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for-spanan

(v.)
Grammar
for-spanan, he -spaneþ, -spenþ; p. -spón, -speón, pl. -spónon, -speónon; pp. -spanen, -sponen; v. trans. [spanan to allure]

To enticeseduceillĭcĕresedūcĕre

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Hine his hyge forspeón, ðæt he ne wolde Drihtnes word wurþian his mind seduced him, that he would not revere the Lord's word, Cd. 18; Th. 22, 34; Gen. 350. Forspanen beón seductum esse, sedūci, Prov. 30, Lye

Linked entry: for-spennan

þrútian

(v.)
Grammar
þrútian, p. ode

To swell with pride or anger

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To swell with pride or anger Hé ásende his swurdboran, Riggo geháten, gescrýdne mid his cynelícum gyrelum, swilce hé hit sylf wǽre.

Linked entry: á-þrúten

efen-sárgian

(v.)
Grammar
efen-sárgian, p. ode
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Se Godes man efensárgode (efensárgende, v. l. ) hire sáre, 215, 22. Se abbod him efensárgode, Hml. S. 33, 16. Hé hæfde frýnd ꝥ hine fréfrodon and him efensárgodon, 30, 202

Linked entry: sárgian

ge-dæftlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-dæftlíce, ge-dæftelíce.
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Add: gently, mildly Gif hé hit gedæftelíce ásægð si molestias tranquille lingua diceret, Past. 273, 20. in a. fitting manner, suitably Secge him mon suíðe gedæftelíce for his ágnum scyldum modis congruentibus de proprio reatu feriendi sunt, Past. 185

ofer-drencan

(v.)

to overdrench, give a person too much to drink, to inebriate, intoxicateinebriare

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Ðú oferdrenctest hig inebriasti eam, Ps. Spl. 64, 9. Hié hié selfe mid ealoþ oferdrencton, Ors. 5, 3; Swt. 222, 6.

séftness

(n.)
Grammar
séftness, e ; f.
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Quiet, repose, freedom from disturbance Hié woldon hiera dagas on séftnesse geendian ut in privato otio consenescerent, Ors. 6, 30 ; Swt. 280, 22. gewurdon on ðære séftnysse ( of the seven sleepers ), Homl. Skt. i. 23, 261

wundrian

(v.)
Grammar
wundrian, p. ode.

to wonder atto regard with surpriseadmirationto make wonderfulmagnify

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wundrodon on his láre admirabantur in doctrina ejus, Mk. Skt. 6, 2. Ðá wǽron ða apostolas swíþe wundrigende frand him, and wǽron cweþende tó him hwonon him ða wundorlícan gereordo cóman, Blickl.

Linked entry: wyndrian

neádian

(v.)
Grammar
neádian, p. ode (v. níd, VI)

To forcecompelconstrain

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His deópe rihtwísnys nolde neádian tí náðrum, Homl. Th. i. 112, 3

Linked entry: neódian

æl-tæw

Grammar
æl-tæw, l. æl-tǽwe, -teáwe, -teówe, -tówe,
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Ðeáh hié wieten ðæt hié æltǽwe ne sín cum de imperfectione reprehendunt, 7. Hé ne nom náne ware húlice hié wǽron, for ðon hiera wæs má forcúþra ðonne æltǽwra, Ors. 5, 4; S. 224, 23. Hæfde ic ælteówe þénas nǽre ic ðus eáðelíce oferswíðed, Hml.

ge-laþian

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 9, 30. to a person Gif hwá geuntrumod beó, þæt hé gelaþige him his sácerd tó si quis infirmatus sit, ut vocet ad se sacerdotem suum, Ll. Th. ii. 178, 24. to a place Se Hǽlend hine on ðám dæge tó heofonum gelaðod hæfde, Hml.

Linked entry: laþian

fundian

(v.)
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woldon cuman tó sumere þára stówa ðe ðonne tó fundiaþ, Bt. 34, 7; F. 144, 10. Férde sum ridda . . . and hit lǽdde forð mid him þǽr hé fundode tó, Hml.

for-sǽtian

(v.)
Grammar
for-sǽtian, p. ode

take by surprise

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To catch by lying in ambush, take by surprise Hé forsǽtade hié ðǽr ðǽr hié geþóht hæfdon ꝥ hié hiene besǽtedon insidiantes insidiis capit. Or. 3, 11; S. 146, 10

sib

(n.)
Grammar
sib, sibb, e; f.
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him gebeád wið his sibbe ( in pretium pacis ) unrím máþma, Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 8.

óðer

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
óðer, indef. prn.
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Him bærst micel wund on óðrum þeó in one of his thighs 109, 14. Ðá gewearþ him ðæt twegen tó ánwíge eodon . . . ealle gecwǽdon, ðæt gif ǽnig man wolde heora óðrum ( either of them ) fylstan, ðæt man hine sóna gefénge, H. R. 101, 21.

eorþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
eorþ-líc, def. se -líca ; seó, ðæt -líce; adj.

EARTHLY, terrestrial terrēnus, terrestris

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Hine nolden his eorþlícan mágas wrecan his earthly kinsmen would not avenge him. Chr. 979; Erl. 129, 11, 15. Gif ic eów eorþlice þing sǽde si terrēna dixi vobis, Jn. Bos. 3, 12.

be-wacian

(v.)
Grammar
be-wacian, p. ode

To bewake

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D. ), to keep watch over Gé him weardas settað þe bewaciað wið þeófas, Hml, S. 14, 22. Weardmenn his líc bewacedon, Hml. A. 78, 154. Bewacige excubet, Germ. 388, 80

hús-hláford

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Add: — Eustachius gelǽdde meó his gesthúse. and . . . cwæð tó þám húshláforde : ' þás men synd mé cúðe . . . gif mé nú mettas and wín, and ic hit þé gilde eft of míre hýre,' Hml. S. 30, 259

leás-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
leás-cræft, es; m.

deception

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A false art, deception Hé hié getýhþ tó eallum uncystum and tó ðære lufan ðisse worlde mid his leáscræftum he draws them to all vices and to the love of this world with his false arts, Blickl. Homl. 25, 12

rídan

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add: where going on horseback is expressed or may be certainly inferred Gif þegen þénode cynge and his rádstefne rád on his hírede, Ll. Th. i. 190, 20.

múþ

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His ( the dead man's ) eágan beóþ betýnde, and hisand his næsþyrlo beóþ belocene, Bl. H. 59. 14. setton áne spyngan tó his múðe, Jn. 19, 29, Swingað hine on his múð, 243, 2.