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FURÐOR

(adv.)
Grammar
FURÐOR, furður; adv.

FURTHERmoreforwardsultĕriusultraampliusporro

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Ðæt he á furðor wǽre ðonne óðre bróðor that he was always more than the other brethren, Past. 17, 6; Hat. MS. 23 b, 1. Ic wille furðor gán I will go forwards, Byrht. Th. 139, 1; By. 247. Furðor dón to prefer, esteem, Past. 17, 7; Hat. MS. 23 b, 14

Linked entries: forðor furður

mucg-wyrt

Grammar
mucg-wyrt, mug-wyrt, e; f.

mug-wortmuggartmuggonmother-wort

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Mugwort was supposed to prevent weariness on a journey, v.b Lchdm. i. 102, 3-7: ii. 154, 8-12. Mugwyrt artemisia vel matrum herba, Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 51: 66, 61. Mucgwyrt, ii. 8, 36. Mugwyrt gagantes (see above, Lchdm. i. 102, 18), i. 68, 78.

ge-langian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-langian, -langigan; p. ode; pp. od; v. trans. [ge, langian to long for]

To call forsend fordeliverliberateconvocarearcessereaccersireliberare

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Wearþ ðá eft gelangod se geleáffulla apostol of ðam íglande so was the faithful apostle liberated from that island, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 28

Linked entries: ge-lengan langian

heáfod-stocc

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-stocc, es; m. This word, which occurs several times in charters that describe the boundaries of land, seems from the following passage to mean
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A stock or post on which the head of a criminal was fixed after beheading Heora lima man ealle tóbrǽd ǽlc fram óðrum . . . and ðá heáfodleásan man héngc on ðá portweallas, and man sette heora heáfda swilce óþra ðeófa búton ðám portweallon on ðám heáfodstoccum

mægen

Grammar
mægen, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Þæt eorðlice mægn þe þú hér samnast. . . eall þis mægn wát, þe hér tó gemóte cóm, þæt bín heáhsetl is þrymmes áfylled, Wlfst. 254, 13-18. v. full-, god-, heáfod-, helle-, níd-, stíþ-mægen

word

Grammar
word, <b>. II</b> I.
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D. 330, 8. v. fore-, fracoþ-, frófor-, gréting-, Lǽden-, leáfnes-, teosu-, wær-word. Add

sceandlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sceandlíce, adv.

disgracefully, shamefully, infamouslyopprobriously, reproachfully, insultingly

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Him wand út his innoþ æt his setle, and hé sceandlíce sáwlode, Homl. As. 59, 202. opprobriously, reproachfully, insultingly Hiera wíf [sægdon] ðæt hié óðer gener næfden, búton hié on heora wífa hrif gewiton.

hádian

(v.)
Grammar
hádian, p. ode; pp. od

To ordain

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Hér mon hádode Byrnstán bisceop tó Wintanceastre in this year Byrnstan was ordained to the bishopric of Winchester, Chr. 931; Ed. 110, 22. Ne hádige man ǽfre wudewan tó hrædlíce never let a widow take the veil too hastily, L. C. S. 74; Th. i. 416, 15

Linked entry: ge-hádian

on-wæcnan

(v.)
Grammar
on-wæcnan, p. ede.

to rise, spring, be derived

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Th. 289, 8; Wand. 45. Ðá hí onwæcnedun vigilantes, Lk. Skt. 9, 32. 'Nú us is tíma ðæt wé onwæcnen of slǽpe.' Ond eft hé cwiþ: 'Onwæcnaþ, gé ryhtwísan,' Past. 63; Swt. 459, 33-461, 1.

Linked entry: on-wacnian

hol

(adj.)
Grammar
hol, adj.

Hollow

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On ánne ealdne holne weg to an old hollow way, Chart. Th. 495, 8. Hole dene convallem, Ps. Spl. 59, 6. Hý beóþ innan hole they are hollow within, Herb. 180, 1; Lchdm. i. 316, 2. Gif heó hæfþ hole eágan if she be hollow-eyed, Lchdm. iii. 144, 7

un-gewiss

(n.)
Grammar
un-gewiss, es; n.

uncertaintyignoranceunconsciousnessin ignoranceunintentionallyunconsciouslyunwittinglywhat is uncertain or unknownincertumignominia

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Ðæt hié on swá micle néþinge and on swá micel ungewiss ǽgðer ge on sǽs fyrhto ge on wéstennum wildeóra ge on þeóda gereordum, ðæt hié hiene æfter friþe sóhton that they ventured upon so much that was hazardous and so much that was unknown in respect to

Linked entries: ge-wis on-gewiss

wiþerweard-ness

(n.)
Grammar
wiþerweard-ness, e; f.

hostilitycontentionoppositionperversityfrowardnessdepravityarroganceunfavourable conditionadverse circumstanceadversitycontrarietydiversity

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Hé wearð grǽdig ðæs gódan deáþes bútan ǽlcre scylde and ǽlcre wiðerweardnesse wið hine he (David) was greedy for the death of the good man (Uriah), who was without any crime against him and had shewn no hostility to him, Past. 3; Swt. 37, 2.

hǽtu

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Þæs folces wæs fela forworden ǽgðer ge for þurste ge for hǽte ( ardore solis ), Ors. 6, 31; S. 286, 21. heat as an element in all bodies Geðweorod sint . . . cele wið hǽto, wǽt wið drýgum, Met. 20, 73.

middan-geard

(n.)
Grammar
middan-geard, es; m.

the middle dwellingthe earthworldthe world and they that dwell thereinmankind

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Ðes middangeard wæs tó ðon fæger, ðæt hé teáh men tó him þurh his wlite, 115, 10. Ðes middangeard daga gehwylce fealleþ and tó ende éfsteþ, 59, 26: Exon. 77 a; Th. 290; Wand. 62.

Linked entry: middan-eard

fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
fæsten, es; n. [fæstan II. to fast] .

a fast, fasting jējūniuma fastness, fortress, bulwark, place of strength, a castle, wall mūnīmentum, arx, castelluman inclosed place, cloister claustrum

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a fast, fasting; jējūnium Ðis feówertigfealde fæsten wæs asteald on ðære ealdan gecýðnysse this fortyfold fast was established in the old testament, Homl. Th. ii. 100, 1.

be-léweda

(n.)
Grammar
be-léweda, an; m.

A betrayerproditor

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A betrayer; proditor Mid Iudan úres Drihtenes beléwedan with Judas the betrayer of our Lord Wanl. Catal. 137, 38. col. 1

Linked entry: be-léwa

bele-wite

(adj.)

simplesimplex

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simple; simplex Se wer wæs swíðe belewite and rihtwís erat vir ille simplex et rectus Job 1, 1; Thw. 164, 2

dihtnung

(n.)
Grammar
dihtnung, e; f.
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A disposing, ordering; disposĭtio, condĭtio Ealle ðínre synd dihtnunge underþeódde omnia tuæ sunt conditiōni subjecta, Wanl. Catal. 293, 50, col. 1

Linked entries: dehtnung ge-dihtnung

feá

(adv.)
Grammar
feá, adv.

Even a little, ever so littlepărum

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Even a little, ever so little; părum Ne mágon feá gangan they cannot walk even a little, Ps. Th. 134, 18

frum-leóht

(n.)
Grammar
frum-leóht, es; n.

First lightdawnprīma luxaurōra

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First light, dawn; prīma lux, aurōra To ðé ic wacige of frumleóhte ad te de lūce vĭgĭlo, Wanl. Catal. 47, 41