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æt-bredan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-bredan, &c. l. æt-bregdan, -brédan; p. -brægd, -brǽd, pl. -brugdon, -brúdon; pp. -brogden, -bróden, and add: To take away from (
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S. 5, 24. with idea of withdrawal, abstention Se wísdóm hine sylfne ætbrét fram módes híwunge. Hml. Th. ii. 326, 3. Hé hine ætbrǽd þám flǽsclicum lustum, i. 58, 18. Hí ætbrúdon menn fram flǽsclicum lustum, 576, 23.

a-cwellan

(v.)
Grammar
a-cwellan, p. -cwealde; pp. -cweald

To killdestroyinterficerenecare

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To kill, destroy; interficere, necare Freá wolde on ðære to-weardan tíde acwellan the Lord would destroy them in the coming time, Gd. 64; Th. 77, 31; Gen. 1283.

Linked entries: a-cwalde a-cwealde

deriendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
deriendlíc, derigendlíc; def.se -líca , seó, ðæt -líce; adj.

Injurious, noxious, hurtfulnocīvus, noxius, nŏceus

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Us he gehealde fram derigendlícum nos servet a nocentĭbus, 9, 7

ídel-hende

(adj.)
Grammar
ídel-hende, adj.

Empty-handedempty

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Ne lǽt ðú hine gán ídelhende fram ðé nequaquam vacuum abire patieris, Deut. 15, 13. Forleórton hine ídelhende dimiserunt eum inanem, Lk. Skt. Lind. 20, 10, 11. Ðonne gé út faraþ ne fare gé ídelhende cum egrediemini, non exibitis vacui, Ex. 3, 21

searu-níþ

(n.)
Grammar
searu-níþ, es; m.
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Cf. too inwit-níþ), 6126; B. 3067. armour-hate (v. searu, <b>IV a</b>), martial strife, the strife of armed men, battle Nó ic wiht fram ðé swylcra searuníþa secgan hýrde, billa brógan, 1168; B. 582

boga

(n.)
Grammar
boga, an; m.

A BOW, an arch, a cornerarcus, angulusarcus

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Ðæt híg fleón fram ansýne bogan ut fugiant a facie arcus, Ps. Lamb. 59, 6. Híg aþenodon bogan heora intenderunt arcum suum, 36, 14: 57, 8: 63, 4. Hí léton gáras fleógan, bogan wǽron bysige they let the arrows fly, bows were busy, Byrht.

Linked entries: bog-timber bogen streng

ge-feallan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feallan, p. -feól, -feóll, pl. -feóllon; pp. feallen

To fallcaderedecidere

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To fall; cadere, decidere Ic gefealle be gewyrhtum fram feóndum mínum decidam merito ab inimicis meis, Ps. Spl. 7, 4. Ðǽr Pharaon gefeól, on ðam Reádan Sǽ et excussit Pharaonem in Mari Rubro, Ps. Th. 135, 15.

under-þeód

(adj.)
Grammar
under-þeód, adj. (ptcpl.) used substantively.

Subjectsubordinate

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Landfranc wæs geháded on his ágenum biscopsetle fram eahte biscopum his underðióddum, Chr. 1070; Erl. 206, 5

Linked entry: þeódan

un-forboden

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forboden, adj.

Unforbiddennot prohibitedfree from any moral or legal hindrance

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Unforbidden, not prohibited, free from any moral or legal hindrance Ðæt hí móston him beran unforboden flǽsc, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 91.

Linked entries: un-besacen for-beódan

á-cweþan

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Add: to say, utter, declare Hé ácwæð hine fram his hyldo he proclaimed him out of his favour, Gen. 304. Hí hogodon hú hí fácen and unriht ácwǽdon cogitaverunt et locuti sunt nequitiam, Ps. Th. 72, 6.

be-habban

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Asia ealne middan-geard fram þǽm eástdsǽle healfne behæfð Asia per totam transversi plagam orientis extenditur. Ors. I, I; S. 8. 9.

cwíþan

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Hé wæs cwíþed fram þám ymbstandendum a circumstantibus plangeretur, Gr. D. 191, 19. Þonne synne beóð cwíþde and bewópene, 244, 26. Cwíðde lamentatae, Ps.

freóls

(adj.)
Grammar
freóls, adj.
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Th. ii. 314, 11. of places, exempt from jurisdiction, &amp;c.

fót-welm

(n.)
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Áwendan úre fótwylmas fram deádbǽrum síðfæte, 96, 25. Oþ þá fótwylmas (-mylmas, MS., -welmes, Hpt. Gl. 472, 32) plantatenus, i. usque ad plantas, i. pedes, An. Ox. 2816

ge-fylce

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Fram gefylce a manipulo, An. Ox. 2555: manipulo, caterua, legione, 3688. Se módiga deófol mid his gefilce wyle wið þínre sáwle campian, Wlfst. 249, 2. Hé sende hí mid gefylce tó Judéiscum folce . . .

irsian

(v.)
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Fram þám þeódum þe wið mé yrsiað de gentibus iracundis, Ps. Th. 17, 46. Unryhtlicu iersung is ðæt mon iersige (irsige, v. l. ) on óðerne for his góde. Past. 189, 8

sceát

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Add Hé wearð gebeden fram þám nunnum ꝥ hé sume sceátas (mappulas) onféng, Gr. D. 143, 4. <b>VII b.

un-gewittigness

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Gestillan fram þǽre wédunge and ungewittignesse swá mycelre wælhreów-nysse a tantae crudelitatis insania quiescere, 164, 27. insanity: Lǽg þær sum man on his móde gefangen mid ungewittignesse . . . þone swylcne seócne lǽcas nemniað gewitleásne (phreneticum

riht-wís

(adj.)
Grammar
riht-wís, adj.

Righteous just

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Unscyldig ic eom fram ðyses rihtwísan blóde ( a sanguine justi hujus ), 27, 24. Ðé ic geseah rihtwísne ætforan mé, Gen. 7, 1. Dómas ðíne rihtwíse aequitas judicia tua, Ps. Th. 118, 75, 172. Rihtwíse non errantes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 52.

Linked entry: wrenc-wís

sam

(con.)
Grammar
sam, conj.

Whether, or

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Wið wunda som hý sýn of íserne, som hý sýn of stence, oððe fram nædran, Lchdm. i. 166, 9. [Sam. . . sam whether. . . or, O. E. Homl. ii. 107, 8.]

Linked entries: ge-sam som