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mælan

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Hyt ys gerǽdd ꝥ Móyses lǽrde ꝥ folc, and þus wordum mǽlde, Angl. viii. 322, 4. Hé mǽlde and him beforan sǽde praedixit, Gr. D. 103, 32. Add

forþ-gewitenes

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-gewitenes, -ness, e; f.

A going forth ⬩ departure ⬩ profectio

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A going forth, departure; profectio Blissade ðæt þeóstre folc on forþgewitenesse oððe fære heora lætáta est Ægyptus in profectiōne eōrum, Ps. Lamb. 104, 38

mis-féran

(v.)

to go astray ⬩ transgress

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to go astray, transgress Hé (Saul ) ðæt folc bewerodewið ða hǽðena leóda, ðeáh hé misférde on manegum óðrum þingum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 4

Linked entry: mis-faran

Fariséos

(n.)
Grammar
Fariséos, gen. o ; pl.

The Pharisees

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Ðæt folc Fariséo (Phariséo, v. l.), 360, 25

Linked entry: Fariséisc

wracian

(v.)
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to drive, press, carry on an action Þá folc him betweónum ful x. winter þá gewin wraciende wǽron, Ors. I. ii; S. 50, 21

of-habban

(v.)

to keep from, hold back, restrain

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to keep from, hold back, restrain Gif ðú ðæt (letting the people go) git dón nelt and ðæt folc ofhæfst (retines), Ex. 9, 2

Linked entry: of-healdan

þegnest

(n.)
Grammar
þegnest, (? related to þegnian as O. Sax. thionost,O. L. Ger. thianust, thienest, O. H. Ger. dionóst, Icel. þjónusta are to verbs thionón, dionón, þjóna respectively; or(?) þénest, þeónest the English form corresponding to the nouns given above. The passage in which the word occurs separately refers to Germany, so perhaps the German form has been borrowed(?): where it occurs as the first part of a compound the form is þeónest; in the same passage, which is late, eó is written where é is the more regular form, as heót for hét; perhaps, however, the Scandinavian form has influenced the English)

Service

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Service Þæs ilcan géres fór Aldréd biscop tó Colne ofer sǽ, and wearð ðær underfangen mid mycclan weorðscipe, and him geaf ǽgðer þéneste ge se biscop on Colone and se cásere, Chr. 1054; Erl. 189, 25. (This passage occurs in only one MS.)

Linked entry: þegnest-mann

on-hebban

(v.)
Grammar
on-hebban, p. -hóf (the weak form -hefde also occurs); pp. -hafen.

to lift up, raise (the eyes, voice) ⬩ to raise (as barm does), to leaven ⬩ to take up, begin ⬩ to take away ⬩ metaph. to lift up, exalt (generally in a bad sense)

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to lift up, raise (the eyes, voice) Ðonne ic mec onhæbbe, and hí onhnígaþ tó mé, Exon. Th. 412, 28; Rä. 31. 7. Ðá onhóf Laurentius his égan up, Shrn. 116, 4. Petrus onhóf his stefne, Blickl. Homl. 149, 21. to raise (as barm does), to leaven Ne ete gé

Linked entries: an-hebban in-hebban

feánes

(n.)
Grammar
feánes, -ness,e ; f.

Fewness ⬩ paucĭtas

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Fewness; paucĭtas Seó feánes nýdde ðara sacerda ðæt in bisceop beón sceolde ofer tú folc paucĭtas sacerdōtum cōgēbat ūnum antistĭtem duōbus pŏpŭlis præfĭci, Bd. 3, 21; S. 551, 33

leód-scipe

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Þæt folc of gehwilcum leódscipe þá stówe geneósiað, Hml. Th. i. 510, 12. For ðone cincg and ealne his leódscipe, C. D. iii. 315, 16. Cf. leód-rǽden. Add

tó-brǽdan

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Ox. 23, 47. add: — Se consul wæs wénende þæt eall þæt folc wǽre gind þæt lond tóbrǽd, Ors. 4, 8; S. 188, 12

mis-wissian

(v.)

to mis-direct

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to mis-direct Gif mæssepreóst folc miswissige æt freólse and æt fæstene, gylde xxx sciłł. mid Englum, L. E. G. 3; Th. i. 168, 8

un-ceápunga

(adv.)
Grammar
un-ceápunga, adv.

Without payment or recompense ⬩ gratis

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Without payment or recompense; gratis Nó ic wið feohsceattum ofer folc bere Drihtnes dómas, ac ðé unceápunga orlæg secge, Cd. Th. 262, 18; Dan. 746

timbran

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Þá fór Cradoc tó ... and ꝥ folc eall mǽst ofslóh þe þǽr timbrode, Chr. 1065; P. 191, 27

ǽn-líce

(adv.)
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Ðá cwæð ðæt folc ðæt hé ǽnlíce spræc, 18, 111: 36, 79: Hml. A. 103, 44. Add

ge-syfl-melu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-syfl-melu, n.

Dough

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Dough Ðæt folc nam gesyflmelu [gesyft melu, Thw.] ǽr ðam hit gebyrmed wǽre the people took their dough before it was leavened, Exod. 12, 34

Linked entry: ge-syft

eoldra

(adj.)
Grammar
eoldra, eolldra older, Bt. 16, 1; Fox 50, 7. Eolldra fæder grandfather, Bt. 10; Fox 28, 32 ; comp.
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of eald

dál

(n.)
Grammar
dál, es; n.

A division, allotment, portion, DOLE ⬩ discrimen, divisio, portio

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A division, allotment, portion, DOLE; discrimen, divisio, portio Ic sette dál betwux ðín folc and mín folc ponam divisionem inter populum meum et populurn tuum, Ex. 8, 23.

æl-þeódine

(adj.)
Grammar
æl-þeódine, for æl-þeódigne, acc. s. of æl-þeódig.

foreign ⬩ a proselyte

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foreign, a proselyte,Mt. Bos. 23, 15 ;

a-séngan

(v.)
Grammar
a-séngan, for a-sénian [a, sénian to see]

To shew ⬩ discover ⬩ manifest ⬩ manifestare ⬩ perspicuum facere

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To shew, discover, manifest; manifestare, perspicuum facere Ðe ic aséngan ne mæg which I may not discover, Exon. 70 a ; Th. 261, 11; Jul. 313

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