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ǽrendian

(v.)
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Add: to deliver a message Ic gefrægn for hæleðum, hring [ǽr]endean, Rä. 49, I

mór-berige

(n.)
Grammar
mór-berige, an; f.
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A mulberry: — Hí mid mórberium gebyldon þá ylpas (to the end they might provoke the elephants to fight, they showed them the blood of grapes and mulberries, 1 Macc. 6, 34), for ðám ðe mórberian him is metta leófost, Hml. S. 25, 576

orþancscipe

(n.)
Grammar
orþancscipe, es; m.

Art, mechanical art, mechanics

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Art, mechanical art, mechanics Orþancscipe mechanica (the word occurs at the end of a list of the arts. Cf. in a similar list searocræft mechanica, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 61), Hpt. Gl. 479, 61.

a-réfnan

(v.)

to endure

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to endure Ic aréfnde sustinui, Ps. Spl. C. 68, 25

Pater-noster

(n.)
Grammar
Pater-noster, m. n.
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Wrít on ǽgðere sticcan án paternoster oð ende, Lch. i. 386, 6

ge-endian

(v.)
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His twá dohtra gewiton fægre geendode ( having made a fair end ), ii. 298, 10

be-sencan

Grammar
be-sencan, pp. -senct

To plungesubmergedrown

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biterum lígum earme on ende tunc caecis merget flammis sine fine misellos, Dóm. L. 241. Weleras unwíses besenceað (praecipitabunt) hyne, Scint. 96, 3. Hé xiii scipa on sǽbesencte, Ors. 4, 6 ; S. 172, 10. God besencte Pharao, Hml. Th. i. 312, 5.

up-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
up-weard, adv.

Upwardsup.upupwardbackward

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Swegen wende intó Humbran múðan, and swá uppweard andlang Tréntan, Chr. 1013; Erl. 147, 18. of reckoning, in the calendar, upward, backward Swá fela daga tell ðú fram Martins mónðes ende upweard ... Rím swá fela daga upweard fram pridie Kl.

Linked entry: up-riht

wan-hafness

(n.)
Grammar
wan-hafness, e; f.
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Poverty, want Nis wanhafnes (inopia) ondrǽd*-*endum hine, Ps. Spl. 33, 9

Linked entry: -hafness

for-ferian

(v.)
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to bring to an untimely end Gif hwá óðrum his unmagan oðfæste, and hé hine on þǽre fæstinge forferie (if the person accepting the charge cause the death of the person committed to his charge. Cf.

Linked entry: ferian

-hǽme

(suffix)
Grammar
-hǽme, pl. m.
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This form is found in many words denoting the inhabitants of places whose names end in -hám, e, g. Æschǽma gemǽru, C. D. iv. 70, 26.lt;i>For a list ofswch words see Cht. Craw. 116. Also the form -hǽmingas Wanhǽminga gemǽre,C. D. v. 264, l.

elcian

(v.)
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Hí elciað ongeán ðone deáð, and mid ealle ne forfleóð . . . on ende þisse worulde hí deáðes onfóð.

geóguþ-feorh

(n.)
Grammar
geóguþ-feorh, geógoþ-feorh; gen. -feores; dat. -feore; n. [geóguþ youth, feorh life]

Youthful life, youthjuventus

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Youthful life, youth; juventus Sumum ðæt gegongeþ on geóguþfeore, ðæt se endestæf weálíc weorþeþ it happens to one in youthful life that the end is miserable, Exon. 87 a; Th. 328, 1; Vy. 10: Beo. Th. 5321; B. 2664.

Linked entry: geógoþ-feorh

ge-féran

(v.)
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Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 444, 7, 15. to fare Habbað wé ealle for þínum leásungum lyðre geféred, Sat. 62. of events, to go, to come, to pass, happen Eall swá hit æt þám ende eall geférde just as it in the end all happened, Chr. 1066 ; P. 200, 6. trans. to go,

sticca

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Add Genim ǽnne sticcan and gewyrc hine feðorbyrste ( fray it out at the end) . . . styre þonne mid ðý sticcan, Lch. iii. 24, 18-20.

wánung

(n.)
Grammar
wánung, e ; f.
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Gesaeh ðæt wánung (tumultum) and woepende and mǽni*-*ende, Mk. Skt. Lind. 5, 38.

ge-hende

(adj.; prep.)
Grammar
ge-hende, prep.
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Seó rǽding cwyð wel gehende þám ende, Angl. viii. 323, 32. Þá Judéiscan ðe on Críst gelýfdon wǽron him gehendor stówlíce, Hml. Th. i. 106, 19. Seraphim sind Godes neáwiste gehendost, 346, 24.

Cnut

(n.)
Grammar
Cnut, es; m.

Cnut was the Danish king of England for twenty-one years, from A. D. 1014-1035

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D. 1014-1035 Hér, on ðissum geáre, Swegen ge-endode his dagas to Candelmæssan iii n Feb'. And se flota ðá eal gecurón Cnut to cyninge here, in this year, A. D. 1014, Sweyn ended his days at Candlemas, on the 3rd of the Nones of February [Feb. 3rd].

strúdan

(v.)
Grammar
strúdan, p. streád, pl. struden; pp. sfroden
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Strúd-ende fýr, Cd. Th. 154. 15 ; Gen. 2556

Linked entry: ge-strúdan

ealdor-leg

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-leg, es; n.
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Nelle ic lǽtan þé ǽfre unrótne æfter ealdorlege mínre ( after my life's course is ended ) geweorðan, Gú, 1234