forþ
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Ásitte hé þonne úplang, hníge þonne forð, Lch. iii. 2, 13. from a point of rest Se engel hié lǽrde ðæt hié æt þǽre þriddan tíde hié forð trymedan ongeán heora feóndum, Bl.
weorþ-full
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Hé wæs swýðe wurðful; þriwa hé bær his cynehelm ǽlce geáre, Chr. 1086; Erl. 221, 14-27. worthy, suitable, fitting Beón wurðful wunung ðæs Hálgan Gástes, Homl. Th. ii. 600, 17.
healdan
to HOLD, keep, grasp, retain, restrain, confine, contain ⬩ to hold, have, possess, occupy, inhabit ⬩ to rule, govern ⬩ to behave, conduct ⬩ to guard, defend, keep, preserve, protect, maintain, sustain, regard, observe, take heed ⬩ to hold out, last, hold on, continue, hold with ⬩ to hold, keep, keep sheep ⬩ servare, custodire
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Nolde ða béc ágifan ǽr heó wyste hú getríwlíce hé hi [hine?] æt landum healdan wolde she would not give up the charters before she knew with what faith he would conduct himself [or treat her?] as regarded the lands, Chart. Th. 202, 27.
Linked entries: a-hyltan healding heald-ness -hilde healdend
boh
Anything curved or bent ⬩ the arm, shoulder ⬩ armus ⬩ humerus, lacertus ⬩ the arm of a tree, a BOUGH, branch ⬩ ramus, stipes, palmes ⬩ a branch of a family, offspring, progeny ⬩ propago ⬩ the bow of a ship ⬩ armus ⬩ armus ⬩ shoulder, bow of a ship ⬩ the shoulder, haunch ⬩ the shoulder of an animal
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Boh stipes, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 26; Som. 11, 16. Berende boh germen, Ælfc. Gl. 60; Som. 68, 32; Wrt. Voc. 39, 18. Ðeáh ðú hwilcne boh ðæs treówes býge though thou bendest any bough of a tree, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 105, Met. 13, 53.
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án-wille
Having one will ⬩ following one's own will ⬩ self-willed ⬩ obstinate ⬩ stubborn ⬩ pertinax ⬩ obstinatus ⬩ contumax
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Having one will, following one's own will, self-willed, obstinate, stubborn; pertinax, obstinatus, contumax Ánwilla obstinatus, pertinax, Ælfc. Gl. 90; Wrt. Voc. 51, 29. Sint to manianne ða ánwillan admonendi pertinaces, Past. 42. 1; Hat.
feðer-scíte
Four-cornered ⬩ quadrangular ⬩ quadrangŭlāris
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Four-cornered, quadrangular; quadrangŭlāris Feðerscíte tæfel four-cornered tables; tessĕrae vel lepuscŭlæ, Ælfc. Gl. 61; Som. 68, 66; Wrt. Voc. 39, 49. Lytle feðerscitte flórstánas little four-cornered floor-stones; tessellæ, 61; Som. 68, 67; Wrt.
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firgen-gát
A mountain-goat ⬩ chamois ⬩ montāna vel saltuensis capra ⬩ ībex
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A mountain-goat, chamois; montāna vel saltuensis capra, ībex Firgengát [MS. firing-gát] ibex, Ælfc. Gl. 20; Som. 59, 39; Wrt. Voc. 23, 2. Firgengát mountain-goat, Cot. 109: 116. Firgingǽt [MS. -gǽtt] ibĭces, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 158, 31
Linked entries: firgin-gǽtt firing-gát
fisc-pól
A fish-pool ⬩ fish-pond ⬩ piscīna ⬩ vīvārium
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A fish-pool, fish-pond; piscīna, vīvārium Fiscpól vīvārium, Ælfc. Gl. 98; Som. 76, 94; Wrt. Voc. 54, 38: 80, 66: piscīna, Som. 76, 95; Wrt. Voc. 54, 39. On fiscpóle in a fish-pool, Lchdm. iii. 212, 15
Linked entry: fisc-mere
un-trumian
to make weak ⬩ weaken ⬩ to be or to become weak
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to make weak, weaken Ic untrumige infirmo, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Zup. 276, 7. to be or to become weak Ná ic untrumge non infirmabor, Ps. Spl. 25, 1. Ðæs bróðer untrumade cujus frater infirmabatur, Jn. Skt. Rush. 11, 2
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wiþ-settan
To oppose ⬩ resist
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To oppose, resist Sende hé him fultum þurh sumne déman, ðe wiðsette heora feóndum, and hí álísde of heora yrmðe, Ælfc. T. Grn. 6, 25. Fram ansýne árleásra ða ðe mé geswenctun ł wiðsettun (afflixerunt), Ps. Lamb. 16, 9
be-sendan
to send
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to send Ic on besende inmitto, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 172, 11. On ðám ðwyrnyssum þe ús se Ælmihtiga on besent, Hml. Th. ii. 460, 15. Besende se deófol swilc geþanc on þone munuc, Hml. S. 31, 1073 : 33. 161
for-lǽdan
to bring forth
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.), Mt. 13, 52) of his goldhorde ealde þing and níwe similis est homini qui profert de thesauro suo noua et uetera, Ælfc. T. Grn. 19, 29
hyrnetu
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Hymette (hyrnete, v. l.) scabro, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 307, 13. a gad-fly Beáw vel hyrnette vestrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 64
wǽgan
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Gif þú wiltest ealne þone wísdóm þe on þám bócum stynt, þonne woldest þú gelýfan ꝥ ic ná ne wǽge on þisum gewrite, Ælfc. T. Grn. 12, 8. Wǽgeð weorc eleberian mentietur opus oliuę, Ps. Rdr. 285, 17. Add
afæstla
O certainly! ⬩ O assuredly! ⬩ O certe
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O certe Afæstla, and hi lá hi, and wella well, and þyllíce óðre syndon Englisc interjectiones O certainly, and alas, and well well, and such other are English interjections, Ælfc. Gr. 48; Som. 49, 28
fennig
FENNY ⬩ marshy ⬩ muddy ⬩ dirty ⬩ pălustris ⬩ ulīgĭnōsus ⬩ lŭtōsus
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FENNY, marshy, muddy, dirty; pălustris, ulīgĭnōsus, lŭtōsus Fennig æcer ulīgĭnōsus ăger, Ælfc. Gl. 57; Som. 67, 70; Wrt. Voc. 37, 56. Gif sió hond bip fennegu if the hand is dirty, Past. 13, 1; Hat. MS. 16 b, 8
ful-cúþ
Full known ⬩ well known ⬩ famous ⬩ public ⬩ bĕne nōtus ⬩ insignis ⬩ publĭcus
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Full known, well known, famous, public; bĕne nōtus, insignis, publĭcus On fulcúþum gemynde in famous memory, Ælfc. T. 21, 1. Bí fulcúþum strǽtum juxta publĭcos viārum transĭtus, Bd. 2, 16; S. 520, 4, note, MS. T: Nar. 2, 15
hramma
Cramp ⬩ spasm
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Cramp, spasm Hramma spasmos, Ælfc. Gl. 10; Som. 57, 12; Wrt. Voc. 19, 21. Gif hwylcum men hramma derige if cramp annoy any man, Herb. 94, 11; Lchdm. i. 206, 21. Wíð hramman, 153, 5; Lchdm. i. 280, 5
ge-hendnys
Nearness ⬩ proximity ⬩ vicinity ⬩ proxĭmĭtas ⬩ vīcīnĭtas
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Ða geswuteliaþ gehendnysse they express vicinity, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 50. On gehendnysse his mynstres in the neighbourhood of his monastery, Homl. Th. ii. 174, 5