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efne

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Efne þú eart gelǽred, 22, 16, 43. Ðú góda cyngc, efne þes man þe þú swá wel wið gedést, hé is æfestful for ðínum góde, Ap. Th. 14, 23.

ge-streón

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Earme synt þises middangeardes gestreón . . . Hwǽr synt þá welegan þisse weorolde ? hwǽr is nú heora gold ? Wálá ꝥ for swá medmiclum gestreóne hí synt lǽdde tó swá heardum tyntergum, Ll. Th. ii. 396, 25-31.

ge-ceósan

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Geceás hé him þone deáþ, ꝥ him mon ofléte blódes on þám earme, Bt. 29, 2; F. 104, 22. Geceós dé nú fultum. Hml. S. 25, 399. Healde gehwá mid riht his ǽwe ... búton ꝥ gewurðe ꝥ hí búta geceósan ... hí getwǽman, Ll. Th. ii. 300, 27. <b>I a.

ge-dréfan

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R. 3, 14. to cause sorrow, anxiety, fear &amp; c. in a person For hwý eart þú unrót, mín sáwl, and hwý gedréfst þú (gedroefes ðú, Ps. Srt.) mé ?, Fs. Th. 41, 13. Hé his geférscipe swíþe gedréfde . . . Hié swíþe forhte cwǽdon, Bl. H. 85, 6.

heán

lowpoormeanignoblebasehumbleddepresseddejectedcast downmiserablewretchedmeanbaselow

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Th. 118, 134. applied to a thing personified: Hió (day) sceal wreccan láste hámleás hweorfan, nó þý heánre bið, Rä. 40, 9. reduced to a low position or condition, brought low, rendered abject, humbled Ic sceal heán and earm wadan wræclástas wuldre benémed

heofon-lic

chaste

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Wæs Drihten cweþende tó Marian líchoman, 'Aris þú, . . . þú eart þ heofenlice templ', 157, 13. Seó onbláwnes þǽre heofonlican onfæðmnesse, 7, 26. Mid þám heofonlicon wísdóme þe him se Hǽland forgeaf, Angl. vii. 2, 10.

hwanan

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, Mt. 13, 54: 56. origin of a person or thing Hwanon eart þú?, Jn. 19, 9. Fullwiht Jóhannes hwonan wæs; of heofonum ðe of monnum?, Mt. R. 21, 25. Hwonan cóm se nama ǽrest? what was the origin of the name?

innan

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Innan þisan earde, 304, 13. Sý hit innan lande, sý hit út of lande, 420, 15 : Gn. C. 43. of motion or direction, within, into Nán mann ne cume innon þǽre ciricean, Ll. Th. i. 226, 9. Hé eóde innon þám mynstre, Hml. S. 23 b, 64.

stán

(n.)
Grammar
stán, es; m.
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Ðú eart Petrus and ofer ðisne stán ( petram ) ic timbrige míne cyricean, Mt. Kmbl. 16, 18: 7, 24. Stearcheort styrmde, stefn in becom under hárne stán, Beo. Th. 5100; B. 2553. Stánum cautibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 18, 15

Linked entry: stán-weorþung

túdor

(n.)
Grammar
túdor, tuddor, es; n.
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Se egorhere eorðan tuddor eall ácwealde, búton ðæt earce bord heóld heofona freá, 84, 24 ; Gen. 1402. of plants Beorc byþ blǽda leás, bereþ tánas bútan túdre. Runic pm. Kmbl. 342, 29; Rún. 18.

Linked entry: tuddor

wís-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
wís-dóm, es; m.

wisdomdiscretionknowledge cognizancewisdom knowledge learning philosophy

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Ðæt se sáwle weard lífes wísdóm forloren hæbbe, se ðe nú ne giémeþ hwæþer his gǽst sié earm þe eádig, Exon. Th. 95, 4; Cri. 1552.

cýþþu

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cýþþu, (-o).
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Hé of his cýþþe gewát and of his earde. . . . þá ongan hine eft langian on his cýþþe, Bl. H. 113, 12-15. On cýþþe cuman, Ors. 1, 11; S. 50, 11. fellow countrymen Án wræccea þæt fácn tó his cýþþe gebodade ( suis prodidit ), Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 2.

Linked entry: cýþ

in-tó

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Hí unrǽd rǽddon intó ðissum earde, 1052 ; P. 182, 2. with special force. into the possession of Æfter hiera dæge eft intó ðǽre hálgan stówe, C. D. iii. 50, 5. Gá intó Glæstingabyrig, 128, 7. Hé gesealde twá gegrynd intó Níwan mynstre, 29.

hálig-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-dóm, es; m.

holiness, sanctitysanctimoniaholy things, relics, holy work, a sacramenta holy place, sanctuaryrelicholinesssacred thingsrelicsa sanctuarysacramentum, sanctuariumsacred thing, relic, sanctuary

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Án is mid ðæs kynges háligdóme, óðer is mid Leófríce eorle and ðæt þridde is mid ðam bisceop one [of the writings] is in the king's sanctuary, a second is with earl Leofric, and the third is with the bishop, Th. Chart. 372, 29: 541, 25: 571, 20

ge-métan

(v.)
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eart þú hér gemét? how come you to be found here ?, Bl. H. 237, 26. (a α) to find that to which one is directed :-- Gang tó ðæs sǽs waroðe, and þú þǽr gemétst scip, Bl. H. 231, 30. Gangað . . . and gé þǽr gemétað fíctreów, 239, 6: 147, 30.

ge-þencan

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Þá consulas noldon hié selfe swá earge geþencan, 4, 10; S. 194, 15. to employ the mind on a subject, think of or on, consider. with acc.

be-fón

(v.)
Grammar
be-fón, bi-fón, ic -fó, ðú -féhst, he -féhþ, pl. -fóþ ; p. -féng, pl. -féngon ; impert. -fóh; pp. -fangen, -fongen; v. trans.

to comprehendgraspseizetake hold ofcatchcomprehendereapprehenderecapereto surroundencompassencircleenvelopcontainclothecasereceiveconceivecircumdareamplecticomplecticaperecingeretegereoperireaccipereconcipere

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to comprehend, grasp, seize, take hold of, catch; comprehendere, apprehendere, capere Swá he ealle beféhþ ánes cræfte, heofon and eorþan even as he comprehendeth all by his sole, power, heaven and earth, Andr. Kmbl. 653; An. 327.

DROPA

(n.)
Grammar
DROPA, an; m.

DROPstilla, gutta, stillicĭdium

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Swá dropa, ðe on ðas eorþan dreópaþ as a drop which droppeth on this earth, Ps. Th. 71, 6. Heó óðerne dropan on ðæt óðer eáge dyde she put [did] another drop on the other eye, Guthl. 22; Gdwin. 98, 3.

for-bærnan

(v.)
Grammar
for-bærnan, -bearnan, to -bærnenne; part. -bærnende; p. -bærnde, pl. -bærndon; pp. -bærned, -bærnd; v. trans.

To burn upconsumeŭrĕrecombūrĕre

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Ðæt seó sunne mid hyre hǽtan middaneardes wæstmas forbærne that the sun with her heat burn up the fruits of the earth, Wrt. popl. science 9, 6; Lchdm. iii. 250, 17.

Linked entries: for-bearnan for-bernan

FYLLAN

(v.)
Grammar
FYLLAN, ic fylle, ðú fyllest, fylst, he fylleþ, fylþ, pl. fyllaþ; p. fylde, fyllde, pl. fyldon; impert. fyl, pl. fyllaþ; pp. fylled, fyld; v. trans.

To FILLreplenishsatisfycramstufffinishcompletefulfilimplērereplēresătŭrārefarcīresupplērecomplēre

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Tudre fyllaþ eorþan ælgréne fill the all-green earth with progeny, 10; Th. 13, 2; Gen. 196: 75; Th. 92, 24; Gen. 1533. Beóþ ðíne feldas fylde mid wæstmum campi tui replēbuntur ūbertāte, Ps. Th. 64, 12.

Linked entry: fullian