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rihtere

(n.)
Grammar
rihtere, es; m.

A ruler, director

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Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 5-14

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ofer-steppan

(v.)

to over-step, to cross, exceedtransgredi, excedere

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Seó sǽ ne mót ðone þeorscwold oferstæppan (-steppan, Met. 11. 69) ðære eorþan, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 26

of-þyrsted

(v.)
Grammar
of-þyrsted, -þyrst; part.

Possessed with exceeding thirst, very thirsty, athirstthirsty

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Níþes ofþyrsted thirsting for strife, Cd. Th. 3, 7; Gen. 32. Olþyrsted gástes drynces, Soul Kmbl. 80; Seel. 40

þǽr-mid

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-mid, adv.

therewithwith thatstraightwayat the same time

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Grammar þǽr-mid, temporal, straightway, at the same time Ðá forceáw hé his ágenan tungan and wearp hine ðǽrmid on ðæt neb foran, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 25

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healt

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Gif ðín fót swicað þé, ceorf hine of; betere þé is ꝥ þú healt (halt, L., R.) gá on éce íf. . . Mk. 9, 45. ꝥ hé þám healtan cnapan (cf. se cnapa wæs creópere, 20) Blinde geseóð, healte (claudi) gáð, Mt. 11, 5.

DUST

(n.)
Grammar
DUST, es; n.

DUST pulvis

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Asceacaþ ðæt dust of eówrum fótum excŭtĭte pulvĕrem de pĕdĭbus vestris, Mk. Bos. 6, 11: Lk. Bos. 10, 11

druncennes

(n.)
Grammar
druncennes, druncennys, druncenys, -ness, e; f.

DRUNKENNESSebriĕtas

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DRUNKENNESS; ebriĕtas Warniaþ eów, ðe-læs eówer heortan gehefegode sýn on druncenesse attendĭte autem vobis ne forte graventur corda vestra in ebrietāte, Lk. Bos. 21, 34.

níþ

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Först. 94, 3. Ne morðor tó begangenne, ne níðas tó fremmanne, Wlfst. 253, 7

on-bídan

(v.)
Grammar
on-bídan, p. -bád; pl. -bidon; pp. -biden.

to abide, wait, remainto wait for, expect,to wait on, attend upon

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Hé onbád ðæt feówertig wintra hweðer hié gecyrran woldan he waited the forty years to see whether they would change, Blickl. Homl. 79, 4. Onbíd her seofon and twentig nihta, 231, 5: 237, 33.

BEÓN

(v.)
Grammar
BEÓN, [bión], to beónne; part. beónde; ic beó [beóm], ðú bist, byst, he biþ, byþ, pl. beóþ; impert. beó, pl. beóþ; subj. beó, pl. beón

To BEexistbecomeessefieri

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Bos. 19, 21 : Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 12 : Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 26, 48. Ic ðæs folces beó hyrde I am the people's pastor Cd. 106; Th. 139, 24; Gen. 2314. Ic beó gearo sóna I shall be soon ready Beo.

irsung

(n.)
Grammar
irsung, e; f.

Angerirascibility

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Sió gesceádwísnes sceal on gehwelcum waldan semle irsunge [cf. wealdan ðæs yrres, Fox 132, 10], Bt. Met. Fox 20, 397 ; Met. 20, 199. Of irsunge wyxt seófung and of ðære geþwǽrnesse lufu from anger grows sighing, and from gentleness love, Prov.

Linked entry: eorsung

un-geþwǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geþwǽre, adj.

not in harmonyat variancediscordantnot in agreementgiven to discordquarrelsomedisagreeabletroublesomevexatious

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Gód and yfel bióþ simle ungeþwǽre betwux him and simle on twá willaþ bonum malumque adversa fronte dissideant, 37, 3; Fox 290, 13. Fýr and wæter and manega oþra gesceafta ðe beóþ á swá ungeþwǽra betwux him swá swá hí beóþ, 21; Fox 74, 16.

a-stellan

(v.)
Grammar
a-stellan, p. -stealde, -stalde ; pp. -steald ; v. a.

To set forthto setplaceaffordsupplyappointestablishordainundertakeundergobeginstatuerecollocareinstituerepræberestabilirefundaresuscipereinire

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To set forth, to set, place, afford, supply, appoint, establish, ordain, undertake, undergo, begin; statuere, collocare, instituere, præbere, stabilire, fundare, suscipere, inire Bisene astellan exemplum præbere, Past. 3, 1; Hat. MS. 8 b, 5.

byldan

(v.)
Grammar
byldan, p. bylde; pp. bylded; v. trans. [beald bold; v. byld]
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Bǽdon hí Sigebyrht ðæt he mid him to ðam gefeohte fóre and hyra fultum trymede and bylde rogaverunt Sigberctum ad confirmandum militem secum venire in prælium, Bd. 3, 18; S. 546, 20, col. 1

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circul

(n.)
Grammar
circul, es; m.

A circle, the zodiaccirculus, zodiacus = ζωδιακός

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Ætýwdan feówer circulas onbútan ðære sunnan four circles appeared round the sun, Chr. 1104; Erl. 239, 17.

lesan

(v.)
Grammar
lesan, p. læs; pl. lǽson; pp. lesen

To leasegathercollect

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.], gather, collect Se eorþlíca anweald nǽfre ne sǽwþ cræftas ac lisþ and gadraþ unþeáwas earthly power never sows virtues, but collects and gathers vices, Bt. 27, 1; Fox 94, 25.

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, p. de

To tell ofrelatedeclare

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To tell of, relate, declare Ne wyrneþ word lofes, wísan mǽneþ mine for mengo (cf. O. Sax. thú fora thesaro thiod telis, mahtig ménis). Exon. 105b; Th. 401, 14; Rä. 21, 11. Hæleþ hý hospe mǽnaþ men speak of her contemptuously, 90 a; Th. 337, 17; Gn.

ge-freoðian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-freoðian, p. ode; pp. od

To protectguardfreekeep

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Ðæt lond Gode gefreoðode he kept that land for God, 34 b; Th. 111, 7; Gú. 123

Linked entry: ge-friðian

eáþelíce

(adv.)
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geáþ; but for form cf. gearfoþe under earfoþe) forléton Godes gesetnysse fecerunt malum in conspectu Domini, Jud. 3, 7

Linked entry: geáþ

fæder-lic

ancestrallineal

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Similar entries v. fæder, I 2, 2 a Þíne suna gesittað ꝥ cynesetl oð ðá feórðe mǽgðe mid fæderlicre æftergengnysse (son shall succeed father for four generations), Hml.