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tó-faran

(v.)
Grammar
tó-faran, p. -fór; pp. -faren.

to go in different directions,go off separately,partto disperse (intrans.)scatterto go away, pass off,depart,become extinct.

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Syle drincan on wíne, eal ðæt áttor tófærþ, 122, 18. The folk . . . shall tofare on every clyve, Anglia iii. 546, 146. [O. Sax. te-faran to disperse; to pass away: O. L. Ger. te-faran deficere: O. H.

Linked entries: tó-fær tó-féran

á-rǽran

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S. 21, 462. þæt man unriht álecge and Godes riht árǽre, 16, 67. to raise, cause to grow Þæt hé sylle . XV. swýn tó sticunge, hæbbe sylf ꝥ hé ofer ꝥ árǽre, Ll.

Linked entry: rǽran

earming

(n.)
Grammar
earming, erming, yrming, es; m.

A wretched or miserable being mĭser

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Syle ðín eáre ðínum earminge give thy ear to thy wretched one, Ps. Lamb. fol. 183 b, 17. Ne ondrǽd ðé, lá earming git ðu hæfst lífes hiht dread not, 0 wretched man, thou hast yet hope of life, Ælfc. T. 37, 2.

Linked entry: erming

HÝR

(n.)
Grammar
HÝR, e; f.

HIREinterest

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Ne syle ðú ðín feoh tó hýre computabuntur fructus ex tempore, quo vendidit, et quod reliquum est, reddet emptori. Pecuniam tuam non dabis ad usuram, Lev. 25, 27, 37. Tó híre ad usuram, Deut. 23, 19.

Linked entries: hýre hír

land-seten

(n.)
Grammar
land-seten, e; f.

an estateoccupation of land

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And 144, 'Territoria istius agelli his terminibus circumdata esse videntur.' occupation of land Gebyreþ ðæt him man tó landsetene sylle ii oxan and i cú and vi sceáp moris est ut ad terram assidendam dentur ei ii boves, et i vacca, et vi oves, L.

Linked entry: feld-seten

and-lóman

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Sylle him man tól tó his weorce and andlaman tó his húse, Ll. Th. i. 434, 26

clifian

(v.)
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Se gást sylf cleofað on Gode, Gr. D. 264, 3. Hí mid hyra móde him on clifiað (cleof-, v. l. ), 138, 30. Of þám hege þe hé fæste on clifode (clyf-, v. l. ), 25, 12. Hé cleofode on ðǽre eorðan and ne mihte ná onstyrian his fét tó gánne, 224, 22.

feðer-fóte

(adj.)
Grammar
feðer-fóte, adj.

Four-footedquadrŭpes

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-fóta] neáta ðone téðan dǽl to þearfum syllan wolde Eadbyrht would give the tenth part of four-footed cattle to the poor, Bd. 4, 29; S. 608, 17, note, MS. B

mǽþian

(v.)
Grammar
mǽþian, p. ode

To regardrespect

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To regard, respect Hé sylþ árleásnysse ðæt hé ne árige ne eác ne mǽþige his underþeóddum ne his gelícum the devil gives pitilessness, so that the man neither spares nor regards his subordinates or his equals, Wulfst. 59, 17

Linked entry: ge-mǽðian

ge-weddian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-weddian, to betroth.
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Ðá geweddodan fǽmnan hire yldran ne moton syllan óðrum men puellam desponsatam non licet parentibus suis dare alteri viro, Ll. Th. ii. 146, 20. Add

ge-brytan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brytan, p. te; pp. ed [ge-, brytan to break]

To break updestroyconfringĕreextermĭnāre

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To break up, destroy; confringĕre, extermĭnāre Gebrytte hine eofor of wuda extermĭnāvit eam ăper. de sylva, Ps. Spl. C. 79, 14. Gebryted wið ecede broken up with vinegar, Med. ex Quadr. 5, 1; Lchdm. i. 348, 3

of-þyrsted

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Utan syllan mete gehingredum and drenc þám ofþyrstum, Wlfst. 119, 7. figurative Se bið ofhingrod and ofðyrst æfter rihtwísnysse, Hml. Th. i. 552, 1

CǼG

(n.)
Grammar
CǼG, gen. cǽge; pl. nom. acc. cǽga, cǽgia; f; cǽge, an; f.
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Ðé ic sylle heofona ríces cǽgia tibi dabo claves regni cælorum, Mt. Bos. 16, 19. Gástes cǽgum [MS. cǽgon] with the keys of the spirit, Cd. 169; Th. 211, 11; Exod. 524. Cǽgan, Exon. 112a; Th. 429, 29; Rä. 43, 12

Linked entry: cǽge

wiccian

(v.)
Grammar
wiccian, p. ode
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To practise witchcraft Gif hwá wiccige ymbe ǽniges mannes lufe, and him on ǽte sylle, oððe on drince, oððe on ǽniges cynnes gealdorcræftum, ðæt hyra lufu for ðon ðe máre beón scyle . . .

and-feng

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sylf biþ underfangen on heora anfenge, Hml. Th. i. 514, 8. susceptor Drihten andfeng ( susceptor ) is sáwle mínre, Ps. Spl. 53, 4: 90, 2. Andfenge, Ps. L. 45, 8.

gilda

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Cf. gildan; v. deófol-, hǽpen-gilda. a member of a guild Gif hwylcum gyldan þearf sí his geférena fultumes, and hit gecýd wyrþe þæs gildan níhtstan geféran, bútun se gilda sylf neáh sí. . . .

hǽþen-gilda

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'Geðafiað húru þæt man heora ǽhta eów sylle' . . . Þá wurdon getealde án hund þǽra hǽðengylda þe ðæs temples gýmdon, and nán man ne mihte heora ǽhta geríman, Hml. Th. ii. 484, 22.

blípe-líce

(adv.)

Cheerfullywillingly

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Cheerfully, willingly Manna gehwylc his ælmessan blíðelice syllan, Wlfst. 103, 5. Hé blíðelíce (joyfully) hám tó his earde férde, Chr. 1022; P. 156, 6. Drihten swíþe blíþlíce mannum geleánað, Bl. H. 101, 22. Blíðelícor propensius, Rtl. 34, 30. Add:

luf-tíme

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Ðeós sylfe hýrsumnes bið Gode antfenge and mannum luftéme ( dulcis ), R. Ben. 20, 17. Gif ðǽm mǽdenum líkiað hyra luftýman sprǽce, Hex. 48, 16. Luftémpre dulcius, R. Ben. I. 3, 8

for-faran

(v.)

To perishTo destroyto blockade

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Þurh ꝥ . . . þe hí heom sylfe ǽlc óðerne forfóre, Chr. 1052; P. 180, 25. Hé (Jupiter) wolde his ágene fæder forfaran, Wlfst. 106, 11. Is folces forfaren máre þonne scolde, 46, 18.

Linked entry: fór-faran