un-befohten
Unfought ⬩ unopposed
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Unfought, unopposed Ðá wénde se here ... ðæt hié mehten faran unbefohtene ðǽr ðǽr hié wolden, Chr. 911; Erl. 100, 23: Byrht. Th. 133, 28; By. 57
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ge-beót
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Hé swór ꝥ hé hine wolde fordón. Ðá cwæð Georius him tó: ' Ic ne forht*-*ige for ðinum gebeóte, ' 14, 101. Hé swór ꝥ hé Godes hús wolde for-bærnan . . . Hé eft genam fyrde, wolde his gebeót mid weorcum gefrem-man, 25, 621.
ǽr
before a certain time or circumstance ⬩ before the proper time ⬩ ago
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Hé ǽr worolde rícsode, Past. 33, 13: Cri. 1346, marking preference (in the phrase ǽr ðám (ðan) ðe) Sum wíf wolde hire líf forlǽtan, ǽr ðan ðe heó luge, Hml. S. 12, 179. Wolde se cwellere mid him sweltan, ǽr ðan ðe hé hine slóge, 19, 102.
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offrian
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Hé wolde offrian his ágenne sunu Gode tó láce, Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 26. Ofriende litaturus (panis merique libamina), An. Ox. 5087
líf-fæst
Living ⬩ quickened
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Living, having life, quickened Ðæt hé onfón wolde ðam gerýne ðære líffæstan róde Cristes ad suscipiendum mysterium vivificæ crucis, Bd. 2, 12; S. 512, 29: Glostr. Frag. 108, 4.
brýcian
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Hé wolde monegum brýcsian (brícgian, v. l. prodesse ), 5, 9; Sch. 589, 23. v. brýce useful; ge-brýcsian. Add
dagian
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Ðá hit þá on mergen dagian wolde on the morrow when day was about to break, Guth. 40, 23: Hml. S. 21, 123: Chr. 979; P. 122, 26. Add
wǽg-þel
A wave-plank ⬩ a ship
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Nóe tealde ðæt se hrefn hine sécan wolde on wǽgþele, 87, 9; Gen. 1446. On wǽgþele on board, Andr. Kmbl. 3418; An. 1713. Under earce bord eaforan lǽdan, weras on wǽgþel, Cd. Th. 82, 6; Gen. 1358
oll
contempt, insult, contumely
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contempt, insult, contumely (in the phrase mid olle) Se deófol cwæþ mid olle ðæt hé wolde æt ðam weorce gecuman. Homl. Th. i. 166, 15. Hé áxode ðá mid olle (contemptuously) Eart ðu lá God ? Homl. Skt. i. 9, 72.
on-timbran
to instruct, edify
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Hé wolde mid his láre and mid his lífes bysene beón ontimbred, Blickl. Homl. 217, 14
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trede
Firm to tread on ⬩ that may be walked on
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Firm to tread on, that may be walked on Sǽ cýðde hwí hine gesette, tírmeahtig cyning, for ðon hé hine tredne him ongeán gyrede, ðonne God wolde ofer síne ýðe gán ready for his coming the sea made itself firm for his tread, when God would walk over its
ge-wýscan
to wish ⬩ desire ⬩ optare ⬩ desiderare ⬩ to adopt
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to wish, desire; optare, desiderare Ic wolde gewýscan ðæt hí næfdon ða heardsǽlþa ðæt hí mihton yfel dón I would wish that they had not the unhappiness of being able to do evil, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 198, 3. to adopt Him to gástlícum bearnum gewíscede adopted
fór-weard
Onwards ⬩ continually ⬩ always ⬩ semper
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Onwards, continually, always; semper Gif hie wolden láre Godes fórweard fremman if they would always perform God's precepts. Cd. 37; Th. 49, 6; Gen. 788
célan
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Wolde ic mínne þurst célan, Nar. 8, 28. Seó ádl mid cealdum þingum biþ tó célanne ... scealt þú ǽrest þá hǽto célan midcellendre, Lch. ii. 82, 3-6
metsian
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Add Ǽghwilc hine sylfne metsode swá swá hé mihte oþþe wolde; sum him mid bær þæs líchaman genihtsumnysse, sum þǽra palmtreówa æppla, sum beána mid wætere ofgotene each provisioned himself as he could or would; one carried with him a sufficiency for the
ge-ner
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Hé his wunda gewráð, and wolde him sum gener sécan, Hml. Th. ii. 356, 28. (2 a) used of a person :-- Geworden is Drihten gener ( re-fugium) ðearfena, Ps. Spl. 9, 9. Gener ł frófor mín, 58, 19
þǽr
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Add Rufinus wolde habban him self þone anwold þǽr eást, and Stileca wolde sellan his suna þisne hér west, Ors. 6, 37; S. 296, 6. (1 a) used indefinitely :-- Hé getǽhte þá syndrigan stówe hwæt hí þǽr and þǽr timbrian sceoldon, Gr.
friþian
to protect ⬩ to protect ⬩ maintain the sanctity ⬩ to protect an operation ⬩ keep from unfavourable conditions ⬩ to grant immunity to a criminal ⬩ to give asylum to
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Ðá swór Philippus ꝥ hé friðian wolde þá leásan wudewan, Hml. S. 2, 209. to give asylum to Gif hwá þeóf friðige, Cht. E. 229, 32. Similar entries v. fyrþran for other examples
hilt
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Wolde hé þurhþýn hí mid þám swurde, ac se ord bígde upp tó þám hiltum, Hml. S. 12, 226. Oð ðá hylta hé behýdde þæt swurd capulotenus abdidit ensem, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 272, 17. Dele all derivates but fetel-, and add:
be-þridian
To force, overpower ⬩ cogere, vi superare
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To force, overpower; cogere, vi superare Ðæt hine man wolde beþridian mid ðam ilcan wrence that they would overpower him by the same stratagem, Ors.6, 36; Bos. 132, 4.