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forþ-weard

(adv.)
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forþ-weard, adv.
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181, 17. temporal, continuously Hé þeáh fægere forðwerd he went on thriving, Wlfst. 17, 8. prospectively, looking to the future Þis gemet (the imperative mood) sprecð forðwerd (-weard, v. l.) and næfð nánne praeteritum, for þan þe nán man ne hǽt dón þæt

gum-cynn

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þæt wera cneórissum gewrecan þóhte, forgrípan gumcynne, Gen. 1275. a (noble) race, family, tribe, people (cf.

lof-georn

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Ne sý nán man lofgeorn, ne wilnigende þæt his dǽda hálige gesǽde sién, ǽr hié hálige weorðan, R. Ben. 18, 18. Ná hé lof-georn ( but the Latin has prodigus) ne sý, 55, 3

legie

(n.)
Grammar
legie, an; f.
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A legion Þá hét Pompeius þæt mon ꝥ fæsten brǽce and on fuhte dæges and nihtes, simle án leg(ie) æfter óþerre unwérig cum alias aliis legiones dies noctesque succedere sine requie cogeret Ors. 5, 11 ; S. 238, 9. Ealle þá legean, 5, 12; S. 240, 6.

nytt

(adj.)
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nytt, adj.
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Ic ǽlcne mínra freónda lufige swá mycele má þonne ðone óðerne swá ic ongyte þæt hé betran willað þonne se óðer and his gesceádwisnesse nyttran willan tó dónne tanto magis amo amicos meos, quanta magis bene utuntur anima rationali, vel certe quantum desiderant

ofer-lecgan

(v.)
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Hit nis ná riht on Crístenum folce, þæt sume scylon mid oferǽte and mid oferdrence beón oferléde, and sume hungre cwylmede, 142, 99. [v. N. E. D. over-lay. Goth. ufar-lagian. ]

sibling

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Gefeoht betwux siblingum bellum plusquam civile . . . þæt feórðe gefeoht þe betwux freóndum bið is swíde earmlic, Hml. S. 25, 707. Seó éhtnnys bið ealra biterost þe bið fram siblingum, Hml. Th. ii. 542, 28.

á-meldian

(v.)
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Hit wearð þurh þá ámeldad þe hé geþóht hæfde þæt him tó þǽre dǽde fylstan sceolde quae res per ministros prodita, Ors. 4, 5; S. 166, 29. to give information that leads to discovery or detection, about persons, to denounce, betray, inform against Sume

ge-dwild

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ge-dwild, ge-dwyld.
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Antecríst wile ámyrran mid his gedwylde eall þæt se sóða Críst ǽr bodade and gesette tó rihte, Wlfst. 195, 17.

ge-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feolan, l. ge-feólan; p. -fealh, pl. fulgon.
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Take here passage given under ge-felgan, and add: to press into, to make ones way into a place, get and remain in Wæs þǽr neáh Apollines templ; þá gefealh hé þǽr in and þǽr þá niht gewunode juxta Apollinis templum fuit, ibique se ad manendum contulit

ge-mearcian

(v.)
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Cf. míl-gemearc Þæt þanon wǽre tó helle duru hund þúsenda míla gemearcodes, Sae. 724. to make a mark on Hú Martirius gemearcode þone hláf, Gr. D. 86, 12.

sprǽc

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L. 18, 4. add Ðá cóm hé tó þǽre spǽce þæs hálgan weres ad colloquium sancti viri pervenit, Guth. Gr. 159, 7. Hí gereordon hí sylfe þurh þá hálgan sprǽcu þæs gástlican lífes ( per sacra spiritalis vitae colloquia), Gr. D. 168, 17.

be-healdness

(n.)
Grammar
be-healdness, e; f.
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Hé mid þǽre geornfullan behealdnysse up lócode, Hml. S. 23 b, 166

Linked entry: heald-ness

fore-geceósan

(v.)
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to choose beforehand Ic mé sylfe myngode . . . þǽre mundbyrdnysse þe ic ǽr foregeceás, Hml. S. 23 b, 543

ge-swimman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swimman, pp. ge-swummen
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To swim þá hié hæfdon feórðan dǽl þǽre eá geswummen jam quartam fluminis partem natauerant, Nar. 10, 31

forþ-geleóredness

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-geleóredness, e; f.
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Departure, decease, death For þǽre báde his ændes and forþgeleórodnesse pro expectatione sui exitus, Gr. D. 282, 11

gecwed-stów

(n.)
Grammar
gecwed-stów, e; f.
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An appointed place Se foresprecena wer tó þǽre gecwedstówe ( ad cerium locum ) wæs gelǽded, Gr. D. 183, 7

god-lic

(adj.)
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god-lic, adj.
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God-like, divine Þǽre godlican besceáwunga deifice contemplationis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 61. Godlicum dealibus, i. deificis. 81

leóþ-cræft

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Án þǽra wæs Sibylla þe áwrát on leóðcræftes wíson be Crístes ácennednesse, Hml. Th. ii. 18, 16. Add

þæcele

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Add: used figuratively Inǽled mid þám þæcelum (þyccylum, v.l.) þǽre æfeste invidiae facibus succensus, Gr. D. 117, 28