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ge-openian

(v.)
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Se preóst nolde undón þá duru mid cǽge, ac se bisceop geopenade mid his worde, Hml. S. 3, 485. Geopena ongeán mé lífes geat, Hml.

ge-onbyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-onbyrdan, p. de; pp. ed

To bear against, strive against, resist

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To bear against, strive against, resist Gif he on ðone geonbyrde ðe hine slóg if he strove against him who slew him, L. In. 76; Th. i. 150, 18: L. E. G. 6; Th. i. 170, 13: L. Eth. v. 31; Th. i. 312, 11

Linked entry: ge-ondbyrde

æt-standan

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His sceaft ætstód ætforan him ( the shaft got fixed in the ground in front of him ), and ꝥ hors hine bær forð swá ꝥ ꝥ spere him eóde þurh út, Hml. S. 12, 54. Mid þám ðe Drihten hrepode ðá bǽre, ðá ætstódon þá bǽrmenn. Hml. Th. i. 494, 7.

ge-friþian

(v.)
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Gif hé for slǽwðe his hláfordes forgýmð, ne bið his ágnum wel geborgen ; gif hé eal wel gefriðað þe hé healdan sceal, ðonne bið hé leánes weorðe, Ll. Th. i. 440, 17.

Linked entry: ge-freoþian

hwæðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hwæðer, pron.

eitherboth

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Th. i. 256, 16. one or other of two, either Hie hit gesund begen ágifan swá hit hwæðer hiora ǽr onfénge búton hiora hwæðer þingode ðæt ... let them both return it sound as either of them may have before received it, unless either of them made a condition

Linked entry: hwæðer

(adv.; int.)

Woeillwoealasvae,well-a-waywell-a-dayahvah

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Him biþ æt heortan wá, Salm. Kmbl. 210; Sal. 104. Him wæs ǽghwǽr wá, Cd. Th. 285, 24; Sat. 342. Bið ðam men full wá, 40, 5; Gen. 634. ne mihton ásecgan, hú wá ðám sáwlum byð, Wulfst. 147, 17. Ðæt him nǽfre ǽr nǽre swá wá swá him ðá wæs, 235, 19.

Linked entries: eów waa

scyfe

(n.)
Grammar
scyfe, es; m.
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Hié weorðaþ oft áscrencte on ðæm scyfe ðære styringe hira módes ðæt hira selfra ne ágon ðý máre geweald ðe óðerra monna motionis impulsu praecipites quaedam velut alienati peragunt, Past. 33, l; Swt. 215, 12, 17. <b>I a.

á-bútan

(prep.; adv.)
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Ox. 3775. motion outside a place fóron west ábúton, Chr. 915; P. 99, 11.

ymb-hoga

(n.)
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ymb-hoga, an; m.
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Ǽlc deáþlíc swencþ hine selfne mid manigfealdum ymbhogum omnis mortalium cura, quam multiplicium studiorum labor exercet, Bt. 24, I ; Fox 80, 7 : 24, 4 ; Fox 84, 32. Ádó hé of his móde ungerisenlíce ymbhogan, 30, 3 ; Fox 106, 20.

Linked entries: hoga hoga

lǽswian

(v.)
Grammar
lǽswian, lǽsian: p. ode, ede, trans. and intrans.

To pasturefeedgraze

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Ðá lǽswode heó hire féstermódor sceápum then she fed her foster-mother's sheep, Shrn. 101, 14. Ðá lǽswede hé mid his fæder sceápum, 108, 31. Ða assan wið lǽswodon the asses were grazing by them, Homl. Th. ii. 450, 6.

Linked entry: lǽsian

ge-féran

(v.)
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hine áxodon be his wífe and his cildan hwæt geférdon, 276. þǽr ǽfre yfel geférdon, Chr. 1009 ; P. 139, 27. with causative force, to cause to move, to bring, bear. (v. O. Sax. gi-fórian to bring: O.H.Ger. gi-fuoren ferre, vehere.)

ge-scirpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scirpan, to dress.
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, quae necessitas poscebat itineris, largiter subministratis); and hine hét, þonne hé eft tó his éðle hweorfan wolde, ꝥ hé tó him cóme, ꝥ hé hine wel hám gescyrpte, Bd. 5, 19 ; Sch. 659, 20-25

ge-limp

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Hé wæs suíde úpáhafen on his móde for his anwalde and for his gelimpe successu suae potestatis elevatus. Past. 39, 14. <b>II b.

þyrstan

(v.)
Grammar
þyrstan, p. te

To thirst

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Hió ðyrstende wæs on symbel mannes blódes, 1, 2; Swt. 30, 27

ídel

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Wutun ídle gedón ( exinanite ) oð þæt heora eard geceósan, Ps.

wiþ-settan

(v.)
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wiþ-settan, p. te

To opposeresist

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To oppose, resist Sende hé him fultum þurh sumne déman, ðe wiðsette heora feóndum, and álísde of heora yrmðe, Ælfc. T. Grn. 6, 25. Fram ansýne árleásra ða ðe mé geswenctun ł wiðsettun (afflixerunt), Ps. Lamb. 16, 9

smeaþancollíce

(adv.)
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embe þæt heofonlice líf geornlíce smeádon swýðe smeáþancollíce, Hml. S. 3, 509. Add

tó-nemnan

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Þonne ðá fíf þing ealle gegædorade beóþ, ðonne beóþ hit eall án ðing, and ꝥ án þing biþ God; and hé biþ ánfeald un-tódǽled, þeáh ǽr on manig tónemned wǽre, Bt. 33, 2; F. 122, 19. Add

trahtnian

(v.)
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Þæt ðǽra bóca andgit him trahtnodon, Hml. Th. ii. 96, 28. Wé ne magon þisne part fullíce trahtnian on Engliscum gereorde, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 240, 16

cyld-faru

(n.)
Grammar
cyld-faru, e; f.

A carrying of children parvulōrum subvectio

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A carrying of children; parvulōrum subvectio Ðæt híg nymon wǽnas to hira cyldfare ut tollant plaustra ad subvectiōnem parvulōrum, Gen. 45, 19

Linked entry: cild-faru