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þrowing

(n.)
Grammar
þrowing, þreowing, e; f.

suffering as opposed to doing ⬩ suffering which is painful ⬩ a painful symptom ⬩ suffering that is undergone for the sake of religion ⬩ suffering of persecution, cross ⬩ suffering which ends in death, passion, martyrdom ⬩ the anniversary of a martyr's suffering

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Hé gehýrde heora þrowunga he heard of their sufferings (they had been struck blind), Blickl.

fisc-noþ

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-noþ, fiscnoþ (-naþ), fixnoþ, es; m.

fishing ⬩ a fishing-ground ⬩ a catch

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Ne bærst heora net on ðisum fixnoðe . . .; and þes fixnoð getácnað þá hálgan gelaðunge, ꝥ is eall crísten folc . . .

sceadu

(n.)
Grammar
sceadu, sceaduwe, sceadwe, sceade ; f.

Shadow, shade ⬩ shadow (cast by an object) ⬩ darkness ⬩ shadow, protection ⬩ a shady place, shade, arbour ⬩ an obscure image

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Seó sceadu ástíhþ up óþ ðæt heó becymþ tó ðære lyfte ufeweardan, and ðonne beyrnþ se móna hwíltídum, ðonne hé full byþ, on ðære sceade ufeweardre and fággeteþ oððe mid ealle ásweartaþ, 240, 18-24. On India lande wendaþ heora scada (sceada, MSS. R.

Linked entry: sceadu-genga

ge-féran

(v.)

to go ⬩ to depart this life, die ⬩ to fare ⬩ of events, to go, to come, to pass, happen ⬩ to go, make a journey ⬩ to travel a road, traverse a surface (land, sea) ⬩ to traverse a (great or small) distance ⬩ to gain, attain ⬩ to bring about, effect ⬩ to meet with, experience, get as one's fate or lot ⬩ to cause to move, to bring, bear.

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Th. 118, 59, to depart this life, die Þá þe of middangearde wǽron tó geféranne (geleóranne, v.l. ) . . . heó geférde (geleórde, v.l.) qui de mundo essent rapiendi, . . . transierat.

ge-biddan

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Heó gebæd hig tó þám pápan, Shrn. 150, 4. Gebide þe þriwa eást, Lch. iii. 60, 15. ꝥ hé é Mid þám paternostre hé sceal hine gebiddan, Hml. S. 12, 262. Heó wæs hié gebiddende, Bl. H. 137, 23 : Hml.

þunor

(n.)
Grammar
þunor, (-ar, -er, -ur), es; m.

thunder ⬩ tonitrus ⬩ fulmen ⬩ Jupiter ⬩ a thane of king Egbert of Kent

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[Þa Þunre heo ȝiuen þunres dæi (þoris dai, and MS.), Laym. 13929. ] a thane of king Egbert of Kent Ermenréd gestrýnde twégen sunu ða syððan wurðan gemartirode of Ðunore, Chr. 640; Erl. 26, 4.

flówan

to pass away ⬩ be transitory ⬩ to issue ⬩ to flow ⬩ to be flooded ⬩ to flow ⬩ to abound

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Hé bát his tungan þæt heó on blóde fleów he bit his tongue, so that it was bathed in blood, 312, 25. Feól sum preóst of þám weorce, swá ꝥ hé sámcucu læg . . . and fleów eall blóde, Hml.

grim

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Heó him handleán forgeald grimman grápum, B. 1542. Hé flýhð grimme gieltas, Ph. 461. Hé habbað in gástcofan grimme geþóhtas, Leás. 13.

heofone

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Th. ii. 586, 29. as the expanse in which the stars are fixed: Seó heofene and ealla tungla heore rina behealdað Solil. H. 9, 14.

be-fæstan

to fix, ⬩ to place in security ⬩ to fix in the mind ⬩ implant ⬩ to fix by promise or agreement ⬩ to pledge ⬩ to commit ⬩ to commit to a person's charge ⬩ to commit to a place ⬩ to set ⬩ betake to an occupation ⬩ to commend ⬩ recommend, ⬩ to make acceptable ⬩ to trust

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D. 154, 23. to set, betake to an occupation His dohtor befæste se fæder tó láre, ꝥ heó on woruldwýsdóme wǽre getogen, Hml.

be

rest ⬩ by ⬩ along, ⬩ by, not later than ⬩ by ⬩ during ⬩ by ⬩ with ⬩ conveyance, by (in to send by) ⬩ subject to ⬩ in the case of ⬩ in the matter of ⬩ in ⬩ with ⬩ (to do) by ⬩ or about ⬩ to ⬩ with ⬩ (to become)of ⬩ by ⬩ because of ⬩ on account of ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ by ⬩ by means of ⬩ by the use of ⬩ by way of ⬩ in the form of ⬩ after ⬩ according to ⬩ after ⬩ by the command ⬩ at the request

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Be Pentecosten . . . be emnnihte, 262, 20. of a period, by, during Ge be heora lífe ge æfter heora lífe, Cht. Th. 137, 30. Be Cnutes dæge cinges, 336, 33. of a period within which an event falls, marked by reference to a person then living, cf.

wenian

(v.)
Grammar
wenian, p. ede

To accustom ⬩ to accustom ⬩ train ⬩ prepare ⬩ fit ⬩ to draw ⬩ attract ⬩ to draw to ⬩ to draw ⬩ to wean ⬩ ablactare

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Godes folc wenian tó ðam ðe heom þearf sý 154, 13. with prep. tó, and mid marking the means used : Ðæt éce líf geearnian ðe hý ús tó weniaþ mid láre and mid þysene gódra weorca to merit that life eternal, to which they are training us by teaching and

losian

(v.)
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Eall heora ǽhta losodon, Hml. S. 30, 151.

for-wyrnan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wyrnan, -weornan, -wiernan, -wirnan, -wernan; p. de; pp. ed

To prohibit ⬩ deny ⬩ refuse ⬩ restrain ⬩ prevent ⬩ hinder ⬩ prohĭbēre ⬩ recūsāre ⬩ denĕgāre ⬩ renuĕre

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Se ilca forwyrnþ ðære [MS. ðæræ] sǽ ðæt heó ne mót ðone þeorscwold oferstæppan ðære eorþan the same restrains the sea that it may not overstep the threshold of the earth, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 25.

hergung

(n.)
Grammar
hergung, heregung, e; f.

Harrying ⬩ harrowing ⬩ plundering ⬩ devastation ⬩ waging war ⬩ an irruption ⬩ incursion ⬩ invasion ⬩ a raid ⬩ plunder

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Hell oncneów Crist ðá ðá heó fórlét hyre hæftlingas fút þurh ðæs Hǽlendes hergunge Hell acknowledged Christ when it let out its captives through the harrowing of Jesus, Homl. Th. i. 228, 17.

Linked entry: heregung

INN

(n.)
Grammar
INN, es; n.

A dwelling ⬩ house ⬩ chamber ⬩ lodging

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Ðá lǽdde heó hine on ða cyrcan . . . and on ðam ylcan inne hé oncneów hwæt ðǽr inne wæs then she led him into the church . . . and in the same house he recognized what was therein, 22; Gdwin. 96, 23-98. 5.

Linked entry: in

líc-wyrþe

(adj.)
Grammar
líc-wyrþe, adj.

pleasant ⬩ acceptable ⬩ agreeable ⬩ estimable ⬩ sterling

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Fit to please, pleasant, well-pleasing, acceptable, agreeable, estimable, sterling [of money] Ne mæg heó nán ðæra þinga gedón ðe Gode lícwyrþe beó nequit quidquid eorum facere quæ Deo grata sunt, L. Ecg. P. ii. 16; Th. ii. 188, 5: Wulfst. 279, 17.

ge-endian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-endian, -endigan, to -endianne; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad.

To end ⬩ finish ⬩ complete ⬩ accomplish ⬩ fīnīre ⬩ consummāre ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ to come to an end

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Ǽr heó hit geendigan móste ere she might end it, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 28.

Linked entry: endian

ge-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rǽdan, p. de; pp. ed, -rǽdd, -rǽd.

to arrange, dispose, direct, advise, determine, ordain, consult for, provide for ⬩ decernere, statuere, edicere, consulere, providere ⬩ to enjoin ⬩ to arrange ⬩ to read ⬩ legere

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Heó hire feax gerǽdde crines composuit, Bd. 3, 9; S. 534, 13.[Cf. Icel. greiða hár to dress the hair.] Bíðon girǽded disponentur, Rtl. 86, 24. Ic ðone friþ gerǽdd hæbbe I have ordained the peace, L. Ath. v. § 11; Th. i. 240, 14.

Wóden

(n.)
Grammar
Wóden, es; m.

Woden

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Wyrm com snícan, tóslát hé man ; ðá genam Woden viiii. wuldortánas, slóh ðá ða næddran, ðæt heó on viiii tófleáh, Lchdm. iii. 34, 23. ¶ Woden is found in most of the genealogies of the old English royal families Ðæs (Wihta) fæder wæs Wóden nemned, of