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á-mǽran

(v.)
Grammar
á-mǽran, -mǽrian; p. de
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hæfdon út ámǽrde þá bígengan, 1, 16; Sch. 44, 10. Cf. ge-mǽre terminus

éþian

(v.)
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Swá swá se man swelteþ, swí swylteþ eác þá nýtenu, and gelíce ealle éþiað (spirant), Gr. D. 264, 20. Þonne þá wyrmas éðedon, þonne eóde him of þý múðe mid þý oroðe swylce byrnende þecelle, Nar. 14, 13. Éþgiendra anhelantium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 1, 1.

hrine

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D. 87, 24. the touch of an inanimate object þǽre eá wæteres hrine him ondrédon, Gr. D. 15, 8. the sense of touch Þú þe wé ne magon líchamlíce ongytan . . . ne mid smecce, ne mid hrine quem sensus ignorat, Solil. H. 6, 15

þá

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<b>II,</b> add :-- Him þá etendum, Mk. 14, 22. Hér Cynegíls and Cuichelm gefuhtun wið Pendan, and geþingodan þá, Chr. 628; P. 24, 18. 1. Add Þám forman, dæge azimorum, þá eástron offrodon, Mk. 14, 12

ǽ-bylgness

Grammar
ǽ-bylgness, ǽ-byligness.
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mid gedréfedre ǽbilignysse him fram ádráf, 24, 30: Ap. Th. 4, 10. Racha getácnað ǽbylignysse oððe yrre, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 279, 18. Ǽbilignysse, 280, 3. Ðæt heó ðá ǽbylignysse gebéte ðe heó Gode ábylgð iram Dei quam excitaverit placare, Ll.

Linked entry: a-bylgnes

hord-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
hord-fæt, es; n.

A vessel for holding treasure

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geopenodon heora hordfatu [cf. Mt. 2, 11 apertis thesauris suis] and him lac geoffrodon. Homl. Th. i. 78, 27: 116, 3. On heora hordfatum behíddon absconderunt inter vasa sua, Jos. 7, 11

ende-byrdnes

Grammar
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

gewrixlian

(v.)
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Fýnd ongeáton þæt hié hæfdon gewrixled wíta unrím þurh heora miclan mód, Gen. 335

tó-sceacan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sceacan, -scacan; p. -sceóc, -scóc; pp. -sceacen, scacen.

to shake to pieces,shake violently,to disturbto shake off,drive away,disperse

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Hit ðæt áttor tóscaceþ, Lchdm. i. 352, 14 note. Hundes sceanca tósceaceþ ðone fefor, 362, 27. Hé tósceóc ðone líg of ðam ofne, swá ðæt ðæt fýr ne mihte him derigan, Homl. Th. i. 570, 14. Hé tóscóc ða dwollícan nytennysse, 602, 35.

un-riht

(n.)
Grammar
un-riht, es; n.

wrongeviliniquityinjusticea defect

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Him gyldeþ God ealle ða unriht ( iniquitates ) ðe geearnedan, Ps. Th. 93, 22. Ǽr man áweódige ða unriht and ða mánweorc.

wiþerweard-ness

(n.)
Grammar
wiþerweard-ness, e; f.

hostilitycontentionoppositionperversityfrowardnessdepravityarroganceunfavourable conditionadverse circumstanceadversitycontrarietydiversity

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Hé wearð grǽdig ðæs gódan deáþes bútan ǽlcre scylde and ǽlcre wiðerweardnesse wið hine he (David) was greedy for the death of the good man (Uriah), who was without any crime against him and had shewn no hostility to him, Past. 3; Swt. 37, 2.

ge-rihtlǽcan

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Wé ne synd þurh his swingla gerihtlǽhte, 580, 4. error Hé sylf gerihtlǽce his dǽda and þǽawas tó his Drihtnes willan, Hml. S. 21, 49. Gif hwylc bróðor . . . nelle his þeáwas gerihtlǽcan ( non emendaverit), R. Ben. 52, 6.

Linked entry: rihtlǽcan

ge-gearwian

(v.)
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Hig gegearwodon him Eásterþénunga, 26, 19. Ǽr se mete gegearwod wǽre, Ors. 1, 7; S. 36, 28. to bring to completion, make, form Ðá hé gegearwade quando praeparabit (coelos ), Kent. Gl. 269.

spell

(n.)
Grammar
spell, es; n.

a storynarrativeaccountrelationa historical narrativehistorya false or foolish storya fablean instructive talkdiscoursea philosophical argumenta sermonhomilya sayingremarksentencestatement of a single pointdictuma saying that is to be repeated to anothera messagean announcementspeechlanguage of prosea fable, talefabulatio, parabolasermo, narratio, parabola, fabula, mythusa saying

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Drihten dóm forgeaf ðám ðe his spel beraþ the Lord gave glory to those that bear his messages, Cd.

Linked entry: spel

for-swerian

(v.)
Grammar
for-swerian, p. -swór, pl. -swóron; pp. -sworen

To FORSWEARto swear falselyperjureejūrārepējĕrāre

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Gif hwylc lǽwede man hine forswerige, fæste iv geár if any layman perjure himself, let him fast four years, L. Erg. P. ii. 24; Th. ii. 192, 6, 14. Forsworen perjūrus, Wrt. Voc. 86, 69: Gen. 24, 8.

hwilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hwilc, hwylc, hwelc; pron.

whichwhoany oneanysome

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Bæd ðæt hé him geswutelode hwylc basilius wǽre on wurðscype mid him prayed that he would reveal to him what manner of man Basil was in honour as compared with himself, Homl. Swt. 3, 498.

herian

(v.)
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hit herede, 53, 8. Lǽrað hit ǽlcne ðára ðe hit gehiérð herian, 427, 17. Hcrigean, 55, 7. Tó herianne (-igeanne, v. l.), 52, 19. Tó herigenne, 353, 25. Hered, 451, 19. to extol the attributes of Deity Heraþ concelebrat, An. Ox. 2612.

ge-healdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-healdan, -haldan, to -healdenne; ic -healde, ðú -healdest, -hiltst, he -healdeþ, -healt, -helt, -hylt, pl. -healdaþ; p. -heóld, -hióld, ðú -heólde, pl. -heóldon, -hióldon; impert. -heald, pl. -healdaþ; subj. pres. -healde, pl. -healden; p. -heólde, pl. -heólden; pp. -healden.

to keepholdobservekeep inretainreservepreservesavedefendprotectcustodīreservāreobservārecontĭnērereservāresalvāredefendĕreto holdoccupypossesstĕnērepossĭdēre

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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.

ǽder

(n.)
Grammar
ǽder, ǽdder, e; f. ǽd(d)re, an; f. (wæter-ǽdre occurs once neuter). Add:to ǽdre:

a channel for fluidsa sinewa rein, kidney

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Tócnáwan be his ǽdrena hrepunge by feeling his pulse hweðer hé hraðe swulte, Hml. S. 3, 569. Ǽddrum fibris, venis, An. Ox. 376: fibrarum rivulis, 11, 135.

Linked entry: héþir

wreón

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

To coverto put a covering onto cover with clothesto clotheto coverto bindto concealhideto serve as a coveringbe spread over

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To cover. to put a covering on something, literal Se ðe wrígð wæterum ða uferan his gut tegit aquis superiora ejus. Ps. Spl. 103, 3. Óþer eáre him underbrédaþ and mid óðran wreóð (se cooperiunf). Nar. 37, 12.

Linked entry: wríga