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on-bídan

(v.)
Grammar
on-bídan, p. -bád; pl. -bidon; pp. -biden.

to abide, wait, remainto wait for, expect,to wait on, attend upon

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Hé onbád ðæt feówertig wintra hweðer hié gecyrran woldan he waited the forty years to see whether they would change, Blickl. Homl. 79, 4. Onbíd her seofon and twentig nihta, 231, 5: 237, 33.

tó-gædere

(adv.)
Grammar
tó-gædere, -gædre, -gadore; adv.

Togetherunion, association, joining, mingling,

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.; Erl. 5, 7. marking continuity Feówertig daga and feówertig nihta tógædere, Gen. 7, 4: Homl. Th. i. 22, 3. Fæste .ii. dagas tógaedere, gif him mægen gelǽste, Lchdm. ii. 218, 2: 232, 19

tó-samne

(adv.)
Grammar
tó-samne, -somne; adv.

Togetherin concert,at the same time

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Th. 190, 30; Exod. 207. of uninterrupted time Moyses fæste feówertig daga and feówertig nihta tósamne, Homl. Th. ii. 100, 3. Tósomne, 198, 13. Hé fæste hwílum twégen dagas, hwílum þrý tósomne, Shrn. 52, 20.

Linked entry: tó-somne

eall

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Hí þá ealle feówertig ætforan him stódon, Hml. S. 11, 55. Yfel monn ealra þeáwa, Ors. 6, 14; S. 268, 27. Sum wydewe næfde ealra ǽhta búton ǽnne feórðling, Hml. Th. ii. 106, 9. Ealra geára hé stód on ðǽm wéstenne seofon and feówertig, Shrn. 109, 12.

teóðung-dagas

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung-dagas, pl.
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week days in the six weeks of Lent from the first Sunday in Lent until Easter-day Gif wé teóðiaþ ðás geárlícan dagas, ðonne beóþ ðǽr six and ðrítig teóðingdagas; and fram ðisum dæge ( the first Sunday in Lent ) óð ðone hálgan Eásterdæg sind twá and feówertig

ge-wǽpnian

(v.)
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On ðǽre fyrde wǽron feówertig þúsenda swýðe gewǽpnode, Homl. S. 25, 333. Myd seofen þúsend gewǽpnodra manna, Hml.

stǽlan

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Feówertig daga fǽhðe ic wille on weras stǽlan for forty days will I make on men my charge of enmity against me, Gen. 1352. In the last line but one for death read wounding, for slain, wounded.]

on-wacan

(v.)

to awake, cease to sleepto arise, spring, be derived, be born

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Hié begeton feówertíg bearna ðæt ðonon menio onweócon, 294, 25; Sat. 476

Linked entries: wacen á-wacan

eác

(prep.; con.)
Grammar
eác, prep. dat.

With, in addition to, besides cum, præter

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Ðæt gér wæs ðæt sixte eác feówertigum that year was the six and fortieth, i. e. the sixth with the fortieth, or the sixth increased with forty, Bd. 1, 3; S. 475, 16: 1, 13; S. 481, 35, 39: Bt. Met. Fox 1, 87; Met. 1, 44

Linked entries: ǽc éc ícan

fífta

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Fífte dohter adneptis, i. 51, 76. in combination with another numeral Sé wæs fífta eác feówertigum fram Agusto, Bd. 1, 13; Sch. 36, 9. fractional On þám fíftan dǽle healfum (cf. ofer þone teóþan dǽle, 25), Bt. 18, 1; F. 62, 22.

hund

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Ymb feówer hunde wintra and ymb feówertig, 2, 2; S. 64, 20.

binnan

(adv.)
Grammar
binnan, be-innan.
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Binnon feówertig geára fæce, Hml. Th. ii. 196, 12: Chr. 947; P. 112, 25. Binnon þám fyrste, Hml. S. 5, 208. Grammar binnan, adv. Ðrím binnan, ðrim bútan, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 58.

flocc

a companya troopbandlegiona banda flockherd

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Hé geseah Críst standan and þone clǽnan flocc mid him, hundteóntig þúsenda and feówer and feówertig þúsenda, Hml. A. 18, 115. a troop of soldiers, band, legion Cwæð se lǽwa tó ðám láðum flocce (cf.cohors, Jn. 18, 3), Hml. Th. ii. 246, II.

þǽr-tó

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-tó, adv.
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Skt. i. 23, 3-5. marking addition, besides Ic gesett hæbbe wel feówertig lárspella and sumne eácan ðǽrtó, Ælfc. T. Grn. 14, 1.

rím

(n.)
Grammar
rím, es ; n.

Number

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Ic feówertig folce ðyssum wintra rímes wunade neáh forty years in number I dwelt near this folk, Ps. Th. 94, 10. Æfter rime fíf Moyses bóca juxta numerum librorum, Bd. 1, 1 ; S. 474, 1.

geár-getal

Grammar
geár-getal, l. -getæl,
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and add: a number of years, years of existence, age of a person Gif hé bið cealdre gecyndo, þonne cymð seó ádl æfter feówertigum, elcor cymð æfter fíftigum wintra his gǽrgetales, Lch. ii. 284, 22. age of the world Findan hú micel þæs geárgeteles is

Englisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Englisc, Ænglisc; adj.

ENGLISHAnglĭcus

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Ic [Ælfríc Abbod] gesett hæbbe wel feówertig lárspella on Engliscum gereorde I [Abbot Ælfric] have composed about forty sermons in the English tongue, Ælfc. T. 27, 17.

Linked entries: Anglisc Ænglisc

ge-manigfildan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-manigfildan, ge-manigfealdan; p. de.
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Nymað týn and gemænigfyld ꝥ getæl feówer síðon; feówer síðon týn beotf feówertig, 25

hú-hwega

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Húhugu (húru, v. l. ferme ) feówertig daga, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 567, 12. Nú for ánum .xii. nihtumhúhugu (hwæthwega, v. l.) swá (neálíce for twelf dagum, v. l.) ante dies fere duodecim, Gr. D. 79, 12.

wissung

(n.)
Grammar
wissung, e; f.

guidancedirectiondirectioninstructionteachingrulegovernmentdirection

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Wæs wuniende Israél on friðe feówertig wintra be Gedeones wissunge quievit terra per quadraginta annos, quibus Gedeon praefuit, Jud. 8, 28. Under abbodes wissunge, Homl. Ass. 39, 382.