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á-wendan

(v.)

To turn. ⬩ to give a certain direction to ⬩ to return ⬩ to reduce ⬩ bring into subjection ⬩ to turn aside, ⬩ to remove ⬩ divert ⬩ to avert ⬩ to pervert ⬩ to change ⬩ to turn into something else ⬩ transform ⬩ to translate ⬩ reproduce something with other material ⬩ to exchange ⬩ To turn ⬩ take a certain direction

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Hú se deófol tó mislicum synnum heora mód áwende, Hml. S, 10, 222. Uton áwendan úrne willan tó Gode, 28, 174: Ælfc. T. Grn. 6, 29. to return :-- Hé áwende his swurd intó dǽre sceáðe, Hml.

Linked entry: on-wendan

a-stellan

(v.)
Grammar
a-stellan, p. -stealde, -stalde ; pp. -steald ; v. a.

To set forth ⬩ to set ⬩ place ⬩ afford ⬩ supply ⬩ appoint ⬩ establish ⬩ ordain ⬩ undertake ⬩ undergo ⬩ begin ⬩ statuere ⬩ collocare ⬩ instituere ⬩ præbere ⬩ stabilire ⬩ fundare ⬩ suscipere ⬩ inire

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Heofonas, and móna, and steorran, ða ðú astealdest cælos, lunam et stellas, quæ to fundasti, Ps. Th. 8, 4. Astealde ðæt gewin undertook the war, Ors. 2, 5 ; Bos. 46, 26. Stephanus ðóne martyrdóm astealde Stephen suffered [underwent] martyrdom, Homl.

freód

(n.)
Grammar
freód, e; f.

Affection ⬩ good-will ⬩ friendship ⬩ peace ⬩ ămor ⬩ dilectio ⬩ amīcĭtia ⬩ pax ⬩ grātia

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Affection, good-will, friendship, peace; ămor, dilectio, amīcĭtia, pax, grātia Næs ðǽr mára fyrst freóde to friclan there was no more time to desire peace, Beo. Th. 5105, note; B. 2556.

ge-læccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-læccan, -læccean; he -læcþ; p. he -læhte, pl. -læhton; pp. -læht

To take ⬩ catch ⬩ seize ⬩ apprehend ⬩ comprehend ⬩ capere ⬩ arripere ⬩ comprehendere

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Ða Englisce men gelæhton of ðám mannon má . . . the English men captured of those men more . . . Chr. 1087; Er1. 225, 26. Hwæt gelæhtest ðú quid cepisti, Th. An. 22, 5.

Linked entries: læccan ge-læht

þweorlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þweorlíce, adv.

awry ⬩ askew ⬩ in reversed order ⬩ in a way that offers opposition ⬩ obstinately ⬩ flatly ⬩ perversely ⬩ evilly

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Th. ii. 24, 29. perversely, evilly And suá ðeáh hé mid wónweorcum hit tó ðweorlíce ne fremeþ ðeáh hé hit on his móde forlǽtan ne mæge et quamvis prava non exerceat opere, ab his tamen non evellitur mente, Past, 11; Swt. 73, 13.

wlitigian

(v.)
Grammar
wlitigian, p. ode.

to make beautiful ⬩ to grow beautiful

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Ðæt ic móte áweccan ðás wæstmas ús tó woruldnytte, wlitigigan ðás wancgturf, Lchdm. i. 400, 7. Wlitigende decorans, Hymn. Surt. 140, 1. 4. to grow beautiful Byrig fægriaþ, wongas wlitgiaþ (wlitigaþ, MS.), Exon. Th. 308, 33; Scef. 49

blæc

(adj.)
Grammar
blæc, blac black.
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Blace berian flavia vel mori, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 67. Blaco pulla, 118, 46. Þá blacan, 87, 62. Him wǽron þá nebb and þá cleá ealle blace rostro pedibusque nigris, Nar. 16, 16. Hió an Ceóldrýþe hyre blacena tunecena swá þǽr[a?] hyre leófre beó, Cht.

Linked entries: blac blec

ge-reording

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Add: the taking or the giving of refreshment Ðæs módes gereordung is betere þonne ðǽre wambe it is better to refresh the mind than the belly. Hml. Th. ii. 440, 19.

grama

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Mid módes graman, 272, 11. Þá nam hé micelne graman and andan tó þám mannum, Hml. Th. i. 16, 30. Hé nam tó Malche fulne graman, Hml. S. 23, 694. wrath, ill effect on another as a consequence of a person's anger Becóm Godes grama ofer hí ealle, Hml.

or-módness

(n.)
Grammar
or-módness, e; f.

Desperation, despair

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Hæfde hine seó deófollíce strǽl mid ormódnysse gewundodne: wæs se eádiga wer Gúðlác mid ðære ormódnysse þrí dagas gewundod, ðæt hé sylfa nyste hwider hé wolde mid his móde gecyrran, Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 28, 13-17.

searwian

(v.)
Grammar
searwian, p. ode

To act with craft or treachery ⬩ to feign

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Hé cwæð him tó særwigendum móde (insidiously), Homl. Th. ii. 308, 6

Linked entry: searwaþ

biddan

to ask ⬩ to ask ⬩ to pray to

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Hé bæd ꝥ hé móste faran, 23, 13: 211, 29. Hí bǽdan ꝥ óþer seonað wǽre, Bd. 2, 2 ; Sch. 115, 22. to ask something of a person, with gen. of thing ꝥ hí witon hwæs hí biddað æt Gode, Hml. S. 12, 266.

ge-limpan

(v.)
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Gif mon beforan ærcebiscepe gefeohte oþþe wǽpne gebregde . . . Gif beforan óðrum biscepe þis gelimpe, Ll. Th. i. 70, 20: 332, 5.

hræd

(adj.)
Grammar
hræd, hræð, hreð; adj.

Quick ⬩ swift ⬩ speedy ⬩ sudden ⬩ alert ⬩ rapid ⬩ prompt ⬩ active

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Mé is fenýce fóre hreðre is ðæs gores sunu gonge hrædra more swift than I is the fen-frog in its course, the son of dirt [beetle] is more rapid in its walk, Exon. 111 a; Th. 426, 9-12; Rä. 41, 71-2

Linked entries: hræð hreþ

car-ful

Grammar
car-ful, (care-).
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Hé ongǽn his fiónd férde mid carfullum móde, H. R. 3, 12. careful, attentive to the interests of, solicitous for Hú abbod careful (sollicitus) beón sceal ymbe ðá dǽdbétendan, R. Ben. 50, 16.

on

Grammar
on, Add: <b>A. I.</b> 5 ¶
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Gif seó wyrd swá hweorfan mót on yfelra manna gewill, Bt. 4; F. 8, 19. On þæs arcebisceopes geméde, Cht. Th. 355, 23. Gif hé hine on bismor tó homolan bescíre, Ll. Th. i. 84, 5.

weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
weorpan, (wurpan, wyrpan); p. wearp, pl. wurpon; pp. worpen.
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Be ðære coþe þe se mon his útgang þurh ðone múð him fram weorpe, Lchdm. ii. 236, 13. Swylce mon wurpe (worpe, MS. A. : worpað, Lind.: worpes, Rush., jaceat) gód sǽd on his land, Mk. Skt. 4, 26. Ic hét hit weorpan on fýr. Ex. 32, 24.

Linked entries: worpian wurpan

FEORM

(n.)
Grammar
FEORM, fiorm, fyrm, e; f.

food ⬩ provision ⬩ goods ⬩ substance ⬩ victus ⬩ substantia ⬩ bŏna ⬩ an entertaining ⬩ entertainment ⬩ feast ⬩ hospĭtālĭtas ⬩ convīvium ⬩ cœna ⬩ a place where provisions are kept ⬩ provision-quarters of an army ⬩ victus stătio ⬩ use ⬩ benefit ⬩ profit ⬩ enjoyment ⬩ ūsus ⬩ fructus

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Gewiton him eástan ǽhta lǽdan, feoh and feorme they departed from the east leading their possessions, cattle and substance, Cd. 80; Th. 99, 22; Gen. 1650. an entertaining, entertainment, feast; hospĭtālĭtas, convīvium, cœna Gif mon cierliscne monnan

for-seón

(v.)
Grammar
for-seón, -sión; ic -seó, ðú -sihst, -sixst, he -sihþ, -syhþ, pl. -seóþ; p. -ic, he -seah, ðú -sáwe, -seáge, pl. -sáwon, -ségon; impert. -seoh; subj. he -seó; pp. -sewen

To overlook ⬩ despise ⬩ contemn ⬩ scorn ⬩ be ashamed of ⬩ neglect ⬩ reject ⬩ renounce ⬩ despĭcĕre ⬩ temnĕre ⬩ contemnĕre ⬩ spernĕre ⬩ erŭbescĕre ⬩ neglĭgĕre ⬩ posthăbēre ⬩ rejĭcĕre

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Forsáwon hyra séllan they despised their superior, Exon. 84 a; Th. 317, 5; Mód. 61. Gé blindnesse bóte forségon ye renounced the remedy of blindness, Elen. Kmbl. 778; El. 389.

Linked entry: for-sión

irre

(n.)
Grammar
irre, es; n.

Anger ⬩ wrath ⬩ ire ⬩ rage

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Síe ǽlc monn lætt tó iorre iorra forðon weres sóþfæst godes ne giwyrcaþ sit omnis homo tardus ad iram; ira enim viri justitiam Dei non operator, Rtl. 28, 21 : 40, 35 : 41, 3.

Linked entries: ir eorre erre