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for-súwian

(v.)
Grammar
for-súwian, -súgian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad; v. trans.

To pass over in silence ⬩ keep silent ⬩ sĭlentio prætĕrīre ⬩ tăcēre ⬩ retĭcēre

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Iob Godes hérunge ne forsúwade Job kept not God's praise silent, Job Thw. 166, 16. Hwí wæs ðæra engla syn forsúgod on ðære béc Genesis why was the angels' sin passed over in silence in the book of Genesis? Boutr. Scrd. 17. 19.

frig

(adj.)
Grammar
frig, def. se frigea; adj.

Free ⬩ noble ⬩ līber ⬩ ingĕnuus ⬩ nōbĭlis

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Gif God næfde on eallum his ríce náne frige sceaft if God had not any free creature in all his kingdom, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 29. Gé beóþ frige lībĕri ĕrĭtis, Jn. Bos. 8, 33, 36: Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 46.

inc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
inc, dat : inc, incit; ac : incer; gen.
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Nys mé inc tó syllanne non est meum dare vobis, Mt. Kmbl. 20, 23. Hwí gewearþ inc swá ðæt gyt dorston fandian Godes why have ye [Ananias and Sapphira] agreed to tempt God? Homl. Th. i. 316, 33. Bǽm inc to you both, Exon.13 a; Th. 22, 26; Cri. 357.

Linked entries: git incit

leóht-gesceot

(n.)
Grammar
leóht-gesceot, -gescot, es; n.
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The various regulations respecting it may be seen in the following passages Gif hwá leóhtgesceot ne gelǽste, gylde lahslit mid Denum, wíte mid Englum, L. E. G. 6; Th. i. 170, 4. Gelǽste man leóhtgescot þríwa on geáre, L. Eth.

Linked entry: leóht-sceot

botl

(n.)
Grammar
botl, es; n.

An abode, a dwelling, mansion, house, hall ⬩ domus, ædes, domicilium, atrium

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Wæs Gúþláce botles neód Guthlac was in need of a dwelling [lit. there was need to Guthlac of a dwelling], Exon. 37 a; Th. 122, 4; Gú. 300. Pharao eóde in to his botle Pharao ingressus est domum suam, Ex. 7, 22.

Linked entry: ge-bytlu

ge-lettan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lettan, ðú -letest; p. -lette; pp. -lett, -let; v. a.

To hinder ⬩ delay ⬩ let ⬩ stop ⬩ retardare ⬩ impedire

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Ne lǽt ðec síðes getwǽfan láde gelettan lifgendne monn let not living man divert thee from the course, hinder thee from the way, Exon. 123 b; Th. 474, 3; Bo. 24 : 37 b; Th. 123, 29; Gú. 330.

Linked entry: lettan

sticca

(n.)
Grammar
sticca, an; m.
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Nim ǽnne sticcan and gníd tó sumum þinge, iii. 274, 3. <b>I a.

tabule

(n.)
Grammar
tabule, (-ele), an; f.: also tabula; m.

a table ⬩ a board which is struck to give a signal

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On ðære óðre tabelan wæs ðæt forme bebod: 'Ne hǽm ðú unrihtlíce,' Homl. Th. ii. 198, 5. Tabelan, 196, 34. Pilatus áwrát ðæs wítes intingan on ánre tabelan, 254, 24. Týn beboda áwrát se Ælmihtiga on ðám twám tabelum ...

þreá-níd

(n.)
Grammar
þreá-níd, es; n.: e; f.

Force or compulsion that punishes or causes misery ⬩ affliction that comes from punishment

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Force or compulsion that punishes or causes misery, affliction that comes from punishment Ic hit leng ne mæg helan for hungre; is ðes hæft tó ðan strang, þreánýd ðæs þearl this imprisonment is so hard, so severe the pain of my punishment, Elen.

un-gelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gelíce, adv.

Not in like manner ⬩ differently ⬩ diversely

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Ealle hé grét mid ánre honda, ðeáh hé hié ungelíce styrige chordas tangendi artifex, ut non sibimetipsi dissimile canticum faciat, dissimiliter pulsat. Chordae uno quidem plectro, sed non uno impulse feriuntur, Past. 23; Swt. 175, 7-10.

un-spédig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-spédig, adj.

without means ⬩ poor ⬩ indigent ⬩ barren ⬩ poor ⬩ unproductive

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Lind. 5, 3 note. Ða rícostan men drincaþ myran meolc, and ða unspédigan drincaþ medo, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 17. For yrmðe unspédig[ra] propter miseriam inopum, Ps. Spl. 11, 5.

un-geþyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geþyldig, adj.

Impatient

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Swá ungeþyldige ðæt hí ne magon nán earfoþu geþyldelíce áberan, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 2 note. On óðre wísan sint tó manianne ða ungeðyldegan (-geðyldgan, Hatt. MS.) and on óðre ða geðyldegan ...

Linked entry: ge-þyldig

weorþness

(n.)
Grammar
weorþness, e; f.
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Ne is wítge búta worðnis ( sine honore ) búta on oeðel his, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 4

wermód

(n.)
Grammar
wermód, es; m.
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Gif hit sié sumor, dó wermódes sǽdes dust tó . . . gif hit sié winter, ne þearft þú ðone wermód tó dón, 180, 27. Grénne wermód oððe drígne, 206, 24: 296, 13. Wring on wermód wearmne, 310, 10. Nim wermód nioþoweardne, 326, 10. Wærmód, i. 206, 10.

be-sceáwian

(v.)

to contemplate ⬩ behold ⬩ to consider ⬩ to see about ⬩ take care of

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Gl. 404, 34. to consider For hwig ne besceáwost þú on þýnre heortan . . . hú Crýst on Iudéa lande geboren wæs. St. A. 32, 13. Hé besceáwað considerat (Prov. 5, 21), Kent. Gl. 115. Hé besceáwode ꝥ hí mid Drihtne habbað þá sélestan gife, Hml.

burg-waran

Grammar
burg-waran, -ware.
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Hé wearð from ðǽm burgwarum in ábróden ... swáþeáh ealle þá burgware ne mehton hiene ǽnne geniéddan, 3, 9; S. 134, 17: 3, 1; S. 98, 13: Bl. H. 199, 24. Burhware 77, 27: municipes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 49. Alle burgwaras omnis civitas Mk. L. 1, 33.

ge-fyrþran

(v.)
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Ðone freóls hí gefriðodon and gefyrðredon, þeáh hé on gewrite ne stóde, Cht. Th. 115, 35. Hé ðisne freóls ǽfre gefyrþrian wolde, 116, 19. Hí sind mid gifum and gestreónum gefyrþrode, Bt. 3, 4; F. 6, 27. intrans. [v. N. E.

ge-hende

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hende, adj.
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Þaacute; him hé dyde gehende ea sibi fecit socia, Scint. 104, 5. heora stefn sý Gode gehendre (vicinior) þonne him syluum, Nap. 30

ge-leánian

(v.)
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Him ofðyncð ðæt hé hit suá geðyldelíce forbær ðæt hé ðæt bismer ne forgeald, and ðencð ðæs tíman hwonne hé hit wyrs geleánian mæge ut . . . se non reddidisse contumelias doleat, et deteriora rependere, si occasio praebeatur, quaerat, Past. 227, 23

ge-sǽlþ

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Ox. 3633. happiness, good fortune, favourable condition Micel gesǽlð bið þé, þæt ðú on ðínre gesǽlðe ne forfare, Th. ii. 392, 33. Ðonne hié gesióð ðára óðerra gesǽlðo (-a, v. l.) eáciende dum augmenta auenae prosperitatis aspiciunt, Past. 230, 19.