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niþer

(adv.)
Grammar
niþer, adv.

Down ⬩ beneath ⬩ below

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Hé sceal má þencan up ðonne nyþer he must direct his thought upwards rather than downwards, Bt. 41, 6; Fox 254, 31

Linked entry: nieþer

ge-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyrcan, -wyrcean; p. -worhte, ðú -worhtest; pp. -worht.

to work ⬩ make ⬩ build ⬩ form ⬩ dispose ⬩ do ⬩ perform ⬩ celebrate ⬩ commit ⬩ to get by working ⬩ gain ⬩ obtain ⬩ merit

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Sió wund ðe him se eorþdraca ǽr geworhte the wound that the dragon had before given him, Beo. Th. 5418; B. 2712. Hie geweorc geworht hæfdon they had made a fort, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 2.

Linked entry: ge-worht

bútan

(prep.; adv.)
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Búton hé gelýfde ꝥ hí árísan sceoldon, elles hé offrode on ídel, Hml.

sendan

(v.)
Grammar
sendan, p. sende; pp. sended, send

To send ⬩ cause to go ⬩ to send ⬩ despatch ⬩ to send ⬩ to send ⬩ to send ⬩ move to a place of rest ⬩ put ⬩ lay ⬩ to send a missile ⬩ cast lots ⬩ throw ⬩ hurl ⬩ to send ⬩ to send ⬩ to send forth ⬩ emit a sound ⬩ to send ⬩ to send for

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Ðá sendon hí him hyra leorningcnihtas tó, Mt. Kmbl. 22, 16. Gif ðú wylt hine mid ús sendan, Gen. 43, 4. Hé mé on ðisne sið sendan wolde, Exon. Th. 460, 35; Hö. 27. Se ðe englas gehét wið mé tó sendenne, Blickl. Homl. 181, 26.

fæsten

firmament ⬩ citadel ⬩ fort ⬩ a fortification ⬩ entrenchments ⬩ fastness ⬩ stronghold ⬩ a prison ⬩ a sepulchre ⬩ Hell ⬩ claustrum

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Hié þone here besǽton on ánum fæstenne (cf. they threw up a fortification, Hen. Hunt.), Chr. 894; P. 87, 21. Hí wícstówa námon on twám stówum . . .

tán

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
tán, es; m.

a twig, sprout, shoot, branch ⬩ a stake ⬩ a twig used in casting lots ⬩ a lot; also a share that is determined by lot

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Hé sealde him wéste land ðæt hí mid táne getugan rihte sorte divisit eis terram in funiculo distributionis, Ps. Th. 77, 55.

þrowing

(n.)
Grammar
þrowing, þreowing, e; f.

suffering as opposed to doing ⬩ suffering which is painful ⬩ a painful symptom ⬩ suffering that is undergone for the sake of religion ⬩ suffering of persecution, cross ⬩ suffering which ends in death, passion, martyrdom ⬩ the anniversary of a martyr's suffering

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Hé gehýrde heora þrowunga he heard of their sufferings (they had been struck blind), Blickl.

mæssian

(v.)
Grammar
mæssian, p. ode

To say mass

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To say mass Be ðam sacerde ðonne hé mæssaþ hwæt hé on him hæbbe de iis quibus indutus esse debet sacerdos, cum missarn celebrat, L. Edg. C. tit. ix.; Th. ii. 128, 19. Mæssode se apostol ðam folce. Homl. Th. ii. 478, 14.

be-pǽcan

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Hé bepǽhte hí in tó his búre, Chr. 1015; P. 146, I. Ne bepǽce hé eów mid leásum hopan, Hml. Th. i. 568, 8. Bepǽcan dissimulari, An. Ox. 5348. Þú wylt ealde witan mid þínan lote bepǽcan. Hml. S. 23, 711.

ge-fyrþran

(v.)
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</b> to help by giving, to endow, enrich :-- Eádgár cynincg þone crístendóm gefyrðrode, and fela munuclífa árǽrde, Hml. S. 21, 446. Ðone freóls hí gefriðodon and gefyrðredon, þeáh hé on gewrite ne stóde, Cht. Th. 115, 35.

ge-hende

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hende, adj.
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Him tó geneálǽhton his discipuli ꝥ hí gehendran wǽron líchamlíce, þá þe mid móde his bebodum geneálǽhton, Hml. Th. i. 548, 26. temporal Úre hǽl is gehendre þonne wé gelýfdon, Hml.

scíte

(n.)
Grammar
scíte, scéte, scýte, an; f.

A sheet ⬩ piece of linen cloth

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Hí bewundon his líc mid línenre scýtan Homl. Th. ii. 260, 35. Hé ðone andwlytan (the face on S. Veronica's Handkerchief) genam, and hyne on pællenre scýtan befeóld, and eác heó wæs gewefen myd golde. Auð ðá scýtan hé dyde ðá on án gylden fæt, St.

Linked entries: scéte scýte

á-swindan

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Mód áswint mens torpet, Hy. Srt. 23, 27. Þú 3 gedést þæt hé áswint on his móde tabescere fecisti animam ejus, Ps. Th. 38, 12. Hraðe se líchama áswint, gif him bið oftogen his bigleofa, Hml. Th. i. 266, 3.

Linked entry: ǽ-swind

beald

(adj.)

bold ⬩ confident ⬩ bold ⬩ impudent

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H. 109, 28. Hé næs náht beald him tó tó gánne, Gr. D. 132, 13. Se bealda Hieu, Hml. S. 18, 359. Hí hæfden on bendum ǽnne bealdne ðeóf, Barraban (cf. ǽnne strangne þeófmann, insignem ) Mt. 27, 16, Hml. Th. ii. 252, 11.

hyht

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Ðá cwæð hé on his móde . . . &#39; Gyrstanǽfen nán man ne mihte Crístes naman nemnian mid hihte,&#39; Hml. S. 23, 534. Hé (Abraham) forð gebád langsumne hiht (cf. fide obtulit Abraham Isaac, Heb. ll, 17), Exod. 405. <b>II a.

beótian

(v.)

to threaten ⬩ to threaten ⬩ to threaten with ⬩ a weapon ⬩ a penalty, ⬩ to promise

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Rtl. 53, 3.] threat expressed, by a clause Beótaþ hé ꝥ hé wile þá sáula sendan on éce wítu, Bl. H. 95, 3. Hí ongunnon beótian ꝥ hí scoldon hine geniman, Gr. D. 325, 29. ¶ threat inferred from a clause: Hí onbidedon beótra (= beótedra?)

sæc

(n.)
Grammar
sæc, sæcc, e; f.

Strife, contest, conflict

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Se ðe sæcce genæs he who came safe from conflict (Beowulf), 3959; 1977. Sæcce sécean, 3982; B. 1989. Nó hé him ðam sæcce ondréd, ne him ðæs wyrmes wíg for wiht dyde, 4684; B. 2347. Sæcce fremman to fight, 4991; B. 2499 : Exon.

Linked entry: sæccan

un-æþele

(adj.)
Grammar
un-æþele, adj.

not noble ⬩ ignoble ⬩ mean ⬩ infamous

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Sume beóþ swíðe æþele and wídcúþe on heora gebyrdum, ac hí beóþ mid wædle ofþrycte, ðæt him wǽre leófre ðæt hí wǽran unæþele ðonne swá earme, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 1. Æþele and unæþele nobiles, ignobiles, Bd. 5, 7; S. 621, 14.

ge-metlíce

(adv.)
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H. 48, 19. Hé beór ne drince, and gemetlíce wín and eala, Lch. ii. 88, ii. Ne gémdon hié nánes fyrenlustes, búton swíþe gemetlíce þá gecynd beeódan ; ealne weg hí ǽton ǽne on dæg Bt. 15 ; F. 48, 7.

hreówsung

(n.)
Grammar
hreówsung, e; f.

Sorrowing ⬩ sorrow ⬩ penitence ⬩ repentance

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Gif hí hwæt gesyngodon hí hit eft mid hreówsunge gebéton if they sinned in aught they should make amends therein with repentance, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 248, 14. Hig hreówsunge dydon pœniterent, Lk. Skt. 10, 13.