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bliótan

(v.)
Grammar
bliótan, for bleóton

sacrificed

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sacrificed; 3rd pl. p. of blótan to sacrifice ða burhleóde on Cartaina bliótan [ = bleóton] men hira godum how the towns-people in Carthage sacrificed men to their gods, Ors. cont. 4, 4; Bos. 11, 32

ge-scénan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scénan, p. de; pp. ed

To break, bruise, woundcontĕrĕre, vulnĕrāre

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To break, bruise, wound; contĕrĕre, vulnĕrāre woldon ǽninga heafolan gescénan they would at once wound the head, Andr. Kmbl. 2286; An. 1144. Forðon he ǽren dór gesceeneþ quia contrivit portas æreas, Ps. Th. 106, 15

tacan

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tócon mycele ǽhta and fóron áweg, Chr. 1076; P. 212, 15. hine lét tacan, P. 211, 35. ¶ tacan on to touch. Cf. Icel. taka á :-- Swá hwæt swá ꝥ ele on tæcð . . . ꝥ Add

ælmes-full

(adj.)
Grammar
ælmes-full, adj.

Liberal with alms, charitable

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Wé gehýrdan secgan be ðám ælmesfullan góde sáwle hæfð, Hml. A. 166, 61. Ælmysfulle eleemosynis largi, Ll. Th. ii. 224, 27

be-wrítan

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To score round Bewrít þú (the mandragora) wel hraþe mid íserne, þý lǽs heó þé ætfleó . . . þú bewrít mid íserne, and swá þú scealt onbútan delfan swá ðú hyre mid þám íserne ná æthríne make a score in the ground round it at once with iron, lest

hræding

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Man ne mihte on hrædinge ásmeágean earmlíce gefaren is, 166, 11. hæfdon árǽred on hrædincge áne cyrcan, Hml. S. 15, 43. bebyrigdon hine swá swá sélost mihton on swylcere hrædinge, 32, 168. Add

wác-lic

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unrǽdlíce férdon on heora ídelum lustum and wáclicum gebǽrum . . . Him þúhte þá tó wáclic þæt wolde gefremman þá leásan leahtras, ac leornode ǽfre máran and máran on his mánfulnysse, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 14-28

scrincan

(v.)
Grammar
scrincan, p. scranc, pl. scruncon; pp. scruncen.
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Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another, Dan. 5, 6), Homl. Th. ii. 436, 2. [Þu scalt scrinchin (deȝe, 2nd MS. ), Laym. 2278.

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for-spanan

(v.)

allureto lureto lureto lure

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Gl. 1079. to lure to destruction fela forspanan mæge tó écan forwyrde, Wlfst. 85, 7. On ðone ilcan deáð hié wilniað eal moncynn tó forspananne and tó forlǽdanne, Past. 249, 20

full-fremedlíce

(adv.)
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H. 35, 25. Getogen on Hebréiscum gereorde fulfremedlíce, Hml. Th. i. 436, 14: Bl. H. 217, 4. ꝥ fulfremedlíce oncneówan, 177, 19. Þæt þæt gehwilc on him sylfum be dǽle hæfð, þæt hæfð on óðrum werode fulfremodlíce . . .

ge-flíman

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H. 85, 22

ge-wǽdian

(v.)
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.; vestire ( = aulaeis ornare, Migne) Mid ðám geleáfan he gefrætewad and gewǽdað his hús, þæt is, þæt he gegearwað his heortan Gode on tó wunianne, Wlfst. 35, 10. to furnish a ship with sails, v. ge-wǽde; ꝥ scip genámon eall gewǽpnod and gewǽdod,

ord-fruma

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Ǽlc ðing hæfð anginn and ordfruman ðurh God, ac God . . . næfð nán angin ne nǽnne ordfruman, Hex. 22, 1. eallum gesceaftum anginn and ordfruman forgeaf, Hml. Th. i. 274, 30. 1 a.

orsorglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
orsorglíce, adv.

without anxietycarelessly, rashlysecurely, safely

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Th. i. 418, 5. carelessly, rashly Ðæt hiera nán ne durre grípan suá orsorglíce on ðæt ríce, Past. 4, 2 ; Swt. 41, 5. securely, safely Forðam ðe hit swá earfoðe is ǽnegum menn tó witanne hwonne geclǽnsod síe, mæg ðý orsorglícor (tutius) forbúgan

forþ-feran

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-feran, p. de; pp. ed.

To go forthdepartdiedecēdĕredefungimŏriexpīrāre

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He forþfered wæs defunctus est, Bd. 2, 3; S. 505, 3. wurdon fǽrlíce forþferede they suddenly died. Homl. Th. ii. 174, 15. Ða mette he ðane man forþferedne þe ǽr untrum wæs then he found the man dead that before was ill, Blickl. Homl. 217, 18

ge-gremian

(v.)
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Se wísa ne wilnað ná tó hrædlíce ðǽre wræce, ðeáh gegremed sié sapiens laesus in praesens se ulcisci non desiderat, Past. 220, 15. geseah þæt wæs bepǽht, and wearð þearle gegremod, Hml.

ge-tígan

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Add: To bind one thing to another, tie up; alligare. literal Þá folan gesǽlað (getígað. v. l.) ǽr ofer þá eá faran foetus trans flumen alligatos relinquunt, Nar. 35, 11. getígde his hors ðǽr binnon, Hml. Th. ii. 136, 15.

clǽnsung

(n.)
Grammar
clǽnsung, e; f.

A CLEANSING, purifying, chastening, expiation, chastityemundatio, purificatio, castigatio, expiatio, castitas

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Biþ heó fremiende to his clǽnsunge erit in expiationem ejus proficiens, Lev. 1, 4. Ðe belumpon to ðære mynsterlícan clǽnsunge quæ monasticæ castitatis erant, Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 14

neorxna wang

(n.)
Grammar
neorxna wang, es; m.

Paradise

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Th. 13, 26; Gen. 208 : Blickl. 17, 15 : Homl. Th. i. 12, 32. Gif beget and yt rinde sió ðe cymþ of neorxna wonge, ne dereþ hím nán átter. Ðonne cwæþ se ðe ðás bóc wrát hió wǽre torbegete, Lchdm. ii. 114, 4. Neorxena wang, Gen. 2, 9 : 3, 8.

geond-féran

(v.)
Grammar
geond-féran, p. -férde; pp. -féred [geond through, féran to go]

To go through, traversepertransīre, peragrāre

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To go through, traverse; pertransīre, peragrāre Ne móstan ðé geondféran foldbúende earth's inhabitants may not traverse thee, Exon. 121 a; Th. 465, 8; . l01.