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þrág

(n.)
Grammar
þrág, þráh, e; f.

a timeseasontime

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ðý wyrs meahte þolian ða þráge, ðá hió swá þearl becom (cf. Ðá hit gelomp ðæt on swá micelre nearunesse becom, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 26), Met. 1, 77. Grammar þrág, adverbial uses. Similar entries Cf. hwíl Þráge interim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 76.

Linked entry: wód-þrág

wissung

(n.)
Grammar
wissung, e; f.

guidancedirectiondirectioninstructionteachingrulegovernmentdirection

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(the apostles ) ða láre on bócum áwriton be Godes ágenre wissunge, L. Ælfc. P. 20; Th. ii. 370, 29: Homl. Ass. 20, 156. heóldon Godes ǽ æfter Móyses wissunge, 101, 319. ðurhwunedon swá þurh his wissunge, 30, 149.

brecan

(v.)

to shatterdemolishto subduetamereflexto strugglestrive

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Gyf man hús brece, ii. 140, 34. Hié þæt fæsteti brecan woldon, Ors. 4, 11; S. 206, 13. Hwænne se ðeóf cóme his hús tó brecenne, Hml. A. 50, 11. reflex, to exert one's self violently (cf.

Linked entry: bracan

for-wrecan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wrecan, p. -wræc, pl. -wrǽcon; pp. -wrecen [wrecan to drive]

To drive outbanishexpelexpellĕrepropellĕrefŭgāre

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To drive out, banish, expel; expellĕre, propellĕre, fŭgāre Ðý-læs hit ýþa þrym forwrecan meahte lest the force of the waves might drive it out, Beo. Th. 3843; B. 1919. He hine feor forwræc he banished him far, 219; B. 109.

ge-ærnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ærnan, he -ærneþ; p. de; pp. ed.

To runcurrĕreTo run forto gain by runningcursu certārepropalma cursu contendĕre

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To run for, to gain by running; cursu certāre, propalma cursu contendĕre He nimþ ðone læstan dǽl, se nýhst ðæm túne ðæt feoh geærneþ he takes the least part, who nearest the town, gains [by running] the property, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 22, 40

hwíl-wende

(adj.)
Grammar
hwíl-wende, adj.

Temporary

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mǽrsaþ on ðære écan worulde for heora hwílwendum geswince ðises sceortan lífes, 562, 5. Ðæt gelýfon tó geágenne ða écan welan, ða ðe for his naman ða hwílwendan spéda forhogiaþ, i. 64, 20

Linked entry: hwílende

lah-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
lah-líce, adv.

Lawfully

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Lawfully, according to law Ne úre nǽnig his líf ne fadode swá swá scolde ne gehádode regollíce ne lǽwede lahlíce nor hath any one of us ordered his life as he should, neither those ordained according to their rules nor the laymen according to the

Linked entry: lah-líc

dolg-swæþ

(n.)
Grammar
dolg-swæþ, n.: -swaþu; f.
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Eáðe mihte Críst árísan of deáðe bútan dolhswaðum, ac heóld þá dolh*-*swaðu, Hml. Th. i. 234, 26. grápodon ðá dolhswaðu, 302, 2. fem. Nán dolswaþu næs gesýne, Hml. Th. ii. 492, 9. hæfde áne dolhswaðe on his hneccan, Hml. S. 30, 268.

hund-feald

Grammar
hund-feald, [In the first passage perhaps hundfealdgetel should be read. v. þúsendfeald-getel.]
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Add: — Heó næfð þone wurðmynt þæs hundfealdan wæstmes, Hml. A. 34, 250. underféhð þá méde be hundfealdum edleáne, 15, 51. Hundfealde méde, 21, 186 : Hml. Th. i. 148, 18.

stede-fæst

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Add: firmly fixed: of a person, rooted to the spot beád him álédon þá byrðene, and þá bǽrmen sóna stedefæste stódon, swilce ástífodon wǽron, Hml.

út-færeld

(n.)
Grammar
út-færeld, es; n.

A going out

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Ne fare út tó gefeohte ne him nán man útfæreld beóde (he is not to be called upon to leave home), Deut. 24, 5

Linked entry: ex-odus

hæftling

(n.)
Grammar
hæftling, es; m.

A captive

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Ðá áxode se ealdorman ðone hæftling hwæðer þurh drýcræft his bendas tóbrǽce then the alderman asked the captive whether he broke his bonds by witchcraft, Homl. Th. ii. 358, 10.

cot-líf

(n.)
Grammar
cot-líf, es; pl. nom. acc. -líf; gen. -lífa; n.

A village villa

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He bohte feola cotlíf he bought many villages Chr. 963; Erl. 121, 24. forbærndon óðra cotlífa fela they burned many other villages 1001; Erl. 136, 32

ge-dwellan

(v.)
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Hié hiora hiéremonna mód gedwellað, Past. 369, 18. gedwealde mænigne man. Wlfst. Ii, 2. folc swýðe gedwealdon, 100, 22. Hié eów tó swíðe gedwealdon mid þǽm manigfealdum gebodum (turbaverunt vos verbis, Acts 15, 24), Ll. Th. i. 56, 17.

ge-cnǽwe

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feóllon tó his fótum áfyrhte, gecnǽwe heora gyltes (cf. wǽron andettende ꝥ gegylt hæfdon se deliquisse confessi sunt Gr. D. 127, 17), Hml. Th. ii. 168, 7. þǽr wunedon, gecnǽwe heora synna, Hml.

ge-windan

(v.)
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Gewand him út eall his innewearde, Hml.

hin-síþ

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Heard wæs hinsíð . . . þe æt þám beorge blídne f[u]ndon hard had been (Christ's) death (on the cross) . . . . . which at the grave (cf. for the meaning of beorg: Wéndon þæt on þám beorge bídan sceolde ána in þǽre eásterniht, 14) they found to be

holdlíce

(adv.)
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Cf. hold; holdlíce God spræc be his clǽnum þegenum, Hml. A. 22, 190. loyally. Cf. hold ; Befrán se cyning . . . ' Hwilce méde hæfde Mardochéus for þám ꝥ swá holdlíce hogode embe mé ?'

symblan

(v.)
Grammar
symblan, ede ;and symblian; ode

To feast

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To feast mǽre ðín folc is, ǽlce dæge hit symblaþ, Ps. Th. 22, 7. Hió ofer hire suna symblaþ and blissaþ, 112, 8. Se weliga se ðe on ðæm godspelle gesǽd is ðætte ǽlce dæge symblede . . .

Linked entry: symblian

þurh-wacol

(adj.)
Grammar
þurh-wacol, adj.

Very watchfulvigilantvery wakefulquite sleepless

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on heora gebedum wunodon þurhwacole óð midde niht, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 44. ealle ða niht mid hálgum sprǽcum ðæs gástlícan lífes ðurhwacole áspendon, Homl. Th. ii. 184, 14. heom weardas setton, þurhwacole menn, Homl.

Linked entry: þurh-wacian