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þorfend

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
þorfend, es; m.: þorfende; adj.
Entry preview:

Rush. 14, 5. Ðorfendum ł næfigum (ðarfendum, Rush.) egenis, Jn. Skt. Lind. 12, 5. Cf. þearfende, and see preceding and following words

níd-þearf

(adj.)
Grammar
níd-þearf, adj.

Necessary ⬩ needful

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Rush. 11, 3. Án is nédþarf ł behóflíc unum est necessarium, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 10, 42. Nédþærfo tído ymbhuoerfnise undercymende necessaria temporum vicissitudine succedente, Rtl. 37, 35.

cursung

(n.)
Grammar
cursung, e; f. A maledictio, damnatio, gehenna = γέεννα

CURSING, curse, torment, hell;

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Rush. 20, 47

fór-sceótan

Grammar
fór-sceótan, l. for-sceótan

prevent ⬩ stop

Entry preview:

to rush in the way of, prevent, stop Ðá Petrus wolde befrínan þone Hǽlend, þá forsceát se Hǽlend hine, Hml. Th. i. 510, 31. Ðéh sió díc forscoten wǽre, C. D. iii. 168, 35

Linked entry: for-scít

gest-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
gest-ærn, -ern, gyst-ern, es; n.

A guest-place ⬩ guest-chamber ⬩ an inn ⬩ hospĭtālis aula ⬩ hospĭtium ⬩ diversōrium

Entry preview:

Rush. 22, 11

Linked entries: gæst-ærn gyst-ern gest-ern

palm-treów

(n.)
Entry preview:

Rush. 15, 4. Ðǽr wǽron hundseofontig palmtreówa ( palmae ), Ex. 15, 27. Palmtreówa (-trýwa) twigu ramos palmarum, Jn. Skt. 12, 13

glædscipe

(n.)
Grammar
glædscipe, es; m.

Gladness ⬩ joy

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Rush. 3, 29

wæstmian

(v.)
Grammar
wæstmian, p. ode

To bring forth fruit(lit. or fig.), fructify

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.), fructify Eorðo wæstmiaþ (wæstmas, Rush.) terra fructificat, Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 28. Ic wæstmede fructificavi, Rtl. 3, 20. Manig yfel wé geáxiaþ wæstmian, Blickl. Homl. 109, 2

tó-slítness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-slítness, e; f.

a tearing in pieces ⬩ rending in pieces ⬩ dissension

Entry preview:

Rush. 7, 43

Linked entries: tó-slite tó-slítere

wacen

(n.)
Grammar
wacen, (-an, -on, -un), e; f.

wakefulness ⬩ sleeplessness ⬩ a watch ⬩ vigil ⬩ a watch ⬩ a division of the night ⬩ a watch ⬩ guard ⬩ a rousing ⬩ an incitement

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Rush. 6, 48. On ða æfterra wacone (waccane, Lind.) in secunda uigilia, Lk. Skt.

Linked entries: a-wacan wacan wacon wæcen weacen

spillan

(v.)
Grammar
spillan, p. de

To destroy ⬩ confundo, ⬩ to destroy, spoil

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Rush. 17, 33: Jn. Skt. Rush. 12, 25. Ðeóf ne cymeþ búta ðætte [hé] spilleþ (perdat), 10, 10. Ne spildic ł ne losade non perdidi, Lind. 18, 9. Eal ðæt God spilde God destroyed it all, Cd. Th. 154, 22; Gen. 2559.

leóran

(v.)
Grammar
leóran, p. de

To go ⬩ depart ⬩ pass ⬩ pass away

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Rush. 26, 42. Leórendum dagum in the transitory days [of this life], Exon. 118 a; Th. 454, 9; Hy. 4, 30

Linked entries: bi-leóran ge-hlioran

seofon

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
seofon, syfon ; when used without a following noun it is declined, nom. , acc. seofone; g. seofona; d. seofonum.
Entry preview:

.: siofun, Rush.) óðre gástas, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 45. without a following noun Ðá nam se þridda hig, and swá ealle seofone (-ene, MS. A.: seofono, Lind.: ða siofune, Rush.), Lk. Skt. 20, 31. Ealle seofon (-en, MS. A.: -an, MS.

Linked entries: seofan sibun

tunece

(n.)
Grammar
tunece, an;
Entry preview:

Rush. ), Lk. Skt. 3, 11: Blickl. Homl. 169, 13

Linked entry: tunice

sweostor

(n.)
Grammar
sweostor, swistor, swystor, swustor (-er, -ur); indecl. in sing.; pl. sweostor, sweostra, sweostru (u, y); f.
Entry preview:

.: swæster, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 13, 56. Swustra (suoestro, Lind.: swester, Rush.), Mk. Skt. 6, 3. Swestro, Jn. Skt. Rush. 11, 3. Ic seah vi. gebróþor and hyra sweostor mid, Exon. Th. 394, 13; Rä. 14, 2. Ðe ne onfó swustru (swustra, MS.

Linked entries: suster swuster ge-sweostor

ge-incfullian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-incfullian, p. ade; pp. ad

To offend ⬩ scandalize

Entry preview:

Rush. 17, 27. Se ðe ne biþ in me geincfullad qui non fuerit scandalizatus in me, 11, 6 : 15, 12

Linked entry: incfullian

un-sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
un-sǽlan, p. de

To untie ⬩ unbind ⬩ loose

Entry preview:

Rush. 21, 2. Onlésed, unsǽled desolutus, i. liberatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 29. Unmidled vel unsǽled effrenus, 142, 60

healsed

(n.)
Grammar
healsed, healsod, healscod

a cloth for the head

Entry preview:

Rush. [halscode, Lind.] 11, 44. Halsodu sudarium [hascode, Lind.] 20, 7

Linked entry: háls

on-gang

(n.)
Grammar
on-gang, es; m.

an entrance ⬩ an irruption, attack, a going with violence

Entry preview:

Ongeong (-gong, Rush.), impetus, Mk. Skt. Lind, 5, 13

wudu-bend

(n.)

wood-bine

Entry preview:

Rush. l, 6. v. wudubind, and cf. wiþo-bend

Linked entries: wiþo-bend wudu-bind

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