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self-will

(n.)
Grammar
self-will, es; n. (?)

Self-will ⬩ one's own will ⬩ free-will

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Gif ðú ne wilt wirde steóran ac on selfwille sígan lǽtest if thou wilt not guide fate, but lettest her go at her own will, Met. 4, 50

Linked entry: self-willes

græf

(n.)
Grammar
græf, graf es; n.
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Ic ongyte ðeáh ðæt ða worlde lustas ne sint eallunga awyrtwalode of ðínum móde ðeáh se graf geryd sí I perceive however that worldly pleasures are not entirely rooted out of thy mind, though the trench be sufficient, Shrn. 184, 20

Linked entries: grafu graf

þanane

(adv.)
Grammar
þanane, adv.

thence ⬩ after that ⬩ whence

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thence local Ne gǽst ðú þanone (-ene, MS. A.: þonan, Rush.) non exies inde Mt. Kmbl. 5, 26: Lk. Skt. 12, 59. Ðá gewát ic þanone, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 422. Ðanonne Judth. Thw. 23, 21; Jud. 132. temporal, after that Rursum, dein vel þonane Wrt.

Linked entries: þanan þanone

a-deádan

(v.)
Grammar
a-deádan, Substitute: á-deádian; p. ode

To become dead, lose vitality or feeling, become paralysed

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Lǽcedómas be ádeádedum líce . . . gif ðæt líc tó þon swíþe ádeádige ðæt þǽr gefélnes on ne sý, Lch. ii. 8, 7-14. Ðætte se milte ðám monnum ádeádige oþþe of sié, 242, 23. Wið ádeádodum magan and tácn ádeádodes magan, 158, 14. Sáwul góde ádeádod, Hml.

be-fleón

to flee ⬩ to flee from ⬩ to flee from

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Ðeáh hé hæbbe beflogen ðone gesin-scipe, næfð hé nó beflogen ðá byrðenne, Past. 401, 21-2. to flee from, with dat. Heó befleáh þám gesettan gyfte tó Godes cyrican, Gr. D. 199, 15. with prep. Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 39 (in Dict.)

byrgen

(n.)
Grammar
byrgen, byrgenn, birgen, byrigen, burgen, e; f.

tumulus ⬩ A burying, grave, sepulchre, tomb ⬩ sepulcrum, monumentum, tumba ⬩ cremation ⬩ the burning ⬩ a body

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hǽðenan sangas ðæra lǽwedra manna, and heora hlúdan cheahchetunga; ne ge sylfe ne eton, ne ne drincon ðǽr ðæt líc inne líþ, ðe-læs ðe ge syndon efen-lǽce ðæs hǽðenscypes ðe hý ðǽr begáþ ye shall not rejoice on account of men deceased, nor attend on the

faran

to travel ⬩ journey ⬩ to march ⬩ to go ⬩ to go ⬩ depart ⬩ to go ⬩ move ⬩ to go ⬩ fly ⬩ to come ⬩ to pass away ⬩ depart ⬩ to go on ⬩ practise ⬩ happen ⬩ turn out

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Th. i. 190, 11. to get on well or ill Se man þe ne can þæs gescád, hé ne færð náht, Wlfst. 123, 12. in greeting Faraþ nú gesunde, and gesǽlige becumað, Hml.

Linked entry: farnian

þeáw

(n.)
Grammar
þeáw, es; m.

a custom, ⬩ usage ⬩ general practice of a community ⬩ mode of conduct, ⬩ custom, ⬩ manner ⬩ practice, ⬩ way, ⬩ usage of a class or kind ⬩ referring to animals ⬩ a practice of religion, ⬩ method of belief, ⬩ way of thinking, ⬩ legal usage ⬩ a custom, ⬩ habit, ⬩ manner, ⬩ mode of conduct of an individual ⬩ conduct, ⬩ behaviour

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Nú ðú wást hwelce þeáwas ða woruldsǽlþa habbaþ ...

lust

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Ne lyse me nú þæs; ac gyf hyt mé ǽfre on lust becymi I do not desire it, but if ever it becomes a desire to me, Solil. H. 36, 16. ¶ in a bad sense, greed: — Ús þurh þíne lust and gítsunga onscunian sceal Scippend, Bt. 7, 5; F. 24, 5. <b>II a.

a-lǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lǽtan, a-létan; p. -lét, pl. -léton; pp. -lǽten; v. a. [a from, lǽtan to let]

To let go ⬩ lay down ⬩ leave ⬩ give up ⬩ lose ⬩ renounce ⬩ resign ⬩ remit ⬩ pardon ⬩ deliver ⬩ sinere ⬩ abjicere ⬩ deponere ⬩ relinquere ⬩ remittere ⬩ condonare ⬩ relaxare ⬩ liberare

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To let go, lay down, leave, give up, lose, renounce, resign, remit, pardon, deliver; sinere, abjicere, deponere, relinquere, remittere, condonare, relaxare, liberare Ðæt ðú ne alǽte dóm gedreósan that thou wouldest not let thy greatness sink, Beo.

for-wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
for-wyrd, -wird, e; f. [wyrd fortune; for-weorþan to perish] Loss,

damage ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ ruin ⬩ death ⬩ detrīmentum ⬩ intĕrĭtus ⬩ intĕrĭtio ⬩ perdĭtio ⬩ pernĭcies ⬩ internĕcio

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Ðæt hí óþ forwyrd ǽghwǽr fordiligade ne wǽron ne usque ad internĕciōnem usquequaque delērentur, Bd. 1, 16; S. 484, 17. Of forwyrdum heora de intĕrĭtiōnĭbus eōrum, Ps. Lamb. 106, 20.

Linked entries: for-wird fǽr-wyrd

reáf

(n.)
Grammar
reáf, es; n.
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Ne scríde nán wíf hig mid wǽpmannes reáfe ne wǽpman mid wífmannes reáfe, Deut. 22, 5. Hé scrýdde hine mid línenum reáfe cum stola byssina, Gen. 41, 42. Hláf tó etenne and reáf tó werigenne, 28, 20. Ðæt hálie reáf ðæt Aaron wereþ, Ex. 29, 29.

Linked entry: búr-reáf

ge-feoht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-feoht, -fioht, -feht, es; n.

A fight ⬩ battle ⬩ contest ⬩ war ⬩ preparation for war ⬩ prælium ⬩ pugna ⬩ congressio ⬩ bellum ⬩ procinctus

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Ðonne gé gehýraþ gefeohtu and gefeohta hlísan, ne ondrǽde gé eów cum audiĕritis bella et opiniōnes bellōrum, ne timuĕritis, Mk. Bos. 13, 7 : Mt. Bos. 24, 6. Miclum gefeohtum in great battles, Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 25 : L. In. 6; Th. i. 106, i, note 1.

stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, stemn, es; m.
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. :--- Se ðornðære gítsunga ne wyrð forsearod on ðæem helme gif se wyrttruma ne biþ færcorfen oððe forbærned æt ðæm stemne si radix culpae non exuritur, nunquam per ramos avaritiae spina siccatur, Past. 45, 3; Swt. 341, 11. <b>I b.

be-hátan

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Þǽra forewearda þe him behá-tene wǽron, Chr. 1093; P. 228, 2. in religious matters, to vow Ðú ne syngast gif ðú sylf ne behátest; ac gif ðú ǽne behátest Gode, hé wyle habban ðæt ðú him behéte, Hex. 50, 3-5. ꝥ hí behéton quod professi sunt, An.

botl

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Th. ii. 144, 3. ꝥ se líg náht þǽre burge botles ne gehrínan ne dorste ut flamma contingere quidquam aedi-ficii non auderet, Gr. D. 48, 11.

cwic

(adj.)
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Take here the (accusative) forms given under cwicen and those under cwicu, and add Nát nǽnig man hwæþer se Jóhannes sí þe cwicu þe deád, Shrn. 32, 30. Cwucu vivus, Scint. 37, 16.

forane

(adv.)
Grammar
forane, forne; adv.

beforehand ⬩ Opposite ⬩ in front of ⬩ against

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Heó þone ealdan forene forféng, and him ne geþafode fulfremodlíce on þá eorðan astreccan she anticipated the old man, and did not permit him to prostrate himself completely, Hml, S. 23 b, 605.

Linked entry: forene

gryre

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Ne mæg nǽnig gryre máre geweorðan nor can any terrible time exceed this, Dóm. 43. Hié of þám grimman gryre (the fiery furnace) glade treddedon, Dan. 439.Gyllende gryre (with the roaring waves of the Red Sea), Exod. 489.

wefl

(n.)
Grammar
wefl, e; wefle (-a ; m.?), an; f.

weft, woof, thread which crosses the warp ⬩ an implement for weaving ⬩ a shuttle (?)

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Wundene mé (a coat of mail) ne beóð wefle (ueflæ, Txts. 151, 5), ne ic wearp hafu the threads of the woof are not twisted for me, nor have I a warp, Exon. Th. 417, 15 ; Rä. 36, 5.

Linked entry: wefta