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hleótan

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Add: to cast lots Ic eów forbeóde ꝥ eówer nán ne áxie þurh ǽnigne wiccecræft be ǽnigum ðinge . . . for ðan sé ðe þys déð . . . bið þám hǽðenum gelíc, þe hleótað be him sylfum mid ðæs deófles cræfte . . . Hleótan man mót mid geleáfan swá þeáh on woruld-ðingum

læs

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
læs, l. lǽs, and in last citation þinga for þing,
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and add: adv. or conj. Næfð nán man tó þæs hál eágan þæt hé ǽni hwíle mage lócigan ongeán þas sunnan þe wé hǽr geseóð, and húru þæs þe lǽs ( all the less ) gyf heó hefð unhále, Solil. H. 35, 1. Hys mé lyst swá læng swá lǽs, 36, 17. Ðú hǽtst mé forlǽtan

lǽþþ

Grammar
lǽþþ, lǽþþu.
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Hí mé sǽdon ꝥ sum wer wunne on þǽre hefigestan hatunge his gesacan, þæs lǽþþu (lǽðð, v. l.) and feóndscipe forð weóx tó þon swíðe ꝥ . . . quidam vir gravissima adversarii sui aemulatione laborabat, cujus ad hoc usque odium prorupit, ut . . . Gr. D. 158

irfe-weard

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Gewriten yrfeweard legaturius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 2. Éghwylc ðára erfewearda ðe æfter him tó ðǽm londe fóe . . . Ðás gewriotu sión getrymed mé and mínum ærfeweardum. Gif. . . gesibbra ærfeweard forð cymeð wépnedhádes, C. D. ii. 121, 12-27. Monega land

secgan

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Add Þe lǽs þe hig sæggon, 'Hwǽr is heora god?,' Ps. L. 78, 10. 2. Add Cirus, Persa cyning, þe wé ǽr beforan sægdon Cyrus, rex Persarum, quem superius commemoraveram, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 22. Add Ðǽm welwillendum is tó sæcganne, ðæt . . . Past. 230, 10

sanct

(n.)
Grammar
sanct, es; m.

A saint

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A saint Hé wæs on lífe eorþlíc cing, hé is nú æfter deáþe heofonlíc sanct, Chr. 979; Erl. 129, 10. Ða mynstermenn noldon ðone sanct underfón. Swt. A. S. Rdr. 100, 149. Hé gesóhte ðone sanct, Glostr. Frag. 6, 8: 8, 10. Ðǽr habbaþ englas eádigne dreám,

ǽfen-sang

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Ne sý ǽfensang geendod bútan ðám drihtlican gebede. R. Ben. 38, 15. Se ǽfensancg mid antefene sý gecweden, 39, 20. Se ǽfensang sý geendod mid feówer sealma dreáme, 43, 7. Ðone lofsang (the Magnificat) ðe wé singað on Godes cyrcan æt ǽlcum ǽfensange, Hml

ǽsce

question, inquiry ⬩ search for stolen cattle

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Add: question, inquiry Uton áhsien úrne Drihten . . . Wé gehýraþ æfter ðisse ǽscan (-ean, v. l.) (post hanc interrogationem ) Drihten andswariendne, R. Ben. 3, 16. Hé angan tó befrínenne . . . Hé wearð æfter ðysse ǽscan ontend, Lch. iii. 432, 29. Ðá

ge-þafung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þafung, e; f.

Permission ⬩ allowance ⬩ assent ⬩ consent ⬩ permissio ⬩ assensus ⬩ consensus

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Permission, allowance, assent, consent; permissio, assensus, consensus Mid Earnulfes geþafunge with Arnulf's permission, Chr. 887; Erl. 86, 3. Be his geþafunge gecyrde se apostol by his permission the apostle returned, Homl. Th. i. 60, 6: Th. Ch. 526

Linked entry: þafung

tó-geótan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-geótan, p. -geát, pl. -gulon; pp. -goten.

to diffuse ⬩ spread ⬩ to pour away, ⬩ to exhaust

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to diffuse, spread Tógiót diffundet (verena), Kent. Gl. 914. Ðonne wé swíðe wíde út tógeótaþ ða láre quando exterius late praedicationem fundimus, Past. 48; Swt. 375, 10. Ǽr ðon sió yfele wǽte, se de on wintra gesomnad biþ, hié tógeóte geond óþera lima

Linked entry: tó-gotenness

scrudnian

(v.)
Grammar
scrudnian, scrutnian; p. ode

To examine carefully ⬩ consider ⬩ investigate

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To examine carefully, consider, investigate Ic scrudnige ł ic smeáge bebodu Godes mínes scrutabor mandata Dei mei, Ps. Lamb. 118, 115. And Drihten on micelre folces menige smeáþ and scrutnoþ (scrudnaþ, MS. T.) hwæt ða feáwa syndan ðe his willan wyrcean

Linked entry: scrutnian

áscung

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Hió þóhtan hwæt seó ácsung beón scolde, H. R. 7, 27. Mé sprekendum is óðer áxung (quaestio ) on mód becumen, Gr. D. 137, 29. Áxsung (interrogatio ) múð þínne geopenige, Scint. 81, 8. Hit is þeáw þǽre sprǽce and þǽre áscunge talis est materia, Bt. 39,

furþum

Take here ⬩ in Dict., and add: ⬩ even, ⬩ just

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Take here Similar entries furþan in Dict., and add: even, intimating that the sentence in which it occurs expresses an extreme case of a more general proposition implied, and generally prefixed to the particular word, phrase, or clause, on which the extreme

ge-árian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-árian, p; ode; pp. od; v. trans.

To give honour ⬩ to honour ⬩ honōrāre ⬩ honorĭfĭcāre ⬩ To have mercy or compassion upon any one ⬩ be merciful to ⬩ pity ⬩ pardon ⬩ propĭtium esse ⬩ misĕrēri ⬩ parcĕre ⬩ To endow

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with the dat. [ár I. honour] To give honour, to honour; honōrāre, honorĭfĭcāre Onsegdnis lofes geáraþ mec sacrĭfĭcium laudis honorĭfĭcābit me, Ps. Surt. 49, 23. Hý beóþ geárode and uppahefene honōrāti et exaltāti fuĕrint, Ps. Th. 36, 19. [ár II. kindness

Linked entry: gearod

nágan

(v.)
Grammar
nágan, = ne ágan.

not to have ⬩ not to be allowed ⬩ ought not

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not to have, Grammar nágan, with acc. Náh se sacerd náne þearfe ( sacerdoti non opus est ), ðæt hé forwyrne ðam men rihtre andetnysse, L. Ecg. P. i. 2; Th. ii. 172, 11. Gif hé náh his selfes geweald, Met. 16, 21. Helle hlinduru nágon hwyrft, Exon. Th

ge-nerian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nerian, -nergan, -nerigan; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od

To save, deliver, take away, set free, preserve, defend ⬩ servare, redimere, liberare, eripere, salvum facere, defendere

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To save, deliver, take away, set free, preserve, defend; servare, redimere, liberare, eripere, salvum facere, defendere Se mec wile wiþ ðám níðum genergan he will protect me against that malice, Exon. 36 a; Th. 116, 24; Gú. 212. We mágon feorh generigan

Linked entry: nerian

be-hátan

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Add: to promise Hú fela beháta behét God Abra-hame?, Angl. vii. 42, 396. Embe þis wé sprecað eft swíðor swá swá wé ǽr behéton, Lch. iii. 240, 8. Cantware heom feoh behéton, Chr. 865 ; P. 69, 4. ꝥ him man gafol behéte, 994; P. 129, II. Tó ðám behátenan

ge-beorglic

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Substitute: Safe, not productive of harm or preventive of harm. [Take here Coll. M. 24, 21 under ge-beorhlic] God forgifð ús menigfealde wæstmas, þǽra wé sculon brúcan swá ús gebeorhlic sý (in such a way as not to harm ourselves), Hml. S. 11. 357. Gif

Linked entries: -beorglic ge-beorhlic

ge-sceáwian

(v.)
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Add: to see, behold, perceive Þte hérnise clǽnum gesceáwiga wé ymbseáne ut misterium puro cernamus intuitu, Rtl. 35, 37. Þ hire hálga symbelcen[nisse] gisceáwia ué (conspiciamus) ðá éce, 80, 26. Næs hé goldhwæte gearwor hæfde ágendes ést ǽr gesceáwod

leán

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Add: pp. lagen, to blame a person or thing. See examples in Dict. with dat. of person, to speak with disapproval of something to a person, with the idea of dissuading or prohibiting Ne leá ic ðé ná ðæt ðú ǽgðer lufige I do not tell you that loving both