be-æftan
behind, ⬩ after
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A. 193, 24. figurative Lǽten hí ðæt líf ðæs mægðhádes beforan ðǽm óðrum and hine selfne biæftan, Past. 409, 26. in contrast with advance along with Micel þæs heres þe mid hiere beæftan wæs reliquae relictae cum regina, Ors. 1, 10; S. 48, 23.
BLÁWAN
To BLOW, breathe ⬩ flare, sufflare
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Ne bláwe man býman befóran ðé let not a man blow a trumpet before thee, Mt. Bos. 6, 2
Linked entry: bláwung
ge-rǽdan
to arrange, dispose, direct, advise, determine, ordain, consult for, provide for ⬩ decernere, statuere, edicere, consulere, providere ⬩ to enjoin ⬩ to arrange ⬩ to read ⬩ legere
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Ðonne gerǽde gé ðás word beforan him ðæt híg gehíron then read these words before them that they may hear, Deut. 31, 11
scír-mann
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Gif hwá him ryhtes bidde beforan hwelcum scírmen oððe óðrum déman, L. In. 8; Th. i. 106, 21
sceáwere
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Beforan þám eágum þæs úplican sceáweres ( spectatoris ) hé eardode ána, Gr. D. 105, 28. add: one who observes secretly Þá sǽde se sceáwere (cf. wæs sum man . . . behýd þám hǽþenum, 128) þe hit ǽr geseah, Hml. S. 32, 138.
ge-þeaht
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recta consilia) gǽð beforan weorcum.
á-ídlan
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S. 4, 399. to vanish Se áwyrigeda gást efne swá smíc beforan his ansýne áídlode, Guth. 34, 4. to make vain, deprive of force, worth, &c. Áídlie obunco, An. Ox. 18 b, 66. Þæt hé þá þe mid oferméttum hý sylfe for áht teliaþ áídele, R.
dúru
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Beforan ðǽre ciricean dura (duru, v. l. ) ... on ðá duru, 105, 13, 14. Æt heofona ríces dura, Bl. H. 41, 35. Fram ðǽre byrgenne duru, 157, 9. Tó óðres mannes dure ... tó óðres mannes húses dura (duru, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 418, 1, 5.
lícettan
To feign ⬩ pretend ⬩ simulate
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Ðá lícettan hí fleám beforan him simulantibus fugam hostibus, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 19. Ðæt is wísdóm ðæt wís man lícette dysig it is wisdom for a wise man to feign folly, Prov. Kmbl. 37. Ðeáh hé líccete untrymnesse, Ps. Th. 40, 9.
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sweor
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Drihten swutelode him ðone weg on dæg þurh swert tácn on sweres gelícnysse, and on niht swilce án byrnende swer him fór beforan, Ex. 13, 21: Homl. Th. ii. 196, 8.
on-gin
a beginning ⬩ an attempt, undertaking, enterprise ⬩ action, proceeding ⬩ action, activity, active life, actions, endeavours
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Beforan ðé is eall mín gewilnung, R. Ben. 25, 9
BEÁM
a tree ⬩ arbor ⬩ the tree ⬩ cross ⬩ patibulum ⬩ crux ⬩ a column ⬩ pillar ⬩ columna ⬩ wood ⬩ a ship ⬩ lignum ⬩ navis ⬩ a BEAM ⬩ splint ⬩ post ⬩ a stock of a tree ⬩ trabs ⬩ stipes ⬩ A ray of light ⬩ a sun-BEAM ⬩ radius ⬩ a trumpet ⬩ tuba
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God hét him fýrenne beám befóran wísian God commanded a pillar of fire to point out the way before them, Ps. Th. 104, 34.
for-beódan
to forbid ⬩ to restrain ⬩ check ⬩ to prevent
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Se pépa hit him forboden hæfde, Chr. 1048; P. 172, 8. with a clause, affirmative Ðæt ús on óðerre stówe forbiét ðæt wé hit beforan mannum dón, on óðerre lǽrð . . . Ðǽr ðǽr God ús forbeád ðæt wé úre ryhtwísnesse beforan monnum dyden, Past. 451, 2-6.
stǽlan
To impute a crime to ⬩ a person ⬩ to charge ⬩ declare something against a person
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To impute a crime to (on, ongeán) a person, to charge, declare something against a person Ic ðé þreáge and stǽle beforan ðé and ðé cýðe eal ðás yflu arguam te, et statuam contra faciem tuam, Ps. Th. 49, 23.
dǽd-bétan
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Bútan hé beforan eallum hine dǽdbétende geeáð*-*méde nisi per satisfactionem coram omnibus humiliatus fuerit, R. Ben. 71, 7. Be þám dǽdbétendum ( poenitentibus ), on hwylcum tíman him man forgifnysse dón scyle, Ll. Th. ii. 170, 23.
ést
favour ⬩ luxuries
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Se fiscere ðá éstas him beforan legde þe hé him tó beódenne hæfde, Ap. Th. 11, 25
geoc
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Hié mon on geocum and on racentum beforan hiera triumphan drifon ( but the Latin is: Catenatis, sub jugum missis), Ors. 5, 1; S. 214, 16. a (non-material) yoke. of that which unites people Sié in ðǽr[e] iwocc lufes and sibbes sit in ea jugum dilectionis
ǽr
before a certain time or circumstance ⬩ before the proper time ⬩ ago
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Wæs hé beforan ǽr þá þreó geár gecrístnod, Bl. H. 215, 36
Linked entry: ǽr-ǽt
drífan
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Voc. ii. 3, 39. to force living beings to move. to force men or animals to move before or from one Hié mon beforan hiera triumphan drifon, Ors. 5, 1; S. 214, 17. Dríf þá sceáp in heora lǽse, Gr. D. 20, 12.
FÝR
FIRE ⬩ a fire ⬩ hearth ⬩ ignis ⬩ fŏcus
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Him befóran fóron fýr and wolcen fire and cloud journeyed before him, Cd. 146; Th. 183, 18; Exod. 93 : 169; Th. 212, 9; Exod. 536 : 192; Th. 239, 22; Dan. 374. Ðæs fýres gecynd is hát and dríe the nature of fire is hot and dry, Boutr.