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waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, e (but the declension seems partly u-stem) ; f.
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Þe wreche peoddare more noise he makeð to ȝeien his sope, þen a riche mercer al his deorewurðe ware, A. R. 66, 19. Ðe chapmen into Egipte ledden ðat ware, Gen. and Ex. 1990. O. Frs. were: Icel. vara; f. ]

folc-gefeoht

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Philippuse geþúhte þæt hé leng mid folcgefeohtum wið hié ne mehte, ac he wæs mid hlóþum on hergende, 3, 7; S. 118, 18

ge-staþelfæstan

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I. 103, 2. to fix in condition so that there is no falling away God þá nigon engla werod gestaþelfæste swá þæt nǽfre ne mihton fram his willan gebúgan, Hml. Th. i. 6, 8.

tyhtan

(v.)
Grammar
tyhtan, p. te.
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Hine his yldran tó woruldfolgaðe tyhton and lǽrdan his parents urged him to temporal service, Blickl. Homl. 211, 28. Hine tihtan tó his sáwle þearfe eum hortari ad animae suae necessitatem, L. Ecg. C. prm.; Th. ii. 130, 40.

Linked entries: a-tyhtan tihtan

tama

(n.)
Grammar
tama, an; m.

Tameness

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Tameness Ne þearf beorna nán wénan ðære wyrde, ðæt hió ( the lioness ) wel hire taman healde; ac ic tiohhie, ðæt hió ðæs níwan taman náuht ne gehicgge, ac ðone wildan gewunan wille geþencan hire eldrena, Met. 13, 23-28.

stede

(n.)
Grammar
stede, es; m.
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Ǽr mon ða stánas tó ðæm stede brohte ðe hié on standan scoldon, Past. 36; Swt. 253, 15. Of hiora stede styrede, Met. 7, 25. On his ágenum stede, Ps. Th. 102, 21. Ne stande hé on his stede and endebyrdnesse, ac stande hé ealra ýtemest, R.

Linked entries: bed-stede hám-stede

ge-stincan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stincan, p. -stanc, pl. -stuncon; pp. -stuncen

To perceive by the sense of smelling;olfacere aliquidodorareodorari

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ðæs landes lyft gestuncon they smelt the air of the land, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 35. ná gestingcaþ [ = gestincaþ] they smell not, Ps. Spl. 113, 14

daru

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S. 15, 7. loss, deprivation Þonne se mon bið blind, þeáh hé mycel áge, ꝥ him bið mycel daru, gif hé hit geseón ne mæg, Bl. H. 21, 8

þeód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-scipe, es; m.
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léton ealles ðeódscipes geswincg forwurðan, Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 12: 1048; Erl. 178, 23. An hé ( king Eadred ) his sáwla tó anliésnesse, and his ðeódscipe tó þearfe sixtýne hund punda, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 75, 1.

Linked entry: leód-scipe

á-búgan

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Ðá ábeáh seó módor tó hire bearne, 25, 174. Hwæþer þé of móde ábeáh has it escaped your memory?, Gr. D. 40, 24. (1a) where motion indicates reverence :-- on cneówum ábúgað tó his dǽdum bánum, Chr. 979; P. 123, 27 : Hy. 7, 10.

ge-wítan

(v.)
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Ꝥ hálige sǽd on him gedwán and gewát, Bl. H. 55, 30. Þá ealdan forþ gewitun uetera transierunt, An. Ox. 40, 35. Hú éce is ðæt ðæt hié wilniað, and hú gewítende ðæt is ðæt hié onscuniað ( quam transitoria, quae contemnunt ), Past. 299, 8.

be-seón

(v.)

To lookattentionexpectationTo see aboutcare forattend toprovide for

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Ne beseoh þú þe ná, Lch. i. 202, 17. ꝥ hé hine ne besió tó his ealdun yfelum, 17. with prep. Beseah hé hine underbæc wiþ ðæs wífes. Bt. 35, 6 ; F. 170, 14. ꝥ hé hine ne besió tó his ealdun yfelum 17. trans.

á-styrian

(v.)

to move a thing from its placeto cause a living creature to move itself:--to stir up,to cause motion in somethingto cause emotion in a personto cause strifepassionTo stirmove one's self

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of ðam stedum þá hors ástyrian ne mihton, Gr.

Linked entry: á-styrung

ofer-cuman

(v.)

to overcome, vanquish, subdueto come upon, reach, obtain

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Hé ongitt hine selfne ofercumenne (-cymenne, Hatt. MS.), Past. 34, 1; Swt. 228, 20. Ðás men geseóþ ðæt hié synt ofercumene, Blickl. Homl. 189, 5. Ofercymene consternati, Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 10.

earfoðe

(n.)
Grammar
earfoðe, es; pl. nom. acc. a, u, o, e; n. [A feminine earfoþu; gen. e, a, or indecl. seems to occur in the following
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Is him óðer earfeðu . . ., ꝥ scoma mǽste dreógað, Cri. 1273. Þæt his earfeðu eal gelumpe, módcearu mǽgum, Gú. 165. Orsorg ðises andweardan lífes earfoþe (-a, v. l. ), Bt. 39, 7; F. 222, 31. Þæt him Dryhten tó hyra earfeða ende gerýme, Gú. 196.

under-ládteów

(n.)
Grammar
under-ládteów, es; m.

A subordinate ruler

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A subordinate ruler, applied to the consuls in comparison with the kings Him ðá Rómáne æfter ðæm ládteówas (underlátteówas, MS.

Linked entry: lád-teów

-geaplíce

(adv.; suffix)
Grammar
-geaplíce, l. <b>geáplíce,</b>
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Þá betealde hé ( Herod ) hine swíðe geáplíce, swá swá hé wæs snotorwyrde, Hml. Th. i. 80, 9. Hig tósceádað ꝥ stæfgefég on þrým wísan geáplíce swíðe, Angl. viii. 313, 17

sprǽce

(n.)
Grammar
sprǽce, an; f.
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Apollonius hyre árehte ealle his gelymp, and æt þáre sprǽcan ende him feóllon teáras of ðám eágum, Ap. Th. 15, 26

gád

(n.)

a goad.

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Gif se oxa spyrnð ongeán ðá gád, hit dereð him sylfum, Hml. Th. i. 390, 9: 386, 9. Add

gafol-gilda

one who pays

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Similar entries gafol,(2), Hanna mid eallum his folce wearð Rómánum tó gafolgieldum and him ǽlce geáre gesealde twá hund talentana siolfres, Ors. 4, 6; S. 170, 26. v. Similar entries gafol, (7), Gafolgilda fenerator, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 43

Linked entry: gafol-gildere