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of-settan

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S. 37, 165. of harsh dealing Leáse wítegan ofsettað þá geleáffullan, Hml. Th. ii. 404, 32.

a-lǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lǽtan, a-létan; p. -lét, pl. -léton; pp. -lǽten; v. a. [a from, lǽtan to let]

To let golay downleavegive uploserenounceresignremitpardondeliversinereabjiceredeponererelinquereremitterecondonarerelaxareliberare

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Hí wurdon alǽten líges ganga [MS. gange] they were delivered from the flame's course, 187; Th. 232, 20; Dan. 263. Hý heora líf aléton they lost their lives, Ors. 3, 8: Bos. 63, 10. Ðá ðæt fýr hie alét when the fire left them, 4, 7; Bos. 87, 19

leófan

(v.)
Grammar
leófan, p. leáf; pl. lufon.
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Grein suggests that this verb is found in the following passage:— Éðelweardas lufan lífwelan ðenden hié lét metod, Cd. 174; Th. 219, 17; Dan. 56.

ést

favourluxuries

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þis hildesceorp Hróðgár sealde, hét þæt ic his ǽrest þé ést gesægde (that I should describe to thee his gracious gift), cwæð þæt hyt hæfde Hiorogár cyning, B. 2157.

ge-dreccan

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Add Gedrehte contractor, strictos, Germ. 401, 14. the object a person, (i) the subject a person. to vex, afflict ÞÁ heÁfodmen fyrde sendon, and mænig man mid þám swíðe gedrehtan, Chr. 1096 ; P. 233, 8.

fæsten

firmamentcitadelforta fortificationentrenchmentsfastnessstrongholda prisona sepulchreHellclaustrum

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Scipia geáscade ꝥ þá foreweardas wǽron feor ðǽm fæstenne gesette . . . hé feáwe men tó óþrum þára fæstenna onsende . . . þæt þá óþre onfundon þe on ðǽm óþrum fæstenne wǽron, Ors. 4, 10; S. 200, 8-19.

ge-staþelian

(v.)
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Gyf hé þé gehýrð, þú gestaðelast þínne bráðor, Mt. 18, 15

Linked entry: ge-staþeled

geoguþ-hád

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Þá scylda mínes iugoðhádes ( juventutis ), Ps. Th. 24, 6. Gigoðhádes, Rtl. 167, 31. From gigoðháde mínum, Mk. R. 10, 20. Gigoðháda, Lk. R. 18, 21. In geogoðháde þæs líchaman costung wealleþ, and þonne fram þám fíftigoðan geáre cólað seó hǽte, Gr.

un-wreón

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Þeáh wé wáce sýn and þás þing leóhtlíce unwreón, hig magon fremian bet þonne þá þe beóð on leóðwísan fægre geglenged, Angl. viii. 304, 2. Wé nú magon behýdan and behelian úra dǽda, ac hié bióð þonne opena and unwrigena, Verc. Först. 101, 7. Add

ge-wilnian

(v.)
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Ðá fǽmnan þe gewilniað (-wuniað, v. l. ) onfón galdorcræftigan, Ll. Th. i. 52, 9. Þá gewilniað heora sáwla sellan, 56, 20. with dat. infin. Þá wyrta þe hé ǽr mid stale gewilnode tó ætbrédanne ( appetebat auferre ), Gr. D. 25, 16.

scip-mann

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Add Scypmen nauitę, Germ. 400, 493. a fighting man who goes in a ship Cómon of Denemearcon þreó Swegenes suna mid .cc. scypum and .xl. . . . ǽr þan þe þá scypmenn þider cómon hæfdon þá Frenciscan þá burh forbærned, Chr. 1069; P. 204, 21.

hú-meta

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I. 1 Hé áxodon þá weardmenn húmeta se án wǽre tó þám hálgum geþeód?, Hml. S. 11, 236. Cf. 2 Hé áxode þá weardmen húmeta hí dorston hí swá wel fédan, Hml.

ge-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rǽdan, to advise, ge-rǽdan to arrange. [These two verbs seem to have coalesced (v. rǽdan), and are taken together.]
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Th. i. 436, l. <b>IIIa</b> to decide a (doubtful) point, come to the conclusion that :-- Ðá gerǽddon witan ꝥ hit betere wǽre ꝥ man týmde þǽr hit ǽrest befangen wǽre, Ll. Th. i. 290, 1. <b>IIIb.

frum-wífung

(n.)
Grammar
frum-wífung, e; f.
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First marriage by a man Lǽwede man mót óðre síðe wífian, ac þá canones forbeódaþ þá bletsunga þǽrtó þe tó frumwífunge gesette sýn, Ll. Th. ii. 332, 34, 38: Wlfst. 304, 27

be-þurfan

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Th. ii. 142, 3. Hí nabbað þá láre þe hi beþorftan, Ll. Th. ii. 328, 37. Gif þú ǽgera beþurfe, Techn. ii. 124, 1. Gif þú taperas ( = es?) beþurfe, 120, 16. Gif he máran gærses beðyrfe, Ll. Th. i. 434, 17.

ge-cýþan

(v.)
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þé is genóh openlíce gecýþed þætte nán þára góda þín nis.

Linked entry: cýþan

folgian

(v.)

to pursueto accompany be attendant uponto followbe guided byfollowto followpractise

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Þǽra twelf mónða naman, and . . . eall ꝥ gerád þæt heora gehwylcum folgað, Angl. viii. 305, 28. Þá þing þe heora ágene gecynd þé gedydon fremde . . . nis hit nó þé gecynde ꝥ te þú hí áge, ne him nis gebyrde ꝥ hí ðé folgien, Bt. 14, 1; F. 40, 34.

grimlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
grimlíc, adj.
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Se légdraca grimlíc gryre the fire-drake, that fierce horror, Beo. Th. 6074; B. 3041. Ða gewin wǽron grimlícran ðonne hý nú sýn struggles were more bloodthirsty than they now are; quod crudelius graviusque erat quam nunc est, Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 30, 23

hrif

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Mín Drihten, sié þé þonc þæs þe þú mid þínum þám clǽnan hrife hunger and þurst and cyle þrowodest, Angl. xii. 507, 20. applied to things Þæt mé ( a bow ) of hrife fleógeð, Rä. 24, 12: 18, 6

camp-dóm

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Hét se cwellere þæs cáseres cempan geoffrian . . . þá wǽron on þám campdóme (soldiery) Cappadonisce cempan Hml. S. 11, 16. Hé wæs gewenod tó wǽpnum and campdóme fyligde (followed the profession of arms), 31, 17.