for-wiernan
To hinder ⬩ prevent ⬩ keep from ⬩ withhold ⬩ arcēre ⬩ rĕtĭnēre
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Ðæt mann forwierne his sweorde blódes, ðæt hwá forwirne his láre ðæt he mid ðære ne ofsleá ðæs flǽsces lustas keeping one's sword from blood is withholding one's instruction, and not slaying with it the lusts of the flesh, Past. 49; Hat. MS
dihtian
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Se Drihtnes wer him tó gehét his wrítere and him dihtode ( dictavit ) þus cweðende, 193, 22. Se Hálga Gást dihtode ealle þá þing þe hálige men writon, Bl. H. 133, 1. Dihtade instigavit, Lk. p. 2, 6
ge-dúfan
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Swá hit him áliéfedlicre ðyncð, swá hé ðǽr diópor on gedýfð quod licitum suspicatur, in hoc multiplicius mergitur, Past. 427, 27.
searu
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Þá sóhtan heora gewinnan him sarwe and worhtan him hócas non cessant uncinata hostium tela, Bd. 1, 12; Sch. 34, 27
breóst-hord
the heart, mind ⬩ a hoard, treasure ⬩ The breast's treasure, the thought, mind, heart ⬩ pectoris thesaurus, cogitatio, mens, cor
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Him on ferhþe greów breóst-hord blódreów in his mind there grew a bloodthirsty thought. Beo. Th. 3442; B. 1719: Exon. 82 a; Th. 309, 10; Seef. 55
ge-healdan
to keep ⬩ hold ⬩ observe ⬩ keep in ⬩ retain ⬩ reserve ⬩ preserve ⬩ save ⬩ defend ⬩ protect ⬩ custodīre ⬩ servāre ⬩ observāre ⬩ contĭnēre ⬩ reservāre ⬩ salvāre ⬩ defendĕre ⬩ to hold ⬩ occupy ⬩ possess ⬩ tĕnēre ⬩ possĭdēre
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Se stranga gewǽpnod his cáfertún gehealt fortis armātus custōdit atrium suum, Lk. Bos. 11, 21 : Ps. Lamb. 120, 5. God hine gehelt ǽghwonan God preserves him everywhere, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 37.
hryre
Fall ⬩ downfall ⬩ ruin ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ decay ⬩ decline ⬩ death
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Ðætte hie ðone spild ðæs hryres him ondrǽden ut præcipitem ruinam metuant, 52, 5; Swt. 407, 21.
sóþfæstness
truth ⬩ faithfulness ⬩ good faith ⬩ sincerity ⬩ truth ⬩ righteousness ⬩ justice ⬩ truth of speech or thought
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Se mon se ða sóþfæstnesse mid his múþe sprecþ and hié on his heortan geþencþ, 55, 14.
ymb-swápan
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Hié úme Dryhten Críst ymbsweópon mid reáde hragle, Nap. 71, 27. Add
for-spanan
allure ⬩ to lure ⬩ to lure ⬩ to lure
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On ðone ilcan deáð hié wilniað eal moncynn tó forspananne and tó forlǽdanne, Past. 249, 20
ge-feá
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Næs hié þǽre fylle gefeán hæfdon, B. 562. Ic þæs ealles mæg gefeán habban, 2740. Hæbbe þæs gefeán folca ǽghwylc, þæs þe þú hí on rihtum rǽdum démest, Ps. Th. 66, 4. joyous action Gefeá tripudium, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 5.
ge-flíman
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(l a) of spiritual foes :-- Þú scealt wið feónda gehwæne healdan sáuwle þíne ; á hí winnað . . . Þú miht hý geflýman, Dóm. L. 32, 67.
orsorglíce
without anxiety ⬩ carelessly, rashly ⬩ securely, safely
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Th. i. 418, 5. carelessly, rashly Ðæt hiera nán ne durre grípan suá orsorglíce on ðæt ríce, Past. 4, 2 ; Swt. 41, 5. securely, safely Forðam ðe hit swá earfoðe is ǽnegum menn tó witanne hwonne hé geclǽnsod síe, hé mæg ðý orsorglícor (tutius) forbúgan
wissian
to shew ⬩ to shew ⬩ guide ⬩ direct ⬩ rule ⬩ declare ⬩ make known
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Hé wítegode swá him wissode God, Num. 33, 8. Rex cyning is gecweden a regendo . . ., for ðan ðe se cyning sceal mid micelum wísdóme his leóde wissian, Ælfc. Gr. 50, 18; Zup. 293, 9. Cyning sceal wissigan mid wísdóme his folce, O. E.
bæcestre
A woman who bakes ⬩ pistrix ⬩ a baker ⬩ pistor
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Ðara óðer bewiste his byrlas, óðer his bæcestran illorum alter pincernis præerat, alter pistoribus, 40, 2, Bæcistra ealdor pistorum magister, 40, 16, 20. Bæcestre a baker; pistor, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 1; Som. 30, 36
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ge-edcucian
To requicken ⬩ revive ⬩ revīviscĕre
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Ðes mín sunu wæs deád, and he geedcucode hic fīlius meus mortuus ĕrat, et revixit, Lk. Bos. 15, 24, 32 : Homl. Th. ii. 26, 27 : 28, 5. His cealdan limu geedcucodon his cold limbs requickened, i. 534, 35.
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ést-mete
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Hire þénian of his ágenum þénungum and his éstmetum dare illi de convivio suo, Hml. A. 110, 269. Éstmettas (delicias) mon ne sceal lufian, ac fæsten mon sceal lufian, R. Ben. 16, 23.
scilling
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Se Godes wer þá sealde þám biddere and cwæð ꝥ hé ágeáfe his maniendum þá .xii. and þone ǽnne hǽfde him tó his ágenre nytte (In the story as told in Hml.
lim-wérig
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Having the limbs wearied Álédon hié ðǽr limwérigne, Rood Kmbl. 125; Kr. 63
ge-wǽlan
to vex ⬩ afflict
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to vex, afflict Hie wéron gewǽlde erant vexati, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 9, 36