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á-standan

(v.)

to standto stand uparise,to standcontinue,not to be overturned, destroyedto persistcontinue to actto standsupportendureto standstop

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Hí ealle ástódon þe ǽr lágon, Hml. S. 10, 21. Uton ástandan exsurgamus, R. Ben. 2, 4. Up ástandan emersisse, An. Ox. 4784. implying intention to act Ðá ástódon sume and woldon his láre oferswíðan, Hml.

gildan

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Gyld oferhýdigum, swá hí ǽr grame worhton, 93, 2. Drihten wile ǽghwylcum ánum men gyldan and leánigean æfter his sylfes weorcum and dǽdum, Bl. H. 123, 34: Ps. Th. 102, 10.

ge-hínan

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Is wén þæt heó mec eft wille earmne gehýnan yflum yrmðum. swá heó mec ǽr dyde (cf. þone heó gebond and mid witum swong, 613) Jul. 633. Hungre gehýned, El. 720. Ic ǽr hyhtful gewearð and nú gehýned éom góda geásne, 923. Gehiéned, Past. 66, 19.

ge-séman

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Substitute: the object a person. to reconcile adversaries Lǽt inc geséman ǽr ðú ðín lác bringe vade prius reconciliari fratri tuo, Past. 349, 12.

ge-wit

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Ǽlc wiste his gewit swá swá hé ǽr wiste; ꝥ gewit wæs swíþe sorgiende for þám ermþum ðe hí drógan sola mens stabilis, super monstra, quae patitur, gemit, 38, 1; F. 196, 6. Ic gehére þæt mín gewit is ǽce.

ing

(n.)
Grammar
ing, the name of the nasal guttural ᛜ ng, in the Runic alphabet. In the Gothic the name seems to have been iggws, see Zacher, Das Gothische Alphabet, p. 3.
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In the Runic poem 22 ; Kmbl. 343, 27 it is taken as the name of a prince of the East Danes Ing wæs ǽrest mid Eást Denum gesewen secgum ; óþ hé siððan eft ofer wǽg gewát. Ðus heardingas ðone hæle nemdon. This name [cf.

lyffetung

(n.)
Grammar
lyffetung, e; f.

Flatteryadulation

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Hwǽr beóþ ða líðan lyffetunga ðe hine forlǽddon ǽror where are the fair flatteries that formerly seduced him? Basil admn. 8; Norm. 50, 27. Ða sméðan lyffetunga, Homl. Th. ii. 572, 1. Lyffetungum befangen, i. 492, 32

niþþas

(n.)
Grammar
niþþas, niþas; pl. m. (a poetical word used only in the plural)

Men

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Niþþa bearna ǽrest ealra, 69, 14; Gen. 1135 : 77, 33; Gen. 1284 : Beo. Th. 2015; B. 1005 : Exon. Th. 167, 34; Gú. 1070. Niþþa nergend, 140, 18; Gú. 612. Niþþa gehwylcum, 360, 15; Wal. 6.

Linked entry: niþ

un-sǽlþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-sǽlþ, e; f.

Unhappinessmisfortunemisery

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Unhappiness, misfortune, misery Ðæt is seó mǽste unsǽlð on ðís andweardan lífe, ðæt mon ǽrest weorþe gesǽlig and æfter ðam ungesǽlig in omni adversitate fortunae infelicissimum genus est infortunii, fuisse felicem, Bt. 10; Fox 26, 30.

Linked entries: ge-sǽlþ un-gesǽlþ

bisceop-hád

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Be biscophádum ... hú bisceophádas wurdan ǽrest ástealde ... hú bisceophád sceolde of manegan cynrynan áspringan, Wlfst. 175, 17-176, 6, 11. Biscophádas flamina, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 68: flaminea, i. episcopali gradus, 149, 7. Add

lǽran

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Ǽr þám þe his Apostolas tófarene wǽron geond ealle eorðan tó lǽranne, Ll.

fægere

(adv.)

beautifullyelegantlygentlyfairplausiblyspeciouslyimpuritythoroughlynoblysplendidlyjustly

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Th. 105, 37. justly, in equity Sceal wearh hangian, fægere ongildan þæt hé ǽr fácen dyde, Gn. C. 56

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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Ǽlcne telgor ǽr þám þe hé upp ásprunge (antequam oriretur in terra), on eorðan Gen. 2, 5. of things, to spring up, come into existence Hé gedyde ꝥ leóht up ásprang, Hml.

Linked entry: á-sprungen

fold-búend

(n.)
Grammar
fold-búend, -búende; noun from pres. part.

Earth-dwellersearth's inhabitantsinhabitants of a land or countryterrĭcŏlæ

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Ic hæbbe me on hrycge ðæt ǽr hádas wreáh foldbúendra I have on my back what ere covered the persons of dwellers on earth, Exon. 101a; Th. 381, 18; Rä. 2, 13: 32b; Th. 106, 2; Gú. 35

GEARD

(n.)
Grammar
GEARD, es; m.

An inclosureinclosed placeYARDGARDENcourtdwellinghomeregionlandseptumlŏcus septushortusāreahabĭtācŭlumdomĭcĭliumrĕgio

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Ǽr he on weg hwurfe of geardum ere he went away from his courts, Beo. Th. 535; B. 265 : Exon. 64 a; Th. 236, 23; Ph. 578. In geardum at home, Exon. 10 b; Th. 13, 11; Cri. 201 : 50 b; Th. 175, 13; Gú. 1194 : 61 a; Th. 223, 5; Ph. 355 : Beo.

Linked entry: mǽr-geard

lettan

(v.)
Grammar
lettan, p. te

hinderimpededelay

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Wé ðé ðæs nú nellaþ lettan ðæs ðú ǽr geþoht hæfdest we will not hinder thee from that which thou didst before purpose, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 30, 24

Linked entry: ge-lettan

raðe

(adv.)
Grammar
raðe, (aspirated and unaspirated forms occur, and each can alliterate; the two forms are given separately. v. hraðe); adv.
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Nán man hit náh tó geáhnianne raðost þinga ( at the earliest ), ǽr syx mónþum æfter ðam ðe hit forstolen wæs, L. C. S. 24; Th. i. 390, 13. Swá ðæt cild raðost ǽnig þing specan mǽge as soon as ever the child can speak, Wulfst. 39, 8.

ríp

(n.)
Grammar
ríp, es; n.
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Ǽr wintres cyme on rýpes tíman, Exon. Th. 214, 28; Ph. 246. Twuga on geáre ǽne tó mǽþe and óðre tó rípe twice a-year, once at hay-time and the other at harvest, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 400, 30. His men beón gearuwe ge tó rípe ge tó huntoþe, v. 162, 28.

Linked entry: ripa

stycce

(n.)
Grammar
stycce, es; n.
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-Ðú á embe sticce (after a bit) féhst eft on ða ilcan sprǽce ðe ðú ǽr spǽce, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 164, 14

Linked entry: Sticce

fór

a journeyan expeditionmarch

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Cóm hé tó Róme . . . hé oft ǽr on þǽre fóre wæs, Bd. 4, 18; Sch. 436, 12. Hé wæs on sumre fóre ealle þrý dagas, Bl.