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fær

(n.)

goingpassinga going awaya journeycoursea voyagea marchan expeditionenterprisea passagethoroughfareroadentrancecarriagevessela troopa crewfareproceedings

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Se wítega hine befrán: 'Hwanon cóme ðú?,' Hml. Th. i. 400, 22. Ic ne cúðe hira fær nesciebam unde essent, Jos. 2, 4: Hml.

Linked entry: færbu

ge-scippan

(v.)
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H. 103, 22. with tó God gesceóp tó mǽran engle þone þe nú is deófol; ac God ne gesceóp hine ná tó deófle, Hml. Th. i. 12, 19. Þǽre gecynde ðe heó tó gesceapen wæs, Bt. 25 ; F. 88, 7.

ge-endian

(v.)
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Ðæt is tó tácne ðæt mon endebyrðllce ðone biscepdóm healde, ðæt hé hine on gódum weorcum geendige, Past. 53, 23. Geendedre transacto (officio), An. Ox. 2144. ¶ líf geendian to die :-- Ǽghwylc þára manna þe his líf geendaþ on þyssum, Bl.

ge-wis

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hine wurðiaþ mid gewissum geleáfan, Wlfst. 105, 29. Englas habbaþ gewis andgit, Bt. 41, 5; F. 252, 30, 20. Þæt gé beón gewisse ðonne úre týddernys his worda getácnunga eów geopenað, Hml.

girnan

(v.)
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ac þú hine ne miht habban orsogne gloriam petis? sed securus esse desistis, Bt. 32, 1;F. 114, 18. Hé gierneð (girneð, v. l.) ðæs folgoðes magisterium appetit, Past. 55, 21.

lufu

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His þegnas for hiora eardes lufan tilodon hine tó forlǽtanne, Bt. 38, 1; F. 194, 28. Ic hæfde bródor and éðel on Egyptum and þǽr mid mínum mágum wunode ... þá ongan ic heora lufu (lufa, v. l.) forhycgan, Hml.

lócian

(v.)
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Seó byren lócade tó þǽre fǽmnan hwæþer heó sceolde hine cucene þe deádne, Shrn. 47, 2.

lufian

(v.)
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Frofre gǽst in Gúðláces geóce gewunade, lufade hine and lǽrde, Gú. 109. Cómon earnas . . . lissum lufodon, An. 870. Nemne hé God lufige mid lácum, Jul. in.

open

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H. 61, 12. of a space, not shut in, not enclosed Gelícost openre byrig, ðǽre ðe mid náne wealle ne bið ymbworht sicut urbs patens et absque murorum ambitu, Past. 277, 20. (3 a) of a battle :-- Hé hine ǽr openum gefeohte ofercóm, Past. 229, 8. not covered

hold

(adj.)
Grammar
hold, adj.

Kind, friendly, pleasant, favourable, gracious [of a prince to his subject], faithful, loyal, devoted, liege [of a subject to his prince]

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Heriaþ hine on hleóðre holdre béman laudate eum in sono tubæ, 150, 3. Eáran habbaþ ne hí áwiht mágon holdes gehýran ears have they but nought pleasing can they hear, 134, 17. Holdum Gode ic sealmas singe psallum Deo meo, 145, 1.

ǽstel

(n.)
Grammar
ǽstel, es; m.

A tableta table for notesa waxed tabletindicatoriumastulapugillaris

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It is most probable then that Alfred's ǽstel consisted of two waxed tablets, joined together by a hinge, and framed or covered with gold to the value of fifty mancuses.

(adv.)
Grammar
HÚ, adv.

How

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Th. 1962; B. 979. with a comparative [cf. þý, swá] Lufade hine lenge hú geornor, Exon. 34 b; Th. 110, 18; Gú. 109. qualifying, or in combination with, other words Hú mycel scealt ðú quantum debes? Lk. Skt. 16, 5.

Linked entries: hú-lic hú-meta hwu

ÍDEL

(adj.)
Grammar
ÍDEL, adj.

emptydestitutevoiddevoidvainuselessidleidleunemployed

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Ídelne hine forléton dimiserunt eum inanem, Lk. Skt. 20, 10, 11. Sáwle ídle animam inanem, Ps. Th. 106, 8. Hé forlét ða rícan ídele, Homl. Th. i. 204, 6. not possessing, destitute, void, devoid [with gen.]

Linked entries: a-ýdlig ídel

swerian

(v.)
Grammar
swerian, p. swór (but a weak swerede occurs; cf.
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In. 35; Th. i. 124, 7. (1 a) to swear an oath by something :-- Ða ðe áðas sweriaþ on hine, Ps. Th. 62, 9. Ic ǽne swór áð on hálgum, 88, 31. Gange ǽlc man ðæs tó gewitnesse ðe hé durre on ðam háligdóme swerian, L. Eth. iii. 2; Th. i. 292, 14.

Linked entry: fore-swerian

un-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cúþ, adj.

Unknownincognitusunknownstrangeunknownnot understoodunknownuncertainungentleunkindhostileharshunfriendly

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Wé genéðdon eafoð uncúþes ( Grendel ); úþe ic swíþor, ðæt ðú hine selfne geseón móste, feónd fylwérigne, Beo. Th. 1924; B. 960. Sceaþa eáweþ uncúðne níð, 558; B. 276.

Linked entry: un-cúþlíce

weorþ

(n.)
Grammar
weorþ, weorþe, worþ, wurþ, wyrþ, es; n.
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Gif esnes eáge and fót of weorðeb áslagen, ealne weorðe hine forgelde, 87; Th. i. 24, 14. worth, as in penny-worth, amount of a certain value Nabbaþ hí genóh on twégera hundred penega weorðe (wurþe, v. l.) hláfes ducentorum denariorum panes non sufficiunt

ymb-hwyrft

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-hwyrft, (-hwearft, -hweorft, -hwerft), es; m.
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On ymbhwyrfte ondrǽdendum hine in circuitu timentium eum, Ps. Spl. 33, 7. Haldeþ heora ymbhwyrft Drihten Dominus in circuitu populi sui, Ps.

fæste

shakenfirmlyfasturgentlystrictlysolemnlysecurelyfastfastspeedily at once

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Hé nam of hire eall ꝥ áhte, for ðám heó hit heóld ǽr tó fæste wið hine, Chr. 1043; P. 162, 26. Fæste bewunden, An. 58: El. 937.

Linked entry: fæstlíce

ge-secgan

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hine monnum gecýþan and gesecgan teolode, Bl. H. 165, 31. Ðá hérde Ægelríc þet gesecgon. Chr. 1070; P. 207, 26. to speak of, expound, discuss Bisen gesægde ł getrahtade parabolam exponit, Mt. p. 17, 3.

ge-wendan

(v.)
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L. 17, 4. of condition On hine seolfne gewoende in se reuersus, Lk. L. 17, 4. Ðæt ðæt mód ne gewende on selflíce and on ofermétto that the mind may not come to be proud, Past. 147, 2. to change into Hú sió ádl gewent on wæterbollan, Lch. ii. 168, 2