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á-solcen

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Synd wé swá ásolcene ꝥ wé swincan nellað nán þincg, Hml. S. 28, 132. Add

Linked entry: á-seolcan

þancian

(v.)
Grammar
þancian, p. ode.
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Þancedon, 460; B. 227. the cause of thanks given in a clause introduced by ðæt Ic ðancige ðé, ðæt ic ne eom swilce óðre magnum, Homl. Th. ii. 428, 19. Hí þanceden þeódne, ðæt hit þus gelomp, Cd. Th. 298, 16; Sat. 534.

tó-cnáwan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cnáwan, p. -cneów; pp. -cnáwen

To discern,distinguish,know the difference between,understand

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Nis nán ðing tócnáwen on sóðre eáwfæstnesse, ðæt his láreówdóm ne gestaðelode, Homl.

ǽniht

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Add: as substantive Ne ǽniht hiá gelǽdde ne quid tollerent, Mk. L. 6, 8. Ne ondueardest ðú ǽniht quicquam 14, 60. Ǽniht of ðǽm ðá ðe geségon, Lk. L. 9, 36. Ne spildic of ðǽm ǽniht ł óht non perdidi ex ipsis quemquam, Jn. L. 18, 9.

tínan

(v.)
Grammar
tínan, p. de

To vex, annoy,irritate,provoke

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Ne týn ðu ðíne neáhgebúras non memor eris injuriae civium tuorum, Lev. 19, 18. Ne ǽnig man óðerne ne tyrie ne ne týne ealles tó swýðe, Wulfst. 70, 9. Ne áblinnan wé, ðæt wé Gode cwémon and deófol týnan, Blickl. Homl. 47, 11.

Linked entries: teónian týnan tínend

on-hagian

(v.)
Grammar
on-hagian, p. ode; v. impers. with dat. or acc. of pers.

To be within a person's power or means, to be in accordance with a person's will or convenience

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ne onhagaþ ða bóc ealle tó asmæáganne, Shrn. 200, 22. Ðonne hit (the mind) onhagaþ tó ðǽm úteran si facultas exterior suppetat, Past. 53, 6; Swt. 17, 13. Ne anhagode heora cyninge ðæt hé wið hió mehte búton fæstenne gefeohtan.

ge-nǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nǽtan, pp. -nǽt

To afflict, troubleto maltreat

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To afflict, trouble Ða underðiéddan mon sceal lǽran ðæt hie elles ne sién genǽt ne geirmed illos ne subjectio conterat, Past. 28, 1; Swt. 189, 16; Hat. MS. Ðonne genǽt he hine humiliabit eum, Ps. Th. 9, 30

Linked entry: nǽtan

wígbed-þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
wígbed-þegnung, e; f.

Service at the altar

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Service at the altar Wé forbeódaþ ðæt ǽnig preóst óðre[s] cirican náðer ne gebicgæ ne geþicgæ, búton hine hwá mid heáfodgylte forwyrce, ðæt hé weófodþénunge wyrðe ne sí, L. N. P. L. 2; Th. ii. 290, 8

seóðan

(v.)
Grammar
seóðan, (? cf.seód, á-seódan?)
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to put in a bag, wrap wp; Bewind ðone æppel on weolcreádum godwebbe, and seóð eft mid sceáte óðres godwebbes, and beheald ðæt ðes lǽcedóm ne hríne ne wæteres ne eorþan, Lchdm. i. 332, 5

Linked entries: syde a-séðan

wlóh

(n.)
Grammar
wlóh, (; gen. wléh ; f. ?)

A hemfringe

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A hem, fringe Næs him gewemmed wlite, ne wlóh of hrægle álýsed, ne loc of heáfde, Andr. Kmbl. 2941 ; An. 1473. Seó hálge stód ungewemde wlite, næs hyre wlóh ne hrægl, ne feax ne tel, fýre gemǽled, Exon. Th. 277, 34; Jul. 590.

CYFES

(n.)
Grammar
CYFES, cyfys, cifes, ciefes,e; f: cyfese, an; f.

A concubine, handmaidconcubina, pellex, ancilla

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A. ceafese; B. cefese] ne dó him nán preóst nán ðara gerihta, ðe man cristenum men dón sceal he who has a right wife, and also a concubine, let no priest do for him any of those rites, which ought to be done for a christian man, L. C.

DWELIAN

(v.)
Grammar
DWELIAN, dweligan, dweoligan, dwalian, dwolian, dwoligan; part. dweliende, dweligende; ic dwelige, ðú dwelast, he dwelaþ, pl. dweliaþ, dweligaþ, dweligeaþ; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed.

To be led into error, errin errōrem dūci, errāreTo lead into error, mislead, deceive in errōrem dūcĕre, decĭpĕre

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v. n. To be led into error, err; in errōrem dūci, errāre Dwelian he dyde híg on wæglǽste oððe bútan wege, and on wege errāre fecit eos in invio, et non in via, Ps. Lamb. 106, 40.

hwyrft

(n.)
Grammar
hwyrft, es; m.

A turnrevolutiongoingcourseorbitcircuitorbcircle

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Hwá ne wundraþ ðætte sume tunglu habbaþ scyrtran hwyrft ðonne sume habban who does not wonder that some stars have a less orbit than others? Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 18.

Linked entry: hwearft

gelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gelíce, adv.

Likewisealsoaspariter

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Nis ðæt be eallum démum gelíce to secgenne that is not to be said of all judges alike, 63, 16. Ne wǽron ðás ealle gelíce lange these were not all alike long, 119, 3.

for-gán

(v.)

to forgoto abstain fromgo withoutto abstain from

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Heó ðá scearpnesse dysiglicra sprǽca on hire ágenre tungan bebeáh ne ne foreóde linguae procacitatem atque stultiloquium non declinavit, Gr. D. 340, 17. Ðæt mon ðá lytlan forgá and ðá miclan dó, Past. 439, 23. Man forgá þýfðe, Ll. Th. i. 210, 3.

Linked entry: for-gangan

a-gyldan

(v.)
Grammar
a-gyldan, ðú -gyltst, he -gylt; p. -geald, pl. -guldon; pp. -golden

To payrenderrepayrequite

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agylt non solvet, Ps. Spl. 36, 32. XII scillingas agylde ðam cyninge let him pay twelve shillings to the. king, L. H. E. 9; Th. i. 30, 15

ge-sceapennys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceapennys, -sceapenys, -scapennys, -nyss, e; f.

A creation, creating, formationcreātio

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Se man ðe deófle ge-efenlǽcþ se biþ deófles bearn, þurh gecynd oððe þurh gesceapenysse, ac þurh ða geefenlǽcunge and yfele geearnunga the man who imitates the devil is a child of the devil, not by nature nor by creation, but by that imitation and evil

Linked entry: ge-scapennys

geolca

(n.)
Grammar
geolca, gioleca, geoloca, an; m.

A YOLKovi vitellus

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A YOLK; ovi vitellus Sceáwa on ánum æge, hú ðæt hwíte ne biþ gemenged to ðam geolcan, and biþ hwæðere án æg look now on an egg, how the white is not mingled with the yolk, and yet it is one egg, Homl. Th. i. 40, 28.

Linked entries: gioleca geoloca

bísgian

(v.)
Grammar
bísgian, l. bisgian,

to occupyemployto harasstrouble

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Se láreów ðe bodunge underféhð, ne sceal hé hine sylfne mid worulðþingum bysgian (printedbysnian), Hml. Th. ii. 532, 27, to harass, trouble Wildeór ús on þǽre nihte bisgodon, Nar. 15, 4

ge-hírsum

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Ne sié his giémen ðý lǽsse ymb þá gehiérsuman (-hír-, v. l. ), Past. 74, 15. obedient to a person Ðá tunglu þú gedést þé gehýrsume, Bt. 4 ; F. 6, 32. a law, command, &c. Hié wǽron þǽre godcundan ǽ swíþe gehýrsume, Bl. H. 163, 3

Linked entry: ge-hýrsum