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þurh-scríþan

(v.)

to pass throughglide throughto go through a subjectexamineconsiderperlustrare

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our Lord's nature according to the flesh ), ne on him gelýfan swylce sý ánfeald man búton his godcundnysse, ac wé sceolon gelýfan ðæt ys sóð man and sóðlíce God, Anglia viii. 324, 1

wræc-lást

(n.)
Grammar
wræc-lást, es; m.

An exile-track

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wunode wræclástum he lived in exile, Chr. 1065 ; Erl. 196, 36. wræclástas trsed he wandered an outlaw, Beo. Th. 2709; B. 1352. Ic sceal hweorfan ðý wídor, wadan wræclástas, wuldre benémed, duguþum bedéled. Cd. Th. 272, 17; Sae. 121.

éhtend

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Gyf man méte ꝥ geseón ne mæge, lǽre ic hine ꝥ him wið his éhtend beorge, Lch. iii. 174, 28. a persecutor ( Nero ) wæs monna ǽrest éhtend crístenra monna, Ors. 6, 5; S. 262, 5. Oehtende persecutore, Rtl. 64, 16.

on-beódan

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onbeád (bebeád, v. l.) tó heom þus cweþende, 'Gerihtað incre tungan' eis mandavit, dicens, 'Corrigite linguam vestram', Gr. D. 152, 9. Add Þá onbeád him ðæt him ðæs getygðian wolde redditurum se pollicetur, Ors. 3, 11 ; S. 146, 30.

ofer-hogian

(v.)

to despise, contemn, scorn, disdain

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Ða gýmeleásan and ða oferhogiendan sceal mid wordum þreágan, R. Ben. 13. 15

Linked entry: ofer-hycgan

fléwst

(v.)
Grammar
fléwst, 2nd and 3rd sing. pres. of flówan.

flowestflows

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he fléwþ flowest, flows, Ex. 3, 8;

hwerfan

(v.)
Grammar
hwerfan, hwierfan, hwirfan, hwyrfan; p. de; pp. ed.

to turnrevolvemove aboutgoreturndepartto turnchangeto exchangebarter

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H.] búton gewitnesse hæbbe let no man either buy or barter unless he have a witness, L. Eth. 1, 3; Th. i. 282, 26. Huerfa mutuari, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 42

ufan

(adv.)
Grammar
ufan, adv.

from abovedownaboveat the top

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On ðam seáðe ufan hús getimbrode, Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 26, 9. Ðá gefeóll on his earm ufan, Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 2

Linked entries: ufan ufon on-ufan

ǽrend

(n.)
Grammar
ǽrend, ǽrende, ǽrynd, es; n: pl. nom. acc. ǽrendu, ǽrendo

An ERRANDa messagean embassynewstidingsan answerbusinesscarenuntiummandatumnegotiumcura

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He sent on his ǽrenda he sends on his errands, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 25. Híg lægdon ǽrende they imposed an errand, Chr. 1065; Th. 332, 25, col. 2.

Linked entry: ÁR

of-þyncan

Grammar
of-þyncan, Add: <b>I a.</b>
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<b>I c</b> :-- cwræð þæt him ofþúhte þæt ǽfre mancynn gesceóp, Hml. Th. i. 20, 25.

áþ-wyrþe

(adj.)
Grammar
áþ-wyrþe, adj.

Worthy of an oathworthy of creditdignus qui juret

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Worthy of an oath, worthy of credit; dignus qui juret Gif he áþwyrþe biþ if he be oath-worthy, L. In. 46; Th. i. 130, 14: L. Ed. 3 ; Th. i. 160, 21

em-twá

(num.)

two even parts, halvesdīmĭdia

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two even parts, halves; dīmĭdia Ne dǽlaþ on emtwá heora dagas nan dīmĭdiābunt dies suos, Ps. Lamb. 54, 24. He tobærst on emtwá he burst asunder into halves. Homl. Th. ii. 250, 26

Linked entry: twégen

fold-græf

(n.)
Grammar
fold-græf, es; n.

An earth-gravesepulcrurn

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An earth-grave; sepulcrurn He ahóf of foldgræfe he raised [it] from an earthly grave, Elen. Kmbl. 1686; El. 845. Of foldgrafum from the earth-graves, Exon. 23a; Th. 63, 27; Cri. 1026

ful-georne

(adv.)
Grammar
ful-georne, full-georne; adv.

Full earnestlyvery diligentlyfull welldiligentissĭmeoptĭme

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Full earnestly, very diligently, full well; diligentissĭme, optĭme He wiste fulgeorne ðæt God hine lufode he knew full well that God loved him; qui optime nōvĕrat Dŏmĭnum esse cum eo, Gen. 39, 3

Linked entry: full-georne

hwistlian

(v.)
Grammar
hwistlian, p. ode

to hisswhistle

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To make a hissing sound, to hiss, whistle hwystlode stranglíc[e] stemne he [the devil] made a great hissing, Nar. 43, 17. [Wick. whistlen hiss (A. V.) Piers P. whistlen (to birds ).]

ge-bédian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bédian, bédigan; p. ode; pp. od

To praypray toworshipōrāreadōrāre

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To pray, pray to, worship; ōrāre, adōrāre Ðæt he wolde Róme gesécan, and him ðǽr gebédigan that he would visit Rome, and worship there, Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 21, note, MS. T

þrohtig

(adj.)
Grammar
þrohtig, (?); adj.

Enduringfirmperseveringlaborious

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Ic eom swiftre ðonne , þrágum strengra, þreohtigra, Exon. Th. 494, 7; Rä. 82, 4

Linked entry: þreohtig

un-æþellíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-æþellíce, adv.

Ignobly

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Ignobly Ic cúþe sumne bróþor ... wæs geseted on æþelum mynstre, ac unæþelíce his líf lifede novi fratrem ... positum in monasterio nobili, sed ipsum ignobiliter viventem, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 9

Linked entry: æþel-íce

æt-lutian

(v.)
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Add: absolute on dymhofon ætlutode, Hml. Th. ii. 122, 4. with dat. of person from whom one hides ætluðode his éhterum, Hml. S. 19, 21. Ætlutian his feóndum, Jud. 4, 18

Linked entry: lutian

fót-setl

(n.)
Grammar
fót-setl, es; n.
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A footstool Sæt mid ðám cynincge æt gereorde. Þá fǽringa sáh niðer wið ðæs fótsetles sprǽce benumen (cf. mutus in ipsa sede declinavit, Florence of Worcester), Chr. 1053; P. 182, 21