fór
A going ⬩ setting out ⬩ journey ⬩ course ⬩ way ⬩ approach ⬩ ĭtio ⬩ profectio ⬩ ĭter ⬩ cursus ⬩ sĕmĭta ⬩ accessus
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A going, setting out, journey, course, way, approach; ĭtio, profectio, ĭter, cursus, sĕmĭta, accessus Fór wæs ðý beorhtre the course was the brighter. Exon. 105 a; Th. 400, 11; Rä. 20, 8. Me is fenýce fóre hreþre a fen-frog is more rapid than I in its
frum-sceaft
the first creation ⬩ the creation ⬩ beginning ⬩ origin ⬩ original state or condition ⬩ prīma creātio ⬩ ŏrīgo ⬩ prīmĭtīva vel pristĭna condĭtio ⬩ a created being ⬩ creature ⬩ creātūra
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the first creation, the creation, beginning, origin, original state or condition; prīma creātio, ŏrīgo, prīmĭtīva vel pristĭna condĭtio Sing me frumsceaft canta princĭpium creatūrārum, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 16. Moyses awrát ǽrest be frumsceafte Moses wrote
lytlian
to lessen ⬩ diminish
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To make or to become little, to lessen, diminish Gidæfnaþ ðæt ih lytlige oportet me minui, Jn. Skt. Rush. 3, 30. Ðonne lytlaþ him se tóhopa ðe hé hæfde ðá hé synful wæs spem, quæ esse potuit de peccatore, subtraxit, Past. 58, 10; Swt. 447, 14. Heorte
nabban
not to have ⬩ to be without
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not to have, to be without Næbbe ic synne gefremed, Cd. Th. 160, 15; Gen. 2650, Næbbe ic welan, Andr. Kmbl. 601; An. 301. Nafast hláfes wiste, 621; An. 311. Ðú næfst nán þing, Jn. Skt. 4, 11. Næft ðú, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 71; Met. 20, 36. Hé nǽnige mehte
or-wíge
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defenceless, without power of fighting Orwíge inbellem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 69: 111, 81. Ofsleán mé míne fýnd orwígne decidam merito ab inimicis meis inanis, Ps. Th. 7, 4. Saga hú ðú wurde ðus wígþríst ðæt ðú mec ðus fæste gebunde ǽghwæs orwígne ( without
GOD
God ⬩ the Deity ⬩ a god
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God, the Deity, a god. The following epithets occur: dryhten, wealdend, nergend, hǽlend, sóþ, hálig, mihtig, ælmihtig, lifgende, ealwealda, heáhengla, heofona, heofonengla, heofonríces, gǽsta, mihta, mægena, weoruda, wuldres, sigores, sigora. Án God
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ge-lícnes
a likeness ⬩ image ⬩ resemblance ⬩ similitudo ⬩ imago ⬩ a parable ⬩ proverb ⬩ parabola ⬩ proverbium
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a likeness, image, resemblance; similitudo, imago Uton wircean man to andlicnisse, and to úre gelícnisse faciamus hominem ad imaginem, et similitudinem nostram, Gen. 1, 26. Ǽlc man hæfþ þreó þing on him sylfum untodǽledlíce and togædere wyrcende, swá
swæþ
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a track, the mark left by a moving body, a single footprint or a series of footprints (lit. or fig.) Mé (the plough) biþ gongendre mín swæð sweotol, Exon. Th. 403, 19; Rä. 22, 10. Ðonne fylge wé Drihtnes swæþe. Blickl. Homl. 75, 14: Rtl. 26, 5. Ðonne
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weorold-líf
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life in this world, life on earth Ðæt ðú mé forgyfe ðæt mínes worldlífes bletsung anstande ut tu mihi condones ut mundanae meae vitae benedatio permaneat, L. Ecg. P. iv. 67; Th. ii. 228, 3. Ða ðe unrihtes on weoruldlífe worhtan, Ps. Th. 91, 6. Nis him
án-rǽdlíce
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Add: in reference to persons, unanimously, to things, uniformly Hý cwǽdon ealle ánrǽdlíce ꝥ hit riht wǽre, Ll. Th. ii. 336, 2. Wið þám þe hi ealle ánrǽdlíce tó him gecyrdon, Chr. 1014; P. 145, 9. Gesetnys ánrǽdlíce (uniformiter) gehealden, R. Ben. I
fleógan
to fly ⬩ to flee ⬩ to avoid
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Add: to fly with wings (lit. or metaph.) Né ic fleóge non trano, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 49. Hwelc seleð mé fíðru swé swé culfran and ic flígu (volabo), Ps. Srt. 54, 7. Hé ástág on þone torr, and áþenedum earmum ongan fleógan on þá lyfte, Bl. H. 187, 28. Hé
ge-syngian
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Add: to act wrongly, make a mistake Leófa dohtor, þú gesingodest mid þý þe þú woldest witan his naman and his gelimp. Ap. Th. 16, 2. of moral wrongdoing, to sin. intrans. absolute Ðonne hé of yfelum willan ne gesyngað, 157, 25. Ne wénde Ezechias þæt
heáfod-mann
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Add: a head-man, a person of high position or rank: — Híredmanna gehwilc sille pænig tó ælmessan . . . and heáfodmen teódian, Wlfst. 181, 17. Hé sende tó Scotlande, and bæd ðá heófodmenn (ealdormenn maiores natu, Bd. 3, 3; Sch. 199, 6), Hml. S. 26, 49
lác
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Add: v. lác-lic Se mǽgðhád sceal God beón geoffrod be his ágenum cyre, ꝥ seó lác beo leófre þám Hǽlende, Hml. A. 33, 234. Nolde Drihten ásendan þone ðe hé sylf gehǽlde tó þám sácerde mid ǽnigre láce, Hml. Th. i. 124, 19. Gán mid láce tó Godes húse, and
of-áxian
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Add: to find out by enquiry. the source from which not given, the object a person Se cásere is smeágende hwǽr hé ús mæge ofáxian, Hml. S. 23, 453. Hé hét ácwellan ealle þá crístenan þe hé ofáxian mihte, 29, 201. the object a thing Dó ús gewisse þæs
on-sacan
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Add: <b>I a.</b> to refute On Beelzebub hine mæge cueðende onsóc in Beelzebub eum posse dicentes redarguit, Mk. p. 3, 1. add: to refuse an invitation Tácon soecendum sealla onsóc signum quaerentibus dari negat, Mk. p. 3, 19. Hierusalem geðreáðe
ofer-cuman
to overcome, vanquish, subdue ⬩ to come upon, reach, obtain
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to overcome, vanquish, subdue Ofercymeþ hé ælle his feónd, Lchdm. iii, 170, 19. Ofercymþ deicit, confudit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 68. Ofercom obpressit, 65, 35. Æþelfriþ Scotta þeóde mid gefeohte ofercom praelio conterens Bd. 1, 34; S. 499, 17: Cd. Th. 178
CNEÓ
a KNEE ⬩ genu ⬩ a generation, ⬩ relationship ⬩ generatio, ⬩ propinquitatis gradus
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a KNEE; genu Ðæt he on cneó lecge honda and heáfod that he lays his hands and head on his knee Exon. 77a; Th. 289, 3; Wand. 42. Me synt cneówu unhále genua mea infirmata sunt Ps. Th. 108, 24. Cneówu genua Wrt. Voc. 283, 68. Hie on cneówum sǽton they
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þanne
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Then, when. Generally if the subject follows the verb the word is to be rendered by then, if the subject precedes the verb, by when. [þanne and þá differ in force; the former is used where the time of an action is indefinite, and is found with the future
on-fón
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Add: <b>A.</b> the subject a person. add: to take on one's own initiative. to take hold of an object Cornelius hine gebígde tó Petres fótum, ac his onféncg Petrus (Petrus elevavit eum, Acts 10, 26), Hml. S. 10, 129. Hyra Scyppend sceaðan