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á-teorian

(v.)

to get exhaustedfaint,to lose heart or energyget wearyfaintto get exhaustedcome to an endfailbe wantingto be defective

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Se déma hét him ǽtes forwyrnan ꝥ swá áteorode. Hml. S. 22, 137. fig. to lose heart or energy, get weary, faint Wíte com ofer ðé and ðú áteorodest, Hml. Th. ii. 454, 18. Ne ðú ne átiara ðonne ðú bist ðreád, (nec deficias) Kent. Gl. 38.

þanan-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
þanan-weard, adj.
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Moving thence Bebeád him, ðæt geara wiste, ðæt hine nǽfre underbæc ne besáwe, siþþan þononweard wǽre lex dona coerceat, ne dum Tartara liquerit, fas sit lumina flectere, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 9

ge-healdsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-healdsum, adj.

Keepingsparingfrugalparcus

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Keeping, sparing, frugal; parcus Ðæt he síe gehealdsum on ðæm ðe he healdan scyle oððe dǽlan that he is frugal in what he ought to keep or give away, Past. 20, 2; Swt. 149, 18; Hat. MS. 29 b, 9

Linked entry: healdsum

þǽr-bufan

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-bufan, adv.
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Besides, over and above that cwæð : 'Biscepe gedafnaþ ðæt sié tǽlleás.' Ðǽrbufan (v. 1 Tim. 3, 2 sqq. for the additional remarks referred to ) is geteald hwelc beón sceal, gif untǽlwierðe biþ, Past. 8; Swt. 53, 10

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wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
wyrcan, weorcan ; p. worhte ; pp. worht.

to worklabourto maketo makeformconstructto be the sourcecause of, to produceto makeconstituteto workdoperformto perform a ritekeep a seasonto workeffect a purposeattain an object,

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Homl. Th. ii. 234, 1. Grammar wyrcan, with prepositional phrase lǽdeþ wolcen, wind and líget, and ða tó regne wyrceþ (fulgura in pluviam fecit), Ps. Th. 134, 7. Nywolnessa him tó gewǽde woruhte, 103, 7. Worhte man hit him tó wíte, Cd.

un-gefóglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gefóglíce, adv.

Excessivelyintemperatelyimmoderately

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Excessively, intemperately, immoderately ongann ungefóhlíce swǽtan, Homl. Th. i. 414, 12. mid eorþlícum teolungum ungefóhlíce gebysgiaþ, 524, 14: Boutr. Scrd. 20, 11

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wunung-stów

(n.)
Grammar
wunung-stów, e ; f.
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Dwelling-place, habitation him bebeád ꝥ fram hire gewite, and ꝥ náne wunungstówe (locum) næfde on Godes þeówene, Gr. D. 31, 19

weorþian

(v.)
Grammar
weorþian, wurþian, wyrþian; p. ode.
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wæs of cilda múþe gecnáwen and weorþad, 71, 33. to honour, pay respect to, heed, attend to (cf. Icel. virða to give heed) héthis word weorðian and wel healdan, lǽstan his láre, Cd. Th. 34, 13; Gen. 537: 21, 24; Gen. 329.

Linked entries: a-wyrþian wyrþian

óþ-swígan

(v.)
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to stop speaking, become silent spræc tó his liornæra sumum, and ðá fǽringa óþswígde suǽ hwæshwegu hercnade, Shrn. 72, 24

tíþe

Grammar
tíþe, better tygþe, týþe (the form in the Pastoral Care has y).
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Efne swá his bæd, swá wæs týðe (þǽrrihte hit beget, v.l.) ita dum peteret impetravit, Gr. D. 79, 33. Add

á

(adv.)
Grammar
á, <b> (ó);</b> adv.
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L. 102, 16 : An. 1469: H. R. 17, 22. Hwæþer ðú hit á sweotolor ongiton mæge, Bt. 34, 4; F. 138, 16: 35, 5 ; F. 166, 23 : 30, 1; F. 108, 28. Á lator, Gr. D. 59, 19. Hw;í eart ðú ðonne á ðý betera, Bt. 13; F. 38, 9.

ge-reordan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-reordan, -reordian; p. ode; pp. ad, od

To give food to, feed, take food, satisfy, refresh, feastcibare, saturare, satiare, epulari

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He hine gereordode mid ðam papan he dined with the pope, Chr. 1022; Erl. 161, 34. Giriordade hine cibavit illum, Rtl. 46, 9. He gereordode saturavit eos, Ps. Spl. C. 80, 15.

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ge-lengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lengan, to lengthen.
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Munecas þǽre tíde lof mid kyrriole gewurðiað; hwæt hig oft ꝥ lof gelengað, Angl. viii. 320, 7. gelencgdon ðá gebedu, Hml. S. 9, 22. Þæt his gebed gelenge (his gebed beó gelend oratio pretendatur, R. Ben. I. 53, 12), R. Ben. 46, 2.

á-standan

(v.)

to standto stand uparise,to standcontinue,not to be overturned, destroyedto persistcontinue to actto standsupportendureto standstop

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ástód ðá, Hml. Th. ii. 578, 23. bæd ðá weras þæt ástódon and heora sealmas sungon, 96, 35. ealle ástódon þe ǽr lágon, Hml. S. 10, 21. Uton ástandan exsurgamus, R. Ben. 2, 4. Up ástandan emersisse, An.

fegere

(adv.)

fairlybeautifully

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fairly, beautifully, Hy. 8, 43; Hy. Grn. ii. 291, 43

fiónd

(n.)

a fiend

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a fiend, Hy. 8, 25; Hy. Grn. ii. 290, 25

gǽþ

(v.)
Grammar
gǽþ, 3rd pers. pres. of gán.

goes

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goes He gǽþ he goes, Beo. Th. 4075; B. 2034;

BLÍÐE

(adj.)
Grammar
BLÍÐE, comp. blíðra; superl. blíðost; def. se blíða, seó, ðæt blíðe; adj.

joyful, glad, merry, cheerful, pleasant, BLITHElætus, hilarisgentle, kind, friendly, clement, mild, sweetmansuetus, benignus, comis, clemens, mitis, suavisquiet, calm, peacefultranquillus, placidusjoy

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He bæd hine blíðne beón æt ðære beórþege he bade him be merry at the beer-drinking, Beo. Th. 1238; B. 617: Menol. Fox 193; Men. 98. Dó ðínes scealces sáwle bríðe lætifica animam servi tui, Ps. Th. 85, 3.

cú-hyrde

(n.)
Grammar
cú-hyrde, es; m. [hyrde a keeper, guardian]

A cowherd, person who has the charge of cows vaccarius, bubulcus

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A cowherd, person who has the charge of cows ; vaccarius, bubulcus Cúhyrde gebýreþ ðæt he hæbbe ealdre cú meolc vii niht, syððan heó nige cealfod hæfþ, and frymetlinge býstinge xiv niht; and gá his metecú mid hláfordes cú vaccarii rectum est, ut habeat

fóre-spræc

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-spræc, fóre-spæc, e; f. [fóre- fore-, spræc a speech]

A fore-speechprefaceintroductiona speaking before for anothera fore-promisepræfātiopræ-sponsio

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A fore-speech, preface, introduction, a speaking before for another, a fore-promise; præfātio, præ-sponsio Ðis is seó fórespræc S. Gregorius ðas bóc gedihte, ðe man Pastoralem nemnaþ this is the preface how St.

Linked entries: fóre-spæc for-spǽc