ymb-faran
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To surround Hé hét ðæt fæste lond útan ymbfaran, ðæt him mon sceolde an má healfa on feohtan þonne on án, Ors. 2. 5; Swt. 80, 26
on-bígan
To cause to bend, to subdue
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To cause to bend, to subdue Heó míne sáwle onbígdon incurvaverunt animam meam, Ps. Th. 56, 7. Heora módes heánesse ealle eorþcyningas onbégan mihton their loftiness of soul could make all the kings of the earth to bend, Blickl. Homl. 119, 21
Linked entry: on-býgan
ge-lygnian
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Gif hé wolde gefsestnian mid áþe, ꝥ seó leáse wrǽgistre ne wurde fordǽmed. Ðá swór hé ꝥ hé friðian wolde þá leásan wudewan, ðeáh þe heó gelignod wurðe, 2, 210.
ge-beran
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Hé hyre gecýdde þæt heó sceolde geberan (parere) Godes sunu . . . þá wearð heó on innoðe geeácnod and mid þám cilde wearð sóna, and þæt gebær, ðá hit þæs tima wæs. Wlfst. 22, 5-9.
tó-weard
Toward ⬩ in the direction of
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Hé hét ðæt hé biheólde tó his Drihtne werd. Homl. Skt. ii. 31, 78
wirman
To warm ⬩ make warm
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For ðý hé cwæð be ðam cólan wætere, ðæt nán man ne ðorfte hine beládian, ðæt hé fæt næfde, on hwý hé hit wyrman mihte, Homl. Ass. 141, 84. Tó wyrmanne ðone cealdan magan, Lchdm. ii. 188, 22.
Linked entry: wyrman
mynster-gang
Going into a monastery ⬩ entering on a monastic life
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Going into a monastery, entering on a monastic life Heó ðonne mót gif heó wile ðæt forlǽtan and hyre mynstergang geceósan tunc, si velit, licebit ei id derelinquere, et vitam monasticam sibi eligere, L. Ecg. C. 20; Th. ii. 146, 23
ge-feccan
To fetch ⬩ bring to ⬩ addūcĕre
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He him hét to wífe gefeccean Cleopatran he commanded [them] to bring Cleopatra to him for a wife, Ors. 5, 13; Bos. 112, 44 : Blickl. Homl. 187, 15
Linked entry: ge-fetian
wundor-cræft
wondrous skill ⬩ great cunning ⬩ miraculous power
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wondrous skill, great cunning Hé lǽmen fæt biwyrcan hét wundorcræfte, Exon. Th. 277, 4; Jul. 575. miraculous power Hé cyninges bróðor áwehte wundor-cræfte þurh Dryhtnes miht, ðæt hé of deáðe árás, Apstls. Kmbl. 110; Ap. 55.
and-leán
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Heó þolian ne wolde yfel and ondleán, Gen. 2264. Add
feówer-ecgede
Four-edged
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Four-edged Heó hafaþ feówerecgedne stelan, Lch. i. 290, 19
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bearn-eácnod
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pregnant Heó wæs bearneácnod of ðám Hálgan Gáste, Nap. 8
be-hamelian
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To mutilate Þá hét hé his leásere hig be-hamelian, Shrn. 154, 6. Hí áxodon hwæðer hé etan wolde ǽr ðan þe hé behamelod wurde they asked him, will thou eat, before thou be punished throughout every member of thy body? (2 Maccabees 7, 7), Hml.
Linked entry: hamelian
rǽcan
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Ðǽr ( in hell) hý leomu rǽcaþ (stretch forth ) tó bindenne, Exon. Th. 99, 8; Cri. 1621. Eall ða weoruldgód hé gefeónde þearfum rǽhte and sealde cuncta pauperibus erogare gaudebat, Bd. 3, 5; S. 526, 26. Hé hláf bræc and him rǽhte, Lk. Skt. 24, 30.
Linked entry: a-rǽcan
eáþe-lic
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Hé hæfde mid him eáþelicne fódan . . . hé þá eáðelican þénunga heom þénode, Hml. S. 23, 234, 239.
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flinten
Flinty
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Flinty, of flint Heó wǽron flintenre heortan, Wlíst. 252, I note
feorh-ádl
A mortal disease ⬩ fatal sickness ⬩ fatālis morbus
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Herodes lǽfde fíf suna, þrý he hét acwellan, on his feorhádle, ǽrðan ðe he gewíte Herod left five sons, three he commanded to be slain in his last illness, ere he departed, Homl. Th. i. 478, 13
a-fíndan
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Hé hyne áxode hwæt hé áfunde be þám Hǽlende, St. A. 44, 11. Hé ne mihte on his móde áfindan ( he could not find it in his heart ) þæt hé þone nacodan ne gefréfrode, Hml. Th. ii. 500, 25. Gif ǽnig mǽden mihte beón áfunden, Hml. A. 94, 72.
ge-hradian
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Substitute: trans, (i) to cause a thing to be done rapidly Hé sóna getimbrian hét mǽrlic mynster on þreóra geára fæce. ꝥæt wile þincan ungeleáflic eallum þǽm þe þá stówe on uferum tídum geseóð and þis ne gemunaþ.
inca
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Ne gedyrstlǽce heora nán ... þæt hé Godes áre gewanige oþþe ǽnigne incan séce, hú heó gewanod weorþe, Lch. iii. 442, 17. a cause of complaint Hyra nán ne gedyrstlǽce þæt hé ... ǽnig ðing áhsige ... þe lǽs þe ǽnig inca (incca, v.l.) geseald sý (ne detur