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fyrn

(adv.)
Grammar
fyrn, adv.
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Ðá ðe wǽron forðférede for hund geárum oððon gyt fyrnor (firnor, v. l.), Wlfst. 96, 7. Add

ge-brócod

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-brócod, -brócad, -bróced, -brócud [or -brocod ?]; part. p. [ge-, brðcod; pp. of brócian to oppress, vex]

Afflictedbroken upinjuredafflictusconfractus

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Surne gebrócode wǽron some were injured, 978; Erl. 127, 12: Homl. Th. i. 476, 19. Ða óðre gebrócade aweg cómon the others came away afflicted, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 78, 1. Hie wǽron gebrócede they were afflicted, Chr. 897; Erl. 94, 30.

linian

(v.)
Grammar
linian, leonian

to leave

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Ic leonige óðrum eorþcyningum tó bysne ðæt hié witen ðý gearwor ðæt mín þrym and mín weorþmynd máran wǽron ðonne ealra óðra kyninga ðe in middangearde ǽfre wǽron I leave it [an account of my exploits] as an example to other kings, that they may the better

Linked entry: leonian

bodian

(v.)

to declareproclaimto foretellprophesycelebratepraiseto preacha persona doctrinebelief

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H. 69, 19. ꝥ hálige sǽd him of þæs láreówes múþe wæs bodad and sægd, 55, 30 intrans. Se Hǽlend þe hé embe bodade, Hml. S. 22, 53. Boda heom be þám Hǽlende, 21

frófor

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Sé Hálga Gást wæs . . . þǽm apostolum tó frófre geháten, 131, 13: Gen. 955: 1108. Þá gódan God geseóð heóm tó frófran and tó gefeán and tó áre, Shrn. 202, 16. His swǽsne sunu . . . feóres frófre, Exod. 404; Cri. 338.

ge-síne

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I. of non-material objects, when visible results are produced, to be seen, evident, with noun Wæs wælræs wera wíde gesýne, B. 2947. Syndon þíne mihta ofer middangeard gesýne, Hy. 9, 50.

mór-heald

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
mór-heald, But the word might be a noun,
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Wǽron land heora lyfthelme beþeaht mearchofu mórheald, Cd. 145: Th. 181, 14; Exod. 61. = placed on a mountain slope, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 71, (?)

Linked entry: heald

ge-feaxe

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-feaxe, adj. [feax hair]

Having haircŏmātus

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Having hair; cŏmātus Wǽron men æðelíce gefeaxe the men had beautiful hair [lit. the men were beautifully haired ], Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 8

Linked entry: gylden-feaxa

ge-findan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-findan, p. -fand, -fond, pl. -fundon; pp. -funden

To findinvĕnīre

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To find; invĕnīre His bán gefunden and geméted wǽron ossa ejus inventa sunt, Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 10 : Chr. 963; Erl. 121, 36

Linked entry: ge-funden

ge-mun

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mun, adj.

Mindful, having a recollection

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Mindful, having a recollection Swá gemune menn wǽron ǽlces bróces men had such a recollection of every trouble, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 34, 2

Linked entry: -mun

swegel-bósm

(n.)
Grammar
swegel-bósm, es; m.
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The interior of heaven, heaven Hé biþ á ríce ofer heofenstólas ... sweglbósmas heóld; ða wǽron gesette wuldres bearnum. Cd. Th. 1, 18; Gen. 9

deófol-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
deófol-scipe, es; m.
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Idolatry Crístes apostolas wǽron onsende on þysne middaneard for ðí ꝥ hí sceolon menn trymman and lǽran and fullian, and deófolscipe nyðerian, Nap. 17

for-gnídan

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Ic forgníde extricor, wǽron forgnidene extricabantur, Hpt. Gl. 494, 39, 37. Bið forsworfen vel forgniden demolitur, i. exterminatur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 64. Add

ge-fæderen

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-fæderen, adj.
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Having the same father Þá þrié gebróðor nǽron ná Philippuse gemédren, ac wǽron gefæderen (gefædred, Bos. 60, 19), Ors. 3, 7; S. 114, 14

Linked entries: ge-fædred fæderen

un-gecwéme

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Add: — Eallra synna sió (æfest) is Gode láþost and ungecwémost, for þan mancynn ǽrest þurh æfeste wǽron on helle besencte, Verc. Först. 95, 3

wracian

(v.)
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to drive, press, carry on an action Þá folc him betweónum ful x. winter þá gewin wraciende wǽron, Ors. I. ii; S. 50, 21

ǽ-smæl

(n.)

a contraction of the pupil of the eye

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a contraction of the pupil of the eye Wiþ ǽsmælum and wiþ eallum eágna wærce, Lch. ii. 338, 1 : 2, 9 : 36, 16, 19

Linked entry: smæl

wilisc

(adj.)
Grammar
wilisc, adj.

foreign, not Englishservile

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Ða Wylisce menn hí gegaderodon, and wið ða Frencisce ðe on Walon wǽron gewinn up áhófon, 1094 ; Erl. 230, 32. Hengest and Æsc gefuhton wiþ Walas, and .xii.

ǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽr, comp. m. ǽra, ǽrra; f. n. ǽre, ǽrre; sup. ǽrest; adj.

Earlyformerprecedingancientpriorpræcedensantiquus

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Se ǽresta wæs Enos háten the first was called Enos, 50; Th. 64, 24; Gen. 1055. Wæs seó ǽreste costung ofercumen the first temptation was overcome, Exon. 39a; Th. 128, 32; Gú. 408. In ða ǽrestan ældu in the first age, 34a; Th. 108, 29; Gú. 80.

líc-hama

(n.)
Grammar
líc-hama, an; m.

The bodythe corporeal

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wæs álǽded of líchaman raptus est e corpore, 3, 19; S. 547, 33: 4, 3; S. 569, 46. Ne beó gé brégyde fram ðám ðe ðone líchaman ofsleáþ and nabbaþ syððan hwæt hig má dón, Lk. Skt. 12, 4.