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ofer-wreón

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-wreón, p. -wráh, -wreáh, pl. -wrigon, -wrugon; pp. -wrigen, -wrogen

To cover, cover over, veil, hide, conceal, overspread

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Seó sǽ ealle his crætu and riddan mid ýðan oferwreáh, Homl. Th. ii. 194, 28. Þicce genip oferwréh ðone munt, Ex. 19, 16. Oferwreogan contexerunt mé þýstru, Ps. Lamb. 54, 6. Ne ne beóþ gecyrred oferwreón (tó oferwreónne, Ps. Lamb.: oferwreán, Ps.

synder-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
synder-líc, adj.

Separate, special, privatethat is apart, separate, remoteprivate, that is done apart, not publicprivate, without distinction, ordinaryspecial, peculiar, properseparated by superiority, singular, excellent, specially good

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Interl. 43, 2. that belongs to an individual or that is adapted to a particular purpose, not in common, special, peculiar, proper Seó gesceádwísnes is synderlíc cræft ðære sáwle, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 10. Synderlíc gifu praerogativa, Hpt.

Linked entries: sundor-líc syndrig

fæt

a vesselutensila receptacleboxcasketa compartment

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Ðás fato (vascula) cræfte gihrínado hǽdenra, Rtl. 97, 27. Hí geáfon him manega gærsama on gyldenan faton and on seolfrenan, Chr. 1075; P. 209, 33. Þá gersuman . . . on golde and on seolfre and on faton, 1086; P. 222, 16. a receptacle, box, casket.

ge-coren

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Add: distinguished, prominent Hí nǽron for nánum cræfte gecorene, búton for dyseges folces heringe, Bt. 27, 3; F. 100, 3.

for-ðam

(con.)
Grammar
for-ðam, for-ðæm, for-ðan, for-ðon, for-ðam-ðe, for-ðæm-ðe, for-ðan-ðe, for-ðon-ðe; conj, [for that which]

For thatfor that reason whichforbecausenamquia

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Me ðæt gelǽrdon leóde míne ðæt ic ðé sóhte, forðan hie mægenes cræft mínne cúðon my people counselled me that I should seek thee, because they knew my capacity of strength, Beo. Th. 840; B. 418: Ps. Spl. 6, 2: Apstls. Kmbl. 93; Ap. 47: Menol.

Linked entries: for-ða for-ðon

lystan

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Lyste þám þe lyste þisne cræft leornian, Angl. viii. 308, 25. v. of-lysted ( not -lystón)

rím

(adj.)
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Wǽrun Godes cræta týn þúsendo geteled ríme cursus Dei decem millibus multiplex, 67, 17: Exod. 372: An. 1037: El. 634. in phrases denoting that persons, things, &c., have not been, or cannot be, counted: Mé ymbhringde manig yfel, þǽr nis nán rím

un-eáðe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-eáðe, and un-iéðe (-éðe, -íðe, -ýðe); adj.

difficulthardtroublesomeunpleasantgrievous

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Hé sǽde ðæt se cræft uniéðe wǽre tó gehealdenne praedicit quia difficile capitur, Past. 52; Swt. 409, 20.

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gréne

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Bróhte seó culufre elebeámes twig ... gréne blǽde, Gen. 1474. the presence of natural moisture Gréne beregræs (-cræs, MS.) farrago, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 46.

rídan

(v.)
Grammar
rídan, p. rád, pl. ridon.

to ride on horsebackequitareto rideto rideto swingrock

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Ofer ðý cræte curran, ofer ðý cwéne reodan, Lchdm. iii. 32, 10. Ymbe hlǽw riodan hildedeóre, Beo. Th. 6319; B. 3170. Rídan ða yldestan men tó ðære byrig, L. Ath. i. 20; Th. i. 208, 29.

Linked entries: a-rídan rid rídusende

be-gán

(v.)

passageto go roundto reach by goingcome uponget atto gopass byto gocomegetto pass byTo come byget atto comefall to one's lotto fallget into debtto surroundto confineto occupyto go about a businessto attend toto cultivateto worshipto honourvenerate a placeto exercise, practise an art, mode of life, &c.to practise a religionfollow the dictates of to practisecarry ondo (habitually)to devote one's self to a practiceto exercise a personto behaveto exercise in somethingto exerciseuseemployto professpretend

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Hú begǽst þú (hunta) cræft þínne quomodo exerces artem tuam ?, Coll. M. 21, II: 19, II. Beóde exercuit (anachoreseos vitam), An. Ox. 3639.

hírsum-ness

obedienceobediencehumilityservice

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On þǽre hýrsumnesse þe hé on hýrsumode, áþer oðþe on kycenan, oþþe on héderne, oðþe on mynstres bæcerne ... oðþe on ǽnigum óðerum cræfte þe hé mid líchomlicum geswince on hýrsumode, 71, 16.

herigend-lic

praiseworthyapprobationexcellent

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Swá swá sume men gewuniaþ ꝥ hí singað mid hergendlicum cræfte ǽr há etan (the translator has misunderstood the Latin, which is: Sicut quidam ludendi (laudandi seems to have been read) arte victum solent quaerere), Gr. D. 62, 13

Æ

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Æ, The short or unaccented Anglo-Saxon æ has a sound like ai in main and f
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The short or unaccented æ stands only before a single consonant; as Stæf, hwæl, dæg: a single consonant followed by e in nouns; Stæfes, stæfe, hwæles, dæges, wæter, fæder, æcer: or before st, sc, fn, ft; Gæst, æsc, hræfn, cræft: before pp, bb, tt, cc,

lícettan

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Se góda cræft ðe hé ðǽr lícette virtus oslensa, 222, 3. Swelce hé lícette eáðmétto, and doo ðeáh for gilpe. 51, 3. with acc. and complementary adj.

ge-hýdan

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Ic gehýdde ( abscondi ) cræft ðín on eorðo, Mt. L. 25, 25. Gehýdde ł dégelde, 13, 33. to hide an object in order that it may not be found Strión monn gehýdde, Mt. L. 13, 44.

CNIHT

(n.)
Grammar
CNIHT, cneoht, cnyht, es; m.

A boyyouthattendantservantKNIGHT:puerjuvenisadolescensservus

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Ða cnihtas cræft leornedon the youths learned science Cd. 176; Th. 221, 4; Dan. 83: 182; Th. 228, 2; Dan. 196. To cwale cnihta for the destruction of the youths Cd. 184; Th. 229, 32; Dan. 226. Cnyhta of the youths Exon. 55a; Th. 195, 32; Az. 165.

Linked entries: cneoht cnyht

wís

(adj.)
Grammar
wís, adj.

wisediscreetjudiciouscunningwiselearnedskilledexpertknown

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Sum bið meares gleáw, wic(g)cræfta wís 297, 18; Crä. 70. Wordcræftes wís, an able speaker, Elen. Kmbl. 1180; El. 592. Wís sáwle rǽdes Frag. Kmbl. 79; Leás. 41.

þyrel

(n.)
Grammar
þyrel, (from þyrhel, v. þurh), þyrl, es; n.

A hole made through anythingan apertureorifice

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Ne furþon án þyrl ( foramen) búton cræfte mínon (the smith's ) ðú ne miht dón, Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 17. Hé ðæt ísen sette on ðæt ylce þyrl, and hit fæste stód, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 71. Þyrel foramina, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 73. Þyrlum finistris, 148, 60.

Linked entries: þirel þyrl

ge-tácnung

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Add: a sign, mark. a mark made on an object Bóceras habbað on heora cræfte tácna . . . and mé þingð wynsumlic ꝥ ic þǽra preósta notas þám bócerum gekýðe þe lǽs þe hig witan þá rímcræftige weras sýn bútan cræftigum getácnungum, Angl. viii. 333, 19. a