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hreám

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Add: cry, clamour Hwæt gemǽnð ꝥ word: 'Þára Sodomotiscra hreám ( clamor) ástáh úp tó heofenum.'

in-geþanc

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Ne gehwyrfde hine nǽfre ðæt unryhtwíse ingeðonc (intentio perversa) tó ðǽm wón andgiete, 365, 18. On swelcum . . . ǽlces mennisces módes ingeþanc bið geswenced in talibus humanorum actuum volorumque versatar intentio.

springan

(v.)
Grammar
springan, p. sprang, pl. sprungon; pp. sprungen

To springto leapboundto burst forth, of a fluid to spirt, of sparks, etc., to fly to grow as a plantto rise as the sunto move as a spring movesto spreadbe diffusedto spring as blood from a woundto spring as waterto burstcrack

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Ða sprang ðæt word the report spread, Homl. Th. i. 384, 8: Ap. Th. 25, 13. Wíde springende crebrescens, Hpt. Gl. 519, 37: 513, 21

Linked entry: sprincan

cunnian

(v.)
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wolde cunnian gif hé mihte hí gebígan fram Godes biggencgum, Hml. S. 29, 281: Chr. 992; P. 127, 12. Ic wolde cunnian, meahte ic ealne middangeard ymbféran, Nar. 20, 9

willan

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willan, <b>, I.</b>
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. ; ðá wolde heó cealfian . . . ac heó eánode lamb, Hml. Th. ii. 300, 34. <b>II d.</b> add :-- Swá oft swá hé tó his horse wolde, Ors. 6, 23; S. 274, 25. Swylce hé wolde wið þæs heofenes weard, Wlfst. 100, 4. <b>III b.

a-þylgian

(v.)
Grammar
a-þylgian, p. ode; pp. od

To sustainbearbe patientwait patientlysustinere

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Aþylgode sáwle min on worde his sustinuit anima mea in verbum ejus, 129, 5

feax-net

(n.)
Grammar
feax-net, -nett, es; n.

A hair-netnet-work cap for confining the hairrētĭcŭlum căpillis contĭnendisrīcŭla

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A hair-net, net-work cap for confining the hair; rētĭcŭlum căpillis contĭnendis, rīcŭla Feaxnet rētĭcŭlum, Ælfc. Gl. 4; Som. 55, 89; Wrt. Voc. 66, 59: rīgŭla [ = rīcŭla, Car. Ains.], Som. 55, 96; Wrt. Voc. 16, 66

féþung

(n.)
Grammar
féþung, e; f.

walking

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Hé cwæð: 'Ic wolde ðíne ðénunge sylf gearcian, gif ic mé mid féðunge ferian mihte,' Hml. Th. ii. 134, 23-32

Linked entry: féðan

ge-hefeldian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hefeldian, to fix the weft or
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woof Forcorfen is swylce fram wefendum wífe líf mín þá gyt þe ic wæs gehefaldad praecisa est uelut a tenente uita mea dum adhuc ordirer Cant. Ez. 12. Gehefeldad, Ps. Srt. ii. 184, 34; An. Ox. 3731

Linked entry: hefeldian

heofon-beácen

(n.)

the sun

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If this be accepted heofon-beácen would be the sun

ge-sóþfæstian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sóþfæstian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To justify

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He wolde gesóþfæstiga hine seolfne ille volens justificare seipsum, 10, 29. Gesóþfæstad is snytro justificata est sapientia, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 19: 12, 37

Linked entry: sóþfæstian

efen-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-líc, adj.

Even, equal æquālis

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Even, equal; æquālis Nǽnig efenlíc ðam in worlde gewearþ wífes gearnung a woman's desert was in the world not equal to that, Exon. 8 b; Th. 3, 20; Cri. 39: Bd. 4, 17; S. 585, 38

Linked entry: efn-líc

feorh-rǽd

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-rǽd, es; m.

Life-benefit, an action tending to the soul's benefitid quod vītæ prodest, actio ad ănĭmæ sălūtem tendens

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Life-benefit, an action tending to the soul's benefit; id quod vītæ prodest, actio ad ănĭmæ sălūtem tendens Ðæt hie feorhrǽd fremedon that they should do what would benefit their souls, Andr. Kmbl. 3306; An. 1656

ge-mǽhþ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mǽhþ, e; f.

Greediness

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Greediness Ic wolde witan hwæðer ðín ealde gýtsung and seó gemǽhþ eallunga of ðínum móde astýfcod wére I wanted to know whether thine old covetousness and greediness were altogether eradicated from thy mind, Shrn. 184, 2

cneórd-ness

(n.)
Grammar
cneórd-ness, cneóred-ness, e; f.
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A generation, race Drihten sibbe cneórd*-*nesse tódǽlde . . . hé on ðreó tówearp þá cneórdnysse, ꝥ wæs wælisc and on cyrlisc cynn and on gesýðcund cynd, Angl. xi. 3, 59-63. v. ge*-*cneóredness, and following words

Linked entry: ge-cneórednis

wrang

(adj.)
Grammar
wrang, adj.
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See next two words

wine-treów

(n.)
Grammar
wine-treów, e ; f.

Faith between friends

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Ðæt hé (the man) ða wǽre and ða winetreówe be him lifgendum lǽstan wolde, ðe git on ǽrdagum oft gesprǽcon, Exon. Th. 475, 20; Bo. 50

ge-sprǽcelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sprǽcelíc, adj.

Loquelaris

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Loquelaris Ðás synd gehátene loquelares, loquela is sprǽc and loquelares synd gesprǽcelíce forþan ðe ðás syx prepositiones ne beóþ ná hwár ána ac beóþ ǽfre to sumum óðrum worde gefégede, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 49

Linked entry: sprǽcelíc

ge-sweotulian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sweotulian, -sweotlian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To manifest;mănĭfestāre

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To manifest; mănĭfestāre Gesweotula nú ðín sylfes weorc manifest now thine own work, Exon. 8 a; Th. 1, 16; Cri. 9. Biþ meaht gesweotlad her might is manifested, 128 a; Th. 492, 20; Rä. 81, 18

Linked entries: sweotolian ge-swutelian

FRIÐIAN

(v.)
Grammar
FRIÐIAN, freoðian; p. ode; pp. od; v. a. [friþ peace] .

to keep the peacetowards, make peaceto protectdefendkeeppācĭfĭcāre protĕgĕretuēri

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Ðæt hie eall ðæt friðian woldon ðæt se cyng friðian wolde that they would protect all that the king would protect, Chr. 921; Erl. 108, 10, 11.

Linked entry: freoðian