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ge-hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hweorfan, p. -hwearf, pl. -hwurfon; pp. -hworfen.

To turnconvertereTo turngo awaydepartdiepass as propertyfall as a lotvertiabireredireexcidere

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Mán eft gehwearf ðǽr their sin turned again thither, Andr. Kmbl. 1388; An. 694 : Lk. Bos. 8, 55 : 17, 7 : 24, 52, Siððan to reste gehwearf after he had gone to rest, Cd. 177; Th. 222, 23; Dan. 109.

Linked entry: ge-hwearf

ge-rǽdan

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

to arrange, dispose, direct, advise, determine, ordain, consult for, provide fordecernere, statuere, edicere, consulere, providereto enjointo arrangeto readlegere

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[Goth. ga-raidjan to enjoin: Icel. greiða to arrange.] to read; legere Sý gerǽd sit lectus, C. R. Ben. 22. Hit is gerǽd on gewyrdelícum racum it is read in historical narratives, Homl. Th. i. 58, 9.

þancung

(n.)
Grammar
þancung, e; f.
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Thanking, thanks, thanksgiving Gode sié lof and wuldor and dǽda þoncung ealra ðæra góda ðe hé ús forgifen hafaþ, Chart. Th. 136, 32. Sáwla þancung thanksgiving by souls, Hy. 9, 45. Ic ete mid micelre þancunge manduco cum gratiarum actione, Coll.

þurh-faran

(v.)

to go through or overto traversepertransireTo passto piercepass throughto pass beyondtranscendto penetrate

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Spl. 104, 17. to pass beyond, transcend Hefonas hé ðurhfór ( transcendit ), Past. 16; Swt. 99, 23. to penetrate Sió stefn ðæs láriówes ðurhfærþ ða heortats ðæs gehírendes illa vox auditorum cor penetrat, Past. 14; Swt. 81, 9: 21; Swt. 155, 11: Bt. 13

Linked entry: þurh-féran

ende-byrdlíce

(adv.)
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Sió godcunde foreteohhung welt ǽlces þinges endebyrdlíce, 39, 6; F. 220, 17. Wé sprecað be ðǽre heofonlican cwéne endebyrdlíce æfter wífháde we are quite in order in speaking of the heavenly queen as if she were woman, Hml. Th. i. 546, 14.

fóster

(n.)
Grammar
fóster, m. (not n.).
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Dele first passage, and add: food, nourishment, sustenance Sió lifer is blódes timber and blódes hús and fóstor, Lch. ii. 198, 2. Seó sóðe lufu is þǽre sáwle fóstor, Ll. Th. ii. 428, 38. Geunn ús tó þissum dæge dæghwámlices fóstres, Wlfst. 125, 11.

ge-clǽnsian

(v.)
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Srt. 11, 7. to cleanse from sin, purify from evil Dryhten geclásnað ( mundet ) sawle his, Ps. Srt. 40, 3. From scyld mínre geclásna mec, 50, 4. ꝥ wé é Úre heortan geclǽnsian from óþrum geþóhtum, 21, 4. Geclǽnsod lustratus, Wrt.

stefn

Grammar
stefn, voice.
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add: of sound proceeding from the mouth of a living creature Swelce sió godcunde stefn (stemn, v. l. ) tó him cwǽde, Past. 122, 7. Sáwla sóðfæste hergað cyninges þrym stefn æfter stefne, Ph. 542. Cyning spræc him stefne tó, Gen. 2848.

on-stellan

(v.)

to institute, give rise to, set on foot, bring in, be the author of, set (an example)

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to institute, give rise to, set on foot, bring in, be the author of, set (an example) Ðú scealt greót etan swá ðú wróhte onstealdest thou (the serpent) hast brought sin into the world, Cd. Th. 56, 12; Gen. 911: 57, 22; Gen. 932.

Linked entry: an-stellan

land-gemǽre

(n.)
Grammar
land-gemǽre, es; n.

A boundaryconfine

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se man áwirged, ðe forhwyrfe his freóndes landgemǽro maledictus, qui transfert terminos proximi sui, Deut. 27, 17. Ofer landgemǽru extra terminum, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 47, 29.

Linked entry: land-mearc

ge-fér-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fér-rǽden, -réden, -rédin, -rǽdenn, e; f.

companionshipfellowshipcongregationchurchsocietascomitatuseeclesiasynagogafamiliarityfriendshipfamiliaritasamicitia

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Gyf he híg ne gehýrþ, sæge hyt geférrǽdene quod si non audierit eos : dic ecclesiæ, Mt. Bos. 18, 17 : Jn.

Linked entry: ge-fǽrréden

þun-wang

(n.)
Grammar
þun-wang, e; -wange, -wenge, an; f. (and n.? Wange, wenge are both found neuter, though also the plurals wangas, wangan occur)

A temple

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Gif ic on þunwange gereste si dedero requiem temporibus meis, Ps. Th. 131, 4. Bufan his þunwengan supra tempus capitis ejus, Jud. 4, 21. Þunwonge tympora, Wrt. Voc. i. 282, 44. Þunwonga sár dolor timporum, ii. 143, 34: Lchdm. i. 156, 22.

Linked entry: wang

þreál

(n.)
Grammar
þreál, e; f.

Correctioncorrection by wordsreproofrebukecorrection by actschastisementpunishmentdiscipline

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Th. i. 362, 34. correction by acts, chastisement, punishment, discipline Gif hé bétan nele underlicgge hé rihtlícre þreále si non emendaverit, discipline regulari subjaceat, R. Ben. 56, 13.

un-forworht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forworht, adj.

Not criminalinnocent

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See also, in another of Oswald's charters: Si quid praefatorum delicti praeuaricantis causa defuerit jurum, praevaricationis delictum secundum quod praesulis jus est emendet, aut illo quo antea potitus est dono et terra careat, vi. 125; and see Kemble's

Linked entries: for-wyrcan fór-wyrcan

ge-leoran

Grammar
ge-leoran, l. ge-leóran,
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Gif hé giliórde (geliórade, L.) si obisset, Mk.

ár-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
ár-stæf, gen. -stæfes; pl. nom. acc. -stafas; m.

Favourkindnessbenefithelpgratiabeneficiumauxilii latio

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Favour, kindness, benefit, help; gratia, beneficium, auxilii latio Fæder alwalda mid árstafum eówic gehealde síða gesunde may the all-ruling Father hold you with kindness safe on your ways, Beo. Th. 639; B. 317.

Linked entry: stæf

(num.; pronoun.)
Grammar
bá,

both

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Wæter and eorþe, sint on gecynde cealda bá twá water and earth, both the two are by nature cold, Fox 20, 152 ; Met. 20, 76. Bysmeredon uncit [Inscription Bismærede ungket] men, bá ætgædre they [men] reviled us two, both together, Runic Inscrip.

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be-bycgean

(v.)
Grammar
be-bycgean, -bycgan ; part. -bycgende ; p. -bohte; pp. -boht

To sellto set or put to salevendere

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Iudas bebohte bearn wealdendes on seolfres sinc Judas sold the child of the Almighty for a heap of silver, Cd. 226; Th. 301, 5; Sat. 577 : Ps. Th. 43, 14 : 104, 15 : Beo. Th. 5591; B. 2799

Linked entries: be-bohte bi-bycgong

Donua

(n.)
Grammar
Donua, indecl. f.

The river Danube Danŭbius = Δανoύβιos

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On óðre healfe ðære eá Donua on the other side of the river Danube, 1, 1; Bos. 18, 31, 43

folc-néd

(n.)
Grammar
folc-néd, e; f.

A people's needpŏpŭli necessĭtas

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people's need; pŏpŭli necessĭtas Him wísode wolcen unlytel daga ǽghwylce, swá hit Drihten hét; and him ealle niht, óðer beácen, fýres leórna, folcnéde heóld a large cloud directed them every day, as the Lord commanded it; and to them all night, another sign