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feónd

an enemyfoefienddevil

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Be onsægdnysse feóndum (cf. gif man deóflum onsægð, 156, 15) de sacrificio daemonibus, Ll. Th. ii. 130, 20. a devil as a cause of illness. Similar entries Cf. deófol-seócness: Fiénda ádl, Lch. ii. 174, 26

forane

(adv.)
Grammar
forane, forne; adv.

beforehandOppositein front ofagainst

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Heó þone ealdan forene forféng, and him ne geþafode fulfremodlíce on þá eorðan astreccan she anticipated the old man, and did not permit him to prostrate himself completely, Hml, S. 23 b, 605.

Linked entry: forene

ginian

(v.)
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Se wóda man stód gynigende and þýwde mid múþe ꝥ hé Martinum ábite, Hml. S. 31, 538. Geoniendum bile hiulco rostro, i. aperto ore, An. Ox. 2409. Draca mid giniendum (geniendum, v. l. ) múðe, Gr. D. 156, 11.

magister

Grammar
magister, l. mágister, and
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Hé sette him weorca mægestras (magistros operum), Ex. 1. 11. master as correlative of servant or man Hit is niédðearf ðæt mon his hláford ondrǽde, and se cneoht his mágister, Past. 109, 14. the owner or tamer of an animal Seó leó, deáh hió wel tam sé

ríht

(adj.)
Grammar
ríht, adj.
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Add Man mid wítum ofgán willad æt mé ꝥ ic mid rihtan þingon (by fair means) begyten hæfde, Hml. S. 23, 600. <b>IV a.</b> of persons, upright, righteous :-- Ðá ðe ryhtre (rihtre, Ps. L.) synt heortan qui recto sunt corde, Ps.

sǽd

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Gif man on ciricean slǽpende his sǽd ágeóte, 138, 11. progeny Nim of eallum clǽnum nítenum seofen and seofen ǽgðres gecyndes. . . þæt sǽd sí gehealden ofer ealre eorðan brádnisse, Gen. 7, 3. Séd árleásra forweorðeð, Ps. Srt. 36, 28.

sceanca

(n.)
Grammar
sceanca, an ; m.

a shank, shin,the upper part of the leg

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Ðæt man forbrǽce hyra sceancan (crura). Jn. Skt. 19, 31, 32, 33. Se sceocca gewráð his sceancan, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 223. Sconcan, Salm. Kmbl. 203; Sal. 101. the upper part of the leg (= þeóhsceanca) Ic wille ðæt gé fédaþ án earm Engliscmon . . .

Linked entry: sceonca

scearu

(n.)
Grammar
scearu, scyru,e ; f.

a cutting, shavinga shearing of sheepthe ecclesiastical tonsurea share

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Wé lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig gehádod man his sceare ne helige, L. Edg. C. 47; Th. ii. 254, 12. a share

Linked entry: scyru

sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
sceaft, es; m. : e, f.

creation,origina creation, what is created, a creature

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For be a man faire or foule 'it falleth nouȝte for to lakke þe shappe ne þe shafte' þat God shope hymselue, Piers P. B. 11, 387

ge-nerian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nerian, -nergan, -nerigan; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od

To save, deliver, take away, set free, preserve, defendservare, redimere, liberare, eripere, salvum facere, defendere

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We mágon feorh generigan we may save life, Cd. 117; Th. 152, 22; Gen. 2524. Ic hine generige eripiam eum, Ps. Th. 90. 16. He generaþ híg eripiet eos, Ps. Spl. 33, 7. Oswio his ðeóde generede Osuiu suam gentem liberavit, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 14.

Linked entry: nerian

þunian

(v.)
Grammar
þunian, p. ode.

to stand outbe prominentbe lifted upstick upto be lifted upbe proudto be stuck upto make a noiseto soundresoundcreak

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Þunie (þu me, Th.) him gewinnes wearn ofer wealles hróf may much strife be lifted up for it above the top of its wall; circumdabit eam super muros ejus iniquitas, Ps. Th. 54, 9.

Linked entries: þundende tó-þuniende

ge-blandan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-blandan, ge-blandan; pp. ge-blanden, -blonden [In the two instances where the past tense occurs the forms are ge-blond,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 16,
ge-blondan,
    An. 33.
Under blandan is given blénde as apast subjunctive, but this form might be placed as a present (or past) under blendan. v. ge-blendan. Cf. gang as a past tense of gangan.]
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Is þes middangeard máne geblonden, 31. Níða ge*-*blonden (Holofernes), Jud. 34

þyrelian

(v.)
Grammar
þyrelian, þyrlian; p. ode.

to make a hole throughpierce throughperforateto make hollowto make vain

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to make a hole through, pierce through, perforate Þirlie his hláford his eáre mid ánum ǽle dominus perforabit aurem ejus subula, Ex. 21, 6. Þirlige, Lev. 25, 10. to make hollow; fig. to make vain Áídlie ł þyrlie obunco (?

Linked entry: þyrlian

murnan

(v.)
Grammar
murnan, p. de.

To mournbe sadbe anxiousTo mournlamentto care aboutregard

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Kmbl. 971; Sal. 485. to care about, regard Se ðe hiora welt ne murnþ náuþer ne friénd ne fiend ðé ðe wédende hund he that rules them regards neither friend nor foe any more than he would a mad dog (cf. se hláford ne scrífþ freónde ne feónde, Met.

hǽl

Grammar
hǽl, health.
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Ill a. a means to produce well-being :-- Þissere worulde hǽl is ꝥ heó witan hæbbe, and swá witena beóð swá hit bet færð, Hml. S. 13, 128.

for-hwerfan

(v.)

To transformperverttransformārepervertĕre

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Eówra sáwla forhwerfdon ðonne hie gerihton they have perverted more of your souls than they have directed, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 56, 18

ge-cwide

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Ne hé eft tó him hwearf æfter heora gecwide (-cwyde, v.l.) neque ultra ad eum juxta suum condictum rediit, Bd. 4, 25; Sch. 496, 10. a will Ðis is Wulfgates gecwide ... ꝥ is þonne ꝥ hé geann ǽrest Gode his sáwelscattas ..., C.D.B. iii. 652, 16

hláfording

(n.)
Grammar
hláfording, es; m.

a princesovereigna princenoble

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a prince, sovereign Nis ná hláfordinga on worulde þonne twégen, God Ælmihtig and deófol, Wlfst. 298, 7. a prince, noble, lord spiritual or temporal Hit wes gesitolad þám hláfordingan þá þǽron wéron, þæt wes Adelwold bisceof and Ælfstán bisceop and

wíde

Grammar
wíde, <b>.
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</b> add :-- Swá myccle hit byþ beswicen in hwylcumhugu ánum þinge, swá myccle hit rúmor and wíddor byþ ábysgod on manegum wísum (quanto latius in miiltis occupatur), Gr. D. 41, 19

wiht

(n.)
Grammar
wiht, (e ; f. ?)

weight

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hundred punda seolfres; ðet hé nam be wihte, and mid mycelan unrihte, Chr. 1086; Th. i. 355, 31. Genim of ǽlcere ðisre wyrte .xx. penega wiht, Lchdm. i. 374, 21