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un-deádlíc

(adj.)
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un-deádlíc, adj.

Immortalundyingimperishableendless

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wunaþ undeádlíc, se ðe wæs deádlíc, Homl. Th. i. 150, 22. Se mann wǽre ǽfre undeádlíc, gif his Drihtne gehýrsumode, Hexam. 15; Norm. 22, 27. Undeádlíc, wyrm the worm that never dies, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 385.

be-tyrnan

(v.)
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be-tyrnan, p. de.
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to turn round On ánre wendinge, ðá hwíle te he the firmament ǽne betyrnð, gǽð forð feówor and twéntig tída. Hex. 8, 13. Embhwerfte betyrndum orbis valutas, Hy.

be-weorpan

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S. 18, 106-113. þæ folc mid rápum þá anlicnesse bewurpon, Hml. Th. i. 464, 19. þæt hig mid wyrtgemangum hine bewurpon ut aromatibus condirent eum. Gen. 50, 2, hét settan on sandpytte and bewurpan mid eorþan and mid weorcstánum, Hml.

hindan

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Add: where there is movement towards the back of an object, of the direction of an action hét Mathéum hindan mid sweorde þurstingan, Shrn. 131, 33. þ á Engliscan hindan hetelíce slógon, Chr. 1066; P. 199, 15. with verbs of pursuit ofi nþ þá

bídan

to waitremainto awaitexperience

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bítt (bít, v.l.) ðǽre tíde, hwonne . . . Past. 226, 11: 220, 10. bídeþ þínre geþafunga, Bl. H. 7, 34. wyrde bídeþ, hwonne . . . . 109, 32.

ge-beót

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Ðá cwæð Georius him tó: ' Ic ne forht*-*ige for ðinum gebeóte, ' 14, 101. swór ꝥ Godes hús wolde for-bærnan . . . eft genam fyrde, wolde his gebeót mid weorcum gefrem-man, 25, 621.

ge-weald

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héton lǽdan út weras tó gewealde, 2457. Earme men gesealde fremdum tó gewealde, Wlfst. 158, 13. hié mid hungre on his geweald geniédde, Ors. 4, 10; S. 196, 26. wæs on þǽre cwéne gewealdum, El. 610.

hopian

(v.)
Grammar
hopian, p. ode, ede

To hope, have hope or confidence [in a person], expect, watch for [with gen.]

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Ic hopige tó him swá gódan and swá mildheortan ðæt hit nylle sylf dón I have confidence in him, so good and merciful, that he himself will not do it, Chart. Th. 548, 20.

Linked entries: á-hopian tó-hopian

þæslíce

(adv.)
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þæslíce, adv.
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Hié ðæt gewinn ðá þæslícost angunnan ðe hit ǽr ne angunnen they began the contest then just as if they had never begun it before; sic quasi ex integro nova bella nascuntur, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 150, 31. suitably, fitly, meetly Se dǽdbóte þæslíce déþ se

á-bídan

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Add: absolute fór intó Loðene and ðǽr ábád, Chr. 1091; P. 226, 36. Maximus mid firde bad (ábád, v. l.) æt Aquilegia Aquileiae Maximus insederat Ors. 6, 36; S. 292, 25. forlét his here ábídan mid Scottum, Chr. P. p. 5, 6.

daru

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Dara noxas, Hy. S. 15, 7. loss, deprivation Þonne se mon bið blind, þeáh mycel áge, ꝥ him bið mycel daru, gif hit geseón ne mæg, Bl. H. 21, 8

ge-cneordlǽcan

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Ox. 1086. to study, apply oneself to learning gecneordlǽhte æfter wísra láreówa gebisnungum ( he studied according to the examples set by wise teachers ), and gefæstnode his láre on fæsthafelum gemynde, Hml. Th. ii. 118, 18.

hwæt

(adj.)
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hwæt, adj.
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Efficax, hwæt, i. citus, expeditus, astutus, acutus, sollers, peritus arud, 142, 54. swift Gif hwæt biþ, ne tweóþ nǽnne mon ꝥ hwæt ne sié cuicumque velocitas adest, manifestum est esse velocem, Bt. 16, 3; F. 54, 30.

á-drencan

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Add: where the subject is a person man on sǽ ádrencte, Hml. S. 28, 127. Brettas hié bedrifon út on áne eá and monige ádrencton, Chr. 890; P. 82, 14. ádrengton má ðonne ǽnig man wiste tó tellanne, 1087; P. 224, 19.

faran

to traveljourneyto marchto goto godepartto gomoveto goflyto cometo pass awaydepartto go onpractisehappenturn out

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in his heart gives way to anger, Hex. 44, 20.

Linked entry: farnian

blíþe

(adj.)

cheerfulgentle

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feól tó his fótum, and bæd ꝥ him blíþe wǽre (ut sibi placatus esset), Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 259, 3, 13.

fremede

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Th. 68, 8, free from, not participating in, deprived of. with case Þý lǽs þæs heofenlican lofes tremde wǽre, Hml. Th. ii. 142, 26. wearð fremde þǽre costunge alienus extitit a tentatione, Gr. D. 26, 28. ꝥ ic ne e with prep.

seld-

(adj.; prefix)
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seld-, sel-, syl-líc ; adj.
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Hit is sellícre ðæt hiora ǽnig ne mæg bútan óðrum bión, Met. 11, 50. ðǽr geségon syllícran wiht, Beo. Th. 6069 ; B. 3038. having unusual good qualities, excellent, admirable Þeódnes cynegold sóðfæstra gehwone sellíc glengeþ, Exon.

eardian

(v.)
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H. 105, 16. of an in-dwelling spirit Geleáffulle menn gearwiaþ clǽne wununga on heora heortum Críste. cwæþ: 'Ic eardige on him' . . . God sécþ þá clǽnan heortan him on tó eardienne, Bl. H. 73, 13. On his hálgum God eardaþ ( habitat ), An.

lyb-lác

(n.)
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lyb-lác, es; n. m.

Sorcerywitchcraft

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Gif hwilc man niman wile oððe hyra æthríneþ ðonne forbærnaþ sona eall his líc ðæt syndon ungefrægelícu lyblác if any man wants to catch them [certain fowls] or touches them, then at once they consume all his body: those are most extraordinary cases

Linked entry: unriht-lyblác