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swát

(n.)
Grammar
swát, es; n. [The passages in which the gender is marked are doubtful. Ðæt swót. Lchdm. iii. 98, 17, occurs in a late MS.; ísen swát, ii. 296, 18, may be a compound; ða swát, iii. 72, 28, may be a mistake for spátl, v. ii. 56, 15. Dutch has a neuter, German and Scandinavian have masculines.]
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Of ealdum cláðum ðe beóþ eal on swáte, Homl. Ass. 35, 280. Swá ða swát (but ii. 56, 15 has spátl), beóþ missenlícu, Lchdm. iii. 72, 28. <b>Ia.

Linked entry: swǽtan

wendan

(v.)
Grammar
wendan, p. -de

To turn ⬩ To cause to move ⬩ to change ⬩ alter ⬩ convert ⬩ to translate ⬩ interpret ⬩ to move one's self ⬩ take one's way ⬩ go ⬩ proceed ⬩ wend ⬩ To wend ⬩ go ⬩ proceed

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Went nú fulneáh eall moncyn on tweónunga Bt. 4; Fox 8, 17: Met. 13, 55. Him eal worold wendeþ on willan all the world goes well with him Beo. Th. 3482; B. 1739.

Linked entries: a-wendan be-wendan wendere

lagu

(n.)
Grammar
lagu, e; f.

Law ⬩ statute ⬩ decree ⬩ regulation ⬩ rule ⬩ fixed custom

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Hwilc óðer þeód is swá mǽre ðæt hæbbe laga and rihte dómas and ealle ǽ quæ est alia gens sic inclyta, ut habeat ceremonias justaque judicia et universam legem, Deut. 4, 8.

Linked entries: laga lah ge-lagu

fæsten

firmament ⬩ citadel ⬩ fort ⬩ a fortification ⬩ entrenchments ⬩ fastness ⬩ stronghold ⬩ a prison ⬩ a sepulchre ⬩ Hell ⬩ claustrum

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Hé forneáh ealle þá betste of þes eorles híréde innan ánan fæstene (in a fortress called New Castle,Hen. Hunt.) gewann, 1095; P. 231, 3. Hí fóron on þæt fæsten (Rome), Met. 1, 20.

ge-staþelian

(v.)
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Drihten eallum geleáffulum monnum heora gong gestaþelade tó lífes wege, 17, 19. Ic oncneów of cýðnissum dínum, forðon in écnisse ðú gesteaðulades (fundasti) ðá, Ps.

Linked entry: ge-staþeled

ge-wríþan

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Ðá geseah heó licgan ðone hring . . . mid snóde mid ealle . . . Þá wende heó þæt. . . seó snód tóslupe; ac heó áfunde þá snóde mid eallum cnottum swá fæste gewriðen swá heó ǽr wæs, Hml.

Linked entry: ge-wriþen

hwæþere

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D. 294, 5. within a clause, however, yet Manigfeald wundor ðǽr beóð æteówed, ealles oftost hweðre on ðǽm dæge, Bl. H. 209, 16. Ðegnas his geuundradon ... nǽnig monn hueðre ( tamen ) cueð ..., Jn. L. R. 4, 27.

cuma

(n.)
Grammar
cuma, an ; m. [cum, imp. of cuman to come ; -a, termination, q. v.]

A comer, guest, stranger ⬩ advena, hospes

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Fram eallum ðám cumum a cunctis hospitibus, Bd. 4, 31; S. 610, 6. Metodes þeów grétan eóde cuman the Lord's servant went to meet the guests, Cd. 111; Th. 146, 32 ; Gen. 2431 .

éfstan

(v.)
Grammar
éfstan, éfestan; p. éfstte, éfste, pl. éfston, éfstun; impert. éfst, éfste, pl. éfstaþ; pp. éfsted, éfst; v. intrans. [ófest, ófost, ófst haste]

To hasten, draw near, approach, make haste, be quick ⬩ festīnāre, propĕrāre, concurrĕre, appropinquāre, accelĕrāre

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Ðæt we to ðé mid ealre heortan éfston that we may hasten to thee with all our heart, Homl. Th. ii. 600, 3. To ðam ðe hit éfst wæs ad quam festīnātum erat, Prov. 20

Linked entries: ǽfstian éfestan

fulluht

(n.)
Grammar
fulluht, fulwiht, fullwiht, fulwuht, es; n. [v. Grimm And. u. El. pp. 136-7]

Baptism ⬩ baptismus

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Ðæt fulluht us aþwehþ fram eallum synnum baptism washes us from all sins, Homl. Th. ii. 48, 29: 46, 24, 33: 48, 18, 20: i. 94, 2. Fram gyfe ðæs hálgan fulluhtes a sacri baptismătis gratia, Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 10.

Linked entries: fulloc fullwon fulwiht fulwihðe fulwuht

fácen

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Hé forgeaf him eallum ꝥ unryht anð ꝥ fácn ꝥ hé him dón þóhte omnium factorum dictorumve in eo veniam sanxit, 6, 4; S. 258, 29. Heora tungan wyrcaþ mycel fácn linguis suis dolose agebant, Ps. Th. 13, 5.

lác

Grammar
lác, [If ðínne in Hml. S. 7, 119 is correct, lác is there masculine, but perhaps ðíne should be read.]
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Gán mid láce tó Godes húse, and beran þæt cild forð mid þǽre láce, 134, 22. ꝥ Ðá lác beóð God ealra andfengeost, Past. 222, 21. Freó láca oblationes, Ps. L. 50, 21. Ic hatige þá lác þe bióð on wóh gereáfodu. ...

sceadu

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Seó ealde ǽ wæs swilce scadu and getácnung; Crístes bodung is sódfæstnys, Hml. Th. ii. 56, 18. a shadow, shade, unsubstantial appearance Þá wearð þǽr æteówod án atelic sceadu on sweartum híwe, and sǽde þæt hé wǽre for stale ofslegen, Hml.

fús

ready ⬩ eager ⬩

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Hé gemétte Hingwar mid eallre his fyrde fúse tó Eádmunde (hurrying to Edmund), Hml. S. 32, 96. of a material object Woruldcandel scán, sigel súðan fús, B. 1966.

FREÓ

(adj.)
Grammar
FREÓ, frió, freoh, frioh, frig, frí, frý; adj.

FREE ⬩ having liberty or immunity ⬩ noble ⬩ glad ⬩ joyful ⬩ līber ⬩ sui jūris ⬩ ingĕnuus ⬩ nōbĭlis ⬩ lætus

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Hú wolde ðé lícian, gif hwylc swíðe ríce cyning næfde nǽnne freóne mon on eallon his ríce how would it please thee, if some very powerful king had not any free man in all his realm? 41, 2; Fox 24, 25, MS. Cot.

Linked entries: frig-man freoh freóls frí frig frió frioh frý

læc

(adj.)
Grammar
læc, adj.
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The word, if this be the true form of it, occurs only once, in the following passage Gárulf gecrang ealra ǽrest ... ymb hyne gódra fela hwearf lacra hrǽr hræfn wandrode sweart and sealobrún, Fins. Th. 64-70; Fin. 33-5.

Linked entry: lacra

weorold-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-ríce, es; n.
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Ðú woruldrícum wealdest eallum, Ps. Th. 144, 13. On worldrícum, 77, 2. Geond woruldrícu, 113, 9

bletsung

benediction

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Maria bróhte eallum geleáffullum bletsunga and éce hǽlo, Bl. H. 5, 30

drý-cræft

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Soroaster cúðe manna ǽrest drýcræftas ( magicae artis repertor ), Ors. 1, 2; S. 30, 11. magical apparatus Se drý nam þone stæf and gewende hám, and genam ealne his drýcræft and bróhte tó ðám apostole, and began hí tó forbærnenne, Hml. Th. ii. 418, 3

for-fón

to take away ⬩ to seize ⬩ to anticipate

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Ðá arn se ealda wið hire weardes mid gebígedum cneówum tó þon ꝥ hé hine on þá eorþan ástrehte . . . Heó þá þone ealdan forene forféng, and him ne geþafode fulfremodlíce on þá eorðan ástreccan, Hml. S. 23 b, 605. Sý forne forfangen preoccupetur, An.

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