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ge-cýþnes

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Þis fæsten wæs ásteald on ðsére ealdan gecýðnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 100, 2 : Wlfst. 285, 16. Witan hwæt sý betwux ðám twám gecýðnessum; ðáre ealdan ǽ ǽr Crístes tócyme and þáre níwan gecýðnesse under Crístes gife. Ll. Th. ii. 368, 10-12.

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, to relate.
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Hannibales þeówdóme; and hú hé him tó þeówdóme gewylde . . . ealle Africe Scipionem pro concione de periculo salutis suae contestatum, quod sibi pro patria laborante ab ingratis denunciari cognovisset, Ors. 5, 4; S. 224, 24.

for-hergian

(v.)
Grammar
for-hergian, -heregian, to -hergianne; part, -hergiende, -hergende; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To lay wastedestroyravagedevastateplundervastāredevastāredepŏpŭlāre

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To lay waste, destroy, ravage, devastate, plunder; vastāre, devastāre, depŏpŭlāre Ne wile he ealle ða rícu forsleán and forheregian will he not slay and destroy all the kingdoms? Bt. 16, 1; Fox 50, 3.

Linked entry: hergian

weorold-þing

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-þing, es; n.
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Wé forléton ealle woruld-ðing nos dimisimus omnia (Mk. 10, 28), Homl. Th. i. 392, 32, 28. Ðá ðá his geógoð æfter gecynde woruldðing lufian sceolde, ii. 118, 23

for-fón

to take awayto seizeto anticipate

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Ðá arn se ealda wið hire weardes mid gebígedum cneówum tó þon ꝥ hé hine on þá eorþan ástrehte . . . Heó þá þone ealdan forene forféng, and him ne geþafode fulfremodlíce on þá eorðan ástreccan, Hml. S. 23 b, 605. Sý forne forfangen preoccupetur, An.

á-standan

(v.)

to standto stand uparise,to standcontinue,not to be overturned, destroyedto persistcontinue to actto standsupportendureto standstop

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Th. i. 44, 24. to stand, continue, not to be overturned, destroyed Eall þára ástynt þe on ðé gewunat, Shrn. 166, 25. Seó studu gesund ástód and áwunode posta tuta remansit, Bd. 3, 10;Sch. 234, 16.

a-tymbrian

(v.)
Grammar
a-tymbrian, -tymbran; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To erectbuildædificare

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Laud.] ða ealdan cyrican on Wintanceastre Cenwalh ordered to build the old church at Winchester, Chr. 643; Ing. 38, 1 : 919; Ing. 133, 57

ge-yrgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-yrgan, -irgan; p. de; pp. ed

To make cowardlyterrify

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To make cowardly, terrify Ealle synd geyrgede ðe eardiaþ on ðisum lande all the inhabitants of the land do faint because of us, Jos. 2, 24: 8, 6: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 108, 123

Linked entry: ge-irgan

beso-reádian

(v.)
Grammar
beso-reádian, p. ode; pp. od [baso red, purple, reádian to redden]

rubefacere

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To make a reddish purple; rubefacere Besoreáda ða rinda ealle útan make all the rinds on the outside a reddish purple [by soaking in chalybiate water?] L. M. 1, 47; Lchdm. ii. 116, 3

Linked entry: basu-reádian

ge-beát

(n.)
Grammar
ge-beát, es; n.

A beatingblow

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A beating, blow Drihten worhte áne swipe of rápum, and hí ealle mid gebeáte útascynde the Lord made a scourge of ropes and hurried them all out with beating, Homl. Th. i. 406, 8

Linked entry: -beát

þurh-swógan

(v.)

to press throughpenetratepervade

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to press through, penetrate, pervade Ealle ða fúllnessa ðæs ðýstran ofnes ðe mé ǽr ðurhsweógh(-swég, Bd. M. 430, 6 note) omnem foetorem tenebrosae fornacis, qui me pervaserat, Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 21

ofer-dón

(v.)

to overdo, do to excess

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Ealle oferdón þing dæriaþ omnia nimia nocent, Homl. Skt. i. 1, 163

be-fæðman

Grammar
be-fæðman, Add: , -fæþmian.

to embraceto enclose

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Ús befæð-man wile freóbearn Godes, 289. to enclose God ealle þincg beféhð and befædmað, Hml. S. 23 b, 584

mearc-béce

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-béce, an; f.

A beech-tree which forms part of a boundary

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On ða ealdan mearce bécan, 296, 26

Linked entry: béce

steór-bord

(n.)
Grammar
steór-bord, es; n.
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-Hé lét him ealne weg ðæt wéste land on ðæt steórbord and ða wídsǽ on ðæt bæcbord, Ors. 1. 1; Swt. 17, 10, 25

þurh-borian

(v.)

to bore throughperforate

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to bore through, perforate Ðá wolde ic witan hwæðer ða gelícnissa wǽron gegotene ealle swá hé sǽde; hét hié ðá þurhborian simulacra quae an solida essent scire ego cupiens omnia perforavi, Nar. 20, 1

Linked entry: borian

un-inseglian

(v.)
Grammar
un-inseglian, p. ode

To unseal

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To unseal Hí ( a casket ) nán man ne uninsæglode ǽr hí ealle þyder cómon ... Se portgeréfa hí uninsæglode, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 762. Hig uninseglodon ðæt loc and cǽgan, Nicod. 14; Thw. 7, 11

wítegestre

(n.)
Grammar
wítegestre, an; f.

A prophetess

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Týn mǽdena wǽron on hǽðenum folcum, ðe man hét Sibillas, ðæt synd wítegestran, and hí wítegodon ealle be Criste, Ælfc. T. Grn. 10, 31

Linked entry: wítege

beorhtnes

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Seó earme sáwl geseah miccle beoroht-nesse . . . þú gesyhst eallra háligra beorohtnessa, Ll. Th. ii. 398, 27-34. Add

frætwed-nes

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Beorhtra ðonne on ealre eorðan sýn goldes and seolfres frætwed-nissa, Sal. K. p. 150, 18. Frætwednessa crepundiorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 63. Add