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for-weorþan

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Goth. fra-wairþan: O. Sax. far-werðan: O. H. Ger. fer-werdan.]

gódian

(v.)
Grammar
gódian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed.
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S. 11; Th. i. 382, 8. to do good, make good, improve, endow, enrich Mid eallum þingum gódode enriched [the place] with all things, Lchdm. iii. 438, 10: Chr. 963; Erl. 123, 28.

Linked entry: ge-gódian

inne

(adv.)
Grammar
inne, adv.

In ⬩ within ⬩ inside ⬩ in-doors

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Hié ðǽr inne fulgon they got in, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 27: Beo. Th. 2567; B. 1281

Linked entry: innian

un-rǽd

(n.)
Grammar
un-rǽd, es; m.

evil counsel ⬩ ill-advised course ⬩ bad plan ⬩ folly ⬩ disadvantage ⬩ prejudice ⬩ hurt

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Hí geeácnodon heora yfel and God mid weorcum gegremedon ... swá ðæt hig Eglone þeówodon for heora unrǽde, Jud. 3, 14: Thw. p. 162, 29. Hý férdon on unriht and unrǽde fyligdon ambulaverunt post vanitatem (Jeremiah 2, 5), Wulfst. 49, 9.

ge-déman

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León hwelpas sécað þæt him grǽdigum ǽt God gedéme, Ps.

ge-búgan

(v.)
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Add: intrans. to bow, bend the body Hé hine on cirican gebidde, and tó Godes weófedan gebúge, Ll. Th. i. 334, 30. Se wyrm gebeáh tósomne. ... Gewát gebogen scríðan, B. 2569. Ábogenre ł ge[bogenre] curva, Hpt.

býsnian

(v.)
Grammar
býsnian, bísnian, býsnigan, býsenian; p. ode; pp. od [býsen, býsn an example]
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To give or set an example; exemplum dare We lǽraþ, ðæt preóstas aa wel býsnian we enjoin that priests always set a good example, L. Edg. C. 52; Th. ii. 254, 28.

Linked entries: býsenian býsnigan bisenian bísnian ge-býsnian

for-grípan

(v.)
Grammar
for-grípan, p. -gráp, pl. -gripon; subj. pres. -grípe, pl. -grípen; pp. -gripen [for-, grípan to grasp]

To grasp ⬩ snatch away ⬩ seize ⬩ assail ⬩ overwhelm ⬩ corrĭpĕre ⬩ comprehendĕre ⬩ apprehendĕre ⬩ vim afferre ⬩ obruĕre

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Ðonne fýr æpplede gold gífre forgrípeþ when fire greedily grasps appled gold, Exon. 63 a; Th. 232, 15; Ph. 507: Ps. Th. 58, 12. He æt gúþe forgráp Grendeles mǽgum he in conflict grasped Grendel's kinsmen, Beo. Th. 4695; B. 2353.

werlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
werlíce, adv.
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Ðeáh gif wífmann bið werlíce geworht, and strang tó Godes willan, heó bið ðonne geteald tó ðám werum ðe æt Godes mýsan sittaþ, Homl. Th. i. 188, 28-34: 360, 13: 542, 25

ge-rýnu

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a secret, secret counsel: — - Nyte gé ðá micclan deópnysse Godes gerýnu (cf. Godes digelan dómas, 3)?, Hml.

heáh-setl

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Th. ii. 146, 30. an official seat, of a king, a throne On héghseðel Godes in throno Dei, Mt. L. 23, 22. Bifore héhsedle Godes, Rtl. 48, 3. Héhsedlo thronos, 113, 12. a judgement-seat Fore héhsedle (dómsetle, W. S.) pro tribunali, Mt. L. 27, 19.

láreów-dóm

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Sume men wyllað betǽcan heora láðostan cild tó Godes láreówdóme, 35, 265. Láreówdó[mum] magistratibus An.

stig-wita

(n.)
Grammar
stig-wita, an ; m.
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An officer of a household (v. stig) Ða ðe Sodoma and Gomorra golde berófan bestrudon stigwitum those who robbed Sodom and Gomorrah of gold, despoiled their houses of officers, Cd. Th. 125, 14 ; Gen. 2079.

Linked entry: stí-wita

sydung

(n.)
Grammar
sydung, (better sidung, under which form the word should be entered), e; f.
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Goth. sidón meditari. O. Sax. gi-sidón sorga to cause sorrow to a person: O. H. Ger. sitón machinari, disponere; gi*-*sitón instituere, destinare, conglutinare. (See sídung, where perhaps sidung should be read.)

Linked entry: be-sidian

wordlung

(n.)
Grammar
wordlung, e; f.

discourse ⬩ conversation ⬩ idle talk ⬩ babbling ⬩ chattering

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in a good sense, discourse, conversation His wordlunc sermocinalio ejus (cum simplicibus, Prov. 3, 32), Kent. Gl. 61. in a bad sense, idle talk, babbling, chattering Ðæt sidefulle wíf wordlunge ne lufaþ (cf. idele weord ne luuað, III. 21), O. E.

Linked entry: wordlian

be-listnian

(v.)
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Geseah hé Godes engel hine belisnian angelo eunuchizari se vidit, 26, 25: Chr. 1096; P. 232, 22. Belisnud spado, Germ. 394, 197. Eunuchi, ꝥ synd belisnode, Hml. S. 2, 46: Lch. iii. 202, 34. ¶ In An. Ox. 4307 stupratur is glossed by wæs belisned. Add

dǽge

(n.)
Grammar
dǽge, an; f. A maker of bread, baker
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Goth. deigan to knead.] Cf. dáh dough

ge-hindred

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hindred, . . . impeditus.
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Substitute: <b>ge-hindrian;</b>. pp. ge-hindrod, gehindred To hinder, impede, check, and add hí for þám gylte gehin-drode wǽron þe hí þone Godes wer ǽr on wege his horses bereáfedon quia ex culpa quam servo Dei in via fecerant, illa sui itineris

ofer-grówan

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-grówan, to overgrow, occupy with (its)
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growth (of a tree) Se fiicbeám . . . stód unnyt; for ðǽm him wearð ierre se góda wyrhta, for ðǽm hé ofergreów ðæt land bútan wæsðme.

sácerd-lic

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Næs íc ná gedyrstig ꝥ ic Gode sácerdlice onsægednysse bróhte, Hml. A. 123, 214. Add

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