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fore-secgan

to foretell ⬩ prophesy ⬩ proclaim ⬩ pronounce ⬩ declare ⬩ to preach

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natural knowledge, to mention beforehand what is to take place Foresægeð (praenuntiat) eástro æfter tuǽm dógrum (cf. scitis quia post biduum Pascha fiet, Mt. 26, 2), Mt. p. 19, 18. with the idea of warning or command: Hé ðǽm inngeðonce his hiére*-*monna

fremede

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Hwí lufost ðú þá fremdan gód swelce hí sién þín ágnu, 14, 1; F. 40, 30. unknown Gé woldon habban eówerra gódena weorca méde æt fræmdra monna cwiddunge de alienis praemia sermunculis postulatis, Bt. 18, 4; F. 66, 25. not friendly, estranged, not in the

godcundnys

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gt; a pious offering :-- Gif hwá ꝥ fæsten áberan ne mæg ðe his scrift him tǽcð, him ys álýfed ꝥ hé mót his fæsten álýsan mid godcundnysse and mid his worldǽhton (pieiate et mundanis suis possessionibus ); ꝥ is þonne, gif hé byð welig, sylle for .xii. mónða

hleóþor

(adj.)

a sound ⬩ noise ⬩ voice

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Hié tóhlódon hleóðrum gedǽlde . . . siððan metod tóbrǽd monna sprǽce, Gen. 1693. where a thing is personified: Ic (a horn) wæs wǽpenwiga . . . hwílum ic tó hilde hleóðre bonne wilgehléðan, Rä. 15, 4. in song Þæs sealmsanges hleóðor and dreám psalmodiae

leás

Grammar
leás, <b>. II.</b>
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Se leása wéna þára dysigena monna hominum fallax opinio, 27, 3 ; F. 98, 32. Ꝥ leáse lot bewrigen mid wrencum fraus mendaci compta colore Met. 4, 46.

on-gildan

(v.)
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Monig sceal ongieldan sáwel súsles shall be tormented, Exon. Th. 304, 17; Fä. 71. to pay Hwylc hira óðrum sceolde tó fóddurþege feores ongildan which should pay for the others&#39; food with his life, Andr.

Linked entries: an-gildan on-gyldan

syll

(n.)
Grammar
syll, e; sylle, an; f.
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Ðǽr fram sylle ( from the plank to which it was fixed ) ábeág medubenc monig, Beo. Th. 1555; B. 775.

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wlǽta

(n.)
Grammar
wlǽta, wlǽtta, an; m.

nausea ⬩ loathing ⬩ what produces nausea ⬩ an object of loathing ⬩ defilement ⬩ disfigurement

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Monast. Th. 28, 35. Seó ofering ðé wurþ oþþe tó sáre oððe tó wlǽttan, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 16. Wlǽttan sentina (ab omni spurcitiae sentina immunes, Ald. 10), Ánglia xiii. 28, 28.

Linked entries: wlǽtung wlott

ge-blandan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-blandan, ge-blandan; pp. ge-blanden, -blonden [In the two instances where the past tense occurs the forms are ge-blond,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 16,
ge-blondan,
    An. 33.
Under blandan is given blénde as apast subjunctive, but this form might be placed as a present (or past) under blendan. v. ge-blendan. Cf. gang as a past tense of gangan.]
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Geblanden, 45, 17: confectum, 14, 49. to mix with :-- Is him þæt heáfod hindan gréne, wrǽtlíce wrixled wurman geblonden, Ph. 294. to mix things that should be kept separate :-- Ðona geworð ðæt mið ús giblonden ł gimencged (mixta) aron alle, and in Marc moniga

sáwel

(n.)
Grammar
sáwel, (ol, ul), sáwl, sául, sówhul, e; f.
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Sáwl and lícchoma wyrcaþ ánne mon . . tó ðære sáwle and tó ðam líchoman belimpap ealle ðás ðæs monnes good, ge gástlíce ge líchomlíce . . .

gelíce

(adv.)
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</b> gelíce and (with a clause), in the same way as :-- Gelíce and mon mǽd máwe, hié wǽron þá burg hergende and sleánde, Ors. 2, 8; S. 92, 15. (v. and ; )

fæger

fair ⬩ desirable ⬩ handsome ⬩ fair ⬩ plausible ⬩ fair ⬩ pleasant

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Ðeáh þú wǽre eallra monna fægrost, Bt. 32, 1; F. 114, 27. of the body and its parts Þæt feax áfealleð þe ǽr wæs fæger on híwe and on fulre wæstme, Wlfst. 148, 5. Þín se fægresta fæþm, Bl. H. 7, 25.

fíftig

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Fíftig monna látwu quinquagenarius, Rtl. 193, 17. Fíftig fæðma wíd, Scrd. 21, 4

ge-helpan

(v.)
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Hié ðára diégelnesse bet trúwigen ðonne ðǽre hú hié óðerra monna mǽst gehelpen.

ícan

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Hé ús monna mǽst morðra gefremede and swýðor gýt ýcan wolde, Jud. 183. (2 a) to add after, to :-- Man íhte yfel æfter óðrum, Wlfst. 156, 12. Ícan áne elne tó his anlícnesse.

weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
weorpan, (wurpan, wyrpan); p. wearp, pl. wurpon; pp. worpen.
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Be ðære coþe þe se mon his útgang þurh ðone múð him fram weorpe, Lchdm. ii. 236, 13. Swylce mon wurpe (worpe, MS. A. : worpað, Lind.: worpes, Rush., jaceat) gód sǽd on his land, Mk. Skt. 4, 26. Ic hét hit weorpan on fýr. Ex. 32, 24.

Linked entries: worpian wurpan

þan

(adv.)
Grammar
þan, þon; adv.
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Wé his ne gefrédaþ, þon má ðe mon his feax mæg gefrédan bútan his felle, Past. 18; Swt. 139, 20. Him ðæt nó ne derede, ðon má ðe ceald wæter, Shrn. 83, 17 : Exon.

Linked entries: þanne þon

eall

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Hié wǽron micle swíþor gebrocede mid ceápes cwilde and monna, ealles swíþost mid þǽm þæt . . ., Chr. 897; P. 90, 1. Justus rihtwis, justior rihtwísre, justissimus ealra rihtwísost, Ælfc. Gr.

BRÁD

(adj.)
Grammar
BRÁD, def. se bráda, seó, ðæt bráde; comp. m. brádra, f. n. brádre, brǽdre; superl. brádost; adj.
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Byþ se niwa móna brádra [MS. braddra] gesewen the new moon appears [lit. is seen] larger, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 14, 14; Lchdm. iii. 264, 26.

Linked entries: brǽd bréd bréden

swingel

(n.)
Grammar
swingel, swingell, e; and swingel[l]e, an ; f.
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Monast. Th. 18, 24. a scourging, whipping, flogging Gif hwá his hýde forwyrce and cirican geierne sié him sió swingelle (swingle, MS.

Linked entry: swincgel

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