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fóre-weard

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
fóre-weard, fór-weard, -werd, -ward; adj.

FORWARDforeformerearlyprōnusantĕriorprior

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Ðú gesetst me on heáfod oððe on fórewearde þeóda constĭtues me in căput gentium, Ps. Lamb. 17, 44

losian

(v.)
Grammar
losian, p. ode

To perishbe loststrayescape

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Cweþ 'ic losige' ðý læs ðe ðú losige ' Lord, I perish.' Say 'I perish,' lest thou perish, Homl. Th. ii. 394, 1-2. Hwílum losaþ sió stemn sometimes the voice is lost, L. M. 2, 51; Lchdm, ii. 264, 14.

Linked entry: lorian

earnian

(v.)
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Hú ne wást ðú ꝥ nán mon for þý ne rít ðe hine rídan lyste, ac rít for þý þe hé mid þǽre ráde earnaþ sume earnunga.

fremede

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Ðú hit becweðe swá gesibre handa swá fremdre swaðer ðe leófre sý, C.D. ii. 114, 7. Sceolon beón gesamnode ealle ðá menn ðe swyftoste hors habbað on ðǽm lande ...

á-drífan

to drive, cause to move (with violence)to drive off, drive awayexpellere, repudiare

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Voc. ii. 32, 71. fram Ðú mé ádrífest from earde mínum, Gen. 1032. Gif gé mé fram ádrýfaþ expellitis Coll. M. 29, 23. Ðú ús ádrife fram dóme repulisti nos, Ps. Th. 107, 10. Se fugel ádráf ealle ðá óþre fuglas fram ðǽm líchoman, Shrn. 57, 3.

GÚÞ

(n.)
Grammar
GÚÞ, e; f. [a poetical word]

War, battle, fightbellum

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Ðǽr ðú gúþe findest there wilt thou find conflict, Andr. Kmbl. 2698; An. 1351. Ǽr ðú gúþe fremme before thou do battle, 2708; An. 1356: Exon. 105b; Th. 402, 5; Rä. 21, 25.

wín-geard

(n.)
Grammar
wín-geard, -eard, es; m.

a vineyarda place where vines growthe vines growing in such a placevineaa place where other plants than vines grow a vinevitisvinea

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Ðú út álǽddest wíngeard (vineam)... and his wyrtruman settest, Ps. Th. 79, 8. Ic geseah wíneard (vitem), on ðam wǽron þreó clystru, Gen. 40, 9. On sumum stówum wíngeardas (vineae) grówaþ, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 14: Ps. Th. 104, 29.

á-blácian

(v.)
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Hept. p. 30, at end). of material, to get dull or tarnished, lose colour Ðæt fægere híw ðæs goldes sié áblácod ( pallescit ), Past. 135, 2

árfæstnes

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Gl. 251, 18. mercy, clemency, kindness Ðurh ðá mildheortnesse his árfæsðnesse per pietatis viscera, Past. 99, 1. Ðone greádan his árfæstnesse and his frófre hé gebrǽt sinum pietatis expandit, 407, 11: Gr. D. 146, 28.

ofer-méttu

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Hé in gǽð ðurh ðá ofermétta, 463, 31: 53, 16. Ofermétto insolentiam, An. Ox. 7, 368. Add

spadu

(n.)
Grammar
spadu, an, e; f.: spada (?); m.

A spadesarculum, rastrum

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Sum underdealf ða duru mid spade, Swt. A. S. Prim. 87, 174. Ðá genam hé áne spada[n?] and dealf ða eorþan, H. R. 13, 13. Spadan vangas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 10

Linked entries: spad spada spædu

tó-dwínan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-dwínan, p. -dwán

To vanish awayto burst and vanish

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Lchdm. i. 84, 25: 82, 2) se draca út of ðan carcerne the dragon burst all in pieces and vanished from the prison (the Latin has: Crux crevit in ore draconis et in duas partes eum divisit.

Linked entries: dwínan tó-þwínan

ge-wyldan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyldan, -wildan; he -wyld, -wild, -wylt; p. -wylde; pp. -wyld; v. a.

To exercise power overto tamesubdueconquertemperseizetakedominaridomaresubigereprehenderecapere

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Ðonne he hine hæfþ gewyldne dum dominabitur pauperi, Ps. Th. 9, 30. He hæfþ nú gewyld to mínum anwealde Scottas and Cumbras and eác swylce Bryttas subditis nobis sceptris Scottorum, Cumbrorumque, ac Brittonum, Th. Chart. 240, 3.

Linked entry: ge-wildan

un-gerád

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gerád, adj.

stupidrudeunskilledfoolishignorantdiscordantdisagreeingat variance

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Ðonne se abbod and se práfost ungeráde beóð and him betwyx sacaþ dum contraria sibi invicem abbas prepositusque sentiunt, R. Ben. 124.

Linked entry: ge-rád

un-hál

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hál, adj.

In bad healthsickweakinfirmunhealthyunsound

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Ðý læs hié mid ðý tóle ðæt hále líc gewierden ðe hié sceoldon mid ðæt unhále áweg áceorfan dum per hoc in se sana perimunt, per quod salubriter abscindere sauciata debuerunt, Past. 48; Swt. 365, 12.

bodung

annunciationdeclarationtestimonyinterpretationrecitingrehearsingpreaching

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Lára, bodunga cathegorias i. nuntiationes ł praedicationes, 3128. reciting, rehearsing : Gif hwylc bróðor wǽgð and misféhð on boduncge sealma oðþe ræpsa si quis dum pronuntiat psalmum aut responsorium fallitur, R.

ge-wanian

(v.)
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Gewane[dum] locca fexe dempta cincinnorum cesarię, An. Ox. 5047. Gewanedum dempta, Wrt.

medume

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Add:, me(o)dum. add: small, little. of amount Hí cómon ǽrest mid medemum fultume, ac siððan hý wiston hú hit þǽr besúðan wæs, þá . . . léton hí beódan mycele fyrde, Chr. 1052; P. 175, 17. of quality, status, &c.

scencan

(v.)
Grammar
scencan, te

To skink

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Ðá hí him betwih beadowíg scencton ðæs heofonlíces lífes dum sese alterutrum coelestis vitae poculis debriarent Bd. 4, 29 ; S. 607, 17. Scencean propinare Engl. Stud. ix. 40. Deáþes scencende drenc mortis propinans poculum Hymn. Surt. 31, 15.

yfel

(n.)
Grammar
yfel, es; n.
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Ðurh ða gesceádwísnesse wé tócnáwaþ good and yfel, and geceósaþ ðæt gód and áweorpaþ ðæt yfel, Past. 11; Swt. 65, 22. Geþenc ðæt ðú gód onfénge and gelíce Lazarus onféng yfel, Lk. Skt. 16, 25

Linked entries: efel eofel