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on-fón

(v.)
Grammar
on-fón, p. -féng; pp. -fangen ( with gen. dat. acc.).

to taketo take what another appoints or grants, to receive, have givento take what another offers, receive favourably, acceptto receive a personto undergo a rite, undertake a dutyto conceiveto take to, to beginincipere

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Geþencean wé, gif óðer nýten wǽre tó háligienne, ðonne onfénge hé heora hiwe, ac hé wolde úrum hiwe onfón, Blickl. Homl. 29, 2-6. Ðá nýddon hine hys yldran to ðæm ðæt hé sceolde woroldlícum wǽpnum onfón, 213, 2.

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be-cuman

to comeget,to come to powerget into troubleto come toby to cometo a personto befallto becomebehove

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Gif þú wǽre wegférende and þú þonne becóme on þeófsceole, Bt. 14, 3; F. 46, 26. Tógædere becuman, Hml.

þe

(adv.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þe, indecl.
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Áras sceoldon wilspella mǽst gesecgan, ðe ðæt sigor beácen méted wǽre, Elen. Kmbl. 1967; El. 985.

Linked entry: þý

rǽdan

(v.)
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Ðæt gewrit wæs rǽded beforan ðam cyninge, 5, 21; S. 643, 11. Ðá ðæt godspel rǽdd wæs, Blickl. Homl. 161, 9. Wé gehýrdon ðá ðá Esaias se wítga rǽden wæs, 167, 28. to prepare (?)

ÁR

(n.)
Grammar
ÁR, e; f.

honourgloryrankdignitymagnificencerespectreverencehonordignitasgloriamagnificentiahonestasreverentiakindnessfavourmercypitybenefitusehelpgratiafavormisericordiabeneficiumauxiliumpropertypossessionsan estatelandecclesiastical livingbeneficebonapossessionesfundusbeneficium

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He sundor líf wæs fóreberende eallum ðám árum he was preferring a private life to all honours, Bd. 4, 11; S. 579, 8. Nyton náne áre on nánum men they know no respect for any man, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 25.

Linked entry: árra

DEORC

(adj.)
Grammar
DEORC, def. se deorca, seó, ðæt deorce; adj.

DARK, obscure, gloomy, sad tenebrōsus, obscūrus

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Hí me asetton on seáþ [MS. sceaþ] hinder, ðǽr wæs deorc þeóstru, and deáþes scúa posuērunt me in lacu inferiōri, et in tenĕbris, et in umbra mortis, BPs. Th. 87, 6: Lk. Bos. 11,B 34.

Linked entry: deorcian

þrítig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
þrítig, þrittig; num.

Thirtythirty (years old)

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Grammar þrítig, used in forming ordinals Se wæs fram Agusto ðridde eác ðrittigum tricesimus tertius ab Augusto, Bd. 1, 6; S. 476, 17

á-mirran

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Þá diófla hí ámirdon, ꝥ hié ne cúþan angitan þæt hit Godes wracu wæs, Ors. 4, 4; S. 162, 26. Hí mid heora gedwolsprǽce eall folc ámyrdon, Hml. S. 23, 369. Hwí woldest ðú ámyrran mín sunu, and tó Críste gewéman?, 4, 198.

leóht

Grammar
leóht, not heavy.
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Þá gesetnessa þe þǽr tó stronge wǽron and tó hearde hé hié ealle gedyde leóhtran and líþran, Ors. 5, 12; S. 244, 15. easy, not offering difficulty to what is to be done to one Swá mycclum swá þæs mannes gecynd unmihtigre wæs, swá hit wæs leóhtre tó miltsunge

wilisc

(adj.)
Grammar
wilisc, adj.

foreign, not Englishservile

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Drence on Welscum ealað, 136, Dó ealle ðás wyrta on Wylisc ealo, 120, 6. servile Hé on ðreó tówearp ða cneór[d]nesse, ðæt wæs wælisc ( the race of Ham ; cf.

un-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
un-þanc, es; m.

disfavourdispleasureangerill-willan unpleasing acta displeasurean offenceannoyancenot thanksdispleasure expressed in wordsunwillinglywithout consenton compulsioningratiswithout (a person's) consentnot of (one's own) accordagainst (one's) will

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Se mægðhád sceal beón geoffrod be his ágenum cyre, ðæt seó lác beó leófre ðonne hé wǽre, gif hé unðances wǽre, Homl. Ass. 33, 237. Gewilde man hí tó rihte þances oððe unþances, L. Eth. ix. 40; Th. i. 348, 38.

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hwá

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A</b> above), alone, (i) of persons Ðá Sǽde Paulus þone engel hwæt seó góde sáwel wǽre. Ðá sǽde hé him þæt heó wǽre mildheortnesse fyligende and staðolfæst . . . . Wlfst. 237, II. Hú mihte Adam tócnáwan hwæt hé wǽre . . . ?, Hml.

BLIND

(adj.)
Grammar
BLIND, def. se blinda, seó, ðæt blinde; adj.

BLIND, deprived of sightcæcusa blind or inward wounda bite, the wound of which does not appear because of the swelling of the part affectedmorsus, cujus vulnus non apparet præ tumore partis affectæ,

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BLIND, deprived of sight; cæcus Ðá wæs him broht án deófolseóc man, se wæs blind and dumb tunc oblatus est ei dæmonium habens, cæcus et mutus, Mt. Bos. 12, 22: Mk. Bos. 10, 46: Cd. 115; Th. 150, 13; Gen. 2491.

æþelo

(n.)
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Ic wylle míne æðelo eallum gecýðan, þæt ic wæs on Myrcon miccles cynnes. By. 216. Ǽlc mon ðe allunga underþeóded biþ unþeáwum forlǽt his fruman sceaft and his æþelo, Bt. 30, 2; F. 110, 22: Met. 17, 25. <b>II b.

fisc-noþ

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-noþ, fiscnoþ (-naþ), fixnoþ, es; m.

fishinga fishing-grounda catch

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Se bisceop . . . ábæd æt Gode ꝥ hé worhte þone wæterscipe tó yrþlande, and ꝥ wæter gewænde of þám fixnoðe, and wæs se mere áwend tó felda, swá ꝥ man erode ealne þone fixnoþ, Nap. 22, 21-28.

freó-dóm

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Hé gebohte æt Æðere ... ðis gewrit and ðis land mið ðý friádóme ðe hit hǽr gefriád wæs tó Crístes cyrican on éc erfe, C.D.B. ii. 154, 17.

fúl

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
fúl, adj.
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Þǽre fúlan obscaene, 63, 11. in a physical sense. offensive to the senses Lazarus . . . on byrgenne wæs fúl wunigende, Bl. H. 75, 5. Fúles hlondes fetentis lotii, An. Ox. 3273. Mid fúlum adelscéþe putido latibulo, 4751.

ge-déman

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Þonne wæs gedémed þæt hí ealle sceolden singan cum esset decretum ut omnes cantare deberent, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 482, 16. Leng feorg gehealdan þonne him gedémed wæs, Gú. 1032. <b>I a.

on-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
on-cirran, -cerran, -cyrran; p. de.

to turn (trans.) make a change in position or directionto turn (into another form)to turn, to goto turn, make a person adopt a line of conduct, etc.to turn, changeto turn from good to bad, to pervertto turn aside, avertto turn back, reverse (a sentence), revoketo turn (intrans.)

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Wæs se dóm oncyrred Euan ungesǽlignesse, Blickl. Homl. 3, 8. Wearþ se sárlíca cwide eft oncerred, 123, 7. to turn (intrans.) Hié fram heora unrihtum oncyrron, Blickl. Homl. 109, 20

on-scunian

(v.)
Grammar
on-scunian, -scynian, -sceonian.

to regard with loathing, to abhor, detest, execrateto regard with disfavour, to refuse, reject, shunto regard with fearto irritate

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Ðá wæs ic ðæt swíðe onscuniende, and mé láþ wæs, Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 32. Onscunigende gefeoht exosus bella, Ælfc. Gr. 41; Som. 44, 12. Onscunede exosam, Wülck.