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eall-swá

(adv.)
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Se wítega wæs ealswá genumen tó ðám óðrum lífe, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 61, 140. adverbial conjunction. as Ealswá ut, An. Ox. 316. Hí dydon eallswá hí bewuna wǽron, Chr. 1001; P. 133, 20.

efen

(n.)
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Hé démð rihtne dóm and emne dóm, Wlfst. 253, 20: 254, 9. equal, of like condition Sé ðe conn wel emn bión wið óðre menn, ond hé hine ná bettran ne déð qui scit ceteris aequalitate componi, Past. 113, 23.

feórþa

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Wæs xxxiii wintra and þæs feórþan dǽl þæt hé lífes wegas tácnode for 33 years and part of the thirty-fourth he pointed out the ways of life, Bl. H. 129, 16. Feórþe (ðiú feórða, L.) þǽre wacone quarta vigilia, Mt. R. 14, 25. Ðá feárða wacan, Mk. L.

ge-lǽtan

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Icel. láta til lands, at landi to stand towards land], to stand, shape a course :-- Gelíce þám þe on léfan scipe neáh lande gelǽtaþ (like those that in a crazy vessel shape a course near land, have nearly made the land ), and hit þonne se storm út ádrífeð

hǽs

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Þurh his hálige hǽs, An. 1522: 1588: El. 86: Wlfst. 255, Féran sceal þurh freán hǽse sundor ánra gehwæs sáwl of líce Az. 92. Hé hét him tó clypian ealne þone here ꝥ hí his hǽse gefyldon, Hml. S. 28, 27: Angl vii. 52, 406.

on-gildan

(v.)

to pay (a penally for), to be punished for (with gen. acc. of crime or clause)to payto give an offering, to offer

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Th. 304, 17; Fä. 71. to pay Hwylc hira óðrum sceolde tó fóddurþege feores ongildan which should pay for the others food with his life, Andr. Kmbl. 2204; An. 1103. to give an offering, to offer Ðǽr hǽðene men deóflum onguldon, Blickl. Homl. 221, 3

Linked entries: an-gildan on-gyldan

geornlíce

(adv.)
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Geor[n][cor] sollertius, An. Ox. 56, 132. Geornlícost instantissime, Kent. Gl. 1159. with a will, with all one's power, vigorously. Cf. georne, Him se gýsel ongan geornlíce fylstan, By. 265. Heó geornlíce míne sáwle swýðe onbígdon, Ps. Th. 56, 7.

irgþ

(n.)
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irgþ, e : irgþu, irgþo ; indecl ; f.

Sluggishnesscowardicetimorousnesspusillanimity

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yrhþe sý hit on scipfyrde sý hit on landfyrde þolige ealles ðæs ðe hé áge and his ágenes feores the man that flies from his lord, or from his comrade, from cowardice, be it on an expedition by sea or by land, let him lose all that he owns and his own life

Linked entry: irhþ

næs

(adv.)
Grammar
næs, adv.

Not

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Gesceapene tó ðon écan lífe, næs ná tó ðon écan deáþe, Blickl. Homl. 61, 8. Næs ná mid golde, ac mid gódum dǽdum, 95, 19. Lufian wé hine næs nó on gesundum þingum ánum, ac eác swylce on wiðerweardum þingum, 13, 7

níwan

(adv.)
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níwan, neówan, neón; adv.

Recentlylatelynewly

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Gif hwá níwan tó mynstres drohtnunge gecyrran wyle if a man's wish to turn to a monastic life is but newly formed, R. Ben. 96, 3. Gelamp nýwan it happened lately, Nicod. Thw. 8, 27 : 19, 37.

Linked entries: neówan níwane níwe

feorh

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On þám teóþan mónþe ꝥ wíf ne gedígð hyre feore (will not escape with life), gif ꝥ bearn ácenned ne biþ, Lch. iii. 146, 22. Ǽlc crísten mann sceolde be his ágenum feore (under pain of death) þám Hǽlende wiðsacan, Hml. S. 11, 6.

ge-tucian

(v.)
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ge-tucian, to torment, ge-tucian to adorn. Substitute: ge-túcian; p. ode.
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Man hí tó eallre yrmðe getúcode, and heora lima man ealle tóbrǽd ǽlc fram óðrum, 71

stefn

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stefn, voice.
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Þá stefna þæs lyftes, Angl. viii. 313, 14. where an impression is produced on the mind like that which might be produced by words Ne synd spræca ne word, þára ne sýn gehýred stefna heora, Ps. Rdr. 18, 4.

ge-þicgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þicgan, -þicgean; p. -þah

To takeacceptreceivesumereaccipere

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And hiera se æþeling gehwelcum feoh and feorh gebeád and hiera nǽnig hit geþicgean nolde the atheling offered every one of them money and life and none of them would accept it, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 6.

Linked entry: þicgan

níd

(n.)
Grammar
níd, neád, néd, neód, niéd, nýd, es; n.: e; f.

necessityinevitablenessnecessityneedurgent requirementa necessary businessdutyneedwhat one wantsnecessityneeddifficultyhardshipdistressforcecompulsion

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necessity, inevitableness Neód (néd, Lind. Rush.) ys ðæt swycdómas cumon necesse est ut veniant scandala, Mt. Kmbl. 18, 7 : Homl. Th. i. 514, 33. Gif ðæt nýd ábǽdeþ cum ipsa necessitas compellit, Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 1.

wǽta

(n.)
Grammar
wǽta, an; m.:wǽte, an; f.

wet, moisturea liquid a liquid that may be drunkor used in cookery, medicine,etc., liquor, drinkmoisture in an animal body, humourwater, urinemoisture of plants, juice, sap

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Th. ii. 298, 18. moisture in an animal body, humour Ðonan cymeþ sió mettrymnes ðæm healedum,ðe se wǽta ðæra innoða ( humor viscerum ) ástígð tó ðæm lime, Past. 11; Swt. 73, 9.

Linked entries: wǽt wǽte

rǽd

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd, es; m.
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For a list of such names v. Txts, 603 sqq., and for similar O. H. Ger. names v. Grff. ii. 463

Linked entry: rád

faru

goingpassingsailinga journeyvoyagean expeditionproceedingscoursepathprocedurethe trainthe troopsthe followersthe attendantscarriage

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Ðá yldestan ealdras Israhéla ðeóde geendodon heora líf on ðǽre langsuman fare (the journey in the wilderness), 212, 12: 198, 25: 200, 26. Siððan þú fram ús síðodest on fare since you went from us on your journey, Hml. S. 6, 83.

on-wendan

(v.)

to turn, changeto change one thing for another, to exchangeto turn, change a direction, to avert, divert, turn asideto change the position of a thing, to invert, turn upside down,to subvert, disturb, upsetto cause to change for the worse, to give a wrong direction, pervertTo return

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Nis mé tíd mín líf tó onwendenne non est mihi tempus vitam mutandi, Bd. 5, 14, S. 634, 32. Onwended ne biþ ǽfre tó ealdre, Exon. Th. 203, 11; Ph. 82. Nán gewuna ne mæg nánum men beón onwended, Bt. 7, 1; Fox 16, 23.

leásung

(n.)
Grammar
leásung, e; f.

fictionfalsehoodfalsenesshypocrisydeceptiondeceitfulnessartice

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Lind. 23, 28. Ne beó ðú leás gewita. Ðis bebod wiðcweþ leásunge 'Thou shall not be a false witness.' This commandment forbids leasing-making [cf. Scott.

Linked entry: bisleásung