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sýferness

(n.)
Grammar
sýferness, e; f.
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Ðære sýfernysse ( opposed to drunkenness, v. l. 54) gód bodian, Homl. Ass. 146, 60. Mid micelre sýfernysse and gemetfæstnysse, and ná mid nánre oferfylle ne mid oferdrince, 144, 15. Sýfernysse ( opposed to druncenscipe, l. 18), 145, 20: Homl.

Linked entry: sýfer-ǽte

treówsian

(v.)
Grammar
treówsian, trýwsian; p. ode.
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Se munuc ðe mynster næbbe cume tó scíre biscope and trýwsie (-ige) hine sylfne wið God and wið men ðæt hé þreó þing healdan wille, L.

Linked entry: trýwsian

þing-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
þing-rǽden, þing-rǽdenn, e; f.
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God heora synne ðurh his ( Job's ) ðingrǽdene forgeaf, 458, 4: 292, 1. Gif ðú geþafian nelt þingrǽdenne ( pleading on behalf of a lover ), Exon.

un-tígan

(v.)
Grammar
un-tígan, p. de

To untieunbindloose

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Ðá sende God his apostolas tó gebundenum mancynne, and hit hí untígan. Hú untígdon hí ðone assan? 208, 4-6. Untýgaþ hí, 206, 11. Hwæt dó gyt ðone folan untígende? Mk. Skt. 11, 5. Se ðe gesyhð assan clipiende oððe untíende (-tí[g]edne?)

cweorn

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Se IIII. nihta móna, se byð gód þǽm ergendan hys sul út tó dóne, and þém grindere his cweorn, Lch. iii. 178, 1. v. pipor*-*cweorn. Add

clyne

(n.)
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God him fram þæt fýrene clyne ádyde þe ofer þá ceastre wæs on þám genipe hangiende, An. Ox. 492 note. Ǽlces kynnes wecg vel óra oððe clyna metallum, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 67. Leádes clynum mastigiis, ii. 54, 75.

drencan

(v.)
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God ús drencte mid teárum potum dedit nobis in lacrymis, 413, 11. Drynctun mec mid ecede potaverunt me aceto, Ps. Srt. 68, 22.

ge-þofta

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God hine ( Abraham ) geceás him tó geþoftan (cf. Abraham amicus Dei appellatus est, James 2, 23), Hml. Th. i. 46, 12.

ge-wǽge

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Genim ðú betonican þǽre wyrte twá trymessan gewǽge ( by weight ), Lch. i. 76, 11: 17: 22: 78, 8: 13. an amount determined by weighing. indefinite Gewoege ł gemet gód hiá sellað mensuram bonam dabunt, Lk.

holt

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Seó eorðe sóna swá swá hyre God bebeád stód mid holtum ágrówen, Hex. 12, 3. ¶ compounds of holt with tree-names are not infrequent in charters, v. ác-, alor-, birc-, bóc-, hæsel-holt. Cf. too beorh-holt, C. D.

ná-hwæþer

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God hine ne neádode on náðre healfe, Hex. 22, 30. <b>I a.</b> as a grammatical term, neuter :-- Neutrum is náðor cynn . . . ðis cyn gebyrað oftost tó náðrum cynne, Ælf. Gr.

manian

(v.)
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Him fylgð God, ðonne hé hine monað . . . and hine spænð ðæt hé tó him gecierre Deus subsequens monet, qui ad se redire persuadet, 407, 9. Wé maniað ꝥ man Sunnandæges freóls mid eallum mægene healde, Cht. E. 231, 18.

orf

(n.)
Grammar
orf, es; n.

Cattle, live stock

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Cattle, live stock Ǽlce geáre byþ orf ácenned, and mennisce menn tó mannum ácennede, ða ðe God gewyrcþ swá swá he geworhte ða ǽrran. Hexam. 12 ; Norm. 20, 20. Cuce orf, L. Edg. S. 8 ; Th. i. 274. 25.

be-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
be-gitan, -gietan; -gytan; part.-gitende; ic -gite, ðú -gytst, he -gyteþ, pl. -gytaþ; p. -geat, pl. -geáton; pp. -geten; v. a. [be, gitan to get]

To getobtaintakeacquireto seek outreceivegainseizelay hold ofcatchsumereobtinereassequiacquirerenanciscicaperecomprehenderearripere

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To get, obtain, take, acquire, to seek out, receive, gain, seize, lay hold of, catch; sumere, obtinere, assequi, acquirere, nancisci, capere, comprehendere, arripere Ǽlc mód wilnaþ sóþes gódes to begitanne every mind wishes to get the true good Bt. 24

á-dílgian

(v.)
Grammar
á-dílgian, á-díligian.

to destroy, &c., obliterateto blot out iniquity, &c.

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Nú man ǽlc yfel mæg mid góde ádílgian (-dílegian, Hatt. MS.) cum mala cuncta bonis sequentibus deluantur, 348, 16. Similar entries v. also a-dylegian in Dict

wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
wyrcan, weorcan ; p. worhte ; pp. worht.

to worklabourto maketo makeformconstructto be the sourcecause of, to produceto makeconstituteto workdoperformto perform a ritekeep a seasonto workeffect a purposeattain an object,

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Treów westm wircende, Gen. 1, 11, 12. to make, constitute Ic wolde witon hwæþer ðú wéndest ðæt hwylc án ðara fíf góda worhte ða sóþan gesǽlþe and siððan ða feówer good wǽron hire gód, swá swá nú sáwl and líchoma wyrcaþ ánne mon, Bt. 34, 6; Fox 140, 23

ge-hremmed

(v.)
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Ox. 3675. ꝥ ús s to prevent from reaching an object, keep from Ús nán þingc on worulde fram Gode ne gehremme, Hml. S. 23, 207. ꝥ heora mód fram Drihtne ne sý gehremmed mens impediri non possit R. Ben. 137, 14

ǽrend

(n.)
Grammar
ǽrend, ǽrende, ǽrynd, es; n: pl. nom. acc. ǽrendu, ǽrendo

An ERRANDa messagean embassynewstidingsan answerbusinesscarenuntiummandatumnegotiumcura

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He aboden hæfde Godes ǽrendu he had announced God's messages, Exon. 43a; Th. 145, 17; Gú. 696: 51b; Th. 179, 31; Gú. 1270. Hí lufedon Godes ǽrendo they loved God's errands, 34b; Th. 111, 27; Gú. 133

Linked entry: ÁR

teóðung-dagas

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung-dagas, pl.
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Ús gebyreþ, ðæt wé ǽlces þinges úre teóðunge rihtlíce Gode betǽcan; ðonne syndan ðás dagas ( fast days of Lent ) getealde for teóðingdagas innan geáres fæce, and wé sculan eác ða teóðunge wyrðlíce Gode gelǽstan, Wulfst. 102, 21

cleacian

(v.)
Grammar
cleacian, ode; od

hurryfestinare, trepidare

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To go nimbly, hurry; festinare, trepidare He cleacode swíðe earhlíce to porte he hurried very timidly to town; in via totus trepidabat, M. H. 115a