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framian

(v.)

to do good ⬩ benefit ⬩ absolute ⬩ to do good to an object. ⬩ to get good ⬩ derive benefit ⬩ profit ⬩ make progress ⬩ to prevail

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Gif hé ongyt þæt eal his hogu and gleáwscipe náht framað si viderit nihil suam prevalere industriam, R. Ben. 52, 14. Hyt framað (fremað, v.l. ), Lch. i. 270, 4. Ne fromiað non proderunt, Kent. Gl. 313.

hopian

(v.)
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Eálá hweðer ic ǽfre cume tó ðám ðe ic tó hopie, Solil. H. 27, 15. Hé forsihþ þás eorþlican gód and hopaþ tó þám tóweardum, Bt. 12 ; F. 36, 26.

þrítig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
þrítig, þrittig; num.

Thirty ⬩ thirty (years old)

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Dó hí ealle tógæderc, ðæt þrítig seolforsticca, Anglia xi. 8, 19. Wintra ðrittih (ðrítig, Rush.), Lk. Skt. Lind. 3, 23. Hé wæs ðrítiges geára eald, Past. 49; Swt. 385, 15. Þrítiges míla brád, Chr. 893; Erl. 88, 29. Ðrittiges heáh elngemeta, Cd.

dagian

(v.)
Grammar
dagian, dagigan; p.ode ; pp.od[dagas days, pl. of dæg a day]

To DAWN, to become day, be day ⬩ lucescere

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Swylce hit ealle niht dagie [dagige MSS. P. S.] as though it were day all night, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 12, 9; Lchdm. iii. 260, 1

Linked entry: dægian

geap

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
geap, gæp; comp, m. geappra, f. n. geappre; adj.

crooked ⬩ bent ⬩ curved ⬩ curvus ⬩ pandus ⬩ not straightforward ⬩ deceitful ⬩ crafty ⬩ cunning ⬩ shrewd ⬩ astute ⬩ fallax ⬩ callĭdus ⬩ astūtus

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Seó næddre wæs geappre ðonne ealle ða óðre nýtenu serpens ĕrat callĭdior cunctis animantĭbus terræ, Gen. 3, 1. Cild geap an astute child, Obs. Lun. § 2; Lchdm. iii. 184, 14 : § 9; Lchdm. iii. 188, 11

Linked entries: gæp gep

leóf-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
leóf-líce, adv.

Kindly ⬩ graciously ⬩ gladly ⬩ lovingly

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Kindly, graciously, gladly, lovingly Ðeáh ðe ic scyle ealle wucan fæstan ic ðæt leóflíce dó though I have to fast all the week, I will do it gladly, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 7.

ge-endung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-endung, -ændung, e; f.

An end ⬩ finish ⬩ death ⬩ fīnis ⬩ consummātio ⬩ mors

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Æfter geendunge ðæra ealdra manna after the death of the old men, Jud. Thw. 153, 20 : Homl. Th. ii. 122, 18

Linked entry: ge-ændung

geornan

(v.)
Grammar
geornan, giornan, giornian; p. de, ade, ede; pp. ed

To desire, beg ⬩ desīdĕrāre

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To desire, beg; desīdĕrāre Gé geornaþ ðæt gé woldon eówerne naman tobrǽdan geond ealle [eallne, MS.] eorþan ye desire that ye should spread your name over all the earth, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 4.

Linked entry: gyrnan

syn-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
syn-líc, adj.

Sinful

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Wé geáxiaþ nǽnig gód áwunigende and ealle worldlícu þing swíþe synlícu, Blickl. Homl. 109, 3. [Wǽron swíðe hefige and sinlíce gewinn betwux ðam Cásere of Sexlande and his sunu, Chr. 1106; Erl. 241, 23.]

þurh-smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
þurh-smeágan, -smeán

to search through ⬩ inquire into ⬩ examine into ⬩ investigate

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Ðá hé ða seofon cræftas ealle hæfde þurhsmeáde, Shrn. 152, 18.

un-weaxen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-weaxen, adj.

Not grown up ⬩ young

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Hé hét ealle árísan geonge ... Ðá upp ástódon eaforan unweaxne, Andr. Kmb1. 3252; An. 1629

wídan

(adv.)
Grammar
wídan, adv.
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Ealle ða ðegnas ðe ðǽr wídan gegaderode wǽron, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 315, 9, 36. Óðer sinoð wæs eft óðer healf hund biscopa wídan gesamnod . . . Se feórða sinoð wæs six hund biscopa and .xxx. sacerda swýðe wídan gegaderode, L. Ælfc.

wyrcend

(n.)
Grammar
wyrcend, es; m.

a worker ⬩ labourer ⬩ a maker ⬩ a doer.

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Ealle ic feóde fácnes wyrcend facientes praevaricationes odivi, Ps. Th. 100, 3

ciric-hálgung

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-hálgung, e; f.
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Ðá lác þe Salomon geofrode Gode æt þǽre ealdan cyric*-*hálgunge, Wlfst. 280, 21: 281, 7. v. cyric-hálgung in Dict

Linked entry: hálgung

feórþling

(n.)
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Sum earm wydewe næfde ealra ǽhta búton ǽnne feórðling, ii. 106, 9. Ǽr ðan þe ðú forgelde þone endenéxtan feórðling, Hml. A. 4, 100. Syx tída wyrcað ánne fýrðling, and feówer fýrðlingas wyrcað ánne dæg, Angl. viii. 318, 47.

for-leógan

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Ðá sǽdon þá hýrédmen ꝥ hit sóð wǽre, and ealle mid áðe Eugenian forlugan, 2, 222. Hí fundon leáse gewitan þe forlugon Naboð (cf. viri diabolici dixerunt contra eum testimonium, 1, Kings 21, 13.), 18, 196. Dele: 'To lie greatly,' and add:

ge-mǽrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽrian, p. ode
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To fix the bounds of Hé hine gelǽdde ealle ðá gemǽru, swá hé him of ðám aldan bócum rǽdde, hú hit ǽr Æðelbald cyning gemǽrude and gesalde, C. D. v. 140, 33.

Linked entries: mǽran ge-mǽran

ge-rǽpan

Grammar
ge-rǽpan, Substitute: To fasten with a rope, bind, chain
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Hé hafað ealla gesceafta gerǽped (cf. hé hí hæfð gehæfte, Bt. 25; F. 88, 5) mid his racentum ligans singula nexu, Met. 13, 8. Him þinceð þæt hé sié racentan gerǽped videbit intus arctas dominos ferre catenas, 25, 37.

hind

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Hió cwaeð ꝥ hió his ná máran ne gyrnde þonne hire hind útan ymbe yrnan wolde þe hire ealne weg beforan arn ðonne hió on ráde wæs . . . Hió ðá hind swá dyde ꝥ hió him beforan hleápende wæs, and hí hyre æfter filigende wǽron, Lch. iii. 426. 23-32.

hrægel-hús

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Ágifen á þá ealdan þonne him man níwe reáf sylle and tó hrægelhúse (rægel-, R. Ben. I. 92, 8, vestiario ) betǽcen þearfum tó dǽlenne . . . Ðá þe on ýtinge farað nimon him bréc of hrægelhúse . . .