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be-neoðan

(prep.)
Grammar
be-neoðan, be-nyðan; prep. dat. [be, neoðan under]

BENEATHbelowunderinfra

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Nis nán wuht benyðan [him] no creature is beneath him [beneath God's notice] Bt. 36, 5; Fox 180, 18

un-gefullod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gefullod, -gefulwad; adj.

Unbaptized

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Hine swá fǽrlíce deáð fornam, ðæt hé ungefullad forðférde. Ðá Sanctus Martinus ðæt geseah ... him wæs ðæt swíþe myccle weorce ðæt hé swá ungefulwad forðféran sceolde, Blickl. Homl. 217, 18-23

Linked entries: ge-fullian ge-fullian

heal

(n.)
Grammar
heal, hal, es; m. n.

A corner, an angle, a secret place

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Ðá gemétte hé hine hleonian on ðam hale his cyrcan wið ðam weofode he found him leaning in the corner of his church against the altar, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 82, 22. On halum in abditis, Ps. Spl. 16, 13

sorh-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sorh-líc, adj.

Sorrowfulcausing sorrowgrievoussorrymiserable

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Stingaþ hine mid sorhlícum sáre on his heortan, 141, 9. Setl his ðú gesettest sorglíc on eorðan sedem ejus in terra collisisti, Ps. Th. 88, 37

a-breóðan

(v.)
Grammar
a-breóðan, p. -breáþ, pl. -bruðon; pp. -broðen

To unsettleruinfrustratedegeneratedeteriorateperderedegenerare

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Abreóðe his angin he frustrated his enterprise, Byrht. Th. 138, 59; By. 242. abruðon ða ðe he toþohte they frustrated that which he had thought of, Chr. 1004; Ing. 178, 1. Eálá ðú abroðene folc degener O populus, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 8,10.

Linked entry: a-bruðon

ge-scildnes

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For gescildnesse (-scield-, v.l.) his heorde pro defensione gregis. Past. 89, 23. Hé him þone rén tó gescildnesse onsende, Ors. 4, 10; S. 194, 30. His sáwle to gescyldnesse, Chr. 959 ; P. 115, 16. Add

ge-þoftian

(v.)
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Seleucus and Demetrias (him, Bos. 75, 14) tógædere geþoftedan Seleucus Demetrio jungitur, Ors. 3, 11; S. 150, 29. to league with (wiꝥ) a person Cassander geþoftade wið Ptholomeus and wið Lisimachus and wið Seleucus, and hié ealle winnende wǽron wið

tó-brecan

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</b> add: to put an end to :-- wépende him tó fótum luton, and cwǽdon, 'Help úre, la Hǽlend ... ádwǽsc ðás gebeót and ðás wópas tóbrec,' Shrn. 68, 10. Add Micele sélre him wǽre þæt hé þone að tóbrǽce, Hml. Th. i. 484, 4

tó-glídan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-glídan, p. -glád; pp. -gliden

To glide in different directions,glide awayto be dissipated, dispersed, dispelled, to disappear, vanish, pass awayto fall to pieces,collapseto slip away

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Kmbl. 2536; El. 1269. of smoke, cloud, or the like, to be dissipated, dispersed, dispelled, to disappear, vanish, pass away Ða gedwinon his drýcræftas, swá swá rec ðonne hé tóglídeþ, oððe weax ðonne hit for fýre gemelteþ. Shrn. 135, 3.

be-gitan

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Hé begeat forð mid him fela scipu, 1052; P. 178, 14. Hié him þǽr scipu begéton, 897; P. 89, 28. Namige man him .xiiii., and begyte [hé] .xi. ( let him take xi ), Ll. Th. i. 410, II. Wulfnóð cuconne oððe deádne begytan, Chr. .1009; P. 138, 23.

ge-byrhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-byrhtan, p. te; pp. ed

To make brightbrightenillūmĭnāreclārĭfĭcāre

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To make bright, brighten; illūmĭnāre, clārĭfĭcāre Ys his nama fór him neóde gebyrhted præclārum nōmen eōrum cōram ipso, Ps. Th. 71, 14

árung

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Hié him sendon áne tunecan ongeán, ꝥ hé ealles buton árunge tó Róme ne com, Ors. 5, 10; S. 234, 24. Add

ymb-hycgan

(v.)
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to think about, consider Naenig unirthit thoncsnot-turra than him tharf sié tó ymbhycggannae hwaet his gástae . . . doemid uneorthae, Txts. 149, 18

æt-fyligan

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Add: , -fylgan Him ætfylgedon his þegnas, Gr. D. 201, 9. v. æt-feólan, <b>III b.</b>

on-ginnendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
on-ginnendlíc, adj.

Inchoative

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Inchoative Óðer hiw is geháten inchoativa, ðæt is onginnendlíc, forðan ðe hit getácnaþ weorces anginn, Ælfc. Gr. 35 ; Som. 38, 2

un-wéne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wéne, adj.

hopelessnot having hope or expectationnot hoped forunexpected

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Forðon hiá unwoene (unwoen, Linda) sint mæhte in him propterea inopinantur uirtutes in illo, Mk. Skt, Rush. 6, 14

weorold-ár

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-ár, e; f.
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Gewonie him God his weorldáre ond eác swá his sáwle áre, Chart.

neáh

(adj.)
Grammar
neáh, adj.
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Ǽr his néxtan dæge, Hml. Th. ii. 152, 8. Þá þá hé sceolde álǽtan þæt níhste orað and ágyfan his gást cum extremum spiritum ageret. Gr. D. 324, 15

þe

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Add His freónda foresprǽc forstent him eal þæt ylce þe (cf. eal þæt sylfe swylce, 38, 17) hit sylf sprǽce, Wlfst, 110, 4

ofer-drencan

(v.)

to overdrench, give a person too much to drink, to inebriate, intoxicateinebriare

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Ðú oferdrenctest hig inebriasti eam, Ps. Spl. 64, 9. Hié hié selfe mid ealoþ oferdrencton, Ors. 5, 3; Swt. 222, 6.