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fóre-ward

(adj.)
Grammar
fóre-ward, adj.

Forwardforeformerearlyprōnusantĕriorprior

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Forward, fore, former, early; prōnus, antĕrior, prior On fórewardre ðyssere béc ys awriten be me in the fore part of this book it is written of me, Ps. Th. 39, 8

leóþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
leóþ-líc, adj.

Poetical

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Poetical Beda ðises hálgan líf ǽgðer ge æfter ánfealdre gereccednysse ge æfter leóþlícere gyddunge áwrát Bede wrote this saint's life both in prose and in verse, Homl. Th. ii. 134, 1

mǽd-land

(n.)
Grammar
mǽd-land, es; m.

Meadow-landgrass-land which is mown

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Meadow-land, grass-land which is mown Ǽgðer ge mǽdlondes ge eyrþlondes both of land for mowing and of arable land, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 95, 16. Médlandes, vi. 219, 4

Linked entry: mǽdwe-land

ge-geng

(n.)
Grammar
ge-geng, e; f.
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A body of fellow-travellers, a company Seó sǽ ádrencte Pharaonem and ealle his gegenge . . . Críst deófol silfne besencte and ealle his gegenge, Btwk. 196, 4, 8. v. ge-genge; n

Linked entry: -geng

Ǽ

(n.)
Grammar
Ǽ, indecl. f.

Lawstatutecustomritemarriagelexstatutumceremoniæritusmatrimonium

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Bos. 26, 28. God is wísdóm and ǽ woruldbúendra God is the wisdom and law of the inhabitants of the world, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 165; Met. 29, 83. Cristes ǽ the Gospel. Bútan ǽ oððe útlaga an outlaw, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 44.

Linked entries: ǽ-fyllende á

ǽ-welm

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-welm, -wellm, -wylm, -wylme, -wielme, es; m. [eá water, wælm a welling or boiling up]

A welling up of waterspringfountainsourcehead of a riverbeginningaquæ fons

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L. ǽwielme] is neáh ðære eá Rínes whose spring is near the river Rhine, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 25. God is ǽwelm and fruma eallra gesceafta God is the beginning and origin of all creatures, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 161; Met. 29, 81

Linked entries: ǽ-wylm eá-wylm

a-fyrran

(v.)
Grammar
a-fyrran, -fyran; p. ede, de; pp. ed [a from, fyrr far]

To removetake awayexpeldeliveramovereavertereelongareauferreeripere

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Bos. 16, 18. Beóþ afyrrede are taken away. Ps. Spl. 57, 8. Ðú afyrdest of Jacobe ða graman hæftnéd avertisti captivitatem Jacob, Ps. Th. 84, 1.

Linked entry: a-fyran

bearn

(n.)
Grammar
bearn, es; n.

A BEARNchildsonissueoffspringprogenynatusinfanspuerfiliussobolesproles

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Bos. 1, 7. Þurh bearnes gebyrd through the birth of a child, Exon. 8 b ; Th. 3, 18 ; Cri. 38. Beón mid bearne gravidam esse, Somn. 370. Bearn soboles vel proles, Ælfc. Gl. 91; Som. 75, 19. Geáta bearn the sons of the Goths, Beo. Th. 4374; B. 2184.

Linked entries: barn beærn byre beorn

cyne-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-ríce, cyne-rýce, es; n.

A royal region or possession, a kingdom, realm regnum

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He ge-eóde ealle ða cynerícu ðe on Crécum wǽron he over-ran all the kingdoms which were in Greece, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 58, 39. Cyneríca mǽst greatest of kingdoms, Exon. 85a; Th. 321, 1; Wíd. 39.

Linked entry: cyning-ríce

cyn-ren

(n.)
Grammar
cyn-ren, cyn-ryn,es; n. [cyn a kindred, race, nation, family, generation; ren, ryn a course]

A family course, family, generation, kind, nation, posteritygeneratio, genus, natio, progenies, propago

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Bos. 12, 34. Cynren propago, Ælfc. Gl. 91; Som. 75, 17; Wrt. Voc. 51, 62

FORD

(n.)
Grammar
FORD, gen. fordes; dat. forde, forda; m.

A FORDvădum

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Neáh ðam forda, ðe man hǽt Welinga ford near the ford which is called Wallingford, Ors. 5, 12; Bos. 110, 20. Æt ðam forda [Th. forde] at the ford, Byrht. Th. 134, 8; By. 81.

Linked entry: fyrd

for-drífan

(v.)
Grammar
for-drífan, p. -draf, pl. -drifon; pp. -drifen

To drive awayforcecompeldrive outejectbanishpellĕreprōpellĕrecompellĕrecōgĕreexpellĕre

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Hine se streám fordráf the stream drove him, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 3: Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 25; Jud. 277: Andr. Kmbl. 538; An. 269.

fulwiht

(n.)
Grammar
fulwiht, es; n.

Baptismbaptismus

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Bos. 1, 4: Chr. 565; Erl. 19, 6: 606; Erl. 20, 26: 661; Erl. 34, 18: Andr. Kmbl. 3268; An. 1637. Þurh fulwihte through baptism, Elen. Kmbl. 344; El. 172. Fulwihta calica baptismata calicum, Mk. Skt. Lind. 7, 4

grin

(n.)
Grammar
grin, gryn, e; f: es; n.
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Bos. 27, 5: Homl. Th. ii. 30, 22. Mid ðý ilcan grine in laqueo isto, Ps. Th. 9, 14. He ríneþ ofer ða synfullan grinu pluet super peccatores laqueos, Ps. Lamb. 10, 7: Ps. Th. 17, 5: 34, 9.

Linked entries: giren ge-grin

GRINDAN

(v.)
Grammar
GRINDAN, gryndan; part. grindende, ic grinde, grynde, ðú grintst, grinst, he grint, pl. grindaþ; p. ic, he grand, grond, ðú grunde, pl. grundon; pp. grunden
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Bos. 24, 41: L. Ethb. 11; Th. i. 6, 6. Sume ðara munecena cómon to grindanne some of the nuns came to grind, Th. Chart. 447. 1

ge-déman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-déman, p. de; pp. ed

To deemjudgedetermineordaindecreedoomcondemnjūdĭcāredecernĕresancīrecondenmāre

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He gedémde úrne Drihten to deáþe he condemned our Lord to death, Ors. 6, 3; Bos. 117, 42. Gedémdon [MS. gedémden] sanxērunt, Mone B. 1940. Se ðe undóm gedéme he who shall doom unjust doom, L. C. S. 15; Th. i. 384, 7.

ge-restan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-restan, p. te; pp. ed

To rest, remain, rest [one's self]

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Bos. 12, 19: Homl. Th. ii. 104, 20. Girestun [Rush.] gehræston [Lind.] requieverunt. Lk. Skt. 12, 19

Linked entries: ge-ræstan restan

eornost

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
eornost, es; n. (not f.)

in earnestseriouslyindeed

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Git mæg þeáh bót cuman, wille hit man georne on eornost áginnan, Ll. Th. i. 348, 24. Ús eallum tó woruldscame, gyf wé on eornost ǽnige cúðan to the shame of'us all, if we really could feel any, Wlfst. 163, 8. with weakened force, indeed.

Linked entries: eornoste ornest

ge-hwider

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Þá férdon ætforan him gehwyder, 16, 148. where influence is exerted Hí mid þý frymme þreátiað gehwider ymbsittenda óþra beóda (cf. hí þreátiaþ eall moncynn, Bt. 37, l ; F. 186, 6), Met. 25, 13. of position, on all sides, in every direction Seó bóc fram

ge-rímcræft

(n.)
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Béda cwæð on þǽre bóc þe hé gesette be gerímcræfte and hig du temporibus genemde, 308, 38. Þá Egiptiscan þe sélost cunnon on gerímcræfte tealdón ꝥ seó lenctenlice emniht is on duodecima kl. April. Lch. iii. 256, 7.

Linked entry: rím-cræft