LÍF
LIFE
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Ðǽr belifon swáðeáh lífes on ðam mynstre feówer and twentig muneca, Homl. Skt. 6, 351. Gif hé biþ vi nihta eald and hine ádl gestaudeþ se biþ lífes [he will survive], Lchdm. iii. 182, 12. [Icel. lífes alive.]
wyrt-truma
- Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 93, 7).
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</b> the root of a tooth :-- [Ða grindigtéþ ðe álc mid feówer wyrtrume gefæstned byð, and ðanne hý hero wurtruma forleátaþ, ðanne sweartigeþ hý, and fealleþ, Lchdm. iii. 104, 15.] <b>I b.
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ge-gearwian
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. :-- Géé Ic gegearwode (geiarwad, R.) míne, feorme, Mt. 22, 4. Hig gegearwodon him Eásterþénunga, 26, 19. Ǽr se mete gegearwod wǽre, Ors. 1, 7; S. 36, 28. to bring to completion, make, form Ðá hé gegearwade quando praeparabit (coelos ), Kent.
ge-þóht
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Wé ágyltaþ þurh feówer þing, þurh geþóht and þurh word and þurh weorc and þurh willan, Bl. H. 35, 14. Tó ðǽm ðætte ðú mæge ðín geðóht gehealdan ut custodias cogitationes, Past. 273, 10.
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samod
Together. ⬩ and, both . . . and, also, too
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Graton samod mid ðám cnihtum feóll tó Johannes fótum, Homl. Th. i. 62, 17. Cwom samod mid ðám swylce Assur etenim Assur simul venit cum illis, Ps. Th. 82. 7. Ða ðe someð mið hine ástigun quae simul cum eo ascenderant, Mk. Skt. Rush. 15, 41.
wirsa
Worse ⬩ worst
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Grammar wirsa, where injury is done to a person in respect to his well-being Se ðe óðerne mid wó forsecgan wille, ðæt hé áðer oþþe feó oþþe freme ðá wyrse sý, L. C. S. 16; Th. i. 384, 24.
standan
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Nis ðæt feor heonon, ðæt se mere standeþ, Beo. Th. 2729; B. 1362. Se tóð se ðe bí ðam standeþ, L. Ethb. 51; Th. i. 16, 4. Ða wíc ðe beforan inc stondeþ, Blickl. Homl. 77, 22. Sió burg stód bí ðære sǽ, Past. 52; Swt. 409, 33.
wíse
a wise way ⬩ manner ⬩ mode ⬩ fashion ⬩ state ⬩ condition ⬩ an arrangement ⬩ instruction ⬩ a disposition ⬩ direction ⬩ condition ⬩ a thing ⬩ res ⬩ negotium ⬩ a cause ⬩ reason ⬩ res
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Hit feor on óðre wísan wæs longe aliter erat, 3, 14; 13. 539, 45. On óðre wísan secus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 74. Wé ongitaþ mop on óðre wísan, on óðre hine God ongit Bt. 39, 10; Fox 226, 39.
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fram
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Náht feor from þæs mæssepreóstes sídan, Bl.
tilian
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Hit máre is ðonne ccc geára and lxxii wintra syððan ðyllíc feoh wæs farende on eorðan and ealle men heom mid tiledon (procured for themselves what they wanted with that money; cf. Amang ðam feó ðe wé úre neóde mide bicgaþ, 706), Homl.
láf
remnant ⬩ remains ⬩ relic ⬩ remainder ⬩ rest ⬩ lave ⬩ legacy ⬩ heirloom ⬩ a relict ⬩ widow
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Kmbl. 14, 20. used in poetry of weapons with the gen. of the implement employed in making them Ic eom wráðra láf fýres and feóle I am the leaving of foes, of fire and of file [a sword, forged in the fire and sharpened by the file], Exon. 126 a; Th. 484
un-weorþ
of no value ⬩ of no dignity ⬩ little esteemed ⬩ unworthy ⬩ not of sufficient merit ⬩ worthless ⬩ bad ⬩ contemptible ⬩ despicable ⬩ ignoble ⬩ ignominious ⬩ dishonouring
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Mánsceaða, feores unwyrðe, Exon. Th. 95, 27; Cri. 1563, Saul ǽresð fleáh ðæt ríce and tealde hine selfne his suíðe unwierðne ( indignum se prius considerans ), Past. 3; Swt. 35, 18. Ðú hine ongeáte unweorþne ðæs anwealdes, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 96, 18.
earfoðe
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On hwylcum earfoþum þǽr wé úres feóres ne wénaþ, Bl. H. 51, 28. Efen*-*þrowgende óþres earfoþum, 75, 19. Of earfoðum eallum ex omni tribulatione, Ps. Th. 53, 7: 59, 10. Of ðám earfoðum eallum de necessitatibus, 106, 12. Earfeðum, Men. 224.
fóran
Before ⬩ in front ⬩ in front ⬩ in front ⬩ before all ⬩ opposite ⬩ over against ⬩ Before ⬩ Beforehand ⬩ before ⬩ before ⬩ Before ⬩ in front of
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Feówer æceras forn ágeán Eádferðes ealdlande, C. D. iii. 411, 27. with acc. (or uncertain): Ic fare foran ongeán þá burh ego accedam ex adverso contra urbem, Jos. 8, 5. ÞUCERTAIN castel ꝥ foran ongén eów (contra vos) ys, Mt. 21, 2.
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hiw
shape ⬩ form ⬩ shape ⬩ figure ⬩ a form ⬩ shape ⬩ writing ⬩ appearance ⬩ aspect ⬩ colour ⬩ form ⬩ kind ⬩ nature ⬩ character ⬩ formula ⬩ form ⬩ type ⬩ model ⬩ a pretex ⬩ a fancy ⬩ a kind ⬩ species
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Þá feówer gesceafta hé ... on óþrum híwe gebrengþ elementa ... alterna commutatione transformat, 39, 8; F. 224, 9. Hé sceolde hí áwendan of þám wyrmhíwe ... and tó manna gelícnysse of þám láðum híwe, Hml. S. 10, 106.
weardian
to guard, keep, defend ⬩ with gen. (cf. O. Sax. wardón with gen. to have charge of something) ⬩ to act as guardian to, to rule ⬩ to keep, have charge of ⬩ to hold a country, to occupy a place, inhabit. ⬩ in the phrases lást, swaðe weardian to keep a track, ⬩ to follow ⬩ to remain behind
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Staþol weardian, 496, 19; Rä. 85, 17. in the phrases lást, swaðe weardian to keep a track, to follow Hýrde ic ðæt ðámfrætwum feówer mearas lást weardode I heard that four steeds followed in the train of those equipments, Beo.
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óðer
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Ðá fór hé swá feor swá hé meahte on ðǽm óðrum þrím dagum ( in the next three days ) gesiglan. Ors. I. I; Swt. 17, 13.
þencan
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Ne mæg se flǽschoma, ðone him ðæt feorg losaþ, mid hyge þencan, Exon. Th. 311, 23; Seef. 96.
lást
A step ⬩ footstep ⬩ track ⬩ trace
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Hýrde ic ðæt ðám frætwum feówer mearas lást weardode I heard that four steeds followed those trappings, 4335; B. 2164. Him arn on lást þýstre genip dark cloud succeeded it, Cd. 8; Th. 9, 8; Gen. 138.
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ná
No ⬩ not ⬩ non
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Grammar ná, with other negatives Hyt ná ne feóll non cecidit, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 25. Ne eom ic ná Crist, Jn. Skt. 1, 20. Ráde ðe mon ná ne rímde, Chr. 871; Erl. 76, 12. Næs ðæt ná ðæt hé nyste, Blickl. Homl. 19, 33. Ne hé hine ná ne onstyreþ, 21, 27.