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on-timbran

(v.)

to instruct, edify

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to instruct, edify Hé monig þúsendo heora mid sóðfæstnesse worde wæs ontimbrende ( instituens ), Bd. 5, 19; S. 639, 23. Æþellíce ontimbred and gelǽred nobiliter instructus, 5, 23; S. 646, 19: 5, 19; S. 637, 36:, 5, 22; S. 644, 18.

Linked entry: on-timberness

scirpan

(v.)
Grammar
scirpan, p. te.

to sharpen ⬩ whet ⬩ to make active ⬩ arouse

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C. ) tungan heora acuerunt linguam suam. Ps. Spl. 139, 3. Scerptun, Ps. Surt. 139, 4. metaph. to make active, arouse Symle hé sceal his hýrmen scyrpan mid manunge tó hláfordes neóde and him eác leánian be ðam ðe hý earnian, Anglia ix. 260, 23

þæt

(adv.)
Grammar
þæt, adv.

After that, ⬩ then

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After that, then Ǽrest ymbe heora landgemǽra : andlang Temese, ðæt (ðonne in other MS., v. l. 8) up on Legean L. A. G. 1; Th. i. 152, 18.

ge-cwedrǽden

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Hé oferbræc heora gecwedrǽdenne, þæt wæs ꝥ hié hæfdon gecweden þæt ..., 108, 8. Add

innan

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Gif heó ꝥ heáfod innan þone man bestincð, Angl. vii. 28, 259

fætnes

(n.)
Grammar
fætnes, -ness, -nyss, e; f. [fæt fat]

FATNESS ⬩ pinguēdo, adeps

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Fætnysse heora hí beclýsdon thei han closide togidere her fatnesse, Wyc; ădĭpem suum conclūsērunt, Ps. Spl. 16, 11. Mid ungle oððe mid fætnysse lamba cum ădĭpe agnōrum, Cant. Moys. Isrl. Lamb. 192 a, 14

folc-néd

(n.)
Grammar
folc-néd, e; f.

A people's need ⬩ pŏpŭli necessĭtas

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A people's need; pŏpŭli necessĭtas Him wísode wolcen unlytel daga ǽghwylce, swá hit Drihten hét; and him ealle niht, óðer beácen, fýres leórna, folcnéde heóld a large cloud directed them every day, as the Lord commanded it; and to them all night, another

irfe-weardness

Grammar
irfe-weardness, irf-weardness, e; f.

An inheritance

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God cwæþ ðæt hé sylf wǽre heora yrfweardnyss, Homl. Th. ii. 224, 7. Ðonne biþ úre seó yrfeweardnes nostra erit hereditas, Mk. Skt. 12, 7

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martyr-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
martyr-dóm, es; m.

Martyrdom

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Hé gearcodon heora mód tó ðam martyrdóme, Homl. Skt. 5, 150. Martyrdóm ( martirium ) þrowiende, Bd. 5, 10; S. 623, 36: Menol. Fox 249; Men. 126: 287; Men. 145

mis-rǽd

(n.)
Grammar
mis-rǽd, es; m.

evil advice or direction ⬩ mis-guidance ⬩ evil conduct

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Th. ii. 320, 3. evil conduct God hí ( the Israelites ) betǽhte ðam hǽðenan folce feówertig geára for heora misrǽde, Jud. 13, 1

ge-cwid-rǽdden

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cwid-rǽdden, -cwid-rǽden, -cwyd-rǽden, -cwed-rǽden, -rǽdenn, e; f.

An agreement ⬩ a contract ⬩ statute ⬩ conspiration ⬩ ratio ⬩ pactorum ⬩ conventio ⬩ conspiratio

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An agreement, a contract, statute, conspiration; ratio, pactorum, conventio, conspiratio He oferbræc heora gecwidrǽdenne he broke through their agreement, Ors. 3, 6; Bos. 57, 40. Gewordenre gecwydrǽdene conventione facta, Mt. Bos. 20, 1.

gedýre

(n.)
Grammar
gedýre, es; n. [or -dyre, y from u; cf. Goth. daur]

A door post ⬩ postis ad fores

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Hí mearcodon mid blóde on heora gedýrum TAU, ðæt is, róde tácen they marked on their door-posts TAU, that is, the sign of the cross, Homl. Th. ii. 266, 8 : 264, 1

ge-sceót

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceót, es; n.

shooting, hurling ⬩ rapid movement as of anything shot

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Similar entries v. gesceot ge mid stána torfungum both with shootings and flingings of stones, Ors. 3, 9: Bos, 68, 19. rapid movement as of anything shot Ða wǽmna flugon mid swiftum gesceóte on heora fínd the weapons flew with swift movement on to their

stǽr-wrítere

(n.)
Grammar
stǽr-wrítere, es; m.
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Swá swá Trogus and Iustinianus sédon heora stǽrwríteras, Ors. 4, 4; Swt. 164, 12: 2, 1; Swt. 60, 25

un-áteorigendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áteorigendlíc, adj.

indefatigable ⬩ unwearied ⬩ that shall not fail ⬩ unending ⬩ imperishable

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Gl. 434, 22. that shall not fail, unending, imperishable Hí befæston Godes láre heora underþeóddum tó unáteorigendlícum gafele, Homl. Th. i. 544, 18. Wé habbaþ unáteorigendlíce sáule, 96, 18.

ge-læswian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-læswian, l. ge-lǽswian,
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Hú is nú gelǽswod seó heord Crístes gesamnunga, Hml. S. 23 b, 254

ge-forewyrdan

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ge-forewyrdan, ge-forewordan.
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., and add: To settle the terms of an agreement, agree Nú wille ic ðæt heora cwide stande swá swá hit geforewird wes on gódre manna gewitnesse, C. D. iv. 201, 4. Standan ðá forword ðe ǽr wið ðæne arcebiscop ge-forwyrd wǽran, iii. 352, 5

neán

Grammar
neán, <b>. I.</b> add: <b>I a.</b> of time,
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from a time near at hand. v. feorran Fela wítegan mid heora wítegunge bodedon Drihten tóweardne, sume feorran, sume neán ( some prophesied long before the event, some when it was near), Hml. Th. i. 358, 7.

sárgian

(v.)
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add: of physical ill Seó þrúh monigum monna þe heora eágan sárgedon and hefegodon wearð tó hǽle loculum nonnullis oculos dolentibus saluti fuisse perhibent, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 450, 22. of mental pain Ymb ðæt ilce sárgode se wítga hinc propheta conqueritur

wód

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Add: (l b) mad with anger, enraged Hé suwode ǽfre swilce hé ne gefrédde heora swingla náteshwón, and hí þæs þe wóddran wǽron him tógeánes, Hml. S. 31, 978.