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friþu

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Take here <b>freoþo</b> in Dict. and add Þú mé wǽre freoða fultumiend refugium meum es tu, Ps. Th. 70, 3

for-nǽman

(v.)
Grammar
for-nǽman, p. de

To consume

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To consume Þonne heó byð mid langre nearonesse þǽre gnornunge forht and geswænced and fornǽmed cum longa moeroris anxietudine fuerit formido consumta, Gr. D. 245, 3

iren-smiþ

(n.)
Grammar
iren-smiþ, es; m.
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A blacksmith ' Hét ic hider lǽdan Stephanum þone írensmið (ferrarium )'. . . Stephanus se írensmið wæs forðféred . . . seó gefremednes Stephanes deáðes þæs írensmiðes, Gr. D. 318, 10-15

mál

Grammar
mál, II.
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Ꝥ sciplið gewende to Legeceastre, and ðǽr ábiden heora máles ( their pay ) þe Ælfgár heom behét, Chr. 1055 ; P. 186, 19. v. friþ-, wiþer-mál. Add

wund

Grammar
wund, <b>. I</b> 2.
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Heó wearð gestanden on þá breóst mid cancre þǽre wunde cancri ulcere in mamilla percassa est, Gr. D. 279, 27. v. feax-, heáfod-, syn-wund. Add

þafian

(v.)
Grammar
þafian, p. ode.
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Heó hine monede ðæt weoruldhád forlǽte and munucháde onnfénge. Ond ðæt well ðafode he readily consented to it, Bd. 4. 24; S. 598, 3.

wræc

(n.)
Grammar
wræc, es; n.

wrackmiserysufferingsuffering that comes as punishment,retributive punishmentvengeancewhere the punishment or misery is exile or banishment

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wæs ðǽr iii. gear on wrece (wræce, wreccesíð, v. ll. ) ; hæfde hine Penda ádrifenne, Chr. 658; Erl. 34, 4. (Abraham) on wræce lifde he lived a wanderer, Cd. Th. 202, 5; Exod. 383.

ge-streón

(n.)
Grammar
ge-streón, -strión, es; n.
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Ðæt he æfter him to eallum his gestreónum fénge that he should take all his riches after him, Ors. 5, 13; Bos. 112, 32. Æfter filiende gestreón sĕcūtūra ēmŏlŭmenta, Mone B. 623.

Linked entries: streón ge-strión

eáre

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Add: eár, es: an ear (part of the head) Inneweard eáre auris, útweard eáre auricula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 22, 23. Parotides eár*-*coðu, ota, g. ( = ὤτα, graece ) eár, i. 20, 1. cearf of heora handa and eáran and nosa, Chr. 1014; P. 145, note 9.

un-weorþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-weorþlíce, adv.

unworthilyin an unsuitable mannerwith indignitywith contemptignominiouslywith indignation

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heora ǽrendracan swá unweorðlíce forseah, ðæt heora self onseón nolde legatos ad se missos injuriosissime etiam a conspectu suo abstinuit, 4, 8; Swt.186, 7: 3, 10; Swt. 140, 3.

ge-martyrian

(v.)
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. . . dyde swá ǽr gyrnende wæs, and hí on niht gemartirode innan ðæs cyninges heáhsetle, Lch. iii. 424, 29.

list

(n.)
Grammar
list, es; m: list, e; f.

Artskillcraftcunningartifice

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ðé hét listas lǽran he bade teach thee arts, Cd. 25; Th. 33, 8; Gen. 517

wítegian

(v.)
Grammar
wítegian, wítgian; p. ode

To prophesy

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Grammar wítegian, with a clause wítgode, ðæt se Hǽlend sceolde sweltan for ðære þeóde, Jn. Skt. 11, 51. wítgode suá suá hit geweorðan sceolde, Past. 1; Swt. 29, 11. Wítigan wítigodan, ðæt se wolde cuman, Blickl. Homl. 105, 9.

Linked entry: wítgian

springan

(v.)
Grammar
springan, p. sprang, pl. sprungon; pp. sprungen
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To spring. to leap, bound Ðæt cild on sprang the babe leaped in her womb (Lk. 1, 41), Blickl. Homl. 165, 29. Hrá wíde sprong, syþðan drepe þrowade, Beo.

Linked entry: sprincan

þing

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Se crístena man cwæð þæt hæfde his ðing (cf. ýddysce, 27. ) and hine sylfne betǽht Benedicte (cf. ꝥ héé Add Ðá sǽde ic ꝥ ic his þinga feola ne cúþe respondi ignorare me quid faceret Alexander, Nar. 18, 24.

stéda

(n.)
Grammar
stéda, an; m.
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hleóp on ðæs cyninges stédan ascendens emissarium regis, Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 9: Chart. Th. 501, 12. Ne hét Crist him tó lǽdan módigne stédan, Homl. Th. i. 210, 14: Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 97.

Linked entry: stéþa

ge-dreccednes

Grammar
ge-dreccednes, <b>ge-drecednes</b>.
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Add: tribulation, trouble Earfoðlic is tó átellanne seó gedrecednes. . . and ꝥ geswinc . . . þe eall Engla here dreáh. Chr. 1056 ; P. 186, 32. Gyt weorþeð máre . . . wracu and gedrecednes, Wlfst. 91, 7.

mynegian

(v.)
Grammar
mynegian, <b>. I.</b>
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hí tó þám myngode ꝥ heó hine geefenlǽcende . . . hogode, Lch. iii. 440, 18. Myniendum hortanle, i. monente An. Ox. 29. Minigende ( ammonentes) búton ceorunge ꝥ hí beón, R. Ben.

hæftnung

(n.)
Grammar
hæftnung, e; f.

Captivity, fastening, confinement

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Ǽr forðférde beád ðæt man sceolde unlésan ealle ða menn ðe on hæftnunge wǽron ere he departed he ordered that all those men who were in confinement should be released, Chr. 1086; Erl. 223, 39.

ge-teón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teón, -tión; p. -teóde; pp. -teód
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He us æt frymþe geteóde líf he assigned life to us at the beginning, Exon. 88 b; Th. 333, 17; Gn. Ex. 5: 90 a; Th. 337, 28; Gn. Ex. 71: Andr. Kmbl. 28; An. 14.