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endian

(v.)

to completefinish

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Ðá beorgas endiað æt þǽm sǽ, Ors. 1, 1; S. 22, 20. Þes middangeard on ðás eldo endian sceal þe nú andweard is, Bl. H. 117, 35: 119, 1

for-beornan

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Ealle ðá clifu forburnan tó ascan, Ors. 5, 4; S. 226, 5. His weorc sceal on ðám fýre forbyrnan. Hml. Th. ii. 590, ii.

ge-þeóde

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Out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation, Rev. 5, 9) Þæt is mid Estum þeáw þæt þǽr sceal ǽlces geðeódes man beón forbærned, Ors. 1, 1; S. 21, 11. Add

ge-týn

(v.)
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Hié an ánum hiérede wǽron áfédde and getýde, Ors. 3, 11; S. 152, 29. Þá scolieras þe on mynstre synd getydde þisra þinga gýmon, Angl. viii. 335, 43

midd

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Heora ǽgþer hæfde his folc on þrím heápum, and hié selfe wǽron on þǽm midmestan, Ors. 5, 12 ; S. 242, 3, . add: (cf. the last passage with midde-niht) Hí tó ðám middan wintran eódon heom tó heora garwan feorme, Chr. 1006; P. 136, 24

swerian

(v.)
Grammar
swerian, <b>. II.</b>
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<b>II 2</b> add: Ors. 4, 9; S. 190, 22. <b>II 2 a.</b> add: Hml. S. 14, 97: Hml. Th. ii. 234, 26. <b>II 3.</b> add :-- Hé him áþas swór, þæt hé him gearo wǽre, Chr. 874; P. 72, 30.

þearf

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Ors. 6, 23; S. 274, 20. Add Gif þú wille mé hwylce þearfe gegearwian si mihi praestare vis, Gr. D. 343, 27. Add On þisum þrím stelum stynt se cynestól, and gif án bið forud, hé fylð ádún sóna þám óðrum stelum tó þearfe, Ælfc. T. Grn. 20, 29

wæcnan

(v.)
Grammar
wæcnan, p. ede

To wakenarisespring

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Also transitive Itt iss waccnedd off slæp þurh þatt te faderr stireþþ itt and waccneþþ, Orm. 5845. Thai wakned Crist, Met. Homl. 134, 9

Linked entry: a-wacnian

wæstmbǽrness

(n.)
Grammar
wæstmbǽrness, e; f.

Fruitfulness, fertility, produktivity

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Wæstmbǽrnesse, Ors. 1, 5; Swt. 34, 9. referring to living creatures Nis on nánum óðrum men mægðhád, gif ðǽr bið wæstmbǽrnys, ne wæstmbǽrnys, gif ðǽr bið ansund mægðhád, Homl. Th. i. 438, 27.

gúþ-fana

(n.)
Grammar
gúþ-fana, -fona, an; m.

A military standard, ensign, bannersignum vexillum

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Ða gúþfonan signa, Ors. 6, 4; Swt. 260, 1. Ðǽr wǽron vii hund gúþfanena genumen there were seven hundred standards taken, 4, 1; Bos. 77, 29; Th. Chart. 430, 1. Under gúþfanum under the standards, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 32; Jud. 219

heáf

(n.)
Grammar
heáf, es; m.

Lamentation, mourning, weeping, wailing

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Homl. 85, 28: 115, 15: 219, 9: Exon. 48 a; Th. 164, 32; Gú. 1020: Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 81, 28. Ðú gehwyrfdest mínne heáf mé tó gefeán convertisti planctum meum in gaudium mihi, Ps. Th. 29, 11: Blickl. Homl. 195, 17

Linked entry: heóf

ofer-wyrcan

(v.)

to cover by working, to work a covering over something, to overlay

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cover by working, to work a covering over something, to overlay Hé hit him eft hám bebeád on ánum brede áwriten and siððan hit áwriten wæs hé hit oferworhte mid weaxe qui omnia civibus suis per tabellas scriptas, et post cera superlitas, enunciabat, Ors

tó-beátan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-beátan, p. -beót

To beat to pieces,destroy by beating

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Scipia hét ǽlcne hiéwestán tóbeátan omni murali lapide inpiilverem comminuto, Ors. 4, 13; Swt. 212, 10. Ure men hí tobetet they knock our men about, Laym. 3308. Me tobeot his cheoken, A. R. 106, 24.

late

(adv.)
Grammar
late, adv.

Slowlylateat length at last

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Sý ágifen be emnihte oððe latest be ealra hálgena mæssan let it be paid by the equinox, or at latest by All-Hallows' Mass, Wulfst. 208, 5

sib

(adj.)
Grammar
sib, sibb, adj.
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C.) hæfde, Ors. 5, 14 ; Swt. 248, 17, Sibbo ł cúðo menn (gisibbe, Rush.) cognatos, Lk. Skt. Lind. 14, 12. v. ge-, neáh-sib[b]

súsl

(n.)
Grammar
súsl, es; n.: e; f.
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Hié ðæt súsl þrowiende wǽron, Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 54, 26. In ðæt swearte súsl ( hell ), Exon. Th. 142, 4; Gú. 639. Ða ungeendodan súslo ðú byst þrowigende, Nicod. 29; Thw. 17, 12.

Linked entry: helle-súsl

for-þencan

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Hé lǽrde þæt þá ðearfan hý ne forðóhton ne ne wénden þæt God heora ne róhte he taught that the needy should not despair, or suppose that God did not care for them. Ps. Th. 48 arg.

ge-tríwe

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Þá áne þe him getriéwe wǽron, Ors. 3, 7; S. 114, 1. Þá þing ne sint getréwe tó habbenne ... Nú ðuacute; hié æfter þínum willan þé getréwe habban ne miht, Bt. 7, 2; F. 18, 15-19.

hol

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hol, a hole.
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Hol cava (or adj. ?), 129, 63, Hola speleo, spelunca. An. Ox. 2047. Holum caverniculis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 32: 13, 59: cavernis, 22, II. On holum in antris 46, 4. Þá iermingas út of þǽm holan crupon þe heó on lutedan, Ors. 2, 8; S. 92, 30.

útera

(adj.)
Grammar
útera, cpve. útemest, útmest; spve. adj.

Outeroutmostexternalnot of the inner man

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Outer, outmost. of position or order Seó útre wamb venter, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 21. Gif ðæt úterre (úttere, MS. B. útre, MS. H.) bán bið þyrel L. Alf. pol. 44; Th. i. 92, 15.

Linked entry: ýtera