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prýte

(n.)
Grammar
prýte, an; f.
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Gelíce ðám dwæsan ðe for heora prýtan léwe (sáre, MS. C.), ( on account of the infirmity of pride in them ) nellaþ beorgan, Wulfst. 165, 9. Se ðe for his prýdan Gode nele hýran ... hé sceal misfaran, 178, 19.

Linked entry: prýde

weorþian

(v.)
Grammar
weorþian, wurþian, wyrþian; p. ode.
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Icel. virða to give heed) Hé hét mé his word weorðian and wel healdan, lǽstan his láre, Cd. Th. 34, 13; Gen. 537: 21, 24; Gen. 329. Wurðian, 23, 3; Gen. 353. Heó his dǽd and word noldon weorðian, 20, 16; Gen. 310. <b>IV a.

Linked entries: a-wyrþian wyrþian

hopian

(v.)
Grammar
hopian, p. ode, ede

To hope, ⬩ have hope or confidence [in a person], ⬩ expect, ⬩ watch for [with gen.]

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Ne þearf hé hopian nó ðæt hé ðonan móte he has no ground for hoping that he may go thence, Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 12; Jud. 117. Ða hopiendan on ðé sperantes in te, Ps. Spl. 16, 8

Linked entries: á-hopian tó-hopian

hréfan

(v.)
Grammar
hréfan, p. de

To roof

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To roof Hé lǽt it réfen he had it roofed, Chr. 1137; Erl. 263, 8

þurh-brengan

(v.)

to bring through

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to bring through Hé tóslát sǽ and hé þurhbróhte ( perduxit ) hig, Ps. Lamb. 77, 13

Linked entry: brengan

ge-teohhian

(v.)
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Gif hé ꝥ þurhtió ꝥ hé getihhod (-tiohhad, v. l. ) hæfþ, Bt. 34, 7; F. 144, 4. with clause Hé geteohhade ꝥ hé mé má þinga gerehte studebat alia narrare, Gr. D. 83, 10. Hé getihhade ꝥ hé þás woruld forhogode, Angl. x. 143, 86.

ge-nídan

(v.)
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Hé him tó gafolgieldum hié geniédde, Ors. 3, 9; S. 130, 34. with clause Hé geniédde Arhalaus ꝥ hé wæs his underþeów, 5, 11; S. 238, 1. to force a person to bodily or mental action. bodily Hé hié tó geligre geniédde, Ors. 3, 9; S. 132, 7.

FUGEL

(n.)
Grammar
FUGEL, fugol, fugul; gen. fugeles, fugles; m.

A bird ⬩ FOWL ⬩ ăvis ⬩ āles

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He spyraþ æfter fuglum he seeks after birds, Bt. 39, 1; Fox 210, 29: Exon. 126 b; Th. 487, 16; Rä. 73, 3: Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 37; Jud. 297: Ps. Th. 78, 2. Ða fugelas he ne todǽlde ăves non divīsit, Gen. 15, 10: Ps. Spl. 8, 8: 49, 12: 77, 31: Bt.

Linked entries: fen-fugelas fugol fugul

bricst

Grammar
bricst, 2nd and 3rd pers. pres. and fut. of brecan.
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he bricþ thou shalt break, he shall break; confringes, confringet, Ps. Spl. 2, 9;

hlifian

(v.)
Grammar
hlifian, p. ode

To stand out prominently, ⬩ tower up, ⬩ to be raised high

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Heáh hlifian, Beo. Th. 5602; B. 2805. Hlifigan, Cd. 139; Th. 174,12; Gen 2877: 205; Th. 253, 29; Dan. 603. Hlifigean, 66; Th 79, 35; Gen, 1321. Mid ðý ðe hé wǽshlifigende ofer sǽs brim whilst he was standing high up above the sea, Blickl.

Linked entry: forþ-lífan

heonan

(adv.)
Grammar
heonan, heonon, heonun, hionan; adv. of place and time.

Hence ⬩ from here

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Hence, from here Heonon abhine, Ælfc. Gr. 16; Som. 20, 4. Feor heonan far from here, Exon. 55 b; Th. 197, 19; Ph. 1. Ic mæg heonon geseón I can see from here. Cd. 32; Th. 41, 34; Gen. 666.

CROP

(n.)
Grammar
CROP, cropp, es; m.

a sprout or top of a herb, flower, berry, an ear of corn, a bunch of berries or blooms, cluster ⬩ cyma ⬩ thyrsus ⬩ spica, corymbus ⬩ racermus, uva ⬩ the CROP or craw of a bird ⬩ vesicula gutturis ⬩ a kidney ⬩ rien

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Genim ðysse wyrte þrý croppas take three sprouts of this herb Herb. 106; Lchdm. i. 220, 10.

Linked entry: croppa

willa

(n.)
Grammar
willa, an; m.

will, the faculty of willing ⬩ will, purpose, design, command ⬩ will, determination, resolution ⬩ intention, purpose, desire to act ⬩ will, desire, wish ⬩ pleasure, delight ⬩ will, disposition ⬩ will, accord, consent, pleasure ⬩ Ger. meinetwillen ⬩ will, one's own way

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Hé ( Titus ) wæs swá gódes willan ðæt hé sægde ðæt hé forlure ðone dæg ðe hé nóht on tó góde ne gedyde, Ors. 6, 8; Swt. 264, 2. Mid gódum willan fæstan, Blickl. Homl. 37, 27 : 97, 27. Gode underþeódde on gódum willan, 79, 32.

gif

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Gif ꝥ deófol hine ne gesáwe on úre gecynde, ne costode hé hine . . . Gif hé nǽre sóþ God, ná him englas ne þegnodon, Bl. H. 33, 35- 35, 2 : 29, 4 : Hex. 22, 27 : Gen. 643 : 787 : B. 592 : El. 777 : Bt. 7, ; F. 18, 11 : 40, 6 ; F. 242, 7.

sǽl

(n.)
Grammar
sǽl, es; m.: e; f.

time, occasion ⬩ a fit time, season, opportunity, ⬩ circumstance, condition ⬩ happiness, good fortune, good time, prosperity

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Heora færð wes on sæle was prosperous, Laym. 1310. Selden sal he ben on iele (selde wurþ he blyþe and gled, Jes. MS.), Misc. 121, 301] :-- Þá wæs þeód on sǽlum (joyous ), Beo. Th. 1291; B. 643. On sálum, 1218; B. 607.

Linked entry: sél

on-ǽlan

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Hé wearð onǽled on heora lufe, Hml. S. 30, 304. Æfestum onǽled, Mód. 43.

a-ferian

(v.)
Grammar
a-ferian, -igan; p. ede; pp. ed

To take away ⬩ remove ⬩ withdraw ⬩ auferre ⬩ amovere ⬩ subducere ⬩ cum averiis vel curru vehere ⬩ averiare

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He aferede he bore away, Andr. Kmbl. 2355; An. 1179: Ps. Th. 135, 25: Menol. Fox 47; Men. 23. Gif he aferaþ if he remove; si averiat, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 8.

Linked entry: auerian

hæftnung

(n.)
Grammar
hæftnung, e; f.

Captivity, fastening, confinement

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Ǽr hé forðférde hé 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.

fóre-settan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-settan, p. -sette, pl. -setton; pp. -seted, -sett

To set before ⬩ propose ⬩ shut ⬩ close in ⬩ præpōnĕre ⬩ propōnĕre ⬩ præclūdĕre

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He fóresette on his móde ðæt he wolde cuman to Róme propŏsuit ănĭmo vĕnīre Rōmam, 5, 19; S. 637, 23. Hí ná fóresetton ðé on gesihþe his non propŏsuērunt te in conspectu suo, Ps. Spl. 85, 13: 53, 3.

wóhlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wóhlíce, adv.

Wrongly ⬩ unjustly ⬩ perversely ⬩ wickedly

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Hé cwæð ðæt hé wurde wólíce swá getúcod, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 276. Nú dó wé swýðe wólíce, gif wé ne wurðiaþ God, 13, 180: 17, 233 : Wulfst. 105, 9 : Homl. Ass. 29, 264: 102, 6