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ge-cynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cynd, f. also has gen. ge-cynd (Bl. H. 31, 32); dat.
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Ic eom nú máre ymbe ꝥ gecynd ( de naturali intentione) þonne ymbe þone willan ... þú miht witan be manegum þingum ꝥ ꝥ gecynd is swíþe micel. ...

FÆC

(n.)
Grammar
FÆC, es; pl. nom. acc. facu; gen. faca; n.

Space, interval, distance, portion of timespătium, intervallum, tempŏris intervallum

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Hí binnon lytlan fæce gewendon to Lundene they within a little space went to London, Chr. 1016; Erl. 155, 22. Myccle fæce multo intervallo, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 10. Ymb lytel fæc after a little time, Elen. Kmbl. 543; El. 272: 765; El. 383.

Linked entries: æfter-fæce fec

FEOR

(adv.)
Grammar
FEOR, feorrv, fior; comp. fyrr, fyr, fier; sup. fyrrest; adv.

FARat a distanceprŏcullongebeyondmoreoverultraporro

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We witan heonan nóht feor óðer eálond nōvĭmus insŭlam ăliam esse non prŏcul a nostra, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 15: Beo. Th. 3615; B. 1805. Feor ðú dydest cúþan míne fram me longe fēcisti nōtos meos a me, Ps. Lamb. 87, 9.

Linked entries: feorr fior

(v.)
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Ðæt gé witen hwæt hit sié, Past. 8; Swt. 53, 13. Gif ðú sié Godes sunu, Blickl. Homl. 27, 7. Him sió wuldor, Hy. 8, 4. Ðæt ðæt betst sý, ðæt mon seó foremǽre. Bt. 34, 2; Fox 82, 10. Gif heó leng sý ðonne hé if she live longer than he, L. Edm.

ge-lendan

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Ðæt scip . . . búton ðá rówend hit teón, sceal fleótan mid ðý streáme: ne mæg hit nó stille gestandan, búton . . . mon mid róðrum ongeán tió; elles hit gelent mid ðý streáme, Past. 445, 13. non-material Ic wolde witan hwæðer ( = hwider?)

trymness

(n.)
Grammar
trymness, trymeness, e ; f.

firmnessthat which makes a firma supportpropa firm placefastnessa strengtheninga confirmationof a statementagreementof or in a purposebeliefa strengthening by wordsan exhortation

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firmness Heora wítes ne biþ trymnes (trymenis, Ps. Surt. ) non est firmamentum in plaga eorum. Ps. Th. 72, 3.

Linked entries: trumness trymeness

weorold

(n.)
Grammar
weorold, (-uld), weorld, worold (-uld, -eld), world, e; f. (but se woruld, Prov. Kmbl. 40: worldes, Lk. Skt. l, 70: ðissum worulde, Met. 10, 70)
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Hé woruld ofgeaf, 71, 2; Gen. 1164. ¶ where the present state is contrasted with the future, where the temporal is contrasted with the eternal :-- Ðysse worulde (woreldes, Lind.: weorulde, Rush.) bearn . . .

irmþ

(n.)
Grammar
irmþ, e; irmþu, irmþo; indecl. f.

Povertypenurymiserywretchednesscalamitydistressdisorder

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Ne biþ him hyra yrmþu án tó wíte ac ðara óðerra eád tó sorgum nor alone shall their own misery be torment, but the bliss of the others shall be a grief, 26 b ; Th. 79, 19; Cri. 1293. For yrmþe unspédig[ra] propter miseriam inopum, Ps. Spl. 11, 5.

Linked entry: earmþu

ealdor-dóm

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Mk. p. 4, 8. of things Swylce eác be ðám heán muntum and dúnum, þá þe heáh standað ofer ealne middaneard, þá hwæðere wíte habbað þæs ealdordómes, þæt heó beóð genehhe mid heofonfýre geþreáde, Wlfst. 262, 14.

I

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In such cases, however, instead of i the diphthong ie is very often found; and not only in such, but also in those where the root-vowel is i or í, e. g. ongietan, wietan [ = wítan] ; even in the place of ý, e. g. ieðegende.

á-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
á-rǽdan, p. -réd and -rǽdde; pp. -rǽden and -rǽd(ed).
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Þæt yrfegewrit man árǽdde beforan eallum Westseaxena witum. Þá hit árǽd wæs. Cht. Th. 486, 15-17. Englisc gewrit árǽdan, Past. 7, 13, 17.

for-faran

(v.)

To perishTo destroyto blockade

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Gif hǽðen cild binnon .ix. nihton þurh gímelíste forfaren sí if a child die and be lost, because through carelessness it is not baptized within nine days after birth, and so dies a heathen, Ll. Th. ii. 292, 7.

Linked entry: fór-faran

bredan

(v.)
Grammar
bredan, ic brede, ðú britst, brist, he brit, bret, pl. bredaþ; p. bræd, pl. brudon; pp. broden, breden.

to weave, BRAID, knit, join together, draw, pluck;plectere, nectere, vibrare, gladium stringere to change, vary, transform;vertere, variare, transformare

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Hǽðen cild biþ gefullod, ac hit ne bret ná his hiw wiðútan, ðeáh ðe hit beo wiðinnan awend a heathen child is baptized, but it varies not its aspect without, although it be changed within, Homl. Th. ii. 268, 30

Linked entries: a-bredan bret brit

lád-teów

(n.)
Grammar
lád-teów, es; m.

A leaderguideconductorgeneral

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Lind. 2, 6: Rtl. 38, 15: 193, 15, the form látwa with pl. látuas, Mt. 15, 14, occurs; also látwu, Rtl. 193, 17, 19; and in 2, 5 látuan glosses ducere

ge-irnan

(v.)
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Brydegume cymende giiorne ( occurrere ), Rtl. 106, 10. (1 b) with the idea of attack :-- Gelamp sume síðe, ðǽr hé sum gild bræc, ꝥ þǽr gearn mycel menigeo tó him . . . and ealle swíðe erre wǽron (cf.. to run to a place Georn xvi-wintre mǽden tó ðǽre

Linked entries: ge-urnen ge-yrnan

gilp

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Gif ic wiste hú wið þám áglǽcan elles meahte gylpe ( with glory ) wiðgrípan, B. 2521. Sé ðe bið úpáhafen mid ðý gefeán and mid ðý gielpe (gilpe, v. l.) ðisse worulde quos consolatio gloriae temporalis extollit . Past. 183, 4.

ge-writ

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. ¶ books dealing with a subject under notice :-- Þæs ðe gewritu secgað, Chr. 973; P. 118, 19.

heord

keepingcustodycareguard

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Freán and mínes fæder are in apposition, and the insertion of hæfde after fæder completes the else loo short half verse mínes fæder, and at the same time fits in with álǽded, so making the alteration to álǽdde unnecessary.

hring

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In this latter passage, however, the original seems to intend a halo with prismatic colouring), Ph. 305. a group of persons standing in a circle Wuldorful apostolan hring gloriosus apostolorum chorus, Angl. ii. 357, 10.

on-gitan

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Add Ðonne hié eal ðá hálgan gewritu ryhtlíce ongiten (-gieten, v. l. ) hæbben cum recte cuncta de sacra Scriptura sentiunt, Past. 371, 4. add: with gen.