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eall

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Feówor and twéntig tída, ðæt is ealles án dæg and án niht, Hex. 8, 32. Férde Jacób mid his twelf sunum and his suna sunum ealles hund*-*seofontig manna, Hml. Th. ii. 190, 30. Þá hæftlingas ealles sixtýne, Hml. S. 5, 134.

ge-myndig

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Add: I. having remembrance of. without construction Hé gecostad wearð in gemyndigra monna tídum (in the times of men who can remember the events; cf. míne dihteras . . . mihton gemunan . . . þá wundru þisses eádigan weres (Guthlac), Guth.

hláf

breada loafcakebreadbreadmannacake

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Ðá wicþénas ǽnre tíde ǽr gemǽnum gereorde gán tó hláfe (accipiant panem), 59, 14. with qualifying words: Hé þǽre ytemestan yldo his lífes mid medmiclum hláfe and cealde wætere (pane cibario et frigida aqua) áwreþede, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 630, 19.

Linked entry: hláf-gang

þæt

(con.)
Grammar
þæt, conj.
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Kmbl. 781; El. 391. where the clause is equivalent to a phrase, preposition and noun, with adjectival force, defining the noun in the main clause Hit wæs ðá se tíma, þæt wínberian rípodon now the time was the time of the first-ripe grapes (A.

neáh

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
neáh, néh

nighnearnearnearlyaboutof place

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Ðǽr ðǽr hé niéhst rýmet hæfde, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 9. of time Ðisses middangeardes ende ( or dat. ? ) swíðe neáh is, Blickl. Homl. 107, 23.

ofer

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Th. 60, 5. (8 a) marking sequence in time of events :-- Ofer mínre gecígnesse þú gesettest ealle þíne apostolas tó mínre byrgenne (cf. 137, 25-27) after I am called from this world thou hast appointed all thine apostles to attend my burial, Bl.

mǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽre, adj.

Greatexcellentdistinguishedillustrioussublimesplendidcelebratedfamouswidely knownnotoriousdistinguished by evil deedsinsignis

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Seó mǽre tiid (Easter), Menol. Fox 114; Men. 57. Se mǽra dæg the great and terrible day of the Lord, Exon. 23 b; Th. 65, 16; Cri. 1055. Ðæt is mǽre spell no common tale is that, Cd. 119; Th. 155, 2; Gen. 2566: Elen. Kmbl. 1936; El. 970.

fæst

constantfirmsteadfastfixedunchangeablefirmsecurestubbornunyieldingfirmsolidcompactstrongfirmstrongfortifiedunbrokenundisturbedstandard

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Ceólas æt sǽfearoðe oncrum fæste, El. 252. of a band, tie, &c., not easily loosed: Ðeáh seó leó fæste racentan hæbbe, Bt. 25; F. 88, 9. Þǽm fæstestum tenacissimis (vinculis), Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 2. of alliance, agreement, &c.

húru

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Add: <b>, híru, hýru</b>. qualifying measurements, at least, about Wé wið þám wyrmum wunnan húru twá tída þǽre nihte (prope duas horas), Nar. 13, 27. Húru ferme (centies exorans ferme ), An. Ox. 17, 38. Húru embe seofon niht, Bl.

þanc

(n.)
Grammar
þanc, es; m.
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Hwæþer ðe ðú hý forseó and ðínes ágenes þonces hí forléte búton sáre ðe ðú gebíde hwonne hí ðé sorgiendne forlétan whether thou despise them and of thine own accord abandon them without a pang, or wait till the time comes when they abandon thee sorrowing

Linked entries: þancung þonc

weorold

(n.)
Grammar
weorold, (-uld), weorld, worold (-uld, -eld), world, e; f. (but se woruld, Prov. Kmbl. 40: worldes, Lk. Skt. l, 70: ðissum worulde, Met. 10, 70)
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VIII. a person's world, conditions of life Hwæðer Boetie eall his woruld lícode ðá hé gesǽlgost wæs, Bt. 26, tit.; Fox xiv, 18: 26, 1; Fox 90, 23. Hyra woruld wæs gehwyrfed, Cd. Th. 21, 3; Gen. 318.

wunian

(v.)
Grammar
wunian, p. ode

To dwellremainto dwellabidestayremainliveto inhabit a place, live in or onto live, be in certain conditions or circumstances,to abidebe present with a person to comfort or helpto berestresideremainoccupy a positionto consist of or in,subsist, existto remainlastcontinueendureto be wont

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Se snáw leng ne wunede ðonne áne tíde, Nar. 23, 21. Hí wunedun (wéren wungiende mansissent, Lind.) óð ðysne dæg, Mt. Kmbl. 11, 23. Ðæt hió ne wunian on worldlífe ita ut non sint, Ps. Th. 103, 33.

Linked entries: wunung wynian

wíse

(n.)
Grammar
wíse, an: wís, e; f.

a wise waymannermodefashionstate conditionan arrangementinstructiona dispositiondirectionconditiona thingres negotiuma causereasonres

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Ðonne ðé ðín wíse lície cum bene tibi fuerit, Gen. 40, 14. Hǽte hym man bæþswá hraþe swá hys wíse gódige. Lchdm. iii. 122, 8.

Linked entry: wís-fæst

Agustin

(n.)
Grammar
Agustin, es; m: Agustīnus, Augustīnus, i; m:

St. AugustineAugustinus

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Ðæt Gregorius sende Agustíno pallium ut Gregorius Augustīno pallium miserit, 1, 29, titl.; S. 498, 2.

EALDOR

(n.)
Grammar
EALDOR, aldor, es, ; n: e;

lifevita

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Th. 126, 6. age, in the expressions, on ealdre, on aldre ever; unquam and to ealdre always; semper, which are used not only with regard to the duration of life, but also in general for an unlimited period of time, independently or with the addition of

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be-windan

(v.)
Grammar
be-windan, bi-windan; p. -wand, -wond, pl. -wundon; pp. -wunden; v. a.

To wind or bind around or about, entwine, wrap, enwrap, encircle, surround, wind, turnamplecti, involvere, cingere, circumdare, volvere

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Hwonne us líffreá tíre bewinde when the Lord of life may surround us with honour, >Exon. 8 a; Th. 3, 1; Cri. 29. Ic eom bewunden mid wuldre I am surrounded with glory, 108 a; Th. 412, 18; Rä. 31, 2.

scríðan

(v.)
Grammar
scríðan, p. scráð, pl. scridon; pp. scriden, scriðen.
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Th. 1305 ; B. 650. of the coming of times or seasons, of the passage of time Ðæs scríð ymb seofon niht Weódmónaþ on tun, Menol, Fox 270 ; Men. 136. Dagas forþ scridun, Exon. Th. 160, 12 ; Gú. 942.

strengðu

(n.)
Grammar
strengðu, (o); indecl. : strengð, e; f.
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Hí lǽrdon ðæt hí módes strengþo náman, Bd. 1, 12 ; S. 481, 5. (1 a) the time when a man is strong, mature years :-- On mínum cildháde oððe on mínre geógoðe oððe on mínre strengðe oððe on mínre ylde, Anglia xi. 102, 2. violence, force Hé ða ongeánwinnendan

for-niman

to comprehendcarry offdo away withdefraudconsume

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Úre hors wǽron swíðe mid þurste fornumene, Nar. 12, 14. of the passage of time On sáre and on geómrunga mín líf and míne geár syndon fornumene, Bl. H. 89, 15

Linked entry: for-nǽman

ge-wislíce

(adv.)
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S. 25, 803. of the action of things, with certainty, with unfailing regularity Nǽron nó swá gewislíce ne swá endebyrdlíce hiora stede and hiora ryne funden on hiora stówum and on hiora tídum non tam certus naturae ordo procederet, nec tam dispositos