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ǽfre

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽfre, ǽfer; adv.

Everalwaysunquamsemper

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Ne sceal ǽfre gehéran nor shall I ever hear, 216; Th. 275, 14; Sat. 171.

for-þencan

(v.)
Grammar
for-þencan, ; p. -þohte, pl. -þohton; pp. -þoht

To misthinkdisdaindespisedistrustdespairdedignāridiffīdĕre

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He lǽrde ðæt ða þearfan hý ne forþohton he taught that they should not despise the poor, Ps. Th. arg. 48. He fela worda spræc, forþoht þearle he uttered many words, greatly despaired, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 163; Met. 1, 82

Linked entry: fore-þencan

á-fandian

(v.)
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Ne sceole wé biddan þæt God úre ne áfandige, Hml. Th. i. 268, 10. with acc. Þ;us áfandode God his gecorenan, swylce hé nyte heora ingehýd, Angl. vii. 52, 500. Iób wearð áfandod þurh þone deófol, Ælfc. T. Grn. 10, 44.

dryre

(n.)
Grammar
dryre, es; m.

Fall, decline, ceasing cāsus, lapsus, cessātio

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Ðǽr wæs ne dreámes dryre there was no ceasing of joy, 44 b; Th, 152, 1; Gú. 802

un-þurhtogen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þurhtogen, adj.

Not carried throughnot performed

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Not carried through, not performed Hwæt wéne gé hwæt sió ðurhtogene unrihtwísnes geearnige, sió unðurtogene árfæsðnes swá micel wíte geearnaþ quid mereatur injustitia illata, si tanta percussione digna est pietas non impensa, Past. 44; Swt. 329, 14

Linked entry: þurh-teón

sceandlíce

(adv.)
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Add Ic mé þá sceandlíce (unsceandlíce, v. l. ) swá swá ic gewuna wæs, tómiddes heora gemengde, and him tó cwæð: 'Nimað mé on eówer færeld mid eów, ne beó ic eów unlícwyrðe,' Hml. S. 23 b, 372

wǽg-faru

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg-faru, e; f.

A sea-passagepassage through the sea

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A sea-passage, passage through the sea (the passage through the Red Sea) se ágend up árǽrde reáde streámas in randgebeorh, syndon ðá foreweallas fægre gestépte, wrætlícu wǽgfaru, óð wolcna hróf, Cd. Th. 196, 27; Exon. 298

bǽr-man

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Hé beád him ꝥ hí ꝥ deófolgild ne bǽron furðor . . . and þá bǽrmen sóna stedefæst stódon, Hml. S. 31, 374. Add

syndrian

(v.)
Grammar
syndrian, ode

To sunder, separate

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To sunder, separate Eorþena langnyss syndraþ (separat), ða ðe sóð lufu geþeód, Scint. 5, 13. Se ðe syndraþ fram leahtre, R. Ben. Interl. 117, 3. Ðæt God gegeadrade, monn ne suindria (separet), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 19, 6

cleopian

(v.)
Grammar
cleopian, ode; od

To cry, callclamare

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To cry, call; clamare Ic wille geornlíce to Gode cleopian I will now earnestly call upon God, Bt. 3, 4; Fox 6, 28: Andr. Kmbl. 2796; An. 1400. Ic cleopode to ðé clamavi ad te, Ps. Th. 118, 146, 147

ciric-þén

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-þén, es; m. [þén a servant, minister]

A church-minister, clergymanecclesiæ minister, clericus

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A church-minister, clergyman; ecclesiæ minister, clericus Ǽnig man ciricþén ne útige búton biscopes geþehte let no man turn out a church-minister without the bishop's counsel, L. Eth. v. 10; Th. i. 306, 29: vi. 15 ; Th. i. 318, 27

Linked entry: cyric-þén

wiþer-cirr

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-cirr, es; m.

A going againstresistance

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A going against, resistance Ic gehýned eom, fáh and freóndleás; ic findan ne can wiðercyrr wið ðan of ðam wearhtreafum I am humiliated, proscribed and friendless; against this I can devise no resistance from hell, Elen. Kmbl. 1849; El. 926

bí-genge

(n.)
Grammar
bí-genge, es; n.

Practiceworship

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Þá bígengu (neomenias) þæs níwan mónan wé ne healdaþ, An. Ox. 40, 34. Bodiað bígenga (studia) his, Ps. Spl. 9, 11

Linked entries: -genge -genge bí-geng

for-slǽwan

(v.)
Grammar
for-slǽwan, p. de

hinderimpede

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To make too slow, hinder, impede, make reluctant Ðæt hé nóht unryhtlíce hit ne forslǽwde (-ðe, v. l.) quod in otio quasi non injuste torpescat, Past. 284, 3. þé forslǽwe geneósian untrumne non te pigeat uisitare infirmum, Scint. 202, 4

Linked entry: for-sláwian

mis-dǽd

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Th. 64, 3, Áhwerf fram synnum and fram misdédum mínra gylta þíne ansióne averte faciem tuam a peccatis meis, Ps. C. 84. Add

gafol-land

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Tó strǽt synd .xii. hída .xxvii. gyrda gafollandes ... tó Middeltúne .v. hída .xiii. gyrda gafollandes ... tó cinges túne .v. hída synd .xiii. gyrda gafollandes and .i. hída bufan díc ðæt is eác gafolland, C. D. iii. 450, 12-18. Add

horu-seáþ

(n.)
Grammar
horu-seáþ, es; m.

A foul pit, sink

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A foul pit, sink Gesihst ðú on hú miclum and on hú diópum and on hú þióstrum horaseáþe [MS. Cote. horoseáþa] ðara unþeáwa ða yfelwillendan sticiaþ videsne igitur quanto in cœno probra volvantur, Bt. 37, 2; Fox 188, 1

Linked entry: hora-seáþ

(adv.)
Grammar
má, <b>, ;</b> adv.

Moreratherfurther

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Gelpan ne þorfte Costontinus ne Anláf ðý má no need had Constantine to boast, no more had Anlaf, Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 12; Æðelst. 46.

losian

(v.)
Grammar
losian, p. ode

To perishbe loststrayescape

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Gaderiaþ ða láfe and hí ne losion gather the remnants, and let them not be lost, Homl. Th. i. 182, 21. Ne sceal hé for ðám læssan losian he shall not be lost for the lesser sins, ii. 336, 22.

Linked entry: lorian

oþ-wítan

(v.)
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Him God ne oðwít his scylda, Ps. Th. 31, 2. Ðæt ilce Dryhten oðwát Israhéla folce, Past. 267, 14. in a clause Ic þé ne oðwíte þæt þú mé ne gehýrst, Ps.

Linked entry: æt-wítan