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in-faran

(v.)
Grammar
in-faran, p. -fór

To go into ⬩ enter

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To go into, enter Ic infare on húse ðinum introibo in domum tuam, Ps. Spl. 5, 8. Innfæreþ ingredietur, Jn. Skt. Lind. 10, 9. Infór se cingc on ða sǽ ingressus est pharao in mare, Cantic. Moys. 19.

ceáp

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Ðá ealdorbiscopas ðá leáslican ceápas binnan ðám Godes húse geðafedon, Hml.

sealm

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

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.

Linked entries: a-ríseþ rísan ge-rás ge-risen

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.

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.

tó-lǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-lǽtan, p. -lét; pp. -lǽten
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To let go in different directions, to cause to go different ways, to disperse, release, relax: Tólǽte[þ] relaxat, Hpt. Gl. 405, 67. Gif mon sýþ gárleác ou henne broþe and selþ drincan, ðonne tólǽt hió ðæt sár ( costiveness ), Lchdm. ii. 276, 16.

fór-cuman

(v.)
Grammar
fór-cuman, p. -com, -cwom, pl. -cómon, -cwómon; pp. -cumen [fór before; cuman to come]

To FORE-COME ⬩ go before ⬩ prevent ⬩ prævĕnīre

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To FORE-COME, go before, prevent; prævĕnīre Arís, Drihten, fórcum hí exurge, Dŏmĭne, prævĕni eos, Ps. Spl. 16, 14. Ic fórcom on rípunga prævēni in matūrĭtāte, 118, 147

Linked entry: fóre-cuman

forþ-mǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
forþ-mǽre, adj.

Very great ⬩ præclārus

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Very great; præclārus Gewíteþ on westródor forþmǽre tungol faran the very great star departs to go into the western sky, Exon. 93 b; Th. 350, 25; Sch. 69

em-fela

(adj.)
Grammar
em-fela, adj.

Equally many ⬩ tŏtĭdem

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Equally many; tŏtĭdem Gán inn emfela manna of ǽgðre healfe let equally as many men of either side go in, L. Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 226, 20

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

hóh

(n.)
Grammar
hóh, hó; gen. hós; m.
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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.
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Tóeáfan 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

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

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