under
Under ⬩ under ⬩ at the foot of ⬩ under ⬩ within ⬩ among ⬩ below ⬩ beneath ⬩ down
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Under. Grammar under, with dat. local, without motion to bring one object under another, where one object has another vertically above it Ða wæteru ðe wǽron under ðære fæstnisse, Gen. 1, 7. Under heofenum, 6, 17.
Linked entries: Middel-Seaxe þúsend
under
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I c. add Lǽt reócan swíþe betweoh þá þeóh úp under þæt hrægl, Lch. ii. 332, I
under-bregdan
to spread under
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to spread under Óþer eáre hí him on niht under-brédaþ and mid óðran hí wreóð unam aurem sibi noctem substernunt, de alia se cooperiunt, Nar. 37, 12
under-standing
Intelligence
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Intelligence On andgyte inran under-standincge sense interioris intelligentie, Scint. 221, 13
Linked entry: -standing
under-wed
A pledge ⬩ security
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A pledge, security 'Gif ðú mé sylst underwedd ( arrhabonem) óð ðæt ðú mé sende ðæt ðú mé behǽtst' ... 'Hwæt wilt ðú tó underwedde (pro arrhabone ) nyman?' ... Iudas sende án tyccen wið his hirde, ðæt hé fette ðæt underwedd, Gen. 38, 17-20. Gylde hé ðæt
under-delfan
to dig under ⬩ undermine ⬩ dig out ⬩ suffocare
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to dig under, undermine, dig out (lit. or fig.) Ic underdelfe subfodio, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 6; Zup. 179, 11. Æt dura hé under-delfeþ ( suffodiet ) fótwylmas ðíne, Scint. 196, 8.
under-fangelnes
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with the note, -ennes scheint aus -elnes korrigiert.'
under-fón
to receive ⬩ to have given ⬩ to get ⬩ to receive ⬩ submit to ⬩ a rite ⬩ to receive a person ⬩ to receive for the purpose of entertaining, sheltering, harbouring ⬩ to receive for safe conduct, custody ⬩ to receive as a servant or dependent ⬩ to receive, admit into a society ⬩ to receive as a master ⬩ to submit to ⬩ to receive ⬩ admit the claims of ⬩ to receive, admit the force of a person's words ⬩ accept testimony ⬩ to receive what is offered ⬩ to accept ⬩ to receive ⬩ serve as a receptacle for ⬩ to receive or accept an office, a duty, etc. ⬩ to take upon one's self ⬩ to undertake a labour, task, etc. ⬩ to receive what is burdensome ⬩ undergo ⬩ bear ⬩ to take surreptitiously ⬩ to steal
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under fangen), Lchdm. iii. 286, 4
Linked entry: under-niman
under-serc
An under-garment
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An under-garment Undersyrc colophium ( = colobium ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 45
under-diácon
An under-deacon ⬩ a sub-deacon
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An under-deacon, a sub-deacon Underdiácon subdiaconus, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 26: Rtl. 194, 9.
Linked entries: sub-diácon subdiácon
under-streowod
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Under-strewn, having material to lie on Ic eom hnesce understreowod. Hml. S. 37, 201
under-dón
to put under ⬩ subjicere
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to put under; subjicere Ðone wudu ðe man ðæt fýr sceal underdón ligna quibus subjiciendus est ignis, Lev. 1, 12
under-geréfa
An under-officer
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An under-officer Geréfa consul, undergeréfa proconsul, Wrt. Voc, i. 18, 5. Se undergeréfa the pro-prefect, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 332: 7, 216
under-irnan
to under-run ⬩ run beneath ⬩ succurrere
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to under-run, run beneath Hé underyrnþ ealle ða twelf tácna, Lchdm. iii. 248, 1. Ðonne seó sunne hí hæfð ealle underurnen, 246, 10. ¶ As a gloss of succurrere : -- Underiorn succurre, Rtl. 43, 17
under-hnígan
to descend beneath ⬩ go lower than a place ⬩ to submit to what is laborious or painful ⬩ be subjected to evil ⬩ undergo punishment
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Hwílum ýða ic sceal underhnígan, 386, 29; Rä. 4, 69. to submit to what is laborious or painful, be subjected to evil, undergo punishment, etc., Grammar under-hnígan, with acc. of that which is undergone Ðonne hí ða scandlícan lustas ðisses middangeardes
under-gangan
to undergo
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to undergo Ic undergange subeo, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Zup. 217, 17
under-þeów
One reduced to slavery ⬩ one who serves under or is subject to another ⬩ a slave ⬩ servant
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One reduced to slavery, one who serves under or is subject to another, a slave, servant Hé geniédde Arhalaus ðone látteów ðæt hé wæs his underþeów, Ors. 5, 11; Swt. 238, 2.
Linked entry: þeów
under-niman
to take surreptitiously ⬩ to steal ⬩ to take into the mind ⬩ receive what is said, taught ⬩ to take upon one's self ⬩ to blame ⬩ resent
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Similar entries v. under-fón, VIII Gif feoh sý undernumen (under numen?), Lchdm. i. 392, 8. in figurative senses, to take into the mind, receive what is said, taught, etc.
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under-cyning
A dependent, tributary king ⬩ one who rules under another
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A dependent, tributary king, one who rules under another. Cyning rex, lytel cyning oððe undercyning regulus, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 16, 19. Kyning basileus, undercyning regillus, Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 47. Sum undercyning wæs erat quidam regulus, Jn.
under-fón
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Þǽre geendudne . . . mæssan þénunge underfó qua finita cantor missę officium inchoet, Angl. xiii. 391, 373