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DEÓFOL

(n.)
Grammar
DEÓFOL, deóful, dióful; contracted to deófl; gen. es; dat. ; nom. pl.deóflu , deófol; gen. deófla; m. n.

DEVIL diabŏlus

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Ðonne wite he ðæt God gesceóp, to mǽran engle, ðone ðe nú is deófol; ac God ne gesceóp hine ná to deófle; ac ðá ðá he wæs mid ealle fordón and forscyldgod þurh ða miclan upahefednysse and wiðerweardnysse, ðá wearþ he to deófle awend, se ðe ǽr wæs mǽre engel

Linked entry: deóful

síðian

(v.)
Grammar
síðian, p. ode
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Ic eom engel Godes ufan síðende, Exon. Th. 258, 7 ; Jul. 261. ¶ of the spirit's journey to another world :-- Æfter deáþe somod síðiaþ sáwla mid líce, 237, 2 ; Ph. 584. Scolde se ellorgást on feónda geweald feor síðian, Beo. Th. 1621 ; B. 808.

á-beódan

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Engel stefne ábeád, hét ðæt treów ceorfan, Dan. 510. to summon, call out Hé fyrde hét út ábeódan, Chr. 1091 ; Erl. 227, 33. Ábeódende eliciens (igniferas fulminum coruscationes Ald. 62), Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 46.

Linked entry: eoton-weard

fore-sceáwian

(v.)

to foreseeto provide forto provide give for use

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Th. ii. 574, 11. of the Divine foreknowledge: Þá setíma cóm þe God foresceáwode, þá ásende hé his engel, Hml. Th. i. 24, 21. Hit wearð swá geworden swá God foresceáwode on ǽr, Chr. 1067; P. 201, 23.

for-wiernan

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.), prevent, prohibit Se assa geseah ðone engel ... him ðæs færeltes forwiernan prohibitione immorata asina angelum videt, Past. 255, 25. Ðá ðe welena wilníað, and mid sumum wiðerweardum brocum hiora him bið færwirned, 387, 8.

ge-neósian

(v.)
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Send þínne engel on fýrenum wolcne, þæt þá embgange ealle þás ceastre þæt ne magen geneósian for þǽm fýre, Bl. H. 245, 30. Geneo[sian] adisse, i. uisitasse (parodisi delitias), An. Ox. 1954.

húsel

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Ðá gesáwon hí licgan án cild on ðám weófode þe se mæssepreóst æt mæssode, and Godes engel stód mid handsexe . . . þá tóliðode se engel þæt cild on ðám disce, and his blód meó ðám calice ágeát.

loc

(n.)
Grammar
loc, es; n.

A lockboltbarenclosurefoldA closeconclusionsettlement

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Godes engel undyde ða locu ðæs cwearternes, Homl. Th. i. 572, 27 : Exon. 12 b; Th. 20, 21; Cri. 321. A close, conclusion, settlement Loces syllogismi, conclusionis, Hpt. Gl. 481, 65. And ðises loces ǽrendracan wǽran . . .

Linked entry: loca

nearu

(n.)
Grammar
nearu, we; nearu (o); indecl. f.

confinementduranceprisona straitdifficulty

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confinement, durance, prison Hwonne hié of nearwe stæppan mósten, of enge út ǽhta lǽdan ( when they might come out of the ark ), Cd. Th. 86; Gen. 1433. Hió bebeád ðæt hine man of nearwe and of nýdcleofan, fram ðam engan hofe forléte, Elen.

ge-lǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lǽdan, -lédan; part. -lǽdende; he -lǽdeþ, -lǽdt, -lǽt, pl. -lǽdaþ; p. ic, he -lǽdde, ðú -lǽddest, pl. -lǽddon; impert. -lǽd, pl. -lǽdaþ; subj. pres. -lǽðe, pl. -lǽden; pp. -lǽded, -lǽdd, -lǽd

To leadconductbearbringderivebring outbring forthproducebring updūcĕrededūcĕreăgĕreindūcĕredeferreperferrederīvāreedūcĕreprodūcĕreedŭcāre

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Me engel to ealle gelǽdeþ spówende spéd an angel will bring to me all prosperous success, Exon. 36 a; Th. 117, 15; Gú. 224 : 33 b; Th. 107, 9; Gú. 56. Ðe to lífe gelǽdt quæ dūcit ad vītam, Mt. Bos. 7, 14.

Linked entries: ge-lǽt ge-lédan

ge-wríþan

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'Godes engel ús gewráð' . . . 'Unbinde eów Godes engel, swá þæt gé faron tó Hermogenem and hine gewriðenne hider gebringan,' ii. 416, 3-8. Hé gewráð fela manna, and on racenteágum gebróhte tó þǽre byrig, Hml. S. 31, 1144.

Linked entry: ge-wriþen

ELLEN

(n.)
Grammar
ELLEN, gen. elnes; m. n.

Strength, power, vigour, valour, courage, fortitudevis, rōbur, vĭgor, virtus, fortĭtūdo

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Engel hine elne trymede an angel strengthened him with courage, Exon. 35 a; Th. 113, 21; Gú. 161: Cd. 98; Th. 129, 2; Gen. 2137: Beo. Th. 5715; B. 2861: Andr. Kmbl. 1966; An. 985: Rood Kmbl. 67; Kr. 34: Ps. Th. 128, 5.

and

(con.)
Grammar
and, conj.
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Ic geseó Gddes engel standende ætforan ðé, and wepað ðíne limu, Hml. Th. i. 426, 30.

geat

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Se wítega geseah án belocen geat on Godes húse (portam sanctuarii ), and him cwæð tó sum engel: 'Þis geat ne bið nánum menn geopenod, ac se Hǽlend ána færð inn þurh þæt geat,' Hml. Th. i. 194, 1-4.

un-dón

(v.)
Grammar
un-dón, p. -dyde; pp. -dón

To undoto undo that which is closedto opento undo that which is boundto releaseto releaseabsolveto undo that which closesto open a doorto undo that which binds or fastensto undo a bolt, a knotto undo what has been doneto abrogatedestroy

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Godes engel undyde ða loco ðæs cwearternes, Homl. Th. i. 572, 26. Ic ne am wyrðe ðætte ic undóe ( soluam ) his ðuong scóes, Jn. Skt. Lind. 1, 27. Undón (undóa, Lind.) ł loesan þwongas soluere corrigiam, Mk. Skt.

eádig

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Se eádiga engel Micahel, 201, 32. Se eádga Petrus, 153, 24. Se eádiga apostol Sanctus Petrus, 179, 24. Se eádiga Petrus se apostol, Chr. 35; P. 6, 15. Seó eádige Maria, Bl. H. 11, 14. Seó eádige fǽmne Sancta Maria, 9, 18.

þus

(adv.)
Grammar
þus, adv.

Thusin this manner, degree

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Se engel þus cwæþ: 'Wes ðú hál,' Blickl. Homl. 5, 3: Andr. Kmbl. 124; An. 62: Mt. Kmbl. 2, 5. Þus sindon háten fæder and módur, ðæs wé gefrægen habbaþ ... Maria and Ióseph, 1371; An. 686.

þrúh

(n.)
Grammar
þrúh, (also þrýh, Bd. S. 580, 14); gen. dat. þrýh, and dat. þrúh; f.: dat. þrúge; m. n.

Wood or stone hollowed outa troughpipeconduita boxchesta coffinsarcophagustomb

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Se engel áwylte ðæt hlid of ðære ðrýh... Crist mihte, belocenre ðríh, faran of middangearde, Homl. Th. i. 222, 8-13. Hí gemétton níwe ðrúh of marmanstáne on cyrcan wíson gesceapene ...

Linked entry: þrýh

éhtan

Grammar
éhtan, éhtian.
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Engel éhtiende hig angelus persequens eos, Ps. L. 34, 6. Éhtendum insequente, i. persequente, An. Ox. 4749. Éhtende persequente, Kent. Gl. 1042. to chase an animal Æteówde án ormǽte heort . . . Placidas him geornlíce æfter férde . . .

frófor

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Se engel cwóm on fultum and on frófre, 203, 21: B. 1273. Þæt he wǽre gemedemod him forgyfan hwylcehugu frófre ( aliquod solatium ) þǽr tó eardianne . . . and sóna hé gemétte ǽnne beran standan beforan þám durum, Gr. D. 206, 5.