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Hwí nis nú anweald tó tellanne tó sumum ðára héhstena góda ? . . . Hwæþer ꝥ nú sié tó talianne wáclic . . . ?, Bt. 24, 4; F. 86, 14-16. with preposition Oð nú usque nunc, Ps. Srt. 70, 17. Add Nú, ic secge eów ecce prædixi vobis, Mt. 28, 7

orf

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Man offrode fela cinna orf Gode tó láce binnan þám getelde, Ælfc. T. Grn. 24, 2. Hire hyrdeman his orf lǽswode, Hml. Th. ii. 150, 31.

riht-wís

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Se Godes man sceal beón fulfremed on rihtwísum weorcum, Bl. H. 73, 16

úre

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
úre, adj. pronoun.

ourours

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On naman Godes úres, Ps. Spl. 19, 5. Beorhtnes blíðan Drihtnes úres, Ps. Th. 89, 19. Seó rihteste bysen úran (úres, MS. F.) menniscan lífes, R. Ben. 133, 4. Ða blindnesse úre ælþeódignesse, Blickl. Homl. 23, 2: 77, 14.

wǽr-loga

(n.)
Grammar
wǽr-loga, an; m.

One who is false to his covenant, a faithless, perfidious person

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On wǽrlogum wrecan torn Godes, 152, 33; Gen. 2530. Mid ðyssum wǽrlogan, 151, 4; Gen. 2503. On wǽrlogan ( the people before the flood ) wíte settan, 76, 32; Gen. 1266. Hé sceal wedlogan and wǽrlogan hatian and hýnan, Wulfst. 266, 29.

Linked entry: wér-loga

riht-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
riht-líc, adj.

right, just right, fitting, adapted to due requirements adapted, fitted, entitled right, in accordance with reason right as regards conduct,righteous

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Homl. 17, 30 : 29, 17. adapted, fitted, entitled Ðeáh beóþ ða foremǽrran and rihtlícran tó herigenne ða ðe beóþ mid cræftum gewyrðode,Bt. 30, 1 ; Fox 108, 24. right, in accordance with reason Ðæt wǽre rihtlíc tó ongytenne ðæt ealle ða ðe Godes willan

syn

(n.)
Grammar
syn, e; f.

misdeed, fault, crime, wrongsin

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Hé onfunde Godes ierre . . . ðeáh hé wénde ðæt hit nán syn nǽre, Past. 4; Swt. 39, 6. Seó geofu wæs broht for ðære synne ðæs ǽrestan wífes . . . and seó synn wæs ádilegod, Blickl. Homl. 5, 4-6. Syn, 3, 7.

DRECCAN

(v.)
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DRECCAN, dreccean, drecan,ic drecce , drece, ðú drecest, drecst, he dreceþ, drecþ, pl. dreccaþ, drecceaþ; p. [drechede = drehde = ] drehte, dreahte, pl.drehton, dreahton ; pp. [dreched = drehed = dreht, dreaht] dreht, dreaht

To vex, afflict, trouble, torture, torment vexāre, affligĕre, tribulāre, turbāre, cruciāre

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Ðeáh hine se ymbhoga ðyssa woruldsǽlþa wráðe drecce though the anxious care of these worldly goods severely afflicts him, Bt. Met. Fox 7, 108; Met. 7, 54: Homl. Th. i. 156, 21.

FÚL

(adj.)
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FÚL, adj.

FOULdirtyimpurecorruptrottenstinkingguiltyconvicted of a crimefœdusimmundussordĭdusobscœnusspurcuspūtĭdusfœtĭdusculpæ consciuscrīmĭne convictus

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Swá fúle swá gǽt as foul as goats, Exon. 26 a; Th. 75, 34; Cri. 1231. Fúl wín spurcum vīnum, Ælfc. Gl. 32; Som. 61, 127; Wrt. Voc. 27, 54. Ic eom wyrslicre ðonne ðes wudu fúla I am viler than this rotten wood, Exon. 111 a; Th. 424, 33; Rä. 41, 48.

Linked entries: a-fúl FÚL fúl

mód-sefa

(n.)
Grammar
mód-sefa, an; m.

The inner man

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Wæs módsefa áfýsed on forþwege my soul longed to be gone, Rood Kmbl. 246; Kr. 124. Mé ðín módsefa lícaþ you please me, Beo. Th. 3711; B. 1853. Ne gemealt him se módsefa his heart did not fail, 5249; B. 2628.

stycce-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
stycce-mǽlum, (sticce-, stic-); adv.
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Óþþæt ðú hí styccemǽlum áfédde mid ðý Godes worde donec paulatim enutriti verbo Dei, 3, 5; S. 527, 34. Sticcemǽlum, 1, 7; S. 477, 3: 1, 16; S. 484, 15: 5, 10; S. 624, 37. Ðone song hé gehýrde sticcemǽlum tó him neálǽcan, 4, 3; S. 567, 43.

wórian

(v.)
Grammar
wórian, p. ode

To wander aboutto wander aboutramblebe a vagabond

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Ne férde heó wórigende geond land, ac wæs wunigende binnan Godes temple, Homl. Th. i. 148, 3: ii. 160, 21. Wórigende geond wudas and feldas, 188, 14. Eówre beam beóð wórigende on ðisum wéstene felii vestri ernnt vagi in deserto, Num. 14, 33 : Homl.

á-scirian

(v.)
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Grn. 20, 8. with idea of exclusion, expulsion Gítsung and unrihtlice welan ðé áscyriað and ásyndriað fram Gode, Hex. 52, 18. Áscyrige man hig fram þǽre þénunge abscidantur a ministerio, Ll. Th. ii. 198, 3.

birnan

(v.)
Grammar
birnan, pp. burnen

To burnardentvehement

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Hié burnon þǽre Godes lufan, Bl. H. 133, 23. of action or passion, to be ardent, vehement :-- Hátode, barn incanduisset, feruebat (ardor crudelitatis ), An. Ox. 4731. Byrnendes gálscipes flagrantis furie, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 36.

Linked entries: byrnan beornan

crístnian

(v.)
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Þonne se preóst crístnað, þonne ádrǽfð hé ðone deófol of ðám cilde; for ðan ðe ǽlc hǽðen man bið deófles, ac þurh fulluht hé bið Godes, Hml. Th. i. 304, 33. to baptize (?)

Linked entries: crístian crístnere

ferian

(v.)

to carrymoveconveyto leadconduct

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Th. i. 492, 26. figurative Ðá ferede hine Godes hond þider þǽr hine men áredon, Shrn. 57, 5. to direct the course of Hé mid ðǽm úre líf líðelíce and getǽslíce fereð vitam nostram blanda lenitate disponit, Past. 369, 13.

for-wiernan

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.), deny Hé þæs teóþan dǽles Gode forwyrneþ, Bl. H. 51, 5. Hié him þára béna forwierndon, Ors. 2, 2; S. 64, 27. Him ǽtes forwyrnan, Hml. S. 22, 137. Him nánes willan næs forwyrnd, ne nánes lustes, Ps.

ge-lustfullian

(v.)
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.), to take pleasure Gemyndig ic wæs Godes and ic gelustfullode (delectatus sum), Ps. L. 76, 4. Ne sceal man unálýfedlíce gelustfullian non concupiscere, R. Ben. 16, 19. <b>I a.

ge-dafenian

(v.)
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H. 67, 12: 77, 12. without a subject, alone Godes laga bealdan swá swá his háde gedafenað, Ll. Th. i. 346, 24. Dó hire swá dohtrum gedafenað faciet illi juxta morem filiorum, Ll.

ge-frédan

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Ðæt hié ongieton and gefrêden ðæt hié suá micle má beóð Godes bearn, 251, 21