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tó-foran

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add: marking relation Seó lǽs is tóforan eallum mannum gemǽne the pasture is open to all, C.D. iii. 419, 21. add Swá micele swá se heofenlica cyning is mǽrra and furðor tóforan ðám eorðlican cininge, swá micele mára bið ðín wurðmynt tóforan ðám woruldlican

of-féran

(v.)

to overtake

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to overtake (an enemy) Pharao tengde æfter mid eallum his here and offérde hí æt ðære Reádan Sǽ Pharaoh pressed after with all his host, and overlook the Israelites at the Red Sea, Homl. Th. ii. 194, 16: Chr. 948; Erl. 118, 19.

Linked entry: of-faran

of-fillan

(v.)

to kill by felling, to kill by causing to fall, to destroy

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Alf. pol. 13; Th. i. 70, 9. Hí woldon heó sylfe offyllan oððe ádrencan ruina perituri aut fluctibus absorbendi, Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 33. Ðá hét se déma ðæt wíf weorpan on seáþ and ðǽr mid stánum offellan, Shrn. 89, 29

or-ceápe

(adv.)
Grammar
or-ceápe, -ceápes, -ceápunga, -ceápungum; adv.

Without payment, without cause, for nothing, gratis, gratuitously

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Alf. 11; Th. i. 46, 3. Hí onwunnon mé orceápunga ( gratis ), Ps. Spl. M. 119, 6. Orceápungum, Ps. Lamb. 108, 3

Linked entry: or-sceattinga

ge-stæððig

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-stæððig, adj. [stæðig firm]

Steadfast ⬩ firm ⬩ stăbĭlis ⬩ firmus

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Ealle gesceafta onfóþ æt ðam gestæððigan Gode, endebyrdnesse, and andwlitan, and gemetgunge all creatures receive from the steadfast God order, and form, and measure, Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 14

ge-wintred

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wintred, -wintrad; part.

Grown to full age ⬩ full-aged ⬩ aged ⬩ adultus

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Alf. pol. 26; Th. i. 78, 18

Linked entry: -wintred

wealwian

(v.)
Grammar
wealwian, p.ode

To fade, wither ⬩ wallow = to fade away

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Al welwed and wasted þo worþelych leues, Allit. Pms. 106, 475. See also welewed in Halliwell's Dict.]

a-dýdan

(v.)
Grammar
a-dýdan, -dýddan; p. -dýdde; pp. -dýded, -dýd; v. a. [a, dýdan to die]

To put to death ⬩ to destroy ⬩ kill ⬩ mortify ⬩ perdere ⬩ occidere

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Ðæt ic náteshwon nelle heonon forþ eall flǽsc adýdan mid flódes wæterum that I will not, by any means, henceforth destroy all flesh with the waters of a flood, Gen. 9, 11.

cwylmian

(v.)
Grammar
cwylmian, part.cwylmigende ; p. ode ; pp. od [cwealm pain, torment]

To suffer, suffer torment or pain ⬩ cruciāri

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Gehwylce mánfulle geféran on ðám écum tintregum cwylmiaþ all wicked associates shall suffer in everlasting torments, i. 526, 27

fant-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
fant-fæt, gen. fant-fætes; pl. nom. acc. fant-fatu; n.

A font vessel, the font for baptism ⬩ baptistērii vas

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gebroht synfull þurh Adames forgǽgednysse, to ðam fant-fæte, ac hit biþ aþwogen fram eallum synnum wiðinnan, ðeáh ðe hit wiðútan, his hiw ne awende a heathen child is brought to the font-vessel, sinful through Adam's transgression, but it is washed from all

Linked entry: fant

ful-oft

(adv.)
Grammar
ful-oft, full-oft; adv.

Full oft ⬩ very often ⬩ sæpissĭme

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Alf. 46; Th. i. 54, 18. Sió wyrd fuloft dereþ unscyldegum fate very often injures the guiltless, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 71; Met. 4, 36: Beo. Th. 964; 8. 480: Exon. 81 b; Th. 307, 16; Seef. 24: Cd. 216; Th. 274, 11; Sat. 152: Salm. Kmbl. 695; Sal. 347

Linked entries: oft full-oft

ge-bǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bǽtan, p. -bǽtte; pp. -bǽted, -bǽt [ge, and bǽtan to bridle]

To bit ⬩ bridle ⬩ curb ⬩ frēnum ĕquo vel ăsĭno injĭcĕre ⬩ frēnāre

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Hæfþ se Alwealda ealle gesceafta gebǽt mid his bridle the Almighty has restrained all creatures with his bridle, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 45; Met. 11, 23

Lǽden-ware

(n.)
Grammar
Lǽden-ware, pl.

The Latins ⬩ the Romans

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The Latins, the Romans Lǽdenware wendon hié ealla on hiora ágen geþeóde the Romans turned them all into their own language, Past. Pref; Swt. 6, 3. On Lédenwara gereorde lingua Latinorum, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 4.

niht-gerím

(n.)
Grammar
niht-gerím, es; n.

Reckoning by days ⬩ number of days

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Ealra hæfde Similar entries v. and syxtig ðá hé forþ gewát and nigon hund eác nihtgerímes in all the number of his days when he died was nine hundred and sixty-five years, Cd. Th. 72, 28; Gen. 1193

ge-hyhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hyhtan, p. te

To hope ⬩ trust

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Ðæt on ðínum upstige geblissian and gehyhton ealle ðíne gecorenan that in thy ascension all thine elect may rejoice and trust, 87, 25

Linked entry: hyhtan

GEÓL

(n.)
Grammar
GEÓL, giúl, iúl, geóhol, es; n.

festum jolense, festum natalitiorum Christi, festum quodvis, convivium

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Alf. pol. 5; Th. i. 64, 23, note: Menol. Fox 59, note a. Ðý twelftan dæge ofer geóhol Epiphaniæ, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 8.

hridder

Grammar
hridder, Add: <b>, hríder, hriddern</b>
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., and all but the first here refer to the same incident.]

ge-strínan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-strínan, -striénan; p. de; pp. ed

To obtain ⬩ get ⬩ acquire ⬩ beget ⬩ procreate ⬩ acquīrĕre ⬩ gignĕre ⬩ procreāre

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Alf. pol. 8; Th. i. 66, 19. Ðe hit on fruman gestríndon who first acquired it, 41; Th. i. 88, 19

hláford-hyldo

(n.)
Grammar
hláford-hyldo, f. -hyld, -held[?] m; or -hyldu, e; f.

Fidelity to a lord, ⬩ loyalty

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Eall ðæt wé ǽfre for riht-hláfordhelde dóþ all that we ever do from true loyalty, L. C. E. 20; Th. i. 372, 10

Linked entry: riht-hláfordhyldu

tó-sceácerian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sceácerian, p. ode

To waste, ⬩ devastate, ⬩ scatter

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Ðá wurdon hí ealle ðearle áfyrhte, and heora gesomnunga ealle wurdon sóna tósceácerode then (at the coming of the emperor Decius) they (the Christians) were all very frightened, and their congregations were at once scattered, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 23

Linked entry: sceácerian