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irnan

(v.)
Grammar
irnan, p. arn, pl. urnon ; pp. urnen

To run

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Ǽspringe irneþ wið his eardes, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 29; Met. 5, 15. arn him sylf tó his hrýðera falde ipse ad armentum cucurrit, Gen. 18, 7. Ðonne orn eft inn tó ðæm temple ad templum recurrit, Past. 16, 3 ; Swt. 103, 4.

on-ginnan

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Ðá ðe nabbað wísdóm tó ðon ðæt hié cunnen lǽran, and ðeáh forhradiað ðæt hié hit ongiennað, Past. 383, 22.

ge-healdsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-healdsum, adj.

Keepingsparingfrugalparcus

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Keeping, sparing, frugal; parcus Ðæt he síe gehealdsum on ðæm ðe he healdan scyle oððe dǽlan that he is frugal in what he ought to keep or give away, Past. 20, 2; Swt. 149, 18; Hat. MS. 29 b, 9

Linked entry: healdsum

þǽr-bufan

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-bufan, adv.
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Besides, over and above that cwæð : 'Biscepe gedafnaþ ðæt sié tǽlleás.' Ðǽrbufan (v. 1 Tim. 3, 2 sqq. for the additional remarks referred to ) is geteald hwelc beón sceal, gif untǽlwierðe biþ, Past. 8; Swt. 53, 10

Linked entry: bufan

LEÓGAN

(v.)
Grammar
LEÓGAN, p. leáh; pl. lugon

To liedeceivefeign

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Hér begann se deófol tó reccanne hálige gewrita and leáh mid ðære race here the devil began to expound holy writ, and he spake falsely in his exposition, Homl. Th. i. 170, 4.

wunung-stów

(n.)
Grammar
wunung-stów, e ; f.
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Dwelling-place, habitation him bebeád ꝥ fram hire gewite, and ꝥ náne wunungstówe (locum) næfde on Godes þeówene, Gr. D. 31, 19

folgian

(v.)
Grammar
folgian, p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed; v. trans, dot. and acc.

to FOLLOWgo behindrun afterpursuesĕquiinsĕquito follow as a servant, attendant or disciplecŏmĭtāriadhærēre alicuiservīresubdĭtus esse

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Dó ðæt mid ðæs ealdormonnes gewitnesse ðe he ǽr in his scíre folgode let him do it with the knowledge of the alderman whom he before followed in his shire, L. Alf. pol. 37; Th. i. 86, 4, 7: L.

Linked entry: FYLGEAN

swíþmódness

(n.)
Grammar
swíþmódness, e; f.
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Greatness of soul, magnanimity Be sigerfestnisse and swíþmódnísse úses Drihtnes mid ðǽm ða hǽþnan ofercom, Anglia xi. 173, 12. Ne mágon ðære tungan gerecnisse ne hire mægnes swíðmódnisse áspyrian, Salm. Kmbl. 150, 4

for-maneg

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þone Hǽlend wrégdon formanegum yfelum dǽdum, and ne wearþ nǽfre náne wyrcende, Nic. 1, 18. Add

óþ-swígan

(v.)
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to stop speaking, become silent spræc tó his liornæra sumum, and ðá fǽringa óþswígde suǽ hwæshwegu hercnade, Shrn. 72, 24

tíþe

Grammar
tíþe, better tygþe, týþe (the form in the Pastoral Care has y).
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Efne swá his bæd, swá wæs týðe (þǽrrihte hit beget, v.l.) ita dum peteret impetravit, Gr. D. 79, 33. Add

wendan

(v.)
Grammar
wendan, p. -de

To turnTo cause to moveto change alterconvertto translateinterpretto move one's self take one's waygoproceedwendTo wendgoproceed

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wende hine lythwón fram him and weóp, and wende eft tó him avertit se parumper et flevit; et reversus est ad eos Gen. 42, 24. Se cyning hine west wende Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 5. wende hine ðanon, Cd. Th. 31, 31; Gen. 493: 34, 33; Gen. 547.

for-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
for-cúþ, comp. m. -cúþera, -cúþra; sup. m. -cúþesta, -cuþosta; adj. [cúþ known, excellent]

Perversebadinfamouswickedperversusmălusnēquam

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Wearþ he and ealle his geferan forcúþran andwyrsan ðonne ǽnig óðer gesceaft he and all his companions became more wicked and worse than any other creature, i. 10, 35.

Linked entries: fercúþ for-cúþlic

ge-wífian

(v.)
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Substitute : absolute to marry, take a wife Æfter heora gewunan gewífode. Hml. A. 95, 105. sǽde ꝥ gewiifad hæfde se uxoreo uinculo conligatumfvisse respondit, Bd. 4, 22 ; Sch. 456, 3.

ge-weorþan

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Him wǽre betere þæt ǽfre on worulde man ne gewurde, þonne gewurde. Wlfst. 26, 10. Geseoh þínne líchaman and loccas þínes heáfdes, hwæt hié syndon gewordene, Bl. H. 245, 7. with predicative adjective him grim geweorþeþ, Bl. H. 25, 13.

ge-neósian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-neósian, p. ode; pp. od [neósian to visit]

To visit, come tovisĭtāre, adīre

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Forðam ðe he ge-neósode, and his folces alýsednesse dyde quia visĭtāvit, et fecit redemptiōnem plebis suæ, Lk. Bos. 1, 68, 78. Us mid hǽlo hér geneósa visĭta nos in salutāri tua, Ps. Th. 105, 4.

Linked entry: neósian

for-þencan

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Wurdon hié swá swíþe forþóhte þætte ... hié him heápmǽlum selfe on hand eódon, 4, 5; S. 170, 5

ge-reordan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-reordan, -reordian; p. ode; pp. ad, od

To give food to, feed, take food, satisfy, refresh, feastcibare, saturare, satiare, epulari

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He hine gereordode mid ðam papan he dined with the pope, Chr. 1022; Erl. 161, 34. Giriordade hine cibavit illum, Rtl. 46, 9. He gereordode saturavit eos, Ps. Spl. C. 80, 15.

Linked entry: reordan

gǽþ

(v.)
Grammar
gǽþ, 3rd pers. pres. of gán.

goes

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goes He gǽþ he goes, Beo. Th. 4075; B. 2034;

lícettan

(v.)
Grammar
lícettan, p. te

To feignpretendsimulate

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Oft ða unþeáwas leógaþ and lícettaþ ðæt síen góde þeówas plerumque vitia virtutes se esse mentiuntur, Past. 20; Swt. 149, 2. lícette hine selfne ðæt wǽre ungeleáffull in se personam infidelium transfigurans, 16, 2; Swt. 101, 8.

Linked entry: líccettan