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for-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
for-cirran, p. de.

to turnavoidpervertsubvert

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Gif hé ágiémeleásað ðæt hé ðá lytlan hreówsige and hwílum forcierre qui peccata minima flere ac devitare negligit, Past. 437, 22. to turn (trans.) aside For hwon onsiéne ðíne ðú forcerrest (avertis)?, Ps. Srt. 43, 24.

Linked entries: for-búgan for-cyrran

ge-sǽlignes

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Ox. 2582 : prosperis successibus, i. fortunis, 3995 : 4260. happiness, good fortune, happy estate, v. gesǽlig; II. of persons Ðyncð him ðæt hié wiellen ácuelan for ðǽre medtrymnesse ðæs óðres gesǽlignesse (felicitatis), Past. 231, 21.

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hríþer

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Be .xxx. pæñ. oþþe be ánum hrýðere, 232, 7. Nán man hrýðer ne sleá búton hé habbe twégra trýwra manna gewitnesse, 296, 17. Án hríðr, C. D. i. 311, 3. Án ald hríðr, 312, 7. .i. eald hríðer, 297, 1. Tú hriéðeru, óðer sealt, óðer fersc, v. 164, 29.

ídel-ness

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Past. 160, 17. In ídelnesse mec worðiað in uanum me colunt, Mk. L. R. 7, 7. idleness, lack of energy Nys eác mid ídelnysse tó forelǽtanne þæt wundor non me quoddam spiritale praesagium narrare piget, Guth. Gr. 159, l

lustfullian

(v.)
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Ic lusfulliende wæs (lustfullode, v. l. ) þára gemánan brúcan þe ic on þǽre stówe sceáwade delectatus consortio eorum, quos in illo loco uidebam, Bd. 5, 12 ; Sch. 629, 10. to give delight Ðeáh ðæt ðǽm móde lícige and lustfullige (delectat), Past. 71,

lyt-hwón

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Se scamfæsta hæfð genóh on ðǽm tó his bettrunge ðæt his láreów hine suíðe lythwón gemyndgige his unðeáwa verecundis ad conversionem sufficit, quod eis doctor mala sua saltem leniter ad memoriam reducit, Past. 207, 4. (3 a) where the word is equivalent

ofer-cuman

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add: to get the better of in a contest Sé ðe his ágen mód ofercymð and gewilt, Past. 218, 17: Bt. 34, 11; F. 152, ll. Hé eallne þone here áhtlíce ofercóm, Chr. 1066; P. 198, 3. Besing and ofercum ealle yfele wilddeór, Lch. i. 202, 13.

on-wreón

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Add Ðonne wé underfóð ðone hwǽte æt Gode, ðonne wé ongietað inweardlíce dá ǽ, and onwreóð ðá diéglan cwidas frumentum a Domino accepimus, quando in dictis obscurioribus subducto tegmine litterae per medullam Spiritus legis interna sentimus, Past. 369

swilce

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Add Swelce hé hine wandigende ofersuíðe quasi parcendo superare, Past. 297, 15: 296, 11. Næs þæt cild gecweden hire frumcennede cild swilce heó óðer siððan ácende, Hml. Th. i. 34, 24

hættian

(v.)
Grammar
hættian, p. ode; pp. od

To take the hair and skin from a person's head

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He thinks the form hettian [hættian] has no sense, but may it not be connected with hæt, as it was just that part of the head which the hat covered that was affected? It was giving the victim the appearance of wearing a hat of a most ghastly kind

on-hréran

(v.)

of actual movement, to stir, agitate, move violentlyto move, disturb, agitateof emotions, to stir up, arouse, excite

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.), Past. 33; Swt. 224, 5. Ne mǽg hine ǽnig onhréran ( non commovebitur ), ðe eardfæst byþ on Hierusalem, Ps. Th. 124, 1. Eall heofena mægen biþ onwended and onhréred, Blickl.

Linked entry: hréran

on-wealh

(adj.)
Grammar
on-wealh, -walh; adj.

Whole, entiresound, uninjured, uncorruptedwhole, entire

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Ðæt gecyndelíce gewitt biþ anwalg untósliten, Past. 52, 2; Swt. 405, 5. Ða óðre stondaþ on anwalgre hǽlo, Swt. 403, 23. Andswarede ðæt hé on ðyssum hæfde fæstne geleáfan and onwalhne integram se in hoc habere fidem respondebat, Bd. 3, 13; S. 539, 4.

Linked entries: an-wealh -wealg

bed

Grammar
bed, bedd.

a bedcoucha surface on which something rests?

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On ðæt hnesce bed gesinscipes, Past. 397, 22. Reced geondbrǽded wearð beddum and bolstrum, B. 1240. Ic syndrigra hús and bedd (bed, v. l.) geseah singulorum casas ac lectos inspexi, Bd. 4, 25; Sch. 500, 12. a surface on which something rests?

scíran

(v.)
Grammar
scíran, p. de.
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Ne scírþ hé nó hwæðer hé reáfoden oððe hwelc óðer yfel fremeden (no distinction is made in the sentence between various kinds of evil), Past. 44; Swt. 329, 7.

þearfan

(v.)
Grammar
þearfan, p. de; pp. ed
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Ðearfendum, Past. 44; Swt. 327, 20. Ðarfendum egenis, Lk. Skt. Rush. 12, 5. Þearfendum and ælþeódigum peregrinis et egentibus, Cod. Dip. B. i. 155, 5. Hé fédde þearfende, Homl. Skt. ii. 31, 53. Ða þearfendan Drihten gehýreþ, Ps. Th. 68, 34.

gingra

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Paulus cuæð tó his gingrum, Past. 181, 14. Giongrum, 451, 28. Hé hæfde twégen gingran, 291, 14: Sat. 526: An. 427

ge-þyncþ

Grammar
ge-þyncþ, ge-þyncþu.
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Ðæt hé ongité for hwæs geðyncðum ðæt folc sié genemned heord sub cujus aestimatione populus grex vocatur, Past. 75, 7. Swǽ swǽ hé on geðyncðum bið furðor ðonne óðre sicut honore ordinis superat, 80, 23.

on-ǽlan

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(b α) to cause to shine :-- Ianuarius se móna biþ onǽled et middre neht, Hpt. 33; 66, 17 : 18 : 19. of strong feeling, of mental or spiritual light, to excite strong feeling Hí onǽlað ðearlran dóm wið him districtius contra se judicium accendunt, Past

sigor

(n.)
Grammar
sigor, es ; m.
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Th. 359, 17 ; Pa. 64 : Cd. Th. 237, 5 ; Dan. 333 : Exon. Th. 75, 29 ; Cri. 1229 : Cd. Th. 8, 19 ; Gen. 126 : 106, 13 ; 1770. Bidde ic sigere (-a ?, -es ?) Godes miltse, Lchdm. i. 390, 10

in-geþanc

(n.)
Grammar
in-geþanc, es ; m. n.

Thoughtthinkingcogitationintentmindheartconscience

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Hie behealdaþ ealle ða ingeþoncas hiora módes tota illud mentis intentione custodiunt, Past. 21, 5 ; Swt. 161, 14. Unclǽne ingeþoncas impure thoughts, Exon. 27 a; Th. 80, 34; Cri. 1316.

Linked entry: inn-geþanc