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for-scapung

(n.)
Grammar
for-scapung, -sceapung, e; f.

A bad actionfaultcrimeperversa actioscĕlus

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A bad action, fault, crime; perversa actio, scĕlus sǽdon ðæt hió ware for Fetontis forscapunge they said that it was for the fault of Phaëton, Ors. 1. 7; Bos. 30, 35. On mislícre forsceapunge by various misdeeds, 1, 11; Bos. 35, 2

be-hyldan

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behyldon ǽnne oxan and besywodon Crisan-tum mid þǽre hýde tó his nacodum líce, Hml. S. 35, 158. Behyldan, befleán deglobere, i. decoriare, An. Ox. 3280: Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 13. Ódre wǽron cuce behylde, Hml. Th. i. 542, 29. Add

cild-geogoþ

(n.)
Grammar
cild-geogoþ, e; f.
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Swá hé ǽr behét on his cildgeogoðe, Lch. iii. 438, 10. Sprǽcon embe heora cildgeogoðe, Hml. S. 30, 320. 374

Linked entries: cild-hád cild-ildu

fore-mǽrnes

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wénaþ . . . ꝥ him ne sié wana náþer ne anwealdes ne foremǽrenesse an claritudo nihili pendenda est? . . . sibi sufficientiam . . . potentiam, celebritatem . . . credunt esse venturam, Bt. 24, 4; F. 86, 17-31. Add

glíw-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
glíw-cræft, es; m.
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The art of playing on an instrument, minstrelsy Stód þǽr æltoran þǽre dura sum man mid ánum apan and slóh cymbalan, and bæd him metes, swá swá sume men gewuniað ꝥ mid glígcræfte ( ludendi arte ) heom andlyfene séceað, Gr. D. 62, 13

laþian

(v.)
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Ongan óðer ríce man laðian tó his gesynscipe, Shrn. 60, 2. Add

raciend

(n.)
Grammar
raciend, es; m.
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One who addresses an assembly Se sóðsagola raciend and déma, sé þe mid his áþenedre handa gestilleþ ꝥ gehlýd eallra manna, and gespaneð tó ánum dóme concionator verax extensa manu omnium tumultus sedat, eosque ad unam sententiam revocat, Gr.

á-feallan

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Nán mon ne bitt óðerne ðæt hé hine rǽre, gif hé self nát ðæt hé áfeallen bið. Past. 441, 10. ¶ used figuratively :-- Ðæt hefige mód glít niðor and niðor, oð hit mid ealle áfielð . . . hit sceal niédenga áfeallan for ðǽm slide. Past. 279, 2-5.

wafian

(v.)
Grammar
wafian, p.ode

To look with wonder, be amazed,to wonder at, be amazed at

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swíðe wundredon and wafiende cwǽdon, Lchdm. iii. 436, 7. with gen. to wonder at, be amazed at ne wafaþ ðæs, ðonne se fulla móna wyrþ ofertogen mid þióstrum ? . . . Ðises wundriaþ, Bt. 39, 3;Fox 214, 29.

Linked entries: wæfre wæfþ webbung

ge-staðelian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-staðelian, -staðolian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [staðelian to found, establish]

To foundestablishbuilderectplacesettlestrengthenconfirmfortifyrepairrestorefundārestăbĭlīreædĭfĭcārecollŏcārelŏcareconfortāreconfirmārerestaurāre

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Ðú ná gestaðolast non ædĭfĭcābis eos, Ps. Lamb. 27, 5: Mt. Bos. 18, 15. Meotud him ðæt mód gestaðelaþ the Creator strengthens his mind, Exon. 83 a; Th. 312, 11; Seef. 108.

Linked entry: ge-staðolian

for-gifnes

(n.)
Grammar
for-gifnes, -gyfnes, forgifnes-ness, -nyss, -gifeness, -gyfenes, -gyfennes, -gifeniss, -gifenys, -gefenes, -ness, e; f.

FORGIVENESSremissionindulgencepermissionremissiovĕniaindulgentia

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him his synna forgifenesse grant him forgiveness of his sins, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 39. Ðæt he ða gýmeleáste to forgyfenesse [forgyfnysse MS. F.] lǽte that he grant forgiveness of the neglect, L. Edg. S. i; Th. i. 270, 17.

be-lúcan

(v.)
Grammar
be-lúcan, he -lýcþ; p. -leác, pl. -lucon; pp. -locen; v. trans. [be, lúcan to lock]

To lock upinclosesurroundshutshut upconcludererecludereincluderecircumcludereamplectiobserareclaudere

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Ðá hét he hine gebringan on carcerne and ðǽr inne belúcan he gave an order to take him to prison and therein lock him up Bt. 1; Fox 2, 26 : Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 81, 40 : Gen. 41, 49 : Ps. Spl. C. T. 16, 11.

un-wreón

(v.)
Grammar
un-wreón, p. -wráh, -wreáh, pl. -wrigon, -wrugon; pp. -wrigen, -wrogen

To uncover (lit. or fig.) what is coveredto reveal

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Ðæt mǽden unwreáh hire heáfod, Ap. Th. 26, 14. Hé unwreáh his rihtwísnesse revelavit justitiam suam, Ps. Lamb. 97, 2. unwreogon ðæt hús nudaverunt tectum, Mk. Skt. Rush. 2, 4. Ða lícmen his neb unwrugon, Homl. Th. ii. 334, 31.

Linked entries: an-wreón on-wreón

ge-wenian

(v.)
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., and add: to accustom, train, make habitual to Tunglu him healdað betwuh ribbe singale, dydon swá lange, swá gewenede wuldres ealdor æt frum-sceafte (cf. healdaþ þá tnnglu þá ealdan sibbe ðe on gesceapne wǽron, Bt. 39, 13; F. 232, 26), Met. 29

æþelo

(n.)
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Add: f. and in pl. n. nature, in respect to other than rational beings Nim swá wuda swá wyrt of þǽre stówe þe his eard and æþelo biþ on tó weaxanne, and sette on uncynde stówe him, ðonne ne gegréwþ hit ðǽr náuht, Bt. 34, 10; F. 148, 26.

ende-byrdnes

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ende-byrdnes, (-bred-, in Northern specimens).

a rowseriesa rankgradedegreerankpositiondegreean orderorderorderordermethodregulationorderingan injunctionordinance

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beorhtnesse hit eft geíceð, and eft ðeáh ðe ðæt gecynd and sió endebyrdness ðæs carbuncules hine úp áhebbe, his blioh hine gescent hyacintho, quod naturae ordo subtrahit, species decoris adjungit, et carbunculum, quem naturalis ordo praetulerat, coloris

strǽl

(n.)
Grammar
strǽl, strél, streál, es ; m. : e ; f. : stræle, an ; f.
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Ðá genam hé his bogan and hine gebende and ðá mid geǽttredum strǽle ongan sceótan . . .

Linked entry: streál

týnan

(v.)
Grammar
týnan, p. de
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, render a person inaccessible :-- Týne hine Dryhten ðam ðe sár sprece sáwle mínre may the Lord shut His heart to him that speaks evil against my soul, Ps.

æt-speornan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-speornan, l. æt-spornan, -spurnan,
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To be hindered, to be offended :-- Forðon áðreát ðá hiéremenn ryhtes lífes, ðonne hié wilniað gǽstlíce libban, be ðǽm yfelum bisenum ðe se déð ðe him fore beón sceolde; ðonne ætspornað hié and weorðað mid ðǽm áscrencte unde subjectorum vita torpescit;

ge-syndrian

(v.)

to separate

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to separate Gesyndrod sí he fram beodes dǽlnimunge let him be separated from sharing in the table, R. Ben. interl. 24, Lye. On ðære gesyndredan híde in the separate hide, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 4, 8

Linked entry: ge-sundrian