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forþ-faran

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-faran, p. -fór, pl. -fóron; pp. -faren

To go forth ⬩ depart ⬩ die ⬩ discēdĕre ⬩ abīre ⬩ defungi

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Gr. 41; Som. 44, 31: Wrt. Voc. 85, 58. Ðá Héródes wæs forþfaren defuncto Hērōde, Mt. Bos. 2, 19: Chr. 685; Erl. 41, 34: Homl. Th. ii. 158, 4. Synd forþfarene, ðe ðæs cildes sáwle sóhton defuncti sunt, qui quærēbant anĭmam puĕri, Mt. Bos. 2, 20

FYRS

(n.)
Grammar
FYRS, es; m.

FURZE ⬩ furze-bushes ⬩ genista ⬩ rhamnus ⬩ ulex eurōpæus

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Swá hwá swá wille sáwan westmbǽre land, atió ǽrest of ða þornas, and ða fyrsas whosoever will sow fertile land, let him first draw out the thorns, and the furze, Bt. 23; Fox 78, 22: Bt. Met. Fox 12, 6; Met. 12, 3

eáhtan

(v.)
Grammar
eáhtan, éhtan, iehtan.

to observe, judge ⬩ observāre, æstimāre, reputāre ⬩ To watch any one, pursue, persecute ⬩ persĕqui

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Wile fæder eáhtan hú suna bringen sáwle the father will judge how his sons bring their minds, 23 b; Th. 66, 20; Cri. 1074. c. gen.

Linked entry: éhtan

hund-teóntig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
hund-teóntig, num.

A hundred

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Gr. 49; Som. 49, 44. Hundteóntig geára wæs Abraham Abraham was a hundred years old, Homl. Th. i. 92, 20. Joseph leofode hundteóntig geára and tín tó eácan Joseph lived a hundred and ten years, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 63, 208.

Linked entry: teóntig

hweorfa

(n.)
Grammar
hweorfa, an; m.

a joint ⬩ a whorl

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Gl. 74; Som. 71. 49; Wrt. Voc. 44, 32 [in both cases the words occur among names of parts of the body — the two following are found among words connected with spinning]. Hweorfa verticillum, Wrt. Voc. 66, 16: vertelum, 281, 72.

in-byrdling

(n.)
Grammar
in-byrdling, es; m.
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Gl. 86; Som. 74, 34; Wrt. Voc. 50, 17. Inbyrdlingc vernaculus, Wrt. Voc. 72, 82. Sicul inberdli[n]c, sicilisc inhyrdlincg ( = -byrdling) siculus indigena, Hpt. Gl. 499. Mín inbyrdling biþ mín yrfenuma vernaculus meus heres meus erit, Gen. 15, 3.

mín

(pronoun.)
Grammar
mín, pron. gen. of ic

Of me

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Gr. 15; Som. 17, 56. Ǽr ðú ða miclan meaht mín oferswíðdest, Exon. 73 a; Th. 273, 25; Jul. 521. Ne wát ic hygeþoncum mín, 109 a; Th. 417, 14; Rä. 36, 4. Hé wæs mín on ða swíðran, Elen. Kmbl. 694; El. 347. Mín sylfes gást wæs órmod worden, Ps.

ge-dwimor

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dwimor, -dwimer, -dwymer, es; n.

An illusion ⬩ delusion ⬩ apparition ⬩ phantom ⬩ error ⬩ fallācia ⬩ phantasma ⬩ φάντασμα ⬩ phantăsia ⬩ φαντασία

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Gl. 78; Som. 72, 54; Wrt, Voc. 46, 14 : 77, 7. Hí wéndon ðæt hit sum gedwimor wǽre they thought that it was an apparition, Homl. Th. ii. 388, 24 : Jud. 15, 19. Hine drehton nihtlíce gedwimor nightly phantoms tormented him, Homl. Th. i. 86, 18.

Linked entries: ge-dwymer ge-dwomer

ge-laðung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-laðung, e; f.

A congregation ⬩ assembly ⬩ church ⬩ congrĕgātio ⬩ convŏcātio ⬩ ecclēsia

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Gl. 30; Som. 61, 51; Wrt. Voc. 26, 50. On middele gelaðunge ic hérige ðé in mĕdio ecclēsiæ laudābo te, Ps. Spl. 21, 21. On Godes gelaðunge in God's church, Homl. Th. i. 412, 1, 21 : 502, 6.

Linked entry: laðung

ge-ríp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-ríp, es; n. [ríp harvest]

A reaping, harvest ⬩ messis

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Gr. 9, 28; Som: 11, 56: Wrt. Voc. 74, 69: Gen. 8, 22. Biddaþ ðæs gerípes hláford, ðæt he asende wyrhtan to his gerípe pray to the lord of the reaping, that he send workmen to his reaping, Homl. Th. ii. 530, 20.

ge-nihtsumian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nihtsumian, -nyhtsumian; part. -nihtsumigende; p. ode; pp. od

To abound, suffice ⬩ abundāre, suffĭcĕre

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Gr. 38; Som. 41, 10. Se ungesǽliga gýtsere wile máre habban ðonne him genihtsumaþ the unhappy miser wishes to have more than suffices him, Homl. Th. i. 64, 34.

Linked entry: ge-nyhtsumian

un-geára

(adv.)
Grammar
un-geára, adv.

not long ago ⬩ lately ⬩ before long ⬩ soon

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Th. 1868; B. 932. of the future, before long, soon Ðone egesfullan dómes dæg, se cumeþ nú ungeára, Blickl. Homl. 101, 28. Ungeára nú, Cd. Th. 289, 9; Sat. 395: Beo. Th. 1209; B. 602. Ðú ungeára deáþe sweltest, Exon. Th. 250, 8; Jul. 124.

carte

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Sum hrefen þá cartan genam . . . geseah hé þone hrefen þá cartan beran . . . hangode seó carte on þám hreóde. . . and hé sóna féng tó þǽre cartan, Guth. 48, 22-50, 18. Hé sceáwode þá cartan and clypode tó ðám wífe: 'Þeós carte is ádílegod,' Hml.

styrung

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</b> add: stir :-- On merigen wearð micel styrung betwux ðám cempum ( as soon as it was day there was no small stir among the soldiers; facta die erat non parva turbatio inter milites, Acts 12, 18), Hml. Th. ii. 382, 27.

hatung

(n.)
Grammar
hatung, e; f.

Hating, hate, hatred ⬩ æmulatio

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Gr. 33; Som. 36, 61. Gé beóþ on hatunge eallum mannum eritis odio omnibus, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 22. On hatunga, Lk. Skt. 21, 17. Hé becom on hatunga his herges he came to be hated by his army, Blickl. Homl. 193, 2.

híw-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
híw-cúþ, heow-; adj.

Familiar, ⬩ well known

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Gl. 115; Som. 80, 62; Wrt. Voc. 61, 36. Ic ne eom him suá híwcúþ familiaritatis ejus notitiam non habemus, Past. 10, 2; Swt. 63, 5; Herb. 67, 1; Lchdm. i. 170, 13.

Linked entry: híred-leóf

swengan

(v.)
Grammar
swengan, p. de

To cause to swing, to cause rapid movement, to swing, fling, dash, strike ⬩ to cause to waver, to shake one's confidence, make desperate

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Ðá eode uncer hláford sylf in ðæt scræf ða swengde sió lió sóna forð and forswealh hine then a lion ran out from the darkness of the cavern and dashed on to him . . .

wil-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
wil-síþ, es; m.

A desired journey, ⬩ a wished for, welcome journey

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Elene ne wolde ðæs síð-fætes sǽne weorðan, . . . ac wæs sóna gearu wíf on wilsíð, Elen. Kmbl. 445; El. 223. Sunnan wilsíð, Exon. Th. 2, 29; Cri. 26

BYT

(n.)
Grammar
BYT, bytt, e; f: pl. bytta

A bottle, flagon, BUTT, tun ⬩ uter, dolium

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Gr. 9, 18; Som. 9, 58. Ne híg ne dóþ niwe wín on ealde bytta; gyf hí dóþ, ða bytta beóþ tobrocene, and ðæt wín agoten, and ða bytta forwurðaþ.

Linked entries: ele-byt bitt

Athéniense

(n.)
Grammar
Athéniense, pl.

The Athenians

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The Athenians Sóna swá Athgniense wiston, Ors. 2, 5; S. 78, 22. Þá bearn þára Athéniensa, l, 9; S. 42, 28 : 2, 5;S. 82, 13. Of Atheniensium, l, 14; S. 58, 5. Tó Athéniensum, 2, 5; S. 82, 20 : 84, 20.