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Greg. 251.24: gif he Sam gehiersuman mannum ncefde geteohchad his eSel to 
sellanne = 190.22: Nisi enim correctis haereditatem dare disponeret .— lb. 
419.13: Baet ilce Saet he getiohchod hcefde to biddanne he cwaeS Saet him waere aer 
forgiefen = 340.23: Qui dum se adhuc petere promittit, hoc quod petere se 
promittebat, obtinuit. — lb. 445.7: Sonne Sonne hie forlaetaS . . . Sa god Se hi 
getiohchod cefdon (sic!) to Sonne (sic! for to donne), Saet etc. = 372.19: quia dum 
proposita non perficiunt, etiam quae fuerant coepta convellunt. 
Solil. 37.5: me lyst Sara Se ic getiohhod habbe to cetanne = 0 . 
Pr. Ps. 10.3: hi wilniaS . . . Saet hi toweorpen Saet God geteohhad hcefS to 
wyrcanne = 10.4: Quoniam quae perfecisti, destruxerunt. 
Mf. Horn. I. 198 b : Ic geteohode min lif on maegShade to geendigenne. 
/Elf. L. S. XXXI. 677: Sone Se he aer geteohhode mid teonan to forseonne. 
geSencan, think, strive for: 
/Elf. Hept.: Job, XII (= 6.27): ge logiaS eowere spraece and geSencaS to 
awendenne eowerne freond = eloquia concinnatis, et subvertere nitimini amicum 
vestrum. 
laeran, 1 teach: 
Bede 258.8: he rehte endebyrdnesse lifes aeteawde, y rihte Eastran to 
weorSianne loerde = 204.20: rectum uiuendi ordinem, ritum celebrandi paschae 
canonicum . . . disseminabat. — lb. 276.6 b : ongon Iceran to healdenne . . . Sa 
Sing = 214.27 b : coepit obseruanda docere. 
Boeth. 79.17: ne Se nan neodSearf ne Icerde to wyrcanne Saet Saet Su worhtest 
= 71.3: 0. 
Lcece. 35.10: Sume an word wiS naedran bite IceraS to cweSenne, Saet is faul, 
ne maeg him derian. 
mynnan, direct one’s course to, intend: 
And. 295: to Sam lande, Saer Se lust myneS to gesecenne. 
Gu. 1062: Saer min hyht myneS to gesecanne. 
ongietan, understand: 
/Elf. L. S. XXIII B. 801: Iohannes soSlice ongeat sume Sa mynsterwisan to 
gerihtanne swa swa seo halige aer foresaede. 
sirwan, plot: 
Apol. 31.34: he . . . me Sa sirwde to ofsleanne = 48 b2 : me machinabatur 
occidere (or final?). 
smeagan [smean], think upon, meditate: 
Greg. 55.22: smeagaS Seah & SeahtigaS on hiera modes rinde monig god 
weorc to wyrcanne = 32.10: operaturos tamen se magna pertradant. 
Pr. Ps. 18.12: ne eac Sinne willan ne maeg smeagan to wyrcanne = 0. 
Mf. Horn. II. 146: Saer he sylf smeade Saet hus to arcerenne. 
tacan, take to: 
Chron. 263 m , 1135 E: Dauid King of Scotland toe to uuerrien him. 
taecan, 2 teach: 
Greg. 165.10: Ba isernan hierstepannan he tcehte for iserne weall to settanne 
betuh Saem witgan & Saere byrig = 120.12: Sartago enim ferrea murus ferreus 
inter prophetam et civitatem ponitur. 
Mf. Horn. II. 216 b : Bus tcehte Crist on Saere Niwan GecySnysse eallum 
cristenum mannum to donne. 
tellan, account, consider: 
1 Cf. Gorrell, l. c., p. 375. 
1 Cf. Gorrell, l. c., p. 370. 
