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eornoste

(adv.)
Grammar
eornoste, adv.
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Swá hwæt swá hé ǽfre gecwæð bodiende, þeáh þe hé hit ná eorneste (on eornost, v. l.) gecwǽde siquid umquam non jam decernendo, sed minando, diceret, Gr. D. 151, 8. Add

múþettan

(v.)
Grammar
múþettan, p. te
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To chatter, let out a secret Hí ( the guards at Christ's sepulchre ) námon þone sceatt and swá þeáh múþetton and on synderlicum rúnungum ꝥ riht eall rǽddon, Hml. A. 79, 160

ymb-swífan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-swífan, p. -swáf; pl. -swifon; pp. -swifen
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To revolve round Þeáh þe wé þonne gýt þá sunnan sylfe geseón ne magon, for ðan seó sunne hafað þonne mid þý heofone þás eorían útan ymbswifen and ymbcerred, Nap. 88

Linked entry: ymb-cirran

lencten

(n.)
Grammar
lencten, lengten, lenten, es; m.

Spring ⬩ Lent

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Ðone lencten wǽron him on Cent during the spring they were in Kent, Chr. 1009; Erl. 143, 14. Nis nán blódlǽstíd swá gód swá on foreweardne lencten there is no time for letting blood so good as its the early spring, L.

Linked entry: lengten

ge-unnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-unnan, ic, he -an; ðú -unne, pl. -unnon; p. -úðe, pl. -úðon; subj. -unne, pl. -unnen; p. -úðe, pl. -úðen; pp. -unnen

To give ⬩ grant ⬩ allow ⬩ concede ⬩ concedere ⬩ indulgere ⬩ permittere ⬩ largiri

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Hú Cnut cyncg and Ælfgifu seó hlǽfdige geúðan heora preósté ðæt he móste ateón ðæt land swá him sylfan leófast wǽre how king Cnut and the lady Ælfgifu granted their priest that he might dispose of the land as he liked best, Th. Chart. 328, 20: Homl.

for-beran

(v.)
Grammar
for-beran, p -bær, pl. -bǽron; pp. -boren [for for; beran to bear]

To FORBEAR ⬩ abstain ⬩ refrain ⬩ restrain ⬩ bear with ⬩ endure ⬩ suffer ⬩ abstĭnēre ⬩ sustĭnēre ⬩ comprĭmĕre ⬩ reprĭmĕre ⬩ tŏlĕrāre ⬩ păti ⬩ ferre

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Hí firenlustas forberaþ in breóstum they restrain sinful lusts in their breasts, Exon. 44b; Th. 150, 9; Gú. 776. Seó æftere cneóris ealle gemete is to forberanne sĕcunda gĕnĕrātio a se omni mŏdo dēbet abstĭnēre, Bd. 1. 27; S. 491, 9.

-ing

(suffix)
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Such local names are for the most part irregular compositions, of which the former part is the patronymic -ing, declined in the genitive plural.

hád-swǽpa

(n.)
Grammar
hád-swǽpa, hád-swápe.
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A woman who attended to the necessary arrangements for a wedding on the part of the bride, a bridesmaid Hádswǽpe (-a, MS. ; but cf. mínra for mínre, 20) pronuba; ipsa est et paranimpha, Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 29.

CILD

(n.)
Grammar
CILD, cildes, cild, sometimes cildru, cildra ; n.

A CHILD, infant ⬩ infans, puer

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Ðæt cild wixþ and gewurþ eft cnapa and eft syððan cniht the child grows, and then becomes a boy, and afterwards a young man, Hom. Sax. Þurh cildes hád in the state of childhood, Exon. 65a ; Th. 240, 15; Ph. 639.

Linked entries: cyld C

fyrþran

(v.)
Grammar
fyrþran, fyrþrian; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od [furðor further]

To further ⬩ support ⬩ advance ⬩ promote ⬩ provehere ⬩ promŏvēre

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Ðæt hí mágen hénan ða yflan, and fyrþrian ða gódan that they may humiliate the evil, and further the good, Bt. 39, 2; Fox 212, 22. Friðaþ and fyrþraþ protects and supports, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 29.

Linked entries: firþriende friþian

in-fær

(n.)
Grammar
in-fær, es; n.

An entrance ⬩ ingress

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An entrance, ingress Ðá gesette God æt ðam infære engla hyrdrǽdene then God set a guard of angels at the entrance, Gen. 3, 24. Mid ðam innfære mid ðam ðe hé inn áfaren wæs by the entrance at which he had entered, Homl; Th. i. 178, 2.

be-ládung

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Beóð þá hæðenan búton beládunge ( no excuse can be made for them ) rihtlíce fordémede, ii. 344. Mid þæs cáseres beládunge ( excuse or defence of his conduct ), 31, 624. Þú sécest beládunge, ꝥ þú ne þurfe getíðian þæs þe ic þé bidde, Gr. D. 28, 7.

ed-hwyrft

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Ex. 42. return to a condition Þá þǽr sóna wearð edhwyrft eorlum siððan inne fealh Grendles módor there was a return to the old state of things for the men after Grendel's mother had forced her way in, B. 1281

of-spring

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The passage seems to have been freely translated as meaning there would not be wanting a leader among the descendants of Judah), An. Ox. 433. Add

hoh-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
hoh-, hog-ful; adj.

Mindful, ⬩ careful, ⬩ anxious, ⬩ wise, ⬩ prudent

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Ðá wearþ ðæt mǽden mycclum hohful hú heó ǽfre wæras wissian sceolde then became the maiden very anxious how she was ever to direct men, Homl. Skt. 2, 121.

ge-mearcian

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

To mark, point out, describe, assign, appoint, determine ⬩ nŏtāre, signāre, designāre, assignāre, constĭtuĕre, decernĕre

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Ic wolde gesecgan hú Créca gewinn, ðe of Lacedemonia ðære byrig ǽrest onstæled wæs, and, mid spellcwydum gemearcian I wished to tell how the war of the Greeks was first raised from the city of the Lacedæmonians, and, in the language of history, to describe

Linked entry: ge-mercian

cwellere

(n.)
Grammar
cwellere, es; m.

A killer, man-slayer, executioner, QUELLER, tormentor ⬩ lanio, interfector, spiculator? carnifex

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carnifex Se cwellere the executioner, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 15, 35. Ða cwelleras the executioners; carnifices, 5, 19; S. 638, 29.

fór-standan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-standan, -stondan; p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen

To stand before or against ⬩ withstand ⬩ oppose ⬩ hinder ⬩ resistĕre ⬩ impĕdīre

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Ne mágon gé him ða wíc fórstondan to him ye may not hinder the dwellings, Exon. 42 b; Th. 144, 7; Gú. 674. Ic him ðæt fórstonde I hinder them from that. Exon. 105 a; Th. 398, 15; Rä. 17, 8.

Linked entry: fór-stondan

leác-tric

Grammar
leác-tric, leáh-tric, es; m.
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Ðá geseah heó ǽnne leáhtric ðá lyste hí ðæs and hine genam and forgeat ðæt heó hine mid Cristes ródetácne gebletsode then she saw a lettuce and had a longing for it, and took it and forgot to bless it with the sign of the cross, iii. 336, col. 1.

Linked entry: cærse

hagal

(n.)
Grammar
hagal, hagol, es; m.

Hail ⬩ grando ⬩ hail

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Hagol cymþ of ðám réndropum ðonne hí beóþ gefrorene hail comes of the raindrops when they are frozen, Lchdm. iii. 278, 19. Rén hagal and snáw hrusan leccaþ rain, hail, and snow moisten the earth, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 127; Met. 29, 64.

Linked entry: hægel