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fremman

(v.)
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Þæt gewyrce, ǽr on weg scyle, fremman on foldan. wið feónda níð that he succeed by his labours, ere he must depart, in prevailing on earth against the fiends' malice, Seef. 75. trans. to advance, further, promote Fremid provehit, Wrt.

habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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wolde his hǽbengild habban he would have his idolatrous worship, Hml. S. 28, 26.

ǽn-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽn-líc, adj. [án one, líc like]

ONLYsingularincomparableexcellentbeautifulelegantunicusegregiuseleganspulcher

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ONLY, singular, incomparable, excellent, beautiful, elegant; unicus, egregius, elegans, pulcher He hæfde án swíðe ǽnlíc wíf he had a very excellent wife, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 166, 30. Ǽnlíces hiwes of an excellent shape, Ælfc. T. 33, 15.

forþ-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-síþ, es; m. [síþ a journey]

A going forthdeparturedeathprogressusăbĭtusŏbĭtus

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Æfter Óswaldes forþsíþe after Oswald's death, Chr. 992; Erl. 130, 37: Hy 7, 72; Hy. Grn. ii. 288, 72. Hreðer innan born, afýsed on forþsíþ his spirit burned within, bent on departure.

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HWǼTE

(n.)
Grammar
HWǼTE, es; m.

WHEAT

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fédde mid hwǽte, Ps. 80, 15. Tó ðæm ðæt him tó tíde gemetlíce gedǽle ðone hwǽte ut det illis in tempore tritici mensuram, Past. 63; Swt. 459, 13. Fullne hwǽte on ðam eare plenum frumentum in spica, Mk. Skt. 4, 28. Hwǽtas frumenta, Ælfc.

leóþ-cræft

(n.)
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leóþ-cræft, es; m.

poetryversea poem

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ðone leóþcræft geleornode canendi artem didicit, Bd. 4, 24; S. 596, 40

metod-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
metod-sceaft, e; f.

Decree of fatedoomfate after death

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forþ gewát metodsceaft seón he died, Cd. 83; Th. 104, 31; Gen. 1743: Beo. Th. 2364; B. 1180. Heó metodsceaft ( the death of her kinsmen ) bemearn, 2158; B. 1077

ge-beótian

(v.)
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ge-beótian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [ge-, beotian, II. to boast, vow, promise]

To promise in a boastful mannerto vowglōriōse pollĭcēri

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Antigones and Perþica gebeótedan, ðæt woldan him betweonum gefeohtan Antigonus and Perdiccas vowed that they would fight with one another, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 72, 41.

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ge-dreccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dreccan, p. -drehte; pp. -dreht, -dreaht

To vexafflicttormentoppressvexareaffligeretribulareopprimere

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To vex, afflict, torment, oppress; vexare, affligere, tribulare, opprimere He hæfþ on slǽpe ðýn wýf gedreht he hath vexed thy wife in her sleep, Nicod. 6; Thw. 3, 15.

Linked entries: ge-drecte ge-dreht

ge-emnettan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-emnettan, -emnittan, -emnyttan; p. te; pp. ed

To make even or levelcompareæquāreexæquāre

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Gif we úre unþeáwas geemnettaþ be his hǽsum if we level our vices by his commands, Homl. Th. ii. 316, 1. Heó sylfe to hwelpum geemnette she compared herself to the whelps, 114, 10. Geemnittan exæquāre, Scint. 9.

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wituma

(n.)
Grammar
wituma, an; m.

A dowry

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Lócige ðæt hió hæbbe ðæt weorð sié hire mægðhádes, ðæt is se weotuma (wituma, v. l.) pretium pudicitiae non negabit (Ex. 21, 10), L. Alf. 12; Th. i. 46, 18.

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wuldor-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wuldor-líc, adj.

gloriousorthodoxus

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wuldorlíc (admirabile) ðín nama ys, Ps. Th. 8, 9 : Ps. Spl. 8, 1. wítgode be ðære wuldorlícan ácennednesse Cristes, Ps. Th. 8, arg. Be his ðære wuldorlícan ǽriste, Blickl. Homl. 117, 3. Þurh wuldorlícne martyrdóm, Shrn. 30, 32.

be-sceran

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beáh tó ðam mynstre, and wearð bescoren (received the tonsure), Hml. Th. ii. 348, 30. Sum wæs bescoren preóst quidam erat attonsus ut clericus, Bd. 5, 12 ; S. 628, 35. wearð bescoren tó Crístes þeówðóme, Hml. S.6, 240.

clifian

(v.)
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mid hyra móde him on clifiað (cleof-, v. l. ), 138, 30. Of þám hege þe fæste on clifode (clyf-, v. l. ), 25, 12. cleofode on ðǽre eorðan and ne mihte ná onstyrian his fét tó gánne, 224, 22. Cleofede lentesceret, An. Ox. 3108.

fetian

(v.)
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mæte (mete, v. l.) and mádmas ofer .L. míla him fram sǽ fættan (fetton, v. l.), 1006; P. 137, 12. Feta, gif ðú dyrre, æt ðus heaðuwérigan háre byrnan, Vald. 2, 16. Fetige him má, Solil. H. 1, 10.

fore-spreca

an advocatedefendera sponsor

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bæd mé ðæt ic him wǽre forespeca, Cht. Th. 169, 26. Þá nyste Paulus ðá gástlican getácnunge ðǽre ǽ, and wæs forðí hyre forespreca, Hml. Th. i. 390, 3. blissodon ꝥ swilcne forespræcan him áfunden hæfdon, Hml.

ge-leáfleást

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wæs þǽra hǽþen[r]a láreów on heora geleáfleáste, Hml. S. 29, 7, 84. Seó burhwaru ( of Jerusalem ) forférde for hyre geleáfleáste, Hml. A. 46, 549. For heora geleáfleáste þá þá wurðodon hǽþængyld, 102, 5.

ge-máhlíce

(adv.)
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ge-máhlíce, <b>ge-máglíce, ge-málíce</b>
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I. 18, 2. importunately, pertinaciously Gemáh[líce] pertinaciter (perseverare in precibus), An Ox. 3391; perseveranter, Hpt. Gl. 486, 4. bæd gemáhlíce Paulum ꝥ hine gehǽlde, Hml. S. 29, 53.

hǽþen-nes

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frægn hwæþer þá ylcan landleóde crístene wǽron þe þá gýt on hǽþennesse gedwolum lifdan (an paganis adhuc erroribus essent implicati), Bd. 2, 1; Sch. 109, 19.

Linked entry: hǽþen-dóm

rihtung

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Gif ne becumað hér tó rihtingce ( si ad correctionem non perveniunt), byrnað þǽr aa in écnesse, Gr. D. 335, 13. Add Midþrowung menn and rihtincg (rectitudo; cf. rigor, rectitudo, Corp. Gl. H. 103, 188) leahtrum scyl beón, Scint. 149, 6.