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fær

(n.)

goingpassinga going awaya journeycoursea voyagea marchan expeditionenterprisea passagethoroughfareroadentrancecarriagevessela troopa crewfareproceedings

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Gif gesíðcund man fare, þonne mót hé habban his geréfan mid him, 144, 1. fig. of change of state: Hwæt is gódra manna deáð búton . . . færr fram deáðe tó ðám écan lífe?, Hml.

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lócian

(v.)
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D. iii. 6, 23 : 19, 22. with gen. to look into, make examination of Þá wæs ꝥ gesáwen fram þám mannum þe his lócodon (those that looked into the matter; a respicientibus), ꝥ ꝥ wæs sóð ꝥ hi sǽdon, Gr.

sacu

(n.)
Grammar
sacu, e; f.

strife, contention, dissension, sedition, disputedistress, trouble, affliction, persecutioncrime, guilta contention at law, a suit, cause, action

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Ðǽr hé hæfþ eal sár and sace, hungor and þurst, wóp and hreám, and weána má ðonne ǽniges mannes gemet sý ðæt hié áríman mǽge, Blickl. Homl. 61, 36. Seó sunsciéne siege þrowade, sace singrimme, Exon.

Linked entries: ge-sacu sac sæc

HEOFON

(n.)
Grammar
HEOFON, heofen, heofun, hefon, heben, hiofon, es; m.

HEAVENcælum

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Of heofonum ðe of mannum e cælo an ex hominibus, 21, 25. Gif ic on heofenas up ástíge si ascendero in cælum, Ps. Th. 138, 6

sculdor

(n.)
Grammar
sculdor, pl. (dual ?) sculdru (-o), sculdra; m.
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Duru ðæt mannes heáfod ge ða sculdro mágan in, Blickl. Homl. 127, 9. Sculdra scapula (-ae?), Wrt. Voc. i. 71, 19. On bǽm sculdrum in utroque humero, Past. 14, 3 ; Swt. 83, 9, 21. Hé onfeóld hys hrægl æt hys sceoldrum, Shrn. 98, 17.

tyht

(n.)
Grammar
tyht, es; m.
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way, manner of conducting one's self, usage, practice Ic ðé giungne underféng untýdne and ungelǽredne and mé tó bearne genom and tó mínum tyhtum getýde ...

Linked entry: ofer-tyht

un-rihtlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-rihtlíc, adj.

Unrighteousunjustwickedwrongful

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Gif ǽlces mannes líf ǽfre sceole swá gán ðæt hé mæge forbúgan bysmorlíce dǽda, ðonne bið unrihtlíc ðæt ða unrihtwísan onfón wítnunge for heora wóhnysse, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 231: Homl. Th. i. 292, 5. Ne lufa ðú gítsunga ne unrihtlíce welan ...

andettan

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Ic andette þæt hig cómon tó mé fateor, venerunt ad me, Jos. 2, 4. to confess a person (v. andettere), acknowledge excellence in something Ǽlc ðǽra de mé andet ætforan mannum, ic andette hine ætforan mínum Fæder, Hml. Th. ii. 558, 27.

á-geótan

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</b> to shed tears, blood :-- Swá hwá swá ágít mannes blód, his blód bið ágoten, Gen. 9, 6. Ic ágeát míne teáras, Hml. Th. i. 66, 29. Oflysted þæt hé his blód águte.

be-settan

to setplaceto applyto surroundto besiege

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L. 61, 11. to surround: þ ǽt. líc læg mid mannum besett. Hml. Th. ii. 346, 5. His líc læg ealle þá niht inne beset, 348, 19.

fóre-stihtod

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-stihtod, fore-stihtan; p. te; pp. -stiht, -stihted; -stihtian; p. ode; pp. od

predestine

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Mannes sunu gǽð æfter þám ðe him forestihtud wæs filius hominis secundum quod definitum est uadit, Lk. 22, 22. Forestihtod, Guth. 10, 12. Tó hwylcum sýn ende forestihtude (predestinati), Scint. 227, 7. Forestihtode, Gr. D. 54, 17: Hml. S. 30, 134.

for-gifnes

Grammar
for-gifnes, for-gifennes (-gifenes).

releasemildnesslenityindulgencelaxity

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Þú sealdest mannum synna forgifnessa, 87, 12. mildness, lenity, indulgence; in a bad sense, laxity Oft ungemetlico fofgifnes bið gelícet ðæt mon wéneð ðæt hit sié mildheortnes saepe inordinata remissio pietas creditur, Past. 149, 9.

sand

(n.)
Grammar
sand, es; m. [? or should the passages that follow be put under sand; f.? cf. the later application of witness to a person]

A messenger, envoy

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Dæg byþ Drihtnes sond deóre mannum mǽre Metodes leóht day is the Lord's messenger (or message?) dear to men, God's glorious light, Runic pm. Kmbl. 344, 9; Rún. 24. On ðís ylcan geáre com ðæs Pápan sande (sand?)

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ofer-drífan

(v.)

to cover by driftingto overcome, refute, repel, defeat

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Wé syndon fram ðé oferswýðde, ac wé ácsiaþ: Hwæt eart ðú swá wunderlíc on ánes mannes hiwe ús tó oferdrýfenne, Nicod. Thw. 16, 20.

scyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
scyldig, adj.
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Swá feala earmra manna swá on ðæs rícan neáweste sweltaþ, and hé him nele syllan his teóþungsceatta dǽl, ðonne biþ hé ealra ðara manna deáþes sceldig, Blickl. Homl. 53, 7. with inst.

faru

goingpassingsailinga journeyvoyagean expeditionproceedingscoursepathprocedurethe trainthe troopsthe followersthe attendantscarriage

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Substitute: of movement. going, passing Ðǽr manna faru mǽst wæs juxta publicos viarum transitus, Bd. 2, 16; Sch. 180, 5. Hit is Godes faru est transitus Domini, Ex. 12, 11: Ps. Spl. 143, 18: Ps. L. 143, 14.

ge-myndig

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Wes þú gemyndig manna bearna, Ps.

hǽlu

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L. l. 69-71. with gen. of the saver Syle ús on earfoðum fultum, for don hǽlu byð manna gehwylces ídel (vana solus hominis), Ps.

hús

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Þeáh hwá his spere sette tó oðres mannes húses dura, Ll. Th. i. 418, 5. Fyrst on húse tignum vel tigillum, An. Ox. 18 b, 92. Swá swá oferdruncen man wát ꝥ hé sceolde tó his húse and tó his ræste, Bt. 24, 4; F. 84, 30.

bísen

(n.)
Grammar
bísen, l. bisen, e; bisene, an; f. (also n. in North.),

an exemplar a modelpatternexampleprecedenta ruleprescriptpreceptparablesimilitudetype

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and add: example to be followed or avoided, of persons On hú monigfaldum mægenum se sácerd scolde scínan mannum tó biesene (bisene,v. l.), Past. 85, 1. Riht is ꝥ wydewan Annan bycenan fylian, Ll. Th. ii. 324, 6.