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stæppan

(v.)
Grammar
stæppan, steppan; p. stóp; pp. stapen
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Th. 88, 2; Gen. 1459: 279, 35; Sat. 248. Com stæppende sum cempa, Homl. Th. i. 452, 14

sweðrian

(v.)
Grammar
sweðrian, swiðrian, sweoðerian; p. ode (some instances of the cpd. ge*-*sweðrian, omitted under that word, are given here)
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swiðrode sǽs æt ende ( the sea no longer ebbed (?), it rolled back upon the Egyptians ), 207, 12; Exod. 465. Mere sweoðerade ( the sea subsided ), ýða ongin eft oncyrde, hreóh holmþracu, Andr. Kmbl. 930; An. 465.

swíþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
swíþ-líc, adj.
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Thw. 25, 3; Jud. 240. of that which affects the senses or the feelings, strong, intense, severe Nǽfre ðú ðæs swíðlíc sár gegearwast, ðæt ðú mec onwende worda ðissa, Exon. Th. 246, 1; Jul. 55. Ða téð cwaciaþ on swíðlícum cyle, Homl. Th. i. 132, 27.

þeóh

(n.)
Grammar
þeóh, gen. þeós; dat. þeó; pl. þeóh; gen. þeóna; dat. þeón; n.
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Ðæra ðeóna sár, 80, 2. On þeón in femoribus, Anglia xi. 117, 25. Smyre ða þeóh, sóna hý beóþ hále, Lchdm. i. 354, 20: ii. 64, 26: Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 38, 3

Linked entry: þégh

un-blíðe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-blíðe, adj.

sadsorrowfulgrievedunkindshewing ill-will or displeasuresternangryunquietnot peaceful

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sad, sorrowful, grieved Unblíðe tristis, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 19, 22: Beo. Th. 261; B. 130. Giómormód, unblíðe, 4529; B. 2268. Wæs hé swýðe unblíðe ... Ðá geseah Gúðlác ðone bróþor sárig, Guthl. 9; Gdwin. 50, 6. Beón in unblíðum móde moestus esse, Mt.

wafian

(v.)
Grammar
wafian, p. ode
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Ðæt folc wafigende him sáh onbútan, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 650. Wafiendre wæferséne theatrali (visibili) spectaculo, Hpt. Gl. 411, 77.

Linked entries: wæfre wæfþ

ǽder

(n.)
Grammar
ǽder, ǽdder, e; f. ǽd(d)re, an; f. (wæter-ǽdre occurs once neuter).
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Wið ǽddrena sáre, Lch. i. 190, 7. Ǽdrena, 232, 17. Ǽddran (éðre, Ps. V.) reues, Ps. Spl. C. 7, 10. v. geótend-, lungen-, middel-, wind-ǽd(d)re

Linked entry: héþir

á-wiht

aloneany goodgood for anything

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Gif hé ǽfre þæs organes ówiht cúðe, Sal. 33. Heó ówiht swylces ne hýrdon, El. 571. Ymbe ówiht elles, Seef. 46. Ǽniges teónan óht ongitan, Gr. D. 35, 27.

be-lífan

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Ger. bi-liban mortuus] Sc̃a Maria wæs iii and sixtig geára eald ðá heó belyfen wæs, Sal. K. 184, 2. Mid þǽm miclan wólbryne monncwealmes þe him raðe ðæs æfter com, swá ðæt hié healfe belifene wurdon, Ors. 2, 6; S. 86, 26

fore-sceáwian

(v.)

to foreseeto provide forto provide give for use

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Ic foresceáwode of his sunum mé gecorenne cyning providi in filiis ejus mihi regem (1 Sam. 16, 1), Hml. Th. ii. 64, 7. Críst him líf sealde and andlyfene foresceáwode, Hml. S. 11, 347: 5, 325.

ge-sceap

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Voc. ii. 136, 26. v. cenning. what is created, creation, created things Ic þec biddan wille þurh þæt æðele gesceap þe þú, fæder engla, on fruman settest, Jul. 273. a creature On ðám æfteran dæge God gesceóp ðá gesceapu ðe ðisne heofon healdað, Sal.

ge-síþ

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Hé (Lucifer) cwæð þæt hé mid his gesíðum wolde hýðan heofona ríce, Sal. 453. <b>III a.

ge-frédan

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Him bið ðæt sár ðe gefrédre, gif sió wund bið tó ungemetlíce fæste gewriðen ita ut gravius scissuram sentiat, si hanc immoderatius ligamenta constringant, Past. 123, 19. with acc. and complement, io feel a thing so and so Hé hine selfne untrumran gefréd

hæleþ

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Tírfæst hæleð. . . bisceop se góda . . . ðám wæs Cyneweard nama, Chr. 975 ; P. 120, 9. expressing courtesy in address Nú þú miht gehýran, hæleð mín se leófa, Kr. 78 : 95 : El. 511. a man Nǽnig manna wát, hæleða under heofenum, Sal. 60.

leóht

Grammar
leóht, bright.
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sunne þá wǽre, Ors. 5, 14; S. 248, 11. giving mental illumination Swá dóð nú þá þeóstro þínre gedréfednesse wiðstand in mínum leóhtum lárum, Bt. 6; F. 14, 31. of a place, time of day, &amp;c. having a considerable amount of light Eálá dæg leóhta, Sat

Aríus

(n.)
Grammar
Aríus, [ = 'Aρειοs], Arrius; g. ii; acc. um; m.

A presbyter of Alexandria, founder of the Arians, born in Cyrenaica, Africa, and died in A. D. 336

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He wolde dón Crist læssan ðonne he is, and his Godcundnysse wurþmynt wanian then Arius said that Christ, the Son of God, could not be equal to his Father, nor so mighty as he; and said, that the Father was before the Son, and took example from men, how

Linked entries: Arrian Arrius

ge-lícnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-lícnes, -ness, e; f.

a likenessimageresemblancesimilitudoimagoa parableproverbparabolaproverbium

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On ðære sáwle, ná on ðam líchaman every man has three things in himself indivisible and working together, as God said when he first created man. He said, 'Let us make man in our own likeness.' And he then made Adam in his own likeness.

drý-cræft

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sǽde ꝥ hé ( Joseph) ðǽr (in Egypt ) drýcræftas geleornode and of þǽm drýcræftum ꝥ hé gewunode monige wundor tó wyrcenne, and ꝥ hé mihte swá wel swefn reccan ... and hé sǽde ꝥ hé of þǽm drýcræfte geleornode godcundne wísdóm. Ors. 1, 5; S. 34, 3-8.

talian

(v.)
Grammar
talian, p. ode.

to suppose a thing (to be) such and such, consider, reckon, account,to impute, ascribe, lay to the account ofto reckon, enumerate

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Wén ic talige ... ðæt ða -Geátas sélran næbben tó geceósenne cyning ǽnigne, 3695; B. 1845. Wé fremful taliaþ, ðæt eal mynstres fadung on ðæs abbodes dóme stande, R.

mótan

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Þæt þú ne móte began þæt þæt þú wilnast, 46, 12. the subject a thing : where the natural processes in connection with an object are given Se heofon mót brengan leóhte dagas, . . . ꝥ geár mót brengan blósman, . . . seó mót brúcan smyltra ýþa, and ealle