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up-stige

(n.)
Grammar
up-stige, es; m.

ascensionmountingthe ascensionan ascenta way of ascending

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Æfter Cristes upstige tó heofonum, 58, 24: ii. 380, 24: H. R. 3, 4. Uppstige on heofonas, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 23. an ascent, a way of ascending Uppstige sandfull ascensus arenosus, Scint. 223, 13.

ge-wemmedness

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Add: physical, impurity Ðá ðe Críste folgiað on hwítum gyrlum; and hí standað ætforan his ðrymme bútan ǽlcere gewemmednysse, Hml. Th. i. 90, 2. <b>I a.</b> corruption, decay, death :-- Gewemmednysse corruptionis, i. mortis, An.

bearn-teám

progenyoffspringissuechild-bearingprocreation of children

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Ꝥ hí heora bearn-teám gebringon tó Críste þurh fulluht, 34, 254.

wicce

(n.)
Grammar
wicce, an; f.
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Ne sceal se cristena befrínan ða fúlan wiccan be his gesundfulnysse, þeáh ðe heó secgan cunne sum ðincg þurh deófol, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 108-126. Ánimaþ ða réðan wiccan, seó ðe ðus áwent þurh wiccecræft manna mód, 7, 209. Wiccan pythonissam, Hpt.

firdian

(v.)

march

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Ðá wearð se cyning swá gram ꝥ hé wolde eft in fyrdian, and þone eard fordón, 948; P. 112, 3a. of troops Wǽron on þǽre fyrde fela crístene menn . . . for þan þe hí sceoldon fyrdrian (fyrdian?) swá swá eall folc dyde, Hml. S. 28, ii.

Linked entries: firdrian fyrdrian

waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, e (but acc. waru, Ps. Th. 118, 17) ; f.
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Cyninge gebyraþ ðæt hé sý on ware and on wearde Cristes gespeliga, L. I. P. 2 ; Th. ii. 304, 23.

Linked entry: wer-genga

lim

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Críst is crístenra heáfod, and ealle Crístene men syndon tó Crístes limum getealde, Wlfst. 37, 7. a limb of Satan Þeáh hine deófol mid his lymum wylle gedreccan, Angl. viii. 324, 19. not referring to animals. part of a tree, a branch, Gn.

fór-steal

(n.)
Grammar
fór-steal, -steall, -stal, fóre-steall, es; m. [fór, fóre before; steal from stellan to leap, spring; therefore, at least originally, an assault, consisting in one man springing or placing himself before another, so as to obstruct his progress, Thorpe's Glos. to A. Sax. Laws] .

an assaultassultus sŭper ălĭquem in via rēgia factusviæ obstructiothe fine for an assaultmulcta pro assultu

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an assault; assultus sŭper ălĭquem in via rēgia factus, viæ obstructio Gif hwá forsteal oððon openne wiðercwyde ongeán lahriht Cristes oððe cyninges gewyrce if any one commit an assault or open opposition against the law of Christ or of the king, L.

Linked entries: fóre-steall fór-stal

ge-cynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cynd, ge-cind, acc. ge-cynd, ge-cynde; f. also ge-cynd, ge-cynde, nom. acc; gen. -cyndes; dat. -cynde; pl. nom. acc. -cyndu, -cyndo, -cynd; gen. -cynda; dat. -cyndum; n.

naturekindmannerconditiongendernaturaindolesingeniumproprietasmodusqualitasconditiogenusgenerationnakednessgenerationatalespartesgenitalesverendaoffspringproles

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Cristes gecyndo the natures of Christ, Salm. Kmbl. 819; Sat. 409. On feówer gecynd in four kinds, 996; Sat. 499. Æfter gecynde de genere, Ælfc.

windig

(adj.)
Grammar
windig, adj.

windywindyflatulent

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Ðeáh ðeós woruld wéde, and windige éhtnysse ástyrige ongeán Cristes gelaðungem Homl. Th. ii. 388, 9. windy, flatulent. v. wind, II. Gif se útgang sié windig and wætrig, Lchdm. ii. 236, 6. Be windigre wambe, 162, 23.

húsel

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Þis húsel is gemynd Crístes líchaman and his blódes, 276, 6. pæt hálige húsel is ǽgðer ge Crístes líchama ge ealles geleáffulles folces æfter gástlicere gerýnu, 15. Seó snǽd þæs húsles ðe beo ðicgan sceolde, 272, 26.

ofer-winnan

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Iósue and Israhéla folc oferwunnon seofon ðeóda; eahtoðe wæs Pharao . . . swá sceolon crístene men ðá eahta heáfodleahtras mid heora werodum ealle oferwinnan, Hml. Th. ii. 218, 12-17.

Elene

(n.)
Grammar
Elene, an; f.

Helena Helĕna = Ἑλένη

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His [Constantínes] módor wæs cristen, Elená geháten, swíðe gelýfed mann, and þearle eáwfæst his [Constantine's] mother was a christian, called Helena, a very faithful person, and very pious, Homl. Th. ii. 306, 3. See Ors. Bos.

þrowing

(n.)
Grammar
þrowing, þreowing, e; f.

suffering as opposed to doingsuffering which is painfula painful symptomsuffering that is undergone for the sake of religionsuffering of persecution, crosssuffering which ends in death, passion, martyrdomthe anniversary of a martyr's suffering

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Ic, eówer emnðeówa and Cristes ðrowunge gewita, Past. 18; Swt. 137, 16. Se ðe biþ gemyndig Drihtnes þrowunge and his ǽriste, Blickl. Homl. 83, 14.

freó-dóm

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Hé gebohte æt Æðere ... ðis gewrit and ðis land mið ðý friádóme ðe hit hǽr gefriád wæs tó Crístes cyrican on éc erfe, C.D.B. ii. 154, 17.

ge-mearcian

(v.)
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Ongset hé ꝥ se hláf næs ná gemearcod (signatus) . . . se hláf wæs geméted gemearcod mid Crístes róde tácne, 87, 7-23. Cain gewát morðre gemearcod (cf. Posuit Dominus Cain signum. Gen. 4, 15) mandreám fleón, B. 1264. <b>II a.

ge-miltan

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Sele him þá mettas þá þe ne sién tó raðe gemelte, 196, 16. to weaken, abate Se gesíð hét sendan on fýr Agapan and Chonie, and þá ꝥ fýr waes gemelted (had burnt itself out), þá wǽron ðá fǽmnan tó Críste geleóred, and þá líchoman wǽron swá gesunde ꝥ him

ge-feccan

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Nán Crísten mann ne sceal his hǽle gefeccan búton æt ðám Scyppende, 470, 20. Swá þá sculon þe hiora ǽfengifl on helle gefeccean sculon tamquam apud inferos coenaturi, Ors. 2, 5; S. 86, 2. Hé wolde þæs beornes beágas gefecgan, By. 160

a-rǽran

(v.)
Grammar
a-rǽran, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans. [a, rǽran to rear, raise]

To rear upraise uplift upexaltset upbuild upcreateestablisherigereexcitareresuscitareextollereædificarecreare

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Arǽrde Cristes róde reared up Christ's rood, Exon. 35 a; Th. 112, 27; Gú. 150. Ic arǽre ðis tempel binnan þrím dagum excitabo hoc templum in tribus diebus, Jn. Bos. 2, 19, 20.

æt-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-feolan, l. æt-feólan, and add: (from -feolhan); p. -fealh, pl. -fulgon, and -fǽlon (
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Wrít þám horse on þám heáfde foran Crístes mǽl and on leoþa gehwilcum þe þú ætfeólan mæge, Lch. ii. 290, 24. fig.