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be-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
be-feolan, l. be-feólan, dele first passage, and add: p. -fealh, -feall, -feal, pl. ful(g)on.

to buryto bearbe pleased withto apply oneself earnestly to somethingto be urgent with a personto press to persistpersevere with something to persist incontinue

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Se kyng befealh georne hire bréðer oð ꝥ hé cwæð iá wið, Chr. 1067; P. 201, 21. reflexive, to persist, persevere with something :-- Hí þone Godes wer gesáwon him befeólan mid þǽre cyllfyllinge virum Dei ad implendum utrem sibi invertere videbant, Gr.

here

(n.)

an armyan armya hosta division of an armyarmy corpslegioncohorttroopinfantrycavalryan armyan armymultitudehostcrowdmultitudeharryingdevastationplunderingravaging

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Wearð Godes ágen bearn áhangen for herigum, El. 180: Met. 26, 57. Ðá gesæh ðe Hǽlend hergas menigo videns Jesus turbas multas, Mt.

þurh

(prep.)
Grammar
þurh, þurg, þuruh, þorh, þorch, þerh, þerih, þærh; prep.

Throughthroughforduringthroughbythroughbyby means ofby use ofthroughin consequence ofas the result ofby reason ofon account ofthroughfromthroughin virtue ofby right ofinbyin the character ofby way ofinwithwith a view tothroughbyin

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Kmbl. 2331; El. 1167. with verbs of swearing, adjuring, etc., through, by, in Sume synd jurativa, ðæt synd swerigendlíce, per ðurh: juro per Deum ic swerige ðurh God, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 227, 3.

grétan

(v.)
Grammar
grétan, to greet.
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Leófgiue grét hire léuedi Godes grétinge. And ic kíðe, 268, 12. Sende se cyng ... and hét grétan ealne his leódscipe, Chr. 1014; P. 145, 5

á-bisgian

(v.)
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Gif ðín willa bið gelóme ábysgod on Godes herungum, 40, 8.

Linked entry: a-bysgian

DEORC

(adj.)
Grammar
DEORC, def. se deorca, seó, ðæt deorce; adj.

DARK, obscure, gloomy, sad tenebrōsus, obscūrus

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Gebrecu féraþ deorc ofer dreohtum [MS. dreontum] the crashes go dark over multitudes, Exon. 102 a; Th. 385, 15; Rä. 4, 45: 48 b; Th. 168, 1; Gú. 1071.

Linked entry: deorcian

swǽsende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
swǽsende, es; but occurring almost always in pl. swǽsendu (-a, -o); n.
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¶ In phrases :-- Gán tó swǽsendum to go to dinner; ire ad reficiendum, 5, 4; S. 617, 18. Sittan æt or tó swǽsendum to sit at meat, take a meal :-- Hí æt beóde and æt swǽsendum sǽton sederunt ad mensam 5, 5; S. 617, 10: Cd.

Linked entries: swésende swoese

ge-weorc

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Ꝥ hí férdon on þæt geweorc þæs Godes wordes, Bd. l, 23; Sch. 50, l. v. ǽfen-, brycg-, ealu-, fasten-, land-, stán-, sulh-, tigel- timber-, weall- web-geweorc. <b>IV a.

háwian

(v.)
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Th. 21, 16. figurative Creft ealra crefta is þæt man spurige æfter Gode, and hys háwie and hine geseó, Solil. H. 30, 24.

flówan

to pass awaybe transitoryto issueto flowto be floodedto flowto abound

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Th. i. ii 8, 14. of persons, to resort in great numbers, come or go in streams Þá him fleówon tó forwel menige, Hml.

ge-trúwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-trúwian, ge-trýgian.
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gesáwon þá Egypte, hý ðá getrymedon hyra drýas, and getrúwedon mid hyra drýcræftum þæt hí on ðone ilcan weg féran meahton when the Egyptians saw that, their magicians encouraged them, and made them believe with their magic arts that they would be able to go

á-stígan

(v.)

downwardupwarddownward upwardto descendgo down intoto ascendmount

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B. trans. to descend, go down into Þá ðe ástígað sǽ on scipum qui descendunt mare in navibus, Ps. Spl. 106, 23. Staþu ástígan, Lch. iii. 210, 16. to ascend, mount Ic ástíge mín scyp ego ascendo navem, Coll. M. 26, 31.

lytel

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
lytel, adj., and neut. of adj. Add:: , lýtel (?). A. adj.
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Mé ne þincþ náuht lytel gód þisses andweardan lífes gesǽlþa, ne eác náuht lytel yfel his ungesǽlþa in hac ipsa fortuna populari nonnihil boni malive inesse perpendo, Bt. 39, 2 ; F. 212, 14.

myntan

(v.)
Grammar
myntan, p. te.

to meanintendpurposedetermineto thinksuppose

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Se ðe Gode mynteþ bringan beorhtne wlite, Exon. 23 b; Th. 65, 22; Cri. 1058. Mynte ic hié háton yflian I had a mind to order them to be punished, Nar. 25, 27.

ge-cnáwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cnáwan, ic -cnáwe, ðú -cnáwest, -cnǽwst, he -cnáweþ, -cnǽwþ, pl. -cnáwaþ; p. -cneów, pl. -cneówon; pp. -cnáwen

To knowperceiveunderstandrecognisenoscereagnosceresentirecognoscere

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Ðú miht ða sóðan gesǽlþa gecnáwan thou mayest recognise the true goods, Bt. 23; Fox 78, 32; 80, 2

Linked entry: ge-cneów

seld-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
seld-, sel-, syl-líc ; adj.
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Th. 6069 ; B. 3038. having unusual good qualities, excellent, admirable Þeódnes cynegold sóðfæstra gehwone sellíc glengeþ, Exon. Th. 238, 19 ; Ph. 606 : 341, 16 ; Gn. Ex. 127.

stenc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
stenc, es; m.
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Góde stencas and yfele, 56; Swt. 433, 22. <b>I a.</b> a pleasant smell, fragrance, perfume :-- Ys mínes suna stenc swilce ðæs landes stenc, ðe Drihten bletsode, Gen. 27, 27.

þrǽl

(n.)
Grammar
þrǽl, es; m.
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Wé witan ðæt þurh Godes gyfe þrǽl wearð tó þegene, and ceorl tó eorle, L. Eth. vii. 21; Th. i. 334, 8.

under-niman

(v.)
Grammar
under-niman, p. -nam, pl. -námon; pp. -numen.

to take surreptitiouslyto stealto take into the mindreceive what is said, taughtto take upon one's selfto blameresent

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To poure iheorted eni heih þing to undernimen ine hope of Godes helpe, A. R. 202, 6. Hardy to grease þinge ondernime, Ayenb. 83, 19.] to blame, resent(?)

Linked entry: under-fón

un-strang

(adj.)
Grammar
un-strang, adj.

Not strongweakfeeble

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Hé ( Peter ) mid his gange getácnode ǽgðer ge ða strangan ge ða unstrangan on Godes folce. Cristes gelaðung ne mæg beón búton strangum, ne búton unstrangum. Ðá ðá him twýnode, ðá getácnode hé ða unstrangan. Hwæt sind ða unstrangan?