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býsnian

(v.)
Grammar
býsnian, bísnian, býsnigan, býsenian; p. ode; pp. od

an example ⬩ To give or set an example ⬩ exemplum dare

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Gif ða láreówas wel tǽcaþ, and wel býsniaþ, beóþ hí gehealdene if the teachers teach well, and give good example, they shall be saved, Homl. Th. ii. 50, 3.

aweg-cuman

(v.)

to go away ⬩ to leave ⬩ escape ⬩ dimittere

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to go away, to leave, escape; dimittere Sume aweg-cómon some escaped, Ors. 3, 3 ; Bos. 55, 26

ge-síþian

(v.)
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to go Tó eallum bebodum þínum ic wæs gesíðod ad omnia mandata tua dirigebar, Ps. L. 118, 128

neód

(n.)
Grammar
neód, néd, niéd, nýd, e; f.

Desire ⬩ eagerness ⬩ diligence ⬩ earnest endeavour

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Neóde, néde, niéde, nýde earnestly, diligently, eagerly: -- Weoroda mǽst fore Waldende gǽþ neóde and nýde (the good will go eagerly, the wicked only on compulsion ), Exon. Th. 66, 15; Cri, 1072.

ge-þyncan

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Þeáh ðá gecorenan Godes cempan sind feáwa geðúhte, Hml. Th. ii. 82, 12. the subject of the verb not expressed, with infin. and its subject Mé ys geþúht Godes þeówdóm betweoh þás cræftas ealdorscype healdan, Coll. M. 30, 15.

mód-sorh

(n.)
Grammar
mód-sorh, gen. -sorge; f.

Care or sorrow of mind ⬩ sorrow of soul

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Care or sorrow of mind, sorrow of soul Eác is hearm Gode, módsorg gemacod, Cd. 35; Th. 47, 3; Gen. 755. Hé módsorge wæg hefige æt heortan sorrow of soul bore he heavy at heart, Exon. 48a; Th. 165, 6; Gú. 1024: Elen. Kmbl. 122; El. 61.

wyrm-galdere

(n.)
Grammar
wyrm-galdere, es; m.

A serpent-charmer ⬩ sorcerer

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Ðá gelýfde se wyrmgaldere tó Gode þurh ðæt wundor, Shrn. 103, 5, 9

seóþan

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Add Swá swá gold on ofne hé hié sýð and costað in fornace probatur aurum; tu, ut sorde careas, tribulationis camino purgaris, Verc. Först. 141, 21

hogu

(n.)
Grammar
hogu, e; f.

Care, ⬩ anxiety, ⬩ solicitude

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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

ge-wyrtian

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

To season with herbs ⬩ to spice ⬩ perfume

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To season with herbs, to spice, perfume Gewyrtad mid hyra weldǽdum perfumed with their good deeds, Exon. 63 b; Th. 234, 20; Ph. 543. Gewyrtod wín factitium vinum, Cot. 268, Lye.

Linked entry: wyrtian

canonic

(n.)
Grammar
canonic, es; m.

A canon, prebendary ⬩ canonicus

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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.

a-fíndan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fíndan, p. -fánd, pl. -fúndon; pp. -fúnden

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

wordlung

(n.)
Grammar
wordlung, e; f.

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.

Linked entry: wordlian

ofer-grówan

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-grówan, to overgrow, occupy with (its)
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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

(n.)
Grammar
scenn, e; f. (?)

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.

ge-wyder

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyder, es; pl. nom. acc. -wyderu, -wydera; n.

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

and

(con.)
Grammar
and, conj.
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Ic geseah þǽr manige góde, and on Godes þeódscipe heora líf lǽddon, Guth. 70, 23. Ic geseó Gddes engel standende ætforan ðé, and wepað ðíne limu, Hml. Th. i. 426, 30.

ge-þingian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þingian, p. ode; pp. od, ad.

to determine

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Goda bæd ðæt se kynincg him geþingude wið Eádgife his bóca edgift Goda asked that the king would arrange for him with Eadgifu the restoration of his charters, Th. Ch. 202, 32.

DUGAN

(v.)
Grammar
DUGAN, part. dugende; ic, he deah, deag; ðú duge, pl. dugon; p. dohte, pl. dohton

To avail, to be of use, able, fit, strong, vigorous, good, virtuous, honest, bountiful, kind, liberal ⬩ valēre, prōdesse, frūgi ease, bŏnum esse, munĭfĭcum, vel libĕrālem se præbēre

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Hú me cyne-góde cystum dohten how the good by race were munificently liberal to me, Exon. 85 b; Th. 322, 1; Wíd. 56: 86 a; Th. 324, 4; Wíd. 89.

Linked entry: dugunde