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níþ

(n.)
Grammar
níþ, es; m.

envyhatredenmityrancorspiteill-willjealousyaction which arises from hatredstrifewarhostilitythe effect of hatredpersecutiontroublevexationannoyanceafflictiontribulationgriefevilwickednessmalice

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envy, hatred, enmity, rancor, spite, ill-will, jealousy Ðis synt ða ídelnyssa ðisse worlde ... níþ and æfésta and hátheortnys hae sunt vanitates hujus mundi ... odium et invidiae et furor, L. Ecg. P. i. 8; Th. ii. 174, 32.

hér

here . . . there

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Hér is ǽghwylc eorl óðrum getrýwe, B. 1228. used with a noun qualified by this: Rufinus wolde habban him self þon anwold þǽr east, and Stileca wolde sellan his suna þisne hér west, Ors. 6, 37; S. 296, 7. Hér sægeð on þissum bócum, Bl.

hád

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Under Móyses ǽmóste se bisceop habban wíf . . . ꝥ se sunu sceolde fón tó þám háde æfter his fæder geendunge, Hml. S. 10, 220: Past. 27, 22. Se preóst . . háligne hád underféng (cf. geeóde tó þám hálgan sácerdháde ad sacrum ordinem accessit, Gr.

þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
þegnung, e; f.
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Gearwa úre þénunga ðæt hig magon etan mid mé instrue convivium, quoniam mecum sunt comesturi, Gen. 43, 16: Mt. Kmbl. 26, 17. Ic wolde ðíne ðénunge sylf nú gearcian, gif ic mé mid féðunge ferian mihte, Homl. Th. ii. 134, 31.

feor

(adv.)
Grammar
feor, adv.

avoidancewidelywidelyfarfar

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Þé firina gehwylc feor ábúgeð, Cri. 56. of remoteness of relationship Þá þe beóð feor (feorr, v. l.) heora cneórisse fram him ácende quae sunt ab illis longa progenie generata, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 68, 4. in deprecatory phrases Feor sí absit, An.

Linked entries: fier firr fyr

ge-gaderian

(v.)
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Sint gegaderade collecta sunt (foena ), Kent. Gl. 1040. <b>IV a.</b> figurative :-- See] hí gegadrad hæfþ, þonne eówaþ hé hí, Bt. 27, 1; F. 94, 26

gán

to gowalkto move along, proceedto take a specified course to be guideddeterminedto be habitually in a specified conditionto gobe pregnantto pass, elapseto happen, come to pass, take placeto pass, be currentto be accepted to have a specified issue turn out so and soto move away, depart to relinquishto take one's way, proceedgomove in a specified directiongoandto applybetake oneselfto turnbetake oneselfgoto be carried, moved, impelledto pass, be paid, be allottedto be appropriatedto be one of the constituent elements be amongst the conditions requisiteto amount, be equivalentto attain, reach, extendto come to take precedence of.to produce, came out withto accompany, be withto be uttered to begin, startto go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation to proceed to the business of a court

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Gǽð seó sunne on ꝥ tácn Aquarium Angl. viii. 305, 35. Mín lár in gǽð on þin ondgit, Bt. 13 ; F. 36, 33. Sió heáfodpanne gǽþ on riht sóna. Lch. ii. 342, 7. Mín gebed tó þé eóde, Ps. Th. 60, 4. Gán hié ealle on þeówot. Ll. Th. i. 106, 17.

hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
hweorfan, hworfan, hwurfan

To turnchangegoreturndepartgo aboutwanderroam

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Siððan heó ofer brim hweorfeþ after it [the sun] goes beyond the ocean, 93 b; Th. 351, 17; Sch. 81: 110 a; Th. 422, 13; Rä. 41, 5. Gé tó mé on hyge hweorfaþ ye turn to me in thought, 98 a; Th. 366, 2; Reb. 6.

hefig

ponderousdenseweightyimportantgravesevereseriousdeepprofoundmistfogcloudslowdulltroublesomeoppressiveonerousburdensomeoppressivegrievousdifficultlaborioustoilsomeoverpoweringweariness

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Bútan hefigum gefeohte and blódgyte sine ullo proelio ac sanguine, Bd. 1. 3; Sch. 15, 2. weighty, important Ðá ðe hefigo (hæfigra, R.) aron ðæs ǽs quae graviora sunt legis, Mt.

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Hú þearf mannes sunu máran treówe?, Exod. 425. with what meaning?, to what effect? Hwæt is gewriten on þǽre ǽ? hú rǽtst þú?, Lk. 10, 26. with intensive addition Sé ðe eáran worhte, hú sé oferhleóður ǽfre wurde? qui plantavit aurem, non audiet?

hwá

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quibus isti sunt similes ?, Past. 226, 23. Æt hwám (from hwǽm, R. a quibus) nimað cyningas gafol?, Mt. 17, 25 : Hml.

wann

(adj.)
Grammar
wann, adj.
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Færeþ sunne in ðæt wonne genip under wætra geþring, Exon. Th. 351, 12; Sch. 79. Wolcnu wann, Cd. Th. 14, 5 ; Gen. 214. Sceadu sweðerodon wonn under wolcnum, Andr. Kmbl. 1673 ; An. 839. Wan, Beo. Th. 1306; B. 651. Won, Exon. Th. 384, 33; Rä. 4, 37.

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eorþe

the groundsoillandearththe eartha landcountrysoilmoulddust

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Seó sunne gǽð . . . on dæg bufon eorðan and on niht under ðysse eorþan . . . Ǽfre heó byð yrnende ymbe ðás eorðan . . . Ǽfre byð on sumre sídan þǽre eorðan dæg, and ǽfre on sumre sídan niht, 234, 18-28. Eorðan ymbhwyrft, 236, 7.

Linked entry: eorþ-lic

geár

(n.)
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On ðám fyrste hé underyrnð ealle ðá twelf tácna þe seó sunne undergǽð twelf mónað . . . þis is þæs mónan geár, ac his mónað is máre, Lch. iii. 246, 24-248, 15. for the purposes of calculation in dealing with that which recurs regularly Æt gáres cépinge

ge-híran

(v.)
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Hér is mín leófa Sunu . . . ; gehýrað (-hérað, R. -héras, L.) hyne, Mt. 17, 5. Gif þú wilt gehýran þone apostol, ne swyltst þú on écnesse, Hml.

ge-mǽre

(n.; v.)
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Cf. border the border between Northumbria and Mercia Súðmǽgde oð gemǽre Humbre streámes Myrcna cyninge on hýrnesse underðeódde wǽron prouinciae australes ad confinium usque Hymbrae fluminis Merciorum regi subiectae sunt, Bd. 5, 23; Sch. 691, 6.

ge-witnes

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Cf. ge-wita; 1 On þára manna gewitnesse þe him tó gewitnesse getealde syndon ( qui testes adnumerati sunt ei ), Ll. Th. i. 162, 13: 34, 4. Ðis syndon ðǽra manna naman ðe ðises tó gewitnesse wǽron, Cht. Th. 541, 1.

tó-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-weard, adj.

futurethat is to comeabout to comecomingat handapproachingtoward(that is) to happen or be some time or other,(that is) to comeabout to happen(that is) to come soonimminentimpendingto take placecome to passcoming towards a placeapproachingabout to comewith the face towards a person,facing

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Ða þing ðe eów tówearde synd and hú eówer ǽlcon gebyreð ǽr his ende quae ventura sunt vobis in diebus novissimis. Gen. 49, Eallum mannum, ðám ðe nú sint and ðám ðe tówearde sint.

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(prep.)
Grammar
tó, prep. adv.

to, atso as to producebecometo (the satisfaction, etc. )to some end,for some purposefornext to,at,by,alongsidein,onnext toaftertoasfortoasforat,inof,fromto (in to do something to anything)according to,at,aftercompared to,in comparison with,besidein addition to,besidesfor,atto be sufferedatin the course of,in,onfor,duringtoto,forin,atto the extent,to such a degreeto,up to,until,tillat,in,onin addition,besides,tootoo

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Hé gearwaþ ðínne innoð his suna tó brýdbúre, Blickl. Homl. 9, 10. Tó lǽne as a loan, on loan, Deut. 15, 8: Past. pref.; Swt. 9, 7. Tó láfe as a remnant, remaining, Similar entries v. láf, I.

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þǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr, þár, þára; adv.
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Sín ðíne suna and ðíne dohtra geseald óðrum folce þǽr ðú on lócie ( videntibus oculis tuis ), Deut. 28, 32. Hí clumiaþ mid ceaflum þǽr hí sceoldan clypian, L. I.

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