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be-faran

(v.)
Grammar
be-faran, p. -fór, pl. -fóron; pp. -faran; v. trans. [be, faran to go]

To go round ⬩ to travel through ⬩ go all over ⬩ to traverse ⬩ to go ⬩ march ⬩ encompass ⬩ to surround ⬩ peragrare ⬩ circumvenire

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To go round, to travel through, go all over, to traverse, to go, march, encompass, to surround; peragrare, circumvenire Ne befaraþ ge Israhéla burga ǽrðan ðe mannes sunu cume ye shall not go over the cities of the Israelites before the son of man come

Linked entry: be-féran

cyme

(adj.)
Grammar
cyme, adj.

Becoming, convenient, suitable, lovely, beautiful, splendid ⬩ commŏdus, conveniens, aptus, splendĭdus

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Becoming, convenient, suitable, lovely, beautiful, splendid; commŏdus, conveniens, aptus, splendĭdus Cumaþ nú and geseóþ, hú cyme weorc Drihten worhte come now and see what lovely works the Lord has wrought, Ps. Th. 65, 4.

FALS

(n.)
Grammar
FALS, es ; n.

FALSEhood, fraud, counterfeit ⬩ falsum

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Se ðe ofer ðis fals wyrce, þolige ðæra handa ðe he ðæt fals mid worhte he who after this shall make a counterfeit [coin], let him forfeit the hands with which he made the counterfeit, L. C. S. 8; Th. i. 380, 16, 17, 20, 22.

fór-standan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-standan, -stondan; p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen

To stand before or against ⬩ withstand ⬩ oppose ⬩ hinder ⬩ resistĕre ⬩ impĕdīre

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To stand before or against, withstand, oppose, hinder; resistĕre, impĕdīre Ne meahte seó weáláf wíge fórstandan the miserable remnant could not withstand in battle, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 44; Met. 1, 22.

Linked entry: fór-stondan

metsian

(v.)
Grammar
metsian, p. ode.

to feed ⬩ to furnish with provisions

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Th. 43, 13. to furnish with provisions Heora ǽlc férde tó his castele and ðone mannoden and metsoden swá hig betst mihton each of them went to his castle and manned and provisioned it as well as ever they could, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 16.

Linked entries: metian ge-metsian

ge-clǽnsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-clǽnsian, -clǽnsigan, -clǽsnian, -clánsian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [clǽnsian to cleanse]

To cleanse ⬩ purify ⬩ mundāre ⬩ purgāre

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Saul ne meahte his wambe geclǽnsigan Saul could not purify his stomach, Past. 28, 6; Swt. 197, 24; Hat. MS. 38 a, 9. Geclǽnsa oððe afeorma me munda me, Ps. Lamb. 50, 4. Ic beó geclǽnsod mundābar, 50, 9 : Mt.

bolla

(n.)
Grammar
bolla, bolle, an ; f.
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Bolla full ł copp full of æcced spongiam plenum aceto, Jn. L. 19, 29. Gé syttað ealle niht and drincað oð leóhtne dæg . . . ac wite gé mid gewissan, ꝥ eów wurðað þá mycclan bollan bytere forgoldene, Wlfst. 298, l. Add: ;

deáw

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Corp. Gl. H.), and deáwe seems to be due to rore), Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 29. Bútan rénscúrum and reócendum deáwe, Hml. S. 18, 57. Swilce hé wǽre on wynsumum deáwe, 31, 888, 876. Þyses fýres hǽto sý gecyrred on wǽtne deáw, 30, 441.

for-sewenlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-sewenlic, adj.

contemptible ⬩ abject ⬩ despised

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Voc. ii. 140, 63. exciting contempt, abject, despised Hé wæs swá forsewenlic (ita despectus), þéh þe hit gelumpe ꝥ him hwilc man ... ongén cóme, and sé wǽre gegréted, ꝥ hé forhogode tógénes grétan, Gr. D. 34, 2.

Linked entry: for-sáwenlic

ge-sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sǽlan, to bind.
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II. to bind a thing, put a cord, chain, & c. round an object, to secure by binding :-- Hé hét gebindan beam ǽrenum clammum and isernum and gesǽledne in susl don (clamavit: ' Germen radicum alligetur vinculo ferreo et aereo, '.

hǽwen

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Color est inter album et nigrum, subniger, 130, 34. Hǽwen stán cyanea lapis, 137, 74. Hacele hǽwen subucula iacinthina, An. Ox. 5318 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 56. Héwen (ex) iacintho, 77, 19. Hǽwen, hiacincto, viridis, An. Ox. 35, 2. Hǽwenre deáge, 1058.

heolor

(n.)
Grammar
heolor, heoler, helur, helor, e; f.

a balance

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Gl. laxhe. olor) l. lanx heolor, Corp. Gl. H. i. 16. Helur momentana (cf. lytle wǽga momentana vel statam, i. 38, 42), Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 6. Heolere (heolora, Hpt. Gl. 447, 73) lance, An. Ox. 1757. Heolore, 2, 46. Gelícere heolre ęqua bilance, 4602.

Linked entries: helur heolra

of-þrycness

(n.)
Grammar
of-þrycness, e; f.

Oppression, repression

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Seó Súþ-Seaxna mǽgþ for ðære grimman feónda ofþrycnesse ágenne biscop habban ne mihte the people of Sussex on account of the cruel oppression of their foes could not have a bishop of their own, Bd. 4, 13 tit.; S. 581, 38

sehtlian

(v.)
Grammar
sehtlian, (?); p. ode.

to settle ⬩ bring to an agreement ⬩ settle a dispute between people ⬩ to come to an agreement

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Ða twegen kyngas wurðon sæhtlod, 1070; Erl. 209, 26. to come to an agreement Ðá feórden ðe wíse men betwyx þe kinges freónd & te eorles freónd & sahtlede suá ðæt . . . Sithen sahtleden þe king and Randolf eorl, 1140; Erl. 264, 31-35.

Linked entry: sæhtlian

sigle

(n.)
Grammar
sigle, es; n.

A necklace ⬩ collar ⬩ band for the neck

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In mínum sweoran ic mé gemon beran ða ýdlan byrþenne gyldenra sigla in collo me memini supervacua monitium pondera portare, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 27: Beo. Th. 2318; B. 1157. Hí on beorg dydon bég and siglu . . . hyrsta, 6308; B. 3164

Linked entries: sigele sigel

sceaft

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

creation,origin ⬩ a creation, what is created, a creature

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Gif God næfde on eallum his ríce náne frige sceaft (gesceaft, Cott. MS.) Bt. 41 2; Fox 244, 29. Forðæm sint ðás sceafta (gesceafta, Cott. MS.), 41, 5; Fox 252, 30. Alra þinga ł sceafta omnium rerum, Mt. Kmbl. p. 12, 16.

FLǼSC

(n.)
Grammar
FLǼSC, es; pl. nom. acc. flǽsc; gen. flǽsca, flǽscea; dat. flǽscum; n: flésc, es; n.

FLESH ⬩ căro

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Ge-endung ealles flǽsces com ætfóran me fīnis ūnĭversæ carnis vēnit cōram me, Gen. 6, 13, 19: Jn. Bos. 1, 13. In flǽsce in the flesh, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 475; Met. 20, 238: Apstls. Kmbl. 73; Ap. 37.

Linked entries: flǽc fléc flésc

GEARO

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
GEARO, gearu; gen. m. n. -wes, -owes; f. -re, -rwe; def. se gearwa; adj.

YARE ⬩ ready ⬩ prepared ⬩ equipped ⬩ complete ⬩ promptus ⬩ părātus ⬩ instructus ⬩ perfectus

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Gearo is mín heorte părātum est cor meum, Ps. Th. 56, 9. Gearo ic eom părātus sum, 118, 60 : Ps. Spl. 16, 13 : 107, 1. Wes tú gearo părātus esto, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 44. He wæs gearo gúþe he was ready for war, Andr. Kmb1. 467; An. 234.

irfe-weard

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-weard, es; m.

an heir

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Ic landes sumne dǽl sumum wífe hiere dæg forgæaf and æfter hiere dæge twám yrfeweardum I granted a certain portion of land to a certain woman for her life, and after her death to be held for two other lives, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 5, 10.

mór

(n.)
Grammar
mór, es; m.

a moor ⬩ waste and damp land ⬩ high waste ground ⬩ a mountain

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Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 121, 21: Beo. Th. 1424; B. 710. Ofer myrcan mór, 2814; B. 1405. Ys on Breotoneland sum fenn un*-*mǽtre mycelnysse . . . Ðǽr synd unmǽte móras. Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 20, 1-4. Fennas and móras paludes Bt. 18, 1; Fox 62, 14.