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inwid

(n.)
Grammar
inwid, inwit. es; n.

Fraud ⬩ guile ⬩ deceit ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness

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S.] dolo, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 4. Gé on heortan hogedon inwit in corde iniquitates operamini, Ps. Th. 57, 2. Hió ðá inwit feala ýwdan on tungan locuti sunt adversum me lingua dolosa, 108, 2.

Linked entries: -wid inwit

líðan

(v.)
Grammar
líðan, p. láð

To go ⬩ sail

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Nú is ðon gelícost swá wé on laguflóde ofer cald wæter ceólum líðan, Exon. 20 a; Th. 53, 18; Cri, 852. Líðan cymeþ comes sailing, Exon. 90 b; Th. 340, 11; Gn. Ex. l09: 108 b; Th. 415, 23; Rä. 34, 1: Andr. Kmbl. 512; An. 256: Bt. Met.

nágan

(v.)
Grammar
nágan, = ne ágan.

not to have ⬩ not to be allowed ⬩ ought not

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Sí on cynges dóme hwæðer hé líf áge ðe náge, L. Eth. vii. 9; Th. i. 330, 25. Grammar nágan, with gen. Nágan wé ðæs heolstres, ðæt wé ús gehýdan mágon, Cd.

þridda

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
þridda, þirda (in North.)

third

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Æfter ðon ðridan dæge, Blickl. Homl. 181, 2. Nán þridde be him sylfum ne lét hé he admitted no third hypothesis about himself, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 633. marking degrees of relationship :-- Þridde fæder proavus, þridde móder proavia, Wrt.

Linked entry: þirda

a-lefan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lefan, to become weak.
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Dóð þæt hí ne magon úre tungan gehremman ne ús áléfian, 488, 6. Gif hwá áléfed wǽre oððe limleás, i. 236, 29. Þæt þæt áléfed wæs, þæt ic gehǽle, 242, 16. Áléfed paralysed, ii. 546, 30. Þæt wanhál wæs and áléwed (álýfed, v. l.) quod debile erat, R.

ge-tweógan

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Sume ðon getwíedon videntes eum adoraverunt. Quidam autem dubitaverunt. Mt.

setl

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</b> add :-- Þǽr sǽton setla on dóme illic sederunt sedes in iudicio, Ps. L. 121, 5. <b>I c.</b> add :-- Sió sunne þǽr gǽð neár on setl þonne on óðrum lande, Ors. 1. 1; S. 24, 18.

á-wǽgan

to deceive ⬩ to make of no effect, ⬩ to fail to perform ⬩ to invalidate ⬩ nullify

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Forgyldan ealle þá þing þe wé ofor his bebod gedydon oþþe þæs áwǽgdon þe wé dón sceoldan, Bl. H. 91, 17. Áwǽgdon fefellisset (pollicita). An. Ox. 2, 237. Hí heora fulluhtes behát ðurh forgǽgednysse áwǽgdon, Hml. Th. ii. 338, 9.

for-

(prefix)
Grammar
for-, is used in composition in Anglo-Saxon exactly as the English for: it often deteriorates, or gives an opposite sense, or gives strength to the words before which it is placed; in which case it may be compared with Gothic fra-, Dutch and German ver- [different from the Dutch voor, and German vor]. Forbeódan to forbid; fordéman to condemn; forcúþ perverse, corrupt; fordón to destroy, to do for. — Sometimes fór denotes an increase of the signification of the word before which it is placed, and is then generally to be in English very; valde, as fó;r-eáde very easily,
  • Homl. Th. ii. 138, 35
: fór-oft very often,
  • Bd. de nat. rerum
    • ;
  • Wrt. popl. science 11, 8
    • ;
  • Lchdm. iii. 256, 16.
For- and fór-, or fóre- are often confounded, though they are very different in meaning; as forseón [Flem. versien] to overlook, despise; fór- or fóreseón [Flem. veursien] to foresee. — If a word, having for, fór or fóre prefixed, cannot be found under for-, fór- or fóre-, it must be sought under the simple term, and the sense of the preposition added; thus, fór- or fóre-sendan is from sendan to send, and fór-, fóre before, to send before, etc. [On the vowel in for, fore, see remark in the preface.]

Linked entries: scrífan scyldigian síðian -witol -wríþan stalian swelgan swígan swigian swíðan syngian trúwian þeahtung þeón þingian meltan myrþrian nefa pyndan of-drincan -sáwenlic scirian seáþ -wyrpness setness -sewen -sewenlic -sewenlíce -sewenness síþ stregdan teón treddan trúwung weorþan manig micel nǽman neáh irman þrǽstness witig wlencan wrégan wundian wyrht brítan fær- feallan fyllan gǽgan gǽgednes

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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away, banish, composed of a from, dón to do, vide Æ.

gód

(adj.)
Grammar
gód, adj.

GOOD ⬩ bonus

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Him ðæt geleánaþ lífes waldend gódum dǽdum the ruler of life will repay them that with benefits, Exon. 117 a; Th. 450, 13; Dóm. 87. Þurh góde dǽda Gode lícian to please God by good deeds, Blickl. Homl. 129, 34.

Linked entry: good

ge-mittan

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Angelcynne ne gemitton þonne Ulfcytel him tó bróhte, Chr. 1004; P. 136, note I. io come into association with, into the company of Þá hié gemitton weorces wísan, Gen. 1687. (3 a) with reflex, pron. used reciprocally Þonne wé ús gemittað on þám mǽstan dæge, Dóm

timbran

(v.)
Grammar
timbran, timbrian; p. ede, ode.

to build (lit. or fig.) ⬩ construct ⬩ to instruct, ⬩ edify ⬩ to cut timber

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Th. 450, 25; Dóm. 93. Gé timbriaþ (timbraþ, Rush.) wítegena byrgene, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 29: Lk. Skt. 11, 47, 48. Ic timbrode setl ðín, Ps. Spl. 88, 5. Ða gódan weorc ðe hé ǽr timbrede, Past. 33; Swt. 215, 18. Hé burh timbrede, Cd.

Linked entries: tymbran timber-geweorc timbrian

elcor

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Þá þe wé ne magon ongytan in þám god*-*cundan dóme wé sculan ús þe má ondrǽdan þonne elcor reccan ( timere magis quam discutere debemus ), Gr.

ymb-hoga

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-hoga, an; m.
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Hé ðone ymbhogan ne forlét ðæs flǽsclícan beddgemánan nec stratum carnalium sollicitudine deserit, Past. 16 ; Swt. 99, 24. Ðonne hié ágiémeleásiaþ ðone ymbhogan woruldcundra ðinga cum curare corporalia negligunt, 18 ; Swt. 137, 2.

Linked entries: hoga hoga

sculan

(v.)
Grammar
sculan, &nbsp;sceolan; ic, hé sceal, scal, ðú scealt, pl. wé sculon, sceolon ; p. sceolde, scolde, scealde, scalde; subj.
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Se ðe scyle ( since the regulations of the Penitential require it ) áne wucan dǽdbóte dón, L. Ecg.

Linked entries: ge-scola sceal

staþolian

(v.)
Grammar
staþolian, p. ode.
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to establish, found, settle, fix Ic tó ánum ðé mód staðolige to thee alone do I keep my mind constant, Andr. Kmbl. 164; An. 82. Staþelige, Exon. Th. 255. 30; Jul. 222.

hrínan

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</b> to lay hands on, or meddle with so as to hurt, to injure, hurt. the agent a person Ic hríno ðone hiorde percutiam pastorem, Mk. L. R. 14, 27.

tó-drífan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-drífan, p. -dráf, pl. -drifon; pp. -drifen

To drive in different directions, ⬩ drive away ⬩ to drive asunder ⬩ separate ⬩ to scatter, ⬩ disperse ⬩ to scatter, ⬩ destroy ⬩ to drive away, ⬩ send elsewhere ⬩ to drive away, ⬩ dispel, ⬩ put an end to

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Do míne feóndas tódrífe disperdes inimicos meos, 142, 12. to drive away, send elsewhere Ðú ús tódrife repulisli nos, Ps. Th. 59, l. Fram áswengde vel tódráf excussit, i. dejecit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 18.

Linked entry: tó-drǽfan

on-sacan

(v.)

to attack, strive against ⬩ to, resist, refuse to comply with a demand ⬩ to declare that one has no knowledge of a person ⬩ to refuse a person what he wants ⬩ to refuse to acknowledge a claim, not to allow the truth of a statement, in a legal sense to deny a charge ⬩ to make excuse ⬩ to sacrifice

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Se ðe mé onsaekeþ (sæccas, Lind.) beforan monnum, onsaece ic ðone beforan fæder mínum, Mt.

Linked entries: an-sacan sacan on-sacan

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