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hruse

Grammar
hruse, l. hrúse,
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Hé hrycge sceal hrúsan sécan, 28, 11. (1 a) the floor of a subterranean place :-- Hwá wát on hwelcum hlǽwa Wélandes bán hrúsan þeccen?

in-gang

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Th. i. 504, 10. an entering upon action, a beginning, first step Suá mon sceal on ðǽm úpáhæfenum monnum ðone fruman and ðone ingong ðǽre ðreátunga gemetgian ipsa in elatis invectionis exordia sunt temperanda, Past. 303, 18.

racu

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Add Hé sceal beforan ðǽm ðearlwísan Déman mid gereccelicre race gereccan ðæt hé ðæt ilce self dyde ðe hé óðre menn lǽrde apud districtum judicem cogitur tanta in opere exsolvere, quanta eum constat aliis voce praecepisse, Past. 193, 15. reason Ne wiþstandeð

riht-wís

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Se Godes man sceal beón fulfremed on rihtwísum weorcum, Bl. H. 73, 16

úre

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
úre, adj. pronoun.

ourours

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Úrum sceal sweord and helm ... bám gemǽne, Beo. Th. 5312; B. 2659. Similar entries v. úser

hǽr

(n.)
Grammar
hǽr, hér, es; n.

Hair, a hair

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Ne sceal eów beón forloren án hǽr of eówrum heáfde there shall not a hair of your head be lost, Homl. Th. i. 236, 22. Ðú ne miht wyrcan án hǽr ðínes feaxes hwít oððe blacc thou canst not make one hair of thy locks white or black, 482, 19.

Linked entry: hér

ge-ágnian

(v.)

to have as one's own, possess, occupyto getsecure possession of, acquireto adoptto prove one's title tosecure by shewing titleto usurp

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Add: to have as one's own, possess, occupy Þín sǽd geágnað (þín ofspring sceal ágan, Gen. 22, 17) his feónda gatu possidebit semen luum portas inimicorum Hml. Th. ii. 62, 10.

Columba

(n.)
Grammar
Columba, an; m.

An Irish priest, the Apostle of the Highlands

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Nú, sceal beón ǽfre on Ií abbod, næs bisceop; and ðam sculon beón underþǽdde ealle Scotta biscopas, forðam ðe Columba wæs abbod, nes bisceop Columba, mass-priest, came to the Picts, and converted them to the faith of Christ; who are now dwellers by the

sorh-full

(adj.)
Grammar
sorh-full, adj.

full of care or anxietycarefulanxiousfeeling anxietyattended with anxietycausing anxietysorrowfulmournfulsadfeeling sorrow or griefattended with or causing sorrowgrievoussollicitus

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Ic sceal gnornian seóc and sorhful, Cd. Th. 281, 20; Sat. 275. Módor síðode sorhfull, sunu deáþ fornam, Beo. Th. 4244; B. 2119. Hig heora synna andetton mid sorhfullum móde, Jud. 10, 10. Hé hafaþ wérige heortan, sefan sorhfulne, Salm.

á-þenian

(v.)

to stretch outextendto stretch by pulling:to extend noticedirect attentioneffortto extendprolongto spread outextend superficially to stretch outprostrate:--

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Sceal hé beforan him hine áþenian coram eo se prosternere debebit, Ll. Th. ii. 130, 34.

Linked entry: on-þenian

an-sýn

(n.)
Grammar
an-sýn, -sin, -sién, -sión; on-, e; f. [an, sýn sight, vision] .

a facecountenancefaciesvultusa viewaspectsightformfigureaspectusconspectusvisusvisiospeciesformafiguraa thing to be looked upona sightspectaculuma view or sight producing desire or longinga desire of anythingwant or lack of anythingdesideriumdefectus

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a face, countenance; facies, vultus His ansýn sceán swá swá sunne facies ejus resplenduit sicut sol, Mt. Bos. 17, 2. Befóran ðíne ansýne ante faciem tuam, Lk. Bos. 7, 27.

fóre

(prep.)
Grammar
fóre, = fór; prep. dat. acc.

beforecōramantein conspectupræsente vel audiente ălĭquoantebeforeante

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Ne sceal ic míne onsýn fóre eówere mengu míðan I shall not conceal my countenance before your multitude, Exon. 43 a; Th. 144, 17; Gú. 679. Fóre þreó niht before three nights, Andr.

lagu

(n.)
Grammar
lagu, lago; m.

seawater

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sea, water Ðæt gelimpan sceal ðætte lagu flóweþ ofer foldan it shall come to pass that the sea shall flow over the earth [at the last day], Exon. 115 b; Th. 445, 1; Dóm. 1. Lagu, wæter under wolcnum, Beo. Th. 3265; B. 1630.

mód-sefa

(n.)
Grammar
mód-sefa, an; m.

The inner man

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Ne sceal se Dryhtnes þeów in his módsefan (in his heart) máre gelufian eorþan ǽhtwelan, Exon. 38a; Th. 125, 22; Gú. 358: 66b; Th. 247, 1; Jul. 72. Man cweþeþ on his módsefan dicet homo, Ps. Th. 57, 10. On módseofan, 115, 2.

gildan

(v.)
Grammar
gildan, geldan, gieldan, gyldan, ic gilde, gielde, gylde, ðú giltst, gieltst, gyltst, gilst, he gildeþ, gilt, gielt, gylt, pl. gildaþ; p. geald, pl. guldon; pp. golden; v.

To yieldpayrestorerequitegiverendermake an offering serveworshipredderesolveretribuereretribuererependererestituereservicecolere

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Mín sceal mid grimme gryre golden wurþan fyll and feorh-cwealm my fall and murder shall be requited with grim horror, Cd. 55; Th. 67, 18; Gen. 1102. Sceuccgyldum swýðe guldan servierunt sculptilibus eorum, Ps. Th. 105, 26.

stingan

(v.)
Grammar
stingan, p. stang, pl, stungon ;
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Þú hefir mjök stungizk til þessa máls thou hast meddled much with this case.) to prick with something, to sting, stab, pierce Swá swá seó beó sceal losian, ðonne heó hwæt yrringa stingþ, Bt. 31, 2 ; Fox 112, 26. Stingeþ, Met. 18, 7.

þeóstre

(adj.)
Grammar
þeóstre, þeóster (-or, -ur), and þiéstre, þístre, þýstre; adj.
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Ðeóf sceal gangan in ðýstrum wederum, Menol. Fox 544; Gn. C. 42. Niht biþ wedera þeóstrost, Salm.

a-rédian

(v.)
Grammar
a-rédian, l. á-redian,
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and add: to make ready, adapt Hit bið mid ðǽére líðelican manunga tó ðám áredod ðæt hit sceal suíðe hrædlíce áfeallan of ðǽre weámódnesse, Past. 297, 18. to carry out, effect, make Eall ðiss áredað se reccere suíðe ryhte omne hoc a rectore agitur,

fore-sceáwian

(v.)

to foreseeto provide forto provide give for use

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Symle sceal þæt lǽwede folc gewilnian . . . þæt God him góde láreówas foresceáwige, Hml. Th. ii. 530, 22. God mæg unc þurh ðisne earn ǽt foresceáwian, 138, 35: 462, 17

ge-lustfullian

(v.)
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Ne sceal man unálýfedlíce gelustfullian non concupiscere, R. Ben. 16, 19. <b>I a.</b> to delight in, rejoice over :-- Hió gelustfullað ofor hálwendan hire, Ps. L. 34, 9. Wéstensetlan on wéstenes wununge gelustfulliað, R. Ben. 134, 16.