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un-forboden

(adj.)
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un-forboden, adj.

Unforbiddennot prohibitedfree from any moral or legal hindrance

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Swá ic hit hæbbe, swá hit se sealde, ðe syllanne áhte, unforboden ( no one had a right to forbid the entering into possession of the property ), L. O. 13; Th. i. 184, 5. Unforboden and unbesacan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 234, 20.

Linked entries: un-besacen for-beódan

á-delfan

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Gr. 179, 11. to dig, dig out a pit Hé ádylfð ðone pytt lacum effodit, Ps. Th. 7, 15. Also v.

Linked entry: a-dylf

be-habban

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</b> to hold, have in a receptacle :-- Þone ic behæfde on bearme quod continui in sinu, Bl. Gl. to hold back, withhold Behæfð God mildheortnysse his?, Ps. Spl. 76, 10

eác

(prep.)
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eác, prep.
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., -eác', and add Swíðulf biscop and Ceólmund ealdormon ... and Eádulf cynges þegn ..., and manige eác him ( eácan him, v. l. ), Chr. 897; P. 90, 9. Monige eác him (eác him, eác mid him, v. ll. ), 905; P. 94, 10, 15.

ge-neah

(v.)
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Ger. ganah inan abundabit (Mt. 13, 12, ] with subject. to suffice, have sufficient power to do something Nǽnig mennisc tunge ne geneah þæs ácendan engles godcund mægen gesecgenne, Bl. H. 165, 5. to have abundance of (?)

ge-smirian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-smirian, l. ge-smirwau.
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Gesmyrede and gehyrde lita, 51, 49. to smear with grease Mycgerne gesmired seuo madefactus (fomes), An. Ox. 2764. to anoint as part of the ritual of consecration to an office Ic ðé cynincge gesmyrode, Hml. S. 18, 321.

ge-þrýn

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þrýn, p. -þrýde.
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; for þon mé glíwedon wrætlic weorc smiða, Rä. 27, 11-14). to repress, restrain Ná for þí rihtlíce synna geþríð, forgyfenysse wé ortrúwian neque quia Deus juste peccata distringit, ueniam desperemus, Scint. 130, 16. to express Geðrýde ł áurát expressit

Linked entry: ge-þrýde

hyrne

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hyrne, in l. 6 for norð hyrnan l. norðhyrnan,
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herpaðe; ðonan dǽre dícan hyrnan; ðonan andlang díc, v. 78, 30: vi. 170, 34. Of ðám wealle swá norð ðæt dú cyme ðæs wealles hyrnan ; of ðǽre hyrnan á be wealle, iii. 424, 27. garstúnæs hyrnan, v. 74, 6.

sárian

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
sárian, ode.

to feel pain for, feel sorry forto be soreto grieve, be sad

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to feel pain for, feel sorry for Heó is má sárianne magis dolendum, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 40. to be sore Similar entries (v. sár; adj. ), of physical pain Hé (the disease) wundaþ and sió wund sáraþ the wound gets painful, Past. 11; Swt. 71, 20.

hám-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
hám-weard, adv.

Homeward, in the direction of homedomum versus, retro

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Se esne hig hámweard lǽdde his hláforde the servant brought her home to his lord, Gen. 24, 61

hnescian

(v.)
Grammar
hnescian, hnexian; p. ode

To make, or to become, soft, to soften

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To make, or to become, soft, to soften Ic hnexige mollio, Ælfc. Gr. 30; Som. 34, 53. Lege ðonne on ðǽr hit heardige hnescaþ hyt sóna apply where it is hard, it will at once soften, Herb. 2, ii; Lchdm. i. 84, 4.

a-wacnian

(v.)
Grammar
a-wacnian, -wæcnian; p. cnede, cenede; pp. cned, cened; v. intrans.

to AWAKENcome to life againreviveevigilareexpergefierireviviscereto arisespringhave one's originsuscitarioririnasci

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to AWAKEN, come to life again, revive; evigilare, expergefieri, reviviscere On dagunge he eft acwicode [awacenede MSS. Ca.

Linked entry: a-wæcnian

Dalamensan

(n.)
Grammar
Dalamensan, gen.-ena ; pl. m.

The Dalamensan; Dalamensæ: a Slavonic race, who dwelt in Misnia on both sides of the river Elbe

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Dalomensam] sindon Surpe to the north-east of the Moravians are the Dalamensan, and to the east of the Dalamensan are the Horithi, and to the north of the Dalamensan are the Surpe, Ors. 1, 1, § 12; Bos. 19, 4-6

fæder-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
fæder-líc, def. se -líca , seó, ðæt -líce; adj.

Of or belonging to a father, FATHERLY, paternal, ancestralpatrius, pāternus, patrōnymĭcus

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Of or belonging to a father, FATHERLY, paternal, ancestral; patrius, pāternus, patrōnymĭcus Wæs he to ðære fæderlícan healle gelǽdd he was led to his father's hall, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 12, 11.

fealwian

(v.)
Grammar
fealwian, fealewian, fealuwian; p. ode; pp. od

To grow yellow, ripen, to wither as leaves flāvescĕre

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To grow yellow, ripen, to wither as leaves; flāvescĕre On hærfest hit fealwaþ in harvest it ripens, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 23. His leáf ne fealwiaþ its leaves shall not wither, Ps. Th. 1, 4.

lógian

(v.)
Grammar
lógian, (v. lóh); p. ode

To lodgeplacearrangeframe

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To lodge, place, put in order, arrange, frame þreágenne gé lógiaþ eówere sprǽce ye frame your speech to reprove, Homl. Th. ii. 454, 25. Hí on heora scype heora nett lógodon in navi componentes retia, Mk. Skt. 1, 19.

mæssepreóst-scír

(n.)
Grammar
mæssepreóst-scír, e; f.

The district attached to the church at which a masspriest officiated

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The district attached to the church at which a masspriest officiated Gif man hwylc metrum cild mæssepreóste bringe, sý of swylcre mæssepreóstscýre swylce hyt sý, L. E. I. 17; Th. ii. 412, 21. Cf.

á-ídan

(v.)
Grammar
á-ídan, p. de
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To dispossess (? cf. eád), to turn out, expel Áídeþ eliminat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 23. Áýdan eliminare, An. Ox. 8, 108. Út áídan eliminare, 7, 109: Angl. xv. 208, 12.

Linked entry: -ídan

be-lǽwan

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Add: to betray, a person Hé hine belǽwde deáþe, Wlfst. 18, I: Hml. A. 153, 56. Hé belǽwde þone Hǽlend þám cwellerum, 74, 45: Hml. Th. i. 26, 25. Beleede (biléde, R.) proderet, Mk. L. 14, 10.

fiscere

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Him þá cóm án fiscere and hiene ánne ofer bróhte piscatoria scapha trepidus transit, Ors. 2, 5; S. 84, 10. Wearð geworden, swá swá God wolde, fiscere to biscope, Ll. Th. i. 334, 12. hwon þú sceole for ówiht þysne man (S.