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fore-genga

an attendant ⬩ a predecessor ⬩ a leader ⬩ ruler

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Hí gesáwon heora foregengan swá dón, Hml. Th. ii. 534, 1. a leader, ruler Gemunað eówerra foregengena ðára ðe eów bodedon Godes word mementote praepositorum vestrorum, qui vobis locuti sunt verbum Dei, Past. 205, 14

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hearmian

(v.)

to da harm to

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Án manncynn wunað under þínum anwealde . . . and þú wel wást ꝥ hit wile hearmian þínum cyneríce heora réceleásnysse gyf him man ne gestýrð heora stuntnysse est populus . . . et optime nosti, quod non expediat regno tuo, ut insolescat per licentiam, Hml

wer-hád

(n.)
Grammar
wer-hád, es; m.
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Ðæt hí heora clǽnnesse healdan be heora háde, swá werhádes swá wífhádes, swá hwæðer swá hit sý, L. Edm. E. 1; Th. i. 244, 11

ceahhetung

Grammar
ceahhetung, ceahhettung.
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Forbeóde gé þá hǽðenan sangas þǽra lǽwedra manna and heora hlúdan cheahchetunga, Ll. Th. ii. 358, 3. and add :--

ge-þingan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þingan, p. -þang, pl. -þungon; pp. -þungen

To thrive ⬩ grow ⬩ become excellent

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Ǽghwæðer heora wæs ælþeódig ðǽr and hwæðere for heora lífes geearnunge geþungon ðæt hí bútá wáeron Abbudissan on ðam mynstre quæ utraque cum esset peregrina, præ merito virtutum ejusdem monasterii est abbatissa constituta, Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 23.

Linked entries: þingan þingian

ge-staþelian

(v.)
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Nǽfre syðþan heó (London) gestaþeled (-stabeled, MS.) wæs, Chr. 1077; P. 213, II. <b>III a.</b> of a condition :--- of the operations of the Deity Ðú gestaþoladest eorþan . . . ꝥ heó ne helt on náne healfe, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 35.

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fǽ-lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
fǽ-lǽcan, fá-lǽcan; p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht

To be at deadly enmity, to be at feud ⬩ inĭmīcĭtiam capĭtālem mŏvēre

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To be at deadly enmity, to be at feud; inĭmīcĭtiam capĭtālem mŏvēre Gif hwá heora ǽnigne fǽlǽce [fálǽce MS. L.] if any one be at feud with any of them, L. Ath. i. 20; Th. i. 210, 10

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un-pleólíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-pleólíce, adv.

Without danger ⬩ without risk ⬩ safely

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Without danger, without risk, safely Ða óðre apostoli be Godes hǽse leofodon be heora láre unpleólíce; ac ðeáh hwæðere Paulus ána nolde ða álýfdan bigleofan onfón, ac mid ágenre teolunge his neóde foresceáwode, Homl. Th. i. 392, 20

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crás

(n.)
Grammar
crás, m.
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Food Swá þicce hié in þǽre eá áweóllon swá ǽmettan ðám crás, and swilc unrím heora wæs major explicatus numerus beluarum quam prius affuit ad spem inde contingentis cibi, ubi cum apparerent veluti formice efferbuere, Nar. 11, 14

dreórgian

(v.)
Grammar
dreórgian, dreórig(i)an to be or
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Dele 'to fall, perish,' and add Hí dreórigende þóhton and mid heora módes un*-*rótnysse teáras áléton they grew dismal as they thought and in the sadness of their hearts shed tears, Hml. S. 23, 445

eald-cýþþ

Grammar
eald-cýþþ, eald-cýþþu.
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Add: old (native) country Conon gelende tó Ahténa þǽre byrig, his ealdcýþþe, Ors. 3, 1; S. 98, 24. old acquaintance Þá bǽdon ðá cwelleras for heora ealdcýððe ꝥ hí móston him beran unforboden flǽsc, Hml. S. 25, 90

myne

Grammar
myne, <b>. II.</b>
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Add Wæs eall heora myne fæst on tóhopunge þæs écean Drihtnes, Hml. S. 23, 155. a memorial, memory Þá ðá hǽðenan menn crístendómes leóman mid ealle ádwǽscan woldon, and ǽlcne myne ofer eorðan ádýlgian, Hml. S. 23, 11

or-treówness

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Þás þyslican (infideles) syndon tó þreágienne in heora ortreównesse, and of ðǽre ortreównesse hí syndon tó laþienne tó þǽre gife þæs rihtan geleáfan infideles in sua perfidia redarguendi sunt, ad fidei gratiam provocandi, Gr. D. 263, 3. Add

sceandlíce

(adv.)
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Add Ic mé þá sceandlíce (unsceandlíce, v. l. ) swá swá ic gewuna wæs, tómiddes heora gemengde, and him tó cwæð: 'Nimað mé on eówer færeld mid eów, ne beó ic ná eów unlícwyrðe,' Hml. S. 23 b, 372

deófol-gylda

(n.)
Grammar
deófol-gylda, an; m. [gild = gyld a worship, with -a a worshipper]

A worshipper of the devil, an idolater ⬩ idololatres = είδωλoλάτρηs

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A worshipper of the devil, an idolater; idololatres = είδωλoλάτρηs Ða deófolgyldan gecwǽdon ðæt hí woldon ðone apostol to heora hǽðenscipe geneádian the idolaters said that they would force the apostle to their heathenship, Homl. Th. i. 70, 23

fóre-swerian

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-swerian, p. ic, he -swór, ðú -swóre, pl. -swóron; pp. -sworen

To FORESWEAR ⬩ declare before ⬩ antejūrāre

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To FORESWEAR, declare before; antejūrāre Ðæt land, ðe ic fóreswór heora fæderum terram, pro qua [ante-] jūrāvi patrĭbus eōrum, Num. 14, 23. Ðæt land, ðe ðú hira fæderum fóreswóre terram, pro qua [ante-] jūrasti patrĭbus eōrum, 11. 12

cépan

(v.)
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Heó bæd ꝥ heó faran móste, wolde swá cépan þǽra crístenra láre, Hml. S. 2, 30. with clause Ðá hǽðenan cépton hú hí hine ácwealdon, Hml. S. 15, 48.

ge-frédan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-frédan, ic -fréde, ðú -frédest, he -frédeþ, frét, pl. -frédaþ; p. -frédde; pp. -fréded

To feel ⬩ perceive ⬩ know ⬩ be sensible of ⬩ sentīre

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Heó on hire gefrédde ðæt heó of ðam wíte gehǽled wæs sensit corpŏre quia sonāta esset a plāga, Mk. Bos. 5, 29. He gefrédde his deáþes neálǽcunge he was sensible of his death's approach, Homl. Th. i. 88, 8 : 574, 16.

wirman

(v.)
Grammar
wirman, p. de

To warm ⬩ make warm

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Heó mec wǽteþ in wætre, wyrmeþ hwílum tó fýre, Exon. Th. 393, 35; Rá. 13, 10. Se cyning gestód æt ðam fýre and hine wyrmde, rex coepit consistens ad focum calefieri Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 34.

Linked entry: wyrman

á-biddan

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Ðá ábæd heó án hridder she borrowed a sieve Hml. Th. ii. 154, 15. Hé wénde ðæt hit sum óðer man ábiddan wolde oþþe gebicgan ( would get it by asking or by purchase ), Chr. 1044; P. 164, 11.