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tó-ferian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-ferian, p. ede

To carry in different directionsdiffeneto removeget rid ofto put offto digestdigerere

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seó dæges þigen tófered sý . . . and se maga gelýht, ðæt ðe eáð his wæccean healdan mǽge ut digesti surgant, R.

bát

(n.)
Grammar
bát, Dele: e, f., in first passage for Ðeós, l. Ðes, and add

a boat.

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wurpon hine on þone bát and reówan tó scipe, Chr. 1046; P. 169, 9. Bát on sǽwe, Hy. 4, 99

LEÓHT

(n.)
Grammar
LEÓHT, líht, es; n.

LIGHTa light

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hié lǽdæþ tó líhte ðǽr líf ágon á tó aldre, Cd. 221; Th. 287, 2; Sat. 361. Geearnian leóht ðæs écan lífes, Blickl. Homl. 17, 21. Ðæt þridde ne geseah ðære sunnan leóht nǽfre, Glostr. Frag. 8, 27. Godes leóht geceás he died, Beo.

Linked entry: líht

æt-sacan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-sacan, p. -sóc, pl. -sócon; pp. -sacen; v. a. n. [æt, sacan to charge, accuse]

To denydisownabjurenegaredetestariabjurare

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Ðá ætsóc he at ille negavit, Mk. Bos. 14, 68: Lk. Bos. 22, 57. Ðá ætsóc he and swerede tuve cœpit detestari et jurare. Mt. Bos. 26, 74. Ðá ongan he ætsacan and swerian Ille autem cœpit anathematizare et jurare, Mk. Bos. 14, 71

Linked entry: sacan

hræd-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hræd-líc, adj.

Quickhastysuddenspeedyprecipitate

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Quick, hasty, sudden, speedy, precipitate Hit wǽre tó hrædlíc gif ðá on cildcradole ácweald wurde it had been precipitate, had he been slain then in the cradle, Homl. Th. i. 82, 28.

lícham-

(adv.; prefix)
Grammar
lícham-, lícum-líce; adv.

Bodily

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Homl. 125, 15. Hié hine líchomlíce gesáwon they saw him with their bodily eyes, 135, 19. Ðeáh ðe lícumlíce æfward wære quamvis corporaliter absens, Bd. 3, 15; S. 542, 6

þafetere

(n.)
Grammar
þafetere, þafettere, es; m.
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Ðæt swá stiére ðǽm ungeðyldegum irsunga, swá ðone hnescan ðafettere on recceléste ne gebrenge sic ab impatientibus extinguatur ira, ut tamen remissis ac lenibus non crescat negligentia, 60; Swt. 453, 25

un-gehádod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gehádod, adj.

Not ordainednot in holy orders

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Not ordained, not in holy orders Be ungehádedan mǽdene. Gif hwylc mǽdenman mid gehádodum wunaþ, and heó tó ðam ylcan háde þence ... ne biþ heó ná wið God unscyldig, þeáh heó ungehádod wǽre de puella non ordinata.

Linked entries: ge-hádod un-hádod

ge-lífedlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-lífedlíce, adv.
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his ǽrenddracan onsende, and him secgan hét geornor wolde sibbe wið hiene þonne gewinn. Se ealdormon geliéfedlíce mid sibbe þára ǽrenda anféng, 3, 1; S. 96, 19

on-girwan

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æalle gesceafta gemetgað, and óðre hwíle gegiereð myd ðám winsumestum wlitum, óðre hwíle eft ongiereð and geungewlitegað. Solil. H. 59, 20. hine þám scyccelse ongyrede, Hml. S. 23 b, 217.

of-scotian

(v.)

to shoot, wound or kill with an arrow, spear, etc.

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hét hine mid strǽlum ofscotian, ðæt wæs ðara swá full swá igl biþ byrsta, Shrn. 55, 8.

Linked entry: scotian

hláford-swica

(n.)
Grammar
hláford-swica, an; m.

A betrayer of his lord, a traitor to his lord

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A betrayer of his lord, a traitor to his lord Se man ðe ðis gefæst ne þearf him ná ondrǽdan hellewítan bútan beó hláfordswica the man that keeps this fast need not fear the pains of hell, unless he be a traitor to his lord, Lchdm. iii. 228, 24.

bær

(adj.)
Grammar
bær, adj.
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tóbræc hire ceaflas mid his barum handum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 17. Add

hrepung

(n.)
Grammar
hrepung, e; f.

Touchtouching

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mihte mid his worde hine gehǽlan búton hrepunge ac geswutelode ðæt his hrepung is swíðe hálwende geleáfullum he could have healed him with his word without touching; but he shewed that his touch is very salutary to believers, Homl.

láð-wende

(adj.)
Grammar
láð-wende, adj.

evilhostilemalignant

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Gyf mon méte ðæt gǽt geseó ðonne mæg wénan ðæs láðwendan feóndes him on neáwyste if a man dream that he sees goats then may he expect the devil in his neighbourhood, Lchdm. iii. 176, 3.

ge-blówan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-blówan, p. -bleów , pl. -bleówon; pp. -blówen [ge-, blówan to blow]

To blowflourishbloomblossomflōrēreefflōrēre

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Homl. 245, 8

stunian

(v.)
Grammar
stunian, p. ode.
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hǽtte ðeós wyrt. . . stond heó wið áttre stunaþ heó wærce stíðe heó hátte wiðstunaþ heó áttre it resists poison, dashes on pain, stiff is it called, dashes against poison, Lchdm. iii. 32, 22.

Linked entry: stinan

ge-yflian

(v.)
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Th. i. 332, ll. used impersonally, with dat. of person who falls sick Him geyfelode þǽr mid þám cynge sæt he was taken ill while sitting with the king Chr. 1053 ; P. 185, 13 : 1086; P. 218, 37. with acc. of person Nam his feorme on Wuldahám, and

innor

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Férde forð ... in þá inran land ...; þá gít wilnode ꝥ innor férde, Hml. S. 30, 310. Hine seó ýð gegráp and hine fram lande innor áteáh quem unda rapuit et eum a terra introrsus traxit, Gr.

nón

(n.)
Grammar
nón, m. (not n. )
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Se bere . . . nó tó middes dæges hám cóm, þonne him wæs beboden ꝥ tó nónes sceolde, ne hit nó ne ylde æt nón, þonne tó middes dæges sceolde hám cumin, Gr. D. 206, 20-23. Fram Sæternes-dæges nóne oð Mónandæges líhtincge, Wlfst. 117, 4.