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nacod

Grammar
nacod, <b>. I a.</b>
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Swá þám men þe wurde fǽringa nacod beforan eallon folce, and hé nyste þonne mid hwám hé þone sceamiendan líchaman bewruge, Wlfst. 238, 14: Mart. H. 18, 20.

ofer-méttu (o)

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-méttu (o), indecl. in sing. ; but declined in pl. , where it is used with singular meaning, cf. ofer-hygd, -méde : perhaps all the instances which follow may belong to the plural, since eáþmétto takes a verb in the plural; f.

Pride, arrogance, haughtiness

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God ða mǽstan ofermétto gewræc on ðam folce, 6, 2; Swt. 256, 5. Ðe ofermétto dóþ qui faciunt superbiam Ps. Th. 30, 27. Ofermétto fastu Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 62. Ðis synt ða ídelnyssa ðisse worulde: ǽrest is ofermétta arrogantia L. Ecg.

cyst

(n.)
Grammar
cyst, cist, e; f. [ceósan to choose] .

choice, election optio, electio æstimatio excellence, virtue, munificence, goodness præstantia, virtus, largitas, bonitas

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Ðonne beóþ gesomnad, on ða swíðran hond, ða clǽnan folc, Criste sylfum gecorene bi cystum then shall be assembled, on the right hand, the pure people, chosen by election by Christ himself, Exon. 25b; Th. 75, 19; Cri. 1224: Ps.

Linked entry: wyn

þearfa

(adj.)
Grammar
þearfa, adj.
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, gá Godes þearfum and earmum þeówetlingum, ix. 6; Th. i. 342, 9: in return the poor were exhorted to intercede for the people whose alms they received :-- Wé lǽraþ, ðæt preóstas, þonne hí ða ælmessan ðǽlan, ða þearfan georne biddan, ðæt hig for ðæt folc

Linked entry: EARM

ende-mes

Grammar
ende-mes, emdenes, emdemes.

togethercoincidence straightwayat once

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Hí him ondrǽdan hú hí wið him eallum emdemes mehten, and siredon hú hí hié tótwǽman mehten, Ors. 3, 10; S. 138, 6. straightway, at once Þæt folc eall hrýmde, þá burston þá weallas endemes tó grunde omni populo vociferante muri illico corruerunt, Jos.

gíme-líst

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Folc ðe on clǽnum felda sige gefeohtað, and eft innan hira burgum belocene ðurh hiera giémeliéste ( negligentiam ) hié lǽtað gebindan, 229, I. want of anxiety, security.

heáp

a bandcompanythe clergya choiran armya hosta troopcompanya crewa collectionin companytogether

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Heora ǽgðer hæfde his folc on þrím heápum cohortes triplici ordine disposuit, Ors. 5, 12; S. 242, 3.

micel

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and Add: great with reference to size, bulk, stature Geseah hé swýþe mycele weorud. . . and wæs án þǽra. . . swýþe heáh and swýðe mycel ofer eal þæt oþer folc. Vis. Lfc. 14.

on-ginnan

(v.)
Grammar
on-ginnan, p. -gan, -gann; pl. -gunnon; pp. -gunnen.

to begin, set about, set to workto attempt, endeavour (with infin.)to act strenuouslyto make an attempt upon, to attack

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Hé onginþ (incipiet) tó álýsenne his folc of þeówte, Jud. 13, 5. Ðá ongan ic ða bóc wendan on Englisc, Past. pref.; Swt. 7, 17. Ðú ðe ongunne ( coepisti ) ætýwan ðíne mǽrþe, Deut. 3, 24. Se ongan ǽrest onclypian Drihtnes naman, Gen. 4, 26.

wrégan

(v.)
Grammar
wrégan, (wrecan) ; p. wrégde, wréhte; pp. wreged, wreht

To bewrayaccusedenounceto accuseto accuseto accuseto denounce

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Ðæt folc wréhton his módignysse tó ðam cásere, Homl. Th. i. 478, 17. [Mon schal wreien him suluen ine schrifte, A. R. 304, 1. Gif þu wreiest þe seoluen to þine scrifte, O. E. Homl.i. 27, 36. He ne wollde unnshaþiþ wimmann wreþhenn, Orm. 2889.

færeld

(n.)
Grammar
færeld, (n. and) m.

goingwalkinga goingcoursejourneya wayroadthe runcarriagevehicle a trainretinuecourseproceeding

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Se líchoma dǽm móde wiernð his unnyttan færelta, Past. 257, 9. referring to the Passover Pascha is on Léden transitus, and on Englisc færeld; for ðan on ðisum dæge férde Godes folc ofer ðá Reádan sǽ, Hml. Th. ii. 282, 15

hirde

a keeperguardianprotectordirectorguidepastor the keepera keepera guardwatchman

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Se cyning and se biscop sceoldan beon Crístenra folca hyrdas, and hí from eallum unrithwísum áhweorfan, 45, 26. in phrases denoting a king, ruler, head of a house, leader etc. Ríces hyrde, werodes wísa (Moses), Exod. 256.

ofer

(prep.)
Grammar
ofer, ofor; prep. adv.

with dat. generally with the idea of rest;above, overdenoting contact with anything, upon, ondenoting extension over, throughout, in, ondenoting a higher degree, beyond, more thandenoting the cause of an emotion, overdenoting the object over which power is exercisedwith the idea of movement, where the accusative might be expectedmarking time, after, beyond denoting motion in a definite direction across, to the other side of an objectdenoting motion which is diffused over a surfacedenoting extension through a space, throughout, amongdenoting motion from below, over, abovedenoting motion from above, upon, on denoting the object upon which an action or feeling takes effectdenoting the object over which power is exercisedabove, more thansupra, superbeyond, besidesultradenoting the passing over moral bounds, in violation of, in opposition to, contrary to, againstwith words implying rest(cf. to talk over)denoting the cause of an emotion (cf. I. 5)withoutwith words expressing time,afterthrough, during

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Sittende ofor eoselan folan, 71, 5. Úre Dryhten sæt ofer winda fiðerum, Salm. Kmbl. p. 198, 26. denoting extension over, throughout, in, on Hé wolde ǽgðær ge ofer heofenum ge ofer eorþan ús his miltse gecýðon, Blickl.

Linked entries: ofer-bord ofer-sceótan

næss

(n.)
Grammar
næss, ness, es; m.

a nessland running out into waterheadlandpromontory

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Fyrgenstreám under næssa genipu niðer gewíteþ ( the stream disappears in a dark chasm ), flód under foldan, Beo. Th. 2724; B. 1360. Hí (the fallen angels) gedúfan sceolun niðær undær nessas (to hell ) in ðone neowlan grund, Cd.

Linked entries: næsse ness

scildan

(v.)
Grammar
scildan, scyldan, sceldan, sceoldan; p. de.
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Ða wið flódum foldan sceldun (scehdun, MS.), 61, 6; Cri. 980. Hú hí hí sylfe scyldan sceolan wið deóflu, Blickl. Homl. 47, 22. Utan scyldan ús wið ðone hátan bryne ðe wealleþ on helle, L. C. S. 85 ; Th. i. 424, 15.

Linked entries: scyldan scehdun

streón

(n.)
Grammar
streón, es; n.
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All follc wass þatt illke streon þatt Adam haffde strenedd, Orm. 27. Hiss stren shollde ben todrifenn, 16396. Þat holy streon, O.E. Misc. 153, 217. Of God, nat of the streen of which they been engendered, Chauc. Cl. T. 157.

ágen

(n.; v.; adj.; part.)
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Ǽnigum folce his ǽgenu ǽ gelícade tó healdenne, Ors. 5, 15; S. 250, 19. Þæs wæteres ágnu cýþ is on eorþan, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 14. Þis is mín ágen cýð, Met. 24, 49. Ágen vel gecynde sprǽc idioma, proprietas linguae , Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 46.

beódan

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Man beád þá[m] folce þider, 1052; P. 175, 28. Ðæt hié him tó unáberendlíce ne beóden ne plus justo jubeant, Past. 189, 19, Se biscop sceal beódan mid þon mǽston bebode þǽm mæssepreóstum, Bl.

ge-macian

(v.)
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Gé habbað ús gedón láðe Pharaone and eallum his folce, and gemacod þæt hig wyllað ús mid hyra swurdum ofsleán foetere fecistis odorem nostrum coram Pharaone et servis ejus, et praebuistis ei gladium ut occideret BOS, Ex. 5, 21. <b>V a.

ge-feohtan

(v.)
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H. 221, 15. trans. to gain by fighting Ðǽm folce ðe on clǽnum felda weorðlicne sige gefeohtað his qui per fortitudinem in campo victores sunt, Past. 227, 25. Þone sige þe hé on Persia ðeóda gefeaht, Hml. S. 30, 153.