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forþ-genge

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Th. ii. 126, 30. going on to completion, carried into effect. v. forþ, 2 b Ðæt hé sprecende bebiét, hé ðæt wyrcende oðiéwe, ðæt hit ðurh ðone fultum sié forðgenge quod loquendo imperat, ostendo adjuvat, ut fiat, Past. 81, 11.

hringan

(v.)
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godcundan þeówdómes on rihte tíman hrincge, oþþe hé sylf ǽlce tíd getácnige, oðþe swylcum bréðer þá gýmene betǽce þe ǽlce tíd . . . mid beácne geswytelige nuntianda hora operis Dei sit cura abbatis, aut ipse nuntiare, aut tali fratri injungat hanc curam ut

ofer-stígan

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Oferstigan praecellerent (ut pyrae cacumina obelisci proceritatem triginta cubitis praecellerent ), An. Ox, 3530. Gif hwilc gedwola wyle þæt anginn oferstígan (cf. wylle gít stígan ufor, 23), Hml. S. 1. 20. [Ꝥ flod wex . . ..

offrian

(v.)
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Godes ǽ ús forbiét diófulum to offrianne, Past. 369, 3. to offer a sacrifice Ic offrige þá offrunga immolabo hostiam, Ps. Th. 26, 7. Ofriað, 49, 15. Hé wolde offrian Gode þá gewonelican lác, Hml. A. 58, 182. Ofrian litare, An.

sígan

(v.)
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Add Ꝥ him síge ꝥ blód út þurh þone múð, Verc. Först. 110, 10

tweógan

Grammar
tweógan, <b>I c.</b> add after Swt. 192, 15: 5, 7; S. 230, 20. <b>II a.</b>
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Add [Þonne hí þeówiað þám ungesewenlican Gode, hí húru ne tweógen ná þára ungesewenlicra gescæfta ut quae invisibili serviunt esse invisibilia non dubitentur, Gr. D. 269, 2.

ǽg-hwá

in every respect, quite, altogether

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Hét ic ǽghwæt swá dón swá hé ús bebeád, Nar. 27, 14. Ǽghwæt gefremman ðæs ðe hié woldan, Bl. H. 137, 1. Hé him ǽghwæt sealtes beorge, Lch. ii. 130, 8. ǽghwæs in every respect, quite, altogether :-- Ǽghwæs hé wæs ansund incolumis inventus est, Gr.

wín-burh

(n.)
Grammar
wín-burh, f.

a town where wine is drunk, where there is feasting, where a prince feasts his followers,a chief towna walled vineyard

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wealdeþ his wínbyrig call, ðæt on wege færð ut quid deposuisti maceriam ejus; et vindemiant eam omnes, qui transeunt viam? Ps. Th. 79, 12

tó-wesness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-wesness, -wesenness, -wisness, e; f.

separationdissolutiondivorcedifferencedisagreementdiscorddissension

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Se se ðæt wæter út forléte wǽre fruma ðære tówesnesse seminantur stimuli, oriuntur rixae, accenduntur faces odiorum . . . Qui dimittit aquam, caput est jurgiorum. Past. 38; Swt. 279, 9-13.

Linked entry: -wesenness

á-sleán

to strike offremove by a stroketo strike make a mark(cut) by a stroketo strike with the handto strike with a hammer:--to strikeparalyseto strike out a pathmake way

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Voc. ii. 12, 42. of paralysis, to strike, paralyse Lǽcedóm wiþ áslegenum líce, Lch. ii. 12, 17: 126, 12, 14, 18. to strike out a path, make way Se bryne ðe on ðǽm innoðe bið út áslihð tó ðǽre hýde, Past. 71, 6

Linked entry: on-áslagen

be-gang

(n.)
Grammar
be-gang, be-gong, bi-gang, bi-gong, bi-gencg, es ; m. [be, gang a step, proceeding].

a coursewaypassagecircuitdistrictcursusviatenorcircuitusan undertakinga businessexerciseservicereligious worship negotiumexercitatiocultus

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Ðæt heó móste healdan ðone geleáfan and bigong hire ǽfestnysse ut fidem cultumque suæ religionis servaret 2, 9 ; S. 510, 29 : 1, 7; S. 477, 21 : Jos. 23, 7. Bigencg observatio, studium Scint. 7

nearulíce

(adv.)
Grammar
nearulíce, adv.

narrowlywithin narrow limitsbrieflyoppressivelygrievouslynarrowlyexactlystrictly

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Swá swýðe nearwelíce hé hit létt út áspyrian ( of the enquiry which was made when Doomsday Book was compiled ), Chr. 1085; Erl. 218, 34. [He nule nout so neruhliche demen ase ȝe siggeð, A. R. 334, 14.]

Linked entry: nearu-þanc

bisceop-scír

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-scír, biscop-scír, e; f.

the province of a bishop, a dioceseepiscopi provincia, diœcesis = διoίκησιs, parochia = παρoικίαthe office of a bishop, episcopateepiscopatus

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Ðæt nǽnig bisceop óðres bisceopscíre onswóge ut nullus episcoporum parochiam alterius invadat, Bd. 4, 5; S. 572, 32: 4, 13; S. 582. 1: 4. 6; S. 573. 39.

þǽr-tógeánes

(adv.)
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þǽr-tógeánes, adv.
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Th. i. 262, 17 : Wulfst. 59, 3. as an equivalent, as a set off, in return Wé habbaþ heom geunnen ... and hí ús þártógénes gifeþ ... Chart. Th. 436, 11-20. Se cyng ðone castel æt Bures gewann . . .

Linked entry: tó-geagnes

twi-sprǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-sprǽce, adj.
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Ne sýn wé tó tǽlende ne tó twigsprǽce let us not be too free with calumnies and detractions, 253, 6. Ne beó ðú nó tó tǽlende ne tó tweo-sprǽce ... ac beó leófwende, Exon. Th. 305, 19; Fä. 90.

þyddan

(v.)
Grammar
þyddan, p. de

To strikethrustpush

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Ðá ábrǽd Aoth his swurd and hine hetelíce þidde swá ðæt ða hiltan eodon in tó ðam innoðe Aoth tulit sicam, infinxitque eam in ventre ejus, tam valide, ut capulus sequeretur ferrum in vulnere, Jud. 3, 21.

wánung

(n.)
Grammar
wánung, e ; f.
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Uae getácnaþ hwílon wánunge, Ælfc. Gr. 48; Zup. 278, 12. Gesaeh ðæt wánung (tumultum) and woepende and mǽni*-*ende, Mk. Skt. Lind. 5, 38.

wóp-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wóp-líc, adj.

Mournfuldolefullamentable

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In faran ðæt tungla wóplícan heofones eáhþerl ðú eart geworden intrent ut astra flebiles, coeli fenestra facta es, Hymn. Surt. 76, 5. Grammar wóp-líc, of that which is an expression of grief Hé spræc mid wóplícre stemne, Homl. Th. i. 402, 9 : Homl.

ymb-sirwan

(v.)
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ymb-sirwan, p. -sirwde, -sirede.
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Admonendi ergo sunt, ut hinc colligant, qui in culpa etiam se per consilium ligant, Past. 56; Swt. 435, 4-31. to lie in wait for Se ðe hine ne ymbsyrede (-syrwde, ymbesierede, v. ll.) qui non est insidiatus (Ex. 21, 13), L. Alf. 13; Th. i. 46, 24

be-hófian

(v.)
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Swá geornlíce ús gebiddan swá wé behófedon. Hml. Th. i. 156, 14. with gen. Ic myltse behófige, Hml. S. 3, 558. Gé mín behófiað, 376. Gehwæt þæs þe þá þrié geférscipas behófiaþ (-igen, v. l. ), Bt. 17; F. 60, 5. Hé metes behófode, Hml.