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tó-weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-weorpan, -werpan, -worpan, -wurpan, -wyrpan; p. -wearp, pl. -wurpon; pp. -worpen.
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God tówearp (subvertit) ða burga, Gen. 19, 25 : Ors. 3, 7 ; Swt. 114, 2. Hé tówearp ðæt templ Titus templum diruit, 6, 7 ; Swt. 262, 20. Se god*-*cunda anweald tówearp ðone torr ( the eower of Babel), Bt. 35, 4 ; Fox 162, 25.

wís-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
wís-dóm, es; m.

wisdomdiscretionknowledge cognizancewisdom knowledge learning philosophy

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Wé willaþ beón bylewite, and wíse, ðæt wé búgon fram yfele and dón góda, Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 27. Hé wísdóme heóld éðel sínne, Beo. Th. 3923; B. 1959. Ic healde ðínra worda wam mid wísdóme, Ps. Th. 118, 17.

in-bestingan

(v.)
Grammar
in-bestingan, p. -stang

To piercepenetrate

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To pierce, penetrate, make a thrust which enters but does not go quite through Gif hé þurhstinþ .vi. scill. gebéte. Gif man inbestinþ .vi. scill. gebéte, L. Ethb. 64; Th. i. 18, 12

un-ágifen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ágifen, adj.

Not given upnot repaid

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Not given up, not repaid Nolde Sigelm tó wigge faran mid nánes mannes scette unágifnum Sigelm would not go to battle with the money owing to any man unpaid, Chart. Th. 201, 24

Linked entry: á-gifan

ge-stapan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stapan, p. -stóp, pl. -stópon; pp. -stapen
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To step, go; gradi, ire, ingredi Ðá gestóp he to ánes wealles býge then he stepped to a bend of a wall, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 22: Andr. Knbl. 3163; An. 1584

ge-fearrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fearrian, p. ade; pp. ad

To remove to a distancego awayavellerediscedereabscedere

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To remove to a distance, go away; avellere, discedere, abscedere He gefearrad wæs from him ipse avulsus est ab eis, Lk. Skt. Lind. 22, 41. Gifearria abscedat, Rtl. 98, 22; discedat, 120, 31

swícan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
swícan, p. swác, pl. swicon; pp. swicen.
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Ðæt ðú Gode swíce that thou prove traitor to God, Andr. Kmbl. 1916; An. 960. Hé nele Gode swícan, Exon. Th. 265, 27; Jul. 387. Ða ríceste Frencisce men wolden swícan heora hláforde ðam cynge, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 3.

Linked entry: be-swicenness

híwian

(v.)

to formfabricateto feignto dissemble

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Mænig cimeþ ... and leáslíce leógeð and egeslíce gylpeð, namað hine sylfne and híwaþ tó gode (calls himself god and pretends to be so), swylce hit Críst sý multi uenient in nomine meo dicentes: ego sum Cristus; et multos seducent, Wlfst. 89, 3.

ge-rihtlǽcan

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Hú hé his ágen líf gerihtlǽcan mid rihtre ǽfestnesse, Lch. iii. 438, 30. to correct. a person, to reform, amend God gerihtlǽcð ðá synfullan and hylt ðá gódan, Hml. S. 21, 93. Lár þín gestýrde ł gerihtlǽhte (correxit) mé, Ps. L. 17, 36.

Linked entry: rihtlǽcan

ge-rídan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rídan, p. -rád; pp. -riden

To ride, reach or obtain by riding, get into one's power, subject

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He gerád eall Norþhymbra land him to gewealde he got all Northumberland into his power, 948; Erl. 117, 9.

Linked entries: ge-faran ge-rád

mann-cynn

Grammar
mann-cynn, II. add: (i)
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Þæt is Gog and Magog, þæt beóð þá mancyn (máncyn?) þe Alexander beclýsde binnan muntclýsan (cf. Exsurgent ab Aquilone spurcissimae gentes, quas Alexander rex inclusit, Gog et Magog.

leóf-tǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
leóf-tǽle, -tǽl; adj.

Lovingdeardesirableestimablegratefulpleasantgracious

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Nán cræft nis Gode deórwyrðra ðonne sió lufu ne eft ðam deófle nán cræft leóftǽlra ðonne hié mon slíte nil pretiosius est Deo virtute dilectionis, nil est desiderabilius diabolo extinctione caritatis, Past. 47, 2; Swt. 359, 24.

Linked entry: -tǽl

ildan

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Ne yllde (ylde, v. l. ) hé hit þá leng, Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 152, 4. with clause Tó won yldest þú ꝥ þú tó Gode gecyrre?, Archiv cxxii. 257, 9. Ne yld þú ná ꝥ þú gecyrre . . . Sé þe yldeð ꝥ hé ne gecyrre.

willian

(v.)
Grammar
willian, p. ode.

to willto desire,with a genitivewith infinitivewith gerundial infin.with a clauseabsolute

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Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238, 13. with infinitive Hwelc is mon se wile líf and willaþ gesián dægas góde? quis est homo qui vult vitam et cupit videre dies bonos? Ps. Surt. 33, 13.

weorold

(n.)
Grammar
weorold, (-uld), weorld, worold (-uld, -eld), world, e; f. (but se woruld, Prov. Kmbl. 40: worldes, Lk. Skt. l, 70: ðissum worulde, Met. 10, 70)
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Mon monþwǽre and for weorulde gód vir summae mansuetudinis et civilitatis, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 29. For weorulde wís, Met. 1, 51. For Gode oððe for worulde gyltig, Lchdm. iii. 442, 35.

gilpan

(v.)
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Þæt sindon þá gódan tída þe hié ealneg fore gielpað, 5, I; S. 214, 4. Tó ðǽm gódan tídan þe Rómáne fore gulpon, S. 4, 18.

búgan

(v.)
Grammar
búgan, to bow.
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Gif hió mid bearnum búgan wille if she wish to go away taking the children with her, Ll. Th. i. 22, 6. of adhesion, submission, or abandonment, defection, to turn to or from Se ðe fram Gode bíchð tó deófle, Hml. Th. i. 110, 1.

ge-cirran

(v.)
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Þá þe on heora heortan and on willan on God gecyrred wǽron, Bl.

Linked entries: ge-cerran ge-cyrran

ná-wiht

Grammar
ná-wiht, <b>. I a.</b>
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Ne getweóge ic náwuht be Godes ǽcnesse. Solil. H. 59, 12

nǽnig

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
nǽnig, ( = ne ǽnig).

not anynonenono onenot any one

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God ðonne ne gýmeþ nǽnges mannes hreówe, Blickl. Homl. 95, 29. Nǽnges þinges máre þearf nǽre, 175, 8. Hé nǽfre nǽnigum woruldrícum men onbúgan nolde, 223, 27. Warna ðé ðæt ðú hyt nǽnegum men ne secge, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 4.

Linked entry: nán