be-hófian
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Hé metes behófode, Hml. Th. i. 178, 10. Þá þe þæs behófodon,Hml. S. 30, 10. Ðá ðe gémnisse bihófadun qui cura indigebant, Lk. R. 9, II. Behófdan, Chr. 1006; P. 136, 23. impersonal Ðá ðe behófað ł gehríseð (oporteat) tó cuoeðanne, Lk. L. 12, 12.
bén-yrþ
Ploughed land ⬩ precum aratura
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sceal hwíltídum geára beón on manegum weorcum to hláfordes willan, to-eácan bényrþe and bénrípe and mǽdmǽwecte etiam debet esse paratus ad multas operationes voluntatis domini sui, et ad bényrþe, id est, araturam precum, et bénrípe id est, ad preces metere
be-swincan
To toil, labour, make with toil ⬩ laborare
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To toil, labour, make with toil; laborare Ic sende eów to rípanne, ðæt ðæt ge ne be-swuncon; óðre swuncon, and ge eódon on hyra geswinc ego misi vos metere quod vos non laborastis; alii laboraverunt, et vos in labores eorum introistis, Jn.
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be-smiþian
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to work in metal. Nim þás næglas and heó besmiþian hát on þínes sunu brídle take these nails and order them to be set in thy son's bridle (cf. þú þás næglas hát . . . on his brídels dón, El. 1175.
breóst-geþanc
the heart, mind ⬩ thought ⬩ The thought of the heart or mind, a thought ⬩ cordis vel animi cogitatio, cogitatio
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[breóst the heart, mind, geþanc thought] The thought of the heart or mind, a thought; cordis vel animi cogitatio, cogitatio Annanias ðec, and Adzarias and Misaél, Metod, dómige breóstgeþancum Hananiah and Azariah and Mishael glorify thee, O God, in their
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sealt
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Ete sealtne mete and nówiht fersces, iii. 28, 24. Sele ðú him sealte mettas, 182, 13: 184, 8
be-drífan
to drive game ⬩ to follow up a track
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Add: where movement is caused Ne mæg beón gehæfd se mete, ac beóþ somod þá innoþas bedrifen, Lch. ii. 278, 15. His scip wearð bedrifen and genýded tó þan eálande, Gr.
a-reccan
to put forth ⬩ stretch out ⬩ strain ⬩ raise up ⬩ extendere ⬩ expandere ⬩ erigere ⬩ to put forth ⬩ relate ⬩ recount ⬩ speak out ⬩ express ⬩ explain ⬩ interpret ⬩ translate ⬩ proponere ⬩ exponere ⬩ enarrare ⬩ eloqui ⬩ exprimere ⬩ disserere ⬩ interpretari ⬩ reddere ⬩ to set in order ⬩ adorn ⬩ deck ⬩ expedire ⬩ expolire ⬩ comere
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Met. Fox 8, 3 ; Met. 8, 2. Wordum gereccan [MS. Cot. areccan] to express in words, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 28. Arece us ðæt bigspell edissere nobis parabolam, Mt. Bos. 13, 36: 15, 15.
be-gán
to go over ⬩ to surround ⬩ occupy ⬩ dwell ⬩ cultivate ⬩ till ⬩ perambulare ⬩ circumdare ⬩ incolere ⬩ habitare ⬩ colere ⬩ to go to ⬩ visit ⬩ attend ⬩ to cherish ⬩ honour ⬩ worship ⬩ obire ⬩ colere ⬩ excolere ⬩ to commit ⬩ exercise ⬩ practise ⬩ observe ⬩ committere ⬩ perficere ⬩ observare
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Met. Fox 8, 33; Met. 8, 17 : Ps. Th. 105, 12. Ða ðe be-eódon ídelnesse observantes vanitatem 30, 6 : 118, 23 : 119, 5 : 98, 4 : Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 4
HUND
A HUNDRED ⬩ centum
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Met. Fox 26, 30; Met. 26, 15. Sum hund scipa some hundred ships, Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 5. Ðæt flód stód ðá swá án hund daga and fíftig daga obtinuerunt aquæ terram centum quinquaginta diebus, Gen. 7, 24.
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ge-grípan
To gripe ⬩ grasp ⬩ seize ⬩ capere ⬩ rapere ⬩ prehendere ⬩ apprehendere ⬩ comprehendere ⬩ arripere ⬩ corripere ⬩ eripere
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Met. Fox 10, 138; Met. 10, 69. Feónd sáwle míne gegrípeþ inimicus animam meam comprehendat, Ps. Spl. 7, 5 : Salm. Kmbl. 226; Sal. 112. Us fyrhto gegráp fear seized us, Nicod. 21; Thw. 10, 33 : Cd. 140; Th. 175, 32; Gen. 2904 : Cant. Moys.
ge-limpan
To happen ⬩ occur ⬩ befall ⬩ come to pass ⬩ take place ⬩ accĭdĕre ⬩ evĕnīre ⬩ contingĕre
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Met. Fox 26, 34; Met. 26, 17 : Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 27. Ealle ðás ungesǽlþa us gelumpon þurh unrǽdas all these calamities befell us through evil counsels, Chr. 1011; Erl. 145, 1. Gif ðé ðæt gelimpe if that befall thee, Elen. Kmbl.879; El. 441: Beo.
glídan
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C. 145. of revolution Is efneáðe úp and ofdúne tó feallanne foldan þisse, þám anlícost þe on ǽge bið gioleca on middan, glídeð hwæðre ǽg ymbútan, Met. 20, 170
weás
By chance, by accident, fortuitously
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Gif him weás gebyreþ, ðæt him wyrþ sume hwíle ðara þénunga oftohen, 37, 1; Fox 186, 13: Met. 25, 31. Gif him weás (wealdes, Hatt.
CLIF
A CLIFF, rock, steep descent ⬩ promon ory, clivus, rupes, promontorium
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Met. Fox 5, 25; Met. 5, 13. Se ðe gecyrde clyf on wyllan wætera qui convertit rupem in fontes aquarum, Ps. Spl. M. C. 113, 8. God clifu cyrreþ on wæteres wellan God turneth rocks into wells of water, Ps. Th. 113, 8. Clif promontorium, Ælfc.
FLÓWAN
To FLOW ⬩ issue ⬩ fluĕre ⬩ fluctuāre ⬩ inundāre
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Met. Fox 5, 28; Met. 5, 14: Ps. Th. 67, 2: 63, 1: 103, 10: 147, 7. On ðæt land ðe fléwþ meolece and hunie in terram quæ fluit lacte et melle, Ex. 3, 8: Num. 13, 28: 14, 8: 16, 14: Ps.
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for-weorþan
To become nothing ⬩ to be undone ⬩ to perish ⬩ die ⬩ ad nihilum devĕnīre ⬩ pĕrīre ⬩ interlre ⬩ deficére
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Met. Fox 11, 170; Met. 11, 85. Síþfæt árleásra forwyrþ oððe losaþ ĭter impiōrum pĕrībit. Ps. Lamb. 1, 6. Hi forweorþaþ pĕrībunt, Ps. Spl. 79, 17: Ps. Th. 63, 5: 67, 2: 72, 22. Hig forwyrþab oððe losiaþ ipsi pĕrībunt, Ps. Lamb. 101, 27.
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HÝDAN
To HIDE ⬩ conceal
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Met. Fox 29, 109; Met. 29, 55. Ðe hǽlend hine hýdde Iesus abscondit se, Jn. Skt. Rush. 8, 59. Hýddon hié they hid themselves, Cd. 40; Th. 53, 12; Gen. 860. Hýde se ðe wylle hide who will, Beo. Th. 5526; B. 2766.
ge-wuna
A custom ⬩ wont ⬩ manner ⬩ use ⬩ rite ⬩ consuetudo
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Met. Fox 13, 53; Met. 13, 27. Gewuna ritus, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 44. Æfter gewunan after the custom, Lk. 1, 9: 2, 27, 42: Blickl. Homl. 207, 18: Chr. 1070; Erl. 208, 2. Æfter úron gewunon nostro more, Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 13.
gold
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Met. Fox 19, 11; Met. 19, 6: Cd. 109; Th. 145, 11; Gen. 2404. Wunden gold twisted gold, 91; Th. 116, 4; Gen. 1931: Beo. Th. 2391; B. 1193. Other epithets applied to gold are æpled, beorht, fæted, fætt, hyrsted, scír, smǽte.