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á-solcennys

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ne wandiað tó licgenne on stuntnysse heora ásolcennysse, Hml. Th. ii. 554, 3. Þæt ðú mid þínre hýrsumnesse geswince tó Gode gecyrre þe þú ǽr fram buge mid ásolcennysse (per desidiam) ðínre unhýrsumnesse, R. Ben. 1, 5.

FINDAN

(v.)
Grammar
FINDAN, to findanne; ic finde, ðú findest, findst, fintst, finst, he findeþ, fint, pl. findaþ; p. fand, fond, funde, pl. fundon; pp. funden; v. trans.

To FINDinventimaginedevisecontriveorderdisposearrangedetermineinvĕnīredispōnĕreconsŭlĕre

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To FIND, invent, imagine, devise, contrive, order, dispose, arrange, determine; invĕnīre, dispōnĕre, consŭlĕre Híg ne mihton náne findan non invēnērunt, Mt. Bos. 26, 60: Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 39.

ge-rýne

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Bissextus . . . wé wyllað ymbe his gerýnu smeágan, 305, 41.

Linked entry: rún

mód-geþanc

(n.)
Grammar
mód-geþanc, es; m. n.

Mindthoughtsthought

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Ne þearf hé gefeón mód-geþance he need not rejoice in his heart, Cd. 75; Th. 92, 5; Gen. 1524. On hige sínum, módgeþance, 107; Th. 141, 3; Gen. 2339. Ðá þeaht-ode þeóden úre módgeþonce, 5; Th. 6, 23; Gen. 93.

feor

(adv.)
Grammar
feor, adv.

avoidancewidelywidelyfarfar

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Nis ende feor ꝥ wé sceolon ætsomne súsel þrowian, Sat. 40

Linked entries: fier firr fyr

irfe

(n.)
Grammar
irfe, ierfe, yrfe, es; n.

Inheritanceproperty

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Nelle ic from mínum hláforde ne from mínum wífe ne from mínum bearne ne from mínum ierfe I will not go from my lord, nor from my wife, nor from my child, nor from my goods, L. Alf. 11; Th. i. 46, 9.

weorþung

(n.)
Grammar
weorþung, e ; f.
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Ne dear man forhealdan lytel ne mycel ðæs ðe gelagod is tó gedwolgoda weorðunge, Wulfst. 157, 14. Drihtne tó wurðunga, Lev. 2, 2. Ídola wurðinge, L. N. P.

mirige

(adj.)
Grammar
mirige, adj.

Pleasantdelightfulsweet

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Ne geleofaþ man náht miriges ða hwíle ðe mon deáþ ondrǽt one gets no pleasure from life, while one fears death, Prov. Kmbl. 16. Mid merigum lofsange dulci ymno, Hymn. Surt. 141, 38.

Linked entry: murge

recene

(adv.)
Grammar
recene, adv.
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Ne sceal nǽfre his torn tó rycene beorn of his breóstum ácýðan, Exon. Th. 293, 7; Wand. 112. Ðæt hé recenust tó þrowunge becóme ad martyrium ocius pervenire, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 11

Linked entry: ricene

ge-restan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-restan, p. te; pp. ed

To rest, remain, rest [one's self]

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Mín hige geresteþ my mind resteth not, Elen. Kmbl. 2164; El. 1083: Exon. 8 b; Th. 4, 16; Cri. 53. On ðone seofoðan ðú gerestest on the seventh thou didst rest, Hy. 9, 23; Grn. ii. 291, 23.

Linked entries: ge-ræstan restan

ge-néðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-néðan, p. de; pp. ed

To venture, attempt, strive

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To venture, attempt, strive Ne dorste he genéðan ðæt ... he durst not venture to ..., Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 30. ðú Andreas scealt genéðan in gramra gripe now shalt thou Andrew venture into the grasp of foes, Andr.

Linked entry: néðan

á-blycgan

(v.)
Grammar
á-blycgan, p. de; pp. -blyged, -blycged.
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Ðá áblicgde Aman unblíþum andwlitan, and ne mihte ácuman ðæs cyninges graman, Hml. A. 100, 265. Hé wearð swíðe þearle áblycged vehementer territus Gr. D. 133, 3. Ic eom áblicged consternor Ælfc. Gr. 222, 9.

eardung

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Ne biþ Crístes eardung (or ?) on þǽre heortan, Bl. H. 13, 23. se áwyrgda gást tó þon férde in ꝥ hús ꝥ hé manna eardunge of þám húse ádrife si hanc domum spiritus malignus invasit, et ab ea hominum inhabitationem repulit, Gr.

eáþ-médu

(n.)
Grammar
eáþ-médu, f.: -méde, es; n. (Cf. ofer-méde.)
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Þú ús tó eádmédum gebróhtest nos humiliasti, Ps. Th. 89, 17. Hé on eáðmédum bád on beorge, wæs him botles neód, Gú. 299. <b>I a.

ge-scrífan

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Th. i. 30, 14. to order, bind a person to do or suffer something, compel, subject Ne þearf man fæsten fram Eástran oð Pentecosten, búton hwá gescrifen sig, oþþe hé elles fæsten wylie, Ll. Th. i. 368, 28.

gedwol-mann

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Add: one who is in error, (i) a mistaken person, ne who acts under a misapprehension : — Fæder, . . . forgif ðás dǽde þisum gedwolmannum, for ðan ðe hí nyton hwæt hí dóð, Hml.

Linked entry: dwol-mann

offrung

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Ne þreáge ic eów æfter offrunga (super sacrificia); for ðám eówre offrunga (holocausta tua) synt symle beforan mínre ansýne, 9. Gemyndig sý Drihten ealra þínra offrunga (omnis sacrificii tuí), 19, 3.

reccan

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Add Þá þe wé ne magon ongytan in þám godcundan dóme wé sculan ús þe má ondrǽdan þonne elcor reccan ea quae in divino examine comprehendere non possumus, timere magis quam discutere debemus, Gr. D. 301, 12.

wǽge

(n.)
Grammar
wǽge, (see also wǽg), an; f.

a weighta weyan implement for weighinga balancescale

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., and nán man hig undeóror ne sylle, L. Edg. ii. 8; Th. i. 270, 3. an implement for weighing, a balance, scale Ðeós wǽge oððe scalu lanx, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 73; Zup. 73, 10. Wǽge trutina, 36; Zup. 215, 18: statera, Scint. 81, 12: 110, 12.

Linked entries: wége wégi

hálgian

(v.)
Grammar
hálgian, p. ode; pp. od

To hallow, make holy, consecrate, sanctifyconsecrare

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Nis eów þearf ðæt gé ða ciricean hálgian there is no need for you to consecrate the church, Blickl. Homl. 207, 1. Hweðer hie ða ciricean hálgedon whether they should consecrate the church, 205, 11. Hálgig oððe hálga ðú sanctifica, Jn. Skt.