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ge-efenlǽcan

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Þæt hé mid dǽdum úres Drihtnes stefne geefenlǽce þe þus be him sylfum cwyð, 26, 6. of a thing, to be like, resemble Ðeós wyrt is gecweden iris illyrica of ðǽre misenlicnysse hyre blóstmena for þý þe is geðúht ꝥ heó þone heofonlican bogan mid hyre bleó

sleán

Grammar
sleán, <b>A. I.</b> add: v. sliccan
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Heó leát tó siege and hé slóh þá tó, ac ꝥ swurd ne mihte búton þá hýde ceorfan, þeáh þe hé betelíce slóge, Hml. S. 12, 211. Þeáh him mon sleá mid sweorde wiþ þæs heáfdes, Bl. H. 47, 13. Sé went óþer hleór tó sleándum, R. Ben. 28, 3. <b>I b.

ge-faran

(v.)
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Oð þæt heó gefóran (or ?) folc Khananéa, Ps. Th. 104, 23.

etan

to devourconsumedestroy

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Ðíne suna and ðíne dohtra ǽton and druncon mid heora yldestan bréðer, Hml. Th. ii. 450, 16. Hí ǽton ǽne on dæg, Bt. 15; F. 48, 8. Éton manducaverunt, Ps. Srt. 21, 30. Et (comede) and drinc and gewista, Lk. 12, 19.

wendan

(v.)
Grammar
wendan, p. -de

To turnTo cause to moveto change alterconvertto translateinterpretto move one's self take one's waygoproceedwendTo wendgoproceed

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heora wæter wende tó blóde convertit aquas eorum in sanguinem 104, 25. Hí wendan unriht tó rihte L. I. P. 11; Th. ii. 318, 23. Wend ðás stánas tó hláfum Homl. Th. i. 168, 22. Ða yldu wendan tó lífe Exon. Th. 211, 2; Ph. 191.

FEN

(n.)
Grammar
FEN, fenn, fæn, fænn, es; n. m.

FENmarshmuddirtpăluslŭtumlīmussordes

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Se ðe móras heóld, fen and fæsten who held the moors, the fen and fastness, Beo. Th. 208; B. 104. Hió wyrcþ ðæt fenn ðe man háteþ Meotedisc it forms the fen which is called Mæotis, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 15, 19.

Linked entries: fæn fenn feon fien

fór

(n.)
Grammar
fór, e; f. [fór, p. of faran to go]

A goingsetting outjourneycoursewayapproachĭtioprofectioĭtercursussĕmĭtaaccessus

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Hi wendon heora fóre to Cantwarbyrig they went their way to Canterbury, Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 17: 1004; Erl. 139, 24. Ðara láreówa fóre heaðoradon doctōrum arcĕbant accessum, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 29

mynetere

(n.)
Grammar
mynetere, es; m.

a moneyera money-changermoney-dealera minterone who coins

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Ða myneteras ðe inne wuda wyrcaþ oððe elles hwǽr ; ðæt ða bión heora feores scyldige, iii. 16; Th. i. 298, 13. Godes feoh biþ befæst myneterum tó sleánne, Homl. Th. ii. 554, 14.

Linked entry: mynet-smiððe

nearuness

(n.)
Grammar
nearuness, e; f.

a straitoppressiondistressdistressanxietytribulationtroublegrief

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Of nearonessum heora de necessitatibus eorum, Ps. Lamb. 106, 6. Nearonessum módes mentis angoribus, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 33, note

Linked entry: nirwett

scucca

(n.)
Grammar
scucca, sceucca, sceocca, scocca, an; m.
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Ongunnan heora bearn blótan feóndum, sceuccum onsæcgean immolaverunt filios suos et filias suas daemoniis, Ps. Th. 105, 27. The word is found in the name of a place, Scuccanhláu, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 196, 1.

Linked entries: sceucca scocca sceocca

un-feor

(adv.)
Grammar
un-feor, un-feorr; adv.

Not far offat no great distance offno great distance

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A.) án swýna heord erat non longe ab illis grex porcorum, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 30. Ðá geseah hé deófol ðǽr unfeor standan, Blickl. Homl. 227, 24. Grammar un-feor, with dative Ðá hé wæs unfeor ðam húse cum non longe esset a domo, Lk. Skt. 7, 6.

fácen

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Heora tungan wyrcaþ mycel fácn linguis suis dolose agebant, Ps. Th. 13, 5. Sé þæt fácn (the secret preparation of a fleet) tó his cýþþe gebodade, 2, 5; S. 80, 2. Fácnum factionibus, i. falsitatibus, An. Ox. 2914. Fácn factiones, Wrt.

ge-þrowian

(v.)
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:-- Ǽlc gesceaft is sibsumlíce gebunden mid þínum bebode, swá ꝥ heora nán óþres mearce ne ofereóde, and se cyle geþrowode wiþ ðá hǽto and ꝥ wǽt wiþ ðám drýgum tu numeris elementa ligas, ut frigora flammis, arida conveniant liquidis, Bt. 33, 4; F. 128,

ge-fetian

(v.)
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S. 2, 197. the object a thing Hí ofer six míla him wæter on heora exlum gefetton, Hml. Th. i. 562, 4. to go and get what one seeks, get, obtain, with concrete object Críst sitt on heofonum mid þám hálgum þe hé on ðisum lífe gefette, Hml.

heardlíce

(adv.)

boldlyhardilyhardlyseverelyinflexibly

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Hé genam þá heardlíce þurh heora láre on his orþance þá egeslican dǽda, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 20. not easily, only by degrees Ðone blindo heartlíce gémeð caecum paulatim curat (v. Mk. 8, 22-25), MK. P. 3, 20.

módigian

(v.)
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Þe lǽs þe módegodan fýnd heora ne forte superbirent hostes eorum, Cant. M. ad fil. 27: Hml. Th. i. 578, 13. Sé ðe wís byð, ne wurð hé nǽéfre módig. On hwan mæg se mann módigan þeáh hé wille?, Hml, S. 16, 373.

of-áxian

(v.)
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Ic bidde þé ꝥ þú lǽte ofáxian gif þis folc hæbbe ǽnige unrihtwísnysse ongeán heora God perquire si est aliqua iniquitas eonim in conspectu Dei eorum, Hml.

wæter-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-scipe, es; m.

A body of water, a piece of water, water

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heora wæterscipe mid weardmannum besette constituit centenarios per singulos fontes, Anglia x. 94, 172. Ðone weterscype ðe hé into Níwan mynstre be ðes cinges leáfan geteáh, Chart. Th. 232, 3.

ofer-cuman

(v.)

to overcome, vanquish, subdueto come upon, reach, obtain

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Hié feónd heora þurh ánes cræft ofercómon, 1403; B. 699. Ðæm wergan gáste wiðstondan and ofercuman, Blickl. Homl. 135, 11: 119, 21. Beswicen and ofercumen, 179, 5. Ðonne hié hwelc folc mid gefeohte ofercumen hæfdon, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 70, 23.

on-hyrian

(v.)
Grammar
on-hyrian, p. ede

To imitate, emulate

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Heora líf onhyrian wolde, 4, 13; S. 582, 24: 5, 9; S. 622, 12. Onhyrigean, 1, 26; S. 487, 32. Onhyrgan, 3, 18; S. 545, 43. Hé ðære frymþelícan cyrican líf wæs onhyrigende, 1, 26; S. 487, 28: 4, 23; S. 593, 15. Onhyrgende, L. Ecg.