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for-beódan

(v.)

to forbidto restraincheckto prevent

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Hé forbeád þæt mon náne fæste bóc ne leornode (praecepit ne . . . ), 6, 31; 8. 286, 3: Chr. 1012; P. 142, 19. combining (a) and (b β) Forbeéd hit se bisceop ꝥ hí ne weópon, Nar. 32, 12. with gerundial infin.

hǽte

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</b> a feverish or inflamed condition of body :-- Wið ðæs magan hǽtan, Lch. i. 268, 1.

on-wreón

(v.)

to uncover, discloseto uncover, open, remove a coveringto make known, shew forth, reveal, discoverto shew the (hidden) meaning of anything, to explainto shew, display so as to avoid concealmentto display what is bad, to exposeto reveal

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Áne bóc on his wítegunge, ðe him God sylf onwreáh, Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 44. Ðeáh ðe him God onwríge wísdómes gǽst, Exon. Th. 273, 14; Jul. 516. Ðam ðe se sunu wyle ðone Fæder onwreón, Mt. Kmbl. ii. 27.

ge-bétan

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Gebéte mid fulre bóte, 330, 26. (β 3) by adverb or phrase :-- . ii. bóte gebéte, Ll. Th. i. 4, 2. Gebéte hé ꝥ be þǽm þe seó dǽd sý, swá be were, swá be wíte, 168, 5.

þrítig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
þrítig, þrittig; num.

Thirtythirty (years old)

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Grammar þrítig, alone Ðam sceal .xxx. sciłł. tó bóte (cf. in next line: Ðam sculon .v. sciłł. tó bóte), L. Alf. pol. 56; Th. i. 94, 28. Hwæt gif ðǽr beóð þrítig? God cwæð: Ne dó ic him ná láð, gif ðǽr beóþ þrítig rihtwísra, Gen. 18, 30.

án-lípig

Grammar
án-lípig, (ǽn-).
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Swilce hí wǽron ǽr ðám ǽnlípige góde and wǽron syððan for ðám menn ealle swíðe góde quasi ante essent singula bona, propter hominem autem omnia valde bona, Angl. vii. 20, 187. Hí ealle mid angsumum móde ǽnlipige cwǽdon, Hml. Th. ii. 244, 2.

stede

(n.)
Grammar
stede, es; m.
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</b> place, sphere of action :-- Gif ealle men on worulde ríce wǽron, ðonne næfde seó mildheortnys nǽnne stede, Wulfst. 287, 9. of position in the case of a moving body Ne stira ðú, sunne, of ðam stede furðor ongeán Gabaon ...

Linked entries: bed-stede hám-stede

geóguþ

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geóguþ, l. geoguþ,
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sceal þá geoguðe geómorlíce lǽdan gehæft . . . of heora éðle, Wlfst. 295, 17. (1 a) of persons in a subordinate position :-- Ymbeóde ides Helminga duguðe and geogoðe dǽl ǽghwylcne, B. 621. (1 b) a person's young ones, children :-- Nóe mid bearnum under bord

Linked entry: giógoð

ge-wrixl

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Þára hída bóc þe Eádréd gebócode Wulfríce wiþ þæs landes gewrixle þe is æt Pendyfig, C. D. B. iii. 31, 1. Þæt wé magon him gewrixl ágyldan . . . ongeán ealle þá gód þe hé ús forgyfen hæfð, Wlfst. 145, 7. <b>II a.

heáp

a bandcompanythe clergya choiran armya hosta troopcompanya crewa collectionin companytogether

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Grammar heáp, in the phrase on heápe. of persons, in company, in a body, together Þæt feórðe cyn fyrmest eóde, wigan on heápe, Exod. 311. Nealles him on heápe handgesteallan ymbe gestódon, B. 2596.

on-ginnan

(v.)
Grammar
on-ginnan, p. -gan, -gann; pl. -gunnon; pp. -gunnen.

to begin, set about, set to workto attempt, endeavour (with infin.)to act strenuouslyto make an attempt upon, to attack

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Ðá ongan ic ða bóc wendan on Englisc, Past. pref.; Swt. 7, 17. Ðú ðe ongunne ( coepisti ) ætýwan ðíne mǽrþe, Deut. 3, 24. Se ongan ǽrest onclypian Drihtnes naman, Gen. 4, 26. Ongan se Hǽlend bodian, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 17.

CYRICE

(n.)
Grammar
CYRICE, cirice, cyrce, circe; gen. an, ean; f: cyric, ciric, in the compound cyric-ǽwe, etc. q. v. cyrc, e; f. circ,

in the compounda church, the material structure ecclesiaa heathen temple templum paganum

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in the compound circ-líc, etc. q. v. the CHURCH as a temporal and spiritual body; ecclesia = ἐκκλησία Seó cyrice on Breotone hwæt hwugu fæc sibbe hæfde the church in Britain for some time had peace, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 17.

Linked entries: cyrce circe cirice

un-gesǽlig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesǽlig, adj.

Unhappyunfortunateunhappysufferingmisfortunecalamitysuffering want of moral goodcausing unhappinessunfortunatecalamitousunprofitableevil

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Quid si eidem misero, qui cunctis careat bonis, praeter ea, quibus miser est, malum aliud fuerit annexum, nonne multo infelicior eo censendus est, cujus infortunium boni participatione relevatur? 38, 3; Fox 200, 14-20.

Linked entries: ge-sǽlig un-sǽlig

á-drífan

to drive, cause to move (with violence)to drive off, drive awayexpellere, repudiare

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L. 30, 46. of Hé his bróðer ádráf of éðele, Chr. 380; P. 11, 10: Sat. 201: Bo. 18. Gif man folan of ádrífe, Ll. Th. i. 72, 1. Ðæt hé ðæt deófol of men ádrífe, Bl. H. 43, 23.

curmealle

(n.)
Grammar
curmealle, curmelle, curmille,an; f. Centaury; centaurēurn = κενταύρειον

the greater centaury chlora perfoliata, Lin the lesser centaury erythræa centaurium, Lin

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Wyl on ealaþ twá curmeallan boil in ale the two centauries, L. M. 3, 38; Lchdm. ii. 330, 14.

Linked entry: culmille

hrif

(n.)
Grammar
hrif, rif, es; n.

The wombbellyuterusventer

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Bán biþ funden on heortes heortan hwílum on hrife a bone is found in a hare's heart, sometimes in its belly, L. Med. ex Quadr. 2, 17; Lchdm. i. 338, 6.

Linked entry: in-gehrif

tynder

(n.)
Grammar
tynder, e; tyndren (-in), e (?); tyndre, an; f.
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Tyndre gódes cynnes fomentum bone indolis, Scint. 206, 17. Tindre sica (l. isica or isca ), Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 38.

Linked entries: tender tyndre

á-rásian

(v.)
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Sé ðonne sé hit dégellíce déð aod ðeáh wolde ðæt hé wurde arasod and siððan for ðý hered qui in secreto suo bono opere deprehendi ac laudari concupiscit, Past. 451, 19. Þá drýcræftigan wurdon árásode (deprehensf), Gr. D. 27, 15: 132, 9: Hml.

Linked entry: rásian

crísten-dóm

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Hé gesette án þúsend bóca . . . be ðám crístendóme, Hml. A. 5, 107. On þám crístendóme þe Críst sylf ástealde, 16, 74. Healdan rihtne crístendóm, Wlfst. 78, 9. Se apostol bodade ealne crístendóm, Hml. Th. i. 460, 8

ge-brocian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brocian, p. ode ; pp. od.
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-brocod) in Dict. and add: to hurt, injure, break a bone. Cf. ge-broc, Gif widobáne gebroced weorðeð, Ll. Th. i. 16, 6. to afflict, distress, trouble, vex.

Linked entry: brócian