fæstan
to fast ⬩ to abstain
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Hwí fæste wé . . . sóðlíce þíne leorningcnihtas ne fæstað, Mt. 9, 14. Fæstest þú on foldan, Seel. 144. Fæst tó nónes, and forgang hwít, Ll. Th. ii. 132, 4. Sé ðe fæstan wille, ne tǽle hé nó ðone ðe ete, Past. 311, 24.
for-faran
To perish ⬩ To destroy ⬩ to blockade
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Cóm strang wind tó swá ꝥ hí wǽron ealle forfarene búton feówer, Chr. 1050; P. 169, 27. the object a thing Timbrunge forfarene muri consumti, An.
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for-gán
to forgo ⬩ to abstain from ⬩ go without ⬩ to abstain from
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Munecas þe woroldlica þing forgán sculon and wǽpna gefeoht monachi qui ad unum fidei opus, dimissa secularium rerum actione, se redigunt, Ors. 6, 34; S. 290, 1. Hwæt him sý tó dónne and hwæt tó forgánne, Wlfst. 123, 15
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ge-rídan
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Hi sǽdon þám kinge ꝥ hé hæfde swýde ágylt wið Críst ꝥ hé ǽfre sceolde niman ǽnig þing of xpes cyre . . . sǽdon þám kinge embe Sandwíc hit wæs him to handa geriden . . .
weás
By chance, by accident, fortuitously
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Hit nis náuht ðæt mon cwiþ ðæt ǽnig ðing weás gebyrige; for ðam ǽlc þing cymþ of sumum ðingum, for ðý hit ne biþ weás gebyred; ac dǽr hit of náuhte ne cóme ðonne wǽre hit weás gebyred quaero an esse aliquid omnino, et quidnam esse casum arbitrere. ...
gærsum
treasure ⬩ an article of value ⬩ treasures
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. ¶ the word translates munus, though this is used in the sense of office, service Fram ǽlcere gærsuman woruldlicra brúcunga unmǽne ab omni munere secularium functionum immunes, C. D. B. i. 154, 15
trucian
to fail in doing something ⬩ to fail a person ⬩ be wanting in duty to a person ⬩ to fail ⬩ come to an end
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Ne schal him neauer tintreohe trukien incredulos supplicio dampnat eterno, Kath. 1796: 403. þis bold . . . neuer truke ne schal, Misc. 97, 122. Til domes dai ne sal it troken, Al middelerd ðerinne is loken, Gen. and Ex. 105
on
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Th. 16, 20. (3 b) denoting the person or thing on which dependence is placed, from which a result is derived :-- Seó mǽðung is on þám bisceope modus correptionis in episcopi iudicio pendeat, Chrd. 35, 18.
MID
With ⬩ in conjunction with ⬩ in company with, along with ⬩ among ⬩ apud ⬩ penes ⬩ by ⬩ through ⬩ with ⬩ at ⬩ when ⬩ since ⬩ seeing that ⬩ cum
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Ða ( these things ) mid hine brohte, 2, 4; S. 505, 38.
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ÆSC
an ash-tree ⬩ fraxinus excelsior ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚨ ⬩ an ash-spear ⬩ a spear ⬩ lance ⬩ hasta fraxinea ⬩ hasta ⬩ a small ship ⬩ a skiff ⬩ a light vessel to sail or row in ⬩ navis ⬩ navigium ⬩ dromo
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Gl. 45; Som. 64, 98. the Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚨ; = æ, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is æsc an ash-tree, hence this Rune not only stands for the letter æ, but for æsc an ash-tree, as, — ᚨ; byþ oferheáh, eldum dýre, stíþ staðule the ash-tree is over-high
dæg-réd
Dawn, daybreak, early morning ⬩ dilūcŭlum, matutīnum, aurōra
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Ðis wæs eall geworden ǽr dægréde this was all performed ere daybreak, Cd. 223; Th. 294, 4; Sat. 466: Homl. Th. i. 508, 32: 592, 22. Betweox ðam dægréde [-rǽde MS.
for-weorþan
To become nothing ⬩ to be undone ⬩ to perish ⬩ die ⬩ ad nihilum devĕnīre ⬩ pĕrīre ⬩ interlre ⬩ deficére
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Óþ-ðæt ðiós eorþe eall forweorþeþ until this earth shall all perish, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 170; Met. 11, 85. Síþfæt árleásra forwyrþ oððe losaþ ĭter impiōrum pĕrībit. Ps. Lamb. 1, 6. Hi forweorþaþ pĕrībunt, Ps. Spl. 79, 17: Ps. Th. 63, 5: 67, 2: 72, 22.
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ilding
Delay ⬩ putting off ⬩ deferring ⬩ prolonging ⬩ connivance
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Hwæt is ðæt líf elles ðysses middangeardes búton lytelu ylding ðæs deáþes what else is the life of this world but a little deferring of death? Blickl. Homl. 59, 27.
lícian
To please
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Ealle ða þing ðe hér liciaþ sint eorþlíce, Bt. 34, 8; Fox 144, 35. Hit lícode Herode, Mt. Kmbl. 14, 6: Mk. Skt. 6, 22. Swá heó wiste ðæt his fæder lícode, Gen. 27, 14.
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streng
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Icel. strengr in this sense Ðæt scyp úte on ðære sǽ byþ gesund, gyf se streng (v. ancer-streng, 1. 18) áþolaþ, for ðam hýs byþ se óðer ende fast on ðære eorðan and se óðer on ðam scype...
be-tweoh
between ⬩ among ⬩ between ⬩ among
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Betwih þás þing quo tempore, Bd. 2, 18; Sch. 181, 23: 5, 13; Sch. 636, 4
ge-limp
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Th. 15, 26. what happens in the case of a thing, event, outcome Gelimp wásan euentum (i. quod euenit) rei (praestolante), An. Ox. 2165. in a technical sense, accident Pronomen hæfð syx accidentia, þæt synd syx gelimp, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 92, 8 : 242, 15
gíming
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Tó hwan forhǽle þú ús þíne gémunga 135, 650.] care, management Þám gewunode hé bringan gréne wyrta, and eft hweorfan tó þǽre gýmingce (gíminge, v. l.) his wyrt-geardes (ad curam horti ), Gr.
hleóþrian
To make a sound ⬩ to sound ⬩ resound ⬩ To speak words
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Srt. ii. p. 202, 5. ꝥ hleóðrigende folc turba psallentium Prud. 75. the subject a thing Þá hleóðriendan lígettas, Wlfst. 182, 10. Þá hleóðriendan lígeas, Verc. Först. 87, 3. Þǽm swógendum, hleóðregendum argutis (fibrarum fidibus Ald. 71, 28), Wrt.
smeálíce
searchingly, carefully, narrowly, closely ⬩ closely, deeply, acutely, with penetration ⬩ clearly, accurately, exactly ⬩ closely
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Ðonne ic ymbe swelc smeálícost þence when I think most deeply about such a matter 10; Fox 26, 29. of knowing, seeing, etc., clearly, accurately, exactly Ða ðe meahton smeálíce and scearplíce mid hiera andgite ryht geseón qui videre recta subtiliter per