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firgen

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on fyrgen, hæfde hál westu may the pain flee to the hills, and you have your head sound (? ?), Lch. iii. 54, 17. Add

ge-stíþian

(v.)
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Add: To make firm, stiffen Wé hiera módes meruwenesse gestíðigen mid ðǽm ðæt hié gehiéren ðæt wé hié herigen eorum tenerítudinem laus audita nutriat, Past. 210, 18

Linked entry: á-stíðian

ofer-leóran

Grammar
ofer-leóran, I. add: <b>I a.</b>
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to pass by, abandon Þonne wǽre him wén ꝥ hé oferliórde and forléte þone gewunan his ágenre stíþnysse fortassis sui vigoris usum excederet, Gr. D. 106, 5

scúr

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Add Ðone ungeðyldegan suíðe lytel scúr ðǽre costunga mæg onhrǽran impatientem aura tentationis agitat, Past. 225, 5. Ðá scúras ðǽre costunga ádreógan tentationum procellas tolerare, 401, 32

ge-þráwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þráwan, -þrǽwan; p. -þreów, pl. -þreówon; pp. -þráwen, -þrǽwen

To twist;torquere

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Cot.] twín byssus torta, Past. 14, 6; Swt. 87, 11; Hat. MS. 18 b, 15. Geþráwan torquere, Hpt. Gl. 435

bróþor

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Add: of blood-relationship His bróður (-or, v. l. ) lác, Past. 235, 3. For Amilcores láre, Hannibales bróðor (bréðer, v. l. ), Ors. 4, 11; S. 204, 11. Tó his bréðer, Past. 235, 7. ꝥ his broðor nime his wíf and his bróðor (broeðre.

æt-eglan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-eglan, p. ede; pp. ed; v. intrans.

To inflict paintormenttroublegrievemolestum quid injicere

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To inflict pain, torment, trouble, grieve; molestum quid injicere Ne mæg him ǽnig fácen feónd æteglan any deceitful fiend may not inflict grief upon him, Ps. Th. 88, 19

a-screncan

(v.)
Grammar
a-screncan, p. -screncte; pp. -screnct [a, screncan to supplant]

To supplant

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To supplant Ne eft sió þræsþing ðæs líchoman ðæt mód ne ascrence mid upahæfenesse ne aut istos afflicta caro ex elatione supplantet, Past. 43, 9; Hat. MS. 60b, 3

án-willíce

(adv.)
Grammar
án-willíce, adv.

Obstinatelystubbornlypertinaciouslypertinaciter

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Obstinately, stubbornly, pertinaciously; pertinaciter Ic tó ánwillíce winne wið ða wyrd I too pertinaciously attack fortune, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 20: Past. 7, 2; Hat. MS. 12 a, 15

fóre-þencan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-þencan, -þencean; p. -þohte, pl. -þohton; pp. -þoht

To FORETHINKconsider beforehandpræcōgĭtārepræmĕdĭtāri

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To FORETHINK, consider beforehand; præcōgĭtāre, præmĕdĭtāri Se láreów sceal mid geornfullíce ingehygde fóreþencean the teacher must consider beforehand with careful meditation, Past. 15, 5; Hat. MS. 20 a. 1

mǽl-tange

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl-tange, an; f. -tang, es; m. (?)

A pair of compasses

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A pair of compasses Mǽltange circinum, Ælfc. Gl. 49; Som. 65, 70; Wrt. Voc. 34, 5: 62; Som. 68, 78; Wrt. Voc. 39, 61. Mǽltanges prica centrum, 39, 62

ge-cafstrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cafstrian, p. ode; pp. od [cæfester a halter]

To bridlerestrainfrænarerestringere

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To bridle, restrain; frænare, restringere Swelce sió geþyld hæbbe ðæt mód gecafstrod as if patience has restrained the mind, Past. 33, 4; Swt. 218, 22; Cot. MS. 42 a

Linked entry: -cafstrian

cnáwan

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(cneów), cnéw (v. oncnéw, Past. 295, 8) Ꝥ wé cnáwan wæg ðínne ut cognoscamus viam tuam, Ps. Spl. 66, 2. Þá beóð cnáwene noscuntur, An. Ox. 76

ge-swápan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swápan, p. ge-sweóp
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To sweep together, take possession of, get into one's power Ptholomeus tógædere gesweóp ealle Egyptum and Arabia Ptolemaeo Aegyptus Arabiaeque pars sorte provenit, Ors. 3, 11; S. 142, 27

ge-tǽslíce

(adv.)
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ge-tǽslíce, adv.
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Easily, agreeably, conveniently Hé ús selð his oele, ðonne hé úre líf líðelíce and getǽslíce fereð oleum suum nobis tribuit, cum vitam nostrum blanda lenitate disponit, Past. 368, 12

Linked entry: tǽslíce

loccian

(v.)
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Add: to allure, entice, win over by gentle means Mon sceal ðone welegan ofermódan tó him loccian mid líðelicre ólicunga superbus dives exhorlationis blandimento placandus est, Past. 183, 19

ofer-wist

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Monige welige menn lǽtað cuelan hungre Crístes ðearfan, and fédað yfle gliigmen mid oferwiste nonnulli divites, cum fame crucientur Christi pauperes, effusis largitatibus nutriunt histriones, Past. 327, 7. Add

wróht-bora

Grammar
wróht-bora, <b>. I.</b>
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Ꝥ hé mid þý geweorðe úre wrégend and wróhtbora (-bera, v.l. accusalor) beforan þám dóme pæs écan déman, Gr. D. 221, 13. Wróhtborena excussorum, Ps. Rdr. 126, 4. Add

rów

(adj.)
Grammar
rów, adj.

Quiet, calm, mild

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Quiet, calm, mild Se cleweþa (itch ) biþ suíðe rów, and ðeáhhwæðere gif him mon tó longe fylgþ, hé wundaþ and sió wund sáraþ, Past. 11, 6; Swt. 71, 19

ofer-gesett

(adj.; part.)

placed above

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placed above (others) On óðre wísan sint tó manianne ða underþióddan on óðre ða ofergesettan aliter admonendi sunt subditi, atque aliter praelati Past. 28, 1; Swt. 189, 15, 23

Linked entry: ofer-settan