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býsnian

(v.)
Grammar
býsnian, bísnian, býsnigan, býsenian; p. ode; pp. od [býsen, býsn an example]
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Ne bísnode ðé nán man, forðamðe nán ǽr ðé næs no man set thee an example, for no one was before thee, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 20. Ða bísnodon hiora æfter-gengum they set an example to their successors, 39, 11; Fox 230, 2.

for-hæfednes

(n.)
Grammar
for-hæfednes, -hæfdnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

Restraintcontinenceabstinencecontĭnentiaabstĭnentia

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Lifde se man his líf on mycelre forhæfdnesse the man lived his life in great continence, 4, 25; S. 599, 28. Ðæt is wundor ðæt ðú swá réðe forhæfednesse and swá hearde habban wylt mīrum quod tam austēram tĕnēre contĭnentiam vĕlis, 5, 12; S. 631, 33

hwearf

(n.)
Grammar
hwearf, hwerf, es; m.

A turnspacechangeexchange

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Nán man ne hwyrfe nánes yrfes bútan ðæs geréfan gewitnesse ... Gif hit hwá dó fó se landhláford tó ðam hwearfe Of exchange. Let no man exchange any property without the witness of the reeve ...

ge-earnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-earnian, -igan; p. ode; pp. od

To earndeserveenjoymereripromererifrui

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Ðæt se man sceolde ða myrhþe ge-earnian that man should enjoy the pleasure [gaudium], Hexam. 17; Norm. 24, 23. Hie ne mágon geearnigan ðæt gé heora wundrigen they cannot deserve that ye should admire them, Bt. 13; Fox 40, 8.

þǽr-tógeánes

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-tógeánes, adv.
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Skt. i. 13, 166. on the contrary Se góda man biþ ðæs Hálgan Gástes templ. Swá eác ðǽrtógeánes se fordóna man biþ deófles templ, Homl.

Linked entry: tó-geagnes

fiht-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
fiht-wíte, fiht-wíte (fihte-, fyht-, fyhte-), es; n.
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Th. i. 66, 7: 106, 1 Gif man ofslægen weorðe . . . on .xxi. nihtan gylde man þá manbóte, þæs on .xxi. nihtan ꝥ fyhtwíte (fyhto-, v. l.), Ll. Th. i. 174, 28. Be fyhtwíte and manbóte. Ic nelle ꝥ ǽnig fyhtewíte oþþe manbót forgifen sý, 248, 20.

ge-félan

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Add: to feel an object, perceive by the sense of touch Ne mihte nán man ꝥ swýn geseón, and swá þéh hí hit mihton gefélan Gr. D. 226, 6. to know by sense of touch or organic sensation (with clause or acc. and infin.)

tál

Grammar
tál, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Se wellwillenda man wyle eáðe forberan gif him man tále gecwyð, Hex. 44, 18. Þá sǽde se deófol him hospword, and mid manegum tálum hine týnde, ac hé næs gestirod for his leásum tálum, Hml. S. 31, 725.

hæleþ

(n.)
Grammar
hæleþ, heleþ, es; m.

A man, warrior, hero

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A man, warrior, hero [a word occurring only in poetry, but there frequently] Gleáwferhþ hæleþ the man wise of mind, Cd. 57; Th. 70, 12; Gen. 1152 : 59; Th. 72, 6; Gen. 1182, 94; Th. 122, 13; Gen. 2026 : Beo. Th. 383; B. 190 : 668; B. 331.

Linked entries: eleþ hæle

ge-witnes

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Gange ǽlc man þæs tó gewitnesse þe hé durre on þám háligdóme swerian, 292, 14.

huntaþ-faru

(n.)
Grammar
huntaþ-faru, e; f.

hunting

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A hunting expedition, hunting Cýpinga and folcgemóta and huntaþfara and woroldlícra weorca on ðam hálgan dæge geswíce man georne let people diligently abstain from marketings and folk-moots and hunting expeditions and secular employments on the holy

mód-wlanc

(adj.)
Grammar
mód-wlanc, adj.

Proudhaughtyof high courage

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Proud, haughty, of high courage Nis ðæs mód-wlonc mon ofer eorþan ðæt hé á his sǽfóre sorge næbbe no man upon earth is of courage so high, as on his sea-journey ne'er to feel fear, Exon. 82a; Th. 308, 13; Seef. 39.

ge-wyrþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyrþan, p. ede; pp. ed

To estimatevalue

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Swá hit man gewyrþe as it may be valued, L. A. G. 3; Th. i. 154, 11

seoluc

(n.)
Grammar
seoluc, (-oc), seolc, es; m.
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Gyf man mǽte ðæt hé seoluc oððe godweb hæbbe, Lchdm. iii. 174, 29

Linked entry: seolc

á-hwider

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Þæt nán crísten man ne móte his broces bóte sécean áhwider búton tó Críste sylfum, Wlfst. 303, 15

buteruc

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Sum man sende twégen butrucas mid wíne (cf. twá treówene fatu fulle wínes, on folcisc flascan gehátene vino plena duo lignea vascula, quae vulgo flascones vocantur Gr. D. 141, 25), Hml. Th. ii. 170, 13. Add: —

eorþ-scræf

a cavetombgrave

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Ðá fór Saul forð bí ðæm scræfe, Past. 197, 12. a cave for burial, tomb, grave Ne þearf þæs nán man wénan ꝥ his líchama mæge þá synbyrþenna on eorþscrafe gebétan, Bl. H. 109, 31. Ealle erðware úp árísað of ðǽm ealdum eorðscræfum, Nap. 20

ge-gildan

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., and add Him man geald (gegeald, v. l. v. p. 295) .xxiii. þúsend punda, Chr. 1002; P. 133, 37. Gegylde hé án pund, Cht. Th. 611, 16. Bíde mon mid þǽre wíterǽdenne oþ þæt se wer gegolden sié, Ll. Th. i. 148, 4

ofen-raca

(n.)
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For 'an instrument for clearing out an oven or furnace' substitute: 'A fork for stirring the fire in a furnace for cooking,' [Cf. rotabulum furca vel illud lignum cum quo ignis movetur in fornace causa coquendi, Migne] Man sceal habban . . . ofnrace,

scír

(adj.)
Grammar
scír, adj.
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D. shire; adj. 4] Sceomiande man sceal in sceade hweorfan, scír in leóhte geríseð, Gn. Ex. 67. <b>II f.</b> add :-- Scírre clarior (limpida sum Titanis clarior orbe, Ald. 272, 18), An. Ox. 23, 36