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spor

(n.)
Grammar
spor, es; n.

a trace, track, spoor a trace, vestige, mark left by anything (of the marks made by weapons; cf. a woundtracing, tracking

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Hwæt mæg bión dyslícre ðonne hwá lufige hwelcre wuhte spor on ðæm duste and ne lufige ðæt ðætte ðæt spor worhte quid esse dementius potest, quam vestigia in pulvere impressa diligere, sed ipsum, a quo impressa sunt, non amare?

FLǼSC

(n.)
Grammar
FLǼSC, es; pl. nom. acc. flǽsc; gen. flǽsca, flǽscea; dat. flǽscum; n: flésc, es; n.

FLESHcăro

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Sóþlíce mín flǽsc is mete, and mín blód ys drinc căro ĕnim mea vēre est cĭbus, et sanguis meus vēre est pōtus, Jn. Bos. 6, 55: Lk. Bos. 3, 6: Gen. 2, 23: 6, 3: Ps. Spl. 15, 9: Ps. Lamb; 55, 4: 77, 39.

Linked entries: flǽc fléc flésc

ícan

(v.)
Grammar
ícan, iécan, ícean, ýcan ; p. íhte, ícte

To EKEincreaseadd toaugment

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Hwylc eówer mæg þencende ícan áne elne tó his anlícnesse quis vestrum cogitando potest adjicere ad staturam suam cubitum unum? Lk. Skt. 12, 25.

Linked entries: écan íht

for-habban

(v.)

To abstainrefrainabstinentcontinentto abstain fromto restrainkeep awayto keep backnot to mentionto restraincheckstop

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Heó ne mihte hí sylfe forhabban fram hire were a viro suo sese abstinere non potuit, Gr.

(adv.)
Grammar
má, <b>, ;</b> adv.

Moreratherfurther

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Hwæt is ðæt ðé má ðæt ǽnig man mǽge óðrum dón ðæt hé ne mǽge him dón ðæt ilce quid autem est, quod in alium facere quisquam potest, quod sustinere ab alio ipse non potest; Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 27. Ðá clypodon hig ðæs ðé má [so much the more, cf. O. H.

an-lícnes

(n.)
Grammar
an-lícnes, on-lícnes, and-lícnis, -lícness, -lícnyss, e; f.

likenessimagesimilituderesemblanceimagosimilitudoa parableparabolaan imagestatueidolstatureheightstatuasimulacrumstatura

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quis potest adjicere ad staturam suam cubitum unum? Lk. Bos. 12, 25

Linked entries: and-lícnis on-lícness

leng

(n.)
Grammar
leng, e; f.

Lengthheightstature

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and git ánes mannes lenge ðe healt ánne spreót on his hand and strecþ hine swá feor swá hé mæg árǽcan intó ðere sǽ quantum mare plus se retraxerit, et adhuc statura unius hominis tenentis lignum quod Angle nominant spreót, et tendentis ante se quantum potest

crístnian

(v.)
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.), oððe tó fullianne geleornian mihte nullatenus potuit cathecizandi uel baptizandi ministerium discere, Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 580, 19. to perform the ritual that precedes baptism On ðǽre crístnunge þe man déð ǽr ðám fulluhte is mycel getácnung.

Linked entries: crístian crístnere

hreód

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Numquid crescere potest carectum sine aqua?, Job 8, 11), Txts. 47, 387: Wrt. Voc. ii. 13, 37: 129, 15. Þǽr synd . . . manige eáland and hreód and beorhgas and treówgewrido crebris insularum nemoribus, Guth. Gr. 113, 5.

swá

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D. 318, 26. ꝥ hé sealde þám óðrum swá hé nyste áttor drincan ut ei nescienti in potu venenum daret, 158, 29 : 327, 8 : Hml. S. 30, 88.

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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Ne mihte ðes middaneard ealle ða béc befón non potest capere mundus omnes eos libros, Jn. Bos. 21, 25 : Bt. 24, 1; Fox 80, 14. Befóh hit mid feáum wordum complectere hoc paucis verbis, Solil. 3 : Ps. Th. 74, 2.

LEÓÞ

(n.)
Grammar
LEÓÞ, es; n.

A songpoemodelayverses

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Hé for ðon nǽfre nóht leásunga ne ídeles leóþes wyrceanne mihte unde nihil unquam frivoli et supervacui poematis facere potuit, Bd. 4, 24; S. 596, 42. Ðý betstan leóþe geglenged optimo carmine compositum, S. 597, 37.

tíþian

(v.)
Grammar
tíþian, tigþian; p. ode

To grant,concede,of that which is granted

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Ne hine mon on óðre wísan his béne týþigean (tygþian, M. 220, 26) wolde neque aliter quod petebat impetrare potuit, Bd. 3, 21; S. 550, 43. with acc. (?)

Linked entry: tigþian

for-

(prefix)
Grammar
for-, is used in composition in Anglo-Saxon exactly as the English for: it often deteriorates, or gives an opposite sense, or gives strength to the words before which it is placed; in which case it may be compared with Gothic fra-, Dutch and German ver- [different from the Dutch voor, and German vor]. Forbeódan to forbid; fordéman to condemn; forcúþ perverse, corrupt; fordón to destroy, to do for. — Sometimes fór denotes an increase of the signification of the word before which it is placed, and is then generally to be in English very; valde, as fó;r-eáde very easily,
  • Homl. Th. ii. 138, 35
: fór-oft very often,
  • Bd. de nat. rerum
  • ;
  • Wrt. popl. science 11, 8
  • ;
  • Lchdm. iii. 256, 16.
For- and fór-, or fóre- are often confounded, though they are very different in meaning; as forseón [Flem. versien] to overlook, despise; fór- or fóreseón [Flem. veursien] to foresee. — If a word, having for, fór or fóre prefixed, cannot be found under for-, fór- or fóre-, it must be sought under the simple term, and the sense of the preposition added; thus, fór- or fóre-sendan is from sendan to send, and fór-, fóre before, to send before, etc. [On the vowel in for, fore, see remark in the preface.]

HWÍT

(adj.)
Grammar
HWÍT, adj.

WHITEbrightclearfairsplendid

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Ðú ne miht ǽnne locc gedón hwítne oððe blacne non potes unum capillum album facere aut nigrum, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 36.

INNOÞ

(n.)
Grammar
INNOÞ, innaþ, es; m. f.

the insidestomachwombbowelsthe breastheart

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Mæg hé eft cuman on his módor innoþ numquid potest in ventrem matris suæ iterato introire? Jn. Skt. 3, 4. Inneþas viscera, Wrt. Voc. 283, 76. Eádige synt ða innoþas ðe ne cendun beati ventres qui non genuerunt, Lk. Skt. 23, 29.

gód

(adj.)
Grammar
gód, adj.

GOODbonus

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Mæg ǽnig þing gódes beón of Nazareth a Nazareth potest aliquid boni esse? Jn. Bos. 1, 46. Crist, seðe ǽfre is gód ðeáh ðe we wáce sindon Christ who is ever good, though we are weak, Homl. Th. ii. 48, 20.

Linked entry: good

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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Ne mæg undóa ða gewriota non potest solui scribtura, Jn. Skt. Rush. 10, 35. Nællas gié woenæ forðon is cuom tó undóenne ( solvere ) ae, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 17. Ðætte ne sé undóen ae ut non soluatur lex, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 7, 23

elcor

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Hú mæg ꝥ beón ylcor (elles, v. l.) ongyten búton . . . quid sentiri aliud potest, nisi . . . Gr. D. 315, 1. as an alternative, as a substitute Wyrc tó duste oþþe elcor gníd on wín, Lch. i. 368, 15.

on-cnáwan

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(l b), add: with noun or pronoun (representing a noun) Hé suá micle bet his ágen dysig oncnéw swá hé undruncenra wæs malum, quod fecerat, cognoscere potuit, quia hoc ebrius non audivit, Past. 295, 8.