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feor

(adv.)
Grammar
feor, adv.

avoidancewidelywidelyfarfar

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Andswaredon : "Nis hit feor tó þon" (non longe est), Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 490, 25. Wé witon ꝥ hit nis nó feor tó þon (the end of the world) . . . Nis ꝥ feor tó þon ꝥ ꝥ eác geweorþan sceal, Bl. H. 117, 29-34.

Linked entries: fier firr fyr

gifeðe

(adj.)
Grammar
gifeðe, gyfeðe; adj.

Givengranted [by fate]datusconcessus

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Him ðæt gifeðe ne wæs it was not granted him, 3658; B. 2652. Hwæt him gúðweorca gifeðe wurde what work of war should be assigned him, Andr. Kmbl. 2134; An. 1068: Beo. Th. 4976; B. 2491: 604; B. 299. v. Grmm. D. M. 843

ge-hycgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hycgan, -hicgan; p. -hogde, -hogede, -hogode; pp. -hogod [see March, § 222]

To thinkconceiveconsiderdevisereflectbe mindfulthink aboutcareintendresolve

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Hæfde on án gehogod ðæt he gedǽde swá hine drihten hét his purpose had continually been to do as the Lord commanded him, Cd. 140; Th. 175, 9; Gen. 2892. Ðæt hió ðæs niwan taman náuht ne gehicgge that she care nothing about the new tameness, Bt. Met.

bríw-þicce

(adj.)
Grammar
bríw-þicce, adj.
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Thick as pottage Wylle hit oð ðæt hit beó wel bríwþicce, Lch. iii. 76, 7

wundig

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Ealle hié hié swá wundige hyrwað omnes itt ulcerosum contemnunt, Verc. Först. 139, 10. Add

ufan

(adv.)
Grammar
ufan, adv.

from abovedownaboveat the top

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Ðá gefeóll hé on his earm ufan, Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 2

Linked entries: ufan ufon on-ufan

HÉDAN

(v.)
Grammar
HÉDAN, p. de

To HEED, take care, observe, attend, guard, take charge, take possession, receiveto take care of, guardcustodire, observare

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To HEED, take care, observe, attend, guard, take charge, take possession, receive Lazarus ne móste ǽr on lífe hédan ðæra crumena his mýsan before when alive Lazarus might not take the crumbs of his table, Homl. Th. i. 330, 31.

Linked entries: be-hédan ge-hýdan

bǽtan

to baitworry with dogs,to beatmake way against the wind or current

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bǽtte, warenað hé hine wið ðæt weder a good pilot perceives a great wind on a rough sea before it comes on him, and orders the sail to be furled, and also sometimes the mast to be lowered and to leave off beating; if he have before in an adverse wind

bétan

put rightto mendrepairrestorecureto correctto amendmake amendsreparation for

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Ðá menn þe heora synna and unrihtes gescwícaþ, and hié heora scriftum geandettiaþ, and be heora dóme bétaþ, Bl. H. 193, 23. Ǽghwylc man sceal bétan his wóhdǽda be his gyltes andefne, 45, 38.

cídan

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Se mann geunrótsað for his ǽhta lyre, and cíd þonne wið God, Hml. S. 16, 292. Maria and Aaron cíddon wið Moises for his wífe locuta est Maria et Aaron contra Moysen propter uxorem ejus, Num. 12, 1.

mǽrsian

(v.)
Grammar
mǽrsian, p. ode.

to make greatextendto make knownspread the knowledge of anythingdeclareproclaimannouncecelebrateto celebrateto celebrateperform a rite, ceremony, &c. with due solemnityto magnifyexaltpraiseglorify

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Ðætte hiá ne mérsades hine ne manifestarent eum, 3, 12. Ðæt is ðæt mon his mearce brǽde ðæt mon his hlísan and his naman mǽrsige terminum suum dilatare, est opinionis suæ nomen extendere, Past. 48, 2; Swt. 367, 14. Mǽrsedon celebrabant, Hpt.

á-teorian

(v.)

to get exhaustedfaint,to lose heart or energyget wearyfaintto get exhaustedcome to an endfailbe wantingto be defective

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Gif ic forlǽte fæstende hám gecyrran, þonne áteoriað be wege, ii. 396, 27. Se déma hét him ǽtes forwyrnan ꝥ hé swá áteorode. Hml. S. 22, 137. fig. to lose heart or energy, get weary, faint Wíte com ofer ðé and ðú áteorodest, Hml.

flǽsclicness

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His hand getácnað his mihte and his flǽsclicnysse, 122, 28. Add

myne

(n.)
Grammar
myne, es; m.

the mindmindpurposedesirelove

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Nó hé ðone gifstól grétan móste for Metode ne his myne wisse he might not approach the throne because of the Lord, and knew not his purpose, Beo.

ildan

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Bið ilded differtur, 16, 7. to dissimulate Ne sceal hé hit nó yldan and híwian, swilce hit him uncúð sý neque dissimulet peccata deliquentium, R. Ben. 13, 16. to decay with age. Cf. ildu; <b>IIIa.

fór-wlencean

(v.)
Grammar
fór-wlencean, p. -wlencte; pp. -wlenced [wlenco pride]

To exaltfill with pridemake very proudexaltārearrŏgantia implēre

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To exalt, fill with pride, make very proud; exaltāre, arrŏgantia implēre Ðonne hine ne mágon ða wélan fórwlencean when the riches are not able to make him proud. Past. 26; Hat. MS. 35 b, 2. Forwlencte proud, Blickl. Homl. 199, 14

níd-hǽs

(n.)
Grammar
níd-hǽs, e; f.

A command which is attended by compulsion

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A command which is attended by compulsion Man for cyning gebidde and hine búton neádhǽse heora willum weorðigen let people pray for the king, and honour him without injunction, of their own accord, L. Wih. 1; Th. i. 36, 16

Linked entry: hǽs

ge-mundbyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mundbyrdan, p. de; pp. ed [mundbyrd protection]

To protect, defend, patronizeprotĕgĕre, tuēri

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Ðæt he hine gemundbyrde that he would protect him, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 21

Linked entry: mundbyrdan

mann

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Gif hwá ymb cyninges feorh sierwie þurh hinc oþþe þurh wreccena feormunge oþþe his manna, Ll. Th. i. 62, 16. Se hláford ne derige his mannum, ne forðan his nýdþeówan, ii. 314, 2.

hwíl

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Næs þá nǽnig hwíl tó þan sóna swá út eódon, þá geségon þone hræfn nec mora, egredi-entes conspiciunt corvum 144, 15 : 145, 23.