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a-standan

(v.)
Grammar
a-standan, p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen.

to stand up ⬩ get up ⬩ rise up ⬩ rise ⬩ exsurgere ⬩ resurgere ⬩ surgere ⬩ to insist ⬩ persist ⬩ continue ⬩ persistere ⬩ instare

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up living again, 24 b; Th. 71, 18; Cri. 1157. to insist, persist, continue; persistere, instare Ðæt hí on ðam geleáfan sóþfæstnysse symle fæstlice astódon and awunedon ut in fide veritatis persisterent semper ac proficerent, Bd. 2, 17; S. 520, 21, note

Linked entry: a-stód

be-felgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-felgan, bi-felgan; p. -fealg, -fealh, -felh, pl. -fulgon; pp. -folgen.

To stick or cling to ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ inhærere ⬩ insistere ⬩ To deliver ⬩ transmit ⬩ consign ⬩ tradere ⬩ committere

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B.] ut cœptis salutaribus insisteret, Bd. 5, 19 ; S. 637, 11, note. v. trans. To deliver, transmit, consign; tradere, committere He hine róde befealg he delivered him to the cross, Andr. Kmbl. 2654; An. 1328

Linked entries: be-filgan bi-felgan be-feolan

ceáp-man

(n.)
Grammar
ceáp-man, cýp-man, cýpe-man;-mannes; -men; -men; -manna; -mannum; m. A

CHAPMAN, merchant, market-man ⬩ mercator, negotiator, nundinator

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In. 25; Th. i. 118, 12, note 32: Obs. Lun. § 14; Lchdm. iii. 190, 23. Ða cýpmen binnon ðam temple getácnodon unrihtwíse láreówas on Godes gelaðunge the chapmen within the temple betokened unrighteous teachers in God's church, Homl.

Linked entries: cýpe-man cýp-man cépe-man cép-man ciépe-mon cope-man

fyrþran

(v.)
Grammar
fyrþran, fyrþrian; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od [furðor further]

To further ⬩ support ⬩ advance ⬩ promote ⬩ provehere ⬩ promŏvēre

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G. 5; Th. i. 168, 25, note 28, MS. B

Linked entry: firþriende

BLÓMA

(n.)
Grammar
BLÓMA, an; m. [blów+am+a, Ettm. 314]

Metal, the metal taken from the ore ⬩ a mass ⬩ metallum, massa ⬩ that which adheres together like a dough

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Voc. 34, note 1: a mass; metallum, massa = μâζα that which adheres together like a dough Wht. Dict. Ísenes blóma a mass of iron; ferii massa, Som: Cot. 135. Blóma oððe dáh massa, Wrt.

Linked entry: gold-blóma

wóhlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wóhlíce, adv.

Wrongly ⬩ unjustly ⬩ perversely ⬩ wickedly

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Grn. 20, 32 : Basil admn. 9; Norm. 52, 20. Seó lagu lahlíce gewítnode ða ðe wólíce singodon, L. Ælfc. P. 8; Th. ii. 366, 23. Hé cwæð ðæt hé wurde wólíce swá getúcod, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 276.

ýce

(n.)
Grammar
ýce, an; f.: ýce, es; m. A (poisonous)
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Ðæt ilce biþ nyttol íces slite oþþe hundes, Lchdm. ii. 86, 2 (see note). Ðære wyrte wyrttruma on wætere geðyged wiðrǽð íceom and næddrum, i. 144, 15. Ýcan ł froggan ranas, Ps. Lamb. 104, 30. ¶ Yce parruca, Wrt.

Linked entries: ice ice

firlen

(adj.)
Grammar
firlen, adj.

at a distance

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Him onbugon þá fyrlenan norð-menn, Hml. S. 29, 177. Tó fyrlenum landum, Hml. A. 106, 132: Jos. II, 18: Jud. 6, 2. Of fyrlænum scírum de longinquis provinciis, R. Ben. I. loi, 12. On fyrlenum at a distance: Onðǽre hwíle þe hé on fyrlenum wæs, Hml.

Linked entries: feorlen fyrlen

sǽtnung

(n.)
Grammar
sǽtnung, e; f.

plot, snare ⬩ seditio

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Hé him ða sǽtnunge (insidias) gewearnode ðæs unholdan cyninges, S. 515, 11 : 5, 23 ; S. 646, 37 note. Sétnungum insidiantes, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 11, 54. Similar entries v. sǽtung in the following passages the word glosses seditio.

Linked entries: sétnung sǽtnere

Winter-fylleþ

(n.)

the month of October

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Wintirfyllith potest dici compositio novo nomine hiemi pleniuni. Cf. winter, I Se teóða mónð, October, Winterfylleð, swá hine cíg[a]ð ígbuende, Engle and Seaxe, Menol. Fox 365; Men. 184.

ge-þafung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þafung, e; f.

Permission ⬩ allowance ⬩ assent ⬩ consent ⬩ permissio ⬩ assensus ⬩ consensus

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Ðyssum wordum óðer ðæs cyninges wita and ealdormann geþafunge sealde, and to ðære sprǽce féng cujus suasiōni verbisque prudentĭbus alius optĭmātum trĭbŭens assensum, contĭnuo subdĭdit, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 12: 4, 8; S. 576, note 5

Linked entry: þafung

éþel

fatherland

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Ne cymst þú on þínne éþel ðonan þú férdest ǽr uiuus in patriam non reuerteris amplius, Nar. 29, 12, 19. Ðá kyningas hiora onweald innanbordes gehióldon, and eác út hiora éðel gerýmdon, Past. 3, 8: Vald. 1, 31.

ge-hínan

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Ne gehéne (gehýn, v. l.) þú hine mid þý eácan non eum usuris opprimes Ll. Th. i. 52, 23. Hé sette him weorca mægestras þæt hig gehýndon mid hefigum byrðenum ut affligereat eos oneribus Ex. I. II.

ge-sweotulian

(v.)
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Abraham geswutelode mid þǽre dǽde ꝥ man ne sceal fandian Godes ostenditur in isto ejus facto quod homo non debet tenare are Dominum, Angl. vii. 42, 404. ꝥ wé é Oferfundennessum geswutelian experimentis comprobasse, An.

ge-bindan

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H. 79, 28. to bind a band Is þes wítes clom feste gebunden, Sat. 104. of non-material bands. denoting obligation Wé beóð mid Gode suá micle suíðor gebundne tanto apud Dominum obligatiores sumus, Past. 117, 23. denoting union, connexion Fæste gebunden

hwæt

(adv.; int.)
Grammar
hwæt, adv. or interjection.
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numquid non ipse est pater tuus?, Cant. M. ad fil. 6. Lá hwæt is ǽnig óðer on eallum þám gelimpum bútan Godes yrre swytol?

trum

(adj.)
Grammar
trum, adj.
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Th. 55, 15; Cri. 884. of non-material things, firm, stable, strong Ðæt mód ǽgðer ge trum ge untrum animus et infirmus et fidelis, Past. 51; Swt. 395, 3.

þeówan

(v.)
Grammar
þeówan, þéwan, þíwan, þýwan, þýgan, þeón, þían, þýn, and þeówian, þíwian, þýwian; pres. ic þý, hé þýþ; p. þeówde, þéwde, þíwde, þýwde, þýgde, þeóde, þýde; ppr. þýwende, þíende; pp. þéd, þýd.
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Hé ne þíwaþ non comminabitur, Ps. Lamb. 102, 9. Hé ðýwaþ mé increpabit me, 140, 5. Gif ic ðæt gefricge, ðæt ðec ymbsittend egesan þýwaþ, Beo. Th. 3659; B. 1827. Hé hine þeówde tó ofsleánne, Homl. Ass. 112, 342. Ðíwde, Homl. Th. ii. 174, 32.

Linked entries: þéde þeóddon þeón þeów-racu þerende þéwan þían þíwan mid-þeówan þurh-þeówan þýan þýgan þýn þýwan

lár

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Ox. 2010. that which is taught, a (person s) doctrine or teaching Mín lár (laar, L.) nis ná mín mea doctrina non est mea Jn. 7, 16. Eów is lár Godes ábroðen of breóstum, Exod. 268. Hié hyrcnodon háliges láre, An. 654.

uppan

(prep.)
Grammar
uppan, (-on); prep. dat. acc.

upon ⬩ on ⬩ above ⬩ upon ⬩ at ⬩ after ⬩ upon ⬩ on to ⬩ upon ⬩ against

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., and ðá uppon Eástron on Sce Ambrosius mæsseniht, ðæt is .ii. non.

Linked entries: uppon on-uppan

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