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for-faran

(v.)

To perish ⬩ To destroy ⬩ to blockade

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Gif hǽðen cild binnon .ix. nihton þurh gímelíste forfaren sí if a child die and be lost, because through carelessness it is not baptized within nine days after birth, and so dies a heathen, Ll. Th. ii. 292, 7.

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ge-hweorfan

(v.)
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Add: trans. to turn, direct Gif hié ðátrumnesse ðǽre Godes giefe him tó unnyte gehweorfað si acceptae incolumitatis gratiam ad usum nequitiae inclinent Past. 247, 8. to overturn Hé gehwerf[d] subvertit (insidias impiorum), Kent. Gl. 315.

ge-metlíce

(adv.)
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(l a) in time, early :-- Sí gedón [nón] gemet-lícor agatur nona temperius, R.

ge-warenian

(v.)
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Hét hé áwritan hú hine gewarnode Mardocheus, 95, 125. ꝥ hé sí gewarnod fram him ut videatur ab ipso, R. Ben. I. 76, 7. Ðurh þæt wyrð mǽst manna beswicen þe hý ne beóð swá wel gewarnode ǽr swá hý beðorfton. Lá!

ofer-stǽlan

(v.)

to confute, convince, convict

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Ne beó ðú tó ánwille; forðam ðe is gerisenlícre ðæt ðú sí mid rihte oferstéled, ðonne ðú oferstéle óðerne man mid wóge, Prov. Kmbl. 8. Ðæt hi ðæs deófles leásunge mid Godes sóðfæstnysse oferstǽlan, Homl. Th. ii. 100, 9.

gnornan

(v.)
Grammar
gnornan, gnornian; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od

To grieve ⬩ mourn ⬩ be sad ⬩ bewail ⬩ lament ⬩ mœrere

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Gif hí fulle ne beóþ fela gnorniaþ si non fuerint saturati, et murmurabunt, Ps. Th. 58, 15. Ðæt wíf gnornode the woman mourned, Cd. 37; Th. 48, 4; Gen. 770: Beo. Th. 2239; B. 1117: Elen. Kmbl. 2518; El. 1260.

mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
mearcian, to mark, <b>mearcian</b> to fix bounds. [These may be taken together; cf. mearc.]
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Ox. 2492. to make with the hand the sign of the cross on an object Hé mearcode him on heáfde hálig róde-tácen and on his gúðfanan, Hml. Th. ii. 304, 14. Mearciað róde tácen on eówrum foreheáfdum, i. 466, 20. <b>V a.

tó-slúpan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-slúpan, p. -sleáp, pl. -slupon; pp. -slopen

To slip apart or away ⬩ be relaxed ⬩ dissolved ⬩ to have the connection between several objects ⬩ that between the parts of the same object relaxed ⬩ to be dissipated, ⬩ destroyed ⬩ to be loosed ⬩ undone ⬩ to get relaxed, ⬩ to be relaxed, ⬩ get remiss ⬩ to get paralysed, ⬩ get powerless,

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Gif hé ða (brídlas) lǽt tóslúpan hic si frena remiserit, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 33 : Met.11, 80. Nú syndon Satanases bendas swýðe tóslopene, Wulfst. 83, 9. of illness Seó fæstnys (costiveness) tóslýpeþ (-slípeþ, MS.

Linked entry: tó-swífan

ge-hwilc

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Gehwilce strongeste fortis-simi quique Kent. Gl. 224.

færeld

(n.)
Grammar
færeld, fareld, færelt, es ; n. [fær a going, faran to go] .

a way, going, motion, journey, course, passage, progress, expedition, company, one who accompanies in the journey of life, a relation ⬩ via, ĭter, cursus, gressus, expĕdītio, cognăta ⬩ The passover of the Jews ⬩ transĭtus, phase, id est transĭtus

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Wǽnes sió eax welt ealles ðæs færeldes the axle-tree of a waggon regulates all its going, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 220, 29. Á byþ on færylde it is ever in motion, Runic pm. 17; Kmbl. 342, 24; Hick. Thes. i. 135, 33.

for-ðam

(con.)
Grammar
for-ðam, for-ðæm, for-ðan, for-ðon, for-ðam-ðe, for-ðæm-ðe, for-ðan-ðe, for-ðon-ðe; conj, [for that which]

For that ⬩ for that reason which ⬩ for ⬩ because ⬩ nam ⬩ quia

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Forðonðe sió sunne ðǽr gǽþ neár on setl, ðonne on óðrum lande, ðǽr syndon lýðran wedera ðonne on Brittannia because the sun in its setting goes nearer there than in any other land, there are milder weathers than in Britain, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 24, 20, 32:

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irsian

(v.)
Grammar
irsian, p. ode.

to be angry ⬩ to rage ⬩ to make angry ⬩ to anger ⬩ provoke

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Úþwitan secgaþ ðæt sió sáwul hæbbe þrió gecynd án is ðæt heo biþ wilnigende óðer ðæt hió biþ irsiende þridde ðæt hió hió gesceádwís philosophers say that the soul hath three natures, one is that it desires, the second that it is angry, the third that

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LYSTAN

(v.)
Grammar
LYSTAN, p. te

To LIST

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Se leahtor déþ ðæt ðam men ne lyst nán þing tó góde gedón that sin causes a man to have no desire to do anything to good purpose, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 22. Him lyste ðǽr on dígolnysse his gebedu begangan, Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 33.

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, p. de

To mean ⬩ to intend to convey a certain sense ⬩ to intend to indicate a certain person or thing without direct statement ⬩ to mean ⬩ purpose ⬩ have as an object to which the mind is directed ⬩ intend ⬩ to signify ⬩ have a certain signification or purpose

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To mean. of persons to intend to convey a certain sense Gif hé of wege ǽnigne gebrohte . . ðæt is ðæt ic mǽne gif hé ǽnigne man on synne bespeóne if he have brought any man out of the way . . . what I mean, is, if he have lured any man to sin, L.

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án-feald

(num.; adj.)
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Thw. 2, 32. simple, uniform, fixed, invariable ꝥ is openlíce cúþ ꝥ sió godcunde foreteohhung is ánfeald and unawendendlic illud certe manifestum est, immobilem simplicemque gerendarum formam rerum esse providentiam, Bt. 39, 6; F. 220, 16: 39, 4; F.

blíþe

(adj.)

cheerful ⬩ gentle

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Hié wilniað ðæt wé him geðwǽre sién, and hié ús ðe blíðran beón mægen, Past. 255, 2

breóst

Grammar
breóst, [The word occurs of all three genders, and can be used in the plural (dual) when a single person is referred to.]

the chest ⬩ thorax ⬩ the stomach ⬩ womb ⬩ a breast ⬩ mamma ⬩ mamilla

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His breósð sién simle onhielde for árfæstnesse tó forgiefnesse per pietatis viscera citius ad ignoscendum flectitur, Past. 61, 12

Linked entry: byled-breóst

feówertig

alone

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Ꝥ gér wæs fram Crístes hidercyme ꝥ sixte eác feówertigum, 1, 3; Sch. 15, 12

for-cweþan

to reproach ⬩ upbraid ⬩ blame ⬩ reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ to reprove ⬩ to refuse ⬩ decline ⬩ to excuse ⬩ to refuse ⬩ to receive ⬩ to reject ⬩ disapprove of

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Ꝥte ne sié forcwedeno (-cuodeno, L.) werc his ut non arguantur opera ejus, Jn. R. 3, 20. to refuse, decline to do Hé forcwið ðæt hé ne féde Godes heorde gregem Dei renuit pascere, Past. 43, 6.

ge-rád

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-rád, adj.
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II, I ; F. 32, Seó tunge be hæfde getinge sprǽce and geráde Wlfst. 148, i. constitued, of such and such a kind Sió áheardung is on twá wísan gerád the hardening is of two kinds, Lch. ii. 204, 6.

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