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a-fyrhtan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fyrhtan, p. -fyrhte; pp. -fyrhted, -fyrht

To affrightterrifyterrereexterrereperterreretimore afficere

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Wǽran mid egsan ealle afyrhte with dread were all affrighted, Cd. 222 ; Th. 288, 22; Sat. 385. Ða weardan wǽron afyrhte custodes exterriti sunt, Mt. Bos. 28, 4: Bd. 3, 16; S. 543, 12, MS. T. Afirhte, Gen. 14, 10

Linked entry: a-firhtan

a-fýran

(v.)
Grammar
a-fýran, p. de; pp. ed, yd [a, fýran castrare]

To castratecastrare

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To castrate; castrare Afýred olfend a dromedary, a kind of swift camel; dromeda MS. Twegen afýryde men duo eunuchi, Gen. 40, 1

Linked entries: afýrida be-lisnian

a-fyran

(v.)
Grammar
a-fyran, p. ede; pp. ed

To removetake awayexpelamovereelongare

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To remove, take away, expel; amovere, elongare. Exon. 43 b; Th. 147, 1; Gú. 720

á-fyrhtan

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ꝥ hí ne áfyrhte ꝥ gewin þæs síþfætes. Bd. I. 23; S. 486, 1. Hiora rýung þá elpendas meahte áfyrhton, Nar. 21, 26. Wearð hé áfyrht and áfǽred, Lch. iii. 424, 36. Áfyrhted, Bl. H. 185, 36. Woeron áfryhtad periclitabantur , Lk. L. 8, 23.

a-fyrran

(v.)
Grammar
a-fyrran, -fyran; p. ede, de; pp. ed [a from, fyrr far]

To removetake awayexpeldeliveramovereavertereelongareauferreeripere

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To remove, take away, expel, deliver; amovere, avertere, elongare, auferre, eripere Næddran hí afyrraþ serpentes tollent, Mk. Bos. 16, 18. Beóþ afyrrede are taken away. Ps. Spl. 57, 8. Ðú afyrdest of Jacobe ða graman hæftnéd avertisti captivitatem Jacob

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a-fyran

Grammar
a-fyran, dele.

á-fýran

Grammar
á-fýran, (and á-fýrd, -fýrida).
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Sindun áfýrde ( eunuchi) þá ðe swá ákende wérun, and syndun áfýrde þá þe wurdon from monnum, and sindun áfýrde þá þe hié sylfum áfýrdun (castraverunt ), Mt. R. 19, 12. Áfýred (-id) olbenda dromidus , Txts. 57, 707. Ðá áfýrdan eunuchi , Past. 407, 33

Linked entry: á-fýrida

a-fýrd

(n.)
Grammar
a-fýrd, es; m.

A eunuchspado

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A eunuch; spado, Cot. 189

sige-fæst

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Add Se feónd biþ sóna áfyrht for ðám sigefæstan tácne, Hml. S. 27, 154

leóht-bora

(n.)
Grammar
leóht-bora, an ; m.
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A light-bearer Ðá warð his leóhtbora áfyrht swýðe, Vis. Lfc. 36

Linked entry: bora

forhtnys

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Warð his leóhtbora áfyrht . . . and mid þǽre forhtnæsse . . . slǽp, Vis. Lfc. 38. Add

un-forhtmód

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forhtmód, adj.

Fearless

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Sixtus unforhtmód tó his preóstum clypode: 'Míne gebróðra, ne beó gé áfyrhte, and eówer nán him ne ondrǽde ða scortan tintregunga,' 416, 6

Linked entry: forht-mód

hýdan

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Ðá wǽron hié þý swýðor áfyrhte and hié fæstor hýddan tanto magis cunctis propter timorem abditis, Nar. 10, 26. Add

hlysnan

(v.)

to listen

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Hlysnende, áfyrhte attoniti, 101, 19. Hlysnendum, tó hircniendum ad-tonitis, 4, 45. Hlysnendi arectas, 101, 4

Linked entries: lysnan hlosnian

ge-líðewǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líðewǽcan, p. -wǽhte; pp. -wǽht

To softencalmappeaselēnīre

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His afyrhte mód swíðe fægerlíce mid his frófre he gelíðewǽhte he gently appeased his troubled mind with his comfort, Ælfc. T. 37, 24

þeaht

(n.)
Grammar
þeaht, e; f.
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Nero, ðá ðá hé ðæs folces ðeaht geácsode, wearð tó feore áfyrht, Homl. Th. i. 384, 7. On módes þeaht, Elen. Kmbl. 2482; El. 1242

un-mǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-mǽþ, e; f.

Transgressionwrong

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Ða discipulas wǽron on heora módgeþance swíðlíce áfyrhte and gedréfde, swá hit nǽnig fyren wæs (unmǽþ næs, MS. F. i.e. it was perfectly right that they should be troubled ), Homl. Ass. 162, 234

á-fǽran

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Wearð hé áfyrht and áfǽred. Lch. iii. 424, 36. Hwý sceal ic beón áfǽrd?, Ps. Th. 26, 2. Wǽron sume tó deáðe áfǽrede. St. A. 34, 32. Add

líc-mann

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Man heóld þá ꝥ líc on þá hǽðenan wísan . . . þá on þone feórðan dæg fǽrlíce on mergen árás se ylce Gád árǽred þurh God, and þá lícmen wurdon wundorlíce áfyrhte, Hml. S. 36, 130

scín

(v.)
Grammar
scín, scýn; p. scíde, scídde (cf. týn, þýn
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for conjugation) To sky, be afraid Martinus rád gescrýd mid sweartum cláþum; þá scýddon (scýhdon, v. l.) þá múlas þe ꝥ cræt tugon ðurh his tócyme áfyrhte, Hml. S. 31, 971. [v. N. E. D. shy; vb. O. H. Ger. sciuhen perhorrescere.] Cf. sceóh