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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

ge-þrístlǽcan

(v.)
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ge-þrístlǽcan, p. -lǽhte, -lǽcte

To darepresumeexciteprovocare

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To dare, presume, excite; provocare Ne geþristlǽcaþ ó ðæt mánswergen on his noman they never dare to sware falsely in his name, Shrn. 109, 17.

Linked entries: læþ þríst-lǽcan

bísen

(n.)
Grammar
bísen, l. bisen, e; bisene, an; f. (also n. in North.),

an exemplar a modelpatternexampleprecedenta ruleprescriptpreceptparablesimilitudetype

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Sealdon him bysne monige, him wǽpen wyrcean sceoldan praebent instituendorum exemplaria armorum, Bd. 1, 12; Sch. 34, 9. example, parallel case, precedent má cégde ... wé sceolan beón gelǽrede mid þysse bysene, Bl. H. 19, 14.

hraþe

(adv.)
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Hwearf þá tó healle swá hraðost meahte, þæt ofer his ealdre gestód, Az. 166. of quick movement of the body Hió ðæt gihérde árás hræðe (raþe, W. S. cito ), Jn. 11, 29.

hopian

(v.)
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hopian, p. ode, ede

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

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

Linked entries: á-hopian tó-hopian

þæslíce

(adv.)
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þæslíce, adv.
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hlód ða flówendan láre ðe eft þæslíce bealcette, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 22. Þæslícor dignius, Germ. 390, 33

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.

and-weard

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Add: -wurd, -wyrd. local is ǽghwǽr andweard . . . is on ǽlcere stówe, Hml. Th. i. 158, 4. Ic wæs and*-*weard sumum bréðer, Gr. D. 267, 24. Him biþ beforan andweard engla cynn, Bl. H. 83, 11.

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

geár-getal

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geár-getal, l. -getæl,
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and add: a number of years, years of existence, age of a person Gif bið cealdre gecyndo, þonne cymð seó ádl æfter feówertigum, elcor cymð æfter fíftigum wintra his gǽrgetales, Lch. ii. 284, 22. age of the world Findan micel þæs geárgeteles is

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

open

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Mid þǽm þe hié þára dura hwelce opene gesáwon, þonne hié gieredon hié tó wíge, Ors. 3, 5; S. 106, 16.

ge-eáþmédan

(v.)
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Ic hym geeádmédan wylle and hym þeówian. Hml. A. 190, 265. with the idea of condescension, of human beings Tó ðon þaeti for mínum synnum ( the clergy of Worcester ) heó geeáðmédden þaette heó wáeren þingeras wið Drihten, C.

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.

ge-wítan

(v.)
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Heó wearð gewundod, ac heó ne gewát swá þeáh, Hml. S. 9, 128: 25, 160. Þá feól ádúne and gewát cecidit et expiravit, Hml. Th. i. 316, 29, 34. And ðonne se wer gewíte and then the husband die, Ll. Th. i. 126, 2: Solil. H. 52, 8. Gewitte, 10.

un-strang

(adj.)
Grammar
un-strang, adj.

Not strongweakfeeble

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( Peter ) mid his gange getácnode ǽgðer ge ða strangan ge ða unstrangan on Godes folce. Cristes gelaðung ne mæg beón búton strangum, ne búton unstrangum. Ðá ðá him twýnode, ðá getácnode ða unstrangan. Hwæt sind ða unstrangan?