un-forht
Not frightened ⬩ not afraid ⬩ fearless ⬩ intrepid
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Not frightened, not afraid, fearless, intrepid Ðæt geðyld stent unforht betweónan ðara leahtra truman patientia inter acies vitiorum intrepida stat, Gl. Prud. 17 b. Hwæt eart ðú, ðú ðe swá unforht ús tó eart cumen? Nicod. 28; Thw. 16, 33: Homl. Skt.
eówer
your ⬩ your ⬩ yours
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your. Add: qualifying a noun, your Ðiós eówru leáf, Past. 451, 32. Eóweres andleofan, Bl. H. 169, 16. Eówres Fæder, 171, 21. Mid eówrum (eórum, v. l.) ágenum willan gé sculon ðencean for eówre heorde, Past. 137, 19. For eówerre fortrúwodnesse, 211, 12
for-ceorfan
to cut up ⬩ to cut off ⬩ to cut down
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Add: to cut up, cut asunder Hé gelæhte his sex and forcearf his basing ... þá hlógon his geféran þæs forcorfenan basinges, Hml. S. 31, 69-72. Heó wæs forcorfen on middan on twá styccu per medium secabatur, Gr. D. 340, 20. to cut off, out, away Hió forcearf
ge-nóg
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Add: with verb, abundantly, sufficiently Geseah ic balzamum þæs betstan stences genóh of þǽm treówum út weallan video opobalsamum cum optimo odore omnibus undique arborum ramis habundantissime manans, Nar. 27, 22. Genóg fremmað sufficit, Rtl. 191, 37
ge-férlǽcan
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Add: trans. Geférlǽhton consocierunt, conjunxerunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 21. Geférlǽht sociata, 132, 33. of relation between persons Stuntne mid witum ná geférlǽc fatuum cum sapieniibus non socies, Scint. 97, 18. Hyra nán wið cuman (cumena, v.l.) hine
grundlinga
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Add: where a building is razed to the ground, is destroyed to its foundations Ðá sǽde hé þæt his (of the temple) sceolde weorðan ǽghwylc stán grundlinga tóworpen dico uobis, non relinquetur hic lapis super lapidem, qui non destruatur, Wlfst. 88, 20.
inc
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Add: alone Ne fornime incer nóðer óðer ofer will, ... ac geǽmtigeað inc tó gebedum, Past. 399, 34-36. 'Fæder, wé ábidon ꝥ þú cóme' ... 'Cweþað git ꝥ ic ne ætýwde inc (inc bám, v.l. ) slǽpendum?', Gr. D. 149, 11. Lǽt inc geséman. Past. 349, 12. with bégen
ofer-winnan
to overcome, conquer, vanquish, subdue ⬩ expugnare, superare, devincere
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to overcome, conquer, vanquish, subdue Se ðe his mód gewylt is betera ðonne se ðe burh oferwinþ, Homl. Th. ii. 544, 10. Oferwinnaþ debellant, Blickl. Gl. Gif úre fýnd ús oferwinnaþ expugnatis nobis, Ex. 1, 10. Hé Soroastrem oferwann and ofslóh Zoroastrem
Swíþ-hún
St. Swithin, bishop of Winchester, in which see he succeeded Helmstan, who died 852.
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St. Swithin, bishop of Winchester, in which see he succeeded Helmstan, who died 852. In one MS. of the A. S. Chronicle, under the year 861, is the entry Hér forðférde S. Swíðún biscop, Erl. 71, 20; but in a charter of 863, Swíðhún episcopus is given
fót
the foot of a living creature ⬩ a foot ⬩ the lowest part of an object
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Add:: the foot of a living creature Sete þú þínne scytefinger uppon þínne fót and stríc on twá healfa þines fét. Tech. ii. 126, 9. Mid foet pede, Ps. Srt. 65, 6. Mid ðǽm fét, Past. 357, 21. Mid ðý fét, 358, 4. Óðre fét onscód, 44, 8. Seldon hé wolde
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á-wecgan
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Add: I. of physical movement Þæt folc mid rápum ðá anlícnysse bewurpon and mid stengum áwegdon ac hí ne mihton for ðám deófle hí styrian, (tried to overturn it with poles,) Hml. Th. i. 464, 19. Lytel wind mæg ðone cíð áwecgan (á-wecggean -wecggean, v
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bæftan
behind, ⬩ ⬩ after
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Add: prep. local Hé hine scét bæftan his bæce Hml. S. 18, 336. Bæftan þǽre healle, 36, 97. Oft cymð sé bæftan ús þe ús forestæpð, Hml. Th. ii. 82, 17. marking inferiority Nis heora nán máre þonne óðer, ne nán lǽssa ðonne óðer; ne nán beforan óðrum ne
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éþel
fatherland
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Add Éþl clima, i. plaga, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 74. in connexion with human beings. a person's native country, fatherland Ǽþel patria, Wrt. Voc. i. 80, 40, All lond ł oeðel omnis regio, Mt. L. 3, 5. Þín wræcstów is þám monnum éþel þe þǽron geborene wǽran
ge-hergian
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Add: intrant, (or abs.) To harry, ravage Geher-geode Wulfhere oþ Æscesdúne, Chr. 661; P. 32, 12, Hannibal sende sciphere on Róme and þǽr ungemetlíce gehergeodon classis Punica in Italiam transiit, ejusque plurimas partes longe lateque vastavit, Ors.
hátan
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Háat meh gecuma tó ðé, Mt. L. 14, 28. <b>I b.</b> where there is no subject to the verb in the infinitive :-- Ðæt ðú dóa hátes ł héhtes quod tu fieri jubes, Mt. p. 1. 11. For þǽm gylte hiene eft hétt his fæder ofsleán, Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 12
hǽte
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Dele last passage, and add Hǽte calor, . . . hǽte micel fervor, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 40, 42 : 76, 73, 75. the quality of being hot Belimpð seó hǽðung tó ðǽre hǽtan, Hml. Th. i. 286, 3. Ꝥ seó sunne mid hyre hǽtan middaneardes wæstmas ne forbærne, Lch. iii
wana
wanting ⬩ lacking ⬩ absent ⬩ to be wanting ⬩ wanting for the completion of a number
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wanting, lacking, absent, with substantive verb, wana wesan to be wanting Ic eom wana of ðam getele desum, Ælfc. Gr. 32 ; Zup. 202, II. Án þing ðé is wana (wona, Lind., Rush.) unum tibi deest, Lk. Skt. 18, 22 : Mk. Skt. 10, 21. Wæs eów ǽnig þing wana
clǽnsian
To CLEANSE, purify, chasten, clear oneself ⬩ mundare, purgare, castigare, se liberare
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To CLEANSE, purify, chasten, clear oneself; mundare, purgare, castigare, se liberare Gif man eard wille clǽnsian if a man wishes to cleanse the land, L. Eth. ix. 40; Th. i. 348, 25: L. C. S. 7; Th. i. 380, 7. Sió wamb biþ to clǽnsianne the stomach is
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lama
Lame ⬩ maimed ⬩ crippled ⬩ weak ⬩ paralysed ⬩ palsied ⬩ paralytic
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Lame, disabled in the limbs, maimed, crippled, weak, paralysed, palsied, paralytic On sídan lama pleuriticus, Ælfc. Gl. 10; Som. 57, 25; Wrt. Voc. 19, 31. Lame debilis vel enervatus, 77; Som. 72, 22; Wrt. Voc. 45, 55. Conclamatus i. commotus, convocatus
leód
A people ⬩ nation ⬩ race ⬩ country
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A people, nation, race, district occupied by a people [v. preceding word, and cf. mǽgþ],country Hit wæs hwílum on Engla lagum ðæt leód and lagu fór be geþincþum at one time it was in the laws of the English, that the people and the law went according