fæst
constant ⬩ firm ⬩ steadfast ⬩ fixed ⬩ unchangeable ⬩ firm ⬩ secure ⬩ stubborn ⬩ unyielding ⬩ firm ⬩ solid ⬩ compact ⬩ strong ⬩ firm ⬩ strong ⬩ fortified ⬩ unbroken ⬩ undisturbed ⬩ standard
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Ancor on eorþan fæst, Bt. 10; F. 30, 6. Biþ óþer ende fæst on þǽre nafe, óþer on ðǽre felge, 39, 7; F. 222, 3: Rä. 22, 13. Wudu wyrtum fæst the wood firm fixed by its roots, B. 1364.
lystan
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Ic hys hæbbe goodne dǽl gehýred, and ic hys eác gelífe; ac mé lyste hyt nú bet tó wítanne þonne tó gelýfanne it would be pleasanter to me for it to be known than to be believed, Solil.
lícian
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Mé þín módsefa lícað leng swá wel, B. 1854. Ðam wífe þá word wel lícodon, 639. Gif hé wilnað ðæt hé hire lícige bet ðonne sé ðe hine sende. Past. 143, 4. (ii) to be sufficient :-- Wel lícas ðǽm dæg werignise his sufficit diei malitia sua, Mt.
ealdian
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Ðæs ealdigendan mannes mægen bið wanigende. Hml. Th. ii. 76, 21. <b>I a.
fruma
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,' Bl. H. 7, 20. <b>II a.</b> of a person, source, author :-- Sé sé ðæt wæter út forléte wǽre fruma ðǽre tówesnesse (caput jurgiorum ), Past. 279, 13. Dryhten, þú ús álésdest from deáþes fruman, Bl. H. 89, 32
ge-metfæst
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Bl. H. 213, 8. (2 a) as an epithet of a quality :-- Embe his efencempan hé haefde micele lufe and gemetfæst geðyld and sóðe eédmódnysse. Hml. S. 31, 45. not over-bearing, kind Hé wæs árfæst and gemetfæst and mildheort on his dǽdum, Bl. H. 217, 8.
Linked entry: ge-metfæstlíce
ge-rec
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Th. 9, 10, and see un-gerec.] an explanation, exposition, account Be emnihte æfter Anatalius gerece (race, v. l.) áne bóc de aequinoctio iuxta Anatolium una epistola, Bd. 5, 23 ; Sch. 698, 2
ge-ǽrendian
To go on an errand ⬩ to ask ⬩ tell ⬩ intercede ⬩ mandātum deferre ⬩ nuntiāre ⬩ interpellāre
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Him geǽrndode Blyþþryþ his cwén, ðæt he him wunonesse stówe sealde on sumum eálande bí Ríne qui, interpellante Blithrydæ conjuge sua, dĕdit ei lŏcum mansiōnis in insŭda quādam Rheni, Bd. 5, 11; S. 626, 13
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ge-bróðor
brethren ⬩ fratres conjuncti
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Bos. 23, 8: Mk. Bos. 10, 29. Twegen ǽwe gebrððro duo germáni fratres, Bd. 1, 27; S. 490, 28. Be ðǽm gebrððrum twǽm by the two brethren, Beo. Th. 2387; B. 1191: Andr. Kmbl. 2027; An. 1016
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setl-gang
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Ðá se æþela glǽm setlgong sóhte, Exon Th. 178, 32; Gú. 1253. marking place, the west Be ðam wege ðe líþ tó sunnan setlgange by the road that runs to the west, Deut. 11. 30. Fram sunnan upgange óþ hire setl-gang from the east unto the west, Ps.
cýþ-ness
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Add: witness, testimony Seó cýðnes þǽre ealdan ǽ testamentum ueteris legis, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 92, 21. Men feówer stánas álegdon tó gemynde and tó cýþnesse þæs siges, Bl. H. 189, 16: 69, 18. Críst be him cýðnysse gecýdde, Hml. Th. i. 476, 31.
hefig-líce
sluggishly ⬩ dully ⬩ vehemently ⬩ deeply ⬩ intensely
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Fela spræc se Hǽlend and hefiglíce be rícum; ac hé hí eft gefréfrode, Hml. Th. ii. 328, 2. vehemently, deeply, intensely On langre lengtenádle hefiglice swenced (graviter vexatus). Bd. 3, 12; Sch. 243, 8.
slíf
A sleeve
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H.) and beneoðan cneowe sio bót bið twýsceatte máre (cf. 45; Th. i. 92, 20 for this double compensation when a wound was not concealed by the hair) L. Alf. pol. 66.; Th. i. 96, 30.
leóht
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módes) hefighesse, syle etan rædic . . . sóna bið ꝥ mód leóhtre, iii. 50, 23
æt-feolan
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Bl. H. 201, 18. Ætfeolh ðú ðínum fæstenum jejuniis insiste, Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 41. Ðearf is ꝥ ic weacenum ætfeóle, S. 601, 3.
hǽs
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Seó menigo háligra sáula mid Drilitnes hǽse wǽron of þǽm cwicsúslum áhafena, Bl. H. 87, 18. Be hyre ágenum cyre, ná geneádod mid nánre hǽse, Hml. A. 32, 204.
magister
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(one's) master, he whose disciple one is Be þǽre hæfegan gémenne bearna cwæþ mín mægister Euripides in quo Euripidis mei sententiam probo, Bt. 31, 1 : F. 112, 20
æg-hwanan
Everywhere ⬩ every way ⬩ on all sides ⬩ undique
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Good] gehealdeþ Almighty God keeps him everywhere, Bt. Met. Fox 7, 89; Met. 7,45. Ǽghwonon everywhere, Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 44. Ǽghwanone, 3, 6; S. 528, 18. Ǽghwonene, 3,15; S. 541, 42
ár-wurþ
Honour-worth ⬩ honourable ⬩ venerable ⬩ reverend ⬩ honorabilis ⬩ honorandus ⬩ venerabilis ⬩ venerandus
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Se góda biþ simle árwyrþe the good is always honourable, Bt. 39, 2; Fox 212, 23. Ár-wurþe wudewe [MS. wurdewe] or nunne nonna, Ælfc. Gl. 69; Som. 70, 21; Wrt. Voc. 42, 30.
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EBBA
EBB or receding of water ⬩ rĕcessus măris
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Gewrixle ðæs flódes and ðæs ebban change of the flood and the ebb, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 30. Com flówende flód æfter ebban the flowing flood came after the ebb, Byrht. Th. 133, 45; By. 65 : Bt. Met. Fox 11, 138; Met. 11 69
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