færeld
going ⬩ walking ⬩ a going ⬩ course ⬩ journey ⬩ a way ⬩ road ⬩ the run ⬩ carriage ⬩ vehicle ⬩ a train ⬩ retinue ⬩ course ⬩ proceeding
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Ðæt wǽre getácnod ðurh Balaham on ðǽre lettinge his færeltes (in ipsa ejus itineris retardatione), Past. 255, 20. Hig æfter ridon ídelum færelde, Jos. 2, 7. Faran þreóra daga færeld, Ex. 3, 18.
furþor
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Hwá mæg ǽfre óðrum furðor freóndscipe gecýðan, þonne hé his ágen feorh gesylle and ðurh ðæt his freónd wið deáð áhredde ( majorem hac dilectionem nemo habet ut animam suam quis ponat pro amicis suis, Jn. 15, 13), Wlfst. 111, 4.
helm
a helmet ⬩ a crown ⬩ diadem ⬩ the top ⬩ crown ⬩ cover ⬩ concealment ⬩ a covering
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Ðurh ðone ðyrnenan helm on ðone Hǽlend beslagen, Hml. Th. ii. 254, 10. the top, crown of a thing, mostly of the foliage of a tree or plant. Similar entries v. helm-bǽre, helmiht Geþúf fícbeám vel helm frondea ficus, Wrt. Voc ii. 151, 16.
hirde
a keeper ⬩ guardian ⬩ protector ⬩ director ⬩ guide ⬩ pastor ⬩ the keeper ⬩ a keeper ⬩ a guard ⬩ watchman
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Lífes waldend, heofona hyrde, Dóm. 86 a keeper of a prison, one on the watch to prevent, a guard, watchman Hié gemétton þæs carcernes duru opene and þá seoton hyrdas deáde licgan, Bl.
hyldu
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His mæg Eádgár hé þǽr on þæs cynges Willelmes heldan tó cynge gesette, 1097; P. 234, 15. (2 b) devotion to the service of a lord :-- Hire hyrdeman ðurh holdrǽdene sume ác ástáh, and his orf lǽswode . . . and hé hearde feóll, gewát of worulde tó Gode for
fédan
to suckle ⬩ nurse ⬩ to feed up ⬩ fatten ⬩ to support ⬩ maintain ⬩ nurture ⬩ educate ⬩ foster ⬩ to nourish ⬩ sustain ⬩ to bring forth ⬩ To graze
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Gemeng ꝥ dúst wiþ wífes meoluc þe wǽpned féde, Lch, ii. 338, 8.
ge-þanc
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God geseah his geðanc, þæt hé ne éhte geleáffulra manna ðurh andan, Hml. Th. i. 390, 5. Hé hæfde gód geþanc, By. 13. Beóð tóstencte geþancu (cogitationes) þár þár nys geþeaht without counsel purposes are disappointed (A. V.)
ge-weorc
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Carcernes duru, homra geweorc, Jul. 237. Eall his ágen geweorc Drihten bletsige benedicite Dominum omnia opera ejus. Ps. Th. 102, 21. His ciricean, his ágen geweorc (cf. hé hié mid his sylfes handum geworhte, 14), Bl.
innan
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Gé eówer net setton úp on dúnum and innon wudum, Bt. 32, 3 ; F. 118, 15. Innan þám hundrede, Ll. Th. i. 280, 12. Innan þisan earde, 304, 13. Sý hit innan lande, sý hit út of lande, 420, 15 : Gn.
múþ
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Hí habbað dumne múð, Hml. Th. i. 366, 26. <b>III a.</b>,, Se múð þæs rihtwísan smeáð wísdóom, 36, 30. Of þǽre heortan willan se mútt spicð, Mt. 12, 34. Þára múðas sprecað mánídel word, Ps. Th. 143, 9: 62, 9. <b>III b.
wóh
not straight ⬩ bent ⬩ crooked ⬩ twisted ⬩ oblique ⬩ not right ⬩ perverse ⬩ froward ⬩ wrong ⬩ unfair
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Ðurh ðæt woo (wó, Cote. MSS.) weorc hé forliést ðone wlite óðerra gódra weorca, Past. II ; Swt. 71, 25. Ðæra geréfena unriht and wó dómas ( Similar entries v. wóh-dóm) and prættas, Anglia viii. 336, 40. False gewihta and wóge gemeta, L.
wóh
Wrong ⬩ perversity ⬩ injustice ⬩ error ⬩ wrongfully ⬩ wrongly
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Ðæt hé ðurh hine nán wóh ne bodige ut ab eis prava nullo modo proferantur, Past. 15 ; Swt. 95, 16. Hí wóh meldiaþ pronuntiabunt iniquitatem, Ps. Th. 93, 4. Se déma ðe óðrum wóh déme, L. Edg. ii. 3 ; Th. i. 266, 15.
ge-writ
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Gif ǽnig mon sié þe on gewritun findan mæge þæt Ianas dura belocen wurde, Ors. 3, 5; S. 106, 8. (3 a) of the books of the Bible; as in holy writ. of the canonical books, the Scriptures On hálgum gewrietum in sacra eloquio, Past. 385, 31.
tó
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Add Hé sylf intó þǽre inran eóde and ðá duru him tó beclýsde, Hml. A. 196, 31. add: Þú cwǽde ꝥ ic ne þorfte ná máre áwendan þǽre béc búton tó Isaace, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 1. 9.
for
before ⬩ in front of ⬩ before ⬩ since ⬩ ago ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ on account of ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ instead of ⬩ in place of ⬩ in exchange for ⬩ in return for ⬩ in expiation of ⬩ in redemption for ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ in support of ⬩ in respect to ⬩ in relation to ⬩ as regards ⬩ against ⬩ from ⬩ in spite of ⬩ notwithstanding ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ according to ⬩ as representative of ⬩ for ⬩ to take ⬩ in compensation for ⬩ as punishment for ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ for the benefit of ⬩ As representative of
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I. 2 Ðǽr ðú gemunan woldest hwylcra burgwara þú wǽre for worulde, oþþe eft gástlíce hwilces geférscipes ðú wǽre, Bt. 5, I; F. lo, 4: 10; F. 30, 15.
FEORH
life ⬩ soul ⬩ spirit ⬩ vīta ⬩ ănĭma ⬩ a living being ⬩ person ⬩ hŏmo ⬩ persōna
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Ðú ðín feorh hafast thou hast thy life, Beo. Th. 3703; B. 1849: Cd. 116; Th. 151, 17; Gen. 2510: Andr. Kmbl. 1908; An. 956: Exon. 47 b; Th. 164, 10; Gú. 1009.
MÆGEN
MAIN ⬩ might ⬩ strength ⬩ force ⬩ power ⬩ vigour ⬩ efficacy ⬩ virtue ⬩ faculty ⬩ ability ⬩ an exercise of power ⬩ effort ⬩ a mighty work ⬩ miracle ⬩ a force ⬩ military force
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Ðú ne wénst ðæt heó mǽge swá mycel mægen habban you will not expect that the plant can have so great efficacy. Herb. 12, 4; Lchdm. i. 104, 12. Hé moncynnes mǽste hæfde mægen and strengo, Cd. 79; Th. 98, 19; Gen. 1632.
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wundor
a wonder ⬩ a circumstance ⬩ act that excites astonishment ⬩ a circumstance that excites astonishment as being out of the usual course of nature, ⬩ a prodigy ⬩ portent ⬩ a wonder ⬩ miracle ⬩ a miracle ⬩ a wonderful object ⬩ wondrous thing ⬩ wonderful ⬩ miraculous power ⬩ wonder ⬩ admiration
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Ðysne wíg ðe ðú ðé tó wundrum (as the object of thy adoration? cf. Ðam gyldnan gylde ðe hé him tó gode geteóde,1. 19) teódest, Cd.
HÁD
person ⬩ persona ⬩ sex ⬩ degree, rank, order, condition ⬩ state, condition, kind, nature, form ⬩ manner, way ⬩ honour ⬩ persona, sexus, ordo, gradus.
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person; persona Ðú ne besceáwast nánes mannes hád non respicis personam hominum, Mt. Bos. 22, 16. Cyninges naman hæfde and wæs ðæs hádes well wyrþe regis nomine ac persona dignissimus, Bd. 3, 21; S. 550, 40, MS. B.
Linked entries: acolitus diácon dúru-weard hádelíce -hád
líf
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Hwá unclǽnnisse líf álífde, Dóm. 63 : Mód. 48. (3 a) life spent in a particular kind of work :-- .ii. weras in liífe and in háde háliges drohtoðes duo viri in vita atque habitu sanctae conversationis, Gr.