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for-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
for-cirran, p. de.

to turnavoidpervertsubvert

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., and add: to turn (intrans.) aside from, get out of the way of, avoid Ǽghwylce yfele fótswaðu him ongeán cumende hé forbúgeþ, for ðon se yfela man hyne forcyrreþ, Lch. i. 318, 23.

Linked entries: for-búgan for-cyrran

eáþe

(adv.)
Grammar
eáþe, adv.
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Swá hit eáþe beón mæg ꝥ se heáhengel of heofenum cumen wǽre, 197, 12. Gif huæt eáða ( forte ) gemitte, Mk. L. R. 11, 13. ¶ Eáþe mæg, perhaps, may be Eáða mæhte ł eáðæ mæge forte, Mt. L. 11, 23. Eáðe (ǽðe, R.) mæg forsitan, Jn.

hwanne

(adv.)
Grammar
hwanne, hwænne, hwonne; adv.

When

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Hit biþ long hwonne se hláford cume moram facit Dominus meus venire, Past. 17, 8; Swt. 121, 12. Hit earfoþe is ǽnegum menn tó witanne hwonne hé geclǽnsod síe it is difficult for any man to know when he is cleansed, 7, 2; Swt. 51, 5.

Linked entries: hwænne hwonne

for-niman

(v.)
Grammar
for-niman, -nyman; p. -nam, -nom, pl. -námon, -nómon; pp. -numen; v. trans.

To take awaydeformplunderdestroyransackwasteconsumedevourrapĕreperdĕreextermĭnārevastāreconsūmĕredevŏrāre

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Wylt ðú we secgaþ ðæt fýr cume of heofone, and fornime hig vis dīcĭmus ut ignis descendat de cælo, et consūmat illos? Lk. Bos. 9, 54.

Linked entry: for-nyman

gleng

(n.)
Grammar
gleng, e; f.
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Cume manna gehwilc tó circan búton golde and glæncgum, Wlfst. 181, 2. Þæt folc álédon hira glenga deposuerunt ornatum suum, Ex. 33, 6. Bróhte se cniht tó ðám mǽdene deórwurða gimmas and woruldlice glencga, Hml. S. 7, 22.

grund

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</b> a portion of cultivated land :-- Se God sé þás grundas geworhte geunne ús grówende gife ꝥ ús corna gehwylc cume tó nytte, Lch. i. 404, ii. v. eár-grung, eormen-grund, hell-grund

for-habban

(v.)

To abstainrefrainabstinentcontinentto abstain fromto restrainkeep awayto keep backnot to mentionto restraincheckstop

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S. 31, 1456. to restrain, check, stop, put difficulties in the way of Cum ymb geáres rynu . . . ic þé bidde ꝥ þú þis ne forhæbbe, ac ꝥ þú cume, Hml. S. 23 b, 708. Hí ne mihton forhabban merestreámes mód, ac hé manegum gesceód, Ex. 487.

gold

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Cume manna gehwilc tó circan búton golde and glæncgum, Wlfst. 181, 2. Godweb mid golde gefágod, Bl. H. 113, 20. Golde fǽted sweord, Ll. Th. i. 188, 8. Mid golde gesiwud bend nimbus, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 47. Golde siowode segmentata (veste ), ii. 95, 49.

hǽr

(n.)
Grammar
hǽr, hér, es; n.

Hair, a hair

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Ðæt íren ne cume on hǽre ne on nægle that iron come not on hair, nor on nail, L. Pen. 10; Th. ii. 280, 20. Ne losaþ ðæt heáfod ðonne ða hǽr beóþ ealle geedstaðelodd the head perishes not when the hairs are all restored, Homl. Th. ii. 542, 35.

Linked entry: hér

Cyménes óra

(n.)
Grammar
Cyménes óra, an; m.

Cymen's shore, near Wittering, Sussex Cymēni lītus, qui ibi naves ad terrain appulit. Nunc nomen amisit, sed fuisse prope Wittering, in agro Sussexiensi, Charta Donatiònis quam Cedwalla Rex Ecclesiæ Selsiensi fecit, planissĭme convincit

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D. 683; Kmbl. v. 33, 22] the name occurs as Cumenes*-*hora, a form which countenances Ingram's guess that Shoreham is the place; quasi Cymeneshoreham, v. Chr. Erl. 281, A. D. 477 Hér, A.

Linked entry: Cymén

samod

(adv.)
Grammar
samod, adv.

Together.and, both . . . and, also, too

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Th. 434, 17; Rä. 52, 2. of mutual or reciprocal action :--- Similar entries Cf. samod-geflit. marking union or junction, Similar entries v. samod-cumende. with numerals or with eall Him wæs bám samod lond gecynde, Beo. Th. 4399 ; B. 2196.

ceaster

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Wæs hé tó þǽre mǽran byrig cumen in þá ceastre, An. 41. Hæleð tó Hierusalem cwómon in þá ceastre, El. 274. Nineuen ceastre, Sal. 188. On ceastre weallum beworhte in civitatem munitam, Ps. Th. 59, 8. Ðá fæstan ceastre munitum castrum, Wrt.

sweotolung

(n.)
Grammar
sweotolung, e; f.
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Gyf ǽnig man sý, ðæt wylle ǽnig ðæra sócna him tó handa drægen, ic wylle ðæt hé cume beforan mé mid his sweotelunge (with the evidence that substantiates his claim), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 222, 32. Bringe hé swutelunge (switelunge, MS.

HRÓF

(n.)
Grammar
HRÓF, es; m.

A ROOFthe topsummit

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Ðe ne beóþ tó ðam hrófe ðonne git cumen fulfremedra mægena nondum ad extremam manum virtutum perfectione perductas, Bt. 18, 1; Fox 60, 22. From hróf eardes a summo terræ, Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 27.

help

Grammar
help, hylp (an i-stem noun? Cf. u-grade forms, hulpa, hulfa in O. L. Ger. and O.H.Ger. But cf. also hylpan = helpan):

helpassistancesuccouran aida thinga placea refugea cureremedy of disease

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Add: help, assistance, succour Nú is hire helpe heáhsǽl cumen venit tempus miserendi ejus, Ps. Th. 101, Is micel þearf ealre þisse þeóde helpes and rǽdes. Wlfst. 243, 4. Sende se túnrǽd his helges biddende. Hml. S. 31, 1220.

Linked entry: helpe

ídel-ness

(n.)
Grammar
ídel-ness, e ; f.

Idlenessvanityfrivolityuselessnessfutilityemptinessfalseness

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Forhwan gé mid ídelnesse ealle áríseþ ǽrðon leóht cume in vanum est vobis ante lucem surgere, Ps. Th. 126, 3. Hwí lufige gé ídelnessa and sécaþ leásuncga quid diligitis vanitatem, et quæritis mendacium? 4, 3.

Linked entry: ídel-gild

tín

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
tín, tién, tén, týn teá (North.)

tenalonea set of tenthe number ten

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Tele ðú óð ðæt ðú cume tó þrittiga, eft . . . tele óð týne (count up to ten), Lchdm. iii. 228, 2

Linked entries: teá tién týn

bæþ

a bath for washingthe bath of fish or sea-fowl:--

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Ꝥ hé ne cume on wearmum bæðe, ne on sóftum bedde, Ll. Th. ii. 280, 22. Þolige hé cold bæð, 284, 5. Þǽr wǽron gehæfde háte baðu, Hml. Th. i. 86, 21: Hml. S. 2, 397: Ruin. 41: 46. Baþa hý nǽfre brúcaþ for heora líchoman luste, R. Ben. 137, 9.

fǽringa

unexpectedlyof a suddenall at oncesoonat onceearlyby chanceforte

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Biscope is forbod ꝥ hé onfóe níwe cumenum preóst and tó gehǽlgenne férunga, Mt. L. 10, 14 note. Hit fǽringa fýre byrneð, Ph. 531. by chance; forte Man slǽtte ǽnne fearr fǽringa (fér-, v. l.) þǽrúte, Hml. S. 12, 72.

FEORM

(n.)
Grammar
FEORM, fiorm, fyrm, e; f.

foodprovisiongoodssubstancevictussubstantiabŏnaan entertainingentertainmentfeasthospĭtālĭtasconvīviumcœnaa place where provisions are keptprovision-quarters of an armyvictus stătiousebenefitprofitenjoymentūsusfructus

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Án dǽl bisceope and his híréde for feorme and onfangenysse gesta and cumena ūna portio episcŏpo et fămĭliæ propter hospitālĭtātem atque susceptiōnem, Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 7.