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up-stige

(n.)
Grammar
up-stige, es; m.

ascensionmountingthe ascensionan ascenta way of ascending

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Uppstige on heofonas, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 23. an ascent, a way of ascending Uppstige sandfull ascensus arenosus, Scint. 223, 13. Se seteþ wolcan upstige his qui ponit nubem ascensum suum, Ps. Surt. Lamb. 103, 3

bǽdan

to urgepresscompelimpelto requireexact

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Þá gebróðra woldon þæs húses wáh hwéne hérran getimbrian, forþon þæs swá sum neódþearflicu wíse bǽdde (quia res ita exigebat), Gr. D. 124, 23

wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
wyrd, e; f.

What happensfatefortunechancefatethe otherwise than humanly appointed order of thingsone of the Fatesfatefortunean eventan eventoccurrencecircumstanceincidentfactwhat happens to a personfatefortunelotconditionfatedeathchanceaccident

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Siþþan wé hit hátaþ wyrd, syððan hit geworht biþ; ǽr hit wæs Godes foreþonc. Ða wyrd hé wyrcþ oþþe þurh ða gódan englas, oþþe . . ., 39, 6 ; Fox 220, 5-23.

Linked entry: weord

dæg

(n.)
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Hyt wæs þá on dæg restedæg it was the sabbath at that time, Nic. 7, 5. Hyt wæs on dæg þá gé mé beclýsdon it was at the time when you shut me up, 10, 35: Chr. 1083; P. 215, 7. Oþ þisne andweardan dæg up to the present time, 851; P. 64, 23.

birnan

(v.)
Grammar
birnan, pp. burnen

To burnardentvehement

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wæs gnornung þám þe on breóstum wæg byrnende lufan, Chr. 975; P. 120, 16

Linked entries: byrnan beornan

þing-gemearc

(n.)
Grammar
þing-gemearc, es; n.
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Ðá wæs first ágán þinggemearces bútan þrím nihtum things had gone on till there remained only three days of the allotted time, Andr. Kmbl. 295; An. 148

un-árímedlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-árímedlíc, adj.

innumerablecountlessboundlessinfiniteshewn in countless instances

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innumerable, countless Se cásere gegaderode unárímedlíce fyrde ... seó fyrd wæs unárímedlíc ðe hé gegaderad hæfde, Chr. 1050; Erl. 173, 21-24. Seó unárímedlíce menigo háligra sáula, Blickl. Homl. 87, 6.

and-sǽte

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Add: of that which is evil His forligr Gode and*-*sǽte wæs, Hml. Th. i. 484, 15: ii. 528, 11: Hex. 54, 19. Ǽlc híwung is antsǽte (and-, an-, v. ll. ) Gode, Hml. S. 12, 246. Cosdrue wæs andsǽte eallum his leódum, H. R. 101, 27.

ge-sceapennys

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Seó óðer gesceapennys wæs swá þæt God gesceóp Euan of hire weres sídan. Ne sind þás twá gesceapennyssa nánum óðrum gelíce.

ge-sundful

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Cf. gesund ; Ðǽm cilde wæs sóna bet. Þá cwǽdon þá gedwolmen . . . ꝥ his sunu wǽre gesundful þurh hí, Hml. S. 3, 315. Hé gesundful síðode on fótum, sé ðe on bǽre þider geboren wæs, Hml. Th. ii. 150, 14: 136, 5.

healt

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wæs healt claudicabat pede, Gen. 32, 31. Gif ðín fót swicað þé, ceorf hine of; betere þé is ꝥ þú healt (halt, L., R.) gá on éce íf. . .

áþ

Grammar
áþ, <b>. I.</b>
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. , and þæne áð nam se scírigman tó þæs cinges handa, and þǽr wæs gód eáca tén hundan mannan þe þane áð sealdan, Cht. Th. 273, 22-31. Leófríc sealde Wulfstáne twégra þegna áð and wæs hymsylf þridde, C.

up-áhefedness

(n.)
Grammar
up-áhefedness, e; f.

Elevationexaltationexultationarrogance, pride

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Elevation. literal Exaltatio sancte crucis, ðæt is on Engliscre sprǽce upáhefednyss ðære hálgan róde, for ðan ðe heó wæs áhafen on ðam dæge, Homl.

Linked entry: up-áhafenness

forþ-onettan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-onettan, p. te; pp. ed

To hasten forthporro festīnāre

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He forþonette he hastened forth, Exon. 120 a; Th. 461, 26; Hö. 41: Wald. 77; Vald. 2, 10

hete-níþ

(n.)
Grammar
hete-níþ, es; m.

Enmityhostilitymalicewickedness

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Grendel heteníþas wæg Grendel bore enmity, Beo. Th. 307; B. 152

hyrsting

(n.)
Grammar
hyrsting, hiersting, e; f.

Fryingburninga frying-pan

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Mid ðisse pannan hierstinge wæs Paulus onbærned Paulus hujus sartaginis urebatur frixura, Past. 21, 6; Swt. 165, 3

níwlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
níwlíce, adv.

Newlyrecently

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Hió ðá wæs níwlíce cristen, 6, 4; Swt. 260, 12

be-warian

(v.)
Grammar
be-warian, -warigan; p. ode; pp. od

To keep, guard, preservecustodire, arcere

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Ðæt ðú meaht wíte bewarigan that thou mayest ward off punishment, Cd. 27; Th. 35, 31; Gen. 563

ge-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mód, adj. [mód mind]

Of one mind, agreedconcors

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Wæs ðú gemód ðínum ðæm weðerwearde esto consentiens adversario tuo, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 25. Gemóde conjurati, Cot. 36

Sumer-sǽte

(n.)
Grammar
Sumer-sǽte, -sǽtan; pl.
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The people or district of Somerset Sumursǽtna se dǽl se ðǽr niéhst wæs ... Sumorsǽte alle and Wilsǽtan, Chr. 878; Erl. 80, 6-10. Mid Sumursǽtum, 845; Erl. 66, 21. On Dorsǽtum and on Sumærsǽton (Sumersǽtum, MS. C.), 1015; Erl. 152, 12.