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fore-steall

Grammar
fore-steall, (for-).

preventionhindrance

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Add: prevention, hindrance to free progress Færð fýr ofer eall, ne byð þǽr nán foresteal, ne him man náne mæg miht forwyrnan ignis ubique suis ruptis regnabit habenis, Dóm. L. 146. fine for the crime of fore-steall.

Fríge-niht

(n.)
Grammar
Fríge-niht, e; f.
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Hé wæs sume Frígeniht in ciricean. Þá on þá þriddan tíde ðǽre nihte . . . Shrn. 113, 4. Ne mæssenihtum ne Frígenihtum, Wlfst. 305, 24

Linked entry: Fríge-ǽfen

ge-grippan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-grippan, p. de.
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Sumo ualdon gegrioppa hine, Jn. L. 7, 44. Soecendo hine tó gegriopann[e], Jn. p. 5, 5. v. ge-græppian in Dict

Linked entries: grippan ge-grípan

ge-nefa

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Substitute: a nephew Gaius his nefa (genefa, v. l.) fór on Sirie Caium, nepotem suum, Augustus ad ordinandam Syriae prouinciam misit, Ors. 6, l; S. 254, n.

gewit-loca

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Sume ðone wæterscipe weriað on gewitlocan, wísdómes streám, Past. 469, 2. Ic ondette míne synna for ealne mínne líchoman . . . word and gewitlocan, Angl. xi. 98, 51. Add

loca

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Ic sume in bryne sende, in líges locan (into the cloister of flame, hell), Jul. 474 ; and add: v. cǽg-, cealf-, heáfod-loca

réceleáslíce

(adv.)
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Sint tó manienne ðá ðe ðá sibbe sáwað, ðæt hié swá micel weorc tó recceleáslíce and tó unwærlíce ne dón admonendi sunt pacifici, ne tantae actionis pondus levigent, Past. 361, 6.

un-myndlinga

Grammar
un-myndlinga, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Sume dæge þá þá heó swá wídgál swíde dwolode, heó becóm unmyndlinga tó þám scræfe . . . and heó þá þǽr wunode swá swá heó nyste quadam die dum vaga nimium erraret ad specum devenit, ibique nesciens ingressa mansit, Gr. D. 176, 21.

wegan

Grammar
wegan, <b>. A I.</b>
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Add Wegað mín geoc on eówrum swurum tollite jugum meum super vos, Hml. A. 10, 249. B. Perhaps in Exod. 180 wǽpn might be inserted before wǽgon, aud the passage be removed to <b> A. III</b> 1

wrixlan

Grammar
wrixlan, <b>. II.</b>
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Wrixliað sume þá on óðre wísan, Solil. H. 9, 17-24. Swá wrixliað ealle þæt hý farað and æft cumað, 62, 30. Add

æf-þanc

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æf-þanc, &c.
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Sé ðe lǽrð sunu his on æfþuncan (in zelum) hé ásent feónd he that teacheth his son grieveth the enemy (Ecclus. 30, 3), Scint. 176, 12. Ðá wræc hé his æfþancas on his feóndum, Guth. 14, 4. Add

æf-weard

absens

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Sé cwið yfel ðǽm deáfan, sé ðone æfweardan tǽlð surdo maledicere est absenti derogare, Past. 453, 2. Hé ðá word ðára æfweardra swá geara wiste swá ðára andweardra, Guth. 70, 4: Gr. D. 311, 1.

Linked entry: -weard

wind-gerest

(n.)
Grammar
wind-gerest, e; f.

A windy resting-place (?)a hall open to the winds (?)

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Hé gesyhð sorhcearig on his suna búre wínsele wéstne, windgereste (wind gereste, MS. : windge reste, Grein) he sees the hall deserted, the resting-place of men open to the winds (? For the hall as a sleeping-place, cf.

winter-dún

(n.)
Grammar
winter-dún, e; f.

A down or hill on which there is pasturage for sheep during the winter(?)

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Sunt pascua ouium in meósdúne pertinentia ad Tangmere, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 373, 23) eác swá, Anglia ix. 259, 11

handlian

(v.)
Grammar
handlian, p. ode; pp. od

To handle, feeltractare

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Hý ða spǽce swá lange handledon they handled the suit so long, Th. Chart. 302, 31. Hálige béc handligan sacros libros manu tractare, L. Ecg. P. iii. 4; Th. ii. 196, 28: 12; Th. ii. 200, 7: Lchdm. iii. 198, 23: 204, 2; 208, 24

cristalla

(n.)
Grammar
cristalla, an; m. cristallus, i; m.

crystal crystallusthe herb crystalliumflea-baneflea-wort crystallionpsyllion

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He his cristallum sendeþ mittit crystallum suum Ps. Th. 147, 6. the herb crystallium, flea-bane, flea-wort; crystallion = κρυστάλλιον, psyllion = ψύλλιον Nim cristallan and disman take crystallium and tansy Lchdm. iii. 10, 29

wuldor

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor, (-ur, -er), es; n.

Gloryvainglory

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Ge-wíteþ mid ðý wuldre niǽre tungol (the sun), 350, 23; Sch. 68. Tempel wuldre gewlitegod. Andr. Kmbl. 1337 ; An. 669. Ðá sceáwede ic míne gesǽlinesse and mín wuldor, Nar. 7, 22. in a bad sense, vainglory.

Linked entries: wulder wuldor-full

folgian

(v.)

to pursueto accompany be attendant uponto followbe guided byfollowto followpractise

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R. 26, 58. to follow with the intention of overtaking, to pursue: Ðá hátheortan folgiað hwám suá suá Assael dyde Æfnere, Past. 297, 4. Ne folga mé noli me persequi, 295, 15.

ge-swencan

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Suá hé mildheortlícor bið gesuenced ( fatigatur ) mid ó ðerra monna costungum, 107, 3. Mid woruldsorgum geswenced. Bt. 3, 1; F. 4, 21. Sorgum geswenced, An. 116: Met. 3, 8.

dón

(v.)
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Hine dón niédenga tó cyninge eum rapere et regem facere, Past. 33, 14. to put, bring, take. literal Suá oft suá wé úre hand dóð tó úrum múðe, Past. 313, 14. Hyne man dyde úp eductum decarcere Joseph, Gen. 41, 14.