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bedu

(n.)
Grammar
bedu, e; f.

Requestprayer

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Ðínre béne ic wille onfón, and for ðínre bede ic ne tóweorpe ðá burg, Past. 399, 31

Linked entry: béd

ferþe

(n.)
Grammar
ferþe, es; m.

Skin

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Skin Wiþ tóbrocenum heáfde . . . gespǽt þá wunde, and gif se hála ferþe wille habban reádne hring ymb þá wunde, wite þú þonne ꝥ þú hié ne meaht gehǽlan, Lch. ii. 22, 22

god-dohtor

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'Ic þé wille biddan, Sum geréfman wǽre þára þe onfénge ánum mægdene æt fullwihte ... hé bæd þá ylcan his goddohter, ꝥ heó mid him þá niht wunode, Gr. D. 308, 17. Add

Linked entry: dohtor

bedecian

(v.)
Grammar
bedecian, p. ode

To beg

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'Hé wille biddan on sumera...' Hit is swíðe wel be ðǽm gecweden ðæt hé eft bedecige on sumera, Past. 285, 12

ge-wéman

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Gif þú wille þínne sunu gewéman fram Críste, 40

háw

(n.; suffix)
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háw, Kemble says, ' In all probability, a look out, or prospect'; Middendorff compares the word with -hau in German place-names, and takes it to mean a clearing, a place where trees are cut down (cf. heáwan). But perhaps in the one passage where the word occurs
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hlawe should be read Haec sunt supradictarum uocabula terrarum, aet Uuineshauue (cf. scuccanhlau, 196, 1), C. D. i. 195, 30

ge-cýðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cýðan, p. -cýðde, -cýdde; pp. -cýðed, -cýd.

to make knowntellrelateproclaimannounceinformnuntiareannuntiarereferreeffarimonereto declarerevealmanifestshewperformconfirmtestifyprovedeclararerevelareedoceremanifestaremonstrareperhiberetestariprobareto make celebratedrenownedfamednotum facereinclytum reddere

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will I declare, that the kingdoms were not strengthened by the powers of man, Ors. 2, 1; Bos. 39, 1.

wápe

(n.)
Grammar
wápe, (-a? m.); an; f.
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cf. wípian) Gif ðú sceát habban wille oððe wápan, ðonne sete ðú díne twá handa ofer ðínum bearme and tóbrǽd hí swilce sceát ástrecce, Techm. ii. 122, 23

geond-récan

(v.)
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to smoke thoroughly, fill with smoke Þonne hé restan wille, hæbbe gléda þǽrinne, lege stor on þá gléda, and réc hine mid ꝥ hé swǽte, and ꝥ hús geondréc, Lch. ii. 348, 6

hand-leng

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
hand-leng, hand-lengu
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hand's length Gyf þú peran wille . . . geþeód þíne fingras tósomne forð handlenge if yow want a pear . . . join your fingers together projecting out their full length, Tech. ii. 124, 19

lang-wyrpe

(adj.)
Grammar
lang-wyrpe, adj.
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Oblong Gyf þú hwilce langwyrpe bóc habban wille, þonne strece þú þíne wynstran hand and wege hí, and sete þíne swýþran ofer þínne wynstran earm be þǽre bóce læncge, Tech. ii. 119, 13

ele-beám

(n.)
Grammar
ele-beám, es; m. [ele oil, beám a tree]

An olive-tree ŏlea, ŏlīva

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Unwæstmbǽre elebeám an unfruitful or wild olive-tree; ŏleaster, Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 19; Wrt. Voc. 33, 19: Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 15

fléring

(n.)
Grammar
fléring, e; f.

A FLOORINGcontăbŭlātio

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fíftan fléringe wæs ðæra manna wunung mid wurþmynte gelogod on the lowermost flooring [of the ark] was their privy and dunghill, on the second flooring the food of the cattle was placed, on the third flooring was the first dwelling, and there dwelt the wild

for-ðam

(con.)
Grammar
for-ðam, for-ðæm, for-ðan, for-ðon, for-ðam-ðe, for-ðæm-ðe, for-ðan-ðe, for-ðon-ðe; conj, [for that which]

For thatfor that reason whichforbecausenamquia

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Næfþ ðys word [willan] nǽnne imperātīvum, forðanðe se willa sceall beón ǽfre frig this verb [to will] has no imperative, for the will must always be free, Ælfc. Gr. 32; Som. 36, 11: Homl. Th. ii. 290, 1, 3, 25.

Linked entries: for-ða for-ðon

ó-leccan

(v.)
Grammar
ó-leccan, -liccan, -læcan; p. -lecte, -lehte , -læhte.

to treat gently, to soothe, caressto be obsequious, pay court to, fawn upon, flatter, to try to gain a person's good will by unworthy meansto gain good will by worthy means, to propitiate, be submissiveof things to gratify, charm, give pleasure

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Th. 19, 12; Gen. 290. to gain good will by worthy means, to propitiate, be submissive Ðæm(God) óleccaþ ealle gesceafte ðe ðæs ambehtes áwuht cunnon (cf. ðam þeówiaþ ealle . . . ða ðe cunnon, Bt. 21; Fox 72, 30), Met. II. 8.

Linked entry: óliccan

stæl-hrán

(n.)
Grammar
stæl-hrán, es; m.

A decoy-reindeer

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A decoy-reindeer Ða deór hí hátaþ hránas; ðara wǽron syx stælhránas; ða beóþ swýðe dýre mid Finnum, for ðæm hý fóþ ða wildan hránas mid, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 11

notian

(v.)
Grammar
notian, <b>I a.</b>
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Ðonne þú anti-phonariam habban wille . . . for þon hé is genotod, Tech. ii. 119, 1-4. Notian, 120, 24. Tyrn . . . swilce þú notian wille, 119, 12. Underféngon hí hyra horsa tó brúcenne and tó notienne, Gr. D. 16, 4.

wringan

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Ðonne þú cýse habban wille, sete þonne þíne twá handa tógædere brálinga, swilce þú wringan wille, Tech. ii. 123, 21

for-sacan

renounceabandonforsake

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Mid árwurðnysse underfón þone þe hí ǽr forsócon, 26, 189. to decline to bear: Se lǽce wile dæt se untruma his lǽceseax gefréde ǽr hé hit geseó, for ðǽm hé wénð, gif hé hit ǽr geseó, ðæt hé hit wille forsacan ut secantem gladium sentiret aeger antequam

á-cennedness

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Gif gé willað ðone fruman sceaft geþencan, and ðone scippend, and siþþan eówer ǽlces ácennednesse si primordia vestra, auctoremque Deum spectes Bt. 30, 2; F. 110, 18. v. eft-, frum-ácennedness; á-cenness. Add

Linked entry: á-cenness