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lyften

(adj.)
Grammar
lyften, adj.

Aerial ⬩ airy

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Hí sind genumene tó lyftente heofenan ná tó rodorlícre they [Epoch and Elijah] are taken to the aërial heaven, not to the etherial heaven, Homl. Th. i. 308, 3. Lyftene gnættas the gnats of the air, Hexam. 17; Norm. 24, 30

un-brygd

(n.)
Grammar
un-brygd, (?), es; m.

A not unfair turn ⬩ fair dealing

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O. 13; Th. i. 184, 4

ge-þyldigean

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þyldigean, -þyldgian, -þyldian; p. ode; pp. od

To be patient ⬩ to bear patiently ⬩ endure ⬩ to bear ⬩ endure ⬩ sustain ⬩ sustinere ⬩ patientiam habere ⬩ tolerare ⬩ pati

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Ðé ic geþyldgode ealne dæg te sustinui tota die, Ps. Spl. 24, 5. Geþyldigendum patientibus, 102, 6. Gepyldiendium, Ps. Spl. T. 145, 5

ge-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rǽdan, p. de; pp. ed, -rǽdd, -rǽd.

to arrange, dispose, direct, advise, determine, ordain, consult for, provide for ⬩ decernere, statuere, edicere, consulere, providere ⬩ to enjoin ⬩ to arrange ⬩ to read ⬩ legere

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Ic ðone friþ gerǽdd hæbbe I have ordained the peace, L. Ath. v. § 11; Th. i. 240, 14. Gerǽd ordained, § l0; Th. i. 240, 2: L. Eth. vi. 32; Th. i. 324, 1. [Goth. ga-raidjan to enjoin: Icel. greiða to arrange.] to read; legere Sý gerǽd sit lectus, C.

feor-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
feor-cund, feorr-cund; adj.

Come from afar ⬩ perĕgrīnus

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In. 20; Th. i. 114, 15-116, 2

Linked entry: feorran-cund

wacan

(v.)
Grammar
wacan, p. wóc; pp. wacen

To wake ⬩ to come into being ⬩ be born ⬩ spring

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To wake; but occurring mostly in the sense to come into being, be born, spring Sió mǽgburg ðe ic æfter wóc the family from which I sprang, Exon. Th. 401, 34; Rä. 21, 21. Abrahame wóc bearn of brýde to Abraham a child was born of his wife, Cd.

Linked entries: on-wacan on-wacan

fón

(v.)

to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to take ⬩ arrest ⬩ apprehend ⬩ to get ⬩ gain ⬩ to get ⬩ suffer ⬩ experience ⬩ to begin ⬩ to begin ⬩ to take ⬩ to set about ⬩ undertake ⬩ to attack ⬩ to begin at ⬩ to take ⬩ take ⬩ to set to work at ⬩ deal with ⬩ receive ⬩ accept ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ take possession of ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ undertake ⬩ to take ⬩ to take to ⬩ allow of ⬩ to take to ⬩ to take to ⬩ join battle ⬩ to join together ⬩ to struggle with

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Ǽrest wé wyllað fón on Ianuarium, 305, 29. fón tó to take to. to take into the hand, get for one's self, take Þá hé tó wǽpnum féng, By. 10.

cyfes-boren

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cyfes-boren, def. se cyfes-borena; part.

Born in concubinage, base-born ⬩ e concubina genĭtus

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Born in concubinage, base-born; e concubina genĭtus His cyfesborena bróðor siððan ríxode, se ðe wende to Scottum his base-born brother afterwards reigned, who had gone to the Scots, Homl. Th. ii. 148, 17

Linked entry: cifes-boren

nearu-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
nearu-fáh, adj.

Disastrously hostile ⬩ bearing enmity the result of which is to reduce others to straits

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Disastrously hostile, bearing enmity the result of which is to reduce others to straits Wæs ðæs wyrmes wíg wíde gesýne, nearofáges níð, him se gúþsceaþa Geáta leóde hatode and hýnde, Beo. Th. 4623; B. 2317

blíþsian

(v.)
Grammar
blíþsian, p. ode; pp. od

To rejoice, be glad, blithe, merry ⬩ lætari ⬩ exsilire gaudio

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To rejoice, be glad, blithe, merry; lætari Hí tó swíðe blíþsodon they rejoiced too much, Past. 50, 2; Hat. MS. Blíþsa, cniht on ðínum gióguþháde rejoice, young man, in thy youth, 49, 5; Hat. MS

stefn-byrd

(n.)
Grammar
stefn-byrd, e; f.
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Regulation, direction Sceoldon eal beran stíþe stefnbyrd swá him se steóra bibeád missenlíce gemetu all creatures had to submit to firm direction, as the guide ordered them, various modes, Exon. Th. 349, 12; Sch. 45

un-hlidian

(v.)
Grammar
un-hlidian, p. ode

To uncover ⬩ to remove the lid or covering from something

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To uncover, to remove the lid or covering from something Féng se portgeréfa tóö ðære tége and hé hí unhlidode, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 765. Seó byrgen wæs open geworden and unhlidod, Wulfst. 214, 19

Linked entry: -hlidian

forht-mód

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Ástrehte se Riggo hine tó eorðan mid eallum his geférum swíðe forhtigende . .. and gecyrdon tó heora hláforde forhtmóde (trepidi. v. Gr. D. 132, 8 under forht), Hml. Th. ii. 168, 21: i. 504, 31. Add

stæppan

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Ǽlc þǽra stapa ðe gé tó Godes húse stæppað, Hml. Th. ii. 444, 11. Mid þám ðe hé mótode on his dómsetle sittende, . . . þá stóp him tó Godes engel, and hine ofslóh, 382, 31. Add

cote

(n.)
Grammar
cote, an; f.

A cot ⬩ cottage ⬩ house ⬩ casa ⬩ domus

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A cot, cottage, house; casa, domus Gif hwilc man forstolen þingc hám to his cotan bringe if any man bring a stolen thing home to his house L. C. S. 77; Th. i. 418, 18

Linked entry: cete

Fíf burhga

(n.)
Grammar
Fíf burhga, or burga; pl. f.

The Five towns ⬩ quinque cīvĭtātes

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Ferde se æðeling ðanon in to fíf burgum [burhgum, Th. 276, 7, col. 2] the noble went thence to the Five towns, Chr. 1015; Th. 276, 7, col. 1; 277, 7: 1013; Th. 270, 17, col. 2

ge-innian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-innian, pp. -innod

To bring in ⬩ include ⬩ to fill ⬩ supply ⬩ charge ⬩ præstare ⬩ includere

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To bring in, include, to fill, supply, charge; præstare, includere Wolde God geinnian ðone lyre God would supply the loss, Homl. Th. i. 12, 24 : 180, 18 : L. In. 62; Th. i. 142, 4 : Th. Apol. 23, 7.

hón

(v.)
Grammar
hón, p. héng; pp. hangen

To hang, ⬩ suspend, ⬩ crucify

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Th. ii. 308, 29. Ðǽr wǽron gelǽdde twegen sceaþan for heora synnum tó hónne there were brought two thieves to be crucified for their sins, 254, 22. Tó hóanne ad crucifigendum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 20, 19. Ic hæbbe mihte ðé tó hónne, Jn. Skt. 19, 10.

feormian

(v.)

to maintain ⬩ foster ⬩ to feast

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Gif hé hit bútan þæs ealdormonnes gewitnisse dó, geselle sé þe hine tó men feormie .cxx. sciłł. tó wíte, Ll. Th. i. 86, 5.

æfnan

(v.)
Grammar
æfnan, p. de; pp. ed

To perform ⬩ execute ⬩ labour ⬩ show ⬩ patrare ⬩ facere ⬩ laborare ⬩ præstare

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Wile coriscipe æfnan he wishes to show his dignity, 87 a; Th. 327, 3; Wíd. 141. Æfdon unsofte for æfudon? 27 b; Th. 83, 16; Cri. 1357

Linked entry: æfdon