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a-fyrhtan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fyrhtan, p. -fyrhte; pp. -fyrhted, -fyrht

To affrightterrifyterrereexterrereperterreretimore afficere

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Wǽran mid egsan ealle afyrhte with dread were all affrighted, Cd. 222 ; Th. 288, 22; Sat. 385. Ða weardan wǽron afyrhte custodes exterriti sunt, Mt. Bos. 28, 4: Bd. 3, 16; S. 543, 12, MS. T. Afirhte, Gen. 14, 10

Linked entry: a-firhtan

eówan

(v.)
Grammar
eówan, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To shew, manifest, confer ostendĕre, manifestāre, conferre

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Ealne ðone egesan, ðe him eówed wæs all that terror which was shewn to him, 202; Th. 250, 4; Dan. 541

Linked entry: geówian

folc-bearn

(n.)
Grammar
folc-bearn, es; n.

A folk-childa child of manpŏpŭli fīliushŏmĭnis fīlius

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Þurh ðé eorþ-búende ealle onfóþ, folcbearn, freoðo and freóndscipe through thee all dwellers upon earth, the children of men, shall receive peace and friendship, 84; Th. 105, 28; Gen. 1760

langsum-ness

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

Length

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Ealle óðre dagas on twelf mónþum habbaþ mislíce langsumnysse, Lchdm. iii. 258, 2 note. Ða brádsumnessa and ða langsumnessa, Wulfst. 244, 27

preón

(n.)
Grammar
preón, es; m.
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Hió becwiþ hyre ealdan gewíredan preón is an .vi. mancussum, Chart. Th. 537, 35. Ic geann mínre yldran dehter ... ánes bendes and twegea preóna[s] and ánes wífscrúdes ealles, 530, 21. Menum ł preónum monilibus, Hpt. Gl. 434, 71.

ge-cnǽwe

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cnǽwe, adj.

Knowingconsciousawareacknowledgingcognoscensconscius

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Híg ealle wǽron ðæs gecnǽwe omnes testimonium illi dabant, Lk. Bos. 4, 22

Linked entry: on-cnǽwe

strǽgl

(n.)
Grammar
strǽgl, (from Latin stragula ?), strǽl, strél, e ; f.
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Ealle strǽla his ðú ácyrdest universum stratum ejus versasti, Ps. Spl. 40, 3

Linked entry: strél

sunn-beám

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-beám, es; m.
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-Ealle ða niht stód swylce beorht sunnbeám tota ea nocte columna lucis stabat, Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 24: Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 184. Him gǽþ of se leóma swylce óðer sunnbeám, Lchdm. iii. 272, 5. Hwæt fremaþ ðam blindan seó beorhta sunbeám? Homl.

Linked entries: sunne-beám beám

un-mǽtness

(n.)
Grammar
un-mǽtness, e; f.

Immensenessexcess

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Ðá cwom micel snáw ... ðá ic ða unmǽtnisse and micelnisse ðæs snáwes geseah, ða ðúhte mé ðæt ic wiste ðæt hé wolde ealle ða wícstówe forfeallan cadere mox ... immense ceperunt nives quarum aggregationem meluens ne castra cumularentur, Nar. 23, 14

weorold-gleng

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-gleng, es or e; m. or f.
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Ðá forlét hé ealle ðás woruldglenga. Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 16, 18

á-gangan

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H. 119, 1. to come to pass, happen Þá forebeácno þá þe. . . geweorþan sceoldan, ealle þá syndon ágangen. . . fífe þára syndon ágangen on þisse eldo. Bl. H. 117, 30-36

blíþe-mód

Grammar
blíþe-mód, blíþ-mód.
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L. 36, 23. of kindly mind, kindly disposed Hí cwǽdon ꝥ hí ealle him swíðe blíðemóde wǽron . . . Hé cwæð, 'Ic eom swíðe blíðemód (blíðmód, blíðemóde, v. ll.) tó eów' respondebant omnes placidissimam se mentem ad ilium habere . . .

éþian

(v.)
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Swá swá se man swelteþ, swí swylteþ eác þá nýtenu, and gelíce hí ealle éþiað (spirant), Gr. D. 264, 20. Þonne þá wyrmas éðedon, þonne eóde him of þý múðe mid þý oroðe swylce byrnende þecelle, Nar. 14, 13. Éþgiendra anhelantium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 1, 1.

fore-þeón

(v.)
Grammar
fore-þeón, (for-)

o excelsurpass

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to excel, surpass Ealle wé sind gelíce ætforan Gode, búton hwá óðerne mid gódum weorcum forðeó, Hml. Th. i. 260, 26. Hú hé óþerne on hálgum þeówdóme forþeón mæge, R. Ben. 131, 18.

Linked entry: for-þeón

fore-gangan

to precede

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Gódra foregangendra (praecedentium) wera, 8, 20: 277, 10. to take precedence of, rank higher than Ðes Ióhannes wæs mára ðonne ǽnig óþer mon búton Críste . . . ealle þá apostolas and martyras hé foregongeð, Shrn. 95, 11

íg-land

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Oþ þæt íland þe wé hátað Thyle, 29, 3; F. 106, 23. lc íglanda eallra hæbbe bóca onbyrged, Sal. l

merigen-lic

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Ealle þás niht ic áne wunode biddende . . . and þís mergendlican dæge gelícode mé ꝥ ic eówerne sum mé tó begeáte, Hml. S. 33, 108. Meriendlice lofsangas matutini, R. Ben. I. 45, 16. Merrigenlice, 37, 14. On mergenlicum lofsangum, 42, 9.

rád

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Hire hind hire ealne weg beforan arn ðonne hió on ráde wæs, Lch. iii. 426, 27. <b>I a.

healtian

(v.)
Grammar
healtian, p. ode; pp. od

To halt, limp, be lame

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Hí nú gyt heora ealdan gewunon healdaþ and from rihtum stígum healtiaþ ipsi adhuc inveterati et claudicantes a semitis suis, Bd. 5, 22; S. 644, 19. Hý healtodan on heora wegum claudicaverunt a semitis suis, Ps. Th. 17, 43.

ge-stæððig

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-stæððig, adj. [stæðig firm]

Steadfastfirmstăbĭlisfirmus

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Ealle gesceafta onfóþ æt ðam gestæððigan Gode, endebyrdnesse, and andwlitan, and gemetgunge all creatures receive from the steadfast God order, and form, and measure, Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 14