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FARAN

(v.)
Grammar
FARAN, to farenne; ic fare, ðú farest, færest, færst, færsþ, he fareþ, færeþ, færþ, pl. faraþ; p. fór, pl. fóron; pp.

A word expressing every kind of going from one place to another, hence ⬩ to go, proceed, travel, march, sail ⬩ īre, vādĕre, incēdĕre, transīre, migrāre, nāvīgāre ⬩ FARE, happen, to be in any state ⬩ versāri in ălĭqua re, se hăbēre ălĭquo mŏdo

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faren, A word expressing every kind of going from one place to another, hence to go, proceed, travel, march, sail; īre, vādĕre, incēdĕre, transīre, migrāre, nāvīgāre Faran ofer feldas to go over fields, Exon. 108 b; Th. 415, 8; Rä, 33, 8.

Linked entries: færan feran

ymb-hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-hweorfan, p. -hwearf.
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to go round, revolve round Se roder ǽlce dæg úton ymbhwyrfð ealne ðisne middaneard, Bt. 39, 3 ; Fox 214, 16. Ymbhwyrfeþ, Met. 20, 137. Ymbhwerfeþ, 28, 4.

reád

(adj.)
Grammar
reád, adj.
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Gl. 511, 4. of gold Reád gold aurum obrizum, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 33 : Met. 19, 6 : Cd. Th. 219, 24; Dan. 59. of fire, sky Reád líg, Dóm. L. 10, 149, 152 : Exon. Th. 51, 2; Cri. 810. Ðes heofon ys reád ( rubicundum ), Mt.

Linked entry: reód

má

(adv.)
Grammar
má, ; adv.
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Add: in or to a greater degree, extent, or quantity Hí forseóð hí selfe lǽs on þysum middanearde þá þe þæncað ꝥ hí sýn sylfe má góde þonne óðre men ut minus se in hoc mundo despiciant qui plus se ceteris aliquid fuisse meminerunt, Gr. D. 151, 27.

offrung

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Add Salomon geoffrode Gode micele lác, þæt wǽron þúsendfealde onsægednessa æt ánre offrunge, Hml. Th. ii. 576, 8.

a-sceacan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sceacan, -scacan, -scæcan; he -sceaceþ, -sceacþ, -scæceþ, -scaceþ; p. -sceóc, -scóc, pl. -sceócon, -scócon; pp. -sceacen, -scacen.

to shake off ⬩ remove ⬩ excutere ⬩ to be removed ⬩ forsake ⬩ desert ⬩ flee ⬩ excuti ⬩ fugere ⬩ aufugere ⬩ deserere ⬩ to shake ⬩ brandish ⬩ to be shaken ⬩ vibrare ⬩ quatere ⬩ concuti ⬩ labefieri ⬩ infirmari

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Wilsumne regn wolcen brincgeþ, and ðonne ascaceþ God sundoryrfe pluviam voluntariam segregabis, Deus, hereditati tuæ, etenim infirmata est, Ps. Th. 67, 10

Linked entries: a-scacan a-scæcan

un-dirne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-dirne, -dierne, -dyrne; adj.

Not hidden ⬩ discovered ⬩ revealed ⬩ manifest

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Ic gearwe wát ðæt ðé (God) siendan ealle wísan (printed wifan) undierne and cúðe dínre ðære hálgan þrynesse, Anglia xi. 97, 7. Nuncupatio est undyrne yrfebéc, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 24

Linked entries: dirne un-derne un-dyrne

un-geendod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geendod, adj.

endless ⬩ without end ⬩ not coming to an end ⬩ infinite ⬩ very great in number, extent

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endless, without end, not coming to an end God is ǽfre unbegunnen and ungeendod, Ælfc. Gr. 32; Zup. 201, 10: Homl. Th. i. 8, 27: Homl. Skt. i. 1, 16. Ðǽr is ðæt éce blis and, ðæt ungeendode ríce, Blickl. Homl. 25, 30, 24.

Linked entry: ge-endian

ge-sáwan

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-seów(-seáw, -seáwde in Lindisfarne Gospels). to sow seed, a plant Nó þú gód séd geseówe (-seáw, L.) nonne bonum semen seminasti ?, Mt. R. 13, 27. Þ te ðú ne gesáudes, Lk. L. 19, 22.

ge-stihtian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stihtian, ge-stihtan.
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S. 30, 26. to arrange a matter, with noun or pronoun Hit gewearð swá hit God gestihtade] . . . Ors. 6, 21; S. 272, 20. Cýðnisse gestihtadun testamentum disposuerunt, Ps. Srt. 82, 6. Se abbud eal gestyhtige and gesette þæt him gemǽne bið, R.

lóc

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Loca hú God wylle, Hml. A. 62, 253, 257. Lóc hú lange se sóða lǽce hit foresceáwige, Hml. Th. i. 474, 25. Lócehwænne mín tíma beó, Angl. xii. 499, 7. Lóca hwǽr beó se móna níwe, viii. 322, 31 : 333, 21. Lóca hwǽr se ealdor him tǽce, R. Ben. 82, 15

of-þyncan

Grammar
of-þyncan, Add: <b>I a.</b>
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<b>I b</b> :-- Ne bið God nǽfre bepéht, ne him nǽfre ne ofþincð ꝥ, ꝥ hé ǽr tó rǽde geþóhte, Angl. vii. 34, 317. Þæt eów ofðince eówer gedwyld, Hml. Th. ii. 490, 8.

on-timber

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Add Þæs mannes líchaman antimber bið of ðám fæder and of ðǽre méder, ac God gescypð þone líchaman of ðám antimbre, Hml. Th. i. 292, 28. Salomon árǽrde þæt mǽre hús of eorðlicum antimbre, ii. 580, 11: Wlfst. 279, 25.

hóh

(n.)
Grammar
hóh, hó; gen. hós; m.

A heel, ⬩ hough

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Him on hóh beleác heofonríces weard merehúses múþ God closed the door of the ark behind him, Cd. 69; Th. 82, 16; Gen. 1363. Mínra hóa calcanei mei, Ps. Th. 48, 5. Pharao him filigde æt ðám hón Pharaoh followed at their heels, Homl. Th. ii. 194, 22.

Linked entries: hó hó-banca

tó-eácan

(adv.)
Grammar
tó-eácan, adv., prep.

In addition, ⬩ besides ⬩ In addition to, ⬩ besides

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Tóeácan ðon ðe hine God sylf innan manode, Blickl. Homl. 217, 5. Tóécanðæm ðe hé hiénende wæs his folc, hé wæs sinþyrstende monnes blódes, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 130, 30

ge-rísan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rísan, 3rd sing. pres. -ríseþ, -ríst , pl. -rísaþ; p. -rás, pl. -rison; pp. -risen

To behove, become, befit, suit ⬩ dĕcēre, convĕnīre

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To behove, become, befit, suit; dĕcēre, convĕnīre: generally used impersonally Gold geríseþ on guman sweorde gold is fitting on a man's sword, Exon. 91 a; Th. 341, 14; Gn. Ex. 126. Ðé geríseþ lofsang te dĕcet hymnus, Ps. Spl. 64, 1: 92, 7.

un-weorþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-weorþlíce, adv.

unworthily ⬩ in an unsuitable manner ⬩ with indignity ⬩ with contempt ⬩ ignominiously ⬩ with indignation

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Hí heóldon ðæt gold unwurðlíce they held the gold in contempt, Homl. Th. i. 326, 24. with indignation Ðá se Hǽlend hí geseah unwurðlíce (-weorð-, MS. A.) hé hit forbeád quos cum uideret Iesus indigne tulit, Mk.

sealm

(n.)
Grammar
sealm, psealm, psalm, es; m.

A psalm ⬩ song

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Syngaþ Gode sealm, 67, 4. Salma psalmorum, Ps. Surt. 70, 21. On sealmum wé drýman him in psalmis jubilemus ei, Ps. Spl. 94, 2. Ðæt ic Gode sealmas singe, Ps.

Linked entries: psalm salm

fore-féran

(v.)
Grammar
fore-féran, p. de

To precede

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To precede, go in front of Hé forefoerde hiá antecedebat eos, Lk. L. R. 22, 47. Þá foreférendan qui praeibant (Lk. 18, 39), Bl. H. 15, 20

wóhhian

(v.)
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to go astray mentally, rave, wander Þá wénde se cniht ꝥ hé dwolode and wóhhade (wihade, v.l. wóhade ?) cum anne puer insanire crederet, Gr. D. 314, 7

Linked entry: wihade