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ge-stællan

(v.)

to stall ⬩ stable

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to stall, stable Ðá hét he on ðæs pápan ciericean gestællan his blancan and monig óðer neát he ordered his horse and many other cattle to be stabled in the pope's church, Shrn. 51, 22

LÍF

(n.)
Grammar
LÍF, es; n.

LIFE

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Se hálga Augustinus be his hálan líue hine hádode tó biscope [while alive and in health], Chr. 616; Erl. 22, 27. Ðearfendum lífe wunedon pauperem vitam agebant, Bd. 1, 15; S. 484, 8. Be muneca lífe de vita monachorum, 2, 4; S. 505, 33.

ge-hátan

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Ongan hé hine biddan ꝥ hé hine gemundbyrde . . . ðá gehét hé him ꝥ, Bt. 35, 6; F. 168, 22: By. 289. Hé him gehét his ǽriste, Bl. H. 17, 3. with clause Ic árás swá ic gehéht ꝥ ic dón wolde, Bl. H. 183, 29. Gehét, Bt. 33, 3; F. 126, 7.

LEÓF

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
LEÓF, adj.

LIEF ⬩ desirable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ acceptable ⬩ loved ⬩ beloved ⬩ dear ⬩ a friend ⬩ loved one

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Álédon leófne þeóden on bearm scipes, Beo. Th. 68; B. 34. Hláford leófne, 6276; B. 3142. Leófe ðíne dilecti tui, Ps. Th. 59, 4. Míne bróðru leófon my dear brethren, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 43.

Linked entry: leóf

FROM

(adj.)
Grammar
FROM, freom; comp. fromra; sup. fromest, frommast; adj.

FIRM ⬩ strong ⬩ stout ⬩ bold ⬩ strenuous ⬩ fortis ⬩ strēnuus ⬩ rich ⬩ abundant ⬩ excellent ⬩ ūber ⬩ abundans ⬩ præstans

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Fromum feohgiftum with rich money gifts, Beo. Th. 41; B. 21. Fromra præstantior, Cot. 154

Linked entries: fram freom fromnis frum

HÝÐ

(n.)
Grammar
HÝÐ, e ; f.

a port ⬩ haven

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Ðǽr æt hýðe stód æðelinges fær, Beo. Th. 63 ; B. 32: Elen. Kmbl. 495; El. 248: Exon. 52 a ; Th. 182, 8; Gú. 1307. Hé hí on hǽlo hýðe gelǽdde eduxit eos in portum, Ps. Th. 106, 29; Exon, 20 b ; Th. 53, 34; Cri. 860: Salm. Kmbl. 489; Sal. 245

Linked entry: húðe

irgþ

(n.)
Grammar
irgþ, e : irgþu, irgþo ; indecl ; f.

Sluggishness ⬩ cowardice ⬩ timorousness ⬩ pusillanimity

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by sea or by land, let him lose all that he owns and his own life, L.

Linked entry: irhþ

wundorlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wundorlíce, adv.

Wonderfully

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Ic ne férde on mǽrðum ne wundorlíce mid getote be mé ne bodude neque ambulavi in magnis, neque in mirabilibus super me, R. Ben. 22, 17. Hé hine gescerpte wlitegum wǽdum wundorlíce, Met. 15, 3.

feorh

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On earfoþum þǽr wé úres feores ne wénaþ, Bl. H. 51, 28. Nán óþer fioh ðæs hlísan wyrþe búton hiora ágnum fiore, Bt. 39, 11; F. 230, 1.

FLEÓGAN

(v.)
Grammar
FLEÓGAN, fliógan, to fleógenne; part. fleógende; ic fleóge, ðú fleógest, he fleógeþ, pl. fleógaþ; p. ic, he fleág, fleáh, ðú fluge, pl. flugon; pp. flogen [fleóge a fly] .

To FLY as with wings ⬩ vŏlāre ⬩ To flee ⬩ flee from ⬩ fŭgĕre ⬩ effŭgĕre

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Se fugel fleógeþ the bird flies, Exon. 60b; Th. 220, 18; Ph. 322: Beo. Th. 4539; B. 2273. Me of hrife fleógaþ hylde pílas shafts of battle fly from my belly, Exon. 105a; Th. 399, 4; Rä. 18, 6.

Linked entries: FLEÓN fliógan flecgan

gold

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Add: gold in the ground Se forma gítsere þe ǽrest þá eorþan ongan delfan æfter golde, Bt. 15; F. 48, 23. gold as a form of wealth Hwǽr cóm ꝥ unmǽte gestreón goldes and seolfres, Bl. H. 99, 28.

ge-dwola

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dwola, -dweola, an; m.

error ⬩ madness ⬩ heresy ⬩ error ⬩ errātum ⬩ vesānia ⬩ hærĕsis ⬩ a heretic ⬩ hærĕtĭcus

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Bt. 33, 2; Fox 122, 22. Se Arrianisca gedwola Arriāna hærĕsis, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 33 : Bt. Met. Fox 1, 81; Met. 1, 41. Óþ ða tíde ðæs Arrianiscan gedwolan usque ad tempŏra Arriānæ vesāniæ, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 18.

Linked entries: dwola ge-dweola

syndrig

(adj.)
Grammar
syndrig, adj.

separate, alone, not joined with others ⬩ standing apart, not accessible ⬩ special, set apart for a particular purpose ⬩ special, singular, extraordinary, remarkable for an unusual quality ⬩ for the unusual degree in which some quality exists ⬩ of that which concerns a single person, private, own ⬩ proprius, privatus ⬩ separate, several, sundry, each separately ⬩ one a-piece, one each

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Ic syndrigra ( singulorum ) hús and bedd geseah, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 9. Hé syndrigum geárum ( annis singulis ) hine neósode, 4,29; S. 607, 12. Hig gesamnodon hig be sindrigum mǽgðum, Jos. 7, 16.

feallan

to run ⬩ to be overcome ⬩ to stumble ⬩ snare ⬩ to fail ⬩ fall away ⬩ decay ⬩ crumble away

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Feól him ege on, Bl. H. 193, 5. of that which becomes detached and drops Þone cancor þǽra tóða, of ðám for oft ðá téþ feallað, Lch. i. 294, 22. Feól tó foldan swurd, ne mihte hé gehealdan méce, By. 166. Þá locu feóllon. Hö. 39.

a-wreðian

(v.)
Grammar
a-wreðian, p. ede; pp. ed; v. a. [a, wreðian to support]

To support ⬩ underprop ⬩ sustain ⬩ sustentare

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To support, underprop, sustain; sustentare Agustínus fram Gode awreðed wæs Augustin was sustained by God, Bd. 2, 3 ; S. 505, 1.

Linked entry: wreþian

hwealf

(n.)
Grammar
hwealf, e; f.
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An arched or vaulted covering Under heofenes hwealf under the vault of heaven, Beo. Th. 1156; B. 576: 4034; B. 2015. Behealde hé hú wídgille ðæs heofenes hwealfa bíþ late patentes ætheris cernat plagas, Bt. 19; Fox 68, 22.

Linked entries: hwalf hwalwa hwealf

ge-syndrian

(v.)
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Ben. . . . Lye' substitute: R. Ben. I. 56, 9, and add On eallum stówum yld ná sí gesindrod (discernatur) on endebyrdnesse, 105, 6.

ehtian

(v.)

to esteem, deem, value ⬩ æstĭmāre

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to esteem, deem, value; æstĭmāre Swá monnum riht is to ehtienoe quantum homĭnĭbus æstĭmāre fas est, Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 30: Beo. Th. 2449; B. 1222: Cd. 193; Th. 241, 25; Dan. 410

fore-þingere

(n.)
Grammar
fore-þingere, es; m. [fore = for, þingere a pleader]

One who pleads for another ⬩ an intercessor ⬩ intercessor

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One who pleads for another, an intercessor; intercessor Sceolon ða æðelan Godes þeówas beón his folces foreþingeras the noble servants of God should be the intercessors of his people, Homl. Th. ii. 224, 11

húsel-genga

(n.)
Grammar
húsel-genga, gengea, an; m.

a communicant

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Be húslgengum, 15; Th. i. 112, 4

Linked entry: húsel-gang