for-gǽgan
to go beyond ⬩ exceed ⬩ transgress ⬩ to pass by ⬩ omit to do ⬩ neglect ⬩ to pass away
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Add: of wrong done, to go beyond due bounds, exceed, transgress Gecyndes gemet ic forgǽgde naturae modum excessi, Angl. xi. 116, 20. Gemet tó specenne ná forgǽg þú, Scint. 81, 13. Wolde Eleazarus sweltan ǽr þan þe hé Godes ǽ forgǽgan wolde, Hml.
heá-líce
on high ⬩ greatly ⬩ extremely ⬩ nobly ⬩ elaborately
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Se wítga cwæð þæt áhæfen wǽren heálíce upp sunne and móna, Cri. 693. in or to a high position or rank Se fæder þóhte hwám hé hí (his daughter) mihte heálícost forgifan, Ap.
Linked entry: heá-lic
innoþ
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Hé þǽre módor innoþas áweahte ipse viscera matris exsuscitat, Bl. H. 167, 6
ende
a region ⬩ quarter ⬩ side ⬩ quarter ⬩ part ⬩ proportion ⬩ death ⬩ end ⬩ finished ⬩ issue ⬩ event ⬩ goal ⬩ ultimately ⬩ always ⬩ ultimately ⬩ continuously ⬩ consecutively ⬩ kind ⬩ sort
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Mon heora líchoman ætsomne ne byrgde at heora ende, 35, 21. (latter, last) end: Þám ýtemestan ende suprema sorte, An. Ox. 1990.
Linked entry: ende-dæg
HRING
A RING ⬩ circle ⬩ circuit ⬩ cycle ⬩ orb ⬩ globe ⬩ festoon
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Mon geseah ymbe ða sunnan swelce án gylden hring circulus ad speciem cælestis arcus orbem solis ambiit, 14; Swt. 248, 9. Ðæs seó hringc circulus [pupillæ ], Ælfc. Gl. 70; Som. 70, 64; Wrt. Voc. 42, 72.
stician
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</b> to thrust out (cf. stingan) :-- Sticode him mon ða eágan út efossis oculis, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 168, 4. <b>I c.</b> intrans. :-- Ðæt mé ongeán sticaþ, Exon. Th. 497, 20; Rä. 87, 3. intrans.
ge-sund
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Th. i. 74, 10. non-material Þæt ic þín sóðfæst word gesund móte healdan, Ps. Th. 118, 20.
heall
a residence ⬩ palace ⬩ a temple ⬩ a court of law
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Gif mon on níwne weall unádrúgodne micelne hróf and hefigne onsett, ðonne ne timbreð hé nó healle ac hryre (non habitaculum, sed ruina fabricatur), Past. 383, 33.
hyldu
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Ic wæs ðínum fæder fullíce hold on móde and on mægene, and ðé ǽfre on fullum hyldum hold and on fulre lufe, C.
weá
woe ⬩ misery ⬩ evil ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness ⬩ malice
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Weá bið in móde, siofa synnum fáh, gefylled mid fácne, Fragm. Kmbl. 27; Leás. 15. Ðæt gelamp for weán and for yfelnesse ðara eardiendra ( a malitia inhabitantium), Bd. 4, 25 ; S. 599, 22. Hý magon weána tó fela geseón onhim selfum, synne genóge.
wédan
To be mad or furious, to rage, rave ⬩ to be mad, out of one's senses ⬩ to act with violence, be furious, rage,
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As mon bigon to weden and to wurðen ut of his ahne witte indignatns cum. furore nimio, Kath. 1257. Fra þatt grediȝnesse þatt doþ þe mann to wedenu rihht to winnenn erþlic ahhte, Orm. 14140. Þe kyng ferde for wraþþe as he wolde wede, R. Glouc. 53, 10
Linked entry: a-wédan
wesan
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Wæs seó eorla gedriht ánes módes, Cd. Th. 197, 10; Exod. 304. His þegnas wǽron flǽsclíces módes, Blickl. Homl. 17, 5. <b>III b.
Linked entries: cniht-wesende æt-eom a-weosung eom weosan fóre-wesan
DEÁÞ
DEATH ⬩ mors
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DEATH; mors Ðeáh ðe him se bitera deáþ geboden wǽre though bitter death were announced to them, Cd. 183; Th. 229, 26; Dan. 223: Exon. 31 b; Th. 98, 6; Cri. 1603: Beo. Th. 899; B. 447: 5773; B. 2890.
Linked entry: deóþ
níd
necessity ⬩ inevitableness ⬩ necessity ⬩ need ⬩ urgent requirement ⬩ a necessary business ⬩ duty ⬩ need ⬩ what one wants ⬩ necessity ⬩ need ⬩ difficulty ⬩ hardship ⬩ distress ⬩ force ⬩ compulsion
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Ánfeald neód ús is, ðæt wé ða bóclícan láre mid carfullum móde smeágan; óðer ðæt wé hí tó weorcum áwendan, Homl. Th. ii. 284, 23. Hé férde embe sumere neóde he was going about some necessary business, 508, 15.
tó
to, ⬩ at ⬩ so as to produce ⬩ become ⬩ to (the satisfaction, etc. ) ⬩ to some end, ⬩ for some purpose ⬩ for ⬩ next to, ⬩ at, ⬩ by, ⬩ alongside ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ next to ⬩ after ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ at, ⬩ in ⬩ of, ⬩ from ⬩ to (in to do something to anything) ⬩ according to, ⬩ at, ⬩ after ⬩ compared to, ⬩ in comparison with, ⬩ beside ⬩ in addition to, ⬩ besides ⬩ for, ⬩ at ⬩ to be suffered ⬩ at ⬩ in the course of, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ for, ⬩ during ⬩ to ⬩ to, ⬩ for ⬩ in, ⬩ at ⬩ to the extent, ⬩ to such a degree ⬩ to, ⬩ up to, ⬩ until, ⬩ till ⬩ at, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ in addition, ⬩ besides, ⬩ too ⬩ too
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Ða untruman mód mon ne scyle tó heálíce lǽran, 63; Swt. 459, 4. Ðú hæfst ðara wǽpna tó hraþe forgiten, Bt. 3, l; Fox 4, 21. Ne fare gé tó feorr, Ex. 8, 28: 19, 12.
Linked entry: -anne
medume
middling ⬩ moderate ⬩ common ⬩ occupying the middle or mean position as regards ⬩ observing the just mean ⬩ perfect ⬩ meet ⬩ fit ⬩ worthy
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Ðæs medemestan lífes (the life mid-way between the best and worst, cf. mon forlǽt ðæt wyrreste líf and ne mæg git cuman tó ðæm betstan, 10), Past. 51, 6; Swt. 399, 15. age : -- Mínre yldstan déhter ... ðære medemestan ... ðære gingstan, Chart.
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wís-dóm
wisdom ⬩ discretion ⬩ knowledge ⬩ cognizance ⬩ wisdom ⬩ knowledge ⬩ learning ⬩ philosophy
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Wih. 12 ; Th. i. 40, 4. wisdom, knowledge, learning, philosophy Swilc is se wísdóm ðæt hine ne mæg nán mon ongitan swilcne swilce hé is . . . Ac se wísdóm mæg ús ongitan swilce swilce wé sind . . . for ðæm se wísdóm is God.
ge-þingian
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Add: to try to get favourable terms for a person, intercede, mediate. absolute Gehwylces mannes dǽda clypiað tó Gode and gewrégað oþþe geþingiað, Scrd. 20, 38. to intercede for a person Gif hwelc monn cymð, and bitt úrne hwelcne ðæt wé hine lǽden tó
grówan
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Hwæðer sí þín ealde gýtsung of ðínum móde áwyrtwalod, þæt heó gýt grówan ne myht, Solil. H. 37, 15. Seó cirice mid gefeán and mid blisse grówende standeþ, Bl.
friþ
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Mon fæstnode ðone frið wið Eást-Engle, Chr. 906; P. 94, 21. cessation of hostilities Man wið þone here friðes ceápode, Chr. 1004; P. 135, 24. Twá and twéntig þúsend punda mon gesealde þám here of Ænglalande wið friðe, Ll. Th. i. 288, 13.