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be

restbyalong,by, not later thanbyduringbywithconveyance, by (in to send by) subject toin the case ofin the matter ofinwith(to do) byor abouttowith(to become)ofbybecause ofon account offor the sake ofbyby means ofby the use ofby way ofin the form ofafter according toafterby the commandat the request

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Add: A. dat. local, nearness to a point, rest be þǽm treówum stódan, Nar. 29, 24. Caiphan mid þám óþrum be (juxta eum), (bi,v. l.) him Bd. 5, 14; Sch. 645, 15. Be healfe mínum hláforde beside my lord, By. 318. Heó gesæt big Hǽlendes fótum, Bl.

trúwian

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
trúwian, ; p. ode
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To trust, confide Ic trúwige fido . . . ic trúwige confido, ic trúwode confisus sum, Ælfc. Gr. 33 Zup. 204, 14-16. with dat. to trust to Ðonne ða fortrúwodan him selfum suíðe trúwiaþ dum protervi valde de se praesumunt, Past. 32; Swt. 209, 6.

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ár

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ár, honour.
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Add: honour Ǽghwylc heáh ár her on worulde bið mid frecnessum embeseald, Wlfst. 262, 2. Seó héhste ár . . . , cyninges þrym, . . . ár and fægernes werum and wífum, 265, 69. Seó ár and seó eádignes þæs heán heáhengles tíde, Bl. H. 197, 3.

for-niman

to comprehendcarry offdo away withdefraudconsume

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Add: to seize and hold. lit. of a criminal or captive Ic eom mid racenteágum fornumen, Hml. Th. i. 462, 31. Ðis wíf fornumen is (deprehensa est) in dernegiligro, Jn.

Linked entry: for-nǽman

frófor

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Add: [A weak form occurs in the late Shrn. 202, 16.] consolation. the action of consoling Þé is frófres máre þearf þonne unrótnesse medicinae tempus est, non querelae, Bt. 3, 3; S. 9, 17.

ge-wislíce

(adv.)
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Add: where there is certainty as to a fact, certainly, without doubt, unquestionably swór þá wǽpnu wǽron gewyslíce þǽr on ǽfen, Hml. S. 3, 259. án ús is gewislíce andweard ꝥte þonne biþ, Bt. 42; F. 256, 26.

ge-wyrht

(n.)
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Add: <b>ge-wyrhtu, gewyrhto;</b> f. a work á þætte duge. Deág þín gewyrhtu ; God þé bið symle góda gehwylces freá and fultum feónd þám óðrum wyrsan gewyrhta do ever what may profit.

híwung

shapingshapeframemakeconstitutionshapeformspecieskindtransformationan illusory shapedeceptive appearancea pretencetricksimulationhypocrisyfictionirony

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S. 23 b, 281. pretending to do what is not really done Ðá bǽdon ... ... dyde swilce ǽte ... and swá mid ðǽre híwunge him sylfum geburge. Ðá cwæð : 'Ic eom eald híwigenne ... bið mín híwung þám geongum forwyrde, Hml.

hlǽfdige

a queenOur Ladylady

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Seó sáwl is ðæs flǽsces hlǽfdige, and hire gedafnað heó simle gewylde ðá wylne, is flǽsc hyre hǽsum. Þwyrlíce færð æt ðám húse þǽr seó wyln bið þǽre hlǽfdigan wissigend, and seó hlǽfdige bið þǽre wylne underðeódd. Hml. S. 17, 8-12.

hel

(n.)
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hel, hell, helle, e; f.
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Ðæt mǽden ðá forð eóde . . . and cwæð: ' Dionisia, hál wes þú, ic gréte þé of helle gecíged', Ap. Th. 26, 11-16. Dryhten from helle ástág, . 1077. sculon gán libbende on helle (in infernum), Past. 429, 24: Ps. Spl. 54, 16.

ge-healdan

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Add: to hold, keep, take care or charge of a person Þeódnes bearn sceolde folc gehealdan, B. 911. a flock (lit. or fig.) Seó heord þe Godes handa gehealdan sceall, Ll.

níde

(adv.)
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níde, neáde, neóde, níde, niéde, nýde; adv. ( a case of níd, q. v.).

of necessityas a naturalinevitable consequencefrom force of circumstancesof necessitybecause a law, natural, moral or human, is to be satisfiedfrom forceunder compulsionwithout free-will

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N. P. L. 56; Th. ii. 298, 25-27. Forðamðe witon ðæt án wealdend is eallra þinga sceolon beón néde geþafan ( we must inevitably assent to the conclusion ) ðæt síe se héhsta hróf eallra góda, Bt. 34, 12; Fox 154, 7.

æt-bredan

(v.)
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æt-bredan, &c. l. æt-bregdan, -brédan; p. -brægd, -brǽd, pl. -brugdon, -brúdon; pp. -brogden, -bróden, and add: To take away from (
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with dat. or with preps, of, fram) Ætbrǽt detorsit, Germ. 397, 368. with idea of deprivation God forgeaf ðá ǽhta, and God eft ætbrǽd, Hml. Th. ii. 328, 30.

á-firran

(v.)
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Add: trans. To remove, &c. , place whence not given Se deáþ hit áfirreþ (-ferreð, v. l.) . . . cymð . . . líf áfyrre (-ferre, v. l. ), Bt. 8 ; F. 26, 4-7. Heó hyt áfyrreð, Lch. i. 280, 2 : 284, 8.

ealdor-dóm

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Add: greatness, power, authority Ðá wurdon æteówode fela ðúsend engla, ðý lǽs ðe wǽre geþúht ánes engles ealdordóm hwónlic swá micelre bodunge, Hml Th. i. 38, 5. Ealdordóme auctoritate, An. Ox. 2598.

ed-wít

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Add: a source or cause of disgrace Edwít probrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 21.

ge-beran

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Add: I. to bear, bring cild Críst wearð geboren ágeán of Egiptan, Chr. 3; P. 5, 22.

ge-beódan

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III b. to give official notice of: — Hié hine his mǽgum gebeóden (gebodien, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 64, 19.

gingra

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Take here <b>geongra</b> in Dict., and add: of time-relations, a descendant.

ge-wǽcan

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Add: pp. ge-wǽced Gehuaeh (-wǽhþ?) adfligit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 36. Gewǽce fatigat, 147, 27. Gewǽcte infecta, 47, 70. Gewéhtum fessis, Wülck.