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Hé foreliórað iówih (eów, R.) praecedit nos Mt. L. 28, 7. Iúc uos . Jn. L. 3, 7. Þæt gé healdan eów sylfe (uosmet) ǽnlíce, Coll. M. 35, 37. Gé dóþ eów sylfe wyrsan þonne eówre ágne ǽhta, Bt. 14, 2 ; F. 44, 36. Eáþmódgiaþ eów sylfe, Bl. H. 99, 3. Add

tó-stregdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-stregdan, -strédan. [For conjugation see stregdan.]

To disperse ⬩ scatter ⬩ destroy ⬩ spargere ⬩ aspergere ⬩ dispergere ⬩ disperdere ⬩ dissipare ⬩ dispertire ⬩ destruere ⬩ To be dispersed ⬩ not to keep within proper bounds

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Ðú tó-strugde úsic dispersisti nos, Ps. Surt. 43, 12. Tóstregdyst, Ps. Spl. C. 43, 13. Hé tóstregde dispersit, 111, 8. Tóstrægd, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. I. 51: Rtl. 177, 15. Tóstregd hié disperde illos, Ps. Surt. 53, 7: disperge, 58, 12.

bodian

(v.)

to declare ⬩ proclaim ⬩ to foretell ⬩ prophesy ⬩ celebrate ⬩ praise ⬩ to preach ⬩ a person ⬩ a doctrine ⬩ belief

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Ne sceal hé nó ðæt án bodigan (-ean, v. l.) his hiéremonnun. hú ðá synna him wiðwinnað, ac hé him sceal eác cýðan mid hwelcum cræftum hé him wiðstondan mæg non solum debent innotescere qualiter vitia impugnent, verum etiam quomodo custoditae nos virtutes

dreógan

(v.)
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Þás ðing wé drugon quae res nos sollicitos tenuit, Nar. 13, 26. Ꝥ hié wíte drugon ut uterentur supplicio, 17, 2. For þám ermðum ðe hí drogan, Bt. 38, 1; S. 116, 26. Hié mon slóg and hiénde and on óþru land sealde . . .

ná-wiht

Grammar
ná-wiht, <b>. I a.</b>
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'Ic wundrie þín,, hwí þú secge þæt þú Godes náwiht gelíces nyte, '(nihil te nosse Deo simile ], Solil. H. 15, 16. He náht ðyllices ne gebudon, Hml. Th. ii. 500, 29. Add Næs ic on nauht (náuht on ?) ídlum anbide, þeáh hit mé lang anbid þúhte, Ps.

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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the, vide Þ, þ. The indigenous Pagan alphabet of our Anglo-Saxon forefathers, called Runes, it must be particularly observed, not only represents our letters, but the names of the letters are significant. The Runes are chiefly formed by straight lines

Q

Grammar
Q, This letter occurs but seldom in Anglo-Saxon; in those native words where qu is now found, e. g. quick, quoth, cw or cu was written, cwic, cuic, cwæþ, cuæþ. In the glossary (belonging to the eighth century) given in Wrt. Voc. ii. 98 sqq. are six instances of words beginning with qu, and four others occur in the same volume; in the Blickling Gloss the form quémde glosses complacebam, and the foreign word
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reliquias retained its original form

wiþ-standan

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

to withstand ⬩ resist ⬩ to stand against ⬩ succeed in opposing ⬩ be a match for ⬩ refute ⬩ to stand in the way ⬩ be a hindrance ⬩ obstruct ⬩ prevent ⬩ be a preventive ⬩ to stand off ⬩ keep away, ⬩ be absent ⬩ to be hostile

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Homl. 161, 17. to stand in the way, be a hindrance, obstruct, prevent, be a preventive, Grammar wiþ-standan, absolute Wið blódryne of nosum; ádrýg gáte blód and gníd tó duste, dó on ðæt næsþyrl; hyt wiðstandeþ (it acts as a preventive ), Lchdm. i. 352

Linked entries: wiþer-standan wiþ-licgan

ed-wít

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Srt. 68, 10. an object of scorn Þú ús gesettest tó edwíte úsum neáhgebúrum posuisti nos opprobrium vicinis nostris, Ps. Th. 43, 15. Hé on edwít wearð ymbsittendum factus est in opprobrium vicinis suis, 88, 34

glæd

(adj.)
Grammar
glæd, adj.
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Ðæt wé ðone Hǽlend hæbben ús glædne, and hé ús gewissige and úrne eard gehealde and æfter geendunge ðæt éce líf ús forgife ut nos Deum placatum rectorem habere queamus, C.

FÉDAN

(v.)
Grammar
FÉDAN, part. fédende; he fédeþ, fét, fétt; p. ic, he fédde, ðú féddest, pl. féddon; pp. féded, fédd.

nourish ⬩ support ⬩ sustain ⬩ bring up ⬩ educate ⬩ pascĕre ⬩ cĭbāre ⬩ nutrīre ⬩ engtrīre ⬩ sustentāre ⬩ edŭcāre ⬩ to bring forth ⬩ produce ⬩ gignĕre ⬩ prodūcĕre

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Ðú us fédest teára hláfe cĭbābis nos pāne lacry̆mārum, Ps. Th. 79, 5, Se deópa seáþ dreórge fédeþ the deep pit feedeth the dreary, Exon. 30 b; Th. 94, 25; Cri. 1545: 36 b; Th. 118, 26; Gú. 245. He ðé fédeþ ipse te enutriet, Ps. Th. 54, 22.

Linked entry: féding

cúþ-líce

(adv.)
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Ic wylle eów gyt cúðlícor secgan, þæt gé hit magon þe swutelícor ongytan, Wlfst. 15, 7. (1 a) with verbs of guidance, with skill, expertly :-- Ic méde gehét þǽm þe ús cúþlíce gelǽddon þurh þá uncúðan land pollicitus his praemia qui nos periti regionum

be-fæstan

to fix, ⬩ to place in security ⬩ to fix in the mind ⬩ implant ⬩ to fix by promise or agreement ⬩ to pledge ⬩ to commit ⬩ to commit to a person's charge ⬩ to commit to a place ⬩ to set ⬩ betake to an occupation ⬩ to commend ⬩ recommend, ⬩ to make acceptable ⬩ to trust

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D. 203, 4. to make acceptable Se ofermete ne befæsð ús nǽfre Gode esca nos non commendat Deo, Past. 317, 19.

sumer-lida

(n.)
Grammar
sumer-lida, an; m. [Lida, like the equivalent Icel. liði in sumar-liði, elsewhere refers to a single object, man or ship (v. lida, sǽ-, ýð-lida), but in the passage given below from the Chronicle seems to mean a fleet. Later in the same work liþ (q. v.), which seems taken from the Scandinavians, is used in this sense, e. g. ðæt lið ðæt on Sandwíc læg, 1052; Erl. 183, 40, can sumer-lida be intended to represent Norse sumar-lið? In one other place sumer-lida occurs, in company with words relating to the sea, and it there glosses malleolus; but here perhaps sumer-loda should be read, and malleolus be taken in the sense shoot, twig (see spæc); cf. O. H. Ger. sumar-lota, -lata virgultum, palmes. v. Anglia xiii. 330.]
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A summer fleet, one that sets forth in summer and returns in autumn Æfter ðissum gefeohte cuom micel sumorlida (tó Reádingum, MS. E.), Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 35. [Steenstrup takes the word to mean a force moving from its quarters in England, and leaving

cwealm

(n.)
Grammar
cwealm, cwélm , es; m. n. [cwelan to die]

Death, destruction, a violent death, slaughter, murder, torment, plague, pestilence, contagion ⬩ QUALM; mors, pernicies, nex, cædes, homicidium, cruciatus, lues, pestis, pestilentia, contagium

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Ðæt us cwealm on ne becume ne forte occidat nos pestis, Ex. 5, 3. To ðam swíðe awédde se cwealm ðæt hundeahtatig manna of lífe gewiton the plague raged to that degree that eighty men departed from life, Homl.

Linked entries: cwælm cwelm cwylm

ge-bycgan

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for work done Þone fultum and þæt weorc Agustus gebohte mid fela M talentana Augustus ad reparationem magnam vim pecuniae largitus est, Ors. 6, 1; S. 252, 28. to secure the services of a person by payment, to hire Nǽnig úsic mid leáne gebohte nemo nos

mótan

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Drihten, hǽle ús: wé móton forweorðan Domine, salva nos, perimus Mt. 8, 25. Móton þá hyrdas beón swíðe wacore, Ll. Th. i. 374, 27: 344, 27.

íg

(n.)
Grammar
íg, [Besides íg there seems to be a form íge; m. e. g. on Meldaníge eástewerdne, C. D. v. 303, 2. Of eallum Lindesíge (v. Lindes), Bd. 3, 11; Sch. 237, 10. In insula quae dicitur Seolesíge, C. D. v. 41, 27: 52, 10. Moreover there are instances of íg in the accusative, e. g. Wið-westan hunddes-íg (cf. tó hu[u]ddes-íge, 5), C. D. v. 298, 7. On swannes-íg, vi. 108, I : such forms seem to belong neither to íg; f. nor to íge; m., jó-, ja- stems respectively.]
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The word occurs in place-names Locum qui apud Anglos nuncupatur Ceroteég, id est Cirotis insula,C. D. ii. 122, 27. Hengestes-íg, v. 401, 26. On Beferíge; ðonne on Fyrsíge, 300, 17. On meldaníge . . . tó Ceólesíge, 303, 2-3. Ðis sind ðá landgemǽra tó Gósíge

ÁN

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)

ONE ⬩ unus ⬩ una ⬩ unum ⬩ alone ⬩ only ⬩ sole ⬩ another ⬩ solus ⬩ alius ⬩ sole ⬩ alone of its kind ⬩ singular ⬩ unique ⬩ without an equal ⬩ unicus ⬩ eximius ⬩ a certain one ⬩ some one ⬩ quidam ⬩ a ⬩ an ⬩ a ⬩ an ⬩ each ⬩ every one ⬩ all ⬩ unus-quisque ⬩ una-quæque ⬩ unum-quodque ⬩ One ⬩ other

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Grammar ÁN, m. f. n. Grammar ÁN, gen. m. n. ánes; f. ánre of one; unius: dat. m. n. ánum; f. ánre to one; uni: acc. m. ánne, ǽnne; f. áne, n. án one; unum, unam, unum: instr. m. n. áne; f. ánre with one; uno, unó, uno: pl. nom. acc. m. f. n. áne each,

Linked entries: ǽn ain án ána án-for-lǽtan ánga án-ne ánra ánra-gehwá feáwa for án

twégen

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twégen, (twegen? In the later MSS. of the Gospels tweigen and twegen are found, but ei may represent earlier e, e. g. weig, Lk. 1, 79, eige, 2, 9; or é, e. g. wreigende, 23, 10, wreigeð, 23, 14: Layamon has tweiȝe, tweien: in the Ormulum the form is tweȝȝen); m.: twá, twuá; f.: tú, tuu, twá; n.: gen. twéga, twégea, tweágea, twíga, twégera, twégra (later Gospels have tweigre, tweire); dat. twám, twǽm. Besides these West Saxon are the following forms, nom. acc. twǽgen, twœgen, tuoegi, tuoege, tuóge, tuoe, tué; m.: f. tuoege: gen. tuoega, tuoe, twégen, tuoegara,twoegra, tuoera.
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Two. used adjectivally Tuégen stridi passus, Txts. 85, 1510. Twégen (twǽgen, MS. E.) aldormen, Chr. 822; Erl. 62, 12. Twégen englas, Gen. 19, 1. Óþre twégen sealmas, R. Ben. 37, 11. Twǽgen míne mégas, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 310, 23. Twoegen gibróþæra, Txts

Linked entries: tú tuu twá

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