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for-swelgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-swelgan, -sweolgan, he -swelgeþ, -swilgeþ, -swelhþ, pl. -swelgaþ; p. ic, he -swealh, -swealg, ðú -swulge, pl. -swulgon; subj. pres. -swelge, pl. -swelgen; p. -swulge, pl. -swulgen; pp. -swolgen, -swelgen [swelgan to swallow]

To swallow updevourabsorbdevŏrāredegluttīreabsorbēre

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To swallow up, devour, absorb; devŏrāre, degluttīre, absorbēre Baru sond willaþ rén forswelgan the bare sand will swallow up the rain, Bt. Met. Fox 7, 27; Met. 7, 14: Exon. 35 a; Th. 113, 30; Gú. 164.

Linked entry: for-sweolgan

fundian

(v.)
Grammar
fundian, ic fundige; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To endeavour to findtend toaspire tostrivego forwardhastenintenddesirenītitendĕreintendĕrepropĕrāre

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Gif twegen men fundiaþ to ánre stowe if two men are going to the same place, 36, 4; Fox 178, 10: Past. 18, 1; Hat. MS. 25 b, 6. Nú ðú móst feran ðider ðú fundadest now thou mayest go whither thou desiredst, Exon. 32 b; Th. 102, 12; Cri. 1671.

eác

(con.)
Grammar
eác, conj. l. adv.
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Salde se here him micle áþas þæt hié of his ríce uuoldon, and him eác gehéton þæt ..., Chr. 878; P. 76, 14. Be westan Sealwuda ge be eástan, ge eác be norþan Temese, 894; P. 87, 17: Bl. H. 15, 4: 21, 10.

ge-hwǽde

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Heó hafað blóstman and sǽd swýþe gehwǽde, 250, 21. Hafað seó lǽsse smæle leáf and gehwǽde, and seó óðer hafað máran leáf and fǽtte, 264, 18. (I a) little, young :-- Se Hǽlend him tó clypode sum gehwǽde cild (parvulum ), Hml.

of-þyncan

(v.)

to cause regret or sorrowto cause displeasure or offence

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Ðá sceolde ðám gigantum ofþincan þæt hé hæfde hiera ríce it is said that the giants were displeased at his having their kingdom, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 162, II. Mæg ðæs ofþyncan þegna gehwam, Beo. Th. 4070; B. 2032.

wudu

(n.)
Grammar
wudu, (-o), widu, wiodu ; gen. wuda, wudes; dat, wuda, wudu (-o), wyda ; acc. wudu, wuda ; pl. wuda, wudas ; m.

woodthe substance of growing treesa tree(hewh) woodthe material obtained from treeswood which forms somethingsomething made of woodwoodwoodthe woodwoodsa woodwild

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Th. 73, 5: saltu. Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 35. Great beám on wyda (wuda, v. l.), Bt. 38, 2; Fox 198, 9. Nóht elles búton ða wéstan feldas and wudu and dúna. Nar. 20, 10. Fæsten Créca, wudu Egipta, Salm. Kmbl. 387 ; 831. 193: Exon.

Linked entries: widu wude- wiodu

tó-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-weard, adj.

futurethat is to comeabout to comecomingat handapproachingtoward(that is) to happen or be some time or other,(that is) to comeabout to happen(that is) to come soonimminentimpendingto take placecome to passcoming towards a placeapproachingabout to comewith the face towards a person,facing

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Hí gesáwon ðæt ðár tóweard wæs they saw what was about to happen, Lk. Skt. 22, 49. Eów ys wuldorblǽd tóweard glory is about to come to you, Judth. Thw. 23, 35; Jud. 157. Noe sægde, ðæt wæs þreálíc þing þeódum tóweard, Cd.

Linked entry: tó-ward

forþ

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Þæt godspel cwyð forð gyt the gospel goes on further to say, Hml. Th. i. 396, 34: Wlfst. 222, 33. Hé sæt ðá ðǽr swá forð, Hml. S. 27, 44: Guth. 26, 14.

mǽgþ

(n.)
Grammar
mǽgþ, <b>, mǽgeþ,</b> e; f.

A collection of mǽgasa familystockraceas a technical term in the laws, relatives, kindred, the mǽgas who were living at the same time, and to whom the mǽg-lagu applied descendants of a common ancestor living at the same timea generationa tribesubdivision of a peoplea peoplenationprovincecountry

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S. 4; Th. i. 248, 25. in a wider sense, descendants of a common ancestor living at the same time, a generation Ðé ic geseah sóðlíce rihtwísne ætforan mé on ðissere mǽgþe te enim vidi justum coram me in generatione hac, Gen. 7, 1.

ge-mǽne

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Beó eallum crístenum mannum sibb and sóm gemǽne, and ǽlc sacu tótwǽmed, Ll. Th. i. 320, 28: 370, 10. Unriht is tó wíde mannum gemǽne, Wlfst. 159, 23. Túddor bið gemǽne incrum orlegníð, Gen. 914.

ám-ber

(n.)
Grammar
ám-ber, óm-ber, óm-bor, es; m. n ?

a dry measure of four bushelsmensura continens quatuor modios sive bussellosa liquid measurebatuscadusa vessel with one handlea tankardpitcherpaillagenaurceusamphorasitulahydria

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I, we read, 'xxiii ambræ salis, quæ faciunt xii quarteria, secundum mensuram Londoniæ.' Id. p: 258, it is added: 'quarterium Londinense octo modios sive bussellos continet, AMBRA igitiur quatuor modios.' v.

mund-byrd

(n.)
Grammar
mund-byrd, e; f. (v. mund, mund-bora).

protectionpatronageaidthe fine paid for a violation of mund

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Ús gehǽl mid mundbyrdum nos salva patrociniis, Hymn. Surt. 111, 44. the fine paid for a violation of mund (v. mund, IV. a. b; mund-bryce, II.) Cyninges mundbyrd .L. scillinga, L. Ethb. 8; Th. i. 6, 1: 15; Th. i. 6, 12.

un-gewiss

(n.)
Grammar
un-gewiss, es; n.

uncertaintyignoranceunconsciousnessin ignoranceunintentionallyunconsciouslyunwittinglywhat is uncertain or unknownincertumignominia

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Ðæt hié on swá micle néþinge and on swá micel ungewiss ǽgðer ge on sǽs fyrhto ge on wéstennum wildeóra ge on þeóda gereordum, ðæt hié hiene æfter friþe sóhton that they ventured upon so much that was hazardous and so much that was unknown in respect to

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wiþerweard-ness

(n.)
Grammar
wiþerweard-ness, e; f.

hostilitycontentionoppositionperversityfrowardnessdepravityarroganceunfavourable conditionadverse circumstanceadversitycontrarietydiversity

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Sume sace wyðerwyrdnesse hit getácnaþ, Lchdm. iii. 198, 13. perversity, frowardness, depravity, arrogance. Similar entries v. wiþer-weard, IV Wiðirweardnis ł wyrs perversius, Mt. Kmbl. p. 2, 1. Wiþerwerdnysse arrogantie, Anglia xiii. 371, 83.

ge-reord

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. ¶ æt gereorde (-um) at meat, at table :-- Sæt hé mid ðám cynincge æt gereorde, Chr. 1053 ; P. 182, 20. Hlengendes æt gereordum (ligendes æt geriordum, L. ) recumbentis. Mt.

ge-wǽde

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Th. i. 60 b, 12. the sails of a ship. v. ge-wǽdian; <b>III:</b> wǽde, Of þám scipe wǽron þá næglas forlorene and þá gewǽdu wǽron út on þá ýþa áworpene ex navi clavi perditi, vela in undis projecta, Gr.

hlystan

listento listen

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Seó módor sæt geornlíce hlystende hira tale, Hml. S. 30, 321. to listen as a learner, be a regular auditor: Hé hine þǽr áfédde feówer geár. . . and hine sóhton þá crístenan and his láre hlyston, Hml.

scendan

(v.)
Grammar
scendan, p. de

To put to shame, to abuse, insult, harm:

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MS. sendeþ Leo, Heyne, Grein refer to sand, q. v., and would translate by feasts) Grendel spares no man of the Danes, but slays and puts to shame, Beo. Th. 1204;() B. 600.

Linked entry: sendeþ

ge-ágnian

(v.)

to have as one's own, possess, occupyto getsecure possession of, acquireto adoptto prove one's title tosecure by shewing titleto usurp

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On eówerum geðylde gé geáhniað eów (possidebitis, Lk. 21, 19) eówere sáwla, 544, 4. Eádige beóð þá líþan, for ðan þe hí þæt land geágniað (possidebunit Mt. 5, 4), i. 550, 19. Bréðer þe Godes ege his sáule geáhnige cujus animam timor Dei possidet R.

hleápan

(v.)
Grammar
hleápan, p. hleóp, pl. hleópon and hlupon [cf.Icel.hlupu]; pp. hleápen

To LEAP, jump, dance, run

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To LEAP, jump, dance, run Ic hleápe salio, Ælfc. Gr. 30; Som. 34, 45. Ðonne hleápþ se healta swá swá heort the lame shall leap as a hart, Homl. Th. ii. 16, 18. Se ðe hleápeþ he who dances, Exon. 88 b; Th. 332, 11; Vy. 83.