we are brethren that believe on God, and we all say 'our Father that art in heaven.' Let no man presume on kinship without true love.

be-wépan

Grammar
be-wépan, bewopen

woe-begone

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Swá man bewépð deádne, Hml. A. 77. 124 Rachel beweóp hire cildra, Hml. Th. i. 84, 26. Hé beweóp ungemet*-*godra manna líf, 604, 27. þæt se Hǽlend beweópe ðǽre ceastre tó-worpennysse, 402, 6.

BÁN

(n.)
Grammar
BÁN, baan, es; pl. bán; n.

A BONEos

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Híg synt innan fulle deádra bána intus plena sunt ossibus mortuorum, Mt. Bos. 23, 27. Bán míne my bones, Ps. Spl. 6, 2: Exon. 110a; Th. 421, 14; Rä. 40, 18: 125b; Rä. 68, 3: Beo. Th. 5149; B. 2578

ǽ-rist

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-rist, es; n.

resurrectio

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Ðone tóhopan deádra monna ǽristes (-restes, Hatt. MS.) . . . Ðá Saducie andsacedon ðǽre ǽriste . . . ðá Fariséos geliéfdon ðǽre ǽriste, Past. 364, 4-6. On ðám ǽriste. Mt. 22, 28-30: Mk. 12, 23: Lk. 20, 33: Hml. Th. i. 394, 32. Æfter ðǽre ǽriste, Ps.