múþ
The mouth ⬩ the mouth as an instrument of speech ⬩ the face ⬩ A mouth ⬩ opening ⬩ orifice
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Voc. ii. 12, 16. the mouth as an instrument of speech Be ǽlcon worde ðe of Godes múþe gǽþ, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 4. Hé æt his sylfes múþe gehýrde, Bd. 3, 27; S. 558, 40. Múþas ealle ða unriht sprecaþ os loquentium iniqua, Ps.
nama
a name ⬩ a noun
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Amans lufigend cymþ of ðam worde amo, ic lufige; ðon nymþ hé of ðam naman him ealle ða six casus, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 3, 26-46. Sume synd ágene naman, swá swá is Eádgár, Dúnstán. Sume gemǽnelíce, kynincg, biscop, Som. 4, 10-11
swǽman
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To the instance given under á-swǽman may be added the following :-- Swá Sanctus Paulus cwæþ ðætte God héte ealle ða áswǽman æt heofona ríces dura, ða ðe heora cyrican forlǽtaþ God would bid all those grieve. . . Blickl. Homl. 41, 34.
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waroþ
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On ðæm warðe (worðe, Rush. ) in litore, Jn. Skt. Lind. 21, 4. Gewát him tó waroðe rídan þegn Hródgáres, Beo. Th. 473 ; B. 234. Ða líchoman cóman tó ðam waroðe, Shrn. 54, 23. Óð ðone mǽran wearoð ( of Sicily ), Met. 1, 14.
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á-rásian
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Sé ðonne sé hit dégellíce déð aod ðeáh wolde ðæt hé wurde arasod and siððan for ðý hered qui in secreto suo bono opere deprehendi ac laudari concupiscit, Past. 451, 19. Þá drýcræftigan wurdon árásode (deprehensf), Gr. D. 27, 15: 132, 9: Hml.
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bídan
to wait ⬩ remain ⬩ to await ⬩ experience
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Bídan, hwæs him cyning unnan wolde, An. 145. Bídan, hwonne him betre líf ágyfen wurde, Gu. 751. uncertain Bídende suspensus (Lk. 19, 48), Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 70.
crísten-dóm
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Th. ii. 350, 32. time when or place where Christianity prevails Þá þe secgað þæt þeós world sý nú wyrse on ðysan crístendóme þonne hió ǽr on þǽm hǽþenscype wǽre . . . Hwǽr is nú on ǽnigan crístendóme betuh him sylfum ꝥ mon him þurfe swilc ondrǽdan?
ge-leáfful
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Se eosel þe Críst on sittan wolde tácnaþ ꝥ geleáffulle folc Judéa ( those of the Jews that believed on him ), Bl. H. 79, 30. Ealle geleáffulle men all Christians, 35, 9. <b>II a.
ge-feolan
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For þon þe ic gefealh and gewunode in Laurenties worde and wæs wið Simmache guia in parte Laurentii contra Symmachum sensi, 330, 8
ge-cuman
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Se feónd sǽde ꝥ hé wolde gecuman mid (féran tó, v.l.) þám bróðrum hostis quod ad fratres pergeret indicavit, Gr. D. 124, 27. Æt ðám weorce gecuman, Hml. Th. ii. 166, 16.
hǽþen-scipe
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Wlfst. 73, 17. a time when (or place where) heathendom prevails Þá þe secgaþ þæt þeós world sý nú wyrse on ðysan crístendóme þonne hió ǽr on þǽm hǽþenscype wǽre, Ors. 1, 8; S. 40, 25
spinnan
to spin ⬩ to writhe ⬩ twist
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Ða of his leáfum and of his flýse ðæs treówes spunnon and swá eác tó godewebbe wǽfon and worhtan foliis arborum ex siluestri uellere uestes detexunt, Nar. 6, 18. of the action of the tide on the sand Sand sǽcir span (Grein would read spán) the ebb hath
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faran
to travel ⬩ journey ⬩ to march ⬩ to go ⬩ to go ⬩ depart ⬩ to go ⬩ move ⬩ to go ⬩ fly ⬩ to come ⬩ to pass away ⬩ depart ⬩ to go on ⬩ practise ⬩ happen ⬩ turn out
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Ðeáh ús þince ꝥ hit on wóh fare, Bt. 39, 8; F. 224, 21. Þú segst ꝥ hit scyle eall faran swá hé getiohhod habbe, 41, 2; F. 244, 19.
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þǽr
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Þǽr is mid Estum án mǽgð, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 21, 13. in combination with suffixed prepositions the word has the force of a pronoun; see the forms given as compounds (though the attachment is rather slight, see e. g. þær-on) which follow
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EAL
sometimes used indecl ⬩ without substantive, and sometimes governing the genitive ⬩ are sometimes used, almost adverbially
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On woruld ealle through the whole world, Cd. 32; Th. 42, 16; Gen. 674. His earfoðo ealle ætsomne all his woes at once, 216; Th. 272, 30; Sat. 127. We ealle we all, Exon. 120 b; Th. 463, 12; Hö. 69.
rǽd
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Se rǽd wæs ǽfre on his rǽdfæstum geþance, ðæt hé wircan wolde ða wunderlícan gesceafta, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 4. Hé him tó rǽde genom ðæt ... cui rei consilium utile ratus est, ut ... Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 166, 27.
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ge-myndig
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ICX :-- Eálá Gabrihel l hú þú eart gleáw and scearp, milde and gemyndig, wís on þínum gewitte and on þínum worde snottor, Hö. 77
híréd
a family ⬩ a family ⬩ house ⬩ the family ⬩ court
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[Æt] woes hiórodes ðínes beodum adesto familiae tuae precibus, Rtl. 86, 3. Hiórad ðín giheald familiam tuam custodi, 17, 5. the family, those in heaven Híred familiam i. congregationem (coeli beatam), An.
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inwid
Fraud ⬩ guile ⬩ deceit ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness
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Ne beó nǽnig man hér on worldríce bregda tó full ne inwit tó leóf let no man in this world be too full of wiles, nor let guile be too dear to him, Blickl. Homl. 109, 29.
ge-wealden
Subject ⬩ under the power ⬩ control of any one ⬩ inconsiderable ⬩ small
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Subject, under the power or control of any one, inconsiderable, small God gedéþ him gewealdene worolde dǽlas síde ríce God puts under his power parts of the world, spacious realms, Beo. Th. 3468; B. 1732.
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