hwæþer
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Áfandað God ... hwæðer hé ánrǽde sý, Hml. Th. i. 268, 16: Gen. 1437. Sorgian hwæðer ..., Met. 9, 34: Sat. 277.
ge-þafian
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Ðonne God hwæt wyrcþ oþþe geþafaþ. Bt. 39, 10; F. 226, 25. Hé geþafað þá dyrnan geþingo, Ll. Th. i. 240, 16. Búte hit God wille oððe geþafige. Bt. 41, 2 ; F. 244, 19. Wé nellað geþafian ꝥ unriht, Ll. Th. i. 388, 4: ii. 312, 17.
hweorfan
To turn ⬩ change ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ depart ⬩ go about ⬩ wander ⬩ roam
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To turn, change, go, return, depart, go about, wander, roam, hover about Nǽfre ic from hweorfe ac ic mid wunige áwa tó ealdre I will never go from you, but I will dwell with you for ever, Exon. 14 b; Th. 30, 8; Cri. 476.
Linked entries: hwerfan hworfan hwurfan ge-hweorfan
æt-íwan
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His wíte þǽm Godes þegne ætéwed wæs, Shrn. 86, 5. Ætýwed (-eówed, R. , ædeáwd, L.) on óðrum híwe, Mk. 16, 12. Tácna ætýwde wǽron, Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 13.
Linked entry: æt-eáwan
ge-gearwian
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Þá mǽrða þe God hæfð gegearwod þám þe his willan gewyrcað, Wlfst. 167, 9. ¶ where the purpose for which preparation is made is given :-- Þone sélestan dǽl hiora góda gegearod tó heora geblóte, Ors. 6, 21; S. 272, 25. <b>II a.
féðe-leás
Footless ⬩ pĕdĭbus cărens
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Footless; pĕdĭbus cărens Ðú scealt faran féðeleás thou shall go footless, Cd. 43; Th. 56, 6; Gen. 908 : Exon. 127a; Th. 488, 7; Rä. 76, 3
fífel-wǽg
The terrific wave ⬩ the ocean ⬩ ōceănus
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The terrific wave, the ocean; ōceănus Léton ofer fífelwǽg scríðan bronte brimþisan they let the high ships go over the ocean, Elen. Kmbl. 473; El. 237
Linked entry: wǽg
stíþ-hycgende
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in a good sense, of firm, inflexible purpose, resolute Stópon tó ðære stówe stíðhycgende, Elen. Kmbl. 1429 ; El. 716. in a bad sense, obstinate, stubborn Hire Iudas oncwæð stíðhycgende: 'Ic ða stówe ne can,' 1362 ; El. 683.
ge-wilnigendlic
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Gewilniendlice ofor gold desiderabilia super aurum, Ps. L. 18, 11. concupiscent, libidinous Ús is beboden . . . fortredan ðá gewilnigendlice lustas, Hml. Th. ii. 398, 29. capable of desire Uþwytan sæcgað ꝥ þǽre sáwle gecynd is ðryfeald.
nabban
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Hý tó Gode næfdon náþer ne lufe ne ege, Wlfst. 10, 5. Nabbe (næbbe, v. l. ) gé nánne gemánan wið hine, Past. 357, 5. Add
sápe
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Mængc wiþ þá sápan and wiþ þæs æpples gor, Lch. iii. 36, 31. Add
ǽ-bylgness
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Ðæt heó ðá ǽbylignysse gebéte ðe heó Gode ábylgð iram Dei quam excitaverit placare, Ll. Th. ii. 188, 4. Add
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of-irnan
to overtake ⬩ to tire with running
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[Þe abbed æfter Uortiger rad & sone gon ofærne Uortigerne, Laym. 13149.] to tire with running Hé wæs swíðe ofurnen he was very tired with running Jud. 4. 19
éhtere
A persecutor ⬩ persĕcūtor
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Sanctus Albanus cýðde ðám éhterum Godes geleáfan ðæt he cristen wǽre Saint Alban told the persecutors of God's truth that he was a christian, 1, 7; S. 477, 22. Gebiddaþ for eówre éhteras pray for your persecutors, Mt. Bos. 5, 44: Bd. 1, 7; S. 476, 37
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mere-grot
A pebble ⬩ stone of the sea ⬩ a pearl
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Is heofena ríce gelíc ðam mangere ðe sóhte ðæt góde meregrot. Ðá hé funde ðæt án deórwyrðe meregrot ðá bohte hé ðæt meregrot, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 45-46. Bergean swylce meregrota ( margaritæ ), Nar. 37, 29. Gefrætwod swá swá mid meregrotum, Homl.
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myrre
Myrrh
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Myrrh Hí him lác brohton; ðæt wæs gold and récels and myrre, Mt. Kmbl. 2, 11. Seó myrre getácnode ðæt hé wæs deádlíc, Homl. Th. i. 116, 10. Myrra déþ ðæt ðæt deáde flǽsc ne rotaþ, 118, 11. Murre myrra, Ps. Spl. 44, 10.
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ge-fýlan
To foul ⬩ defile ⬩ pollute ⬩ inquinare ⬩ foedare ⬩ contaminare
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To foul, defile, pollute; inquinare, foedare, contaminare Ðæt hí willaþ mid gegaf-sprǽcum Godes hús gefýlan so that they will with idle speeches defile God's house, L. Ælfc. C. 35; Th. ii. 356, note 2, line 22.
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þeáw-fæst
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of good manners, of well-ordered life, moral, virtuous Loth hine fægre heóld, þeáwfæst and geþyldig, on ðam þeódscipe, Cd. Th. 116, 26; Gen. 1942: ( Abraham ), 161, 8; Gen. 2662.
ælmes-selen
Alms-giving
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Hé hit hæfde geearnod mid ælmæsselenun and gódum weorcum, 330, 18. Mid bénum and mid ælmessylenum, Ll. Th. ii. 324, 32
wíg-trod
A war-track ⬩ the road along which an army has passed
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A war-track, the road along which an army has passed Wítrod ( = wígtrod) gefeól heáh of heofonum handweorc Godes on to the track where the host of Israel had passed fell from the heavens the lofty walls raised by God's hand (cf. se ágend up árǽrde reáde
Linked entry: wí-trod