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fore-þeón

(v.)
Grammar
fore-þeón, (for-)

o excelsurpass

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to excel, surpass Ealle wé sind gelíce ætforan Gode, búton hwá óðerne mid gódum weorcum forðeó, Hml. Th. i. 260, 26. óþerne on hálgum þeówdóme forþeón mæge, R. Ben. 131, 18.

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ful-lic

(adj.)
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ful-lic, adj.
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Cf. full; Fullíc ꝥ God behét onféhð he will receive what God promised in full, Scint. 60, 2. Cf. full; <b>V a</b> Hér wæs geflit and fullíc (wæs geflitfullíc, sæt full, v. ll. ) senoþ, Chr. 785; P. 52, note 2

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ge-píned

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-pínian;</b> p. ode To torment, punish [Ðá þá leásen gewíten swíðe gepínedon, Hml. A. 174, 161. heom átealde of þan Nazarenisscen kinge, hwu gepíned wæs, 194, 38.] Gepínodes semustulati, Germ. 397, 348.

nyttian

(v.)
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H. 44, 23. Næfð nán man tó þæs unhále æágan þæt ne mage lybban be þáre sunnan, and hire (printed hine) nyttian gyf énygwiht geseón mæg, 43, 25.

under

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<b>; I</b> 3 f. add: — mihte Abraham beón clǽne, ꝥ nǽre forligr geteald, þá þá hæfde cyfese under his rihtwífe ? quomodo defenditur Abraham adulterii reus non esse, dum viventi legitima uxore sua conjunctus est ancillae suae ?

bedding

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læg on his beddinge (in lectulo), Gr. D. 326, 8. Add

langung

(n.)
Grammar
langung, e; f.

Longingdesireweariness

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Ðá wæs him micel langung and sorh on heora heortan ðá hié ðæt ongeáton ðæt leng mid him líchomlíce wunian nolde, 135, 21.

oþþe

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</b> add :-- Eálá, wǽre áuðer oððe hát, oððe ceald, Past. 445, 36. after a primary statement, appending a secondary alternative or consequence of setting aside the primary statement áxode hig hwæðer hire fæder wǽre hál . . . oððe hwæðer

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húru

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Ondrǽden him húru ðonne hrímað, 437, 11: 313, 8. Þá bǽdon hine his discipulos ꝥ hié móstan húru sume uncýme streównesse him under gedón, Bl. H. 227, 12 : Ll. Th. i. 356, 21.

ge-myndig

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wæs gemyndig ealre his mildheortnesse, Bl. H. 159, 21. with dat. infin. is swýþe gemyndig heora blód tó wrecanne requirens sanguinem eorum memoratus est, Ps.

ge-teón

(v.)
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dear ǽnig Iséwede man him tó geteón Crístes wican ? Ne furðon nán gehádod man ne sceal him tó geteón þæt Críst spelige búton . . . Hml. Th. ii. 592, 27-29.

biter-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
biter-líce, bitter-líce; adv.

BITTERLYamare

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BITTERLY; amare He weóp biterlíce [Bos. bityrlíce] he wept bitterly, Mt. Jun. 26, 75. He ongan biterlíce [Smith, 600, 29, bitterlíce] wépan he began to weep bitterly, Bd. 4, 25; Whelc. 337, 43

un-druncen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-druncen, adj.

Not drunksober

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Not drunk, sober suá micle bet his ágen dysig oncnéw suá undruncenra wæs he recognized his own folly so much better as he was more sober, Past. 40; Swt. 295, 8

níde

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Add gebint hine selfne tó him mid his wordum ðæt sceal niéde ðá giémenne ymb ðone habban ðe ǽr ne ðorfte ... ðæt hine sceal níde tela lǽran apud curam, quae ante deerat, mens ligatur . . . commissis sibi cogitur bona dicere, Past. 193, 8-

cwilmian

(v.)
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To suffer torment cwylmiað on écum fýre, Hml. Th. i. 132, 16, 22. sceal beón cwylmiende mid deófle, Angl. viii. 337, 9. Ðá sceaðan ðágyt cwylmigende cuce hangodon, Hml. Th. ii. 260, 8: i. 334, 6. wurdon tócwýsede and cwylmiende lágon, Hml.

ge-fandod

(v.)
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Cf. fandian Þæt hié mósten gefandian hweðer hié heora medsélða oferswíþan mehte, Ors. 4, 4; S. 164, 28. to experience, taste.

réþigian

(v.)
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Add: réþian ongeán hyne réþiaþ ( saeuiunt ), Scint. 118, 19. Réðige saeuiat, 122, 4. Ꝥ gesáwe þone feónd réðian (réðigian, v. l. saevire) on hine mid his múþe, Gr. D. 122, 11. ongunnon má réðian (reðgian, v. l. ) and gebelgan, 219, 10.

un-mǽþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-mǽþlíce, adv.

immoderatelyout of measureinhumanely

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immoderately, out of measure Seó wydewe mænigfealde sceattas hyre unmǽðlíce beád ( was immoderate in her offers ), Homl. Skt. i. 2, 147. hét ðone bisceop unscrýdan and unmǽðlíce ( or II) swingan, ii. 29, 231. inhumanely.

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fant

a founta font

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Ox. 358. a font Heó eóde tó ðám fantfæte, and tólýsde hire feax, and bedýpte on ðám fante, Hml. Th. ii. 30, 17. on fante gefullode wurdon, Hml. S. 2, 90. On þám háligan fante, Ll. Th. ii. 390, 14.

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Ofer sę́as gestaðolode hié, Ps. Vos. 23, 2. Add Saga mé fela is woruldwætra. Ic ðé secge twá sindon sealte sǽ, and twá fersce, Sal. K. 186, 25. Add Andlang strǽte on Scoffoces sǽ, C. D. i. 258, 4