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ymb-útan

(prep.; adv.)
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Ðá ongon hé sprecan swíþe feorran ymbúton velut ab alio orsa principio disseruit Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 11. For ðam folce ðe hér ymbútan stent, Jn. Skt. 11, 42. Ealla ða neáhstówa ðǽr ymbútan, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 22 : Cd. Th. 154, 3 ; Gen. 2550.

Linked entry: emb-útan

fér

(n.)
Grammar
fér, es; m.

Fearterrortĭmor

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Fear, terror; tĭmor Mid fére foldbúende se micla dæg meahtan Dryhtnes bihlǽmeþ the great day of the mighty Lord shall strike earth's inhabitants with fear, Exon. 20 b; Th. 54, 13; Cri. 868

ufenan

(prep.; adv.)

From aboveAbovebesides

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ða bóc hire tó lét..., and ufenan ðæt hire áð sealde, Chart. Th. 203, 1. ¶ Þǽr on ufenan thereupon : -- Hé cwæð, ðæt án culfre him fluge wið ðæt heáfod, swilce heó ðær on ufenan settan wolde, Homl. Ass. 198, 112

lilie

(n.)
Grammar
lilie, lilige, an; f.

A lily

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Codes gelaþung hæfþ on sibbe lilian, ðæt is clǽne drohtnung; on ðam gewinne, rósan, ðæt is martyrdóm, Homl. Th. ii, 546, 2. Besceáwiaþ æcyres lilian, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 28: Lk. Skt. 12, 27

un-geleáfsum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geleáfsum, adj.

Unbelievinginfidelnot Christian

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Gif hí ungeleáfsume ( infideles ) wǽron, hé hí laþede ðæt hí onféngon ðam gerýne Cristes geleáfan, 3, 5; S. 526, 30. Manige hǽþne men ungeleáfsume, Blickl. Homl. 129, 24. Ðám ungeleáfsumum ( infidelibus ) nóht biþ clǽne, Bd. 1, 27; S.494, 40.

Linked entry: ge-leáfsum

wíc-stów

(n.)
Grammar
wíc-stów, e ; f.
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a dwelling-place Ðis ða wyrta sind, ða se wilda fugel somnaþ tó his wícstówe, dǽr hé nest gewyrceþ, Exon. Th. 230, 6; Ph. 468. Ðá hé geseah ða wícstówa ðara ryhtwísena Israhéla justorum tabernacula respiciens.

un-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fáh, adj.

Not regarded as a foe

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Gif hine seó mǽgð forlǽte ... ðonne wille ic ðæt eall seó mǽgð sý unfáh, bútan ðam handdǽdan, L. Edm. S. 1; Th. i. 248, 2-7

Linked entries: un-fǽhð fáh

hoh-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
hoh-, hog-ful; adj.

Mindful, careful, anxious, wise, prudent

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Ðám ðe lufiaþ swíðor ða healícan clǽnnysse ðonne ða hohfullan gálnysse to those that love exalted chastity more than the wantonness which is full of care, Homl. Th. ii. 324, 5. Hogfullum prudentibus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 25

hell-waru

(n.)
Grammar
hell-waru, e; f.

The body of inhabitants in hell

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ðare helware [or ðara helwara(?)] stíðe pínnesse to the severe torment of the people of hell, Chart. Th. 369, 34

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friþian

(v.)
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Lch. iii. 438, 3. to protect, maintain the sanctity of a day Þone heaan dæg ( Sunday ) healdað and friðiað ealle þá ðe cunnon crístene þeáwas, Dóm.

þreátian

(v.)
Grammar
þreátian, p. ode.

to urgepressto oppressafflictvextroubleexerciseharassto urge a person to somethingpress for somethingforce to do somethingto reproverebuketo threaten

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Wyrd ... for ðý cymþ tó ðæm gódan, ðæt hió óþer twéga dó, oððe hine þreátige tó ðon ðæt hé bet dó ðonne hé ǽr dyde, oððe him leánige ðæt hé ǽr tela dyde fortuna ... remunerandi exercendive bonos causa deferatur, Bt. 40, 1; Fox 236, 3.

Linked entries: þreátnian þreátung

þurh-teón

(v.)

to carry throughget a proposal accepted, a request grantedto carry out a plan, orders, etc.give effect to an intentionto carry throughcarry on to a (successful) endto accomplishperformto perpetrateto carry oncontinueto bring to a successful issueto achievebring aboutbring to passto affordto go throughundergoto drawdrag

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Mennisclíc is ðæt mon on his móde costunga ðrowige on ðæm luste yfles weorces, ac ðæt is deófullíc ðæt hé ðone willan ður[h]teó, Past. 11; Swt. 71, 15. Gif hé ðæt þurhtió, ðæt hé getihhod hæfþ, Bt. 34, 7; Fox 144, 4.

ge-span

Grammar
ge-span, suggestion.
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Ús is gecynde ðæt wé ǽlc yfel on ðrió wísan ðurhtión, ðurh gespan (suggesiione) . . . Ðæt gespan bið ðurh dióful . . . Ðá wæs Adam ðurh gespan ðǽre nǽddran oferswíðed . . . On ðǽm gespane wé magon ongietan ðá synne, Past. 417, 19-30. Add

LÓCIAN

(v.)
Grammar
LÓCIAN, p. ode

To LOOKseegazeobserveregardtake heedlook (to)belongpertain

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Ealles ðæs ðe mé ðǽr tó lócaþ all that there belongs to me, Chart. Th. 542, 11. Ðás ii béc lóciaþ intó Ryppel, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 19, 22 : 256, 31.

Linked entries: lóc

wiþer-tíme

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-tíme, (-týme); adj.

Troublesomegrievous

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Troublesome, grievous Apozeus ys ðam foresprecenan híwe genóh wyðertýme, Anglia viii. 331, 14. Ða ðá mé wiðertýme ł hefigtýme hí wǽrun cum mihi molesti essent, Ps. Lamb. 34, 13

ýþian

(v.)
Grammar
ýþian, ýþgian; p. ode.
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Ðæt ýðigende flód, ðe ða synfullan ádylegode, Homl. Th. ii. 60, 4.

Linked entries: ýþan ýþgian

ge-gæncg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gæncg, es; m.

A societymeetingan assemblycœtus

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A society, meeting, an assembly; cœtus Ðe wæs on ðam gegæncge ðár man Crist bænde who was in the company where Christ was bound, Ælf. ep. 1st, 50; Th. ii. 386, 23

weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ, worþ, wurþ, wirþ, wyrþ, wirþe, wierþe, wyrþe, weorþe; adj.
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Ða gíslas ðe on ðam here weorþuste wǽron, Chr. 876; Erl. 79, 10.

of-talu

(n.)
Grammar
of-talu, e ; f.

The successful defence made against a claim

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Ðá ðá him seó talu cúð wæs, ðá sende hé gewrit tó ðam arcebisceope, and beád him ðæt hé and hys þegenas hý on riht gesémdon be ontale and be oftale the suit became known to the king.

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dimnes

(n.)
Grammar
dimnes, dymnys, -ness, -nyss, e; f.
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Se dæg is þeóstra dæg and dimnysse the day is a day of darkness and dimness, Homl. Th. i. 618, 17. Dymnys cālīgo, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Som. 8, 56

Linked entry: dymnys