of-dúne
Down
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Hié léton hiera hrægl ofdúne tó fótum, Ors. 3, 5; Swt. 106, 19. ' Wendaþ mín heáfod ofdúne, forðon ðe mín Drihten of heofenum ádúne tó eorþan ástág.' Ðá fæstnedan hié ða fét up and ðæt heáfod ofdúne, Blickl. Homl. 191, 2-9
Linked entry: á-dún
mægden-mann
A maid ⬩ virgin
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Forðon Mesiane noldon ðæt Læcedemonia mægdenmenn mid heora ofreden and heora godum onsægden propter spretas virgines suas in solemni Messeniorum sacrificio, Ors. 1, 14; Swt. 56, 16
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un-sceþþende
Innocent ⬩ harmless
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Ðæt hé mæge fordón ða unsceðþendan ut interficiat innocentem, Ps. Th. 9. 28
Linked entries: in-sceþþende un-scæþþende
born
burnt
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burnt; p. of beornan Forðonðe se Godes wer stronglíce innon born mid ðý fýre godcundre lufan quia vir Dei igne divinæ caritatis fortiter ardebat, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 30
for-gnídan
To rub together ⬩ dash or throw down ⬩ break ⬩ contĕrĕre ⬩ allīdĕre ⬩ elīdĕre
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Forðon ðú forgnide me quia allīsisti me, Ps. Spl. 101, 11. Drihten arǽreþ ealle forgnidene Dŏmĭnus erĭgit omnes elīsos, Ps. Spl. 144, 15
Linked entries: for-cnídan for-gnýdan ge-gnysan
on-bítan
To taste of, partake of
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Gif wulf ǽniges cynnes orf tóslíte, and hit forðon deád beo, ne onbíte gustet his nán Cristen man, L. Ecg. P. iv. 29; Th. ii. 212, 26. Anbíte, iv. 28; Th. ii. 212, 23. Gecýðan ðæt heó ðæs forstolenan ne onbite, L. In. 57; Th. i. 138, 10.
for-dilgian
To blot out ⬩ destroy ⬩ dēlēre ⬩ obnūbĭlāre ⬩ oblītĕrāre
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To blot out, destroy; dēlēre, obnūbĭlāre, oblītĕrāre He wolde ealle his þeóde fram ðam gingrum óþ ða yldran fordón and fordilgian he would do for and blot out all his nation from the younger to the elder, Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 13: 5, 21; S. 643, 26.
geongor-dóm
Youngership, minority, subjection, obedience, service, vassalage ⬩ juvĕnīlis status, obsĕquium, obēdientia, ministĕrium
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Unc wearþ God yrre forðon wit him noldon hnígan mid heáfdum þurh geongordóm God was angry with us two because we two would not bow to him with our heads in subjection, 35; Th. 46, 12; Gen. 743: 30; Th. 41, 26; Gen. 662.
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ge-smyrian
To smear ⬩ anoint ⬩ ungĕre
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Forðon gesmiride mec propter quod unxit me, Lk. Skt. Lind. 4, 18. Ðætte gesmiredon hire ut ungerent eum, Mk. Skt. Lind. 16, 1. Ðæt híg sín gesmirode on ðam and hira handa gehálgode ut ungantur in ea et consecrentur mănus eōrum, Ex. 29, 29.
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leornung-cniht
scholar ⬩ disciple
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Ðá undergeat se preóst ðæt hé ne mihte ðone hálgan wer líchamlíce ácwellan, and wolde ðá his leorningcnihta sáwla fordón, Homl. Th. ii. 162, 30
un-wéne
hopeless ⬩ not having hope or expectation ⬩ not hoped for ⬩ unexpected
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Forðon hiá unwoene (unwoen, Linda) sint mæhte in him propterea inopinantur uirtutes in illo, Mk. Skt, Rush. 6, 14
firdian
march
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Ðá wearð se cyning swá gram ꝥ hé wolde eft in fyrdian, and þone eard fordón, 948; P. 112, 3a. of troops Wǽron on þǽre fyrde fela crístene menn . . . for þan þe hí sceoldon fyrdrian (fyrdian?) swá swá eall folc dyde, Hml. S. 28, ii.
heofon-feld
A Northumbrian local name
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A Northumbrian local name Is seó stów on Englisc nemned Heofenfeld wæs heó geára swá nemned for tácnunge ðæra tóweardra wundra forðon ðe ðǽr ðæt heofonlíce sigebeácen árǽred beón sceolde and ðǽr heofonlíc sige ðam cyninge seald wæs vocatur locus illelingua
for-tendan
To burn off or away ⬩ sear ⬩ inūrĕre
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-cildan], ða wíf fortendon ðæt swýðre breóst fóran, ðæt hit weaxan ne sceolde, ðæt hí hæfden ðý strengran scyte; forðon hí mon hét on Creácisc Amázanas, ðæt is on Englisc fortende from the female children, the women burnt off the right breast so far that
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sárian
to feel pain for, feel sorry for ⬩ to be sore ⬩ to grieve, be sad
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Wé sáriaþ ealle, forðon þe wé seóþ ðínne líchaman beón cwylmed, 42, 2. Ðín fæder and ic sárigende (dolentes) ðé sóhton, Lk. Skt. 2, 48. Sáriendne (sáriende, MS. T.) fréfrian, R. Ben. 17, 3
up-áhefedness
Elevation ⬩ exaltation ⬩ exultation ⬩ arrogance, pride
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Hé (Lucifer) wæs fordón þurh ða miclan upáhefednysse, Homl. Th. i. 12, 21. Upáhefednesse forfleón elationem vel jactantiam fugere, R. Ben. 18, 23: L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 418, 12
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ge-ælfremedan
to alienate, estrange
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Ðá hálgan geseóð þá fordónan swá micclum fram him geælfremode swá micclum swá hí beóð fram Drihtne áscofene, Hml. Th. i. 332, 24. Geælfremede synt þá synfullan alienati sunt peccatores, Ps. L. 57, 4
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þearllíce
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Forðon is néd, ðætte sume mid woningum, sume þearlícor (ðearflícor, Bd.
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cwild
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Ic ofsleá hig mid cwylde and fordó mid cwealme feriam eos pestilentia atque consumam, Num. 14, 12. Cwylda pestilentiae (n. pl.), An. Ox. 61, 42. Sé þe mid gesyntum swylce cwyldas mæg wel forbúgon qui illas effugiet prospere clades, Dóm. L. 248. Add
incer
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Of or belonging to you two Ic nú ðis þing wríte tó ðé gemǽnelíce and tó mínre méder and mínum geswustrum forðon incer lufu sceal beón somod gemǽne nunc tibi et matri mee sororibusque meis de singulis regni mei commodis scribebam, que tibi et illis communia