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borh

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Th. i. 254, 21. add: of a body of persons Hér swutelað seó gewitnes and se borh þe þǽr æt wǽron ( here follows a list of names ), C. D. iv. 235, 19

módor

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Nú ne sceolon þá mǽdenu heora móddru forseón of ðám ðe hí cómon, þeáh ðe hí beón on mægðháde lybbende and heora móddru beón wíf, Hml. A. 37, 324: 32, 208.

á-dwǽscan

to extinguish fire, lightto put an end to, put dawn, suppress a practice, doctrine, &;c.to put down, suppress, destroy a person

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Ic beóde ðæt ðæne unrihtwísan tó rihte gebíge gyf mæge; gyf ne mæge, ðonne wille ic ðæt hine on earde ádwǽsce, oððe út of earde ádrǽfe, Cht. E. 230, 25. Se preóst is ádwǽsced he was killed by a fall Hml. Th. ii. 164, 8.

ge-cneordlíce

(adv.)
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Þá hǽðenan mid lácum heora leásra goda gecneordlíce munde bǽdon, Hml. Th. i. 504, 19. Godes beboda gecneordlíce mid weorcum gefylð, ii. 228, 24. Gecnyrdlícost studiosius, Wülck. Gl. 250, 39. Add

wǽdlian

(v.)
Grammar
wǽdlian, <b>. I.</b>
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Sume wilniað geðincðe þyssere worulde, sume gefyllað heora lustas, and hí ealle syððan sorhlíce wǽdliað Hml. Th. ii. 146, 26. gesealde wǽdligendum mannum ( captivis et indigentibus ), Gr. D. 179, 17. Add

ge-dón

(v.)
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Ðæt tó góde gedyde (anteacta bona), forliésð, . . . ðæt tó yfle gedyde, gebétt, Past. 35, 8: Chr. 81; P. 8, 8. Þá hond þe hit mid gedyde, Ll. Th. i. 66, 4. Þára árfæstra dǽda þe gedyde, Bl. H. 213, 27: Hml. S. 27, 134.

ná-wiht

(n.)
Grammar
ná-wiht, nó-wiht, ná-uht, náwht, náht, nóht.

nothingnaughta thing of no valuean evil thingnot

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Næfdon heó nóht on hire, búton ðæt án ðæt heó hæfde mennisce onlícnesse, 147, 15.

neáh

(adv.)
Grammar
neáh, adv. prep.
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Add 'Hér is án lytele burg swíðe neáh' . . . cwæð ðæt hió wǽre swíðe neáh ' est civitas hic juxta . . . parva' . . . Iiuxa dicitur, Past. 399, 25 Sió sunne þǽr gǽð neár on setl þonne on óðrum lande, Ors. l, I ; S. 24, 18.

LÍF

(n.)
Grammar
LÍF, es; n.

LIFE

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lǽfde uneáðe ǽnne tó lífe, Wulfst. 106, 8. Se deáþ cýmeþ ðæt ðæt líf áfyrre, Bt. 8; Fox 26, 7. Sylle líf wið lífe reddat animam pro anima, Ex. 21, 23. Ðeáh líf hæfde if he had been alive, L. C. S. 73; Th. i. 416, 1.

yfelness

(n.)
Grammar
yfelness, e; f.
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Sume burgon heora feore and ámeldodon heora cristenan mágas . . . Ðeós yfelnys bið eác on Antecristes tócyme, ii. 542, 24. Bydelas ðæs écan yfeles, ðe yfelum mannum becymð for heora ánwillan yfelnysse, 538, 24.

sceaþ-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
sceaþ-dǽd, e; f.

A misdeed, crime

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[Þat he hine awreke a þan awarriede uolke, þa hine isend hafden mid heore, scaðededen, Laym. 29578.]

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wilnian

(v.)
Grammar
wilnian, p. ode.

of animate objectsto desire, ask forwith gen. or uncertainwith accusativewith infinitivewith geniudial infinitivewith genitive and gerundial infinitivewith a clauseabsolute or uncertainto desire to goto tend to an end

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Heó hiere feores tó him wilnade (pro vita precans), Ors. 3, II; Swt. 150, 33. Ðæt wæter ðe tó Gode wilnade aquam quam a Deo petierat, Bd. I. 7; S. 478, 28. wilnode him tó Gode sumre frófre he asked of God for some comfort for himself, Ps.

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for-wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
for-wyrd, -wird, e; f. [wyrd fortune; for-weorþan to perish] Loss,

damagedestructionperditionruindeathdetrīmentumintĕrĭtusintĕrĭtioperdĭtiopernĭciesinternĕcio

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damage, destruction, perdition, ruin, death; detrīmentum, intĕrĭtus, intĕrĭtio, perdĭtio, pernĭcies, internĕcio Hér is geswutelod úre forwyrd here is made manifest our destruction, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 30; Jud. 285.

Linked entries: for-wird fǽr-wyrd

oððe

(con.)
Grammar
oððe, conj. I.
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Ðonne fóron hié oððe mid oððe on heora healfe, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 6.

Linked entry: eðða

dwolian

(v.)
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Wénde se cniht ꝥ dwolode ... cwæð: 'Wite þú ꝥ ic náht ne dwolige' cum hunc puer insanire crederet ... dicens: 'Non insanio,' Gr. D. 314, 7-10. of wrong conduct, to err Álýse mé of ðám gedwolan þe ic gyt on dwolige, Shrn. 170, 17.

be-æftan

(prep.; adv.)

behind,after

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Heora proletarii ne móston him beæftan beón, Ors. 4, 1; S. 154, 16: Chr. 755; P. 48, 12. Ætsǽton ðá Centiscan þǽr beæftan, 905; P. 94, 5. after Þára twelf noman hér stondað áwritene beæftan, C. D. ii. 150, 35

of-gifan

(v.)

to give up, leave, abandondestituere

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Dena land ofgeaf he left the Danes&#39; land, Beo. Th. 3813; B. 1904. ðás woruld ofgeaf he died, Cd. Th. 72, 30; Gen. 1194. ðone beám ofgeaf he (Christ) left the cross (when he was taken to be buried), Exon. Th. 45, 35; Cri. 729.

ge-healdan

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Seó heord þe tó Godes handa gehealdan sceall, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 26. a thing onsende sínra þegna worn . . . þæt him . . . geheólde éðne éðel æfter Ebréum, Dan. 77. sealde his sweord ombihtþegne, and gehealdan hét hildegeatwe, B. 674.

ge-reordan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-reordan, -reordian; p. ode; pp. ad, od

To give food to, feed, take food, satisfy, refresh, feastcibare, saturare, satiare, epulari

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He hine gereordode mid ðam papan he dined with the pope, Chr. 1022; Erl. 161, 34. Giriordade hine cibavit illum, Rtl. 46, 9. He gereordode hí saturavit eos, Ps. Spl. C. 80, 15.

Linked entry: reordan

fore

beforein front ofat the head ofbeforeforfromthroughbecause ofon account offorfromthroughin place ofinstead offor the sake ofon behalf ofto the honour ofofaboutbeforeinto the presence of

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I c: heom fore sǽde his neóde, Chr. 1087; P. 223, 30. temporal, before Is nú feala forðgewitenra ... þe ús fore wǽron, El. 637. of previous action: Hí férdon tó heora geférum þe him fore stópon, Hml.