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fore-þeón

(v.)
Grammar
fore-þeón, (for-)

o excelsurpass

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Sé ðe lǽssan gife hæbbe, ne andige hé on ðám foreðeóndum, for ðan ðe . . . sume englas mid underþeódnysse óðrum hýrsumiað, and sume mid oferstígendre wurðfulnysse ðám óðrum sind foresette, 346, 32

Linked entry: for-þeón

fore-gangan

to precede

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Add: to precede (in time) Þá foregangendan hlǽfdian (praecedentes matres) gewunodon ꝥ hí hit sǽdon þám gingrum nunnum, and þá gingran nunnan hit reccaþ, Gr. D. 280, 26.

fracoþ-lic

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Ne sý seó syn nǽfre tó ðám fracodlic, Wlfst. 135, 13. Ǽlc fracodlic fácn áweorpe man, 73, 16. Hí ongunnon hine onscunian mid máran orwyrðum fracoðlicra (fraceð-, v.l.) worda majoribus hunc verborum contumeliis detestari coeperunt, Gr. D. 251, 1.

full

(n.)
Grammar
full, a cup with liquor in it.
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[Þe ilke þat halt þene nap, he hine drinkeð up; oder uul me þider fareð . . . þenne þat uul beoð icumen, þenne cusseoð heo þreoien, Laym. 14333-8.] Add

ful-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
ful-lic, adj.
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Cf. full; Seó Níl is ealdor fullícra eá Nilus est caput fluuiorum, Nar. 35, 19 note. Cf. full; Fullíc ꝥ God behét hé onféhð he will receive what God promised in full, Scint. 60, 2.

Linked entry: fallic

ge-mǽnan

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Take here <b>ge-mǽnan;</b> in Dict. and add behealde wé ðá nǽddran . . . Hwæt gemǽnd þæt ?, Hml. Th. ii. 238, 32. Petrus smeáde hwæt his gesihð gemǽnde, Hml. S. 10, 109. to have in mind.

ge-ríman

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Seó ungemetlice mengeo þæs folces wæs þá iéðre tó oferwinnanne þone heó ús sié tó gerímanne. Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 12. Is gerímed supputatur. An. Ox. 3832. Add: —

ge-díglan

Grammar
ge-díglan, ge-díglian.
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Bið gedégled contexilar, Mt. p. 9, 10. to lie hid Ne gedégelde non latuit, Lk. L. 8, 47

ge-fædere

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Ne gewífige hé on his gefæderan ( commatrem ), Ll. Th. i. 364, 25: Wlfst. 271, 12. of the relation between sponsor and child, a godmother; matrina Gif hwylc man wífige on his gefæderan ( matrinam ), Ll. Th. ii. 188, 17

ge-toge

Grammar
ge-toge, l. ge-tog, ge-toh,
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Fore syna getoge, 110, 25. that with which one draws, a trace Þá múlas þe ꝥ cræt tugon áfyrhte tómengdon þá getogu, ꝥ hí teón ne mihton, Hml. S. 31, 973

ge-wépan

(v.)
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To weep over, lament Hwæt dést þú, lá flǽsc, hwæt dreógest þú , hwæt miht þú on þá tíd þearfe gewépan ? quid, caro, quid fades, illa quid flebilis hora?, Dóm. L. 176

heáh-mægen

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-mægen, es; n.
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an exalted virtue, one of the three theolological virtues: — synd ðreó heáhmægnu ðe menn sceolan habban, Fides, Spes, Caritas, Hml.

hinder-genga

(n.)
Grammar
hinder-genga, an; m.

an apostate

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Manega his leorningcnihtas cyrdon onbæc and ne eódun mid him, Jn. 6, 66. Homo apostata, i. retrogradiens, Kent. Gl. 141) Hindergengena apostatarum. An. Ox. 5, 16

Linked entry: genga

hlútor-ness

sinceritysimplicity

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Seó eahtoðe miht is seó sóðe eádmódnyss . . . mid módes hlúttornysse; for ðan sé ðe wís byð, ne wurð hé nǽfre módig, Hml. S. 16, 369. Add:

hran-fisc

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merum þá hronfiscas úp tugon, and þá ǽton, and be þǽm lifdon, and ꝥ wæter æfter druncon (this very imperfectly translates the Latin, which is: Hii assueti fluminibus necnon et stagno quum terris erant crudo pisce tantummodo et aquarum haustu viventes), Nar

íg-land

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Add: iég-land, í-land Án íglond ligð út on gársecg . . . þeáh ánra hwá wealde þæs íglandes, Met. 16, 12-17. On þám iéglande þe Sicilia hátte, Bt. 15; F. 48, 20. On án íglond út on Wendelsǽ, Bt. 38, l ; F. 194, ll.

on-tendness

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Cf. on-tendan ; 5 Wê byrnað æ̂r ðan ðe se tîma côme úre ontendnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 414, 35. Læ̂t hine on ûrum anwealde, þæt wê magon ðînne teónan wrecan and ûre ontendnysse, 416, 20.

pýtan

(v.)
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Nap. 85)

scyndan

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Add Þǽr ne wǽre scynde þá dagas . . . ah beóþ scynde þá dagas nisi breviati fuissent dies illi. . . sed breviabuntur dies illi, Mt.

sóþ

Grammar
sóþ, truth. <b>I b.</b>
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wæs, for þǽm hé hit self ne geseah, Ors. 1, 1; S. 17, 33. Add