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ge-cýþnes

witness, testimony ⬩ of the scriptures, testament

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Þis fæsten wæs ásteald on ðsére ealdan gecýðnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 100, 2 : Wlfst. 285, 16. Witan hwæt sý betwux ðám twám gecýðnessum; ðáre ealdan ǽ ǽr Crístes tócyme and þáre níwan gecýðnesse under Crístes gife. Ll. Th. ii. 368, 10-12.

á-ceósan

To pick out, elect ⬩ choice, excellent, select, elect

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Paulus wæs bodigend and ácoren láreów, Hml. A. 149, 148: 182, 43. On ðára ácorenra monna heortan in electorum cordibus, Past. 237, 21 : 465, 10. On gódum and ácorenum módum bonis mentibus, Gr. D. 57, 1.

á-wundrian

(v.)

to wonder ⬩ be astonished ⬩ to wonder at ⬩ admire ⬩ magnify

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Áundrad wæs miratus est, 7, 9. Ꝥ hé woere áwundrad ut miraretur, Mk. L. 15, 5, Áwundrade woeron, mirati sunt, Lk. L. 2, 18: ammirati sunt, 48: 11, 14. to wonder at, admire, magnify Áuundradon God magnificabant Deum, Lk.

ge-hǽled

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Hí tó rǽde fundon mid gemǽnre geðeahte, þæt him sélre and gehǽledre wǽre ( quia satius esset ) þæt hí ealle hwurfon tó heora éðle, 2, 5; Sch. 135, 10. v ge-hǽlan; II

a-súcan

(v.)
Grammar
a-súcan, -súgan; p. -seác, -seág, pl. -sucon, -sugon; pp. -socen, -sogen

To suck ⬩ sugere

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To suck; sugere Asogen wǽre sugeretur, Cot. 193. Sina beóþ asocene [Exon. asogene] the sinews shall be sucked, Soul Kmbl. 217; Exon. 99 b ; Th. 373, 19; Seel. 111

Linked entry: a-súgan

seóþan

(v.)
Grammar
seóþan, p. seáþ, pl. sudon; pp. soden.

to seethe ⬩ boil ⬩ cook in a liquid ⬩ to subject to a fiery ordeal ⬩ to try as with fire ⬩ to subject to great pain ⬩ to afflict grievously ⬩ to reduce by pain or disease ⬩ to prepare food for the mind ⬩ to make fear, hope ⬩ subjects with which the mind may be occupied

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Mid ðý hé ðá lange mid swígendum nearonessum his módes and mid ðý blindan fýre soden wæs cum diu tacitis mentes angoribus et caeco carperetur igni, Bd. 2, 13; S. 513. 34. Herebryht wæs mid singale untrumnesse soden and swenced, 4, 29; 8. 607, 41.

Linked entry: for-seóþan

FUGEL

(n.)
Grammar
FUGEL, fugol, fugul; gen. fugeles, fugles; m.

A bird ⬩ FOWL ⬩ ăvis ⬩ āles

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Hér wæs ðæt micle fugla wæl in this year [A.D. 671] was the great destruction of birds, Chr. 671; Erl. 34, 33. Ofer fugla cynn over the race of birds, Exon. 58 a; Th. 208, 22; Ph. 159: 60 b; Th. 221, 6, 16; Ph. 330, 335.

Linked entries: fen-fugelas fugol fugul

níd-þearf

(n.)
Grammar
níd-þearf, e; f.

necessity ⬩ inevitableness ⬩ necessity ⬩ constraint ⬩ need ⬩ a necessary thing ⬩ what a person needs ⬩ need ⬩ distress ⬩ trouble ⬩ a necessary business

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Hé wirþ swá earm ðæt hé næfþ furþum ða neódþearfe áne ( fit ut necessariis egeat ), ðæt is wist and wǽda; wilnaþ ðonne ðære neádþearfe, næs ðæs anwealdes, Bt. 33, 2; Fox 124, 15-18.

smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
smeágan, smeán; p. smeáde; ppr. smeágende, smeánde; pp. smeád

to consider, meditate, inquire, deliberate ⬩ to consider, ponder, examine, inquire into, discuss, search ⬩ to seek an opportunity ⬩ to accept as the result of inquiry, to suppose

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Hé sóhte and smeáde (tractavit), hwæt tó dónne wǽre Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 29: Elen. Kmbl. 826; El. 413. Maria smeáde and þohte, hwæt seó hálettung wǽre Blickl. Homl. 7, 16. Smeáge man geornlíce, hwæðer hit sóþ sí Deut. 19, 18.

Linked entry: smeán

ge-lǽdan

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Hér wæs Sc̃e Óswaldes líc gelǽded (-lǽdd, v. l. ) of Beardanígge on Myrce, Chr. 909; P. 94, 31. Geleád, 1076; P. 213, 2. Wæs máðma fela of feorwegum gelǽded, B. 37.

Englisc-man

(n.)
Grammar
Englisc-man, -mon, es; m.

An Englishman ⬩ Anglĭcānus

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An Englishman; Anglĭcānus Ic wille ðæt gé fédaþ ealle wæga án earm Engliscmon I will that ye entirely feed one poor Englishman, L. Ath. i. prm; Th. i. 198, 5

forþ-gewendan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-gewendan, p. de; pp. ed

To go or turn out ⬩ prodīre

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To go or turn out; prodīre Ðæt ǽlc man ðe fere wǽre forþgewende so that every man who was able to go should turn out, Chr. 1016; Erl. 153, 31

mid-ferhtness

(n.)
Grammar
mid-ferhtness, e; f.

Middle age

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Middle age Seó heora iúgoþ and seó midfyrhtnes bútan ǽgwylcum leahtre gestanden, hwylc talge wé ðæt seó yldo and se ende ðæs heora lífes wǽre? Blickl. Homl. 163, 3-6

Linked entry: -ferhtness

or-tydre

Grammar
or-tydre, l. -týdre,
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and add Nolde úre Drihten for his myldheortnesse ꝥte ðes middangeard nǽre (wǽre ?) ortýdre manna cynnes, ac áscyrede tó lafe ꝥ ꝥ wé eft of áwócon, Angl. xi. 2, 42

leger-teám

(n.)
Grammar
leger-teám, es; m.

Matrimony

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Matrimony, sexual intercourse [lawful or unlawful] Matheus him sægde ðæt hé wǽre swá synnig wið God gif hé ða gehálgodan fǽmnan tó legerteáme onfénge swá se þeów wǽre se ðe fénge on kyninges quéne tó unryhtum hǽmde Matthew said to him, that he would

þúsend

(n.; num.; adj.)

a thousand

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Rómána wæs án C and án M ofslagen Romanorum mille centum periere milites, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 176, 14. Ðæt wæs v hund monna and án M, 5, 12; Swt. 240, 34. Grammar þúsend, as an adjective indecl. Þúsénd getýme oxena and þúsend assan, Homl.

hearga

(n.)
Grammar
hearga, an; m.

a grove ⬩ a temple ⬩ fane ⬩ an idol

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In quattuor locis, id est, æt hearge . . . and æt geddincggum, 282, 17. an idol Wæs gesewen átífred ealle ðá heargas (idola) . . . sió gítsung ðe Sc̃s Paulus cuæð ðæt wǽre hearga (idolorum) geféra, Past. 157, 4-6. Hergas ðeóda simulacra gentium Ps.

hleóþor

(adj.)

a sound ⬩ noise ⬩ voice

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Ger. hliodar, and add: a sound, noise Ongan þǽr beón gehýred swýþe mycel swég and hleóðor swylce þǽr wǽre sum mycel mænigo in gangende coepit quasi cujusdam magnae multitudinis ingredientis sonitus audiri Gr. D. 284, 24.

open-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
open-líce, adv.

Openly ⬩ publicly, in a way by which not a few only are affected ⬩ without concealment, without reserve, freely ⬩ plainly, evidently, clearly, manifestly ⬩ without obstruction, at large

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Th. 49, 3, Hié openlíce ðæt gesetton (they publicly decreed) ðæt hé swungen wǽre óþ ðæt hé swylte. Blickl. Homl. 193, 3. Wæs ðis ðara wundra ǽrest ðe ðes eádiga wer openlíce beforan óðrum mannum geworhte, 219, 3 : Homl. Th. i. 58, 15.

a-rǽran

(v.)
Grammar
a-rǽran, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans. [a, rǽran to rear, raise]

To rear up ⬩ raise up ⬩ lift up ⬩ exalt ⬩ set up ⬩ build up ⬩ create ⬩ establish ⬩ erigere ⬩ excitare ⬩ resuscitare ⬩ extollere ⬩ ædificare ⬩ creare

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Ðá wæs ǽ Godes riht arǽred then was God's right law set up, Andr. Kmbl. 3288; An. 1647. Weofod arǽrde ædificavit altare, Gen. 22, 9.