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eorþe

the groundsoillandearththe eartha landcountrysoilmoulddust

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Úre eorðlice niht cymð þurh ðǽre eorðan sceade, 240, 13. a land, country Bethlem, eorðu (ludéa land, W. S.) Bethleem, terra Juda, Mt. L. 2, 6. Zabulones eorðu and Neptalimes eorþe terra Zabulon et Neptalim, Mt. R. 4, 15.

Linked entry: eorþ-lic

fóran

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
fóran, prep. adv.

Beforein frontin frontin frontbefore alloppositeover againstBeforeBeforehandbeforebeforeBeforein front of

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Gemétton wé ús ǽghwanon storm foran onsettende inuenimus nos undigueuersum tempestate praeclusos, Bd. 5, l; Sch. 552, 10. Þá ungesǽligan menn ne magon gebídon hwonne hé (death) him tó cume, ac forsceótaþ hine foran (they rush in his way).

ród

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Út on ðá róde, v. 71, 4. v. æscstede-, coc-ród

sǽl

(n.)
Grammar
sǽl, es; m.: e; f.

time, occasiona fit time, season, opportunity,circumstance, condition happiness, good fortune, good time, prosperity

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Wit þencaþ sǽles bídan siððan sunne Metod up forlǽt we intend to wait till after sunrise, Cd. Th. 147, 10; Gen. 2437. Sǽles bídeþ hwonne heó cræft hyre cýþan móte, Exon. Th. 413, 28; Rä. 32, 12.

Linked entry: sél

úte

(adv.)
Grammar
úte, adv.

Outsidewithout.outfrom one's positionon the outsideoutsideon the outer sideoutout of doorsin the open airoutawayat a distanceoutaway from habitationsin open countryoutfrom home on serviceoutnot in one's own countryabroadoutaway from land

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Outside, without. where there is motion to the outside Ne com se here oftor eall úte of ðǽm setum ðonne tuwwa, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 19. Ðæt hé up heonon úte mihte cuman, Cd. Th. 27, 10; Gen. 415.

Linked entry: út

on-fón

(v.)
Grammar
on-fón, p. -féng; pp. -fangen ( with gen. dat. acc.).

to taketo take what another appoints or grants, to receive, have givento take what another offers, receive favourably, acceptto receive a personto undergo a rite, undertake a dutyto conceiveto take to, to beginincipere

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Se Ælmihtiga onféng ðæt hiw úre tyddran gecynde. Geþencean wé, gif óðer nýten wǽre tó háligienne, ðonne onfénge hé heora hiwe, ac hé wolde úrum hiwe onfón, Blickl. Homl. 29, 2-6.

Linked entries: an-fón on-fónd

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(a β) where the verb on which the clause depends has an object, to which the clause is in apposition :-- Árece ús þæt gerýne, hú þú eácnunge onfénge, Cri. 75.

heord

keepingcustodycareguard

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For freá used by a son of his father, cf. Gen. 2889, where Isaac addresses Abraham as freá mín.

hwá

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U anomalous construction where V. l is used as well Mé bet lícað ꝥ swá hwæt swá þú in Rómána cyricean . . . oððe on hwilcre óþre hwæt þæs geméte, ꝥ Gode má lícode mihi placet, ut siue in Romana . . . seu in qualibet ecclesia aliquid invenisti quod plus

feor

(adv.)
Grammar
feor, adv.

avoidancewidelywidelyfarfar

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Ac feor (feorr, v. l.) þæt lá sié, ꝥ . . . sed absit, ut . . . Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 67, 19. Fearr, Mt. L. 16, 22: Rtl. 100, 37. Gif hit ꝥ wǽre, swá hit feor þám sý, Hml.

Linked entries: fier firr fyr

wilnian

(v.)
Grammar
wilnian, p. ode.

of animate objectsto desire, ask forwith gen. or uncertainwith accusativewith infinitivewith geniudial infinitivewith genitive and gerundial infinitivewith a clauseabsolute or uncertainto desire to goto tend to an end

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Ealle tó ðé ǽtes wilniaþ omnia a te expectant, ut des illis escam, Ps. Th. 103, 25. Wuhta gehwilc wilnaþ tó eorðan, sume nédþearfe, sume neódfræce, Met. 31, 14. Ealle þider willniaþ oþþe ðæs ðe hí lyst, oþþe ðæs ðe hí beþurfon.

Linked entry: willnian

BÓSUM

(n.)
Grammar
BÓSUM, bósm, es; m.

The space included by the folding of the arms, the BOSOM, lap, breast, interior partssinus, gremium, pectus, internasinus

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The space included by the folding of the arms, the BOSOM, lap, breast, interior parts; sinus, gremium, pectus, interna Ðæt ic híg bǽre on mínum bósume, swá fóstormódor déþ cyld ut portarem eos in sinu meo, sicut portare solet nutrix infantulum, Num.

síþ

(prep.; adv.; con.)
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Him ðá síþ oncwæþ, sóna ne meahte oroþ up geteón, Exon. Th. 163, 19 ; Gú. 996. Síþ and late, Judth. Thw. 25, 24 ; Jud. 275. Tó síþ Exon. Th. 96, 3 ; Cri. 1568. ¶ In phrases with ǽr (cf. O. Sax. ni síð noh ér : O. H.

ge-teón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teón, p. ge-teóde.
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H. 19, 35. to appoint a course of action, lot, condition to a person, determine an event Unc sceal weorðan swá unc wyrd geteóð Metod manna gehwæs, B. 2526. Þám ( St. Matthew) God hlýt geteóde út on þæt ígland, An. 14.

ge-crístnian

(v.)
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Cóm án gecrístnod man ... ac hé wearð seóc swá ꝥ hé forðférde un-gefullod, Hml. S. 31, 207. Gecrístnad catacizatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 56: 18, 54. Gecrísnod, An. Ox. 4084. Gecrístnodes catacumini, 2207. Gecrístnode catacuminos, 2881

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hlot

on allotted portiona sharelotlotfatefortune

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A. 130, 457. a casting of lots Of hlotti (hlote, R.) eóde ꝥte roecels gesette sorte exiit ut incensum poneret Lk. L. l, 9. Mið hlod sorte p. 3, 4.

ríht

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</b> what is proper for a thing with regard to use or appreciation :-- Hwílum alwan æfter hire rihte him mon scæl sellan, Lch. ii. 280, 20.

ríman

(v.)
Grammar
ríman, p. de.

to count, number to enumerate, recount, describe in succession to calculate, compute, count up to account, esteem as

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Háligra manna naman rímende and gebedo singende laetanias canentes, Bd. 1. 25; S. 487, 4. to calculate, compute, count up Ða reáferas geþenceaþ swíðe oft hú micel hié sellaþ swelce hié ða métsceattas ríman ( quasi mercedem numerant ), Past. 45, 4; Swt

BRǼW

(n.)
Grammar
BRǼW, breáw, breág, brég, brégh, bréhg, es; m.

An eye-lid;palpebra

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Ic eom wíde calu, ne ic bréaga ne brúna brúcan móste I am very bald, nor can I make use of eye-lids nor eye-lashes, Exon. 111 b; Th. 427, 32; Rä. 41, 100. Betwux oferbrúan and brǽwum intercilium [= intercilia], Ælfc. Gl. 70; Som. 70, 70; Wrt.

ge-tæl

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, un-getel