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ge-tácnian

(v.)
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Ox. 1794: praefigurat, 3715. þæt wæs sweotole getácnad, þá hé cniht wæs . . . mon geseah ymbe þá sunnan swelce án gylden hring, and weóll án wille ele.

ongeagn

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Hí lédon hine ongeán þá sunnan they laid him down with his face to the sun, Hml. S. 35, 160. (1 a) :-- Se assa geseah ðone engel ongeán hine standan, and him ðæs færeltes forwiernan, Past. 255, 24.

for-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wyrcan, -wyrcean; p. -worhte, -wyrhte; pp. -worht, -wyrht [for-, wyrcan to work, do] .

to miswork ⬩ do wrong ⬩ sin ⬩ măle ăgĕre ⬩ delinquĕre ⬩ peccāre ⬩ to do for ⬩ destroy ⬩ ruin ⬩ convict ⬩ condemn ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ destruĕre ⬩ labefactāre ⬩ condemnāre ⬩ to forfeit ⬩ amittĕre

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Ne dýde man ǽfre on Sunnan dæges freólse ǽnigne forwythtne [forworhtne MS. B.] man let not a man ever put any condemned man to death on the festival of Sunday, L. C. S. 45; Th. i. 402, 10: L. E.

midd

(adj.)
Grammar
midd, adj. with superl. midemest, midmest

Mid ⬩ middle

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Sunnon upgong æt middan sumere ortum solis solstitialem, 5, 12; S. 627, 35. Fæste án lengten foran tó middan wintra ( ante Natale Christi) ... fæste ii lengtenu, án tóforan middan sumera (ante mediam æstatem ), óðer foran tó middan wintra. L. Ecg.

niht

(n.)
Grammar
niht, næht, næct, neaht, neht, nyht, e; f.: but also with gen. es.

night ⬩ night ⬩ darkness ⬩ night

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Seó niht hæfþ seofan dǽlas fram ðære sunnan settlunge óþ hire upgang.

heonan

afterwards ⬩ from now

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Heonan of þisse weurlde geseón þá sunnan sylfe, Solil. H. 47, 10. Hrincg þæs landes þe ic þé heonon getǽce. Gen. 2854. Heonan ic cleopige tó Heáhgode, Ps. Th 56, 2. from this world, from this life.

síþ-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
síþ-fæt, es; in sing. generally masc., in pl. neut.

a journey ⬩ expedition ⬩ a path ⬩ course ⬩ way ⬩ road ⬩ a way ⬩ path ⬩ course ⬩ course of time

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Sunnan síþfæt the sun's path, Cd. Th. 182, 25; Exod. 81. Ealne gódne síþfet omnem semitam bonam, Kent. Gl. 20. Ðá oncierde ðæt scip on wónne síðfæt the ship took a wrong course, Shrn. 60, 8. Síþfatu calles, 27. Síþfata semitas, vias, Hpt.

Linked entry: fæt

ge-cynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cynd, f. also has gen. ge-cynd (Bl. H. 31, 32); dat.
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Hwí ꝥ is weorþe, and eft for þǽre sunna scíman tó his ágnum gecynde weorþe, Bt. 39, 3; F. 216, 1: Met. 28, 62.

níwe

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. ¶ applied to the moon :-- Gyf se móna byð ǽr ǽfenne fram ðǽre sunnan geedníwod, hé byð þonne sóna æfter sunnan setlgange níwe geteald, Lch. iii. 266, 4.

weardian

(v.)
Grammar
weardian, p.ode.

to guard, keep, defend ⬩ with gen. (cf. O. Sax. wardón with gen. to have charge of something) ⬩ to act as guardian to, to rule ⬩ to keep, have charge of ⬩ to hold a country, to occupy a place, inhabit. ⬩ in the phrases lást, swaðe weardian to keep a track, ⬩ to follow ⬩ to remain behind

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[Sicnesse wardeð toȝein þeo sunnen þet weren touwardes, A. R. 182, 14. Wel heo wardith heom bothe, Alis. 909. Þilke tyme þat Samuel þe prophete wardede (ruled) þat folc of Israel, R. Glouc. 27, 16

Linked entries: weardere ge-weardian

ende

(v.; adj.; part.)

a region ⬩ quarter ⬩ side ⬩ quarter ⬩ part ⬩ proportion ⬩ death ⬩ end ⬩ finished ⬩ issue ⬩ event ⬩ goal ⬩ ultimately ⬩ always ⬩ ultimately ⬩ continuously ⬩ consecutively ⬩ kind ⬩ sort

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Seó sunne gǽð on æfnunge under þyssere eorðan . . . heó eft on óþerne ende úp ástíhð, Lch. iii. 240, 17. a limit of magnitude or multitude: Micelnise his nis ende magnitudinis ejus non est finis, Ps.

Linked entry: ende-dæg

LEÓHT

(n.)
Grammar
LEÓHT, líht, es; n.

LIGHT ⬩ a light

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Ðæt þridde ne geseah ðære sunnan leóht nǽfre, Glostr. Frag. 8, 27. Hé Godes leóht geceás he died, Beo. Th, 4930; B. 2469: Exon. 52 b; Th. 184, 13; Gú. 1343. Eádgár ceás him óðer leóht, Chr. 975; Erl. 124, 30; Edg. 22.

Linked entry: líht

rúm

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm, adj.

roomy, spacious, ample, extensive ⬩ roomy, open, unencumbered. ⬩ long, extended ⬩ ample, great, liberal ⬩ unrestricted, clear, free from conditions ⬩ lax ⬩ ample, far-reaching ⬩ liberal. ⬩ great, noble, august

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Ðære sunnan ryne is swíðe rúm, and ðæs mónan ryne is swíðe nearo, Lchdm. iii. 248, 7. Rúme ríce a realm far-reaching, Cd. Th. 254, 13; Dan. 611. Rúmes spatiosae, ampli, Hpt. G1. 434, 45 : 493, 29.

mǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽre, adj.

Great ⬩ excellent ⬩ distinguished ⬩ illustrious ⬩ sublime ⬩ splendid ⬩ celebrated ⬩ famous ⬩ widely known ⬩ notorious ⬩ distinguished by evil deeds ⬩ insignis

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Sunne mǽre tungol the sun, resplendent star. Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 14; Æðelst. 14. Mǽrost tungla, Exon. 57 b; Th. 205, 28; Ph. 119. In dege mérum in die insigni, Ps. Surt. 80, 4. Ðone mǽron symbeldæg Drihtnes upstige, Blickl.

BRÁD

(adj.)
Grammar
BRÁD, def. se bráda, seó, ðæt bráde ; comp. m.brádra, f.n. brádre,brǽdre; superl. brádost; adj.

BROAD open, large, spacious, copious ⬩ latus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus

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Seó sunne is swá brád swá eall eorþan ymbhwyrft, ac heó þincþ [MS. þingþ] us swýðe unbrád, forðamðe heó is swíðe feorr fram úrum gesihþum the sun is as large as the whole compass of the earth, but he [lit. she] appears to us very small [lit. un-broad]

Linked entries: brǽd bréd bréden

leóht

(adj.)
Grammar
leóht, léht, líht; adj.

Light ⬩ bright ⬩ cheerful ⬩ shining ⬩ clear

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Ingeþonc leóhtre and beorhtre ðonne se leóma sunnan on sumera, Bt. Met. Fox 22, 43; Met. 22, 22: Ors. 5, 14; Swt. 248, 11. Léga leóhtost brightest of flames, 9, 33; Met. 9, 17

Þú

(pronoun.)
Grammar
Þú, pers. pron.

Thou

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Þæt þú þa beorhtan ús sunnan onsende, and þé sylf cyme, Exon. Th. 8, 8; Cri. 114. Hwí swingst þú ána? ... Ne miht þú ána hit ácuman, Ex. 18, 14, 18. Þú ána canst ealra gehygdo, Andr. Kmbl. 135; An. 68.

Linked entries: tú þec þeh þistel

feorm

provisions ⬩ stores ⬩ a feast ⬩ an entertainment ⬩ entertainment

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Man þǽre sunnan feorme worhte, Hml. Th. ii. 494, 6. Feorme prandium, Mt. 22, 4. Fearme cenam, Mk. R. 6, 21. Farma convivium, Lk. L. 5, 29. Ðá færmo nubtiae, Mt. L. 22, 10. Hǽmdo ł feorme (færmo, L.), Jn. R. 2, 1. Ðára farmana nubtiarum, Jn. p. 1, 9.

ge-eáþmédan

(v.)
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Gif ǽnig man geeáðméde hine tó sunnan and tó mónan adoret solem et lunam, Deut. 17, 3. where submission is made Geeádmédaþ eów sylfe tó Godes willan, Hml. A. 165, 23, Þ folc ne sceal forhycggan ꝥ hí tó him ( the clergy) hí geeáþ-médon, Bl.

feor

(adv.)
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feor, adv.

avoidance ⬩ widely ⬩ widely ⬩ far ⬩ far

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Swá se móna bið þǽre sunnan fyrr, Mart. H. 44, 2. Þá se móna wæs þǽre sunnan firrest, Ors. 6, 2; S. 256, 18. by adverb or with prep. Feor þonan, Ph. 415: B. 1805. Feor heonon, Gen. 2279: 2513: Seef. 37. Náht feor from þæs mæssepreóstes sídan, Bl.

Linked entries: fier firr fyr