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feallan

to runto be overcometo stumblesnareto failfall awaydecaycrumble away

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Se feallenda deófol, Hml, Th. i. 214, 23. fig. of immaterial things: Mé fealleð on fyrhtu deáðes, Ps. Th. 54, 4. Dóm. 72. Feól him ege on, Bl.

ge-siht

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Þ ic þíne anlícnysse sceáwige mid swá mænigfealdum besmitenum gesihþum ( with eyes in so many ways defiled), 23 b, 435. Godes gesyhða behealdað ǽgðer ge góde ge yfele oculi Domini spectilantur bonos et malos, R. Ben. 25, 13.

ge-sprǽc

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In mínre heortan ic gehýdde þíne gespræcu (gesprecu. Ps. Vos. gespreocu, Ps. Srt., spǽca. Ps. L. 118, II), Ll.

rún

(n.)
Grammar
rún, e; f.

a whisperconfidence, counsel, consultationa mysterya secreta rune, a letter.

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Jesus ... being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God, Acts 1, 3) árétte, Hy. 10, 36. Similar entries (v. rúnian) [cf. Goth. rúna niman to take counsel] a mystery, Rún biþ gerecenod, Cd.

Linked entry: rún-stæf

scearp

(adj.)
Grammar
scearp, adj.

sharppungent, acidacridsharp-tonguedsharp, keen, severe,sharp, roughsharp, keen, active, strenuouseffectual, penetrating,sharp, keensharp, keen, acute,

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ðe ǽgðer ge on heora dǽdum ge on heora gelǽrednesse frome and scearpe wǽron Godes word tó bodienne and tó lǽranne electis sociis strenuissimis et ad praedicandum verbum idoneis, utpote actione simul et eruditione praeclaris, Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 25. of things

Linked entries: un-scearp scearpness

topp

(n.)
Grammar
topp, es; m.

a top,summita lock of hair, tufta collection of rays of lighta top to play withthe hair at the top of the head that which has a similarity with it

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The word is used also of other things Teon seiles to toppa, Laym. 1339. Top or cop of an hey thynge cacumen, top of a maste carchesia, Prompt. Parv. 496. It is found, too, as the name of a plaything En la rue vus juvetz a toup (a top of tre), Wrt.

feówer

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Þín seáð bið twégea cubita wíd and feówra lang, Nar. 50, 29. Mid feówrum gesceaftum, Angl. viii. 299, 19. Féwere hwommas and hringas haefis quattuor angulos et anulos habet, Mt. p. 8, 5.

ge-fæstnian

(v.)
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Gehýr þis herespel and þínne hyge gefæstna, Sch. 37. Ríce is þín rǽde gefæstnod, Ps. Th. 144, 13. Ꝥte ryhte cynedómas þurh úre folc gefæstnode and getrymede wǽron, Ll. Th. i. 102, 9. to settle, determine, fix a plan, course, &c.

un-gemet

(n.)
Grammar
un-gemet, es; n.

immensityan immense numberimmoderationexcessto excesswithout measureexcessivelyimmenselyvery

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Hé heora ungemet ofslóg; be ðæm mon mehte witan, ðá hé and ða consulas hié átellan ne mehton quot millia hominum interfecta ipse consul ostendit; qui numerum explicare non potuit, 3, 10; Swt. 140, 29. immoderation, excess Of ungemete ǽlces þinges, wiste

Linked entries: un-gemete on-gemet

beódan

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Se cyng lét beódan mycel gyld ofer eall Englaland, 1083; P. 215, 24. to offer, to present an object Ne þincð mé ná, ꝥ þes sý munuc, þe þú mé beódest ( commendas ), Gr. D. 28, 4. Beódende (búd-, Hpt. Gl. 424, 5) offerentes (frontem armatam), An.

on-drǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
on-drǽdan, p. -dréd, -drǽd, -dreard, -dreord; pp. -drǽd

to dread, feartimeoto be afraid

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Se ðe him ondrǽt, sumes þinges hé him ondrǽt, timeo Deum ic mé ondrǽde God; timeor ic eom ondrǽd, ðæt is, ðæt sumum menn stent ege fram mé, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Som. 22, 62-64. Ne ðú ðé nihtegsan ondrǽdest, Ps. Th. 90, 5.

Linked entries: an-drǽdan á-drǽdan

ge-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sittan, p. -sæt, pl. -sǽton; pp. -seten.

to sitsit downsettleleanreclinesĕdēreconsīdĕrediscumbĕreto occupypossessinhabitpossĭdērehăbĭtāre

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Hí gesittaþ him on gesundum þingum they sit in sound condition, 89 b; Th. 337, 1; Gn. Ex. 58. He wið earm gesæt he leaned on his arm, Beo. Th. 1503; B. 749: Cd. 223; Th. 291, 18; Sat. 432.

Linked entry: ge-setenness

leóht

(adj.)
Grammar
leóht, léht, líht; adj.

Lightbrightcheerfulshiningclear

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Ðonne wurþaþ ðín eágan swá leóht then shall thine eyes become so clear, Cd. 27; Th, 35, 34; Gen. 564. Gelíc wæs hé (Lucifer) ðám leóhtum steorrum, 14; Th. 17, 7; Gen. 256.

ceaster

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Hwǽr cýpst þú fixas þíne? On ceastre ( civilate ), Coll. M. 23, 23. In Antiochia þǽre ceastre (Antiochia ceastre, v. l. ), Chr. 35; P. 6, 16. Of Caldéa ceastre, Gen. 2200. In þǽre ceastre Commedia, Jul. 21.

fandian

(v.)

to tryto temptto tryto trytastefeelto tryto visittemptprovokeattempt

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Hé wolde fandian hú longe þæt land norþryhte lǽge, oþþe hwæðer ǽnig mon be norðan þǽm wéstenne búde, Ors. 1, 1; S. 17, 7. of the action of things Gársecg fandaþ, hwæðer ác hæbbe æðele treówe, Run. 25. combining the constructions of 1 and 2 Wolde se

ge-dihtan

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S. 23, 347. to arrange God þás þingc swá gescifte, and mid his fadunge gedihte, ꝥ heora nán gefélan ne mihte, Hml. S. 23, 257. Hú hé þurh gesihðe gedihte þá mynstertimbrunge de fabrica monasterii per visionem at eo disposita, Gl. D. 147, ii.

mearc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc, a mark, <b>mearc</b> a limit. [These may be taken under one head, see N. E. D. mark.]
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D. vi. 33, 22-25. of immaterial things Findan hwylce dæge seó mearke, ꝥ ys se termen, gá on tún . . . geríst hyt ꝥ seó tíd hæbbe mearke hwænne heó tó síge crístenum folce tó blisse, Angl. viii. 326, 11-14. a stone or other monument set up or standing

wǽdla

(n.; adj.)

poorneedyindigentwantingdeficient inpoor inbeggingpoorneedya poor, needy persona poor, needy persona beggar

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Wurdon menn wǽdlan hláfes, 104, 14. of things, deficient in, poor in Wæs seó stów ge wæteres wǽdla ge eorþwæstma erat locus et aquae et frugis inops, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 18.

þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
þegnung, e; f.
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</b> service rendered by things, use :-- Hé wæs lama and eallra his lima ðénunge benumen deficiente omni membrorum officio, Bd. 5, 5; S. 617, 38. In ðegnunge in use; in procinctu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 16.

fisc-noþ

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-noþ, fiscnoþ (-naþ), fixnoþ, es; m.

fishinga fishing-grounda catch

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Mid allum ðǽm nytnessum ge on fixnoðum ge on médwum, v. 186, 5. what is caught, a catch, draught of fishes: Cwæð hé : 'Wurp fit þín net, and þé fixnoð (fiscnoð, v.l.) becymð.' . . . Wearp þá út his net, and þǽr wearð oninnan án ormǽte leax, Hml.