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LÆS

(adv.)
Grammar
LÆS, adv. also used in conjunctional phrases and as a noun.

Lesslest

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Forðon hit næs þeáw on ðǽm tídum ðæt mon ǽnig wæl on ða healfe rímde ðe ðonne wieldre wæs búton ðær ðý læs ofslagen wǽre quia scriptorum veterum mos est, ex ea parte quæ vicerit occisorum non commemorare numerum: nisi forte cum adeo pauci cadunt, Ors.

Linked entry: læsast

fandian

(v.)

to tryto temptto tryto trytastefeelto tryto visittemptprovokeattempt

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Gif þé ǽfre gewyrð ꝥ þú wilt eft fandian þára þióstra þisse worulde si terrarum placeat tibi noctem relictam visere, Bt. 36, 3; S. 105, 25. to try the patience of a person (gen.), tempt, provoke Manega oft ceorodon, and fandodon Godes and gremedon mid

ge-wissian

(v.)
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Hí eóden tó scipe mid him and bǽdon God ꝥ hé his weg gewissode, 15, 19. to appoint a time Tó þám ylcan ándagan þe hé him gewissode, Hml. A. 97, 167. the subject a thing Hú man mæg þone weg gefaran þe gewissað tó Gode, Ælfc. T.

weg

(n.)
Grammar
weg, (wig,
  • Kent. Gl. 207
  • :
  • 475
  • :
  • 772
; pl. , weogas,
  • 21
), es; m.

a road (lit. or fig.) made for passengers, a path commonly usedspace to be traversed, a journeymanner, mode, method, plan way, way,

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A way. of the direction in which motion (lit. or tig.) takes place Ða tungelwítegan ðurh óðerne weg tó heora earde gecyrdon. Úre eard is neorxnawang, tó ðam wé ne magon gecyrran ðæs weges ðe wé cómon, Homl.

weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
weorpan, (wurpan, wyrpan); p. wearp, pl. wurpon; pp. worpen.
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Ne andswarast ðú nán ðing ágén ðæt ðás ðé on weorpaþ (wurpaþ, v. l.) non respondis quicquam ad ea quae tibi objiciuntur ab his? Mk. Skt. 14, 60.

Linked entries: worpian wurpan

dón

(v.)
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Mid ðý hé þæt langre tíde forðheóld and dyde quod dum multo tempore sedulus exsequeretur, Bd. 4, 25; Sch. 497, 13. Hé áncorlíf dyde (on áncorlífe drohtode, v. l.) anchoreticam vitam egerat, 5, 9; Sch. 596, 6.

gán

to gowalkto move along, proceedto take a specified course to be guideddeterminedto be habitually in a specified conditionto gobe pregnantto pass, elapseto happen, come to pass, take placeto pass, be currentto be accepted to have a specified issue turn out so and soto move away, depart to relinquishto take one's way, proceedgomove in a specified directiongoandto applybetake oneselfto turnbetake oneselfgoto be carried, moved, impelledto pass, be paid, be allottedto be appropriatedto be one of the constituent elements be amongst the conditions requisiteto amount, be equivalentto attain, reach, extendto come to take precedence of.to produce, came out withto accompany, be withto be uttered to begin, startto go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation to proceed to the business of a court

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S. 25, 569. gán forþ, of time, to pass, elapse Ðá hwíle ðe hé ǽne betyrnð gǽð forð feówor and twéntig tída. Hex. 8, 31. of a circumstance, event, to happen, come to pass, take place Rǽd forð gǽð, Exod. 525.

gildan

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(l a) absolute :--- Þé gedafenað, Drihten, þæt þé man on Sion herige and on Hierusalem gylde and geháte ( tibi reddetur votum in Hierusalem ), 64, I. without object, to worship, sacrifice to Gif ceorl búton wífes wísdóme deóflum gelde. . .

Beó-wulf

(n.)
Grammar
Beó-wulf, es; m. [ = Beado-wulf a war-wolf, = Icel. Böðúlfr a warwulf]

BEOWULF

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This palace was soon made a scene of slaughter, in consequence of the nightly attacks of a monster called Grendel, who carried off at one time no less than thirty thanes, for the purpose of devouring them in his retreat.

Linked entry: Beado-wulf

FÁCEN

(n.)
Grammar
FÁCEN, fácn, es; pl. nom. acc. fácnu; gen. fácna; n.

Deceit, fraud, guile, treachery, malice, wickedness, evil, crime dŏlus, fraus, nēquĭtia, mălĭtia, inīquĭtas, prævārĭcātio

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Ne ætfyligeþ ðé áhwǽr fácn ne unriht numquid adhæret tĭbi sēdes inīquĭtātis, Ps. Th. 93, 19. Fácnes cræftig skilled in guile, Exon. 97 a; Th. 361, 24; Wal. 24: 62 a; Th. 229, 4; Ph. 450.

Linked entries: fácn fácon fǽcne

FǼGE

(adj.)
Grammar
FǼGE, def. se fǽga, seó, ðæt fǽge; comp. -ra; sup. -est; adj.

fated, doomed, destined prŏpĕræ morti dēvōtus, cui mors immĭnetdead, killed, slainmortuus, occīsusaccursed, condemned execrātus, damnātus

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On ðæt deópe dæl gefeallaþ synfulra here, fǽge gǽstas the band of the sinful shall fall into the deep gulf, accursed spirits, 30 b; Th. 94, 3; Cri. 1534. feeble, timid; imbēcillus, tĭmĭdus Nis mín breóstsefa forht ne fǽge my mind is not afraid nor feeble

wana

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
wana, adj. generally indeclinable. I.
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., Rush.) unum tibi deest, Lk. Skt. 18, 22 : Mk. Skt. 10, 21. Wæs eów ǽnig þing wana? numquid aliquid defuit vobisf Lk. Skt. 22, 35. Hwæt ys mé gyt wana (gwona, Lind. : woen, Rush.) ? quid mihi deest? Mt. Kmbl. 19, 20.

for-beódan

(v.)

to forbidto restraincheckto prevent

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Th. ii. 220, 2: Ph. 404: Gú. 819. of time, in which it is forbidden to do something: Gif frí man an þane forbodenan tíman wyrce, Ll. Th. i. 40, l. to restrain, check, prevent the action of Ðeós wyrt forbýt yfele lácnunga, Lch. i. 102, 9.

mótan

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Gif þé ǽfre gewyrð ꝥ ðú wilt oððe móst eft fandian þára þióstra þisse worulde si terrarum placeat tibi noctem relictam visere Bt. 36, 3; S. 105, 25.

á-springan

(v.)

to be emittedto ariseto rush upburst forthto spring,to spring upcome into existenceto spread (intrans. ) outto run outceasefail

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S. 30, 61. of abstract things:-- Ofþissum syx tídum áspringð up bissextus, Angl. viii. 306, 4. Áspringað clǽne geþóhtas on móde, Hml. Th. i. 362, 17. Ásprang micel heófung and sárlic wóp on ðám háme, 434, 14. Seó dyrstignys ásprang, ii. 472, 24.

Linked entry: á-sprungen

Ælfríc

(n.)
Grammar
Ælfríc, es; m. [ælf, ríc]

ÆlfricÆlfricus

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It appears that in the time of Lanfranc, when the newest Romish doctrines relating to transubstantiation etc. were imposed upon the English Church by the Norman prelates, Ælfric Bata was regarded as an opponent of that doctrine, Wrt. Biog. Brit. A.

yfel

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel, adj.
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He wile gesceáwian wlitige and unclǽne, tile and yfle, Cd. Th. 303, 10; Sat. 610. Hé áraþ ða gódan, and hé wítnaþ ða yfelan, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 246, 20. of things, bad, not good of its kind Sió yfele gillestre and ðæt yfele blód, Lchdm. ii. 148, 6.

gíme-líst

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Þæt hý ǽr on óþrum tídum mid gémeléste forléton omnes neglegentias suas aliorum temporum 76, 7. Hí for gímeléste and for récceléste forléton unwriten hiora dǽda, Bt. 18, 3; F. 64, 34. Giémeléste (-líste, v. l. ), Past. 165, 6 : 339, 21.

gift

(n.; v.; part.)
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(I a) the marriage ceremony with attendant festivi-ties :-- Sum cyning worhte his suna gyfte, Hml. Th. i. 520, 6. Drihten hine sylfne gemedemode ꝥ hé tó woruldlicum giftum gelaðod cóm, Hml. Th. ii. 54, 8.

torht

(adj.)
Grammar
torht, adj.

Bright,splendidof the brightness of light,of splendid appearancebrightbeautifulsplendidsplendid,glorious,noble,illustrious,having splendid qualities or properties,bright,clear

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Hé benam his feónd torhte tíre, 4, 23; Gen. 58. Ða hálgan duru heofona ríces torhte ontýnan. Salm. Kmbl. 75; Sal. 38. Abraham wordum God torhtum cígde, Cd. Th. 108, 16; Gen. 1807. Noldan hí ða torhtan tácen (Christ's miracles) oncnáwan, Exon.