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ýþ-faru

(n.)
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ýþ-faru, e; f.
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The wave-course, the waves, sea Swá ealne middangeard mereflód þeahte, ðá se aþela wong onsund wið ýðfare gehealden stód hreóra wǽga eádig unwemme cum diluvium mersisset fluctibus orbem, Deucalioneas exsuperavit aquas, Exon. Th. 200, 22; Ph. 44.

á-dǽlan

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Ðone ðe ( John the Baptist ) swá feor from eallum monnum ádǽlæd wæs, Bl. H. 169, 6. Add

cáf

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Petrus wæs cáfost on Crístes lufe, Hml. Th. ii. 388, 29. Add

crycc

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Seó ealde cyrce wæs eall behangen mid criccum, 431. Add:

efen-sárig

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Substitute: feeling compassion or pity Þá þá hé geseah his fóstormóder wépan hé wæs sóna hire sáre efensárig ( ejus dolori compassus ), Gr.

el-þeódgian

(v.)
Grammar
el-þeódgian, -þeódian; p. ode
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Ellðeódigde ł fearr færende wæs, Lk. L. 15, 13. Ellðiódade, Mk. L. 13, 34. Wilnade hé elðiódgian (-þeódigan, -þeódian, v. ll.) cupiens peregrinari, Bd. 5, 7; Sch. 585, 15

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fóster-módor

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His fóstormóder ( nutrix ) áne wæs him fylgende, for þon þe heó hine swýðe geornlíce lufode, Gr. D. 96, 20: 152, 28. Fóstermóder, Hml. A. 171, 49. fig. Sió fóstermódur ǽlces cræftes virtutum nutrix, Past. 215, 23.

hín-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hín-ness, e; f. I.

subjectingdestruction

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R. 10, 19, a laying waste, destruction Godes cyricena hýnnysse (bærnesse, v. l.) and slege martyra unblinnendlíce dón wæs incendiis ecclesiarum, caedibus martyrum incessabiliter acta est, Bd. 1, 6; Sch. 19, I

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manung

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Add Cóm eft þider sé þe geswænced wæs mid þæs gafoles manunge cum is qui necessitate debiti affligebatur rediret, Gr. D. 158, 13. v.gafol-manung

níd-þrafung

(n.)
Grammar
níd-þrafung, e; f.
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Harsh reproof Sé ðe suá forbýgð ðone wielm and ðone onrǽs his hátheortnesse for ðǽm ðe hine mon sleá mid líðelicre andsuare, ðonne bið his unðeáw ofslægen bútan ǽlcre niédðrafunga, suá suá Isael wæs deád bútan orde qui ergo a fervoris sui impetu sub

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seáþ

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Hí ðá moldan námon oð þæt þǽr wæs deóp seáð ( fossa ) ádolfen, þætte wǽpnedman mihte oð his sweóran on gestandan, Bd. 3, 9; Sch. 229, 3. Hé hét ðá gebróðor in ðæs húses flóre hím seáð (foueam) ádelfan, 4, 28; Sch. 520, 9.

siþ-fæt

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Þara rihtwísra wæg is gerihtlǽced, and þǽra hálgena síðfæt is gegearcod uia justorum recta facta est, ei iter sanctorum preparata est, Hml. S 2, 62. On síðfætum þínum in semitis tuis, Ps. L. 16, 5

steáp

(n.)
Grammar
steáp, a stoup. [In l. 7 dele '(?)' after 'remove', see á-settan.]
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Þá bær þæs biscopes cniht tó his fæder wínes drync, swá swá hit þeáw wæs. Þá rǽhte se cyning his hand forð swígende and genam þone hnæp (steáp, v. l. calicem). . . and þám biscope þone drync sealde, Gr. D. 186, 7.

ǽ-mód

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Wǽron ðá synna ealle ádílegode bútan ánre; seó wæs seó mǽste, and heó wearð ðá ǽmód, Hml. S. 3, 553. Man sceal lǽwedum mannum secgan be heora andgites mǽðe, swá ðæt hí ne beón ðurh ðá deópnysse ǽmóde, Hml. Th. ii. 446, 8. Add

træf

(n.)
Grammar
træf, es; n.

a tentpaviliona building

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a tent, pavilion Lǽdan ita torhtan mægð tó træfe ðam heán (cf. wæs seó hálige meówle on his búrgetelde, 22, 10; Jud. 57), Judth. Thw. 22, 2; Jud. 43: 25, 12; Jud. 255.

git

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
git, yet. l. gít. [The word is often accented in the MSS., and only in such cases is the accent given in the following passages.]
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S. 24, 82. with other words Hé him wæs wániende his ágene heardsǽlða, and hé þá giet him selfum gedyde þæt þǽr wyrrest wæs he was lamenting his hard fortune, and then went on to do himself the worst evil of all, Ors. 4, 5; S. 166, 21.

a-bídan

(v.)
Grammar
a-bídan, ic -bíde, ðú -bídest, -bítst, -bíst, he -bídeþ, -bít, pl. -bídaþ; p. -bád, pl. -bidon; pp. -biden; v. intrans.

ABIDEremainwaitwait forawaitmaneresustinereexpectare

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To ABIDE, remain, wait, wait for, await; manere, sustinere, expectare Hý abídan sceolon in sin-nihte they must abide in everlasting night, Exon. 31b; Th. 99, 28; Cri. 1631.

un-efn

(adj.)
Grammar
un-efn, -efen, -emn, -emne(?); adj.

Unequalunlikedissimilardiverseirregular

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Ac ðara monna mód bið suíðe unemn, for ðæm hit gedéð hit self him selfum suíðe ungelíc for ðære gelómlícan wendinge, for ðæm hit nǽfre eft ne bið ðæt hit ǽr wæs cor stultorum dissimile erit ...

gyrdel

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Sóna swá hé wæs mid þám gyrdele begyrd, Guth. Gr. 148, 7. Hé stód on ðám wætere tó his gyrdle (usque ad lumbos, Bd 5, 12), Hml. Th. ii. 354, 18. Mid gildenum girdle his breóst wæs befangen, Ll. Th. ii. 370, 4.

hafen-leást

(n.)
Grammar
hafen-leást, e; f.

Lack of means, indigenceinopia

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Sind eác óðre þearfan ná þurh hafenleáste ac on gáste many are poor from want of wealth, and not in spirit. There are also other poor, not from want of wealth, but in spirit, 550, 3-5, 11, 12, 17.