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fore-sceáwian

(v.)

to foreseeto provide forto provide give for use

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God mæg unc þurh ðisne earn ǽt foresceáwian, 138, 35: 462, 17

wel-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
wel-dǽd, e; f.

a good deeda benefitfavourkindnessan officeservice

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Ús God mǽre weldǽda getíðaþ nobis Deus magna beneficia prestet Scint. 16, 8: Homl. Th. ii. 298, 12; 418, 23. Wé ne magon ásecgean his weldǽda on ús Basil admn. 4; Norm. 42, 3.

brecan

(v.)

to shatterdemolishto subduetamereflexto strugglestrive

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Hí nǽfre siððan út (out of hell) brecan ne magon, Hml. Th. i. 174, 3. to force a way through obstructions, move impetuously On bricþ ingruerit (quasi tempestas), Kent. Gl. 13.

Linked entry: bracan

yfel

(n.)
Grammar
yfel, es; n.
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Ǽlc yfel man him gehét, 1036; Erl. 165, 22. Ðám ðe mé syrwedan yfel qui quaerunt mala mihi, Ps. Th. 70, 12. Ealle ðe mé yfel hogedon qui cogitant mihi mala, 69, 3. Heó þolian ne wolde yfel, Cd. Th. 136, 26; Gen. 2264: Past. 36; Swt. 261, 4: Exon.

Linked entries: efel eofel

merigen

(n.)
Grammar
merigen, merien, mergen, es; m.

morningthe morning of the next daymorrow

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Merien mane, Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 53. On mergenne mane, Ps. Spl. 91, 2: Ps. Th. 54, 17: 89, 16: Beo. Th. 1134; B. 565. In merne mane, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 20, 1: 21, 18. Tó merne, 16, 3. On ðam dæge worhte God merigen and ǽfen, Homl. Th. i. 100, 5.

Linked entries: mergen merne

pening

(n.)
Grammar
pening, penning, pending, penig, pennig, es; m.
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Man ðysses wyrttruman genime týn penega gewihte, i. 260, 17. Hý man wegeþ, swá man déþ gold wið penegas, and gif ða penegas teóþ swíðor ðonne ðæt gold, ðonne miswyrþ ðam men hraðe,Wulfst. 240, 2-4

Linked entry: pending

fisc-noþ

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-noþ, fiscnoþ (-naþ), fixnoþ, es; m.

fishinga fishing-grounda catch

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Petrus gecyrde eft tó his fixnoðe . . . óðer is þæt man him ðurh fíxnoðe bigleofan tilige, and óðer þæt man ðurh toll feoh gegadrige, Hml. Th. ii. 288, 17-30. Hé hét hý áweorpan heora net on fixnode. Nap. 22, 32. Far ðé on fiscnoð mid mé, Ap.

ge-trúwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-trúwian, ge-trýgian.
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Gif se hláford þonne wille þone man mid wóh fordón ... gif hé láðleás beó if A receive B's man, C, that B has turned away for his (C's) ill-doing, and to B C cannot clear himself of the charge of ill-doing. ...

ríceter

(n.)
Grammar
ríceter, rícetere, es; n.

powerdominionrulegreatnessgloryviolenceforce

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mæg, oððe hú dear ǽnig láwede man him tó geteón þurh ríccetere Cristes wican ? ii. 592, 27

Linked entry: rícceter

wédan

(v.)
Grammar
wédan, p. de

To be mad or furious, to rage, rave to be mad, out of one's sensesto act with violence, be furious, rage,

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Fra þatt grediȝnesse þatt doþ þe mann to wedenu rihht to winnenn erþlic ahhte, Orm. 14140. Þe kyng ferde for wraþþe as he wolde wede, R. Glouc. 53, 10

Linked entry: a-wédan

Drihten-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
Drihten-líce, comp. -lícor ; adv.

According to the Lord, by the Lord secundum Domĭnum, a Domĭno

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According to the Lord, by the Lord; secundum Domĭnum, a Domĭno Ðæt he Drihtenlícor mǽge beón hálig genemned that he may be called holy by the Lord, L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 418, 9

Linked entry: Dryhten-líce

hring-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
hring-fáh, adj.
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Of many colours, diversified with circular spots of colour [?] Hringfégh oculata, vel polimita Ælfc. Gl. 29; Som. 61, 29; Wrt. Voc. 26, 28. Hét wircean him hringfáge tunecan fecit ei tunicam polymitam, Gen. 37, 3

Linked entry: hring-wíse

bold-ágende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
bold-ágende, part.

House-owning, possessing a housedomum possidens

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[bold a house, ágende owning] House-owning, possessing a house; domum possidens Hæleða monegum boldágendra to many of house-owning men, Beo. Th. 6215; B. 3112: Exon. 90 b; Th. 339, 12; Gn. Ex. 93

wiþer-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-mód, adj.

Having the mind set againstadversehostilecontrary

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Having the mind set against something, adverse, hostile, contrary Ðæt wé hié wiðermóde ne gedón ús mid ðære tǽlinge that we may not set them against us with the blame, Past. 32; Swt. 212, 1

gydig

(adj.)
Grammar
gydig, adj.
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Possessed by an evil spirit, mad Þæne gidian limphaticum, s. Saul (gy[digne], þæne gidigan limphaticum, i. vecordem, Hpt. Gl. 520, 63: cf. limphaticum wódan, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 56), An. Ox. 5009. Cf. god

Linked entry: gidig

sacian

(v.)
Grammar
sacian, ode

To strive, brawl

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Fela sind ðe wyllaþ fracodlíce him betwýnan sacian many there are that will shamefully brawl among themselves, Homl. Th. ii. 294, 1

Linked entry: and-sacian

gǽlsa

(n.)
Grammar
gǽlsa, an; m.

A gluttonone who is inordinately fond

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A glutton; fig. one who is inordinately fond of a pursuit Gif mann bið ákenned on xxvi nihta ealdne mónan, sé bið weorces gǽlsa (he will be a glutton of work), Lch. iii. 158, 15

spere-healf

(n.)
Grammar
spere-healf, e;

The male side or line

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The male side or line (in speaking of inheritance. Cf. swert-, gér-máge, Grmm. R. A. 470) Mín yldra fæder hæfde gecweden his land on ða sperehealfe, næs on ða spinlhealfe, Chart. Th. 491, 20

Linked entries: spere-hand spinel-healf

ge-stællan

(v.)

to stallstable

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to stall, stable Ðá hét he on ðæs pápan ciericean gestællan his blancan and monig óðer neát he ordered his horse and many other cattle to be stabled in the pope's church, Shrn. 51, 22

wirs

(adv.)
Grammar
wirs, cpve.: wirrest, wirst; spve.;

Worseworst

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MSS.) gedón cum ea, quae bene egisse se credant, male acta monstramus, Past. 32; Swt. 209, 17.

Linked entries: wyrs wiers wirrest