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for-gǽgan

to go beyondexceedtransgressto pass byomit to doneglectto pass away

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L. 118, 119. of right not done, to pass by, omit to do, neglect Se cniht þe wát hwæt his hláfordes willa bið, and hé þæt forgǽgð seruus sciens uoluntatem domini sui et non faciens, Wlfst. 248, 12.

ge-cnǽwe

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Se cing cwæð ꝥ Leófsige and mænige men ðǽre, spǽce gecnǽwe wǽron, 540, 12. of things, acknowledged, recognized as valid Hit wæs gecnǽwe on Súð-Seaxan and on West-Seaxan, Cht, Th. 273, 19

heá-líce

(adv.)

on highgreatlyextremelynoblyelaborately

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P but see heálic; IV. l a) hlúdan stefne fægre, Cri. 389. with high quality, nobly Hé bið geniéd mid ðǽm folgoðe ðæt hé sceal heálíce sprecan loci sui necessitate exigitur summa dicere, Past. 81, 6. of workmanship, with perfect workmanship, elaborately

Linked entry: heá-lic

CLYPPAN

(v.)
Grammar
CLYPPAN, p. clypte; pp. clypt

To embraceclaspCLIPcherishcomplectiamplexari

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Ðá Laban gehírde ðæt Iacob wæs cumen his swustor sunu, ðá arás he togeánes and clypte hine cum audisset Laban venisse Iacob filium sororis suæ, cucurrit obviam ei complexusque eum Gen. 29, 13.

Linked entry: be-clyppan

heorte

breastbosomwillintellectmindsoulintentwilldesireinclinationdispositiontemperamentcharacter

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Srt.) and libbað á worlda world vivet eor eorum in seculum seculi, Ps Th. 21, 25. the region of the heart, breast, bosom Sum heó hire on handum bær, sum hire æt heortan læg, Gen. 636. the heart as seat of feeling, will, intellect, mind Hwæt getácniað

ge-blót

(n.)
Grammar
ge-blót, es; n. [ge-, blót a sacrifice]

A sacrificesacrifĭcium

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Hí swylc geblót and swylc morþ dónde wǽron they made such sacrifices and such murders, 1,8; Bos. 31, 8

militisc

(adj.)
Grammar
militisc, adj.
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Military Sumes militisces mannes (sumes þegenes, v. l.) hors equus cujusdam militis, Gr.D. 77, 32. Þæs militiscan mannes (þæs þegenes, v. l. ) béne, 78, 27. Wǽron militisce men ( milites ) farende, 194, 13

Linked entry: -isc

wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
wrítan, p. wrát, pl. writon; pp. writen

To write.to cutto drawto form lettersto writeto writeto compose,be the author ofto writeto writewriteto writestateto writeget a thing writtento convey by charter

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Kmbl. 3018; An. 1512. to draw a figure, Similar entries v. writere, 1 Nim sume tigelan, and wrít on hiere ða burg Hierusalem sume tibi laterem, et describes in eo civitatem Jerusalem, Past. 21; Swt. 161, 3, 10.

Linked entries: wrítere wrítian

syndrig

(adj.)
Grammar
syndrig, adj.

separate, alone, not joined with othersstanding apart, not accessiblespecial, set apart for a particular purposespecial, singular, extraordinary, remarkable for an unusual qualityfor the unusual degree in which some quality existsof that which concerns a single person, private, ownproprius, privatusseparate, several, sundry, each separatelyone a-piece, one each

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Suindrigum his suá hwælc ðú eftsettes singulis sua quaeque restitues, Mt. Kmbl. p. 3, 11: p. 4, 7. Þurh syndrige ðíne andsware ic ongeat, Bd.4, 22;S. 591, 39.

a-scearpan

(v.)

to sharpen

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Surt. 63, 4

be-sárgung

(n.)
Grammar
be-sárgung, e; f.

A sorrowing

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Surt. 126, 24

Linked entry: sárgung

calferu

(n.)
Grammar
calferu, acc. pl.
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Surt. 49, 9

dreápian

(v.)

to drop

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Surt. 67, 9

ymb-eardiendra

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Surt. 30, 14

gebed-gíht

Grammar
gebed-gíht, l. -gíht,
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Cf. sunn-gíhte

Linked entry: gíht

be-lisnian

(v.)

To evirateemasculatecastratecastrarebelisnodbelistnodemasculatedA eunuch

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sunt ab hominibus, et sunt eunuchi, qui se ipsos castraverunt propter regnum cœlorum Mt.

Linked entries: lisnian be-lisnod

ni-wiht

(pronoun.)

nothing

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Surt. 59, 14

bréd-búr

(n.)

a bed-chamber

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a bed-chamber, Hymn Surt. 34, 30: 103, 17

swæðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
swæðer, swaðer (= swá hwæðer, cf.
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Hí gefeallaþ on ða heortan suá nytt suá unnyt suæðer hié beóþ (whether they be profitable or unprofitable). Past. 15; Swt. 97, 2: 14; Swt. 85, 15. Biþ ǽlc gód weorc gód, sié swá open swá dégle, swæðer hit sié, 59; Swt. 451, 14.

Linked entry: swaðor

twig

(n.)
Grammar
twig, twí, es; n.
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Sume twigu hé lehte mid wætere, Past. 40; Swt. 293, 7. Hí námon palmtrýwa twigu ( ramos palmarum ), Jn. Skt. 12, 13. Genim wiþowindan twigu, Lchdm. ii. 34, 17. Sume seóþaþ ðære reádan netlan twigu, 218, 6. Twigo settende propagines pastinans, Wrt.

Linked entries: twí twigu