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willan

(v.)
Grammar
willan, prs. ic, hé wille, wile, ðú wilt, pl. wé willaþ ; p. wolde, walde ; part. prs. willende

To will, wish ⬩ to will, exercise the faculty of willing ⬩ to will, purpose, think, mean, intend ⬩ to tend ⬩ to will, ordain, order, command ⬩ to will, wish, want, desire ⬩ to will, be willing to do something ⬩ to allow, permit, grant, consent to ⬩ to be disposed, to have such and such a will ⬩ to will, profess, claim ⬩ will, shall, to be about to

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Ne ðæt wille God, Cd. Th. 114, 13; Gen. 1903. with a clause Nó God wolde, ðæt sió sáwl sár þrowade, Exon.

Linked entries: fǽcan walde

fóre-stígan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-stígan, p. -stág, -stáh, pl. -stigon; pp. -stigen

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

récan

(v.)
Grammar
récan, réccan (reccan?); p. róhte
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Skt. 12, 14. with a clause Ne récþ God, ðeáh ic ðus ðó non requiret Deus, Ps. Th. 9. 33. Hwæt réce wé hwæt wé sprecan quid curamus quid loquamur? Coll. Monast. Th. 18, 14. Gé ne réccaþ hweðer gé áuht tó góde dón, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 20.

weorþung

(n.)
Grammar
weorþung, e ; f.
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Wé habbaþ on Godes naman weorðunge bisceop gebletsode, Wulfst. 176, 2. Hé bið on gódre weorþunge he will be highly respected, Lchdm. iii. 158, 10. <b>Ia.

cneóres

(n.)
Grammar
cneóres, cneórys, cneóris, cneórnis, -ress, e; f.

A generation ⬩ posterity ⬩ race ⬩ tribe ⬩ family; ⬩ generatio ⬩ posteritas ⬩ gens ⬩ tribus ⬩ familia

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Com God wera cneórissa weorc sceáwigan God came to behold the work of the races of men Cd. 80; Th. 101, 8; Gen. 1679. Secgaþ on cneórissum dicite in gentibus Ps. Th. 95, 9; Cd. 64 ; Th. 77, 12; Gen. 1274. Cneóres tribus Ælfc.

grétan

(v.)
Grammar
grétan, he grét, pl. grétaþ; p. grétte, pl. grétton; pp. gréted.
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His God grétte addressed his God, Andr. Kmbl. 2059; An. 1032. Ongunnon hine grétan cæperunt salutare eum, Mk. Bos. 15, 18. Cwén grétte guman on healle the queen greeted the men in the hall, Beo. Th. 1232; B. 614.

FROM

(adj.)
Grammar
FROM, freom; comp. fromra; sup. fromest, frommast; adj.

FIRM ⬩ strong ⬩ stout ⬩ bold ⬩ strenuous ⬩ fortis ⬩ strēnuus ⬩ rich ⬩ abundant ⬩ excellent ⬩ ūber ⬩ abundans ⬩ præstans

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Hý Gúþlác in Godes willan fromne fundon they found Guthlac firm in God&#39;s will, 37 b; Th. 123, 9; Gú. 320: Ps. C. 50, 22; Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 22. Ðæt wǽron frome folctogan those were bold leaders, Andr. Kmbl. 15; An. 8: Elen.

Linked entries: fram freom fromnis frum

here-láf

(n.)
Grammar
here-láf, e; f.

The remnant of an army or people ⬩ what is left of an army after a battle ⬩ what is left after a battle ⬩ spoil

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God, Basil. admn. 9; Norm. 54, 8.

Linked entry: fird-láf

saltere

(n.)
Grammar
saltere, es; m.

a stringed musical instrument, a psaltery ⬩ the book of Psalms ⬩ a psalter, ⬩ to sing psalms

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IIa. the book of Psalms :-- Se saltere ys án bóc, ðe hé (David) gesette þurh God betwux óðrum bócum on ðære bibliothecan, Ælfc. T.

Linked entries: psaltere sealten

stæl-wirðe

(adj.)
Grammar
stæl-wirðe, adj.
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Hé gyfþ gooda gifa on ðissa wurlda; þeáh hí éca ne sién, hí beóþ þeáh stælwyrða ða hwíle ðe wé on ðisse wurlde beóþ, Shrn. 192, 6.

þancung

(n.)
Grammar
þancung, e; f.

Thanking, ⬩ thanks, ⬩ thanksgiving

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Thanking, thanks, thanksgiving Gode sié lof and wuldor and dǽda þoncung ealra ðæra góda ðe hé ús forgifen hafaþ, Chart. Th. 136, 32. Sáwla þancung thanksgiving by souls, Hy. 9, 45. Ic ete mid micelre þancunge manduco cum gratiarum actione, Coll.

ge-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feolan, l. ge-feólan; p. -fealh, pl. fulgon.

to press into, ⬩ to make ones way into a place, get and remain in ⬩ to enter the mind ⬩ to stick to. ⬩ to continue instant in, pursue unremittingly ⬩ to adhere to a person, an opinion

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Ðá warð his leóhtbora áfyrht swýðe, and gefeall him in ánan heale and slǽp his light-bearer became very frightened, and got in a corner and went to sleep, Vis.

Linked entry: ge-felgan

yfel

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel, adj.
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Nys gód treów ðe yfelne wæstm déð, ne nis yfel treów gódne wæstm dónde, Lk. Skt. 6, 43. Heó is on onsýne útan yfeles heówes, Blickl. Homl. 197, 11. Ðá gecuron hig ða gódan (fiscas) on hyra fatu, ða yflan hig áwurpon út, Mt.

ge-fér-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fér-rǽden, -réden, -rédin, -rǽdenn, e; f.

companionship ⬩ fellowship ⬩ congregation ⬩ church ⬩ societas ⬩ comitatus ⬩ eeclesia ⬩ synagoga ⬩ familiarity ⬩ friendship ⬩ familiaritas ⬩ amicitia

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Smerede ðé God ðín mid ele blysse for geférrédinum ðínum unxit te Deus tuus, oleo lætitiæ præ consortibus tuis, Ps. Spl. C. 44, 9. Gyf he híg ne gehýrþ, sæge hyt geférrǽdene quod si non audierit eos : dic ecclesiæ, Mt. Bos. 18, 17 : Jn.

Linked entry: ge-fǽrréden

wíde-ferhþ

(n.)
Grammar
wíde-ferhþ, -ferþ, long life, an age; the word occurs only in the accusative, alone or with eall, with adverbial force,
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Mihtig God manna cynnes weóld wídeferhð, Beo. Th. 1408; B. 702. Hié ne wéndon ðæt hié wídeferhð landgeweorc beweredon, 1879 ; B. 937.

efen-lic

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Ána God on ðrím hádum efenlices wuldres ( aequalis gloriae ), Bd. 4, 17; Sch. 432, 20. Wé sint emnlice on ðám ðe wé ongietað ðæt gé stondað aequales vobis sumus, in quo vos stare cognoscimus, Past. 117, 1.

ge-witleás

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S. 1, 67. of actions God wolde gewítnian ðá Niniuitiscan for heora gewitleásum dǽdum, Hml. S. 13, 274

middel

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Ne wyrð seó nǽfre onwend þá hwíle þe God byð on hire midle, Ps. Th. 45, 4. the middle of the body Oð middil pube ( puue, MS. ) tenus, Hpt. 33, 251, 25

ofer-brǽdan

(v.)

to overspread, overshadow, act as a covering over ⬩ to overspread, put a covering over

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Th. 22, 4. to overspread, put a covering over God oferbrǽdde byrnendne heofon nette, Cd. Th. 182, 9; Exod. 73. [Laym. mid palle overbræd.]

Linked entries: of-brǽded fore-brǽdan

ge-wénan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wénan, p. de; pp. ed

To hope ⬩ expect ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ esteem

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Ic on God mínne gewéne spero in Deum meum, 68, 3: 51, 7. Se sóþfæsta bóte gewéneþ justus sperabit, 63, 9. On his milde mód gewénaþ sperant super misericordia ejus, 146, 12: 144, 16.