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metod

(n.)
Grammar
metod, metud, meotud, meotod, es; m.

fatedestinydeath

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Metud O Lord! Elen. Kmbl. 1634; El. 819. Middangeardes meotud, Exon. 116 b; Th. 449, 2; Dóm. 65. Cyninga wuldor, meotud mancynnes, Andr. Kmbl. 343; An. 172. Sóðfæst meotud, 772; An. 386.

búan

(v.)
Grammar
búan, bún, búgan (-ian, -ean), búian, búwian, bógian, q.v. in Dict.; býa in N. Gospels; p. búde, búgede, bógode, býede; pp. bún, búd, býed.
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Þá þe ðá lond búdon, Nar. 17, 10. Þá burgware þe þá burg ǽr búdon, Chr. 919; P. 100, 12. Þæt mennisc þone eard bógodan, Ælfc. T. Grn. 6, 12. Býes ( fossidete ) ríc, Mt. L. 25, 34. Búian inhabitare, An. Ox. 11, 13. Godes templ búgian, Hml. S. 3, 353.

ríht

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Add þǽr næs riht on þǽre stówe ǽnigne tó ácwellanne for þǽre stówe weorþunge in illo loco neminem fas erat interfici, Nar. 30, 1. Béte hé þone borgbryce swá him ryht wísie, and þone wedbryce swá him his scrift scrífe, Ll. Th. i. 60, 20.

weard

(n.)
Grammar
weard, es; m.

a guard, warder, watchman, sentinel a guardian, protector, lord

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Th. 211, 9; Exod. 523. a guardian, protector, lord Ðære cneórisse wæs Cainan aldordéma, weard and wísa, Cd. Th. 70, 22; Gen. 1157. Ðú (Nebuchadnezzar) hæleðum eart ána eallum eorðbúendum weard and wísa, 251, 19; Dan. 566.

healf

(n.; num.)
Grammar
healf, e; f.

a halfside, part

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Ðǽr stent lang leóma of hwílum on áne healfe hwílum on ǽlce healfe there stands out from it a long light, sometimes on one side, sometimes on every side, Chr. 891; Erl. 88, 20. On ǽgðere healfe on either side, 1014; Erl. 150, 15.

Linked entries: healfe half

ge-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dǽlan, <b>. I.</b>
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(l a) of the partition and occupation of land :-- Þý geáre Healfdene Norþanhymbra lond gedǽlde, Chr. 876; P. 74, 12.

CÍÞ

(n.)
Grammar
CÍÞ, cýþ, es; m.

a CHIT, sprout, germ, sprig, motegermen, festucaseedcrementum

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Forst sceal lúcan eorþan cíþas frost shall lock up the germs of the earth, Exon. 90a; Th. 338, 7; Gn. Ex. 75. Genim wegbrǽdan þrý cýþas take three sprouts of plantain, Herb. 2, 14; Lchdm. i. 84, 14.

Linked entries: cýþ corcíþ

CÝÐAN

(v.)
Grammar
CÝÐAN, p. ic, he cýðde, cýdde, ðú cýðdest, cýddest; pp. cýðed .

to make known, tell, relate, proclaim, announcenuntiare, annuntiare, narrare, referre, effari, prædicare to declare, reveal, manifest, shew, perform, confess, confirm, testify, prove notum facere, revelare, manifestare, ostendere, perhibere, confiteri, testari, probare

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Ongan Dryhtnes ǽ georne cýðan he began the Lord&#39;s law gladly to proclaim, Elen. Kmbl. 398; El. 199: 2510; El. 1256. Cýþ narra, Lk. Bos. 8, 39: Mt. Bos. 2, 8: Gen. 37, 14: Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 32.

Linked entry: ge-cýðan

hruse

(n.)
Grammar
hruse, an; f.

The earthground

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Ic goldwine mínne hrusan heolstre biwráh I buried my lord, 76 b; Th. 287, 32; Wand. 23. Ligeþ him behindan hefig hrusan dǽl there remains behind the heavy earthy part, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 107; Met. 29, 53.

leornian

(v.)
Grammar
leornian, p. ode

To learnstudyread

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Lange sceal leornian se ðe lǽran sceal long must he learn who has to teach, L. Ælfc. P. 46; Th. ii. 384, 15: L. L P. 14; Th. ii. 322, 8. Béc on tó leornianne libros ad legendum, Bd. 3, 27; S. 558, 27.

Linked entry: leornend

ge-sceppan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceppan, -scippan, -scyppan; p. -sceóp, -scóp, pl. -sceópon, -scópon ; pp. -scæpen, -sceapen , -sceopen, -sceapen

To form, createformare, disponere, creare

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Hér ǽrest gesceóp éce Drihten heofon and eorþan here the Lord eternal first created heaven and earth, Cd. 5; Th. 7, 26; Gen. 112: 12; Th. 14, 16; Gen. 219. God ðas world gescóp God created this world, Exon. 17 b; Th. 41, 22; Cri. 659: Salm.

Linked entries: ge-scippan ge-scyppan

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, es; m.
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Qui ergo dimittit aquam, caput est jurgiorum, Past. 38; Swt. 279, 16. often the wer is connected with fishing, and the word seems sometimes to be used of the water that is kept in by the dam Captura (captura locus piscosus, ubi capiuntur pisces, Migne

wlítan

(v.)
Grammar
wlítan, p. wlát, pl. wliton

To lookgaze

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To look, gaze, Grammar wlítan, absolute Þeóda wlítaþ, Exon. Th. 221, 28; Ph. 341. Grammar wlítan, with prep. (adv.) Ðú on magan wlítest, Cd. Th. 144, 26; Gen. 2395. Wuhta gehwylc on weoruld wlíteþ, Met. 31, 14.

flíma

(n.)

a run-awaydeserteran apostatean outlawexilean outcastwretch

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Th. i. 200, lo. Ǽlc flýma beó flýma on ǽlcum lande þe on ánum sý, 296, 21. Pastio latronum latitantium in siluis qui spoliant et occidunt alios, quos Angli uocant fléman, Ll. Lbmn. 614, I.

Linked entry: flýma

weorod

(n.)
Grammar
weorod, (-ud, -ed, -ad), werod (-ud, -ed), worud (-ad), word, es; n.
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. ¶ in epithets applied to the Deity, the Lord of hosts :-- Weoruda Dryhten, Andr. Kmbl. 345; An. 173: 869; An. 435. Weorada, Ps. C. 17: Hy. 8, 1. Drihten weoroda, Cd. Th. 301, 14; Sat. 581 : Exon. Th. 27, 10; Cri. 428.

dysig

(n.)
Grammar
dysig, disig, dysi, es; n.

An error, ignorance, folly, foolishnesserror, stultĭtia, insānia. insĭpientia

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Abigail forswigode ðæt dysig hiere fordruncnan hláfordes Abigail concealed the folly of her drunken lord, Past. 40, 4; Hat. MS. 55 a, 12, 15: 45, 2; Hat. MS. 64 b, 25.

FRÓD

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
FRÓD, def. se fróda, seó, ðæt fróde; comp. m. fródra, f. n. fródre; adj.

wiseprudentsageskilfulsăpiensprūdenssciensperītusAdvanced in yearsagedoldancientætāte provectussĕnexvĕtuspriscus

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Gemyne fróde fæder láre remember [thy] father's wise lore, Exon. 81 a; Th. 305, 26; Fa. 94. Þurh fród gewit through wise mind, Exon. 25 a; Th. 72, 26; Cri. 1178. Fródra and gódra gumena of wise and good men, Elen. Kmbl. 1270; El. 637.

Linked entry: wita

FRÓFOR

(n.)
Grammar
FRÓFOR, frófer, frófur; gen. frófre; f: v. <b>II;</b> but frófor and frófer are sometimes m.

comfortsolaceconsolationhelpbenefitprofitrefugesōlāmensōlātiumconsōlātioauxĭliumrefŭgium

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Him Dryhten forgeaf frófor and fultum to them the Lord gave comfort and succour, Beo. Th. 1400; B. 698. Frófra ðíne consōlātiōnes tuæ, Ps. Spl. 93, 19. Ðíne frófre, Ps. Th. 93, 18. Frófra Fæder the Father of consolations, Hy. 9, 8; Hy.

ildan

(v.)
Grammar
ildan, p. de

To delaytarrydeferput offpostponeprocrastinateconnive atdissimulate

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Hé ða gewilnunge náht lange ne ylde he did not long delay that desire, Th. Ap. 1, 17. Ne ylde hé hit ðá leng nec exinde distulit, Bd. 2, 12 ; S. 512, 34. Hé ylde ðá gyt distulit, Ps. Th. 77, 23. Ne yld ðæt ðú mé árie ne tardaveris, 39, 21.

Linked entries: ældan ildian ilding

rád

(n.)
Grammar
rád, e; f.
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riding, going on horseback or in a carriage. v. rǽdwægen Þeáw wæs ðam ylcan biscope ðæt hé ðæt weorc ðæs godspelles má þurh his fóta gange fremede ðonne on his horsa ráde moris erat eidem antistiti opus evangelii magis ambulando per loca quam equitando