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ymb-faran

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-faran, p. -fór
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To surround 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

(v.)
Grammar
on-bígan, p. de

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

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lygnian, ge-lygenian; p. ode; pp. od
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Gif wolde gefsestnian mid áþe, ꝥ seó leáse wrǽgistre ne wurde fordǽmed. Ðá swór friðian wolde þá leásan wudewan, ðeáh þe heó gelignod wurðe, 2, 210.

ge-beran

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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

(prep.)
Grammar
tó-weard, prep.

Towardin the direction of

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hét ðæt biheólde tó his Drihtne werd. Homl. Skt. ii. 31, 78

wirman

(v.)
Grammar
wirman, p. de

To warm make warm

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For ðý cwæð be ðam cólan wætere, ðæt nán man ne ðorfte hine beládian, ðæt fæt næfde, on hwý hit wyrman mihte, Homl. Ass. 141, 84. Tó wyrmanne ðone cealdan magan, Lchdm. ii. 188, 22.

Linked entry: wyrman

mynster-gang

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-gang, es; m.

Going into a monasteryentering 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

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feccan, -feccean ; p. -feahte, -fehte; pp. -feaht, -feht

To fetchbring toaddūcĕre

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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

(n.)
Grammar
wundor-cræft, es; m.

wondrous skillgreat cunningmiraculous power

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wondrous skill, great cunning lǽmen fæt biwyrcan hét wundorcræfte, Exon. Th. 277, 4; Jul. 575. miraculous power cyninges bróðor áwehte wundor-cræfte þurh Dryhtnes miht, ðæt 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

(adj.)
Grammar
feówer-ecgede, adj.

Four-edged

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Four-edged Heó hafaþ feówerecgedne stelan, Lch. i. 290, 19

Linked entry: fiþer-ecgede

bearn-eácnod

(adj.)
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pregnant Heó wæs bearneácnod of ðám Hálgan Gáste, Nap. 8

be-hamelian

(v.)
Grammar
be-hamelian, p. ode
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To mutilate Þá hét his leásere hig be-hamelian, Shrn. 154, 6. Hí áxodon hwæðer etan wolde ǽr ðan þe 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

(v.)
Grammar
rǽcan, p. rǽhte.
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Ðǽr ( in hell) hý leomu rǽcaþ (stretch forth ) tó bindenne, Exon. Th. 99, 8; Cri. 1621. Eall ða weoruldgód gefeónde þearfum rǽhte and sealde cuncta pauperibus erogare gaudebat, Bd. 3, 5; S. 526, 26. hláf bræc and him rǽhte, Lk. Skt. 24, 30.

Linked entry: a-rǽcan

eáþe-lic

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hæfde mid him eáþelicne fódan . . . þá eáðelican þénunga heom þénode, Hml. S. 23, 234, 239.

Linked entry: íþe-lic

flinten

(adj.)
Grammar
flinten, adj.

Flinty

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Flinty, of flint Heó wǽron flintenre heortan, Wlíst. 252, I note

feorh-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-ádl, e; f.

A mortal diseasefatal sicknessfatālis 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

(v.)
Grammar
a-fíndan, l. á-findan ; p. -fand, -funde; pl. -fundon; pp. -funden,
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hyne áxode hwæt áfunde be þám Hǽlende, St. A. 44, 11. ne mihte on his móde áfindan ( he could not find it in his heart ) þæt þone nacodan ne gefréfrode, Hml. Th. ii. 500, 25. Gif ǽnig mǽden mihte beón áfunden, Hml. A. 94, 72.

ge-hradian

(v.)
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Substitute: trans, (i) to cause a thing to be done rapidly 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 Godes áre gewanige oþþe ǽnigne incan séce, hú heó gewanod weorþe, Lch. iii. 442, 17. a cause of complaint Hyra nán ne gedyrstlǽce þæt ... ǽnig ðing áhsige ... þe lǽs þe ǽnig inca (incca, v.l.) geseald sý (ne detur