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á-fédan

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Geonge menn gif hí beóð yfle áfédde si male nutriantur , Gr. D. 289, 2. In Ps. L. 48, 15 áfédan glosses depascere Ðeáþ áfédeþ hig mars depascet eos

fore-sceáwian

(v.)

to foreseeto provide forto provide give for use

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Add: to observe beforehand, consider the future Se man gewilnað þæt hé hlísful sý, and nele foresceáwian þæt úre líchaman beóð áwende tó dúste, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 29.

ge-néþan

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Ꝥ sé ne durre (genéðe, v. l.) beón wísdomes láréow ut praeesse non audeat, Gr. D. 12, 26. with prep. Mé forgif ꝥ ic nǽfre unmedeme ne untrum tó þínum líchoman and tó þínum blóde ne genéþe ( presume to take the Sacrament ), Angl. xii. 507, 6

ge-niþerian

(v.)
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Beón genyðered condemnari, An. Ox. 2916. Wæs geneþorod damnatur, 3769. Manega unrihtlíce fram yflum démum genyþrode wǽron, Hml. S. 30, 8. <b>II a.

Linked entry: niþerian

ge-sceap

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Voc. i. 135, 63. of material things, shape, form Hí beóð oð ðene nafolan on menniscum gesceape usque ad umbilicum hominis speciem habent, Nar. 36, 19. Adam . . . God gehíwad hæfde tó mænniscum gesceape, on þrytiges wintres ylde, Angl. xi. 2, 26.

ge-frédan

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Ðæt hié ongieton and gefrêden ðæt hié suá micle má beóð Godes bearn, 251, 21

higian

(v.)
Grammar
higian, l. hígian,

in strive aftertotowardsto strive to do

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., in strive after, to, towards, aefter Hú mæg ꝥ yfel beón ꝥte ǽlces monnes ingeþanc . . . æfter hígaþ and wilnaþ tó begitanne neque enim vile quiddam . . . quod adipisci omnium fere mortalium laborat intentio, Bt. 24, 4; F. 86, 13.

in-geþanc

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Hú mǽg ꝥ yfel beón ꝥte ǽlces monnes ingeþanc wénþ ꝥte gód sié, Bt. 24, 4; F. 86, 12, Hé ongann smeálíce þencan on his módes ingeþance velut in angustum suae mentis sedem recepta, 24, 1; F. 80, 6.

líc-hama

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Hié heora líchoman leáfum beþeahton, Gen. 845. dead His líchama (corpus) ne mihte on þám ylcan dæge beón bebyrged, for þám þe hé wæs feorr tó berenne, Gr. D. 83, 31. Þǽr his líchoma legerbedde fæst swefeþ, B. 1007.

on-hagian

(v.)
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Add: absolute Beód mé þæt þæt þú wylle, ic hyt ongynne, gyf mé onhagað impera quaevis dura, quae tamen in mea potestate sint, per quae me quo desidero perventurum esse non dubitem, Solil. H. 46, 5.

openlíce

(adv.)
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Þú þe nelt þé eallunga geeówian openlíce nánum óðrum búton þám þe geclǽnsode beóð on heora móde qui nisi mundos verum scire noluisti, Solil. H. 5, 20. Sege hwæthwugu swetolor ymb þæt, þæt ic mage openlícor ongytan, 46, 3.

tó-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-dǽlan, p. de

To divide,separate,distributeto divide a whole into parts, to destroy unity, make dissension into divide a whole by assigning the limits of the different partsto divide one number by anotherto divide one thing from another,part,separateto scatter, disperseto destroyto distribute, give away parts of a whole,to divide into sharesto shareto divide,distinguish,separate,make a difference betweento be different,be distinguished from.to separate with the minddiscern,discriminate,distinguish,to give forth,utter

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Hí ne mágon beón tógædere genemnede, ac hí ne beóþ nǽfre tódǽlede, Homl. Th. ii. 204, 28. intrans. Swá tódǽleþ se líchoma and seó sáwul, Wulfst. 149, 8.

plega

(n.)
Grammar
plega, an; m.
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Ealle ða hwíle ðe ðæt líc bíþ inne, ðǽr sceal beón gedrync and plega, Ors. 1, 1 ; Swt. 20, 26. Ðǽr wæs heard plega wælgára wrixl ( the battle between the four kings and the five ), Cd. Th. 120, 4; Gen. 1989. Plæges saltationis, Mk. Skt. p. 3, 11.

Linked entries: plegan hand-plega

pleoh

(n.)
Grammar
pleoh, gen. pleós; n.
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Hwelc mágon beón máran gehát ðonne mon geháte for his freónd ðæt hé underfoo his sáule on his pleoh spondere pro amico est alienam animam in periculo suae conversationis accipere, 28, 3 ; Swt. 193, 7

Linked entry: pleón

rád

(n.)
Grammar
rád, e; f.
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Kmbl. 1960 ; El. 982. an expedition on horseback; in a hostile sense a raid Ðonne rídan ða yldestan men tó ... and nimon eall ðæt hé áge, and fó se cyning tó healfum, tó healfum ða men ðe on ðære ráde beón, L. Ath. i. 20; Th. i. 210, 7.

be-týnan

(v.)
Grammar
be-týnan, -tiénan, bi-týnan; p. -týnde, pl. -týndon; impert. -týn, -tiéne; pp. -týned, -tiéned, -týnd; v. a. [be, týnan to hedge in].

to inclose or surround with a hedge, inclose, close, shut, shut upsepem circumdare, sepire, intercludere, claudere, occludere, concludereto end, finish, concludefinire

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Ceorles weorþig sceal beón betýned a churl's close ought to be surrounded with a hedge, L. In. 40; Th. i. 126, 13. Hí hine betýndon in án nearo fæsten they inclosed him in a narrow fastness, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, note 19.

Linked entries: be-tiénan bi-týnan

tácnung

(n.)
Grammar
tácnung, e; f.

Significationan indication, sign, characteristic mark, symptoman indication, evidence, proofan indication of what is future, a presage, prognosticfigurative representation, an emblemdirection, ordering

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Gewuniaþ tó tácnuncge his mægenes gelómlíce wundor hǽlo geworden beón ad indicium virtutis illius solent crebra sanitatum miracula operari, 4, 3; S. 570, 9. an indication of what is future, a presage, prognostic Is seó stów nemned Heofenfeld wæs heó

Linked entry: tǽcning

un-cyst

(n.)
Grammar
un-cyst, e: -cyste, an; f.

A vicedefectfaulta disordera faultsolecisma vicefaultthe vice of avariceniggardlinessparsimonywant of liberality

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Tó eallum uncystum ðe on gómum beóð ácenned, 348, 12. of diction, a fault, solecism Ðære uncyste sylocismi, laudacismi, ða uncyste barbarismi (the passage is: Inter Scillam soloecismi et barbarismi baratrum ... scopulosas lautacismi collisiones, Ald.

Linked entry: un-gecost

búgan

(v.)
Grammar
búgan, to bow.
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Hé wolde búgan tó þám cynge (hé wolde his man beón, v.l. ), Chr. 1050; P. 169, 17. It is míne fulle unna ðat Ælfrich mót búgan tó ðó tuéyen abboten, Cht. Th. 416, 8. Búgende declinantia (a religionis tramite ), An. Ox. 3429

cunnan

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Leófre ys ús beón beswungen for láre þænne hit ne cunnan ( nescire ), Coll. M. 18, 22. Hé wilnade mé tó cunenne cupidus me nosse, Nar. 18, 1. Ic getnune . . . cunnendum [mé] memor ero . . . scientium me, Ps.