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ge-sprecan

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Add: absolute, to speak, (i) to have the faculty of speech, not to be dumb Dumbo dyde ꝥte hiá gesprecas mutos fecit loqui, Mk. L. 7, 37. Gebróht wæs him dumb, and geleicnade hine suǽ gespræc, Mt. L. 12, 22.

út

(adv.)
Grammar
út, adv.

outbeyond the bounds within which a thing is enclosedout on an expeditionoutoutoutoutforthto knock outpull outoutaway from homeabroadoutaway from landoutoutsidenot within doorsnot in the houseabroadoutexternally

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Uton gán út egrediamur foras, Gen. 5, 8: 27, 3: Cd. Th. 148, 24; Gen. 2461. Ðá eodon hig út án æfter ánum unum post unum exiebant, Jn. Skt. 8, 9.

weorþscipe

(n.)
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weorþscipe, es; m.
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worship, honour shewn to an object Gif hwá biþ mid hwelcum welum geweorþod, ne belimpþ se weorþscipe ðam ðe hine geweorðaþ; ðæt is herianne hwéne rihtlícor si quod ex appositis luceat, ipsa quidem, quae sunt apposita, laudantur Bt. 14, 3; Fox

hider

to this worldto this lifein this worldto this pointhither and thitherto and fro

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Voc. ii. 112, ii. local. to the place where the speaker is. with a verb expressing movement hider neár accede huc, Gen. 27, 21. eódest þú hider (hidir, L.) inn? quomodo huc intrasti ?, Mt. R. 22, 12. Þæt ic ne cymo hider (hidder, L.), Jn.

Linked entry: hider-cyme

a-fyrran

(v.)
Grammar
a-fyrran, -fyran; p. ede, de; pp. ed [a from, fyrr far]

To removetake awayexpeldeliveramovereavertereelongareauferreeripere

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Ðú afyrdest of Jacobe ða graman hæftnéd avertisti captivitatem Jacob, Ps. Th. 84, 1. Ðú me afyrdest frýnd ða nýhstan elongasti a me amicum et proximum, 87, 18; 88, 36: Bd. 2, 20; S. 522, 23: 4, 11; S. 579, 34.

Linked entry: a-fyran

DELFAN

(v.)
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DELFAN, ic delfe, ðú delfest, dilfst, he delfeþ, dilfþ, pl. delfaþ; p. ic, he dealf, ðú dulfe, pl. dulfon; subj. delfe, pl. delfen; p. dulfe, pl. dulfen; pp. dolfen; v. a.

To dig, dig out, DELVEfŏdĕre, effŏdĕre

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To dig, dig out, DELVE; fŏdĕre, effŏdĕre Ne mæg ic delfan fŏdĕre non văleo, Lk. Bos. 16, 3. Ongan he eorþan delfan he began to dig the earth, Elen. Kmbl. 1655; El. 829. Ic delfe fŏdio, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 6; Som. 32, 45.

FORD

(n.)
Grammar
FORD, gen. fordes; dat. forde, forda; m.

A FORDvădum

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A FORD; vădum Ford vădum, Ælfc. Gl. 97; Som. 76, 66; Wrt. Voc. 54, 10: 80, 51. Hie flugon ofer Temese búton ǽlcum forda they fled over the Thames without any ford, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 28.

Linked entry: fyrd

for-wandian

(v.)
Grammar
for-wandian, -wandigan; p. ode; pp. od [wandian to fear] .

To reverencehave in honourvĕrĕrirevĕrĕriTo be afraidbe confoundedhesitateconfundicuntāri

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v. trans. To reverence, have in honour; vĕrĕri, revĕrĕri Mínne sunu hig forwandiaþ revĕrēbuntur fīlium meum, Mk. Bos. 12, 6: Lk. Bos. 20, 13. v. intrans.

fulwiht

(n.)
Grammar
fulwiht, es; n.

Baptismbaptismus

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Kmbl. 978; El. 490. Bútan fulwihte without baptism, L. In. 2; Th. i. 102, 20: Chr. 601; Erl. 20, 13: 661; Erl. 34, 16.

hwæl

(n.)
Grammar
hwæl, es; m.

A whale

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A whale Hwæl balena vel cete vel cetus vel pistrix, Ælfc. Gl. 101; Som. 77, 54; Wrt. Voc. 55, 57. Hwæl cætus, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 31. Se hwæl biþ micle læssa ðonne óðre hwalas the walrus is much less than other whales, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 3.

mist

(n.)
Grammar
mist, es; m.

Mistdimness

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Voc. i. 52, 61. Dymnys oððe myst caligo, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Som. 8, 58. Ðá slóh ðǽr micel mist facta est caligo tenebrosa, Gen. 15, 17. Ǽr se þicca mist þinra weorðe, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 11; Met. 5, 6.

recene

(adv.)
Grammar
recene, adv.
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Quickly, straightway, at once Recene (recone, Lind.) protinus, Mk. Skt. Rush. 1, 29. Hét him recene his sunu gangan, Cd. Th. 53, 20; Gen. 864 : 134, 41; Gen. 2228. Ðú recene beheald intende, Ps. Th. 29, 1. Recone ł sóna confestim, Mk. Skt.

Linked entry: ricene

ge-tíðian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tíðian, -týðian, -tigðian; p. ode; pp. od

To grantallow

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Ðú bǽde me and ic ðé ne getíðode you asked me and I did not grant thee, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 57, 16; Bd. 3, 3; S. 525, 30. Gif he eów ðises ne getíðode if he has not granted you this, Homl. Th. ii, 144, 17.

Linked entries: ge-tigþian tíþian

GRINDAN

(v.)
Grammar
GRINDAN, gryndan; part. grindende, ic grinde, grynde, ðú grintst, grinst, he grint, pl. grindaþ; p. ic, he grand, grond, ðú grunde, pl. grundon; pp. grunden
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Gr. 28, 3; Som. 31, 3. Ic grinde commolo, Ælfc. Gl. 36; Wrt. Voc. 28, 77. Ðú grinst thou grindest, Homl. Th. i. 488, 25. Se hæruflota grond wið greóte the floater of the surge [the ship] ground against the gravel, Exon. 52 a; Th. 182, 12; . 1309.

georn-ful

(adj.)
Grammar
georn-ful, -full; comp. -fulra; adj.

Full of desire, eager, solicitous, anxious, strenuous, zealous, intent, diligentsollĭcĭtus, stŭdiōsus, anxius, sēdŭlus, intentus, dīlĭgens

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Th. 139, 54; By. 274. Geornfull ðú eart sollĭcĭta es, Lk. Bos. 10, 41. Wæs he on willsumnesse háligra gebeda gecneord and geornfull erat orātiōnum devōtiōni sollertissĭme intentus, Bd. 4, 28; S. 606, 34.

Linked entry: gearnfull

ge-séðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-séðan, p. de; pp. ed [séðan to affirm]

To state as true, declare, prove, show, affirmeffāri, testĭfĭcāri, vērĭfĭcāre, contestāri, prŏbāre

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. 11 b; Th. 15, 18; Cri. 243.

ge-mynan

(v.)
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ge-mynan, p. de

To remember, remind

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To remember, remind Dryhten gemynest ðú ðæt se forlǽrd cwæþ sir, dost thou remember that that deceiver said? Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 27, 63. Ðú gemyndest ða word ðe ic ðé sǽde thou now remembered the words that I said to thee, Bt. 35, 2; Fox 156, 21.

regnian

(v.)
Grammar
regnian, p.ode

To set in order, arrange, dispose, regulate

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Gemyne ðú, mucgwyrt, hwæt ðú ámeldodest, hwæt ðú rénadest, Lchdm. iii. 30, 29. geworhte ic ðæt ðæt ðú me ðus swíðe searo rénodest how have I deserved that you should lay such a snare for me? Cd. Th. 162, 9;Gen. 2678.

styrman

(v.)
Grammar
styrman, p. de.
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Styrmendum wederum, Bt. 7, 3; 3 O 2Fox 22, 5. of persons, to storm, make a great noise, cry aloud, shout Ic ( the wood pigeon ) búgendre stefne styrme (cf. ic hlúde cirme, l. 18), Exon. Th. 390, 25; . 9, 7.

Linked entry: storm

súþ

(adv.)
Grammar
súþ, adv.
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In a southerly direction or position Twelf míla brád súð and norð ab austro in boream duodecim milia passuum, Bd. 1, 3; S. 475, 19. Him is ðæt heáfod súð gewend and ða fét norð, Shrn. 66, 23. Syndon óðere eálond súð fram Brixonte, Nar. 36, 7.