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Anglo-Saxon

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for-wirnedlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
for-wirnedlíce, adv.
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Gyf þæt þonne hwylc mon sý, þæt him on his móde tó earfoðe þince, þæt on ǽlce tíd swá forwernedlíce lyfige, tylige þonne húru þæt þis fasten sélost áfæste, Wlfst. 284, 7-12

Linked entry: for-wernedlíce

ge-swencednes

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Add: - — Þá wearð geneádod ꝥ on his ágenre geswencednysse (-swænced-, -swencend-, v. ll. ) oncneówe hwæt sylf wæs compulsus est cognoscere in sua vexatione quid esset, Gr.

raxan

(v.)
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to stretch oneself after sleep þá se ylca man, swá of hefegum slǽpe raxende áwóce, and eft tó his hǽlo féng ipse velut qui de aestuantis gurgitis fluctibus ad portum deducitur, longa suspiria imo de pectore trahens ad pristinam salutis valetudinem

Linked entry: racsan

á-wacnian

(v.)
Grammar
á-wacnian, -wæcnian.

to awakento arisespring

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Add: to awaken geseah án lytel fæt þá þá áwacnode. Hml. S. 18, 165. Áwæcnode se wer of slǽpe, 21, 251. Clypiað . . . ꝥ áwacnige, 18, 120. to arise, spring Þæt þeós weoruld mihte of hym áwæcnian, Wlfst. 206, 28.

Linked entry: -wacnian

FǼMNE

(n.)
Grammar
FǼMNE, fémne, an; f. [fēmĭna a woman]

A virgin, damsel, maid, woman virgo, puella, fēmĭna

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He mid fǽmnan on flet gǽþ he walks with the woman in the court, Beo. Th. 4074; B. 2034.

Linked entry: fémne

a-rýpan

(v.)
Grammar
a-rýpan, p. de, te; pp. ed, d, t

To tear offto ripevellereabscindere

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To tear off, to rip; evellere, abscindere He me of hýd arýpeþ he tears off my hide from me, Exon. 127 a; Th. 488, 15; Rä. 76, 7

be-creópan

(v.)
Grammar
be-creópan, p. -creáp, pl. -crupon; pp. -cropen

To bring secretlyto creepirrepere

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To bring secretly, to creep; irrepere Ðæt he síe becropen on carcern that he should be secretly led to prison, Bt. Met. Fox 25, 71; Met. 25, 36

fóre

(adv.)
Grammar
fóre, adv.

Beforeaforetimeformerlyanteaōlimquondam

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Before, aforetime, formerly; antea, ōlim, quondam He on Ægypta lande worhte fóre wundur mǽre he aforetime did great wonders in the land of Egypt, Ps. Th. 77, 14

Linked entry: fore-swígan

freólslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
freólslíce, adv.

Solemnlyfreelysollennĭterlībĕre

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In ðæm he freólslíce meahte lifian in which he might freely live, Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, note 30

full-endian

(v.)
Grammar
full-endian, p. ode; pp. od

To end fullycompletefinishcomplērefīnīre

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To end fully, complete, finish; complēre, fīnīre He bæd Cynebill ðæt he ða árfæstan ongunnennesse fullendode pĕtiit Cynibillum pia cœpta complēre, Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 39, note

Linked entries: endian ful-endian

læt-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
læt-líce, adv.

Slowly

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Slowly Ðá andswarode him lætlíce theft he answered him slowly, Guthl. 20; Gdwin, 80, 12. Lætlícor more slowly Exon. 118 a; Th. 454, 16; Hy. 4, 33

Linked entry: latlíce

ge-egsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-egsian, -egesian; p. ode; pp. od

To frightenterrēre

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To frighten; terrēre He hý mid his wordum geegsode he frightened them with his words, Ors. 2, 3; Bos. 42, 13 : Jud. 7, 22. Geegsod frightened, 4, 17

Linked entry: ge-egesian

ge-geótan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-geótan, p. -geát; pp. -goten

To foundcast

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To found, cast He of golde gegeát and geworhte he cast and wrought them of gold, Nar. 19, 29. Ða gelícnessa wǽron gegotene the images were cast, 32

Linked entry: ge-goten

ge-leahtrian

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

To accusecomplain ofrebukecrīmĭnāriaccūsāre

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To accuse, complain of, rebuke; crīmĭnāri, accūsāre He wæs geleahtrad from Gode he was rebuked by God, Past. 46, 6; Swt. 355, 1; Hat. MS. 67 b, 14

Linked entry: leahtrian

slǽting

(n.)
Grammar
slǽting, e; f.
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Hunting (William Rufus) geátte mannan heorawudas and slǽtinge (cf. William of Malmesbury's statement that he gave the English free leave to hunt), Chr. 1087; Erl. 225, 7

weorold-gewuna

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-gewuna, an; m.
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The custom of the world ásmeáde ðæt godcunde be woruldgewunan he considered the religious question from a secular standpoint, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 270, 15

cote

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Ne mæg nán wíf hire bóndan forbeódan ꝥ ne móte intó his cotan (-on, v. l. ) gelógian ꝥ ꝥ wille, Ll. Th. i. 418, 24. Add

feorh-lást

(n.)
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fǽge and geflýmed feorhlástas bær he (Grendel) death-doomed and fleeing dyed the earth with his life-blood, B. 846

ge-hálettan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hálettan, p. te
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To salute, greet gehálette þone cniht and him þus bebeád puero resalutato praecepit, Gr. D. 36, 27. Þá Langbearde grétte and gehálette Langobardos salutavit, 250, 18

Linked entry: hálettan

fundung

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Ðis godspel sprecð ymbe ðæs Hǽlendes fundunge, and hú betǽhte ealle ðá geleáfullan his Fæder ǽr ðan ðe úp ástige, Hml. Th. ii. 362, 15. Add