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bismer-nes

disgrace ⬩ pollution ⬩ reproach ⬩ insult ⬩ contemptibleness ⬩ pitifulness

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C. 37, 7. reproach, insult God wolde ðá bysmernyssa úra feónda fram ús ácerron, Hml. A. 126, 321. contemptibleness, pitifulness.

flint

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God hét þæt Abraham náme scearpecgedne flint, Hml. Th. i. 92, 34: Wlfst. 195, 9.

for-pǽran

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Wé ne mótan ná furðor embe þis (the nature of God) smeágan, gif wé nellað ús sylfe forpǽran (if we do not wish to work our own destruction), 1, 71. Add

tó-scirian

(v.)
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Först. 105, 8. to distinguish, to recognize the difference between Hí né tóscyriað gód ne yfel nec bona nee mala discernunt, Chrd. 75, 1. to give distinctive marks to Wæs ǽlces hádes reáf synderlíce tóscyred habitus singulorum ordinum ab inuicem discreti

singallíce

(adv.)
Grammar
singallíce, adv.

Perpetually ⬩ continually ⬩ constantly

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Hine ǽghwonan God singallíce simle gehealdeþ, Met. 7, 46: Bt. 12; Fox 36, 27

Linked entry: ge-singallícode

tó-féran

(v.)
Grammar
tó-féran, p. de.

to go in different directions, ⬩ go off separately ⬩ to disperse (intrans.)

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to go in different directions, go off separately Ǽr fires Drihtnes leorningcnihtas tóférdan, ealswá heom beboden wæs (cf. Mk. 16, 15), Wulfst. 21, 5: Homl. Th. i. 318, 3. to disperse (intrans.)

Linked entry: tó-faran

efne

(int.)
Grammar
efne, interj.

Lo! behold! truly! indeed ⬩ en, ecce, certe, prŏfecto

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Efne me God fultumeþ ecce Deus adjŭvat me, 53, 4: 54. 7: 86, 3: 118, 40: 138, 3

eofot

(n.)
Grammar
eofot, eofut, eofet, es; n.

A debt, crime ⬩ dēbĭtum, culpa

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Godes ágen bearn, unscyldigne eofota gehwylces, héngon on heáne beám fæderas usse our fathers hung up God's own son on a high tree, guiltless of every crime, Elen. Kmbl. 846; El. 423

Linked entries: eofet ge-eofot

fór-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-sceótan, he -scýt, pl. -sceótaþ; p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; pp. -scoten

To shoot before ⬩ anticipate ⬩ come before ⬩ prevent ⬩ anticĭpāre ⬩ prævĕnīre

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Mín God fórscýt [MS. forscytte] oððe fórestepþ me Deus meus prævĕniet me, Ps. Lamb. 58, 11

Linked entry: for-scyttan

be-limp

(n.)
Grammar
be-limp, es; n.
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On horse hwítum sittan belimp gód getácnað, iii. 202, 28. Smyltum belimpum secundis successibus, An. Ox. 7, 170. Ǽlc þǽra dǽda þe gedón wæs on þæs cyninges belimpum. Hml. A. 95, 124. Belimp (-limpas. An. Ox. 388) eventus (acc. pl. ), Hpt.

ge-nípan

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Exod. 454' substitute Him ongén genáp atol ýða gewealc: ne þǽr ǽnig becwóm herges tó háme the horrid waves grew dark as they rolled on to meet them; not one of that host got back to his home, Exod. 454.

ge-tilian

(v.)
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Add: to gain, get by labour Ic geann ðæs landes ... mid ealre tylðe swá ðǽrtó getilod bið I grant the land ... with all the produce got from its cultivation, C. D. iii. 294, 8. Sceal gehwá him æteówian hwæt hé mid ðám punde geteolod hæfð, Hml.

hýr-mann

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Symle sceal gód scýrman his hýrmen scyrpan mid manunge, and him eác leánian be ðám ðe hý earnian, Angl. ix. 260, 22. Add

meox

Grammar
meox, [In 1. 6 after 'meox ?' insert: and swá ðeáh, gif þú his wel notast, hwæt bið wæstmbǽrre?]
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God áhefð of meohse ( de stercore) þone mann þe hé wile, O. E. Hml. i. 301, 26. Meoxa stercorum, An. Ox. 3331

niht-nihstig

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Gód wín þicgen hié and neahtnestige lapien on hunig, 12. ¶ on nihtnihstig after fasting a night :-- Syle drincan on mergene on nihtnihstig gódne bollan fulne, Lch. iii. 48, 15 : 50, 20: i. 82, 13: 84, 16. On nihtnistig (-nihstig, v. l. ), 76, 7.

yfel-sacian

(v.)
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Archiv xci. 190) Gé gehýrað hú hé Gode yfelsacað, Nap. 88. Hé gewunode ꝥ hé yfelsacode þæs ælmihtigan Godes mægnþrym majestatem Dei blasphemare consueverat , Gr. D. 289, 8: 290, 1.

wácness

(n.)
Grammar
wácness, e; f.

Meanness of condition ⬩ mean estate ⬩ vilitas,

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Hwí forgifð God ðám wácum wyrtum swá fægerne wlite,... búton for ðan ðe wé sceolon mid wácnysse and sóðre eádmódnysse ða heofenlícan fægernysse geearnian, Homl. Th. ii. 464, 18.

Linked entry: wænys

scortness

(n.)
Grammar
scortness, e; f.

shortness ⬩ a short account ⬩ an epitome

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Wé habbaþ gesǽd on ðisre sceortnysse, hú God geswutelode ða sóðfæstan godspelleras, Homl. Skt. i. 15, 219

sprytting

(n.)
Grammar
sprytting, e; f. (but pl. in -as in Ps. Lamb. 79, 12)

A sprig ⬩ shoot ⬩ sprout ⬩ plant

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Gescóp se ælmihtiga God eorðan and ealle eorðlíce spryttinga, Lchdm. iii. 234, 3. Hé ástrehte óþ flód his spryttingas extendit usque ad flumen propagines ejus, Ps. Lamb. 79, 12

felgan

(v.)
Grammar
felgan, ic felge, ðú filgst, filhst, he filgþ, filhþ, pl. felgaþ; p. fealg, fealh, pl. fulgon; pp. folgen

To stick to ⬩ betake oneself to ⬩ go or come under, below or beneath anything ⬩ to go into ⬩ enter a place ⬩ to undergo ⬩ inhærēre ⬩ sŭbīre ⬩ ināre ⬩ intrāre

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To stick to, betake oneself to, go or come under, below or beneath anything, to go into, enter a place, to undergo; inhærēre, sŭbīre, ināre, intrāre Óþ he on fleáme fealh until he betook himself to flight, Ors. 4, 8; Bos. 89, 42.

Linked entry: ge-felgan