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ge-hýran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hýran, p. de; pp. ed

To hireconducerelocare

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Behíring vel gehýred feóh locatio, Ælfc. Gl. 13; Som. 57, 123; Wrt. Voc. 20, 60

ofer-lifa

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-lifa, an; m.
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Excess in food Se oferlyfa on ǽte and on wǽte déð þone man unhálne, O. E. Hml. i. 296, 5. [Þe oferlifa on hete and on wete macað þene mon unhálne, 101, 27, ] Cf. big-leofa

Linked entry: -lifa

síþ

Grammar
síþ, <b>. IV.</b>
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Add Ǽne síþa semel, Ps. Srt. 61, 12: 88, 36

réðra

(n.)
Grammar
réðra, -an; m.

An oarsmansailorrower

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An oarsman, sailor, rower Réðra nauta, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 43. Réðra remex, 9, 61; Som. 13, 47 : Wrt. Voc. i. 48, 9 : 63, 77. Roeðra, ii. 119, 3. Roedra, Ep. Gl. 22 d, 25

Linked entry: róðer

ge-siwed

(v.)
Grammar
ge-siwed, -siwod, -siwud, -siuwed ; part.

Sewedpatchedsutusassutusconsutus

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Sewed, patched; sutus, assutus, consutus Gediht oððe gesiwed hrægel acupicta vel Phrygia vestis, Ælfc. Gl. 63; Som. 68, 107; Wrt. Voc. 40, 18. Mid golde gesiwud bend nimbus, 64; Som. 69, 13; Wrt. Voc. 40, 47

Linked entry: ge-siowed

ofer

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Ǽlc man ofer eall férdon, Hml. S. 23, 266. Add Þá ásweoll him se líchama ofer healf his body swelled through a half of it; dimidia pars corporis ipsius turgescens, Guth. Gr. 153, 12.

syndrig

(adj.)
Grammar
syndrig, adj.

separate, alone, not joined with othersstanding apart, not accessiblespecial, set apart for a particular purposespecial, singular, extraordinary, remarkable for an unusual qualityfor the unusual degree in which some quality existsof that which concerns a single person, private, ownproprius, privatusseparate, several, sundry, each separatelyone a-piece, one each

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Him ðá wæs syndrig ege ðǽr him ǽr wæs seó mǽste wyn, Ors. 2, 8; Swt. 92, 32.

irmþ

(n.)
Grammar
irmþ, e; irmþu, irmþo; indecl. f.

Povertypenurymiserywretchednesscalamitydistressdisorder

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Hé ða yrmþu oncyrde ðe wé ǽr drugon he averted the miseries that before we suffered, Exon. 16 b; Th. 38, 29; Cri. 614

Linked entry: earmþu

rodor

(n.)
Grammar
rodor, rador, es; m.
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Lyft aer, hroder aether, 52, 56. Se rodor ymbféhþ útan eall ðás niþerlícan gescæfte, Shrn. 63, 9.

Linked entry: rador

be-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sittan, to be-sittanne; p. -sæt, -sætt, pl. -sǽton; pp. -seten, [be by, near, sittan to sit].

to sit round, surround, beset, besiegecircumdare, cingere, obsidereto be in session, to hold sessionsto posessconsidere,possidere

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Ic eom beseten obsideor, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Som. 39, 8. Cassander hý hét ðǽr besittan Cassander commanded to besiege them there, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 74, 16.

Linked entry: be-seten

on-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
on-líhtan, -leóhtan.

of places or things, to illumine, make bright, cause to shine,to give sight to, make the sight clearto clear the mental vision, to enlightento give light (with dat.)To shine

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Ðá geseah hé sóna gesundfullum eágum, þurh ðone ylcan onlíht ðe hine ǽr áblende, H. R. 107, 28; Homl. Skt. i. 21, 275. to clear the mental vision, to enlighten Sóð leóht ðæt onlýht ǽlcne man, Jn. Skt. 1, 9.

fúl

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
fúl, adj.
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Mid fúlustre gewilnunge turpissimo desiderio, Angl. xi. 117, 29. (1 a) guilty of a charge :-- Be þisum þeófum þe man on hrædinge fúle geáxian ne mæg, and man eft geáxað þe hé fúl bið and scildig, . . . þá menn þe æt ordále fúle weorðað, Ll.

tǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
tǽcan, p. tǽhte

To shew.to offer to view, presentto shew an object to a person so that the object may be attained by the person, to shew a way, a place, etc.without an object, to shew the way, directwithout an object, to direct to shew a person (dat. or acc.) the direction that must be taken, to direct, to cause a certain direction to be taken, the direction being marked, by a preposition.to shew the course that must be followed, what should be observed, to direct, appoint, prescribe, enjoin.to shew, indicate, signify

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Ic tǽce sumum men his weg dirigo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Zup. 173, 8. Tǽceþ ús se torhta trumlícne hám, Cd. Th. 282, 29; Sat. 294.

wundor-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wundor-líc, adj.

Wonderfulexciting admirationsurprise

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Seó burg ðe ǽr wæs ealra weorca fæstast and wunderlecast and mǽrast, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 24. Is ðæt eác ealles wundorlícost, ðæt..., Blickl. Homl. 127, 14

borh

paymentsuretyshipsecurityloandebt

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betwínon Eádgyfe abbedysse and Leófríce abbode æt þám lande æt stoctúne, Cht. E. 256, 7. Gilébdae borg concesserim vadimonium, Txts. 106, 1090.

for-cweþan

to reproachupbraidblamereproverebuketo reproveto refusedeclineto excuseto refuseto receiveto rejectdisapprove of

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Ac þá consulas noldon hié selfe swá earge geþencan swá hié þá wífmen ǽr forcwǽdon the consuls would not believe themselves such cowards as the women had called them.

fore-secgan

to foretellprophesyproclaimpronouncedeclareto preach

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Þæs Cýres sunu þe wé ǽr foresǽdon, Hml. A. 103, 24. Se foresǽda wiðerwinna the aforesaid adversary, 8, 210. Þæne foresǽdan praephatum, An. Ox. 2461.

hærfest

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Augustus messis, messis tempus, Migne) :-- On hærfeste (in Augusta), ðá fullan wican ǽr Sc̃a Marian mæssan ( Sept. 8), Ll. Th. i. 92, 6.

hearga

(n.)
Grammar
hearga, an; m.

a grovea templefanean idol

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In quattuor locis, id est, æt hearge . . . and æt geddincggum, 282, 17. an idol Wæs gesewen átífred ealle ðá heargas (idola) . . . sió gítsung ðe Sc̃s Paulus cuæð ðæt wǽre hearga (idolorum) geféra, Past. 157, 4-6. Hergas ðeóda simulacra gentium Ps.

torr

(n.)
Grammar
torr, es; m.

turrisa towera projecting rocka tor

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Æt torre at the tower (of Babel), Cd. Th. 101, 26; Gen. 1688. Tó beácne torr, 100, 19; Gen. 1666: Bt. 25, 4; Fox 162, 25. Monn getimberde torr ( turrem ), Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 12, 1. Torr (tor, Rush.), Lk. Skt. Lind. 14, 28.

Linked entries: túr tor