fyrmest
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fyrmest gecwéman mæge how he may best please God, Wlfst. 280, 18.
BRǼW
An eye-lid; ⬩ palpebra
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Ðæt biþ swíðe god sealf ðam men ðe hæfþ þicce brǽwas that will be a very good salve for a man who has thick eye-lids, 1, 2 ; Lchdm. ii. 38, 22, 12. Unwlítig swile and atelíc his eágan brégh [brég MS.
tyhtan
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MS.) tó gódum ðeáwum, Bt. 38, 3; Fox 200, 8.
gódian
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S. 11; Th. i. 382, 8. to do good, make good, improve, endow, enrich Mid eallum þingum gódode enriched [the place] with all things, Lchdm. iii. 438, 10: Chr. 963; Erl. 123, 28.
Linked entry: ge-gódian
dráf
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III. and see lád. a drove [v. N.E.D. drove; I 3.] a road Of ðám hlince andlang dráfæ, C.D. v. 217, 6
rúme
widely, far and wide, ⬩ liberally, extensively, amply, abundantly, in a high degree ⬩ plainly, clearly ⬩ without contraction, in full
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Ger. aufgeräumt of good cheer )on móde, Judth. Thw. 22, 39; Jud. 97. without obstruction, plainly, clearly Emmanuhel, ðæt is gereht rúme : Nú is God sylfa mid ús, Exon.
Linked entry: rúm-heort
fóre-stígan
To go before ⬩ to excel ⬩ excellēre
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To go before, to excel; excellēre Ic fórestíge excelleo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Som. 28, 45, MS. C
býsnian
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To give or set an example; exemplum dare We lǽraþ, ðæt preóstas aa wel býsnian we enjoin that priests always set a good example, L. Edg. C. 52; Th. ii. 254, 28.
Linked entries: býsenian býsnigan bisenian bísnian ge-býsnian
for-grípan
To grasp ⬩ snatch away ⬩ seize ⬩ assail ⬩ overwhelm ⬩ corrĭpĕre ⬩ comprehendĕre ⬩ apprehendĕre ⬩ vim afferre ⬩ obruĕre
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Ðonne fýr æpplede gold gífre forgrípeþ when fire greedily grasps appled gold, Exon. 63 a; Th. 232, 15; Ph. 507: Ps. Th. 58, 12. He æt gúþe forgráp Grendeles mǽgum he in conflict grasped Grendel's kinsmen, Beo. Th. 4695; B. 2353.
a-fíndan
To find ⬩ detect ⬩ feel ⬩ experience ⬩ invenire ⬩ deprehendere ⬩ experiri ⬩ sentire
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To find, detect, feel, experience; invenire, deprehendere, experiri, sentire De he Godes eorre afúnde though he felt God's anger, Ps. C. 25. Ic afínde experior, Ælfc. Gr. 31; Som. 35, 55.
Linked entry: a-fúnden
ge-wyder
Weather ⬩ the temperature of the air ⬩ tempestas ⬩ cæli tempĕries
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Godes miht gefadaþ ealle gewydera God's power ordereth all weathers, Bd. de nat. rerum; Lchdm. iii. 278, 13, MS. R. Of untýdlícan gewyderum from unseasonable weather, Ors. 3, 3; Bos. 55, 20
wordlung
discourse ⬩ conversation ⬩ idle talk ⬩ babbling ⬩ chattering
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in a good sense, discourse, conversation His wordlunc sermocinalio ejus (cum simplicibus, Prov. 3, 32), Kent. Gl. 61. in a bad sense, idle talk, babbling, chattering Ðæt sidefulle wíf wordlunge ne lufaþ (cf. idele weord ne luuað, III. 21), O. E.
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ofer-grówan
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growth (of a tree) Se fiicbeám . . . stód unnyt; for ðǽm him wearð ierre se góda wyrhta, for ðǽm hé ofergreów ðæt land bútan wæsðme.
sácerd-lic
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Næs íc ná gedyrstig ꝥ ic Gode sácerdlice onsægednysse bróhte, Hml. A. 123, 214. Add
scenn
A plate of metal on the handle of a sword
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(Worsaae, Primeval Antiquities, pp. 29, 49, notes that the handles of some of the early swords were covered with plates of gold. v. hilt) Waes on ðǽmscennum scíran goldes þurh rúnstafas rihte gemearcod, hwam ðæt sweord geworht ǽrest wǽre, Beo.
án-daga
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Ꝥ mann sceolde settan swylcne ándagan Gode, ꝥ hé binnan líf dagum þám folce gehulpe, 108, 211. Nis se man on eorðan þe wite þæne ándagan ( the appointed end of the world ) bútan Gode sylfum, Wlfst. 90, 1.
dríman
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Getwinnum sangum hǽle Gode dré(mende) geminis concentibus Osanna persultans, 2608
bǽtan
to bait ⬩ worry with dogs, ⬩ to beat ⬩ make way against the wind or current
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[Icel. beita to bait, hunt with dogs] to beat, make way against the wind or current Good scipstióra ongit micelne wind on hreóre sǽ ǽr ǽr hit geweorðe, and hǽt fealdan ꝥ segl, anð eác hwílum lecgan þone mæst and lǽtan þá bǽtinge; gif hé ǽr þweores windes
canonic
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A canon, prebendary; canonicus Ðæt Godes þeówas, biscopas and abbodas, munecas and mynecena, canonicas and nunnan, to rihte gecyrran that God's servants, bishops and abbots, monks and mynchens, canons and nuns, turn to right, L.
hogu
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Hé næfþ nán andgit ne hoga embe Godes beboda he hath no understanding nor cares about God's commandments, 132, 13
Linked entry: heort-hogu