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tó-þindan

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S. 34, 318. add Þá þe mid him sylfum and beforan hyra nécstana eágum tóþindað þurh gewilnunge ídeles gylpes, Gr. D. 40, 6. Tóþundene unþeáwfæstra traductam indisciplinatorum (arrogantiam), An. Ox. 5346

sam-wist

(n.)
Grammar
sam-wist, e; f.

A living together, cohabitation, matrimony

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Þeáh his líc and gǽst hyra somwiste, sinhíwan tú, gedǽled (-de?), Exon. Th. 160, 9; Gú. 941. Somwist, 172,28 ; Gú. 1150. Samwista contubernia, Hpt. Gl. 416, 27: 520, 54

wæter-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-fæt, es; n.

A vessel for water, a water-pot

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Ðæt wíf forlét hyre wæterfæt ( hydriam ), Jn. Skt. 4, 28. Ðǽr wǽron áset six stǽnene wæterfatu (hydriae), 2, 6 : Homl. Th. ii. 56, 5, 21. Ðá six wæterfatu getácnodon six ylda ðyssere worulde, 58, 1.

á-þeódan

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á-þeódan, Add:, á-þiédan-þiédan, á-þýdan-þýdan
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Ne myhte hyra náðer fram óðrum beón áðýded. Shrn. 99, 8. Swá swíðe swá hí beóð fram him áþeódde hí ne cunnon his dómas, Gr. D. 138, 27. Wé swá micle fier beóð ðǽm hiéhstan ryhte áðiédde, Past. 355, 8

Linked entry: á-þiédan

for-spanan

(v.)
Grammar
for-spanan, he -spaneþ, -spenþ; p. -spón, -speón, pl. -spónon, -speónon; pp. -spanen, -sponen; v. trans. [spanan to allure]

To enticeseduceillĭcĕresedūcĕre

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Hine his hyge forspeón, ðæt he ne wolde Drihtnes word wurþian his mind seduced him, that he would not revere the Lord's word, Cd. 18; Th. 22, 34; Gen. 350. Forspanen beón seductum esse, sedūci, Prov. 30, Lye

Linked entry: for-spennan

preón

(n.)
Grammar
preón, es; m.
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Hió becwiþ hyre ealdan gewíredan preón is an .vi. mancussum, Chart. Th. 537, 35. Ic geann mínre yldran dehter ... ánes bendes and twegea preóna[s] and ánes wífscrúdes ealles, 530, 21. Menum ł preónum monilibus, Hpt. Gl. 434, 71.

seolh

(n.)
Grammar
seolh, gen. seoles; m.
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Of seoles hýde, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 18. Sioles, 18, 23. Seolas vituli marini, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 16

Linked entries: seol Syles eá

þríst-lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
þríst-lǽcan, p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht

To become boldto darepresume

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To become bold, to dare, presume Wé þrístlǽcaþ biddan audemus rogare, Hymn. Surt. 111, 34. Hié sint tó manianne ðæt hié nó ðý swíður wið hié ne ðrístlǽcen (ðrisð-, Hatt. MS.) admonendi sunt, ne contra eos audaciores fiant, Past. 28; Swt. 196, 5.

yfera

(adj.)
Grammar
yfera, cpve.: yfemest; spve, adj. Upper, higher; of time,
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later, after: upmost, highest Yferan hýse triclinio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 66. Sioððan yferran dógre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 310, 29. Cyng áh ðone uferan (yferan, v. l. ), and bisceop ðone nyðeran, L. E. G. 4; Th. i. 168, 16.

Linked entry: ufera

offrung-sceát

(n.)
Grammar
offrung-sceát, es; m.
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D. offering; 3] Hió becwið hyre beteran ofringsceát, C. D. vi. 130, 31. Þis synd þá mádmas þe Adeluuold bisceop sealde intó þám mynstre . . . . III. offrincsceáttas, C. D. B. iii. 366, 18

up-cyme

(n.)
Grammar
up-cyme, es; m.

Up-comingrisingup-springing

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Naehte upcyme noctis exortum exortu, Hymn. Surt. 2, 21, ii. p. 202, 1. Ic monnum sceal ýcan upcyme eádignesse for men I shall increase the upspringing of happiness, Exon. Th. 413, 3; Rä. 31, 9

hoppetan

(v.)
Grammar
hoppetan, p. te

To jump about [for joy], leap, rejoice, to throb [of a wound]

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Ðæne ðe méder on rife hoppetende beclýsed Johannes undergeat quem matris alvo gestiens clausus Johannes senserat, Hymn. Surt. 51, 1. Similar entries v. next word

weorold

(n.)
Grammar
weorold, (-uld), weorld, worold (-uld, -eld), world, e; f. (but se woruld, Prov. Kmbl. 40: worldes, Lk. Skt. l, 70: ðissum worulde, Met. 10, 70)
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Ne byð hyt hym forgyfen, ne on ðisse worulde (worold, Lind.: weorlde, Rush. saeculo ), ne on ðære tóweardan, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 32. Forgife ðé Ðryhten willan on worulde, and in wuldre blǽd, Andr. Kmbl. 711; An. 356: 1895 ; An. 950.

FEOR

(adv.)
Grammar
FEOR, feorrv, fior; comp. fyrr, fyr, fier; sup. fyrrest; adv.

FARat a distanceprŏcullongebeyondmoreoverultraporro

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Hyra heorte is feor [feorr, Mt. Bos. 15, 8] fram me cor eōrum longe est a me, Mk. Bos. 7, 6: Bt. Met. Fox 24, 4; Met. 24, 2. Ðá gyt ðá he wæs feor his fæder, he hyne geseah when he was yet far from his father, he saw him, Lk. Bos. 15, 20.

Linked entries: feorr fior

HÚS

(n.)
Grammar
HÚS, es; n.

A HOUSEa family

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Byþ gelíc ðam wísan were se hys hús ofer stán getimbrode assimilabitur viro sapienti qui ædificavit domum suam supra petram, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 24. Gewát neósian heán húses went and visited the lofty house, Beo. Th. 233; B. 116.

líget

(n.)
Grammar
líget, es; m. n.: lígetu, e; f.

Lightning

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Hys ansýn wæs swylce lígyt, Mt. Kmbl. 28, 3: 24, 27. Ðǽr begann tó brastligenne micel þunor and líget sceótan, Homl. Th. ii. 196, 23. Swá háttra sumor swá mára þunor and líget, Lchdm. iii. 280, 10.

Linked entry: légetu

ród

(n.)
Grammar
ród, e; f.
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Ðone hig nýddon ðæt hé bǽre hys róde, 27, 32 : Jn. Skt. 19, 17. Hé ðǽr þreó métte róde ætsomne, Elen. Kmbl. 1665; El. 834. a crucifix. v. sweor-ród

Linked entries: róde-tácen coc-ród

ge-féra

(n.)
Grammar
ge-féra, an; m.

A companioncomradeassociatefellowcolleaguefellow-disciplemanservantsŏciuscontŭbernāliscŏmescondiscĭpŭlusvirpuer

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Cwæþ Thomas to hys geférum dixit Thomas ad condiscĭpŭlos, Jn. Bos. 11, 16 : Bd. 2, 3; S. 504, 29 : 3, 21; S. 551, 9. Ceós ðé geféran and feoht ongén Amalech elĭge vĭros et pugna contra Amalec, Ex. 17, 9.

Linked entry: ge-fara

cirlisc

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Se feórþandǽl byð quadrans gecíged, beó hyt penig oððe pund, swá ꝥ wel wát ceorlisc folc, Angl. viii. 306, 31. Vulgaris dies, ꝥ byð ceorliscdæg, 317, 11. Cyrlisc plebeia, Germ. 393, 115: barbarus, An. Ox. 56, 228.

heorot

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Heortes hýd nebris, 26, 26. On heán muntum heortas wuniað, Ps. Th. 103, 17: 28, 7. Hearta cervorum. Mt. p. 8, 5. Heorotum cervis, Ps. Th. 17, 32.