þurh-wacian
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To continue watching, maintain a vigil Hé nǽfre gódes weorces ne áblon. ah hé hwílum ealle niht þurhwacode on hálgum gebedum, Bl. H. 227, 7
Linked entry: þurh-wæccan
un-áþrotenlíce
Unweariedly ⬩ unceasingly
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Unweariedly, unceasingly Hí sint tó manienne ðæt hí unáðrotenlíce ða gedónan synna gelǽden beforan heora módes eágan admonendi sunt, ut incessanter admissa ante oculos reducant, Past. 53; Swt. 413, 14.
Linked entry: á-þrotenlíce
foca
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He geseah þǽr licgan ǽnne snáwhwítne focan (glossed kake) he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals (sub-cinericius panis, l Kings 19, 6), Hml. S. 18, 164. Hé ásende him ǽnne focan (cf. hláf, Gr. D. 118, 5), Hml. Th. ii. 162, 20.
for-wirnedness
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Hé hæfde forwyrnednesse on his líchoman ǽghweðer ge on mete ge on hrægle ge on ághwylcum þinge, Bl. H. 219, 29
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hraþe
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Hwearf þá tó healle swá hé hraðost meahte, þæt hé ofer his ealdre gestód, Az. 166. of quick movement of the body Hió ðæt gihérde árás hræðe (raþe, W. S. cito ), Jn. 11, 29.
tíþian
To grant, ⬩ concede, ⬩ of that which is granted
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Lamb. 18, 8. with a clause Nolde se cyning him tíðian ðæt Israel férde forð ofer his gemǽru qui concedere noluit, ut transiret Israel per fines suos, Num. 21, 23. used absolutely Ðonne ðú him tíðast, Hy. 7, 56.
Linked entry: tigþian
ge-settan
To set, put, fix, confirm, restore, appoint, decree, settle, possess, occupy, place together, compose, make, compare, expose, allay
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Ǽnne of heora aldormannum to bisceope he hint gesette he appointed one of their chief men as their bishop, 247, 31: Chr. 604; Erl. 20, 21. He Isaace wíf gesette he fixed upon a wife for Isaac, Gen. 24, 11.
ferhþ
the soul ⬩ spirit ⬩ mind ⬩ anĭmus ⬩ mens ⬩ life ⬩ vīta
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His geleáfa wearþ fæst on ferhþe his faith became firm in his spirit, Elen. Kmbl. 2071; El. 1037: Exon. 100 a; Th. 375, 2; Seel. 132: Cd. 40; Th. 53, 32; Gen. 870: Beo. Th. 1512; B. 754: Ps. Th. 85, 11.
lífan
allow ⬩ permit
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God lýfde Adame, ðæt hé móste brúcan ealra wæstma, Wulfst. 9, 6: Blickl. Homl. 189, 22. Ðá bǽdon hý ðæt hé lýfde him on ða gán. Þá lýfde hé him, Lk. Skt. 8, 32.
on-ginnan
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Ðá ðe nabbað wísdóm tó ðon ðæt hié cunnen lǽran, and hí ðeáh forhradiað ðæt hié hit ongiennað, Past. 383, 22.
ferian
to carry ⬩ convey ⬩ bear ⬩ lead ⬩ conduct ⬩ ferre ⬩ portāre ⬩ vehĕre ⬩ dedūcĕre ⬩ afferre ⬩ to betake oneself to ⬩ se gerĕre ⬩ versēri ⬩ to go ⬩ depart ⬩ vehi ⬩ īre
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He ferode ðone to his mynstre mid árwurþnysse he bare it to his minster with honour, Homl. Th. ii. 358, 7: Chr. 1009; Erl. 141, 23. Us ofer árwélan æðeling ferede a noble one conducted us over the realm of oars [the sea], Andr. Kmbl. 1706; An. 855.
ge-sleán
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Hé geslóg breóst his, 18, 13. Mið ðý gislóg síde Petres, Rtl. 58, 7. Mið fýstum hine geslaa ł geðearsca colaphis eum caedere. Mk. L. 14, 65. <b>I a.</b> figuratively :-- Hé hine mid his worde geslóg (perculit). Past. 115, 15.
LÚTAN
To lout ⬩ bow ⬩ stoop
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Ðæt heofonlíce wolcn leát wið his and hine genam the cloud from heaven stooped towards him, and received him, 296, 2. Hé forþ leát on his andwlitan procideret in faciem, Bd. 4, 3; S. 569, 11.
Linked entry: ge-loten dæg oððe ofernón
pistol-bóc
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Hé ne funde on ðam mynstre ðá hé tó féng bóca ná má búton ... .i. pistelbóc ... Chart. Th. 430, 8-29
on-bíd
Awaiting, expectation
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Hé on tweógendlícan onbíde wæs hwæðer hé wið Rómánum winnan dorste he was waiting in doubt (cunctans) whether he durst fight with the Romans, Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 204, 29
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earning-land
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The passage is: Ðá nam Ealdulf hit and sealde ðám ðe hé wolde tó earningclaude. Cf. the expression in the same charter: Wé wrítað him ðone croft . . . ðæt hé hæbbe hit swá rúm tó bóclonde, swá hé ǽr hæfde tó lǽnlonde, C. D. iii. 258, 27
feþe-leás
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Ꝥ hé ne meahte ne gehýran ne gangan. Ac hé gecreáp in þæs eádgan Berhtinus ciricean . . . Þá meahte hé gehýran and gangan, Shrn. 126, 22. For 'Footless' substitute: Without the power to walk, and add
un-lǽttu
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Moral wretchedness, wickedness God gecýðde in þám for hwylcre scylde (blasphemy) se cniht wæs geseald swylcum éhterum; for þon þe his fæder nolde hine gerihtan þá hwíle þe hé lifde,þá ylcan unlǽttu hé lét hine eft edníwian þá þá hé sweltende wæs, Gr
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a-grísan
To dread ⬩ fear greatly ⬩ shudder ⬩ horrere
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To dread, fear greatly, shudder; horrere Ðæt he for helle agrise that he shudder for hell, L. C. E. 25; Th. i. 374, 13
an-cuman
To come ⬩ arrive ⬩ advenire
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To come, arrive; advenire Ðá he west ancom [westan com, MS.] when he came to the west, Cd. 90; Th. 113, 9; Gen. 1884