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a-fýsan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fýsan, p. de; pp. ed.

to hasten ⬩ festinare ⬩ tendere ⬩ to hasten away ⬩ impel ⬩ accelerate ⬩ incite ⬩ excite ⬩ make ready ⬩ incitare ⬩ accelerare ⬩ paraturn vel prornptum reddere

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Th. 131, 4; By. 3. to hasten away, impel, accelerate, incite, excite, make ready; incitare, accelerare, paraturn vel prornptum reddere Ðonne he afýsed biþ when he hastened away, Exon. 653; Th. 241, 11; Ph. 654.

óþ-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
óþ-bregdan, -brédan
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Hé (Nero when Rome was burning bebeád his ágnum monnum ðæt hié gegripen ðæs licgendan feós swá hié mǽst mehten, and tó him brohten, ðonne hit mon út óþbrúde, Ors. 6, 5; Swt. 260, 32. Siððan wearþ Adame eardríca cyst óþbróden, Exon.

BITER

(adj.)
Grammar
BITER, bitor, bitter, bittor; g. m. n. biteres, bitres, bittres; f. bitre; sup. biteresta, bitresta; adj.

BITTER, sharp, severe, dire ⬩ amarus, acerbus, acer, dirus, atrox

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Ðæt he bibúgan mǽge ðone bitran drync that he may escape the bitter drink, Exon. 45 a; Th. 154, 10; Gú. 840. Hí béheóldon bogan [MS. boga], þing [þingc MS.] biter intenderunt arcum, rem amaram, Ps. Spl. 63, 3: Ps. Th. 78, 5.

Linked entries: bitter bittor

weorold-wíse

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wíse, an ; f.
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What is usual in the world, a fashion of the world Hé bæd ðæt Godes yrre ofer hí ne cóme, ne him wǽre hwæs (hwæt ?) gneáðes ne óþerra worldwísena. Ðá com stefn of heofonum and seó cwæð: . . .

blǽd

Grammar
blǽd, (properly bléd, v. blówan)

fruit.

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Hí fretaþ eówre blǽde, þe gé big libban scylon, 229, 11. Add

ceówan

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Hé slát and ceáw his ágene handa, Gr. D. 301, 3. Swín ne ceów his cudu, Hml. S. 25, 80. ꝥ se e Swylce hí heora mete ceówan, Hml. S. 25, 49. Meng pipor wiþ hwítcwudu, sele tó ceówanne, Lch. ii. 24, 9. Add

céne

(adj.)
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Swíþe yfel mon ealra þeáwa, búton ꝥ hé wæs céne and oft feaht ánwíg, Ors. 6, 14; S. 268, 27. Sum céne heretoga mid ormǽtre fyrde, Hml. S. 25, 431. Se céna Iudas, 424. Cwæð Moyses tó þám cénan Iosue, 13, 6. Hé ðrowode mid cénum móde tintregu, Hml.

cláþ

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Stód án cýf oferwrogen . . . hí brúdon of ðone cláð ( operimentum ), Hml. Th. ii. 178, 35. a garment God hyre ásende tunecan. Heó . . . ðone cláð hire on ádyde, Hml. S. 7, 156, 159.

for-scyldigian

(v.)

to condemn

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Se sceaða þe forscylgod (-scyldgod, -scyldegod, v. ll.) hangode mid þám Hǽlende, Hml. S. 19, 164. Hé cýdde ꝥ heó forscylgod wǽre for hire crístendóme, 7, 89. Biþ ofsprincg forscyldegod þurh forðfædera mándǽda, gif hé mid yfele him geefenlǽhð, Hml.

ge-blówan

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Secgeað lǽcas ꝥte geblówene wyrta þonne sién betste tó wyrcenne tó drencum, Lch. ii. 146, 17. of a place, blooming with plants Hí becómon to sumum felda fægre geblówen, Hml. S. 21, 351 : Gú. 715. Is þæt æðele lond blóstmum geblówen, Ph. 21.

in-færeld

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Add: an entry, a place or way by which one enters, a vestibule Hé hý lǽdde intó þám infærlde þǽre cytan, and hé sylf into þǽre inran eóde and ðá duru him tó beclýsde, Hml. A. 196, 30.

raþe

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H. 17, 5. Ne dó ic hí ná ðe raðor gelíce, 12. Hé oft wýscte þæt ealle Rómáne hæfden ǽnne sweóran, þæt hé hiene raþost forceorfan mehte, Ors. 6, 3; S. 256, 27. Add

treów

(n.)
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&#39;Ic nát mid hwí ic delfe&#39; ... þá geseah hé þǽr swilchwugu treów licgende and ꝥ lytel, ongan þá þǽrmid delfan, Hml. S. 23 b, 766. <b>IV a.

of-dæle

(n.)
Grammar
of-dæle, an(?); n.

A downward slope, descent, incline ⬩ at ibdaljin this fairgunjis ad descensum montis ⬩ downwards.

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A downward slope, descent, incline Hié nyllaþ gepyndan hiera mód swelce mon deópne pól gewerige ac hé lǽt his mód tóflówan on ðæt ofdæle (ofdele, Hatt.

Linked entries: -dæle æf-dæl

traisc

(adj.)
Grammar
traisc, tráisc (?); adj.

tragicus

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Trojan, perhaps the same meaning is intended here Æfter ðon hé eall gear onwealh Norþan-hymbra mǽgþe áhte nalas swá swá sigefæst cyning ac swá swá leódhata ðæt hé grimsigende forleás and hi on gelícnysse ðæs traiscan wacles wundade dein cum anno integro

Linked entry: Tróiesc

ge-untrumian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-untrumian, p. ode; pp. od.

To enfeeble ⬩ make weak or sick ⬩ infirmāre ⬩ debĭlĭtāre ⬩ To be enfeebled ⬩ be sick ⬩ infirmāri ⬩ ægrōtāre

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To be enfeebled, be sick; infirmāri, ægrōtāre Hí geuntrumiaþ infirmābuntur, Ps. Spl. 9, 3. Ða geuntrumade he mid ðære mettrymnesse podagre then he was ill with the gout, Shrn. 100, 18

Linked entry: un-trumian

tó-cnáwan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cnáwan, p. -cneów; pp. -cnáwen

To discern, ⬩ distinguish, ⬩ know the difference between, ⬩ understand

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Him is neód ðæt hé his ágene wódnesse tócnáwe it is necessary for him to discern his own madness. Homl. Th. ii. 110, 29. Cunne gé tócnáwan heofones híw faciem coeli dijudicare nostis, Mt. Kmbl. 16, 3.

ge-trymman

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Hé getrymede (firmavit) hys ansýne ꝥ hé férde to Hierusalem he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, Lk. 9, 51. Eal swá hraðe swá hé cóm tó Cantuareberi and hé warð getremmed on his arcestóle, Chr. 870; P. 283, 26. <b>IX a.

under-fón

(v.)
Grammar
under-fón, p. -féng, pl. -féngon; pp. -fangen.

to receive ⬩ to have given ⬩ to get ⬩ to receive ⬩ submit to ⬩ a rite ⬩ to receive a person ⬩ to receive for the purpose of entertaining, sheltering, harbouring ⬩ to receive for safe conduct, custody ⬩ to receive as a servant or dependent ⬩ to receive, admit into a society ⬩ to receive as a master ⬩ to submit to ⬩ to receive ⬩ admit the claims of ⬩ to receive, admit the force of a person's words ⬩ accept testimony ⬩ to receive what is offered ⬩ to accept ⬩ to receive ⬩ serve as a receptacle for ⬩ to receive or accept an office, a duty, etc. ⬩ to take upon one's self ⬩ to undertake a labour, task, etc. ⬩ to receive what is burdensome ⬩ undergo ⬩ bear ⬩ to take surreptitiously ⬩ to steal

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Gyf óðer cymþ on his ágenum naman, hyne gé underfóð, Jn. Skt. 5, 43. to receive, admit the force of a person's words, accept testimony : -- Hé cýð ðæt hé geseah and gehýrde, and nán man ne underféhþ his cýðnesse, Jn. Skt. 3, 32.

Linked entry: under-niman

frófor

Grammar
frófor, [A weak form occurs in the late
  • Shrn. 202, 16
.]

consolation ⬩ the action of consoling ⬩ the state of being consoled ⬩ alleviation of distress ⬩ comfort ⬩ freedom from distress ⬩ a consolation ⬩ a particular action that consoles ⬩ a person, thing or circumstance that affords consolation or comfort ⬩ aid ⬩ succour

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'Ic eów sende frófre Gást' . . . ꝥ gelimplic wæs ꝥ hé his leornerum frófre sende, Bl. H. 131, 21. Hí ne mihton mid heora frófre his dreórignysse ádwǽscan, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 19.