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EFEN

(adj.; prep.; adv.)
Grammar
EFEN, efn, æfen; adj.

EVEN, equal ⬩ æquus, plānus, æquālis

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On even ground, on a level, by, near, aside with; in æquāli, juxta Him on efn ligeþ ealdor-gewinna by him lies his vital adversary, Beo. Th. 5798; B. 2903

Linked entries: æfen efn emn euen

fyren-ligerian

(v.)
Grammar
fyren-ligerian, p. ede; pp. ed

To commit fornication ⬩ fornĭcāri

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To commit fornication; fornĭcāri Hí fyrenligeredon on begímingum his fornĭcāti sunt in adinventiōnĭbus suis, Ps. Spl. 105, 36

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glade

(adv.)
Grammar
glade, (?); adv.
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Joyously, gladly Hié of þám grimman gryre glade treddedon, Dan. 439. Hí fore góddædum glade blissiað, Cri. 1287

swefel

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Add: — God sende ðá fýr and fúlne swefel him tó and forbærnde hí ealle, Hml. S. 13, 211

lǽfan

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Þæt feoh ꝥ hí ǽr lǽfdon ( had not spent before ) hí mid heom tó þám scræfe hæfdon, Hml. S. 23, 198-213.

wynsumlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wynsumlíce, adv.

pleasantly ⬩ agreeably ⬩ pleasantly ⬩ graciously ⬩ gladly ⬩ joyously

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Similar entries v. wynsum, I. 2 Wé gelýfaþ ðæt Drihten sylf hire tógeánes cóme, and wynsumlíce mid gefeán tó him on his þrymsetle hí gesette, Homl. Th. i. 442, 15. gladly, joyously.

on-sundrian

(v.)

to separate, take apart

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to separate, take apart Nǽnig heora, of ðám ðe hí áhton, ówiht his beón onsundrad cwæþ none of them said that anything they owned was his separate property, Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 15 note

þunrian

(v.)
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Gif hit þunrað on ǽfentíde, hit getácnað ácennednysse sumes miceles si tonitruauerit hora uespertina, significat natiuitatem cuiusdam magni, Archiv cxx. 50, l [see þunor]. Add

deórwyrðlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
deórwyrðlíce, (-wi(e)rþ-); adv. I.
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Se déma deórwurðlíce bebyrigde his líchaman, 215. II. in high esteem, as of great value :-- Þí hé elcað ðæt we sceolon deórwyrðlíce healdan Godes gife.

ǽg-hwá

in every respect, quite, altogether

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Add Hió gehǽt him ǽghwæs genóg abundantiam promittit, Past. 71, 23: Sch. 94. Sélre byð ǽghwám, An. 320: El. 1270: Met. 8, 5. Ǽghwǽm, B. 1384: Sat. 363: Met. 8, 38. Fira ǽghwám, Ps. Th. 134, 3.

fullwiht

(n.)
Grammar
fullwiht, es; n.

Baptism ⬩ baptismus

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Baptism; baptismus Hú hí hine bǽdan fullwihtes bæþes how they had asked him for a font of baptism, Ors. 6, 34; Bos. 130, 30: Bd. 2, 14; S. 518, note 10: Andr. Kmbl. 3279; An. 1642. Mid ðý fullwihte with baptism, Exon. 121 b; Th. 467, 9; Hö. 136

þanan

(adv.)
Grammar
þanan, þonan (-on, -un, -en); adv.

thence ⬩ from that time, ⬩ after that ⬩ whence

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Ðonon ðe hí útan bióþ áhæfene, ðanon hié bióþ innan áfeallene, Past. 50; Swt. 391, 12

híwisc

Grammar
híwisc, l. híwisce, híwisc. For suffix cf. ídisc(e).

a family ⬩ house

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Laurentius him ðæs getíðode, and nigontýne wera and wífa his híwisces gefullode, Hml.

ge-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líhtan, to lighten, <b>ge-líhtan</b> to alight. Substitute: <b>ge-líhtan;</b> p. te.
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Hé gelíhte of his horse descendit, Gr. D. 18, 22. Him cóm rídende tó sum ridda . . . þá gelíhte se cuma, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 34. Hí ridon tó þǽre eá, and þǽr gelíhton sóna for ðám langsuman færelde, Hml.

ge-þeódan

(v.)
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Hí wilniað oþþe him selfe rícsian oþþe hí tó ðára rícena freóndscipe geþeódan hi vel regnare ipsi volunt, vel regnantibus adhaerere conantur, Bt. 24, 2; F. 82, 9. as a fellow, associate, &amp;c.

ne

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Add Ðonne ne léten hié nó hié eallinga on ǽlce healfe gebígean, ne furðum nó áwecggan, Past. 306, 4

eges grime

(n.; v.)
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Hé wæs eall sweart and behrúmig, and flogon hine his ágene mæn, and wéndon þæt hit wǽre larbo, ꝥ is egesgríma (cf. atrum phantasma, Ald, 66, 31), Shrn. 69, 31. Egesgríman larbam (v.

secgan

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Add Secge him mon swíðe gedæftelíce for his ágnum scyldum modis congruentibus de proprio reatu feriendus est, Past. 185, 12. Add Ic nǽfre gít ne gemétte goldhord swá swá gé mé on secgað, Hml. S. 23, 668. v. full-, wiþ-secgan; un-sægd

ofer-drincan

(v.)

to overdrink (one's self)

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Gif hwylc bisceop hine oferdrince se inebriet L. Ecg. P. iv. 33; Th. ii. 214, 12. Beón oferdruncen inebriari, Lk. 12, 45. Ðæt mód, ða hwíle ðe hit biþ oferdruncen ðæs ierres, Past. 40; Swt. 295, 3.

ge-beorgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-beorgan, to -beorganne; p. ic, he -bearg, -bearh, ðú -burge, pl. -burgon; pp. -borgen [ge-, beorgan to save]

To save ⬩ protect ⬩ defend ⬩ secure ⬩ spare ⬩ preserve ⬩ servāre ⬩ salvāre ⬩ tuēri ⬩ defendĕre ⬩ arcēre ⬩ parcĕre

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Áge he þreóra nihta fierst him to gebeorganne let him have a space of three days to save himself, L. Alf. pol. 2; Th. i. 62, 2. Ðú him yfele dagas ealle gebeorgest mītĭges eum a diēbus mălis, Ps. Th. 93. 12.

Linked entries: ge-bearg ge-borgen