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fágian

(v.)

to vary

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Substitute: to grow dark (of a stormy sky) Tódæg stearm, fágas for ðon unrótlic heofon hodie tempestas, rutilat enim triste coelum, Mt.

EODOR

(n.)
Grammar
EODOR, eoder, eodur, edor, eder, es; m. I.

a hedge, fence, enclosure, dwelling, house sēpes, sēpīmentum, dŏmus, tectum

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II. a limit, end, region, zone; ōra, margo, extrēmĭtas, plăga, rĕgio Gescóp heofon and eorþan and holma bigong eodera ymb-hwyrft [he] created heaven and earth and the seas' expanse, the circuit of zones, Exon. 67b; Th. 249, 17; Jul. 113.

Linked entries: eder edor eodur eðer

up-rodor

(n.)
Grammar
up-rodor, (-er), -rador, es; m.
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Cf. up-heofon

un-gerýdelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gerýdelíce, adv.

Violentlywith impetus

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Violently, with impetus Cwæð se Hǽlend: 'Ic geseah ðone sceoccan swá swá scínende líget feallende ádún dreórig of heofonum,' for ðam ðe hé áhreás ungerýdelíce, Hexam. 10; Norm. 18, 7.

stirn-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
stirn-líc, adj.
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Seó heofone ús winþ wið, ðonne heó ús sendeþ styrnlíce stormas, 92, 17

Linked entry: styrn-líc

án-walda

(n.)
Grammar
án-walda, an; m.

A sole rulerthe sole ruler of the universe

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Ealra Ánwalda, eorþan and heofones ruler of all, of earth and heaven, Exon. 110 a; Th. 422, 10; Rä. 41, 4: Cd. 227; Th. 305, 5; Sat. 642

ge-fylsta

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Þæt se mǽra engel ( Michael ) beó Crístenra manná gefylsta on eorðan and þingere on heofonum, Hml. Th. i. 518, 32. Wé sind Godes gefylstan we are labourers together with God; Dei sumus adjutores, 8, 8: Hml. S. 11, 309.

sweor

(n.)
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a pillar Wearð þám abbode æteówed án fýren swer; sé stóð úp áþenod oð þá steápan heofonan, Hml. S. 3, 449. Mid ðǽm sweore ðæs wolcnes, Past. 305, 1.

ge-heaðorian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-heaðorian, -heaðerian, -heaðrian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To restraincontrolcompresscohĭbērecoartārecoangustāre

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To restrain, control, compress; cohĭbēre, coartāre, coangustāre Hafaþ geheaðorad heofona Wealdend ealle gesceafta the Ruler of the heavens has controlled all creatures, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 11; Met. 13, 6 : Bt. 21; Fox 74, 9 : 25; Fox 88, 5.

Linked entries: ge-haðerian heaðorian

HRÓF

(n.)
Grammar
HRÓF, es; m.

A ROOFthe topsummit

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Ðá gewát se engel up on heánne hróf heofona ríces, Cd. 196; Th. 244, 2; Dan. 442. Fiðru mid ðǽm ic fleógan mæg ofer heáne hróf heofones ðisses pennæ quæ celsa conscendant poli, Bt. Met. Fox 24, 5; Met. 24, 3: Cd. 46; Th. 58, 34; Gen. 956.

módig

Grammar
módig, <b>.
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Drihten hét ús beón eádmóde ꝥ wé tó heofonum becómon, for ðan þe þá módigan ne magon tó heofonum, Hml. S. 16, 129. <b>III a.

on-týnan

(v.)
Grammar
on-týnan, <b>I c.</b>
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(reflex) :-- Þá ontýnde se heofon, Shrn. 117, 3. <b>I d.</b> add :-- Þá gyldnan geatu þe bilocen stódan hát ontýnan, Cri. 253. <b>I e.</b> add :-- to open the mouth for food (lit. and fig.), breath, &amp;c.

dreópian

(v.)
Grammar
dreópian, dreápian, dropian, drupian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To dropstillāre, distillāre

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Heofonas [MS. Heofenas] dreápedun cæli distillāvērunt, Ps. Surt. 67, 9. Myrre and cassia dropiaþ of ðínum, cláðum myrrh and cassia drop from thy clothes, Ps. Th. 44, 10. Heofanas drupodov cæli distillāvērunt, Ps. Spl. 67, 9

un-gemæc

Grammar
un-gemæc, un-gemæcc.
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Heora ǽgþres méd and geearnung nis náht ungemæcce (ungelíce, v.l. ) on heofonum, 91, 15. Add

ofer-brǽdan

(v.)
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Th. 22, 4. to overspread, put a covering over God oferbrǽdde byrnendne heofon nette, Cd. Th. 182, 9; Exod. 73. [Laym. mid palle overbræd.]

Linked entries: of-brǽded fore-brǽdan

ge-leoran

Grammar
ge-leoran, l. ge-leóran,
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R. 15, 44. of things. to pass from the body Ꝥ se drænc sý ðe ǽr geleóred, Lch. iii. 20, 3. to pass away, cease Oþ ꝥ seó ýst forð geleóreð until the storm passes, Shrn. 81, 27. to pass away, cease to exist, come to nothing Heofon and eorðo geliórað

andetnes

(n.)
Grammar
andetnes, -ness; andetnys, -nyss, e; f.

A confessionacknowledgmentprofessiongiving of thanks or praisepraisehonourgloryconfessio

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Is upp-ahafen his andetness, heáh ofer myclum heofone and eorþan confessio ejus super cælum et terram, 148, 13: 95, 6. Andetnysse and wlite ðú scrýddest confessionem et decorem induisti, Ps. Spl. 103, 2

hyscan

(v.)
Grammar
hyscan, p. te

To mockderidetauntreproach

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Seðe eardaþ on heofonum hyseþ [hyscþ?] hý qui habitat in cælis irridebit eos, Ps. Spl. T. 2, 4. Ðonne hyscte hé on ða godcundan láreówas, Wulfst. 235, 25. Hyhsan conviciari, Gl. Prud. 696. Hihsendes subsannantis, Hpt. Gl. 524

Linked entries: hiscan husc hyseþ

fléring

a flooringa stratumlayer

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Add: a flooring, story of a building Paulus wæs gelǽd tó heofonan oð ðá ðriddan fléringe (raptus usque ad tertium coelum, 2 Cor. 12, 2), Hml.

þoden

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S. 31, 416. ꝥ Ðá fǽringa wæs geworden þoden of heofonum tunc repente turbo caelitus factus est, 42, 5. Syndon fram þodene ( turbine ) þá weallas tólýsede, 134, 7.