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út-fær

(n.)
Grammar
út-fær, es; n.

A going out ⬩ egress ⬩ exit

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Ðæt wé symle ðone mǽran gylt forfleón þurh útfære ðæs læssan, Homl. Th. i. 484, 8. Ðeáh heó nán útfær ne gemét, 4 10, 10. On útfærum heora in egressibus suis, Ps. Lamb. 143, 13

fremsumnes

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Wé ongytaþ ꝥ hit þus byð in ðám mundbyrdum háligra martyra, ꝥ hí ná ne cýðað swá manige fremsumnesse þurh heora líchaman swá hí gód eówiað þurh heora reliquias (ut non tanta per corpora sua quanta beneficia per reliquias ostendant), Gr. D. 177, 2.

húru-þinga

(adv.)
Grammar
húru-þinga, adv.

Especially ⬩ at least ⬩ at any rate

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Swilce hé swutellíce cwǽde 'Gif gé noldon Gode lybban on cildháde, ne on geógoþe, gecyrraþ nú húruþinga on ylde to lífes wege,' ii. 78, 13

lustful-ness

(n.)
Grammar
lustful-ness, e; f.

Pleasure ⬩ delight ⬩ desire

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Drihten eallum geleáffulum monnum heora gong gestaþelade tó lífes wege ðæt hié mágon þurh ða lustfulnesse heora módes mid gódum dǽdum geearnian leht ðæs écan lífes the Lord established for all believers their passage to the way of life, that they may

nyt-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
nyt-líc, adj.

Useful ⬩ profitable ⬩ beneficial

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Is eallum mannum nytlíc, ðæt hié heora fulwihthádas wel gehealdan, Blickl. Homl. 109, 26. Ic ne gýmde ðara nytlícra geþeahta mínra freónda utilia consilia spreveram amicorum, Nar. 6, 26. Monig nytlíco þing multa utilia, Bd. 5, 20; S. 642, 19

wíd-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-cúþ, adj.
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Wídcúðne weán, 3986; B. 1991

be-teón

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Sum wer wæs betogen ꝥ hé wǽre on stale, Hml. S. 21, 265

ge-háthirtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-háthirtan, ge-heortan; pp. ge-háthirt (ge-hyrt, ge-heort).
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Se hálga wer wearð geháthyrt ðurh his unstæð*-*ðignysse, 176, 18: Hml. S. 8, 112: 22, 220. Philippus swíðe gehátheort hét hí gefæccan, 2, 191. Wæs gehátheort inflammatur, An. Ox 4009. Geháthord furibundus, i. iratus, 3019. <b>I a.

ge-lystan

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Geseah heó ǽnne leahtric and hý gelyste þæs lactucam conspiciens concupivit, 30, 33. with infin. of action a person desires to do Hwílum hié wel gelyst út gangan and him þá byrþenne fram áweorpan, Lch. ii. 230, 23. with dat. of person (and infin.)

hearmian

(v.)

to da harm to

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Án manncynn wunað under þínum anwealde . . . and þú wel wást ꝥ hit wile hearmian þínum cyneríce heora réceleásnysse gyf him man ne gestýrð heora stuntnysse est populus . . . et optime nosti, quod non expediat regno tuo, ut insolescat per licentiam, Hml

sǽl

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gé wel habbað gewunnen, blinnað nú sume hwíle ait: "Gaudete, fratres, multum laborastis, jam quiescite"' Gr. D. 202, 5

wendan

Grammar
wendan, <b>. II.</b>
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Add Binnan þám wendun gewyrda meanwhile things were happening, Cht. Th. 207, 22. Hwí ðú ǽfre wolde ꝥ sió wyrd on gewill wendan sceolde? cur tantas lubrica versat fortuna vices ?

wealdende

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
wealdende, adj. (ptcpl.)

Ruling ⬩ powerful

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Hwæþer ðú nú wéne ðæt ðæs cyninges geférrǽden and se wela and se anweald ðe hé gifþ his deórlingum mæge ǽnigne mon gedón weligne oððe wealdendne? an vero regna regumque familiaritas efficere potentem valent? 29, 1; Fox 102, 4.

Linked entry: ge-wealdende

heáh-burh

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-burh, gen. -burge; f.

A chief town, large town; also a town having an elevated situation

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Se kásere geeode wel manega héhburh the emperor conquered a good many of the principal towns, Chr. Erl. 5, 13. Ic wát heáhburg hér áne neáh lytle ceastre I know that near here is a town placed on high, a little city, Cd. 117; Th. 152, 8; Gen. 2517

ge-smyrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-smyrian, -smirian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [smyrian to smear]

To smear ⬩ anoint ⬩ ungĕre

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To smear, anoint; ungĕre Hí word hira wel gesmyredon, ele anlícast molliērunt sermōnes suos sŭper ŏleum, Ps. Th. 54, 21. Forðon gesmiride mec propter quod unxit me, Lk. Skt. Lind. 4, 18. Ðætte gesmiredon hire ut ungerent eum, Mk. Skt. Lind. 16, 1.

Linked entry: ge-smirian

swíþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
swíþlíce, adv.

very greatly, exceedingly ⬩ powerfully, energetically, strongly ⬩ sternly, strictly, severely

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Ðá wunode se hálga wer on ancerlífe swíðlíce stíðe, Homl.

fót-welm

(n.)
Grammar
fót-welm, e; f. (? v.
  • Kent. Gl. 165
below; or has the glosser taken plantae to be dative?): -welma , an; m.
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Wǽron his fét niðer áwende ... áwendað míne fótwelmas tó ðan heofonlican wege, 382, 13. Áwendan úre fótwylmas fram deádbǽrum síðfæte, 96, 25. Oþ þá fótwylmas (-mylmas, MS., -welmes, Hpt. Gl. 472, 32) plantatenus, i. usque ad plantas, i. pedes, An.

gold-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
gold-geweorc, es; n.
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Gold-work, what is made of gold Ðǽr wæs ðære sunnan anlýcnys geworht of golde and heó wæs on gyldenum scryd and æt ðam wǽron gyldene hors ... ðá eode ðǽr egeslíc deóful út of ðam goldgeweorce and ðæt goldgeweorc eall todreás swá swá weax gemylt æt fýre

ge-feormian

(v.)

to entertain as a guest, ⬩ to entertain as an obligation, ⬩ to feast,

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Take III separate from I and II, and to these add: to entertain as a guest, v. feormian ; Se Godes wer þe Quadragesimus þǽr gefeormode (-ferm-, v.l.) vir Dei qui receptus hospitio fuerat, Gr.

fultuman

(v.)
Grammar
fultuman, fultumian, fultomian, fulteman, fultemian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To help ⬩ assist ⬩ aid ⬩ support ⬩ jŭvāre ⬩ adjŭvāre ⬩ auxĭliāri ⬩ făvēre

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We eów fultumiaþ we will aid you, Chr. Erl. 3, 12. Him náuðer ne fét ne fiðeras ne fultumaþ neither feet nor wings support them, Bt. 41, 6; Fox 254, 26. Me ðíne dómas dǽdum fultumiaþ jūdĭcia tua adjŭvābunt me, Ps. Th. 118, 175.

Linked entries: fulteman fultomian