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ge-rúm

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rúm, es; n. [rúm space]

Room, spacespătium

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Room, space; spătium náuðer ne gestillan ne móton, ne eác swíðor styrian, ðonne he him ðæt gerúm his wealdleðeres toforlǽt they neither can be still, nor yet move farther, than he allows to them the space of his rein, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 8.

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under-þeódness

(n.)
Grammar
under-þeódness, e; f.

Subjectionsubmission

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Wite ðæt míne eáðmódra beón sceal on regoles underðeódnysse sciens se multo magis discipline regulari subditum, R. Ben. 112, 1.

un-sceþþende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sceþþende, adj.

Innocentharmless

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Ðæt mæge fordón ða unsceðþendan ut interficiat innocentem, Ps. Th. 9. 28

fiþere

a winga wing

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Se kok, ǽr ðǽm ðe cráwan wille, hefð úp his fiðru, Past. 461, 13. Seó bródige henn tósprǽt hyre fyðera and þá briddas gewyrmð, Angl. viii. 309, 26.

for-sewenlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-sewenlic, adj.

contemptibleabjectdespised

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Voc. ii. 140, 63. exciting contempt, abject, despised wæs swá forsewenlic (ita despectus), þéh þe hit gelumpe ꝥ him hwilc man ... ongén cóme, and sé wǽre gegréted, ꝥ forhogode tógénes grétan, Gr. D. 34, 2.

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healfunga

indirectlyslightlyto some extenthalf

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Add: from the side, indirectly: Hit is nyttre ðæt ðæt him mon on tǽlan wille, ðæt hit mon healfunga sprece, swelce hit mon hwón gehríne major profectus adducitur, si hoc, quod in eis reprehenditur, quasi ex latere tangatur, Past. 207, 7.

hláf-gang

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Ben. 59, 13-18. of the Eucharistic bread Hwilcan geþance mæg ǽnig man geþencan on his móde ꝥ tó sácerdan heáfod áhylde, and heora mæssan on circan gestande, and æt hláfgange (when he goes to receive the consecrated bread) heora hand cysse. Ll.

ofer-fyll

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Þeáh hwá on dæg gefæste ful lange, gyf syððan hine sylfne gedweleð mid gedrynce and mid oferfylle, eal him bið þæt fæsten ídel geworden, 103, 12. Þá þe hér on unrihttídum on oferfyllo bióð forgriwene, Nap. 27, 30.

gód

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Búton hwæt mid gódum willan for Gode gedyde, Bl. H. 97, 27. Gif hine hwá tó góddre drohtunge tihte, Hml. Th. i. 524, 4. God him geunne ꝥ his góde dǽda swýðran wearðan þonne misdǽda, Chr. 959; P. 115, 14. Mid bysene gódra weorca, Ll.

híran

(v.)

to hearto hearto hearto give earhearkenlistenTo listen toto obeyto obeyto obeyto be subject toto serveerrorto belong toauthorityjurisdictionof a dueprivilegeoccupationofficehear ofbe told

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Dryhtne hýreð, Hy. 2, 10: Dóm. 96. Ðá ðe deóflum hýrdon, Bl. H. 201, 20. Manegum men þincþ ꝥ nǽnne anweald næbbe búton hæbbe manigne man þe him hére, Bt. 29, 1; F. 104, 9.

earm

(adj.)
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H. 89, 13. ácwealdon eall þæt fundon þæs earman folces, Jos. 10, 37. Help nú þínum earmum moncynne, Bt. 4; F. 8, 11.

tó-twǽman

(v.)
Grammar
tó-twǽman, p. de

To divideseparatedisjointo dividestand between objectsseparate one object from another to dividepartdissociatebreak the connection betweento dispersescatterto divide with the minddistinguishdiscern

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siredon hié tótwǽman mehten Romani dolo divisere hostes, Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 138, 7. Hié eft tótwǽmde wǽron, 3, 7; Swt. 118, 20. Loth férde fram eástdǽle, and hig wurdon tótwǽmede (divisi sunt) heora ǽgðer fram his bréðer, Gen. 13, 11.

fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
fæstan, -nian; p.fæste ; pp. fæsted [fæst fast, firm] .

firm, entrust, commit, commendfirmāre, commendāre FASTjējūnāre

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War. 23, 46. some have taught and now teach that he who fasts properly, fastens or secures his salvation, hence, perhaps,- To FAST; jējūnāre Ne mágon fæstan non possunt jējūnāre, Mk. Bos. 2, 19

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fullwiht

(n.)
Grammar
fullwiht, es; n.

Baptismbaptismus

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Baptism; baptismus hine bǽdan fullwihtes bæþes how they had asked him for a font of baptism, Ors. 6, 34; Bos. 130, 30: Bd. 2, 14; S. 518, note 10: Andr. Kmbl. 3279; An. 1642. Mid ðý fullwihte with baptism, Exon. 121 b; Th. 467, 9; . 136

rǽd-þeahtere

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd-þeahtere, es; m.
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Ðara twentigra monna ðe him tó fultume hæfde ácoren, ðæt his rǽdþeahteras wǽron viginti viros sibi consilii causa legerat, 6, 2; Swt. 256, 3

fore-rynel

(n.)

a harbinger

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Sé sé ðe ðone sácerdhád onféhð, onféhð friccan scíre and foreryneles; ðá hér iernað beforan kyningum and bodigeað hira færelt, Past. 91, 21. On þǽre cyrcan þæs hálgan forryneles and fulluhteres, Hml. S. 23 b, 505. Add

ge-wrid

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wrid, es; n. A thicket, shrubbery, grove. v. wrídan
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hine lǽddon betwux þá þiccan gewrido (-u, v. l.) þára brémela eum inter densissima veprium vimina trahebant, 129, 147

helle-duru

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, v.l.) hine gebróhton ad nefandas tartari fauces perducunt, Guth. Gr. 131, 185. Þonne wendeð Scs. Petrus fram þǽre helleduru, and belúceð þá helleduru, Verc. Forst. 128, 12. On helleduru gelǽded. Bd. 5, 14; Sch. 644, 21. Add

be-bindan

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Gif mid deófles weorcum hine sylfne bebint, Hml. Th. i. 212, 13: 332, 32. Dó on cláþ, bebind fæste, Lch. ii. 34, 25. Bebinde genóh wearme, 270, 9. Þæt Iudéisce cyn is yfele bebunden mid þám ðe cwǽdon be Crístes blóde, Hml. Th. ii. 252, 31. Add

a-wunian

(v.)
Grammar
a-wunian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [a, wunian to dwell]

To abideremaincontinueinsistmanerepermanereinsistere

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To abide, remain, continue, insist; manere, permanere, insistere Ðeós sibb awunade on Cristes cyrican hæc pax mansit in ecclesia Christi, Bd. 1, 8 ; S. 479, 26. He lét hit on his bósme awunian he let it remain in his bosom, 3, 2 ; S. 525, 14.