for-standan
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.), lie in the line of advance Oð þæt sǽfæsten landes æt ende leódmægne forstód, Exod. 128. to come to a stand, stop Gif se man áspíwð þone yfelan wǽtan onweg, þonne forstent se geohsa, Lch. ii. 60, 23.
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ge-win
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H. 63, 3. cf. (1 b γ) Mannes líf is campdóm . . ., for ðan þe ǽlc ðǽra ðe Gode geþíhð bið on gewinne wið ðone deófol, Hml. Th. ii. 454, 29. cf. (1 b δ) [Mynster]lices gecampes gewin cenobialis militię tyrocinium, An. Ox. 4170.
windan
of motion that results from a blow, swing, or other impetus, to fly, leap, start ⬩ to fly, wheel, spring ⬩ of the movement of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ of abstract subjects ⬩ of twisting ⬩ rolling movement ⬩ of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ to waver ⬩ to twist ⬩ roll ⬩ to brandish ⬩ wave ⬩ to twist, plait, weave ⬩ to twist, give a curved form to
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Hé wearp hine ðá on wyrmes líc, and wand him ymbútan ðone deáðes beám he twined round the tree of death, Cd. Th. 31, 27; Gen. 491. of inanimate things Þúfas wundon ofer gárfare the banners fluttered above the battalions Cd. Th. 199, 22 ; Exod. 342.
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be-gán
passage ⬩ to go round ⬩ to reach by going ⬩ come upon ⬩ get at ⬩ to go ⬩ pass by ⬩ to go ⬩ come ⬩ get ⬩ to pass by ⬩ To come by ⬩ get at ⬩ to come ⬩ fall to one's lot ⬩ to fall ⬩ get into debt ⬩ to surround ⬩ to confine ⬩ to occupy ⬩ to go about a business ⬩ to attend to ⬩ to cultivate ⬩ to worship ⬩ to honour ⬩ venerate a place ⬩ to exercise, practise an art, mode of life, &c. ⬩ to practise a religion ⬩ follow the dictates of ⬩ to practise ⬩ carry on ⬩ do (habitually) ⬩ to devote one's self to a practice ⬩ to exercise a person ⬩ to behave ⬩ to exercise in something ⬩ to exercise ⬩ use ⬩ employ ⬩ to profess ⬩ pretend
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Bd. 2, 13 ; Sch. 167, 17. to exercise, practise an art, mode of life, &c. Hú begǽst þú (hunta) cræft þínne quomodo exerces artem tuam ?, Coll. M. 21, II: 19, II. Beóde exercuit (anachoreseos vitam), An. Ox. 3639.
GANG
GANG ⬩ going ⬩ journey ⬩ step ⬩ way ⬩ path ⬩ passage ⬩ course (of time) ⬩ ĭter ⬩ grădus ⬩ gressus ⬩ incessus ⬩ ambŭlātio ⬩ sēmĭta ⬩ a passage ⬩ drain ⬩ privy ⬩ latrīna ⬩ secessus
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Him tǽcean lífes weg and rihtne gang to heofonum to teach them the way of life and the right path to heaven, Blickl. Homl. l09, 18. Ðíne gangas gressus tui, Ps. Th. 67, 23. Fóta gangas pedum gressus, 72, 1. Míne gangas meæ sēmĭtæ, 138, 2.
GÁR
A dart ⬩ javelin ⬩ spear ⬩ shaft ⬩ arrow ⬩ weapon ⬩ arms ⬩ acŭlum ⬩ pīlum ⬩ hasta ⬩ hastæ cuspis ⬩ săgitta ⬩ tēlum ⬩ arma
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Lǽtaþ gáres ord, in gedúfan in fǽges ferþ let the javelin-point plunge into the life of the doomed one, Andr. Kmbl. 2662; An. 1332 : Cd. 75; Th. 92, 2; Gen. 1522. Sende se sǽrinc súþerne gár the sea-chief sent a southern dart, Byrht.
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ides
A woman
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A woman [it is a word little used except in poetry, and it is supposed by Grimm to have been applied, in the earliest times, like the Greek νύμφη, to superhuman beings, occupying a position between goddesses and mere women, v. D.
leóf-wende
Pleasing ⬩ gracious ⬩ acceptable ⬩ amiable ⬩ estimable
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Wuton wuldrian weorada dryhten lufian liófwendum lífes ágend let us glorify the Lord of hosts, gratefully love the disposer of life, Hy. 8, 3; Hy. Grn. ii. 290, 3: Exon. 14 b; Th. 29, 31; Cri. 471.
nett
a net ⬩ a mosquito-net ⬩ net- work ⬩ web
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Hí forléton hyra nett (netta, Lind.) relictis retibus, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 22 : Homl. Th. i. 578, 21. a mosquito-net Nette, fleógryfte conopio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, 18. net- work, web Swá tedre swá swá gangewifran nett, Ps. Th. 38, 12.
ge-wis
Certain ⬩ sure ⬩ knowing ⬩ foreknowing ⬩ certus
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We syndon gewisse ðínes lífes we are acquainted with thy life, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 30, 18. He hí gewisse gedyde and gelǽrde be ingonge ðæs écan ríces de ingressu regni æterni certos reddidit, Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, 35.
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blanden-feax
Having mixed or grizzly hair, grey-haired, old ⬩ comam mixtam vel canam habens, senex
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Blanden-feax is a phrase which in Anglo-Saxon poetry is only applied to those advanced in life; and is used to denote that mixture of colour which the hair assumes on approaching or increasing senility, Price's Warton i. xcvi. note 20 Gelpan ne þorfte
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BOLD
a building, dwelling, house ⬩ ædificium, domicilium, domus ⬩ a superior house, hall, castle, palace, temple ⬩ aula, palatium, ædes ⬩ a builder
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Bold wæs betlíc the building was excellent [good-like], Beo. Th. 3854; B. 1925.
ge-fetian
To fetch ⬩ bring ⬩ addūcĕre ⬩ accīre ⬩ afferre
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Lind. 15, 44
ge-hwá
Every one ⬩ whoever ⬩ who ⬩ quisque ⬩ quis
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Ðonne feran sceal ánra gehwæs sáwl of líce when the soul of each one shall go from the body, Exon. 54 b; Th. 191, 24; Az. 93 : 64 b; Th. 238, 3; Ph. 598.
ge-openian
To open, manifest, shew, reveal ⬩ To open
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Geopena ongeán me lífes geat open to me the gate of life, 76, 3. Ðæt he geopenige that he shew, Past. 21; Swt. 159, 24; Hat. MS. God hine onwrýhþ ðeáh ðe wit hine ne geopenian God will reveal it though we two do not make it manifest, Blickl.
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regn
Rain
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Ðá com rén (regn, Lind.: rǽgn, Rush.) descendit pluvia, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 25. Nǽnig dǽl regnes ne ungewidres in cuman ne mæg, Blickl. Homl. 125, 33. Hé áríman mæg rægnas scúran dropena gehwelcne, Cd. Th. 265, 22;Sat. 11.
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stocc
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Lind. 6, 2
un-gecoren
unchosen ⬩ unselected ⬩ reprobate ⬩ evil
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D. 1; Th. i. 352, 12. reprobate, evil For ðissum lǽnan lífe ic sylle ðæt unlǽne, for ðyssum ungecorenum ðæt gecorene, Wulfst. 264, 19.
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wrixl
change ⬩ alteration ⬩ vicissitude ⬩ alternation ⬩ exchange ⬩ interchange ⬩ place ⬩ stead ⬩ a loan ⬩ what is given in return ⬩ return ⬩ requital
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change, alteration, vicissitude Ðæt is wræclíc wrixl in wera lífe, ðætte moncynnes Scyppend onféng æt fǽmnan flǽsc, and sió weres friga wiht ne cúþe, Exon. Th. 26, 12; Cri. 416.
flór
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Ne mihte seó his swaðu nǽfre beón þǽm óðrum flórum geonlícod his footstep could never be made like the rest of the floor, Shrn. 80, 39. Andlang ríðiges ðæt hit cymð tó fágan flóran (= flórum, or sing, ?