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for-niman

(v.)
Grammar
for-niman, -nyman; p. -nam, -nom, pl. -námon, -nómon; pp. -numen; v. trans.

To take awaydeformplunderdestroyransackwasteconsumedevourrapĕreperdĕreextermĭnārevastāreconsūmĕredevŏrāre

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Swá swá sceáp from wulfum and wildeórum beóþ fornumene, swá ða earman ceasterwaran toslitene and fornumene wǽron fram heora feóndum sīcut agni a fĕris, ĭta misĕri cīves discerpuntur ab hostĭbus, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 26, 27: Homl. Th. ii. 416, 12

Linked entry: for-nyman

in-geþanc

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Add: the seat of thought, intellect, mind, heart, spirit, breast Ðæt hé selle Gode his ágne breósð, ðæt is his inngeðonc (ingeðanc, v.l. ), Past. 83, 1.

ofer-méttu (o)

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-méttu (o), indecl. in sing. ; but declined in pl. , where it is used with singular meaning, cf. ofer-hygd, -méde : perhaps all the instances which follow may belong to the plural, since eáþmétto takes a verb in the plural; f.

Pride, arrogance, haughtiness

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Mid his ágnum wordum ðone swiran gebiége his ágenra ofermétta suo judicio superbiae cervicem calcat Past. 26, 3; Swt. 185, 15. On heora oferméttum in superbia Ps. Th. 30, 20. On oferméttum áþunden, Past. proem.; Swt. 25, 6.

dóm

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Hí rícsiað of hira ágnum dóme, næs of ðæs hiéhstan déman ex se et non ex arbitrio summi rectoris regnant, Past. 27, 16. Sié ꝥ on cyninges dóme, swá deáð swá líf, Ll. Th. i. 66, 10. Ic hine tó heora sylfra dóme ágeaf, Bl. H. 177, 25.

þǽr-tó

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-tó, adv.
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Hé nówiht ágnes hæfde bútan his cyricean and ðǽrtó feówer æceras, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 32. marking association Ðá stód ðære sunnan cræt mid feówer horsum on áne healfe; on óðre healfe stód ðæs mónan cræt and ða oxan ðǽrtó, Homl. Th. ii. 494, 24.

on-rǽs

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S. 37, 243. of destructive movement by a thing, material Ongan seó bryne beón gebíged in hí sylfe, efne swá swá mid bígnesse his ágnes onrǽses ( sui impetus), Gr. D. 48, 7. Onrǽs inruptionem (diluuii), An.

un-geþwǽrness

(n.)
Grammar
un-geþwǽrness, e; f.

discorddissensiondisagreementdivisionquarreltroubledisquiet

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Ðýlæs ǽnegu ungeþwǽrnes on his ágnum ríce áhafen wurde prius quam adversa fama novas res domi moliretur, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 82, 30.

Linked entry: ge-þwǽrnes

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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the, vide Þ, þ. The indigenous Pagan alphabet of our Anglo-Saxon forefathers, called Runes, it must be particularly observed, not only represents our letters, but the names of the letters are significant. The Runes are chiefly formed by straight lines

ge-mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽnan, p. de; pp. ed [ge-mǽne communis] .

to MEAN, to signifysibi velle, significareto communicate, announce, pronounce, uttercommunicare, pronuntiareto MOAN, to groaningemiscere, plangereto considercolloqui, considerareto make common, contaminate, defile, violatecommunicare, coinquinare, violarecommunicare alicuito make knowndicere, monstrare, judicare

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to MEAN, to signify; sibi velle, significare Hwæt gemǽnaþ ðás lamb quid sibi volunt agnæ istæ? Gen. 21, 29. Ic wéne ðæt ðú nyte hwæt ðis gemǽne I expect that thou wilt not know what this means, Btwk. Scrd. 18, 26. Hwæt gemǽnaþ ða ðreó útfaru?

Linked entries: mǽnan mǽnan

ge-þeaht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þeaht, -þæht, e; f: es; n.

counselconsultationdeliberationadvicethoughta determinationresolutiondeviceplanpurposeconsĭliumcōgĭtātioa councilan assemblyconcĭlium

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Of hiera ágnum geþeahte from their own determination, Past. 42, 1; Swt. 305, 18; Hat. MS. 58 a, 4. Ealle geþeaht ðín he getrymþ omne consĭlium tuum confirmet, Ps. Spl. 19, 4.

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feoh

cattlepropertywealthmoneyrichestreasurebribegiftmetalcoin

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Sume hí gebycgaþ hlísan mid heora ágnum deáþe, for þǽm hí wénaþ ꝥ hí næbben nán óþer fioh ðæs hlísan wyrþe búton hiora ágnum fiore nonnulli venerandum nomen gloriosae pretio mortis emerunt, 39, 11; F. 228, 29. property given as wages, bribe (v. feoh-fang

deófol-gild

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Hiora ágnum godum, ꝥ sint diófolgild idolis suis, 1, 5; S. 34, 20. Deófolgylda (deófulgilda, v. l.) begang idolorum cultus, Bd. 2, 3; Sch. 125, 20. Þis tempel mid eallum þám deófolgyldum þe him on eardiað, Hml. Th. i. 72, 3. Deófulgildum, Lev. 26, 30

Linked entry: ge-deóful-geld

sóþ

(adj.)
Grammar
sóþ, adj.

Soothverytruethe opposite of that which is false, or merely pretends, or has the appearance of, genuine, realtruein conformity with the actual state of thingstruerighteousjust

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Ǽlc sóþ wela and sóþ weorþscipe sindon míne ágne þeówas, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 15. Ðis is sóð lǽcæcræft, Lchdm. i. 376, 8. Se sóþa boda ðæs heán leóhtes Agustinus, Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 31.

ge-tellan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tellan, ic -telle, ðú -telest, he -teleþ, pl. -tellaþ; p. -tealde, pl. -tealdon; pp. -teald, -teled

To tellnumberreckonesteemconsiderascribeassignnumerarecomputarereputarecompararedinumerare

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Ðæt hí hiora ágnum godum getealde wǽron that they might be ascribed to their own gods, Ors. 1, 5; Bos. 28, 27. Ðá ðis Constantine geteald wæs when this was told to Constantine, H. R. 5, 27.

Linked entry: ge-talian

be-tweoh

(prep.)
Grammar
be-tweoh, be-tweohs, be-tweox, be-twih, be-twyh, be-twyx, be-twyxt, be-twuh, be-twuht, be-twux, be-twuxt, be-tuh, be-tux; prep. dat. acc. [be by, with; twi, twihs, tweox, twux duo]

Between, BETWIXT, among, amid, in the midstinter, in medio

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Hǽðe stent betuh Winedum and Seaxum and Angle Haddeby stands in the midst of the Winedi, Saxons and Angles, Ors. 1, 19; Bos. 21, 30. acc Swá lamb betweox wulfas sicut agnos inter lupos, Lk. Bos. 10, 3.

ágnian

(v.)
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hwá ná furðor teám ne cenð ac ágnian wile if any one does not carry the teám further, but declares himself to have been the owner , i. 290, 19. to appropriate to one's self, usurp, arrogate Gif hé ðá gód þe ús God tó gemánan sealde him synderlíce ágnað

un-wemme

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wemme, adj.

spotlesswithout blemishwithout defectuninjureduninjuredinviolateundefiledpureimmaculateperfectpureimmaculate

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of concrete objects, spotless, without blemish, without defect, uninjured Lamb unwemme agnus absque macula, Ex. 12, 5: Lev. 9, 2, 3.

Linked entries: -wemme on-wæmme

ícan

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Hé iécte mægðum and mæcgum mǽgburge síne, Gen. 1122. with mid Hé ícte (iécte, v. l. cumulavit ) his ágne scylde mid ðǽm æfste, Past. 233, 21.

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Gé dóþ eów sylfe wyrsan þonne eówre ágne ǽhta, Bt. 14, 2 ; F. 44, 36. Eáþmódgiaþ eów sylfe, Bl. H. 99, 3. Add

hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
hweorfan, hworfan, hwurfan

To turnchangegoreturndepartgo aboutwanderroam

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Ierre hé hwearf ðonan tó his ágnum, Chr. 584; Erl. 18, 25. Hé ána hwearf mondreámum from he went alone from human joys [i.e. died ], Beo. Th. 3433; B. 1714. Hwearf geond ðæt healreced Hæreðes dóhtor, 3965; B. 1981.