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for-beódan

(v.)

to forbidto restraincheckto prevent

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H. 53, 27. negative forbeád him ðæt hit ne scolde suá weorðan he forbade them to let it be so, Past. 213, 25. God forbeád þæt mon ná ðǽr eft ne timbrede, Ors. 6, 7. S. 262, 22.

híred-preóst

(n.)
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hié hét lǽdan hider tó mynstere and hér gefreógian on þæs hírydes gewitnesse, 627, 5. On ealles þæs híredes gewitnesse on Baðon, 641, 27: 642, 2 (and often). Coram istis testibus: clerici Sancti Petroci, 623, 21

Linked entries: hírd-preost híréd

tó-beátan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-beátan, p. -beót

To beat to pieces,destroy by beating

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Ure men tobetet they knock our men about, Laym. 3308. Me tobeot his cheoken, A. R. 106, 24. Euer euch man me tobeteþ, and hwanne heo habbeþ me ofslaȝe, O. and N. 1610

ge-swinc

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Geswincum, Hml. Th. ii. 82, 23. <b>Ia.</b> of agricultural labour ðá eorðan áseów . . . his geswinces breác, Hml. Th. ii. 144, 23. Hæig-werde gebyreð ꝥ man his geswinces leán gecnáwe, Ll. Th. i. 440, 12.

cirran

(v.)
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, Hml.

Linked entries: cerran cyrran

ge-settan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-settan, p. -sette; pp. -seted, -set, -sett

To set, put, fix, confirm, restore, appoint, decree, settle, possess, occupy, place together, compose, make, compare, expose, allay

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Ðæt hine Gode gesettan to present him to God, Lk. Bos. 2, 22. Under anweald gesett sub potestate constitutus, 7, 8: 3, 13. Hwonne he ðisse worlde ende gesettan wolde when he meant to fix the end of this world, Blickl. Homl. 119, 9: 27, 24.

tó-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-weard, adj.

futurethat is to comeabout to comecomingat handapproachingtoward(that is) to happen or be some time or other,(that is) to comeabout to happen(that is) to come soonimminentimpendingto take placecome to passcoming towards a placeapproachingabout to comewith the face towards a person,facing

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him ðæt ríce tówerd sǽde he told him that the kingdom was in store for him, Guthl. 21; Gdwin. 96, 8. forestihte ðagecorenan tó ðam écan lífe, for ðan ðe wiste swilce tówearde he knew they were to become such, Homl. Th. i. 112, 32, 34.

Linked entry: tó-ward

Óðen

(n.)
Grammar
Óðen, es; m.
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Nú secgaþ sume ða Denisce men on heora gedwylde, ðæt se louis wǽre, ðe Þór hátaþ, Mercuries sunu, ðe Óðon namiaþ. Wulfst. 107, 6-11. Þór and Ówðen (Oþen, MS. F.), 197, 19

Linked entries: Ówðen Wóden

býtlian

(v.)
Grammar
býtlian, l. bytlian,
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Man bytlode áne gebytla, Hml. Th. ii. 354, 32. 'Ðá synfullan bytledon uppe on mínum hrycge.' sárette ðætte hié sceoldon bytlan , Past. 153, 9. Hét Harold bytlian on Brytlande, Chr. 1065; P. 190, 26.

cwiddian

(v.)
Grammar
cwiddian, cweddian, cwydian (q. v. in Dict.); p. ode, ede
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Ox. 1881) ł secgcað contendunt, dicunt, Hpt. Gl. 450, 70. Þá cweddiað (cwyddiaþ, An. Ox. 1953) quam dicunt, 452, 43. Cwedd(iað), cwyddiað ferunt, dicunt, 504, 60. Befrán woruldmenn be him cwyddedon . . .

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pistol

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dihte þisne pistol tó Paulam, Hml. Th. i. 436, 6-21.

récan

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Add: to expose to smoke or steam, fumigate: — Lege stór on þá gléda and réc hine mid ꝥ swǽte, Lch. ii. 348, 5.

tóm

(adj.)
Grammar
tóm, adj.

Empty;figuratively,free from.

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Cf. leás Ðæt móstun mánweorca tóme lifgan and tíres blǽd écne ágan (cf. the man farid imu an giwald Godes tionono tómig, Hél. 2490), Exon. Th. 74, 26; Cri. 1212. Tome saule (animam inanem) he filled with fode, Ps. 106, 9.

wépan

(v.)
Grammar
wépan, p. weóp, wép (wǽpde, Lind.), pl. weópon, wépon ; pp. wópen
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Ðæt ðætte óðre menn unáliéfedes dót sceal wépan suá suá his ágne scylde illicita perpetrata ab aliis ut propria deplorat, Past. 10; Swt. 61, 15. Ðá hine ealle wépende geseah when he saw all mourning him, Blickl. Homl. 225, 22.

Linked entries: wópen wǽpan

ge-miltsian

(v.)
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Þám ábryrdum gemilseþ contritis (corde) miserescit, An. Ox. 4124. Drihten him gemiltsode (-mildsode, v.l. ), Hml. S. 13, 266. gemilsade him misertus esi eis, Mt.

hetelíce

(adv.)

violentlyfuriouslyfiercelymalignantlywith ill-will

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Add: of action or motion, violently, furiously, fiercely Hét him his seax árǽcan . . . and hine sylfne hetelíce ðýde, þæt him on ácwehte, Hml. Th. i. 88, 10: Hml. S. 15, 24. Þá Engliscan hindan hetelíce slógon, Chr. 1066; P. 199, 15.

á-lǽdan

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álǽdde ( eduxit ) mé fram þám pytte yrmða, Ps. Th. 39, 1. Út álǽdde explicuit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 14. Þá þe mid him ætfleón mihton út álǽdde, Chr. 1072; P. 208, 27. Álǽd mé út of þyssum bendum, Bl. H. 87, 33.

hǽlu

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Sine tó manianneðá hálan ðæt hié ne forhycgen ðæt hié hér on ðǽre hwilendlican hǽlo him geearuigen ðá écan hǽlo, 247, 12. Hond geedníuad wæs tó hǽlo (sanitate), Mt. L. R. 12, 13.

forþ-dón

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-dón, p. -dyde; pp. -dón

To put forthproferre

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To put forth; proferre Hét he his tungan forþdón of his muþe, and him eówian linguam proferre ex ōre, ac sibi ostendĕre jussit, Bd. 5, 2; S. 615, 6

líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
líhtan, to lighten.
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Ðá lýhte (hlíhte, líhte, v. ll. ) sóna desiliens. Bd. 3, 14 ; Sch. 257, 12. þá sóna líhton descendentes, Gr. D. 15, 27. v. ofer-, under-líhtan. Add