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for-

(prefix)
Grammar
for-, is used in composition in Anglo-Saxon exactly as the English for: it often deteriorates, or gives an opposite sense, or gives strength to the words before which it is placed; in which case it may be compared with Gothic fra-, Dutch and German ver- [different from the Dutch voor, and German vor]. Forbeódan to forbid; fordéman to condemn; forcúþ perverse, corrupt; fordón to destroy, to do for. — Sometimes fór denotes an increase of the signification of the word before which it is placed, and is then generally to be in English very; valde, as fó;r-eáde very easily,
  • Homl. Th. ii. 138, 35
: fór-oft very often,
  • Bd. de nat. rerum
    • ;
  • Wrt. popl. science 11, 8
    • ;
  • Lchdm. iii. 256, 16.
For- and fór-, or fóre- are often confounded, though they are very different in meaning; as forseón [Flem. versien] to overlook, despise; fór- or fóreseón [Flem. veursien] to foresee. — If a word, having for, fór or fóre prefixed, cannot be found under for-, fór- or fóre-, it must be sought under the simple term, and the sense of the preposition added; thus, fór- or fóre-sendan is from sendan to send, and fór-, fóre before, to send before, etc. [On the vowel in for, fore, see remark in the preface.]

Linked entries: scrífan scyldigian síðian -witol -wríþan stalian swelgan swígan swigian swíðan syngian trúwian þeahtung þeón þingian meltan myrþrian nefa pyndan of-drincan -sáwenlic scirian seáþ -wyrpness setness -sewen -sewenlic -sewenlíce -sewenness síþ stregdan teón treddan trúwung weorþan manig micel nǽman neáh irman þrǽstness witig wlencan wrégan wundian wyrht brítan fær- feallan fyllan gǽgan gǽgednes

lagu

(n.)
Grammar
lagu, lago; m.

sea ⬩ water

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lyfte fleág it troubled not water, nor flew it in air, 106 a; Th. 404. 31; Rä. 23, 16.

of

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Add Ic fleáh of wícum, Gen. 2273. Him gewát Hróðgár út of healle, B. 663. β Add Wit unc simble ondrédon hwonne wit sceoldon feallan of þám olfende, Shrn. 38, 16. add Þá Lapithe gesáwon Thesali of hiora horsum beón feohtende wið hié, Ors.

ge-tácnian

(v.)
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Ðæt ús getácnode Loth swíðe wel on him selfum, ðá hé fleáh ðá biernendan ceastre.

sumer-lida

(n.)
Grammar
sumer-lida, an; m. [Lida, like the equivalent Icel. liði in sumar-liði, elsewhere refers to a single object, man or ship (v. lida, sǽ-, ýð-lida), but in the passage given below from the Chronicle seems to mean a fleet. Later in the same work liþ (q. v.), which seems taken from the Scandinavians, is used in this sense, e. g. ðæt lið ðæt on Sandwíc læg, 1052; Erl. 183, 40, can sumer-lida be intended to represent Norse sumar-lið? In one other place sumer-lida occurs, in company with words relating to the sea, and it there glosses malleolus; but here perhaps sumer-loda should be read, and malleolus be taken in the sense shoot, twig (see spæc); cf. O. H. Ger. sumar-lota, -lata virgultum, palmes. v. Anglia xiii. 330.]
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A summer fleet, one that sets forth in summer and returns in autumn Æfter ðissum gefeohte cuom micel sumorlida (tó Reádingum, MS. E.), Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 35. [Steenstrup takes the word to mean a force moving from its quarters in England, and leaving

Cyménes óra

(n.)
Grammar
Cyménes óra, an; m.

Cymen's shore, near Wittering, Sussex ⬩ Cymēni lītus, qui ibi naves ad terrain appulit. Nunc nomen amisit, sed fuisse prope Wittering, in agro Sussexiensi, Charta Donatiònis quam Cedwalla Rex Ecclesiæ Selsiensi fecit, planissĭme convincit

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D. 477, com [MS. cuom]] Ælle on Bretonlond, and his iii suna, Cymen, and Wlencing, and Cissa, mid iii scipum, on ða stówe ðe is nemned Cyménes óra, and ðǽr ofslógon monige Wealas, and sume on fleáme bedrifon on ðone wudu ðe is genemned Andredes leáge

Linked entry: Cymén

æt-berstan

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Nǽre ꝥ hí on niht út ne ætburston of þǽre byrig, 943; P. in, 17. where direction, road, or manner of escape is given His geféran mid fleáme ætburston, Hml. Th. ii. 248, II. Þá menn up ætberstan intó þǽre byrig, Ll. Th. i. 286, 2.

ofer

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Gelæhton þá weardmen his wealdleðer fæste, þæt hé mid fleáme ne burste, ac hé nolde him ætfleón, ac hé clypode ofer eall ( he called out so as to be heard by all round him ), Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 16 : By. 256.

wind

(n.)
Grammar
wind, es; m.

wind ⬩ air in motion ⬩ wind ⬩ flatulence ⬩ wind ⬩ breath

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Hé fleáh ofer winda fiðeru. Ps. Th. 17, 10. Hé bebýt ge windum ge sǽ. Lk. Skt. 8, 25. wind, flatulence, v. windig, II Gif sió wamb biþ windes full, ðonne cymð ðæt of wlacre wǽtan, Lchdm. ii. 224, 23.

losian

(v.)
Grammar
losian, p. ode

To perish ⬩ be lost ⬩ stray ⬩ escape

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Fíftig þurh fleám onweg losedon quinquaginta fuga lapsos esse, Bd. 2, 2; S. 504, 6. Dý læs ðe ðú losige ne tu pereas, Gen. 19, 15. Gif hé losige and hine mon eft gefó if he escape and be caught a second time, L.

Linked entry: lorian

Englisc

(n.)

(the) English ⬩ the English language

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Þá Normen wurdon on fleáme, and þá Engliscan hí hindan slógon, 1066; P. 199, 15. Twá mynstro, óðer þám Scottum, óðer ðám Engliscan (Anglis ), Bd. 4, 4; Sch. 367, 19.

norþ

(adv.)
Grammar
norþ, adv.
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Mid fleáme cóm on his cýþþe norð Costontinus, Chr. 937; P. 108, 19. Þonne þunor cumeð west oððe norð, Archiv cxx. 48, 20. Þæt hé west and norð trymede getimbro, Gen. 275. Þætte súð ne norð óðer nǽnig sélra nǽre, B. 858.

weá

(n.)
Grammar
weá, an; m.

woe ⬩ misery ⬩ evil ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness ⬩ malice

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Ic fleáh weán wana wilna gehwilces, 137, 11; Gen. 2272 : 109, 7; Gen. 1819 For hwon wást ðú weán, gesyhst sorge, 54, 12; Gen. 876. Gedígan weán and wræcsíð, Beo. Th. 4573; B. 2292 Gesamna ús of wídwegum, ðǽr wé weán dreógaþ, Ps. Th. 105, 36: Cd.

Linked entries: wáwa weó

heán

low ⬩ poor ⬩ mean ⬩ ignoble ⬩ base ⬩ humbled ⬩ depressed ⬩ dejected ⬩ cast down ⬩ miserable ⬩ wretched ⬩ mean ⬩ base ⬩ low

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Ic fleáh weán, wana wilna gehwilces, heán of wícum, 2273. Þú hreósan sceoldes heán in helle helpendra leás, Cri. 1414. Þú scealt wérigmód, heán, hróðra leás hearm þrowigan, An. 1369.

dǽlan

(v.)
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Sceal þín hrá dǽlan, An. 954. to separate one's self from another, to part, depart (cf. sie fan iró drohtine délian skoldun, Hel. 4774) Ic feor gewíte, fleáme dǽle elongavi fugiens, Ps.

witod

(adj.)
Grammar
witod, adj. (ptcpl. )

appointed ⬩ ordained ⬩ assured ⬩ certain ⬩ certain ⬩ certainly ⬩ assuredly

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Fleág fugla cyn, ðǽr hý feorhnere witude fundon (where they were sure of finding food), Exon. Th. 157, 11; Gú. 890. Witode, 430, 13; Rä. 44, 8. Béc bodiaþ weotedne willan, Salm. Kmbl. 475; Sal. 238.

Linked entries: ge-witod witud

hrýman

(v.)
Grammar
hrýman, hréman; p. de

To call ⬩ cry out ⬩ to cry out ⬩ boast ⬩ exult ⬩ lament ⬩ murmur

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Mid fleáme com on his cyþþe Constontinus hréman ne þorfte by flight Constantine got home, had little cause to boast, Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 5; Æðelst. 39. Hrémende ululatus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 2, 18: plorantem, Jn. Skt. Lind. 11, 33.

Linked entry: hríman

ge-bringan

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Seó haigung deófla on fleáme gebringed, Ll. Th. i. 360, 32. Míne sáwle gé on betran gebringað, Gú. 349. Ðætte hine sió gewilnung of his módes fæsðrǽdnesse ne gebrienge, Past. 317, 7.

Linked entry: ge-brengan

un-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
un-weorþ, -wurþ, -wyrþ, -wierþe, -wyrþe; adj.

of no value ⬩ of no dignity ⬩ little esteemed ⬩ unworthy ⬩ not of sufficient merit ⬩ worthless ⬩ bad ⬩ contemptible ⬩ despicable ⬩ ignoble ⬩ ignominious ⬩ dishonouring

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Th. 95, 27; Cri. 1563, Saul ǽresð fleáh ðæt ríce and tealde hine selfne his suíðe unwierðne ( indignum se prius considerans ), Past. 3; Swt. 35, 18. Ðú hine ongeáte unweorþne ðæs anwealdes, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 96, 18.

Linked entries: un-wurþ un-wyrþ

on-fón

(v.)
Grammar
on-fón, p. -féng; pp. -fangen ( with gen. dat. acc.).

to take ⬩ to take what another appoints or grants, to receive, have given ⬩ to take what another offers, receive favourably, accept ⬩ to receive a person ⬩ to undergo a rite, undertake a duty ⬩ to conceive ⬩ to take to, to begin ⬩ incipere

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Seó unwæstmfæstnes fram him fleáh, and seó clǽnnes onféng, Blickl. Homl. 163, 19. Ic wæs mid unrihtwísnesse onfangen in iniquitatibus conceptus sum, Ps. Th. 50, 6. VII. to take to, to begin; incipere [cf. O. H.

Linked entries: an-fón on-fónd

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