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be-lífan

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Mid þǽm miclan wólbryne monncwealmes þe him raðe ðæs æfter com, swá ðæt hié healfe belifene wurdon, Ors. 2, 6; S. 86, 26

norþ

(adv.)
Grammar
norþ, adv.

In a northerly direction or position

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Hié Baldred norþ ofer Temese ádrifon, Chr. 823; Erl. 62, 20. Hié fóron norþ ymbútan, 894; Erl. 91, 6. Symle swá norþor swá smælre ever the further north, the narrower, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 29. Hé ealra Norþmonna norþmest búde, 17, 2

be-hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
be-hweorfan, p. -hwearf, pl. -hwurfon; pp. -hworfen, -hweorfen.

to turnspread aboutvertereconvertereto turn or put in orderarrangedisponereparare

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Híg behwurfon híg búton ðære wícstówe they spread them about outside of the camp Num. 11, 32. to turn or put in order, arrange; disponere, parare Ðæt ealle Godes cyrcan sýn wel behworfene [behweorfene, H.] that all God's churches be well put in order

Linked entries: be-hófen be-hwyrfan

FEALDAN

(v.)
Grammar
FEALDAN, ic fealde, ðú fealdest, fylst, he fealdeþ, fylt, pl. fealdaþ; p. feóld, pl. feóldon; pp. fealden [feald a fold]

FOLD up, wrapplĭcāre

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He feóld his fét uppan his bedd collēgit pĕdes suos sŭper lectŭlum, Gen. 49, 32. Fingras feóldon [MS. feóldan] mec fingers folded me, Exon. 107 a; Th. 408, 4; Rä. 27, 7. Ðæt he hine fealde swá swá bóc that it fold itself like a book, Ps. Th. 49, 5

mann-dryhten

(n.)
Grammar
mann-dryhten, es; m.

A lord of menliege lord

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Hé fore his mondryhtne módsorge wæg ( of Guthlac and his disciple ), Exon. 48 a; Th. 165, 5; Gú. 1024: (cf. onbehtþegn, Th. 170, 29) 49 b; Th. 171, 10; Gú. 1124

þurh-þyrelian

(v.)
Grammar
þurh-þyrelian, -þyrlian

to pierce throughmake a hole throughperforate

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Þurhþyrlige his hláford his eáre dominus perforabit aurem ejus (Ex. 21, 6), L. Alf. 11; Th. i. 46, 10. Wǽron ða eáran him þurhþyrelode perforatis auribus, Nar. 26, 30.

Linked entry: þyrelian

á-libban

Grammar
á-libban, -lifian, -leofian.
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S. 8, 110. to live, not to die of an injury Gif wulf orf tóslíte and hit for þan deád beó . . . gif hit ályfað, Ll. Th. ii. 212, 27.

Linked entry: á-lifian

fore-settan

prefer

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Hé swór God him tó gewitan on his wordum foresettende he prefaced his oath by taking God to witness, Hml. S. 23 b, 271. Ðis Englisc ætýwð hwæt seó foresette rǽding mǽnð, Angl. viii. 298, 9. of degree, rank.

Linked entry: fór-settan

ranc

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:-- Hé funde fíf mǽdena him tó wlitige and rance tó wunigenne mid him, Hml. S. 35, 52.

scóh

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Þám ádlian þúhte swylce man his ǽnne scó (sceó, v. l. ) of ðám fét him átuge, Hml. S. 21, 126. Þára sceóna tácen is þæt þú sette þínne scetefinger uppon þíune fót, Tech. ii. 126, 13.

gýmeleást

(n.)
Grammar
gýmeleást, gímelíst, gémelést, e; f.

Carelessnessnegligenceneglectnegligentia

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Se Hǽlend ne forlét to gýmeleáste his gelufedan apostol the Saviour did not leave his beloved apostle to neglect, Homl. Th. 1. 58, 33

a-windan

(v.)
Grammar
a-windan, ic -winde, ðú -wintst, -winst, he -wint, pl. -windaþ; p. -wand, pl. -wundon ; pp. -wunden [a, windan to wind] .

To windbendplecteretorquereTo strip offdetrahereTo whirl or slip offlabi

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To wind, bend; plectere, torquere him onsetton þyrnenne helm awundenne imponunt ei plectentes spineam coronam, Mk. Bos. 15, 17. v. trans.

Linked entries: a-wint a-wunden

brýd-búr

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His brýdbúras and his heáhcleofan talami cubiliaque, Nar. 5, 2

CYND

(n.)
Grammar
CYND, es; n.

nature, KIND naturaa sort, gender natura, genus

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nature, KIND; natura Gif hió hire cynd healdan wile if she desire to retain her nature, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 160, note 21, MS.

Linked entry: cind

fór-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
fór-weard, adj.

Forwardforeantĕrior

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Hig beóþ on forwearde and gé on æfteweard ipse ĕrit in căput et tu ĕris in caudam, Deut. 28, 44

Linked entry: fore-weard

med-spédig

(adj.)
Grammar
med-spédig, adj.

Unprosperouspoorly provided

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Unprosperous, poorly provided Ne biþ ǽnig ðæs earfoþsǽlig mon on moldan, ne ðæs medspédig ðæt hine se árgifa ealles biscyrge módes cræfta no man upon earth is there of such hard fortune or so meanly endowed, that the gracious giver quite cuts him off

róde-hengen

(n.)
Grammar
róde-hengen, róde-hengenn, e; f.
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Hét hine áhón on ródehengene, 594, 29. Ðá ðá hé on ródehengene mancynn álýsde, 58, 20. On ródehengene genæglod, 82, 25. Hé ( the penitent thief ) geandette his synna on ðære ródehengene, ii. 78, 22. Úre Hǽlend ródehengene underbeáh, 600, 6

Linked entry: hengen

gemót-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
gemót-ærn, -ern, es; n. [gemót; ærn, ern a place]

A meeting-place, senate-house, hallconveniendi locus, aula

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A meeting-place, senate-house, hall; conveniendi locus, aula Ahleópon ðá ealle, and hine mid heora metseaxum ofsticedon on heora gemótærne [MS. gemóterne] then [the consuls and the senate] all jumped up, and stabbed him [Julius Cæsar] with their daggers

Linked entry: mót-ærn

stǽr-wrítere

(n.)
Grammar
stǽr-wrítere, es; m.
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A writer of history, a historian Swá swá sóþsagol stǽrwrítete ( verax historicus ) ða þing ðe be him oþþe ðurh hine gewordene wǽron ic áwrát, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 5. Stæfwrítere (stǽr-?) historiographus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 45.

wundel

(n.)
Grammar
wundel, e: wundle, an; f.

A woundsore

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His sáule wundela (vulnera) gehǽlan, R. Ben. 72, 7

Linked entries: wund-lác wyndle