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for-hátan

to renounceoutlawproscribe

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Add: to promise or vow not to do, to renounce Bútan synne mæg gehíwian, gif hit ǽr ne forhét sine culpa ad conjugium veniunt si necdum meliora voverunt, Past. 401, 35.

hwilc-hwega

(pronoun.)
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hwilc-hwega, -hwugu, -hugu [in the Northern Gospels the whole form is declined, elsewhere only hwilc]; pron.

Someanysome one

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Swá síe mid hwilcre-hwega byrþenne gehefegod as if he is weighted with some burden, L. M. 2, 23; Lchdm. ii. 212, 11. Gif man forleóse gehálgodne mete hwylcne-hwugu dǽl si quis perdiderit cibi consecrati aliquantulum, L. Ecg.

rihtwísness

(n.)
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rihtwísness, e ; f.

righteousness justice rightness reasonablenessreason

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Hú mæg ǽnig man ryhtwíslíce and gesceádwíslíce ácsigan, gif nán grot rihtwísnesse on him næfþ? Nis nán swá swíðe bedǽled ryhtwísnesse, ðæt nán ryht andwyrde nyte, gif men ácsaþ.

tó-gán

(v.)
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tó-gán, p. -eode; pp. -gán.

to go in two different directions,to part,separateto be sundered,to partto go in many different directions,to disperse,go away

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He smat Frolic uppen þæne hælm þat he atwa helden (toȝeode, 2nd MS. ), Laym. 23980

bæftan

(prep.; adv.)

behind,after

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lét þǽr bæftan Titum and forð seglode, Hml. A. 190, 274. after Þára noman hér stondað áwritene bæftan, C. D. B. ii. 267, 12

Linked entry: bæfta

ge-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyllan, p. ede, de; pp. ed; v. a.

To fillfulfilmake a totalcompletefinishaccomplishsatisfyimpleresaturare

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He him gehét his æriste swá he mid sóðe gefylde he promised them his resurrection as he truly performed, 17, 4. Hí heofon-hláfe hálige gefylde pane cæli saturavit eos, Ps. Th, 104, 35.

warian

(v.)
Grammar
warian, p. ode
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Warige (warnige, v. l. ) ðæt hit ná forealdige, L. Edg. C. 38; Th. ii. 252, 6. trans. To make ware, to warn Mid ðǽm wordum ús warode and lǽrde quibus verbis pastoribus praecavetur, Past. 18; Swt. 137, 21.

Linked entries: werian be-warian

á-breóþan

(v.)
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Gif ábrýð on ðǽre éhtnysse, Hml. Th. i. 250, 21. Se yfela, swá oftor on ðǽre fandunge ábrýð, swá forcúðra bið, 268, 29.

Linked entries: a-broten á-broþenness

ge-fyrn

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ge-fyrn, long ago.
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H. 54, 1. of a period considerable, in respect to a person's life wiste his geendunge gefyrn ǽr férde fram ðissum lífe, Hml. Th. ii. 516, 1. Hú gefyrn gelýfde, 310, 15. Gefirn ( quatuordecim fere anni ), Solil. H. 35, 12.

palm-twig

(n.)
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Heó álegde ðæt palmtwig ðe heó ǽr onféng, 139, 4. Se gewuna stent ðæt gehwǽr on Godes gelaþunge se sacerd bletsian sceole palmtwigu on ðisum dæge ( Palm Sunday ), Homl. Th. i. 218, 3

stearc

(adj.)
Grammar
stearc, adj.
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ða stíðnyssa his stearcan bigleofan betwux lǽwedum folce geheóld, Homl. Th. ii. 148, 31. Se ðe mec lǽreþ from ðé on stearcne weg, Exon. Th. 259, 14; Jul. 282. mihte swá stearce forhæfednysse (rigid abstinence) healdan, Homl.

Linked entries: stearc-heard streac

ge-nóg

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-nóg, adj.
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hæfþ ǽlces gódes genóh, Bt. 10; F. 28, 14: Bo. 34

byrian

(v.)
Grammar
byrian, p. ede, ide; pp. ed
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To bury: Ðǽr hí mon byride where they buried her, Ors. 3, 6; Bos. 58, 9

Linked entries: be-byrian byrigan

fealvor

(n.)
Grammar
fealvor, es; m.

A species of water-fowl, the sultana-hen porphyrio = πoρφυρίων

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A species of water-fowl, the sultana-hen; porphyrio = πoρφυρίων Fealvor porphyrio, Wrt. Voc. 280, 17

syn-léw

(n.)
Grammar
syn-léw, -leáw, e; f.

A sinful injury

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A sinful injury Hér syndan þurh synleáwa sáre geléwede tó manege on earde, Wulfst. 165, 25

féster-módor

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Lǽswede heó hire féstermódor sceápum, Shrn. 101, 15. Add

for án

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Heom for án þá wítu gemynte wǽron, Hml. S. 23, 112: Lch. i. 286, 10. Add:

ge-stence

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Heó hafað trumne wyrtruman and swýþe ge-stencne (ge-stæncne, v.l. ), Lch. i. 284, 19. Add

nægled-cnearr

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Sie forlétun . . . nettiu and neglitskipu, Hél. 1186.] Add:

on-slúpan

(v.)
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to unloose, untie þâ þwangas þâra scôna ongunnon heom sylfe onslûpan ( dissolvere ), Gr. D. 221, 23

Linked entry: slúpan