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ge-weorþian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-weorþian, -wurþian, -wyrþian; p. ode, ade, ude; pp. od, ad, ud.

to set a price on ⬩ value ⬩ to distinguish ⬩ honour ⬩ dignify ⬩ adorn ⬩ worship ⬩ adore ⬩ celebrate ⬩ praise ⬩ insignīre ⬩ hŏnōrāre ⬩ ornāre ⬩ instruĕre ⬩ mactāre ⬩ adōrāre ⬩ celebrāre

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Wæs éþfynde Afrisc meówle, golde geweorþod the African maid was easy to be found, adorned with gold, Cd. 171; Th. 215, 9; Exod. 580: 174; Th. 218, 18; Dan. 41: Elen. Kmbl. 2384; El. 1193.

Linked entries: ge-wurþian ge-wyrþian

þrýþ

(n.)
Grammar
þrýþ, e; þrýþu (? indecl. v. mód-þrýþu); f.

Force ⬩ power ⬩ strength ⬩ forces ⬩ troops ⬩ hosts ⬩ vehemently ⬩ mightily ⬩ fiercely ⬩ greatly

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of swords, 2298; An. 1150. vehemently, mightily, fiercely, greatly : -- Teónlég þrýþum bærneþ þreó eal on án, grimme tógædre, Exon. Th. 60, 15; Cri. 970. Ic seah wiht ( a cask ), wombe hæfde micle þrýþum geþrungne, 495, 3; Rä. 84, 2.

Linked entry: gebéldan

wícnere

(n.)
Grammar
wícnere, es; m.
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Ðá cwǽdon hig tó ðam wícnere (v. geréfan, v. 16; in each case the Latin is dispensatorem), 43, 19. Setton him ðá ǽnne wícnere getreówne ... æt ðam wæs gelang eall heora fóda; se heom on ealre hwíle metes tilian sceolde, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 217.

Linked entry: wícnung

el-þeódignes

exile ⬩ banishment ⬩ pilgrimage

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Hé his eard forlǽte for Godes lufon, and on ælþeódignysse fare (peregre proficiscatur), Ll. Th. ii. 224, 9. figurative, of this world Elhðeódignysse his on þyses lífes langférnysse peregrinationis suae in hujus uitae longinquitate, Scint. 29, 1.

hwirfan

(v.)
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H. 207, 30. to revolve Þǽre eaxe ðe eall þes rodor on hwerfþ, Bt. 39, 3, ; F. 214, 21. ꝥ hweól hwertþ ymbúton, 39, 7 ; F. 220, 29. (3 a) reflex. :-- Be þínre hése heó hweorfð seó heofene, and ealla tungla heora rina gehealdað tuis legibus rotantur poli

oþþe

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. ¶ introducing each question in a series where the subjects are not alternative, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 76, 1-20. <b>I b.</b> used after hwæþer :-- Hwæþer sceal geeácnad wíf fulwad beón, oððe æfter þon þe heó bearn cenneð?

Linked entry: of-þe

CROP

(n.)
Grammar
CROP, cropp, es; m.

a sprout or top of a herb, flower, berry, an ear of corn, a bunch of berries or blooms, cluster ⬩ cyma ⬩ thyrsus ⬩ spica, corymbus ⬩ racermus, uva ⬩ the CROP or craw of a bird ⬩ vesicula gutturis ⬩ a kidney ⬩ rien

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a sprout or top of a herb, flower, berry, an ear of corn, a bunch of berries or blooms, cluster; cyma= κῦμα thyrsus = θύρσος spica, corymbus = κόρυμβος racermus, uva Crop cyma Ælfc. Gl. 60; Som. 68, 18; Wrt. Voc. 39, 4.

Linked entry: croppa

on-gin

(n.)
Grammar
on-gin, on-ginn, es; n.

a beginning ⬩ an attempt, undertaking, enterprise ⬩ action, proceeding ⬩ action, activity, active life, actions, endeavours

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Beforan ðé is eall mín gewilnung, R. Ben. 25, 9

swift

(adj.)
Grammar
swift, adj.

Swift, fleet, that does or can move quickly

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Ða ( Alfred's ships ) wǽron ǽgðer ge swiftran ge unwealtran ge eác hiéran ðonne ða óðru, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 13. Wind byþ on lyfte swiftust, Menol. Fox 464; Gn. C. 3. Gecunnian hwylc heora swiftost hors hæfde, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 1.

Linked entry: swyft

for-

(prefix)
Grammar
for-, is used in composition in Anglo-Saxon exactly as the English for: it often deteriorates, or gives an opposite sense, or gives strength to the words before which it is placed; in which case it may be compared with Gothic fra-, Dutch and German ver- [different from the Dutch voor, and German vor]. Forbeódan to forbid; fordéman to condemn; forcúþ perverse, corrupt; fordón to destroy, to do for. — Sometimes fór denotes an increase of the signification of the word before which it is placed, and is then generally to be in English very; valde, as fó;r-eáde very easily,
  • Homl. Th. ii. 138, 35
: fór-oft very often,
  • Bd. de nat. rerum
    • ;
  • Wrt. popl. science 11, 8
    • ;
  • Lchdm. iii. 256, 16.
For- and fór-, or fóre- are often confounded, though they are very different in meaning; as forseón [Flem. versien] to overlook, despise; fór- or fóreseón [Flem. veursien] to foresee. — If a word, having for, fór or fóre prefixed, cannot be found under for-, fór- or fóre-, it must be sought under the simple term, and the sense of the preposition added; thus, fór- or fóre-sendan is from sendan to send, and fór-, fóre before, to send before, etc. [On the vowel in for, fore, see remark in the preface.]

Linked entries: scrífan scyldigian síðian -witol -wríþan stalian syngian þeahtung þeón þingian meltan myrþrian nefa pyndan of-drincan -sáwenlic scirian seáþ -wyrpness setness -sewen -sewenlic -sewenlíce -sewenness síþ stregdan teón treddan trúwung weorþan manig micel nǽman neáh irman þrǽstness witig wlencan wrégan wundian wyrht brítan fær- feallan fyllan gǽgan gǽgednes trúwian

gif

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Gif (gife, L.) þín eáge bið mánfull, eal þín líchama byð þýsterfull, Mt. 6, 23: Lk. 12, 45.

MACIAN

(v.)
Grammar
MACIAN, p. ode

To MAKE ⬩ do ⬩ act

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Ðæt is ðæt héhste gód ðæt hit eall swá mehtiglíce macaþ that is the highest good, which does everything so mightily, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 162, 1. Ne swincaþ á ymbe ǽnige þearfe ac maciaþ eall be luste and be éþnesse ...

be-fleón

(v.)
Grammar
be-fleón, to be-fleónne; p. -fleáh, pl. -flugon; pp. -flogen

To flee ⬩ flee away ⬩ escape ⬩ fugere ⬩ effugere ⬩ evitare

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Nó ðæt ýðe byþ to befleónne it is not easy to flee from that, Beo. Th. 2010; B. 1003

Linked entry: bi-fleón

ídel-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
ídel-georn, adj.

lazy ⬩ inert

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Eálá gé eargan and ídelgeornan ah ! ye sluggish and lazy ones; inertes, Bt. 40, 4 ; Fox 238, 30

líf-leást

(n.)
Grammar
líf-leást, -lǽst, e; f.

death

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Loss of life, death On ǽlcum ðara daga gif man ǽnige ǽddran geopenaþ on ðara tíde ðæt hit biþ lífleást oððe langsum sár on each of those days, if a vein be opened at that hour, it is death or long disease, Lchdm. iii. 152, 5.

mecgan

(v.)
Grammar
mecgan, p. mægde(?)

To stir ⬩ mix

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To stir, mix Cnuca eall ðás tógadere and magce tógadere pound all these together, and stir together, Lchdm. iii. 134, 8. Nime ðat dust and mæcige mid ðan æge take the dust and stir it up with the egg, 126, 19.

Linked entry: mæcige

sib-sum

(adj.)
Grammar
sib-sum, adj.
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Eálá ðú sóða and ðú sibsuma, Crist ælmihtig. Exon. Th. 14, 5; Cri. 214.

þyrelian

(v.)
Grammar
þyrelian, þyrlian; p. ode.

to make a hole through ⬩ pierce through ⬩ perforate ⬩ to make hollow ⬩ to make vain

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to make a hole through, pierce through, perforate Þirlie his hláford his eáre mid ánum ǽle dominus perforabit aurem ejus subula, Ex. 21, 6. Þirlige, Lev. 25, 10. to make hollow; fig. to make vain Áídlie ł þyrlie obunco (?

Linked entry: þyrlian

fæsten-gewerc

(n.)
Grammar
fæsten-gewerc, fæsten-geweorc, es; n.
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Fyrðe and brycge and festergeweorc héwe swá mon ofer eall folc dó, 151, 30. Substitute:

ge-ter

(n.)
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Substitute: what is torn: — Eálá, ðú wulfes geslit and fugles geter, Nap. 28, 29. a tearing apart Geter dilaceratio (crudelis membrorum), An. Ox. 3946. dissension, discord Dissentio, discordia vel geter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 4.

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