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LIBBAN

(v.)
Grammar
LIBBAN, p. lifde

To LIVE

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Nán man nán þing ne bycge ofer feówer peninga weorþ ne libbende ne licgende, L. C. S. 24; Th. i. 390, 3. Hý hit be ðán libbendan habban let them have it during their lifetime, Chart. Th. 491, 25

Linked entries: lifian be-libban

ge-nemnan

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Oft bið on hálgum gewrietum genemned midfeorh (-feorwe, MS.) tó gioguðháde in sacro eloquio aliquando adolescentia juventus vocatur, Past. 385, 31. Godes gelaðung is genemned tó ánum mǽdene, Hml. Th. ii. 10, 20.

ge-sǽlig

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Se feónd and se freónd . . . synnig and gesǽlig, El. 956.

hyldu

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His mæg Eádgár hé þǽr on þæs cynges Willelmes heldan tó cynge gesette, 1097; P. 234, 15. (2 b) devotion to the service of a lord :-- Hire hyrdeman ðurh holdrǽdene sume ác ástáh, and his orf lǽswode . . . and hé hearde feóll, gewát of worulde tó Gode for

wiþer-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-weard, (-word, -wurd), and -wierde; adj.

contraryadversehostileadversaryenemyopponentfiendhostile to rightful authorityrebelopposed to what is rightarrogantperversedepravedreprobatefalsehereticapocryphalopposed to the good or pleasure of anythingunfavourableadversehurtfulperniciousdisagreeablecontraryopposite

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Heó heora ða wiþerweardan (adversarios) feor ádrifan, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 3. hostile to rightful authority, rebel Nis nán gesceaft ðe wiþ hire Scippendes willan winne, búton dysig mon, oþþe eft ða wiþerwierdan (-weardan, v. l.) englas, Bt. 35, 4; Fox

þǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr, þár, þára; adv.
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Ðá becom hit þǽr se cynincg feóll, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 208 : Beo. Th. 718; B. 356. Far þǽr ðú freónda wéne, Exon.

Linked entry: þár

ge-hwilc

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Æt þám feówer tóðum fyrestum, æt gehwylcum .vi. scillingas, 16, 2. Hió forlét sécan gehwylcne ágenne eard, El. 598. Sete tácn on gehwilcne wǽpnedcynnes, Gen. 2311. Gif hit sié binnan wǽdum, gehwilc .xx. scætta gebéte, 18, 5 : 14, 13.

ge-setnes

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Feówer godspelleras áwriton his ðrowunga on feower gesetnyssum, Hml. Th. i. 216, 19. size, extent Gesetnes statura, An. Ox. 5311. Hé (Ezechiel) áwrát áne bóc, micele on gesetnisse, swíðe deóp on andgite, Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 39.

gód

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Sum feóll on gód land, Mk. 4, 8. (1 c) of a place Wé on þan gódan ríce gesǽlige sǽton, Gen. 410. of non-material things Mid gefyllednesse góddere þénunge wé weorðaþ heofena ríces yrfeweardas, R. Ben. 4, 24.

weorþ-mynd

(n.)
Grammar
weorþ-mynd, (-mynt), es; m. : e; f. : -myndu (-o); indecl. f. Honour
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Ic hæfde gemynt ðé tó árwurðienne on ǽhtum and on feó, ac God ðé benǽmde ðæs wurðmintes decreveram magnifice honorare te, sed Dominus privavit te honore disposito Num. 24, 11. For synderlícum wurðmente propter privilegium (singularem honorem ), Hpt.

Linked entry: wirþu

FÆÐM

(n.)
Grammar
FÆÐM, es; m: also in prose fæðm, e; f.

the embracing armsbrachia amplexa, circumdăta A lap, bosom, breast quicquid complectĭtur vel comprehendit alĭquid, sĭnus, grĕmium, interna, pectusFATHOM = six feet spătium utriusque brachii extensiōne contentumAn embrace, protection amplexus, complexus, protectioGrasp, powerpŏtestas, dĭtio An expanse, abyss, deep expansum, tractus, superfĭcies, abyssus, profundum

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Exon. 101 a; Th. 382, 19; Rä. 3, 13. in the hands or power of- Grasp, power; pŏtestas, dĭtio Gehwearf ðá in Francna fæðm feorh cyninges the life of the king then departed into the power [grasp] of the Franks, Beo. Th. 2424; B. 1210.

Linked entries: fæðem feðm

þolian

(v.)
Grammar
þolian, p. ode
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Ic ðolige mínes feós careo mea pecunia, ðoligende his þinges carens sua re, 41; Zup. 250, 11. Ðonne þolie ic ðus miceles ðæs ðe míne foregengan hæfdon in that case I shall be (unfairly) deprived of thus much of what my predecessors had, Cod. Dip.

mann

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Gif hwá ymb cyninges feorh sierwie þurh hinc oþþe þurh wreccena feormunge oþþe his manna, Ll. Th. i. 62, 16. Se hláford ne derige his mannum, ne forðan his nýdþeówan, ii. 314, 2.

wel

(adv.; int.)

Wellwellprosperouslywellmuchthoroughlyfreelywellproperlywellveryquitethoroughlyveryquitewellah

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Se cyng him eác wel feoh sealde. Chr. 894 ;Erl. 91, 32. Dó wel sealtes on Lchdm. ii. 322, 17. Ðé ðissa woruldsǽlða tó wel ne lyste, Bt. 7, 3 ;Fox 22, 24. Ungemetes wel randwigan restan lyste Beo. Th. 3589; B. 1792.

Linked entry: BET

BRÁD

(adj.)
Grammar
BRÁD, def. se bráda, seó, ðæt bráde ; comp. m.brádra, f.n. brádre,brǽdre; superl. brádost; adj.

BROAD open, large, spacious, copiouslatus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus

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Seó sunne is swá brád swá eall eorþan ymbhwyrft, ac heó þincþ [MS. þingþ] us swýðe unbrád, forðamðe heó is swíðe feorr fram úrum gesihþum the sun is as large as the whole compass of the earth, but he [lit. she] appears to us very small [lit. un-broad]

Linked entries: brǽd bréd bréden

ymb

(prep.)
Grammar
ymb, ymbe, umbe, embe, emban; prep.
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Ǽfre ymbe ðæt feórðe geár, Lchdm. iii. 246, 13. Simble ymb þrítig nihtgerímes, Andr. Kmbl. 313; An. 157. Symble ymbe seofon niht, Soul Kmbl. 19; Seel. 10.

swín

(n.)
Grammar
swín, es;
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Gif mon nime æfesne on swýnum; æt þrýfingrum ( three fingers thick in fat), ðæt þridde; æt twýfingrum, ðæt feórðe; æt þymelum, ðæt fífte, L. In. 49; Th. i. 132, 12-19. Gafolswán sylle ǽlce geáre . xv. swýn tó sticunge, L. R.

Linked entries: swín-líca swýn swun

ge-læccan

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Grn. 7, 24. to lay hold of a person who struggles Hé feóll tó þǽre eorðan mid egeslicum anginne, and hine gelæhton ðe ðár néh wǽron, Chr. 1042; P. 162, 14. of an animal, to take, seize Cymð se yfela and gelæhð ( rapit ) hit, Hml. Th. ii. 90, 24.

ge-feallan

(v.)
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Se heoton biþ gefeallen æt þǽm feówer endum middangeardes, Bl. H. 93, 5. Gefeallen snáw, Ps. Th. 148, 8. to fall from an erect position, of living things Áslád and gefióll labat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 62. Gefeoll procumberet, 66, 9.

útan

(prep.; adv.)
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útan, (-on); adv. prep. A. adv.

from withoutwithouton the outsideon the outsideon the surfaceoutwardlyaboutroundoutaway from land

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Kmbl. 32; Leás. 18. with ymb or be and verbs of motion or rest, about, round Ðæt hé hine ǽghwonon útan ymbsáwe (cf. behealde hé on feówer healfe, Bt. 19; Fox 68, 21), Met. 10, 4. Útan behwerfed, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 35: Met. 13, 77, 78.

Linked entries: útane úton út-weard