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furþ-an

(adv.)
Grammar
furþ-an, furþ-on, furþ-um; adv. [furþ = forþ forth, furþan, furþon, furþum, forþum, dat.]

Alsotooevenindeedfurtherat firstetiamquĭdemprīmo

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He wéneþ furþon ðæt he man ne sý he even thinks that he is not man, Blickl. Homl. 179, 5. Ic furþum ongan búgan I first [prīmo] began to dwell Exon. 50 b; Th. 176, 21; Gú. 1213

Linked entry: furþum

wiþ-gínan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-gínan, p. de

To replyto repelreject

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Skt. ii. 25, 636) Ðá cwæð hé eft tó him sylfum: 'Tó sóðan ne þincð mé nǽfre ðæt hit sóð sý ðæt ðys sý Efesa byrig . . .'

Linked entry: gínan

candel

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Gif þé smælre candelle geneódige, þonne bláw þú on þínum scytefingre, Tech. ii. 120, 20. Acolitus is gecweden sé þe candele oððe tapor byrð, Ll. Th. ii. 348, 4. Gyf man mǽte ꝥ hé byrnende candele geseó, gód ꝥ byð, Lch. iii. 176, 12.

discipul

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Gif þú sý his discipul . . . sprec tó þínum discipulum, Bl. H. 233, 35. Hira discipulas wǽron wel gelǽrede, Bd. 4, 2; Sch. 344, 19. Discipulas discipuli, Mt. L. 26, 8. Bǽdon hine his discipulos, Bl. H. 227, 11. Wé synd discipuli Drihtnes, 233, 15.

eft-sóna

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Ne þincð mé nǽfre ꝥ hit sóð sý ꝥ þis sý Efesa byrig . . . ac ic nát eftsóna, ne ic nǽfre git nyste ꝥ ǽnig óþer byrig ús wǽre gehende búton Ephese ánre methinks it cannot be true that this is Ephesus, but again I do not know, nor ever yet did I know, that

féþe

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Petrus cwæð: 'Árís hál on þínum fótum' . . . and hé hleóp sóna cunnigende his féðes hwæðer hé cúðe gán, Hml. S. 10, 33. Mengu folgedun him on foeðe turbae secutae sunt eum pedestres, Mt. R. 14, 13. Þæt hé fǽrlíce his féðe forlure, Hml.

ge-dirfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dirfan, pp. ed.
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on bebodum þínum ego autem exercebor in mandatis tuis, Ps. L. 118, 78. to endanger, imperil. Cf. ge-deorfan ; Cild bið on wætere gedyrfed; gif hé ætwint, langlífe hé bið, Lch. iii. 184, 4: 188, 4. Gedyrfed jactata, Germ. 402, 46.

græf

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Mín Drihten, sié þé þonc þæs þe þú léte þínne líchoman on græf álecgan, Angl. xii. 507, 8. Þeáh þe græf wille golde strégan bróðor his geborenum, Seef. 97

lytig

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Wénst þú þæt seó mengio þínra monna þé mæge dón gesǽligne ? Nese, nese. Ac gif hié yfele sint and lytige, ðonne sint hié þé pleólicran gehæfd þonne genæfd, Bt. 14, 1 ; Fox 42, note 10

menen

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Sunu þínre þínenne ł mennenne filium ancillae tuae, Ps. L. 85, 16. Be þám Godes mænnene (menn, þeówene, v. ll. ) de ancilla Dei, Gr. D. 29, 20. Gif hé þeów oþþe þeów mennen (þeówne, þeowene, v. ll. ) ofstinge. Ll. Th. i. 50, 3 : Gen. 2233

sǽtung

(n.)
Grammar
sǽtung, e; f.

A lying in wait, plot, snare

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Gif him þince ðæt hé feala earna ætsomne geseó, ðæt biþ yfel níð and manna ǽtunga and seara, Lchdm. iii. 168, 11.

Linked entries: sétung sǽtnung

for

beforein front ofbeforesinceagoforfromthroughon account offorfromthroughinstead of in place ofin exchange forin return forin expiation ofin redemption foron behalf ofin support ofin respect toin relation toas regardsagainstfromin spite ofnotwithstandingin accordance withaccording toas representative offorto takein compensation foras punishment forfor the sake ofon behalf of for the benefit ofAs representative of

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For leahtrum álés þíne gesceft, Hy. 8, 33.

ge-gearcian

(v.)
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Add: to make ready. to prepare a thing for use Ic gegearcode míne gód, Hml. Th. i. 522, 6. Þǽra hálgena síðfæt is gegearcod iter sanctorum preparata est, Hml. S. 2, 62: Hml.

á-wǽgan

to deceiveto make of no effect,to fail to performto invalidatenullify

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Forgyldan ealle þá þing þe wé ofor his bebod gedydon oþþe þæs áwǽgdon þe wé dón sceoldan, Bl. H. 91, 17. Áwǽgdon fefellisset (pollicita). An. Ox. 2, 237. Hí heora fulluhtes behát ðurh forgǽgednysse áwǽgdon, Hml. Th. ii. 338, 9.

ge-cýþan

(v.)
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Þú miht þíne mihte gecýþan on þínre þeówan, Bl. H. 157, 3.

Linked entry: cýþan

eard

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Th. 86, 6. in connexion with things, natural place, native soil (of plants) Ǽlc þing biþ fullest on his ágenum earda, Bt. 34, 1; F. 134, 24

un-fæger

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fæger, adj.

Not fairnot beautifulfouluglyhorrid

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Þincð his ( a dead man's ) neáwist láþlíco and unfæger, Blickl. Homl. 111, 30. Him of eágum stód líge gelícost leóht unfæger from Grendel's eyes there shot a horrid light like flame, Beo. Th. 1459; B. 727.

un-gestæððig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gestæððig, adj.

Inconstantunstable

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Ða gesceaftas ðe wé embe sprecaþ, ðæt heó ús þince ungestæðþie, hý habbaþ sumne dǽl gestæþinesse, Shrn. 168, 30. Ða ungestæððegan and unfæsðrǽdan inconstantes, Past. 23; Swt. 177, 3.

brýd-búr

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Se heofonlica cyning gearwaþ þínne innoþ his suna tó brýdbúre, Bl. H. 9, 10, 26. Ðǽre forman brýdniht, þá hí twá wǽron on ðǽm brýdbúre, Shrn. 49, 3. On þǽre nyhte þá heó wæs ingelǽded on þone brýdbúr, 149, 22.

líþ-ness

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Eáwlá, wíf, tó hwan wenest ðú þínes líchoman hǽle mid smyringe and oftþweále and Sórum líðnessum (lenitivis) ? Verc. Först. 166. Add