ge-beót
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Add: a promise to do great things, a boast, boasting Ðá bóceras gýmaþ tó gebeótes þǽra fíf stafa þe synd vocales gecíged the grammarians make a boast of taking care of the five letters that are called vowels, Angl. viii. 327, 35.
hefe
importance ⬩ a burden ⬩ a weight
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Th. i. 286, 12-15. weight in a high degree: Hefe wæstma brycð bóh pondus fructuum frangit ramum, Scint. 85, 4. figuratively. oppressive effect or influence Þonne gehwylce synfulle menn óðre geólǽcað, and mid gegaderodun hefe þǽre wyrstan lyffetunge
hú-hwega
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Voc. ii. 24, 35. of space measurement Is ꝥ eáland fram þǽre cyricean feor út on gársecge seted húhugu (-hwega, húru, v. ll.) on nygan mílum (nouem ferme milibus passuum ), Bd. 4, 27; Sch. 511, 7.
on-ufan
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Add: with dat. local Hié hæfdon wæter genóg onufan þǽre dúne, Ors. 6, 13; S. 268, 16. Onufa lehtfæte supra candelabrum, Lk. L. 11, 33: 20, 18: 13, 4: Jn. p. 4, 16. ꝥ tácon se groefa gesette ofer ł onufa ðǽr róde (super crucem) Jn. L. 19, 19.
hiw
shape ⬩ form ⬩ shape ⬩ figure ⬩ a form ⬩ shape ⬩ writing ⬩ appearance ⬩ aspect ⬩ colour ⬩ form ⬩ kind ⬩ nature ⬩ character ⬩ formula ⬩ form ⬩ type ⬩ model ⬩ a pretex ⬩ a fancy ⬩ a kind ⬩ species
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Þæt hé híwige swylce hé árfæstes módes sý, and under þám leáslican híwe gederige, Wlfst. 53, 27. Ðý lǽs ǽnig durre on eáðmódnesse híwe (sub humilitatis specie) hit forcweðan, Past. 51, 3.
efen
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Ǽlc þǽra þinga þe man mæg tódǽlan on feówer on emne everything that can be divided into four exactly, Angl. viii. 306, 30
feónd
an enemy ⬩ foe ⬩ fiend ⬩ devil
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Feóndum emulis, 5367. of things, what is prejudicial: Bewreóh hine wearme, for þon þe cile biþ þǽre ádle feónd, Lch. ii. 234, 1. a malevolent person (or animal) Hé (Nero) wǽs witena gehwelcum láð. . . .
first
time ⬩ respite ⬩ (additional) time ⬩ in time
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Wolde ic gebétan, gif ic ábídan móste, . . . ic ne eom wyrðe þæs fyrstes, Hml. S. 26, 254. On medmycclum fyrste tó ende cuman, Bl. H. ill, 25. Hé hæfde fyrst áne feáwa geára, Hml. S. 12, 121. Áge hé þreóra nihta fierst him tó gebeorganne, Ll.
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ge-cynde
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Hé sǽde ꝥ Móyses wǽre þæs Jósepes sunu; ꝥ him wǽran fram hym drýcræftas gecynde (paternae scientiae haereditas), Ors. 1, 4; S. 34, 14. (4 a) native (country, language) :-- Ágen vel gecynde sprǽc idioma, proprietas linguae, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 46.
ge-wilnian
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., to a person Wé witon þæt ðú gewilnast tó ðám wuldorfullan Drihtne, Hml. Th. ii. 516, 22. Þú gewilnast tó Críste, Hml. S. 31, 1338. to a place, position, condition, &c. Þá þe hé ( St.
hlísa
fame ⬩ reputation ⬩ repute ⬩ glory ⬩ reputation ⬩ report ⬩ fame ⬩ approbation ⬩ applause
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S. 30, 384. ꝥ tácnode þone hlýsan þǽre fǽmnan hálignysse, Shrn. 149,3. Hí his wísdómes hlísan healdað, Gú. 128. approbation, applause Herelof, hlísa rumusculus (virtu-tum), An. Ox. 456, 4.
lǽran
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Óðer hine tyhteð and on tǽso lǽreð, Sal. 493. with clause Ic þé lǽre . . . þæt þú hospcwide . . . ǽfre ne fremme, El. 522. Óðer hine lǽreð þæt hé lufan healde, Sal. 491.
feorm
provisions ⬩ stores ⬩ a feast ⬩ an entertainment ⬩ entertainment
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Aman unþances cóm tó þǽre cwéne feorme, Hml. A. 99, 247. Árás from ðǽr farma (feorme, R.) surgit a cena, Jn. L. 13, 4. Færma, 21, 20. Ðonne ðú feorme (forme, v. l.) gierwe on ælmessan cum facis convivium, Past. 323, 22.
fýr
fire ⬩ fire ⬩ fire ⬩ to be on fire ⬩ a fire, fuel in a state of combustion ⬩ a fire on a hearth ⬩ a piece of burning material ⬩ fire ⬩ lightning ⬩ a disease
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H. 35, 13. fire of hell Manna gítsung is swá byrnende swá ꝥ fýr on þǽre helle, Bt. 15; F. 48, 19. On þám écan fýre mid deófle, C. D. iv. 52, 9. On éce fýr sendan, Bl.
seht
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Ða férdon betwux Ródbeard eorl and Eádgár æðeling and þæra cinga sehte swá gemacedon. ( The terms are then given. ) On ðisum sehte wearð Eádgár eþeling wið ðone cyng gesæhtlad, 1091 ; Erl. 228, 1-8.
be-týnan
to enclose ⬩ surround ⬩ to shut in ⬩ out ⬩ shut up ⬩ to close ⬩ shut ⬩ to close ⬩ end
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Hí betýndon þǽre ceastre gatu, Bl. H. 241, 11. þá duru betýnan, 219, 16. Ðá duro wérun bitýnde, Jn. R. 20, 19, Betýndan wega gelǽtan competa clausa, Wrt.
mǽd
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On cuttes mǽd ; of þǽre mǽde, iii. 456, 30. Onbútan ðá mǽdewe, iii. 386, 5. On miclan mǽdua (or pl. ?), iii. 81, 7. Hé eóde on þá mǽdwe (mǽde, v. l.) pratum ingressus, Gr. D. 36, 11. On bulan mǽdæ, C. D. v. 112, 29. On clǽnan mǽde, 325, 17.
of-settan
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Helpað ofsettum, and steópcildum démað subvenite oppresso, judicate pupillo, 322, 8. the agent a thing. material, to overwhelm, crush Gelíce hí wurdon mid þám fýrenum flánum ofscotene, gelíce mid þǽra crístenra wǽpnum hindan ofsette (cf. on-settan),
á-hreddan
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Þæt wé beón áhredde fram forwyrde, ii. 266, 12. of Betere wé áhreddon ús sylfe of ðissere burhware gehlýde, Hml. S. 23, 202. Of deófles gewealde áhreddan, Wlfst. 22, 3. Tó áhreddenne Loth of þám fýre.
eorl
a hero
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Þrǽl wearð tó þegene, and ceorl wearð tó eorle, 334, 8. used of Scandinavians, = Icel. jarl Ælfred gefeaht wiþ þára eorla getruman, and þǽr wearþ Sidroc eorl ofslægen se alda, and Sidroc eorl se gioncga, and Ósbearn eorl, and Hareld eorl, Chr. 871; P