yfel
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</b> of abusive speech :-- Hié wyrgdon ðone cásere and him yfel cwǽdon, Blickl.
hergian
To harry ⬩ pillage ⬩ plunder ⬩ ravage ⬩ waste ⬩ devastate ⬩ make an incursion or a raid ⬩ make war
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Hie hergodon ofer Mercna land óþ hie cómon tó Creccageláde they carried on their ravages across Mercia until they came to Cricklade, 905; Erl. 98, 14.
stæppan
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Hié stópon tó ðam gysterne, Judth. Thw. 21, 29; Jud. 39: 24, 36; Jud. 227: Cd. Th. 95, 26; Gen. 1584. Stæppaþ ryhte, ne healtigeaþ leng, Past. 11; Swt. 65, 18. Ðýlæs hé ofer ðone ðerscold stæppe, 13; Swt. 77, 22: Lchdm. ii. 124, 6.
a-rédian
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Hié nabbað ðá gesceádwísnesse ðæt hié cunnen ðæs ðinges tíman áredian, Past. 287, 7. Rihtne weig áredian tó þám écan háme. Shrn. 163, 27.
for-wiernan
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Hié him þára béna forwierndon, Ors. 2, 2; S. 64, 27. Him ǽtes forwyrnan, Hml. S. 22, 137. Him nánes willan næs forwyrnd, ne nánes lustes, Ps. Th. 48, 11. (1 a) with gen. of thing only :-- Welena forwyrned, frófre bedǽled, Dóm.
ge-niþerian
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Add: to bring down, cast down, degrade, humiliate a person or place occupying an exalted position Oft ðis andwearde líf úp áhefeð ðá yfelan, ac se tócyme ðǽre écan eádignesse hié geniðrað, Past. 389, 27.
Linked entry: niþerian
ge-swincfull
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on his lífe (cf. cild ácenned (on the 24th day) winnende, 194, 27), 158, 13. causing trouble, troublesome Gif hié yfele sint ðonne sint hié þé pleólicran and geswincfulran (Fox prints geswicnefulran, but Sedgefield gives only ge*-*swincfulran) gehæfd
beón
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Hié beóð tó ðreágeanne. Past. 265, 15. prepositional phrase Bið hit swíðe leáslíce on siolufres hiéwe, Past. 269, 4. Biá ðú mé in God esto mihi in Deum, Ps. Srt. 30, 3.
ge-dón
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Hié nánne mon geweligian ne magon, búton hié óþerne gedón tó wǽdlan, Bt. 13, ; F. 40, l. Hé nolde hí tó flýmum gedón, Ps. Th. 77, 27. of things Wé hine willað ácwellan and ús tó mete gedón, Bl. H. 231, 15.
be-sirwan
To ensnare ⬩ entrap ⬩ circumvent
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Hiene Artabatus besirede and ofslóg per Artabatum circumventus occiditur, Ors. 2, 5 ; S. 84, 24. Besierede, 4, 5 ; S. 170, 2 ; 6, 32 ; S. 274, 3. Pontius hæfde þone consul besired, 3, 10; 8. 140, 22. Rómáne besierede wǽron, 3, 8; S. 120, 27.
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sám-cwic
Half-dead
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Hé (Anthony) bebeád ðæt hiene mon on ða ilcan byrgenne tó hiereswá sómcucre álegde. (Cleopatra) Ors. 5, 13; Swt. 246, 31. Hí forléton hine sámcucene semiuiuo relicto, Lk. Skt. 10, 30. Sum móder bær hire sámcuce cild. Homl. Th. ii. 150, 16
eard
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Oð hié him þǽr eard genámon, Ors. 1, 10; S. 44, 27.
feallan
to run ⬩ to be overcome ⬩ to stumble ⬩ snare ⬩ to fail ⬩ fall away ⬩ decay ⬩ crumble away
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Hié feóllan tó eorþan, and grápodan mid heora handum on þá eorþan, 151, 5. fig. to be overcome:-- Ic wæs hearde cnyssed, and ic ne feóll, Ps.
ge-siht
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Hié gestódon on gesihþe þæs eádigan Andreas, Bl. H. 243, 6. with dat. Hí ná heom God setton on gesyhðe non proposuerunt Deum ante conspectum suum, Ps. Th. 53, 3. Him wæs án on gesyhðe engel, Dan. 273.
ge-þolian
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Tó ðǽm ðæt hié gehealden ðá strenge ðǽre geðylde ... geðencen hié nú monig yfel úre Dryhten geðolode ( pertulit ), Past. 261, 4. Geþola þeóda þreá, nis seó þráh micel þæt þé hí swencan mótan, An. 107.
on-drǽdan
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Ðæt hié ondrǽden ðæt . . . Past. 159, 20. Is tó ondrǽdenne (-onne) ðæt . . . 139. 3. add: with reflex, dat. Ne ondrǽd ðú ðé noli timere, Past. 181, 9. Ondrǽde hé him suiðlíce magnopere metuat, 93, 24. Hié him ondrǽden timeant, 187, 17.
lange
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(a α) where the period within which the time is measured is given :-- Hié longe on dæg sige áhton, Chr. 871; P. 72, 1. Hié fuhton lange on dæg on, 921 ; P. 101, 25. Paulus þǽr lange dæges geleáfan bodode, Hml. S. 29, 46.
synderlíce
apart, away from all others, in private ⬩ separately, severally, apart ⬩ specially, in particular ⬩ only, exclusively, solely, to or by one's self ⬩ specially, exceedingly, to a greater extent than in any other case, singularly
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Ðonne hié synderlíce ðenceaþ hú hié selfe scylen fullfremodeste weorðan . . . mið ðý hí bereáfiaþ hié selfe ðara góda ðe hié wilniaþ synderlíce habban cum sua lucra cogitant, ipsis se, quae privata habere appetant, bonis privant, Past. 5; Swt. 41, 22-
Linked entry: sundorlíce
ceaster
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Hié genámon .iii. ceastra, Gleáwanceaster and Cirenceaster and Baþanceaster, 577; P. 18, 32
á-biddan
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Guth. 4, 20. to get by asking, with acc. of thing Hié sendon Hannan, and hé hit ábæd Annonis oratione meruerunt Ors. 4, 7; S. 182, 13. Ðá ábæd heó án hridder she borrowed a sieve Hml. Th. ii. 154, 15.