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staþolfæstness

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Add: physical Þæt for þæs treówes styrenesse wǽre ege æteówed, and for his staþolfæstnysse (stabilitate) bældo, Gr. D. 191, 9.

ge-cnyssan

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Ic eom nú swá ꝥ twig ꝥ bið ácorfen of þám treówe, and áworpen on micclum ýstum and éghwanon gecnissed, Hml. S. 30, 192. of mental distress Ðú gecnysydyst mé allisisti me, Ps. Spl. C. 101, 11. Hé wæs gecnyssed fram sumum geþancum, Hml. S. 23 b, 48.

sceafan

(v.)
Grammar
sceafan, scafan;scóf; sceafen, scafen

To shave, scrape, shred, polish

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Hé scóf on halig wæter of ðam hálgan treówe, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 102, 216. Man scóf ðæra bóca leáf and ða sceafþan dyde on wæter rasa folia codicum, et ipsam rasuram aquae immissam, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 37.

in-gemynd

(n.)
Grammar
in-gemynd, es; n : e; f.

Memorymindremembrance

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Memory, mind, remembrance Ic ðæs wuldres treówes oft hæfde ingemynd oft had I remembrance of the tree of glory, Elen. Kmbl. 2504; El. 1253.

wil-fægen

(adj.)
Grammar
wil-fægen, adj.

Having ones desiresatisfiedglad

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Ongan hé wilfægen æfter ðam wuldres treó eorðan delfan, ðæt hé funde behelede, Elen. Kmbl. 1652; El. 828.

Linked entries: wil-tygþe wil-hrémig

for-ceorfan

to cut upto cut offto cut down

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Swá swá ðæt treów ðe ðá wyrtruman beóð færcorfene (for-, v. l.) forseárað, swá hié magon ondrǽdan ðæt him weorðen ðá wyrttruman færcorfene (for-, v. l.), 339, 19. to cut down Forcorfen succisa (arbor), An. Ox. 1578. to deprive by cutting of (dat.)

un-rihtlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-rihtlíce, adv.

Unrighteouslyunjustlywickedlywrongfully

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Se wæs unrihtlíce ofslagen ofer áþas and treówa, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 27. Se wæs unrihtlíce ádrǽfed, Chr. 1022; Erl. 161, 36. Hé nǽnigne man unrihtlíce fordémde, Blickl. Homl. 223, 32.

Linked entry: rihtlíce

pluccian

(v.)
Grammar
pluccian, ploccan ; p. ode
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Ða ðe ðæra treówa bógas heówon ... sind ða láreówas on Godes cyrcan, ðe plucciaþ ða cwydas ðæra apostola, Homl. Th. i. 212, 35. His leorning-cnihtas ða eár pluccedon ( uellebant ), Lk. Skt. 6, 1.

Linked entry: plyccan

á-belgan

(v.)
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Forbe;ád se biscop ðæt hí ne weópon, ðý lǽs [hí] ðá hálgan treów þurh heora wóp and teáras ábulgen monuit sacerdos ut pergeremus fletum ululatumque nostrum sacras arbores dicens offendisse, Nar. 32, 14.

Linked entries: á-bloncgne in-belgan

fród

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Treów . . . fród dagum, Rä. 54, 4. of things Fród fyrngeweorc (a statue), An. 738: the universe, Ph. 84. Fród fyrngewritu ( the Old Testament ), El. 431

gim

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Gimmas hæfdon bewrigene weorðlíce wealdes treów, Kr. 16. Sum bið searocræftig goldes and gimma, þonne him gumena weard háteð tó mǽrðum máððum rénian, Crä. 59. Hé hit gihrínade mið golde and mið gimmum, Jn. p. 188, 5.

swaru

(n.)
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He sahtnesse mid sware (treoðe, 1st MS.) hadde ifastned, Laym. 10893.]

un-gemyndig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gemyndig, adj.

Unmindfulforgetful

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Hí wurdon ðæs treówes ungemyndige, ac God wæs his gemyndig, Homl. Th. ii. 146, 2

piþa

(n.)
Grammar
piþa, an; m.
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Pith, the soft inner part of the stem of a plant Eall se ðǽl se ðe ðæs treówes on twelf mónþum geweaxeþ, hé onginþ of ðám wyrtrumum, and swá upweardes gréwþ óþ ðone stemn, and siððan andlang ðæs piþan and andlang ðære rinde óþ ðone helm, Bt. 34, 10;

weorold-gesǽlþa

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-gesǽlþa, pl. f.
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Ða getreówan treónd, ic secge seó ðæt deórweorðeste ðyng eallra ðissa woruldgesǽlþa, 24, 3 ; Fox 82, 29. Tó upáhafen for woruldgesǽlþum, Met. 5, 34. Ðeáh hý sýn on þyson woroldgesǽlþon ða unspédgestan, Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 30, 4.

Linked entry: weorold-sǽlþa

for-gangan

(v.)

to forgoabstain from

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Ic ðé secge, forgang þú ánes treówes wæstm, Hml. Th. i. 14, 8-10. Forgang hwít abstine te ab albo, Ll. Th. ii. 132, 5. Forgange ꝥ wíf hire wer abstineat se mulier a marito suo, 154, 2.

Linked entry: for-gán

hínan

to humblehumiliatedegradeinsultto conquersubjecto oppressafflictto lay lowdestroyto lay wastedestroyto accuse

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Noldon ðá hǽðenan þám bálgan geðafian þæt hé swá hálig treów ǽfre hýnan sceolde (cf. hí ne mihton on heora móde findan ꝥ hé ꝥ treów forcurfe, Hml. S. 31, 395), Hml.

Linked entries: hýnan hénan hinend

wæstm

(n.)
Grammar
wæstm, (-em, -im, -um), es; m. n.:e; f.

Growth, increasegrowth, produceplant, fruitoffspring, progenyresultfruit, that which may be enjoyedproduce of money, usury.growth, growing,increasegrowth, thrivinggrowth, condition reached by growing, stature, form;

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Treów wæstm (westm, v. 12) wircende lignum faciens fructum, Gen. 1, 11. Seó eorðe wæstm bereþ terra fructificat, Mk. Skt. 4, 28. Hé geseah geblówen treów wæstm berende, Blickl. Homl. 245, 8. Sume sealdon weastm (wæstm, MSS. A.

holt

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For ðǽm wé ceorfað heáh treówu on holte ðaelig;t wé hí eft úp árǽren on ðǽm botle, Past. 443, 36. Hwá áspyreð ðæt deófol of geofones holte, Sal. K. p. 146, 28. Hé rád þurh ǽnne heáhne holt, Hml. S. 19, 219. On pápan holt súðweardne, C. D.

rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
rǽden, rǽdenn, e; f.
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force is much the same as that of the suffixes -ship, -hood, -red, denoting a state, condition. v. bed-, bróðor-, burh-, camp-, feónd-, folc-, freónd-, gafol-, gebed-, gecwid-, gefér-, heord-, híw-, hús-, land-, mǽg-, mann-, meodo-, nám-, teón-, þing-, treów