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oft

(adv.)
Grammar
oft, adv.

Oft, often

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Swá oft swá ða óðre hergas út fóron, ðonne fóron hié, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 5. beóþ ðæs ðe lator ðe oftor ymbþeahtiaþ, Past. 56; Swt. 435, 2. Hwílum hé wæs on horse sittende, ac oftor on his fótum gongende, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 12.

mán-swerian

(v.)
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Nú gýt eástdǽles men swergeað ðurh his noman, and ne geþrístlǽcað ó ꝥ mánswergen on his noman, Shrn. 109, 17. Add

ofer-módigian

(v.)
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ofermódgiende his gebod forhogdon, 405, 31. Add

cíding

(n.)
Grammar
cíding, cýdung, e; f.

A CHIDING, reproving, rebukeincrepatio

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A CHIDING, reproving, rebuke; increpatio For his cídinge for his chiding, Ors. 4, 12; Bos. 99, 8. Of cýdunge ðínre fleóþ ab increpatione tua fugient, Ps. Spl. T. 103, 8

Linked entry: cýdung

ge-feormian

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

to entertainharbourreceive as a guestfeedcherishsupportsusciperehospitio suscipereepularefoverecurareto feed ondevourvescicomedereto cleansefarmcleanse outmundare

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Ðæt se, ðe hine feormode, and se, ðe gefeormod wæs, sýn begen bisceopes dóme scyldig that he who entertained him, and he who was entertained, be both liable to excommunication; susceptor et is qui susceptus est excommunicationi subjacebit, 4. 5; S.

of-dæle

(n.)
Grammar
of-dæle, an(?); n.

A downward slope, descent, inclineat ibdaljin this fairgunjis ad descensum montisdownwards.

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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

ge-brengan

(adj.)
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Gebrengað ł lǽdað hiá educit eas, Jn. L. 10, 3. Hié þá scipu binnan Lundenbyrig gebróhton, Chr. 896; P. 89, 21. Gebróhtun (obtulerunt) him monno dumbne, Mt. L. 9, 32. Gebreng ðing ðín, 5, 24. Gebrengað ðás hiona auferte ista hinc, Jn. L. R. 2, 16.

geornian

(v.)
Grammar
geornian, p. ode.
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L. 10, 46. to entreat earnestly Cwóm tó him lícðrower giornede hine uenit ad eum leprosus depraecans eum, Mk. L. 1, 40

on-drysnu

(n.)
Grammar
on-drysnu, -desnu; f.

fearreverence

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Ðonne esne on-drysnum his hláforde cwemeþ, Ps. Th. 122, 2. reverence Hié hæfdan miccle lufan and geleáfan tó ðære ciricean, and eác heálíco ondrysnu ( profound reverence for the church ), Blickl. Homl. 205, 9

brýce

(n.)
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heora hors tó bryce (tó brúcenne,v. l.) onféngon, Gr. D. 16, 3.

þe

(adv.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þe, indecl.
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Ðonne se scrift ongit ðæs costunga ðe hé him ondetteþ when the confessor hears the temptations of the man who confesses to him, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 20. Ðære fǽmnan tíd þe hire ( whose ) noma wæs Sc̃ca Anatolia, Shrn. 102, 34.

Linked entry: þý

fore-sceáwian

(v.)

to foreseeto provide forto provide give for use

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Paulus nolde ðá álýfdan bigleofan onfón, ac mid ágenre teolunge his and his geférena neóde foresceáwode, Hml. Th. i. 392, 23. God wile foresceáwian úre gesundfulnysse and sibbe mid ús, Hml.

tó-eácan

(adv.)
Grammar
tó-eácan, adv., prep.

In addition,besidesIn addition to,besides

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In addition, besides Hé bǽd his þegnum, ðæt hig lédon hira ǽlces feoh on his sacc and fórmete tóeácan (datis supra cibariis in viam), Gen. 42; 25. Ðú hæfst tóeácan eall ðæt ic ðé ǽr tealde, Bt. 10; Fox 28, 37.

þwǽrness

(n.)
Grammar
þwǽrness, e; f.

Agreement

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Agreement him ðǽr eádmédo budon and þwǽrnessa (geþuǽrnesse, MS. A.), Chr. 827; Erl. 65, 7

ge-niman

Grammar
ge-niman, <b>;
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</b> add Genam deófol him andan wið, Hml. A. 195, 17. Add Hé genam þurh heora láre on his orþance þá egeslican dǽda, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 20

heáfod-ǽdre

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-ǽdre, e; f.

The cephalick vein

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The cephalick vein Lǽt him blód on ðam winestran earme of ðære heáfodǽdre let blood from the cephalick vein in his left arm, L. M. 2, 42; Lchdm. ii. 254, 7

hwǽte

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Hé áfeormað his þyrscelflóre, and hé gegaderað his hwǽte on his bern; þá ceafu hé forbærnð, Mt. 3, 12. Hwǽtas sume [h]andlian untrumnysse getácnað frumenta aliqua trectare infirmitatem significat, Lch. iii. 204, 12

for-leógan

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Se cniht hine sylfne forleáh, 208. Ðá sǽdon þá hýrédmen ꝥ hit sóð wǽre, and ealle mid áðe Eugenian forlugan, 2, 222. fundon leáse gewitan þe forlugon Naboð (cf. viri diabolici dixerunt contra eum testimonium, 1, Kings 21, 13.), 18, 196.

ge-þeódrǽden

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manna geþeódrǽdenne forsáwan hominum consortia reliquerunt, 134, 21. Nán bróðor him náne geþeódrǽdene tó næbbe nullus ei fratrum in ullo jungatur consortio, 49, 16.

un-áwendendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-áwendendlíce, adv.

Unalterablywithout possibility of change

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Ðá cwæþ hé: 'Ne þearf hit nó eall gewiorþon unáwendendlíce; ac sum hit sceal geweorþan unáwendendlíce, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 248, 30-250, 2