ge-beorgan
To save ⬩ protect ⬩ defend ⬩ secure ⬩ spare ⬩ preserve ⬩ servāre ⬩ salvāre ⬩ tuēri ⬩ defendĕre ⬩ arcēre ⬩ parcĕre
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Áge he þreóra nihta fierst him to gebeorganne let him have a space of three days to save himself, L. Alf. pol. 2; Th. i. 62, 2. Ðú him yfele dagas ealle gebeorgest mītĭges eum a diēbus mălis, Ps. Th. 93. 12.
ge-leáfful
Full of belief ⬩ believing ⬩ faithful ⬩ holy ⬩ fĭdēlis ⬩ crēdŭlus
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Full of belief, believing, faithful, holy; fĭdēlis, crēdŭlus Heó wundrade hú he swá geleáfful, on swá lytlum fæce, and swá uncýðig, ǽfre wurde gleáwnysse þurhgoten she wondered how he, so full of belief, in so short a space, and so ignorant, could ever
fæc
distance ⬩ room
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Voc. ii. 50, 27. local, distance On óþere healfre míle fæce unius miliarii et dimidii spatio, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 556, 5: 5, 4; Sch. 567, 11. space of two or three dimensions.
feorran
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Add: of space (lit. or fig.), from a distance Gefetadne feorran arceri porro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 35. Sume cumað swíðe feorran and habbað swíðe længe weig, Solil. H. 44, 5. Sume hí cómon feorran (fearre, L., feorra, R. de longe), Mk. 8, 3.
lengu
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</b> of space relations, (i) cf. lang; 2 Tó ðon ꝥ him nǽre ná álýfed furður tó gánne þonne swá swá þǽre racenteáge længe (leng, v. l.) áþened wæs ne ei ultra liceret progredi, quam catenae ejusdem quantitas tendebatur, Gr. D. 214, 8.
ge-frédan
To feel ⬩ perceive ⬩ know ⬩ be sensible of ⬩ sentīre
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Se líchama awent eorþan and anbídaþ æristes, and on ðam fyrste nán þing ne gefrét the body turns to earth and awaits the resurrection, and in that space feels nothing, Homl. Th. ii. 232, 25. Stánas ne gefrédaþ stones have not sense, i. 302, 14, 18.
wang-stede
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Andrew was unseen as he passed across the space (wang) between the sea and the town. Cf. stede-wang)) Hæfde ðá se sæðeling in geþrungen carcerne néh, Andr. Kmbl. 1975 ; An.990
neáh-lǽcan
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Add: with dat. or tó. of movement in space Hé ána beláf and neálǽhte tó þǽre stówe, Hml. S. 30, 105. Þá apostolas ealle neálǽhton tó Drihtne, Bl. H. 155, 14. Hé wearð áweht tó his neálǽcendan stefne, Gr.
HWÍL
A WHILE
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A WHILE, space of time Wæs seó hwíl micel it was a great while, Beo. Th. 295; B. 146. Ðá wæs hwíl dæges ǽr hé ðone grundwong ongytan mihte it was a day's space ere he might feel the bottom, 2995; B. 1495.
hú-hwega
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Voc. ii. 24, 35. of space measurement Is ꝥ eáland fram þǽre cyricean feor út on gársecge seted húhugu (-hwega, húru, v. ll.) on nygan mílum (nouem ferme milibus passuum ), Bd. 4, 27; Sch. 511, 7.
open
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Hí carcernes duru opene fundon, An. 1078. of a containing space, where there is free access to its interior Bið súsla hús open . . . áðlogum ongeán, Cri. 1605. Æt openum græfe, Ll. Th. i. 8, 5; 308; 5.
feor
avoidance ⬩ widely ⬩ widely ⬩ far ⬩ far
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Add: at a great distance. of space, absolute Þú feorr gehogodest sæcce sécean, B. 1988.
ge-rýman
To extend, enlarge, make room, open, manifest, expand ⬩ dīlātāre, amplĭfĭcāre, lŏcum dāre, apĕrīre, expandĕre
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On ðam rýmette ðe se cing hét gerýmen into ealdan mynstre in the space that the king ordered to cede to the old monastery, Ch. Th. 231, 26
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stycce
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Rush. 12, 42. a short space of time:?-Ðú á embe sticce (after a bit) féhst eft on ða ilcan sprǽce ðe ðú ǽr spǽce, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 164, 14
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hwíl
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(with constructions as in ) an hour; hora. as a definite space of time Ðás hlætmesto án tíd ł huíl ( una hora ) worohton, Mt. L. 20, 12. Ne mæhtest áne hwíle (huíle, L.) áwæccan ?, Mt.
of-gán
to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exact ⬩ to require what is not due, to exact with violence, extort ⬩ to require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of another ⬩ to start of, make a beginning of anything.
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to another, that the chief of the monastery that accepted the space should hold the other monastery's property on such conditions as should be agreeable to the society that owned that property.
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ranc
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heánan gebyrdan ða ðe heora yldran on worolde ne wurdan welige ne wlance ne on lǽnan líffæce rance ne ríce they account the worse for humble birth, those whose forefathers were not of great wealth or of high estate in the world, nor in this poor life-space
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Cynewulf
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I cannot here bestow space upon a long argument to shew who this Cynewulf was.
geond-geótan
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Ox. 1729. to spread (trans.) through a space, pour into (lit. or fig.), infuse Monna inngeðonc giendgeótan (gind-, v. l.) and gewæterian interiora infundere, Past. 137, 10.
rúme
widely, far and wide, ⬩ liberally, extensively, amply, abundantly, in a high degree ⬩ plainly, clearly ⬩ without contraction, in full
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local, widely, far and wide, so as to extend over a wide space Cyning rúme rícsaþ a king (the Deity) rules far and wide, Met. 24,32. Rúme geondwlítan ymb healfa gehwone, Exon. Th. 4, 30; Cri. 60. Heó wíde hire willan sóhte and rúme fleáh, Cd.
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