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for-wiernan

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Take here <b>for-weornan, -wernan, -wyrnan</b> in Dict. and add: to refuse something (gen.) to a person (dat.), deny Hé þæs teóþan dǽles Gode forwyrneþ, Bl. H. 51, 5. Hié him þára béna forwierndon, Ors. 2, 2; S. 64, 27.

þurfan

(v.)
Grammar
þurfan, prs. ic, he þearf, ðú þearft, pl. wé þurfon; p. þorfte; subj. prs. is þurfe, þyrfe, pl. þurfen, þyrfen; prs. ptcpl. þurfende, þyrfende

To needto be in needhave need of somethingto need to do somethingto be bound to do something because it is rightto be obligedbe compelled by destinyto have good cause or reason for doing somethingto be use, to be good for a person to do somethingto owe

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be taken almost as an auxiliary, of much the same force as shall; to be obliged, be compelled by destiny Gé ne þurfon hér leng wunian you shall not be obliged to stop here longer, Ex. 9, 28.

ǽrende

(adj.)

a messagean errand, a mission

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Ben. 126, 16.

Linked entry: ǽrend

ge-lícian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lícian, p. ode.
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to make like or to be like, to imitate. Cf. ge-líc; Tó gelícanne ad imitandum, Rtl. 22, 36. Haedno forebeádend gelícad gentiles prohibens imitandos, Mk. p. 4, 15. to liken, compare. Cf. ge-líc; Geefned bið ł gelíced bið assimilabitur, Mt.

wæl-stów

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-stów, e; f.

The place of the slain,a battle-fieldany place where there is slaughter

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The place of the slain, a battle-field God ána wát hwá ðære wælstówe wealdan móte God only knows who shall be master of the field, Byrht. Th. 134, 36; By. 95: Beo. Th. 4108; B. 2051: 5960; B. 2984: Cd. Th. 121, 4; Gen. 2005.

Linked entry: hreá-wíc

ge-cígan

(v.)
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<b>I a.</b> to call to a person, invite :-- Gecíg ðé tó þínum frýnd, Ap. Th. 16, 13. Cf. Cégde heó tó eallum þǽm apostolum on híre hordcofan uocauit omnes apostolos in cubiculo suo, Bl.

þerscold

(n.)
Grammar
þerscold, þerxold, þrexold, þersc-wold, -wald, es; m.
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Fram deáþes ðrecswalde (þirsc-, Bd. M. 398, 23) ab ipso mortis limite, Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 34. Of ðæs portices dura ðærscwolde, Blickl. Homl. 207, 11. Ofer ðone ðerscold, Past. 13; Swt. 77, 22. Ðerscwold, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 413.

ge-hwilc

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Underféð ánra gehwilc be ðám ðe hé geearnode. Hml. Th. i. 602, 28. Gehwylc, Bl. H. II, 18 : 107, 12. Þæt hé gedǽlde ánra gehwylces líf wið líce, B. 732. For ánra gehwylcum onsundrum, Seel. 97.

un-nyt

(adj.)
Grammar
un-nyt, un-nyt; adj.

Uselessvainidleunprofitable

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Nán bróðor ymbe ídelnesse and unnette sprǽce (unnytte sprǽca, v.l.) beó ... ne biþ hé ná him ánum unnyt ne frater vacet otioso et fabulis ... non solum sibi inutilis est, R. Ben. 74, 15-18.

Linked entry: un-net

útan

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
útan, (-on); adv. prep. A. adv.

from withoutwithouton the outsideon the outsideon the surfaceoutwardlyaboutroundoutaway from land

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Ætýwdon twégen steorran ymb ða sunnan útan, Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 23. out, away from land Eálond útan, Beo. Th. 4657; B. 2334

Linked entries: útane úton út-weard

huntung

(n.)
Grammar
huntung, e; f.

Hunting

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Hunting Mǽre on huntunge heorta and rána cervorum caprearumque insignis, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 45. Gyrstandæg ic wæs on huntunge heri fui in venatione, Coll. Monast. Th. 22, 3. Hwæt ðést ðú be ðínre huntunge?

ge-wífian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wífian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [wífian to take a wife]

To take a wifemarryuxōrem dūcĕre

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Manige habbaþ genóg gesǽlilíce gewífod many have married happily enough, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 5. Gewífad, Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 7

Linked entry: wífian

scip-bryce

(n.)
Grammar
scip-bryce, es; m.
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Ship-wreck, what comes ashore from wrecks Ic habbe gegeofen Ælfwine abbod intó Ramesége . . . scipbryce and ða sǽupwarp on eallen þingen swá wel swá ic hit mé seolf betst habbe ða sǽrime áhwǽr in Engelande, Chart. Th. 421, 33. (Cf. L.

un-tódǽled

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tódǽled, adj.

Undividedunseparated

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Undivided, unseparated Is ðæt full gód ðæt eall ætgædere is untódǽled, Bt. 34, 9; Fox 146, 28. Hé biþ ánfeald untódǽled, 33, 2; Fox 122, 18, 21. Se God is simle on ánum untódǽled, 34, 6; Fox 142, 22: Wulfst. 21, 19.

bell-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
bell-tíd, e; f.
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A canonical hour marked by the ringing of a bell (v. preceding word, bel-hringes beácn, and Ll.

ge-hírend

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hírend, es; m.
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Áweccan ꝥ mód þára gehérendra, Bt. 34, 4 ; F. 138, 30. ꝥ Hé geseah ðá his gehýrend ( suos auditores ) þone Eástordæg onfón, Bd. 5, 22 ; Sch. 685, 3

Linked entries: ge-hýrend hírend

stille

(adv.)
Grammar
stille, adv.
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It is not possible always to distinguish between the adjective and the adverb, but the latter character mav be assumed for the word when, if an adjective, it should take the u-inflection; e. g.

sand-corn

(n.)

a grain of sand

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Swá fela welena swá ðara sondcorna beóþ be ðisum sǽclifum quantas pontus versat arenas, Bt. 7, 4; Fox 22, 27. Hí beóþ ofer sandcorn manige super arenam multiplicabuntur, Ps. Th. 138, 16

hálettan

(v.)
Grammar
hálettan, p. te

To salute, greet, hail

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To salute, greet, hail Sum man hine hálette and grétte and hine be his naman nemde quidam eum salutans ac suo appellans nomine, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 12 : 2, 12; S. 514, 31 : Blickl. Homl. 155, 20.

Linked entries: álette hǽlettan

ofer-hleápan

(v.)

to overleap, pass by jumping

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to overleap, pass by jumping Ic oferhleápe transitio Wrt. Voc. i. 60, 40. Saltus lunae, ðæt is, ðæs mónan hlýp, for ðan ðe hé oferhlýpþ ǽnne dæg Lchdm. iii. 264, 24. Ðæt hors slóg on ðam wege oferhleóp, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 17.