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LAND

(n.)
Grammar
LAND, es; n.

LANDeartha landcountryregiondistrictprovincelandlanded propertyestatecultivated landcountry

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LAND as opposed to water or air, earth ðec in lyft gelǽddun oftugon ðé landes wynna we led thee aloft, earth's pleasures withdrew from thee, Exon. 39 b; Th. 130, 15; Gú. 438.

wesan

(v.)
Grammar
wesan, p. wæs, pl. wǽron
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mid englum uppe wǽron, Cd. Th. 289, 2; Sat. 391. Ða ðe ðǽr ǽr inne wǽron, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 35. Ða ðe him on neáweste wǽron, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 46, 2. Ðǽr manna wese mǽst ætgædere, Ps. Th. 78, 10. Wese ús beorhtnes ofer, 89, 19.

be-fóran

(adv.)

Beforeat handopenlyanteantea præin conspectu, in conspectum

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He befóran gengde he went before Beo. Th. 2829; B. 1412

þafung

(n.)
Grammar
þafung, e; f.
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Þet weas mid Earnulfes þafunge (geþafunge, MS. A.), Chr. 887; Erl. 87. 3

un-fæstrǽd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fæstrǽd, un-fæstrǽde, -rád; adj.

Infirm of purposeinconstantunstableweak

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Infirm of purpose, inconstant, unstable, weak Unfæstrǽd inconstans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 4. Ðá ongon hé ǽresð herigean on him ðæt ðæt hé fæsðrǽdes wiste and sóna æfter ðon suíðe líðelíce hierd[d]e ða ðe hé unfæsðráde (unfæstrǽdes, Cott.

be-geát

(n.)
Grammar
be-geát, es; n. (f.
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Unlytel on ǽhtum . . mycele welan on manegum begeátum, Hml. A. 108, 202

ge-sweltan

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Add: [weak forms occur in Lindisfarne gospels] Ðaeh becyme mec ꝥ ic efne-gesuelta ðé etsi oportuerit me common tibi, Mk. L. 14, 31. Se Hǽlend ásuelte (expirauit) . . . Gesæh ðe aldormon ꝥte suá clioppende gesuelte (expirasset), 15, 39.

ge-tǽse

(n.)
Grammar
ge-tǽse, es ; n.
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Ðý lǽs hí gedwelle sió gehýdnes and þá getǽsu ðe hié on ðám wege habbað . . .

ofer-prút

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-prút, ofer-prúd; adj.
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Ys uppáhafennyss þearfena, þá ne welan upp áhebbað, and willa on him sylf oferprút ys est elatio pauperum, quos nec diuitię eleuant, et uoluntas in eis sola superba est, Scint. 183, 12.

meaht-leás

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Add: weak, impotent, powerless. physically Þá fǽringa sáh hé niðer sprǽce benumen and ealre his mihte . . . hé þurh-wunode swá unspecende and mihteleás forð oð þone Ðunresdæg and þá his líf álét, Chr. 1053; P. 182, 24.

hangra

(n.)
Grammar
hangra, an; m.

A meadow or grassplot, usually by the side of a road; the village green,

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Ealle ða hangran betweónan ðam wege and ðam ðe tó Stánleáge ligþ gebyriaþ ealle tó Fearnebeorgan all the meadows between the road and that which goes to Stanley all belong to Farnborough, iii. 409, 17

ár-wurþian

(v.)
Grammar
ár-wurþian, -wurþigean; p. ode; pp. od; v. a.

To give honour toto honourreverenceworshiphonorarehonorificarevenerari

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Geleáfa sóþlíce se geleáffulla ðes is; ðæt ánne God on Þrýnnesse and Þrýnnesse on Ánnesse we árwurþian fides autem catholica hæc est; ut unum Deum in Trinitate et Trinitatem in Unitate veneremur, Ps. Lamb. fol. 200 a, 15.

Linked entry: ár-wurþigean

for-hogian

(v.)
Grammar
for-hogian, p. ede, ode; pp. ed. od [hogian to be anxious]

To neglectdespiseaccuseneglĭgĕrespernĕre

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We forhogien on arísendum on us spernēmus insurgentes in nōbis, Ps. Spl. T. 43, 7. Forhogedre áre heora anddetnesse contempta revĕrentia suæ professiōnis. Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 15.

Linked entry: for-hycgan

lagu-flód

(n.)
Grammar
lagu-flód, es; m.

Seaoceanstreamwavewater

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Swá on laguflóde ofer ceald wæter ceólum líðan geond sídne sǽ, Exon. 20 a; Th. 53, 16; Cri. 851. Heliseus leólc ofer laguflód on swonráde, 75 b; Th. 283, 2; Jul. 674.

sealm

(n.)
Grammar
sealm, psealm, psalm, es; m.
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On sealmum drýman him in psalmis jubilemus ei, Ps. Spl. 94, 2. Ðæt ic Gode sealmas singe, Ps. Th. 56, 9, 11. the psalms of David David wítegode fela ymbe Crist, swá swá ús cýðaþ ða sealmas ðe hé gesang, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 25.

Linked entries: psalm salm

tabule

(n.)
Grammar
tabule, (-ele), an; f.: also tabula; m.

a tablea board which is struck to give a signal

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a table Hæfdon hí mid him gehálgode fato and gehálgode tabulan on wigbedes wrixle habentes secum vascula sacra et tabulam altaris vice dedicatam, Bd. 5, 10; S. 624, 34. a tablet, table on which to inscribe Ðæra eára getæl hæfþ seó tabule ðe mearkian

sufel

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
sufel, es; n.
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gelýfaþ, ðæt genóh sý tó dæghwamlícum gereorde twá gesodene sufel ( cocta duo pulmentaria )... Gif mon æppla hæbbe oðþe hwylces óþres cynnes eorðwæstmas, sý ðæt tó þriddum sufle. Sý ánes pundes gewihte hláf tó eallum dæge, R. Ben. 63, 10-15.

Linked entries: winter-sufel ge-sufel

wreccan

(v.)
Grammar
wreccan, p. wreahte, wrehte ; pp. wreaht, wreht.

to raiselift upto take upundertaketo rouse

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feóllan on slǽpe, ac hé læg þurhwacol, and wræhte ús siððan, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 241. Hié wrehton cumbolwigan, Judth. Thw. 25, 5; Jud. 243: 24, 37 ; Jud. 228.

wuldor-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor-cyning, es; m.

The king of glorythe Deity

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Ðæt rodera weard, wereda wuldorcining herigen, Cd. Th. i. 3; Gen. 2: 213, 4; Exod. 547. Fáh wið wuldorcyning, Exon. Th. 364, 7 ; Wal. 67

be-sceáwian

(v.)

to contemplatebeholdto considerto see about take care of

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Uton geþencan hú besceáwigende scylon beón úre sáwle cogitemus quam perscrutantes esse debemus animae nostrae. Ll. Th. ii. 226, 34. to see about, take care of: Hálige fatu hé besceáwige vasa sacrata conspiciat, R. Ben. 1. 62, 2.