furh
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Þonne man þá sulh forð drífe, and þá forman furh on sceóte, Lch. i. 404, 2. Fúra sulcorum, An. Ox. 2733. On fúrum scrobibus. i. fossulis, scrobes sunt fosse, 2018. Furhum scrobibus, Txts. 94, 884. Andlang strǽte on ðá deópan fúra, C. D.
ge-þyldo
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Hé lufade þá geþyldo, 290, 15. uncertain forms Ne gé þæt geþyldum ( patiently ) þicgan woldan, ac mec yrringa úp gelǽddon, Gú. 454: 886. Hé him þá geþyldu (-þylda, v. l. ) forgife, Gr. D. 274, 15. Hé lufode þá geþyldu, 290, 15
on-wealh
Whole, entire ⬩ sound, uninjured, uncorrupted ⬩ whole, entire
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Ða lástas á onwalge beóþ and on ðære ilcan onsýne ðe hié on forman on ða eorþan bestapene wǽron, Blickl. Homl. 127, 20. metaph. Heó onwealg on hiere onwalde æfter þurhwunade regnat incolumis, Ors. 2, 1; Swt. 62, 23. Wæs hyre mægdenhád onwalg, Exon.
ós
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a divinity, god, the Anglo-Saxon form of a word whose existence in Gothic is inferred from a passage in Jornandes, 'Gothi proceres suos quasi qui fortuna vincebant non pares homines sed semideos, id est, Anses vocavere.'
Linked entry: ésa
ge-sprǽc
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These forms are taken together as they cannot always be distinguished with certainty either by form or by meaning; where the quantity of the vowel is uncertain it is left unmarked.] speech, talking Gearowyrde on gespræce (-sprece, v.l.) loquella promtus
slipor
slippery, not easy to hold, moving easily ⬩ slipping easily, easily moved ⬩ foul ⬩ lubricum
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Sliper lubricum Nares gives several instances of slipper in sixteenth century, and Shakespeare uses the form: A slipper and a subtle knave, Oth. ii. 1. O. H. Ger. slefar, Grff. vi. 506 M. H. Ger. slepfer.]
hiwung
Forming, ⬩ shaping, ⬩ form, ⬩ figure, ⬩ pretence, ⬩ feigning, ⬩ hypocrisy, ⬩ dissimulation
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Forming, shaping, form, figure, pretence, feigning, hypocrisy, dissimulation Hé ne biþ ðonne geleáfa ac biþ hiwung it is not then belief but hypocrisy, Homl. Th. i. 250, 21. Hywung, ii. 220, 32.
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eges lic
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Ðæt forme scip þæt egeslice spell gebodade the first ship told the terrible tale, Ors. 4, 5; S. 166, 10. Egeslice truculenta, i. horrida (venena ), An. Ox. 1852. Egeslice dǽda, Wlfst. 161, 9. Mid egislicum cornutis (vultibus ), An. Ox. 163.
manig
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Add Dáuid monigne forsende, Past. 36, 8, ¶ the forms in the following are peculiar :-- Swá monig (indeclinable — quot. ?) beóð men ofer eorðan, swá beóð módgeþoncas quot homines, tot sententiae, Gn. Ex. 168.
wád
Woad,
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Man mæg on hærfeste wád spittan, Anglia ix. 261, 16. the growth of woad seems marked by the occurrence of the word in such forms as wád-beorh, wád-denu, wád-lond in charters Of ðære díc on wádbeorgas; of wádbeorgan, Cod. Dip, Kmbl., iii. 77, 15.
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ǽfen
evening ⬩ eve, the evening preceding a day (of festival)
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.; éfern, L.) sé ðe onlíhte on ðám forman restedæge, Mt. 28, 1. Árwurðiað ðisne ǽfen, and ðone freólsdæg ðe eów tó merigen becymð, Hml. Th. ii. 370, 1. In ðone hálgan ǽfen Pentecosten, Chr. 626; P. 24, 8.
han-créd
Cock-crowing, cock-crow, a division of the night ⬩ gallicinium, galli cantus
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Se cyning embe forman hancréd út gangende wæs the king about the first cock-crowing was going out, Lchdm. iii. 424, 34. Ðá com se Hǽlend embe ðone feórþan hancréd quarta autem vigilia noctis venit Iesus, Mt. Kmbl. 14, 25
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of-sceótan
to wound or kill by shooting an arrow or by hurling a weapon ⬩ elf-shot, diseased from an elf's shot, Lchdm. ii. 156, 25: 290, 21. The disease consists in an over-distension of an animal's stomach from the swelling up of clover and grass, when eaten with the morning dew on it.
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to wound or kill by shooting an arrow or by hurling a weapon Wulfstán ðone forman man mid his francan ofsceát, Byrht. Th. 134, 1; By. 77. Hǽþcyn his mǽg ofscét blódigan gáre. Beo. Th. 4870; B. 2439.
-ing
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Such local names are for the most part irregular compositions, of which the former part is the patronymic -ing, declined in the genitive plural.
a-metan
to mete ⬩ measure ⬩ measure out ⬩ metiri ⬩ emetiri ⬩ to measure out to any one ⬩ to allot ⬩ assign ⬩ bestow ⬩ aliquid alicui emetiri ⬩ ex mensura dare ⬩ largiri ⬩ to measure out ⬩ plan ⬩ form ⬩ make ⬩ emetiri ⬩ for-mare ⬩ confingere
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Kmbl. 2493; El. 1248. to measure out, plan, form, make; emetiri, for-mare, confingere Ðú amǽte mundum ðínum ealne ymbhwyrft and uprádor thou measuredst with thine hands the whole circumference and the firmament above, Elen. Kmbl. 1456; El. 730
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wríþan
to twist ⬩ give a curved form to ⬩ to bind up ⬩ wrap round ⬩ bandage ⬩ to bind ⬩ to bind ⬩ fetter
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to twist, give a curved form to Ic wríðe torqueo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 3; Zup. 155, 14. Wriðene ( Similar entries cf. wriþa,II.) wælhlencan, Elen. Kmbl. 47; El. 24. to bind up, wrap round, bandage Hé wráð (alligavit) his wunda, Lk. Skt. 10, 34.
eówer
your ⬩ your ⬩ yours
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H. 117, 23. where in place of an inflected form of the adjective the genitive eówer might be expected Eóweres ǽlces ácennednesse, Bt. 30, 2; F. 110, 18 note. In nǽniges eóweres múð in nullius vestrum ore, Gr. D. 243, 5.
stefn
ge-rýnelic
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Ǽr þon þe hé þǽre gerýnelican gegaderunge menniscre gebyrde onfénge before he was formed in the secrecy of his mother's womb, Bl.
Seax-
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Saxnót in the formula of renunciation. v. Grmm. D. M. 184. Seaxréd ( East Saxon ), 179, 19. Seaxulf biscop ( of Lichfield ), Bd. 4, 6; S. 573, 40. Saxulf (Sæx-), Chr. 656; Erl. 30, 2, 10