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eald-feónd

(n.)
Grammar
eald-feónd, eald-fínd, es; m.

An ancient foe, arch-fiend, Satan ⬩ antīquus inĭmīcus, diăbŏlus

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Ðæt he ne léte him ealdfeónd oncyrran mód from his Meotude that he did not let the ancient fiend turn his mind from his Creator, 37b; Th. 124, 7; Gú. 336: 62a; Th. 229, 2; Ph. 449: 121a; Th. 464, 18; Hö. 89

hræding

(n.)
Grammar
hræding, e; f.

Hurry ⬩ haste

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Hurry, haste Be ðisum þeófum ðe man on hrædinge fúle geáxian ne mæg and man eft geáxaþ ðe hé fúl biþ concerning the thieves that are not at once found out to be guilty, and afterwards it is found on enquiry that he is guilty, L.

lógian

(v.)
Grammar
lógian, (v. lóh); p. ode

To lodge ⬩ place ⬩ arrange ⬩ frame

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Hí on heora scype heora nett lógodon in navi componentes retia, Mk. Skt. 1, 19. Wé lǽraþ ðæt man intó circan ǽnig þinga ne lógige ðæs ðe ðartó ungedafenlíc sí we enjoin that nothing be lodged in the church that is unsuitable for the place, L.

nídinga

(adv.)
Grammar
nídinga, (-unga); adv.

By force ⬩ against a person's will

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Ðý læs nédunga genom Crist menn ne raperet Christus homines, Rtl. 197, 35. Woldon hine dón niédenga (nídenga, Cott. MSS.) tó cyninge, Past. 3, 1; Swt. 33, 14.

Linked entry: neádunga (-inga)

ge-béd-stów

(n.)
Grammar
ge-béd-stów, e; f.

A prayer place ⬩ place where prayers have been offered ⬩ an oratory ⬩ orātiōnis lōcus ⬩ orātōrium

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He ne mæg lenge gewunian in gebédstówe he may not longer remain in the place of prayer, Exon. 71 a; Th. 265, 4; Jul. 376. On heora gebédstówe in their place of prayer, Blickl. Homl. 133, 19

wiþer-sacian

(v.)
Grammar
wiþer-sacian, p. ode.

to blaspheme ⬩ to be apostate

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to blaspheme Ðam ðe wiðersacaþ ongén háligne gást, ne bið dam forgyfen eí, qui in spiritum sanctum blasphemauerit, non remittetur, Lk. Skt. 12, 10. Swá hwylc man swá wyþersacaþ (blasphemes, v.

á-hwanon

(adv.)
Grammar
á-hwanon, adv.
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from anywhere Ic nolde ꝥ ðú wéndest ꝥ him áhwonan útane cóme his gódnes I would not have you suppose that his goodness came to him from anywhere without, Bt. 34, 3; F. 136, 23.

Linked entry: á-hwonan

beðing

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Hwí ne bidst þú þé be-þunga and plaster lifes lǽcedðmes cur tibi non oras placidae fomenta medelae ? Dóm. L. 80. Add:

dwellan

(v.)
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Ðæt hí mid ðǽre lícettunga óðre men ne dwellen, 449, 24. intrans. To go astray, wander Dwelet obambulat, An. Ox. 47, 1. Álýse mé of ðám gedwolan þe ic on oð þisum dwealde, Shrn. 170, 17. Hí dweldon on wéstene erraverunt in solitudine, Ps.

fiscere

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Add: Wæs ðǽm cyninge (Xerxes) swíþe ange on his móde . . . þæt hé ofer ðá eá cuman ne mehte . . . Him þá tó cóm án fiscere and hiene ánne ofer bróhte piscatoria scapha trepidus transit, Ors. 2, 5; S. 84, 10.

for-leógan

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to accuse falsely, bear false witness against: Ic nelle secgan unsoð on me sylfe, ꝥ ic wið þé ne syngie, gif ic mé sylfe forleóge, Hml. S. 12, 196. Se cniht hine sylfne forleáh, 208.

hræding

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Man ne mihte on hrædinge ásmeágean hú earmlíce gefaren is, 166, 11. Hí hæfdon árǽred on hrædincge áne cyrcan, Hml. S. 15, 43. Hí bebyrigdon hine swá swá hí sélost mihton on swylcere hrædinge, 32, 168. Add

lád-teów

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Add: [from lád-þeów]. a leader, guide Ne forlǽt ús, ac beó úre láðeów ( ductor ), ðú cans eal ðis wésten, and wásð hwǽr wé wícian magon, Past. 304, 15. a military leader, general Marcellinus, Iuliuses ládteów. Ors. 5, 12; S. 240, 24.

hyge-leást

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Add: hyge-líst. folly, buffoonery, extravagance ꝥ ne higeleást geméte (ge higeleás méte, MS.) tende ut non scurilitas inveniat fomitem, R. Ben. I. 75, 17.

nearulíce

(adv.)
Grammar
nearulíce, <b>. II.</b>
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, evilly, v. nearu-þanc Ne anhyre ðú ꝥ nearolíce (nequiter) þú dó. Þe nearolíce (nequiter) dóþ beóð ge-teórode, Ps. Rdr. 36, 8-9

ofer-flówendness

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Add: superabundance, excess Ne forseó gé Godes ðearfan, ðeáh ðe hí tállíce hwæt gefremman; for ðan ðe heora yrmð áfeormað þæt þæt seó gehwǽde oferflówendnys gewemð, Hml. Th. i. 332, 14.

of-lǽte

(n.)
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Add Noldest þú ná ofrunga and ofláta (-an ?) náne sacrificium el oblationem noluisti, Ps. Th. 39, 6.

sceand

(n.)
Grammar
sceand, f.
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Add Ne wuldra þú on teónan fæder þínes, nys þé wulðor ac sceand (confusio), Scint. 174, 8.

weá-mét

(n.)
Grammar
weá-mét, weá-métt, e: -méttu(-o); indecl. f.

Anger, wrath, passion, irascibility

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Se feórða leahtor is weámét, ðæt se man náge his módes geweald, ac búton ǽlcere foresceáwnnge his yrsunge gefremaþ, 220, 12. Wé sceolon ofer*-*winnan weámétte mid wíslícum geðylde, 222, 21. Ne gerísaþ heom hræde weámétta, L. I.

of-scotian

(v.)

to shoot, wound or kill with an arrow, spear, etc.

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Ne ofsleá hine nán man mid his handa ac sí hé mid stánum oftirfod oððe mid flánum ofscotod manus non tanget eum, sed lapidibus opprimetur aut confodietur jaculis Ex. 19, 13.

Linked entry: scotian