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stíþ

(adj.)
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stíþ, adj.
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Æsc byþ stíð staðule, ðeáh him feohtan on firas monige, Runic pm. Kmbl. 344, 25 ; Rún. 26. Stranga tor stíð wið feóndum turris fortitudinis a facie inimici, Ps. Th. 60, 2. Mec stíþne ( an anchor ), Exon. Th. 398, 17 ; Rä. 17, 9.

Linked entries: stiép stíþe

fore

beforein front ofat the head ofbeforeforfromthroughbecause ofon account offorfromthroughin place ofinstead offor the sake ofon behalf ofto the honour ofofaboutbeforeinto the presence of

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Se þegn fore fæder dǽdum blódfág swefeð, B. 2059. where an obligation is discharged He náh self nánwiht tó gesellanne ... þonne gǽð óðer man, seleð his ceáp fore ... sé þe him ǽr ceáp fore sealde, Ll. Th. i. 142, 2-6: 7.

elles

(adj.)

otherwisedifferentlyelsewhereelseelse

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Elles ǽlc óþer þing bútan þysum sý gehealden reliqua omnia impleantur, R. Ben. 34, 13, Negehýrde nǽnig man on his múþe óht elles nefne Crístes lof, Bl. H. 223, 36. Wæs se bigleofa gemétt and nán ðing elles, Hml. Th. i. 76, 19.

ge-eáþmédan

(v.)
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II. 35. the object a high place, to lower Ælc dún bið geeádmét, Hml.

þes

(pronoun.)
Grammar
þes, þæs; m.: þeós, þiós, þiús; f.: þis, þiss, þys; n. demons. pron. This
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Rush. 8, 32. (1 a) this, the present :-- Ǽr ðissum (ðysum, Cott. MSS.), Past. pref.; Swt. 7, 16. Of þisson forð áwa tó worulde ex hoc nunc et usque in seculum, Ps. Th. 120, 7. Ðyssum, 130, 5. Ðyssan, 113, 25. Óð ðiss (ðis, Cott.

Linked entries: þás þis

git

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
git, yet. l. gít. [The word is often accented in the MSS., and only in such cases is the accent given in the following passages.]
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Tó þon ꝥ hié þá git swíþor blóten þonne hié ǽr dyden, 4, 4; S. 162, 30. Þonne git lǽssan, Ll. Th. i. 342, 3. [Goth. ju hita.]

denu

(n.)
Grammar
denu, e; f : dene,an ; f : dene,es ; m.

A plain, vale, dale, valleyvallis, convallis

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Ǽlc denu biþ gefylled omnis vallis implebĭtur, Lk. Bos. 3, 5.

Linked entries: dænu dene dene dene

fóre-áþ

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-áþ, fór-áþ, es; m.

A fore-oathan oath first takenantejūrāmentumpræjūrāmentumpræjūrātio

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</b> If the fóre-áþ of the accuser failed, the charge was quashed and the accused set at liberty Ofgá ǽlc man his tíhtlan mid fóreáþe let every man begin his charge with a fore-oath, L. Ath. i. 23; Th. i. 212, 5.

Linked entry: fór-áþ

mann-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
mann-cynn, es; n.

mankindmenthe human racea race of mena peoplemen

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mankind, men, the human race Engla hláf ǽton mancynn panem angelorum manducavit homo, Ps. Th. 77, 25. Sende se Fæder his áncennedan sunu tó cwale for mancynnes álýsednysse, Homl. Th. ii. 6, 17. For ealles mancynnes hǽle, Blickl. Homl. 129, 14.

mynetere

(n.)
Grammar
mynetere, es; m.

a moneyera money-changermoney-dealera minterone who coins

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Ǽlc mynetere ðe man tihþ ðæt fals feoh slóge . . . gif hé fúl beó, sleá hine man, L. Eth. iii. 8; Th. i. 296, 12-15. Ða myneteras ðe inne wuda wyrcaþ oððe elles hwǽr ; ðæt ða bión heora feores scyldige, iii. 16; Th. i. 298, 13.

Linked entry: mynet-smiððe

ge-lícnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-lícnes, -ness, e; f.

a likenessimageresemblancesimilitudoimagoa parableproverbparabolaproverbium

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Ǽlc man hæfþ þreó þing on him sylfum untodǽledlíce and togædere wyrcende, swá swá God cwæþ, ðáðá he ǽrest mann gesceóp. He cwæþ, 'Uton gewyrcean mannan to úre gelícnysse.' And he worhte ðá Adam to his anlícnysse.

fácen

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Ǽlc fracodlic fácn áweorpan, Wlfst. 73, 17. Ꝥ hé þǽr nán fácn (fácen, v. l.) gefremede, Ll. Th. i. 50, 31. Þéh hié him eft fácen gelǽsten though they played him false afterwards, Ors. 2, 5; S. 82, 12.

ge-þrowian

(v.)
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:-- Ǽlc gesceaft is sibsumlíce gebunden mid þínum bebode, swá ꝥ heora nán óþres mearce ne ofereóde, and se cyle geþrowode wiþ ðá hǽto and ꝥ wǽt wiþ ðám drýgum tu numeris elementa ligas, ut frigora flammis, arida conveniant liquidis, Bt. 33, 4; F. 128,

a-weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
a-weorpan, -wurpan, -wyrpan ; ðú -wyrpst, he -wyrpþ ; p. ic, he -wearp, ðú -wurpe, pl. -wurpon; impert. -weorp, -wurp, -wyrp ðú; pp. -worpen; v. a. [a from, weorpan to throw]

To throw or cast from or downto cast away or offcast outto degraderejectdivorceabjiceredejicereprojicereejicerepropellererepellerereprobarerepudiare

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Æ1f. C. 7 ; Th. ii. 346, 6. Aworpen man biþ á unnyt homo apostata, vir inutilis, Past. 47, 1; Hat. MS. 68 a, 23. Used also with the prepositions on into, as awurpan on to cast into, Mt. Foxe 13, 50. Fram from, Mt. Bos. 5, 29, 30. Út out, Mt.

líget

(n.)
Grammar
líget, es; m. n.: lígetu, e; f.

Lightning

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Gif lígette and þunorráde eorþan and lyfte brégdon si corusci ac tonitrua terras et aera terrerent, Bd. 4, 3; S. 569, 12. Lígette coruscationes, Ps. Th. 76, 15. Lígetta, 143, 7: fulgura, Ex. 19, 16: Exon. 54 b; Th. 192, 15; Az. 102.

Linked entry: légetu

be-tǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
be-tǽcan, p. -tǽhte, pl. -tǽhton; pp. -tǽeht; v. a. [be by, tǽcan to teach, shew]

to shewostendereto BETAKE, impart, deliver, commit, put in trustimpertire, adsignare, tradere, commendareto send, follow, pursuemittere, insequi, amandare

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Sum man clypode hys þeówas, and betǽhte hym hys ǽhta homo vocavit servos suos, et tradidit illis bona sua, Mt. Bos. 25, 14 a man clepide his seruauntis, and bitoke to hem his goodis Wyc : Gen. 9, 2: Ps. Th. 104, 17: Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 48, 6.

ge-hálgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hálgian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To consecratededicateinitiateordainhallowmake holysanctifyconsecrārededĭcāresacrāreinĭtĭāreordĭnāresanctĭfĭcāre

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Ælf. C. 25; Th. ii. 352, 13. Sý ðín nama gehálgod hallowed be thy name, Homl. Th. ii. 596, 5 : Hy. 6, 3; Hy. Grn. ii. 286, 3 : 7, 18; Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 18. He wæs gehálgod fram Scottum ordĭnātus a Scottis, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 22.

twiwa

(adv.)
Grammar
twiwa, tweowa, twuwa, tuwa, tuwwa, tua, twiga, twigea, twige, twía; adv.
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Ǽne oðþe tua (tuwa, MSS. T. F.), R. Ben. 74, 20: Homl. Skt. i. 16, 80. Oftor ðonne tuwwa (tuwa, other MSS. ), Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 20. Twiga þriga bis terque, Wrt.

gelimplic

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H. 131, 22: 133, 24. fitted for, adapted to Ǽlc byð gelimplic tó his lifes tilunge, Hex. 16, 4. JOS ealle lima mé gesceópe tó menniscum bricum gemǽte and gelimplice (apta), Angl. xi. 112, 18

georn

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Earn ǽtes georn, Jud. 210. with dat. Ic eom sídes fús . . . edleánan (= -um; or edleána? under 1 b) georn, Gú. 1051. with clause, eager to do Sceolan wé beón geornran ꝥ wé Godes bebodu healdan, þonne wé úrne teónan gewrecan, Bl.