ealdung
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For translation of passage substitute: Nostri causantur, si Romanae reipublicae moles imbecillitate propriae senectutis contremiscant, and add Þá getimbru þissere burge wé geseóð mid langre ealdunge gewácode hujus urbis aedificia longo senio lassata
up-cund
Supernal ⬩ celestial
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Ðæt wé magon upcund ríce gestígan, 348, 27; Sch. 34. Upcundra ceastergewarena supernorum civium, Hpt. Gl. 423, 5. Upcundra eádegum setlum sedibus superum beatis, Dóm. L. 303
ge-lǽte
A going out ⬩ ending ⬩ meeting ⬩ exitus ⬩ occursus
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A going out, ending, meeting; exitus, occursus To wega gelǽtum to the meetings of ways, Mt. 22, 9. Twegra wega gelǽtu meetings of two ways, Cot. 110. Æt ðæra wæga gelǽte, Gen. 38, 21
Linked entries: þeóh-gelǽte ge-lét
forþ-gewát
went forth ⬩ passed
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went forth, passed, Ps. Lamb. 89, 4;
ge-friþian
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Gif hé for slǽwðe his hláfordes forgýmð, ne bið his ágnum wel geborgen ; gif hé eal wel gefriðað þe hé healdan sceal, ðonne bið hé leánes weorðe, Ll. Th. i. 440, 17.
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FÓN
To grasp ⬩ catch ⬩ seize ⬩ to seize with hostile intention ⬩ take ⬩ undertake ⬩ accept ⬩ receive ⬩ mănu comprehendĕre ⬩ captāre ⬩ căpĕre ⬩ accĭpĕre
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We fóþ nú on ða axunga ðǽr we hí ǽr forléton we will now take up the questions where we before left them, Boutr. Scrd. 18, 44. Féngon Æðelwulfes twegen suna to ríce Æthelwulf's two sons took to the kingdom, Chr. 855; Erl. 70, 17.
þeáw
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Ðone naman ánne wé hæfdon ðætte wé Cristene wǽron and swíðe feáwe ða ðeáwas we should have the name only of being Christians, and very few of the practices of Christianity, Past. pref; Swt. 4, 8. Þeáwas (Epicuri) sectas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 67: Hpt.
ǽror
Before ⬩ formerly ⬩ antea ⬩ prius
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Nemne we ǽror mǽgen fáne gefyllan unless we before may fell the foe, 5302; B. 2654. Ðæt hió eft cume, ðǽr hió ǽror wæs that it again comes where it was before, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 152; Met. 13, 76.
earfoþnes
Difficulty, hardship, anxiety, tribulation, misfortune ⬩ diffĭcultas, lăbor, angustiæ, tribŭlātio, infortūnium
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Mihte we ðý éþ geþolian swá hwæt earfoþnessa swá us on becóme we might the more easily bear whatsoever misfortunes come upon us, Bt. 10; Fox 30, 12
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nón
the ninth hour ⬩ hora nona ⬩ the service held at the ninth hour ⬩ nones
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Sele drincan on undern, on middæg, on nón, Lchdm. ii. 140, 2. the service held at the ninth hour, nones Wé sungon nón cantavimus nonam, Coll. Monast. Tb. 33, 35
ge-flít
Contention ⬩ strife ⬩ contest ⬩ dispute ⬩ discussion ⬩ contentio ⬩ lis ⬩ certāmen ⬩ concertātio ⬩ rixa
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We on geflítum sǽton we sat in discussion, Salm. Kmbl. 862; Sal. 430 : H. R. 9, 3. Uton towurpan hwætlícor ðás geflítu dissolvāmus cĭtius has contentiones, Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 23 : Elen. Kmbl. 884; El. 443 : 1905; El. 954.
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wynsumlíce
pleasantly ⬩ agreeably ⬩ pleasantly ⬩ graciously ⬩ gladly ⬩ joyously
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Áwend ðíne nosu fram unálýfedum stencum, ðæt ðú mæge wynsumlíce cweðan: 'Sýn wé æðele stencas beforan Godes gesihðe,' Wulfst. 246, 13
tilian
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Tilian wé georne ꝥ wé þonne gemétte synd on gódum weorcum, Verc. Först. 130, 6
lam-byrd
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A lame, weak, imperfect birth, Lchdm. iii. 66, 22
rihtes
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Add: v. eást-, norþ-, þǽr-, west-rihtes; wiþer-ræhtes
tó-sceácerian
To waste, ⬩ devastate, ⬩ scatter
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Ðá wurdon hí ealle ðearle áfyrhte, and heora gesomnunga ealle wurdon sóna tósceácerode then (at the coming of the emperor Decius) they (the Christians) were all very frightened, and their congregations were at once scattered, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 23
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ge-wissian
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Hí eóden tó scipe mid him and bǽdon God ꝥ hé his weg gewissode, 15, 19. to appoint a time Tó þám ylcan ándagan þe hé him gewissode, Hml. A. 97, 167. the subject a thing Hú man mæg þone weg gefaran þe gewissað tó Gode, Ælfc. T.
swíðe
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Wé nellaþ be ðám ná swíðor áwrítan we will not write further about them, Homl. Th. ii. 466, 20. Wé willaþ furðor ymbe ðás emnihte swíðor sprecan . . . Embe ðis wé sprecaþ eft swídor we will say more about it later on, Lchdm. iii. 240, 1, 7.
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DURRAN
DARE, presume ⬩ audēre
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Thus we find the original verb deorran = deorsan; p. dear, pl. durron; pp. dorren. The weak p. dorste, pl. dorston [ = durste, durston], is formed regularly from the inf. durran = dursan.
geornlíce
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Wuton wé ꝥ geornlíce gemunan, Bl. H. 125, 3. Smeáge man geornlíce diligentissime perscrutantes, Deut. 19, 18. Geþencean wé geornlíce, Bl. H. 37, 2: 115, 5. Ongon ic geornlícor þá stówe sceáwigan, Nar. 27, 19. willingly, gladly; cpve. rather.