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full-wiht

Grammar
full-wiht, fulluht,
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Sió hreówsung scolde bión ǽr ðǽm fulwihte. Se fullwuht ðone mon geclǽnsað, Past. 427, 6. Þurh þæne fulluht, Ll. Lbmn. 413, 22, 36. Grammar full-wiht, fem. Þá þénunge fulwihte (full-wihtes, v. l. ) ministerium baptizandi, Bd. 2, 2; Sch. 118, 15.

Linked entry: fulluht

á-þreótan

To make weary. ⬩ alone

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Add: To make weary. used impersonally with acc. of person, alone Hwæðerne áþreóteð ǽr which will be tired out first, Sal. 428. with gen. of object of weariness Eów þæs lungre áþreát, El. 368. Áðreát ðá hiéremenn ryhtes lífes, Past. 129, 4.

Linked entries: þreótan a-þreát

fón

(v.)

to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to take ⬩ arrest ⬩ apprehend ⬩ to get ⬩ gain ⬩ to get ⬩ suffer ⬩ experience ⬩ to begin ⬩ to begin ⬩ to take ⬩ to set about ⬩ undertake ⬩ to attack ⬩ to begin at ⬩ to take ⬩ take ⬩ to set to work at ⬩ deal with ⬩ receive ⬩ accept ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ take possession of ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ undertake ⬩ to take ⬩ to take to ⬩ allow of ⬩ to take to ⬩ to take to ⬩ join battle ⬩ to join together ⬩ to struggle with

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Ðú á ymbe sticce féhst eft on ðá ilcan sprǽce þe þú ǽr spǽce, and forlǽtst eft ðá, ǽr ðú hí geendod hæbbe, and féhst on uncúþe. Bt. 35, 5; F. 164, 14: Solil. H. 26, 4. Ic on mýne gebedu féng, Nic. 10, 36.

lytig

(adj.)
Grammar
lytig, lyteg; adj.

Cunning ⬩ astute ⬩ sly ⬩ artful ⬩ crafty ⬩ wily

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Forðæm him [a simple person] is micle iéðre tó gestíganne on ðone ryhtán wísdóm, ðonne ðæm lytegan síe tó anbúganne, for ðæm ðe hé biþ ǽr upáhæfen for his lotwrencium, 30, 1; Swt. 203, 18.

Linked entries: letig lot lyteg

mennisc-ness

(n.)
Grammar
mennisc-ness, e: f.

humanity ⬩ human nature ⬩ incarnation ⬩ humaneness ⬩ humane behaviour

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Æfter ðære drihtenlícan menniscnysse, 1, 6; S. 476, 16. humaneness, humane behaviour Hí syndon fremfulle ( benigni) menn, and gyf hwylc mann tó him cymeþ ðonne gyfaþ hí him wíf ǽr hí hine on weg lǽtan.

ge-brengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brengan, p. -brohte, pl. -brohton; pp. -broht; v. trans, [ge-, brengan to bring]

To bring ⬩ lead ⬩ produce ⬩ bear ⬩ ferre ⬩ dūcĕre ⬩ prodūcĕre

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To bring, lead, produce, bear; ferre, dūcĕre, prodūcĕre He wénþ ðæt ðone mon ǽr mǽge gebrengan on fǽrwyrde that he thinks may bring the man earlier to a terrible fate, Past. 62; Swt. 457, 11; Hat. MS: Salm. Kmbl. MS. A. 176; Sal. 87: 296; Sal. 147.

Linked entries: ge-bringan ge-broht

fore

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
fore, adv.

in front ⬩ at the head ⬩ before

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Th. 148, 11. temporal, before Fore ic cueð ł ǽr ic sægde praedixi, Mt. L. 28, 7: Mk. L. 13, 23. See also fore; prep., and verbs with fore as prefix.

ge-hogian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hogian, p. ode; pp. od.
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Gé þæt gehogodon, þæt gé on fára folc feorh gelǽddon, An. 429. (3 a) with pron. relative clause, and clause in apposition :-- Ðá þæt gehogode Méda aldor, þæt ǽr man ne ongan, þæt hé Babilone ábrecan wolde, Dan. 687. to look for, hope for Israhéla hús

Linked entry: ge-hycgan

leger

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Add Sé þe þæt ne can, ǽr hé hit geleornige, ne hé rihtlíce ne bið húsles wyrðe . . . ne furðon clǽnes legeres æfter his forðsíðe, Wlfst. 302, 8. Ðá beád se bisceop his wer þám cynge.

móna

Grammar
móna, <b>. I.</b>
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Æfter sunnan setlgange, ǽr mónan úpryne, i. 330, 18. Add Swá hwǽr swá þe móna byð feówertýne nihta eald, Lch. iii. 244, 11

hátheort-nes

(n.)
Grammar
hátheort-nes, -ness, e; f.

Wrath, anger, fury, rage, fervour, zeal

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Sió hátheortness ðæt mód gebringþ on ðæm weorce ðe hine ǽr nán willa tó ne spón mentem impellit furor, quo non trahit desiderium, Past. 33, 1; Swt. 215, 8.

six

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
six, siex, syx

six

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., Rush.) dagon ǽr, Jn. Skt. 12, 1. in multiplication Ceorles wergild is . cc. scił ł. Ðegnes wergild is syx swá micel, L. M. L.; Th. i. 190, 3. as subst. declined Ða hyra syxe wǽron ácwealde, Shrn. 111, 10.

Linked entries: syx siex

ymb-hygdig

(adj.)
Grammar
ymb-hygdig, adj.

feeling anxiety, careful, anxious, solicitous, attentive ⬩ causing anxiety, anxious

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Hié forgytaþ ðæt hié hwéne ǽr ymbhygdigum eárum and ingeþancum gehýrdon reccean, Blickl. Homl. 55, 27. causing anxiety, anxious Gif him þince ðæt hé geseó man mid wǽpnan gewundodne, ymbhídig sorg ðæt byð, Lchdm. iii. 174, 12

Linked entries: -hygdig ymb-hédig

á-cólian

(v.)
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Ǽr ðæt fýr ðǽre willunge from ðám móde ácólie, Bd. 1, 27; M. 80, 31. Hí lǽtað ácólian ðá innecundan lufan, Past. 139, 8. Wearð se sóða geleáfa ácólad, Wlfst. 270, 2. Bið manna lufu ácólod, Hml. Th. ii. 542, 26.

ge-hwirfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hwirfan, ge-hweorfan.
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D. ii. 66, 21. with acc. to exchange Wulfríc hit siððan æt him gehwyrfde mid ðám ðe him gecwémre wæs, C. D. iii. 291, 21. intrans. To return to a place, occupation, &amp;c.

Linked entry: ge-hweorfan

barþ

(n.)
Grammar
barþ, es; m.

A kind of ship ⬩ a light vessel to sail or row in ⬩ dromo

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A kind of ship, a light vessel to sail or row in; dromo Æsc vel barþ dromo, Ælfc. Gl. 103; Som. 77, 102; Wrt. Voc. 56, 24

feordian

(v.)
Grammar
feordian, p. ode; pp. od

To be at war ⬩ bellum gĕrĕre

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To be at war; bellum gĕrĕre Hí feordodan wið Ætlan Húna cininge they were at war with Ætla king of the Huns, Chr. 443: Erl. 11, 35

fynegian

(v.)
Grammar
fynegian, p. ode; pp. od [fynig mouldy]

To become mouldy or musty ⬩ mūcescĕre

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Ælf. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 7

Linked entry: ge-finegod

for-brict

(v.)
Grammar
for-brict, for-brícan (?); p. te

To use up ⬩ consume ⬩ destroy

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and mid þyssum andlyfenum bið ǽlc mægen geféd, Ll. Th. ii. 404, 5. Substitute:

hredding

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Ælc rihtwís man hæfde fultum and hreddinge, sé ðe mid fullum geleáfum on his earfoðnyssum tó ðám Ælmihtigan clypode, Hml. S. 13, 48. Hræddinge, 2, 219. Add