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folgere

a successor ⬩ a follower ⬩ adherent

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The word is used of women as well as of men Gif hwá mid his lotwrencum óðres mannes folgere (pedisequam) fram him ápǽce for hǽmedþinge, Ll. Th. ii. 186, 22

for-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
for-cirran, p. de.

to turn ⬩ avoid ⬩ pervert ⬩ subvert

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Gif hé ágiémeleásað ðæt hé ðá lytlan hreówsige and hwílum forcierre qui peccata minima flere ac devitare negligit, Past. 437, 22. to turn (trans.) aside For hwon onsiéne ðíne ðú forcerrest (avertis)?, Ps. Srt. 43, 24.

Linked entries: for-búgan for-cyrran

ge-fillan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fillan, p. de.
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Gif hé man tó deáðe gefylle. Ll. Th. i. 170, 10. Ealle ic mihte feóndas gefyllan, hwæðre ic fæste stód, Kr. 38. Ne wearð wæl máre folces ge-fylled sweordes ecgum, Chr. 937 ; P.

hríþer

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Gif hrýðera (hríð-, v. l. ) hwelc sié þe hegas brece, 128, 12. Hrýðeran styllan, swýn stigian, Angl. ix. 262, 1. Man slóh þǽr hrýðera and gehwilces cynnes nýtenu, Hml. S. 23, 34.

ídel-ness

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On ídelnesse mon ongit Godes ðæt hefonlice wuldor, gif. . . incassum gloria patriae coelestis agnoscitur, nisi . . . Past. 160, 17. In ídelnesse mec worðiað in uanum me colunt, Mk. L.

sulh

(n.)
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Reference to such men may be found in the section on the gebúr, where it is said: Gif hé aferað ne ðearf hé wyrcan ðá hwíle ðe his hors úte bið, Ll. Th. i. 434, 9. Similar entries See too aferian.

swilce

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</b> so, in a manner to be described :-- Gif eów swálíce þúhte, utan gangan on þissum carcerne and hine út forlǽtan, Bl. H. 247, 1. Swylce ic þus hyt gehradige, Angl. viii. 303, 27. add: as it were Hé geseah swilce án ðeóstorful dene, Hml.

wǽpned-mann

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpned-mann, es; m.

a male ⬩ a man ⬩ a male

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Hiora wíf ofslógan ealle ða wǽpnedmen ðe him on neáweste wǽron, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 48, 1, 6, 8. of plants, a male Gif man scyle mugcwyrt tó lǽcedóme habban, ðonne nime man ða reádan wǽpnedmen and ða grénan wífmen, Lchdm. iii. 72, 20.

windig

(adj.)
Grammar
windig, adj.

windy ⬩ windy ⬩ flatulent

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Gif se útgang sié windig and wætrig, Lchdm. ii. 236, 6. Be windigre wambe, 162, 23. Wiþ windigre áþundenesse, 166, 25 : 188, 22. Wiþ ða þing ðe windigne ǽþm on men wyrcen, 214, 3

on-cunnan

(v.)
Grammar
on-cunnan, p. -cúðe; pp. -cunnen

To accuse a person (acc.) of something (gen., clause beginning with ðæt or with prep, be, for), to blame, charge, lay to a person's charge

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Gif hwá óðerne godborges oncunne, L. Alf. pol. 33; Th. i. 82, 5. Ðý læs ðec Meotud oncunne, ðæt ðú sý wommes gewita, Exon. Th. 301, 13; Fä. 18. Ðæt ús God ne þurfa oncunnan for ðæræ waniungæ nec nobis Deus debeat imputare hanc imminutionem, Chart.

Linked entries: á-cunnan on-cunness

on-sægedness

(n.)
Grammar
on-sægedness, e; f.

the rite, act of sacrifice or offering ⬩ what is offered at the rite, a sacrifice, oblation

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Gif seó onsægednys on eorþan fealle, L. Ecg. P. iv. 15 ; Th. ii. 216, 15. Ne offra ðú ðínre onsægdnysse ( victimae ) blód uppan beorman. Ex. 23, 18. Þurh lác ðære hálwendan onsægdnesse ( hostiae ), Bd. 4, 22 ; S. 592, 22.

tó-sleán

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sleán, p. -sloh, pl. -slógon; pp. -slegen

To strike to pieces, ⬩ knock to bits ⬩ to demolish, ⬩ knock down a building ⬩ to divide in two by a blow or stroke ⬩ to drive away thoughts

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Gif hit (an egg) ne tócíne, tósleah hwón if it will not crack, break it slightly with a blow, Lchdm. iii. 18, 2. of abstract objects, to drive away thoughts Ða yflan gebohtas ðe him on mod becumaþ hé sceal sóna on Criste tósleán . . .

treówþ

(n.)
Grammar
treówþ, triéwþ, trýwþ, e; f. The word is used sometimes in plural with force of singular.

truth ⬩ good faith ⬩ honour ⬩ fidelity ⬩ a covenant ⬩ an assurance of good faith

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Gif gé míne treówða gehealdaþ si eustodieritis pactum meum, 19, 5

Linked entry: trýwþ

furh

Grammar
furh, gen. furh, fúre
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.), gif hé lócað tó lange underbæc, Hml. S. 16, 181. Þonne man þá sulh forð drífe, and þá forman furh on sceóte, Lch. i. 404, 2. Fúra sulcorum, An. Ox. 2733. On fúrum scrobibus. i. fossulis, scrobes sunt fosse, 2018. Furhum scrobibus, Txts. 94, 884.

ge-wilnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wilnian, -wilnigan, to -wilnienne; p. ode; pp. od [wilnian to desire]

To wish ⬩ desire ⬩ expect ⬩ seek ⬩ strive for ⬩ cŭpĕre ⬩ concŭpiscĕre ⬩ desīdĕrāre ⬩ expĕtĕre ⬩ ambīre

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Gif hwá gewilnigeþ to gewitane if any one desires to know, Chr. 1086; Erl. 221, 10. Gewilnod ambĭtus, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 5; Som. 35, 10

Linked entry: wilnian

ge-wita

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wita, an; m.

One who is cognisant of anything ⬩ a witness ⬩ an accessory ⬩ testis ⬩ conscius

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Gif heó clǽne sý and ðæs fácnes gewita nǽre if she be innocent and were not an accessory to the crime, L. Ath. v. § 1, 1; Th. i. 228, 17. Ðæt ðú sý wommes gewita that thou art an accessory to the crime, Exon. 80 a; Th. 301, 14; Fä. 19: Frag.

libban

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Gif Eádwald leng lifige ðonne Cyneðrýð, C. D. i. 296, 6. Embe twelf mónaþ sé þe lifge, hé betre sý þonne hé nú is. Bl. H. 131, 5. Gif hé móste þá gýt twá geár libban if he could have lived two years more, Chr. 1086 ; P. 220, 27.

sócn

(n.)
Grammar
sócn, e; f.

a seeking, search, exploring ⬩ a seeking, desiring, trying to get ⬩ a seeking to obtain an end ⬩ a seeking for information, ⬩ question, inquiry ⬩ a seeking, visiting of a place, attendance at a place, resort ⬩ a seeking for protection ora place so sought, refuge, sanctuary, asylum ⬩ a seeking with hostile intent, an attack ⬩ inquisitio ⬩ the right of investigating, necessary to and a part of power of holding plea ⬩ seeking ⬩ levying fines ⬩ soca ⬩ soca ⬩ quaestio ⬩ inquisitio ⬩ an attack ⬩ an action, prosecution ⬩ an assemblage ⬩ a parish

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.: Similar entries v. ciric-, friþ-sócn Gif hwilc þeóf oþþe reáfere gesóhte ðone cing oþþe hwylce cyrican and ðone biscop, hé hæbbe nigon nihta fyrst. And gif hé ealderman oþþe abbud oþþe þegen séce, hæbbe þreora nihta fyrst.

Linked entries: fird-sócn sécan

mæsse-preóst

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-preóst, es; m.

A priest not of the Christian church ⬩ a priest of the Christian church, who had attained the last of the seven appointed orders, and might celebrate the mass

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Gif hwá ðonne ða teóþunge gelǽstan nelle, fare ðæs cynges geréfa and ðæs bisceopes, and ðæs mynstres mæssepreóst, L. Edg. i. 3 Th. i. 262, 25. Mæssepreóstum and diáconum is eallunge forboden ǽlc hǽmed.

ge-mengan

(v.)
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s). with prep, (wiþ, mid) Gif þú hi wiþ fýr ne gemengdest, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, Hiora blód hé gemengde mið ásægdnisum hiora, Lk.