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gódian

(v.)
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Add: intrans. To be or to become good, be prosperous. Cf. gód; <b>III. 1.</b> with a noun as subject Eówer kynedóm gódað þurh heora gódan geearnunga. Hml. S. 5, 444.

styrian

(v.)
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styrian, p. ede, ode
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Hé sceal gán and hyne styrian he must walk and move about, Lchdm. i. 316, 17. (1 a) to move the strings of an instrument :-- Ealle strengas se hearpere grét mid ánre honda, ðeáh hé hié ungelíce styrige, Past. 23; Swt. 175, 10.

Linked entry: stirian

ge-sib

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Þá cwæð se cásere ðæt hí wǽron gesibbe, and for ðí heó sprǽce þillice word him fore, Hml. Th. ii. 310, 9. Freóndum swǽsum and gesibbum, Gen. 1612.

for-fón

(v.)
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for-fón, ic -fó, ðú -féhst, he -féhþ, pl. -fóþ; p. ic, he -féng, ðú -fénge, pl. -féngon; pp. -fangen, -fongen [for-, fón to take] .

to take violently or by surpriseclutcharrestseizevehementer căpĕreimprōviso adventu căpĕreprehendĕreapprehendĕredeprehendĕre

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Ealle deáþrǽs forféng the death-rush clutched them all. Andr. Kmbl. 1990; An. 997. Ǽr ðú ða miclan meaht mín forfénge ere thou didst arrest my great power. Exon. 73 a; Th. 273, 26; Jul. 522.

Linked entry: fore-fón

speld

(n.)
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speld, es; n.; pl. speld and speldru (? or speldra (see below) from speldr. Cf. 'Spelder of woode esclat, Palsgrave. The schafte to spildurs spronge,
  • Avow. of Arthur,'
  • Halliwell's Dict.
): speld, e; f.

A splintera thin piece of wood used as a torcha torch(splinters)splinter of a lancea tableta flakea tablet

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A splinter, a thin piece of wood used as a torch, a torch On spelde in favillam, Anglia xiii. 35, 213. Speldum favillis, 36, 234, Ðara spaca speldra malleoli Similar entries (v. spæc), Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 56. Biernende speld tedas, 95, 26.

dráf

(n.)
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dráf, <b>. I.</b> driving. Take here Hml. Th. i. 502, 10 in Dict., and Bl. H. 199, 7. &para; the phrase dráfe drífan, C.D. iii. 450, 33, seems to refer to the transport of the lord&#39;s goods by vehicle which the geneát had to &#39;drive&#39;. Cf. drífan;
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III. and see lád. a drove [v. N.E.D. drove; I 3.] a road Of ðám hlince andlang dráfæ, C.D. v. 217, 6

wérig

(adj.)
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wérig, adj.
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Limseóce, wérige, wanhále, Andr. Kmbl. 1159; An. 580. Wérge, Exon. Th. 92, 13; Cri. 1508. Ða wéregan neát ðe man drífeþ and þirsceþ, Elen. Kmbl. 714; El. 357. <b>I a.

ofer

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Add Þæt earme mancynn ofer him sylfum heófiað and wépað, Wlfst. 183, Add Dæg byð ofer dæg, Ps.

út-gang

(n.)
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út-gang, es; m.

A going outexitegressExitusfiniseffectusterminusegressusa going out of a placeegress, exitthe right of egressa coming out from a position within a bodyevacuation of the bodythe going out of a periodthe conclusionendan exitpassagea privyan evacuation

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Næs þurh ða micgean áne ac eác þurh óþerne útgang, 250, 11

Linked entries: forþ-gang út-geng

efne

(int.)
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efne, interj.

Lo! behold! truly! indeeden, ecce, certe, prŏfecto

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indeed; en, ecce, certe, prŏfecto Ðá se tán gehwearfefne ofer ǽnne ealdgesíða then indeed went the lot over one of the old comrades, Andr. Kmbl. 2209; An. 1106. And efne! ðá ætýwde Moyses and Helias et ecce apparuērunt Moyses et Elias, Mt.

ge-nípan

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For ' to rise as a cloud . . . Exod. 454' substitute Him ongén genáp atol ýða gewealc: ne þǽr ǽnig becwóm herges tó háme the horrid waves grew dark as they rolled on to meet them; not one of that host got back to his home, Exod. 454.

hýr-mann

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Wæs án hýrman tó wuda áfaren; sé læg gewundod, Hml. S. 31, 783. Symle sceal gód scýrman his hýrmen scyrpan mid manunge, and him eác leánian be ðám ðe hý earnian, Angl. ix. 260, 22. Add

ælmes-dǽd

(n.)
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ælmes-dǽd, e; f.

An alms-deed, a charitable action

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Mid ælmesdǽdum and mid óðrum gódum weorcum, 142, 24. Góde weorc begán and ælmesdǽda, 286, 6: Hml. Th. ii. 100, 21

wilcumian

(v.)
Grammar
wilcumian, p. ode

To welcomebid welcomegreetsalute

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Basilius sende him tógeánes, and hine wylcumode, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 507. Hine wylcumede se cásere, and cwæð him to mid blysse, 7, 339. Wil-cumiga (wilcymogie (wilcymo gié ? v. preceding word), Lind.) ł groeta salutari Mk. Skt. Rush. 12, 38

Linked entry: wellcumian

Biedan heáfod

(n.)
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Biedan heáfod, gen. heáfdes; dat. heáfde; m. [Biedan Bieda's, heáfod head : Flor. Bidanheafod, A.D. 1114]
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- Hér Wulfhere and Æscwine gefuhton æt Biedan heáfde here, Wulfhere and Æscwine fought at Bedwin A. D. 675

Linked entry: Bedan heáfod

smicerness

(n.)
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smicerness, e; f.

Elegance, neatness

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Elegance, neatness þurh smicernesse and hiwunge hironiam (= per ironiam; irony is explained as combining elegance and dissimulation) Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 53

ge-sleán

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Þára folca ǽgðer on ððerum micel wæl geslógan, Ors. 3, I; S. 98, 6. of an adder, to sting Fram nǽdran geslegene a serpente percussi, Bd. I. l; Sch. 13, 7. to drive, fix a peg, stake, &amp;amp;c., pitch a tent Gif hé hæbbe geteld geslagen. Ll.

swá

(adv.)
Grammar
swá, swǽ, swé (swé is the form in Ps. Surt. ; see also Txts. 600, col. 1. The form also occurs in Blickl. Homl. 23, 7).
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As, that Forgylde ðæt ángylde and ðæt wíte swá tó ðam ángylde belimpan wille, L. Alf. pol. 6; Th. i. 66, 3. Ðon gelíc swá lǽcas cunnon such as doctors know, Lchdm. ii. 192, 23. Brúcan swylcra yrmþa swá ðú unc ǽr scrife, Exon.

Linked entries: se swǽ eall-swá

DEÓFOL

(n.)
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DEÓFOL, deóful, dióful; contracted to deófl; gen. es; dat. ; nom. pl.deóflu , deófol; gen. deófla; m. n.

DEVIL diabŏlus

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Ðonne wite he ðæt God gesceóp, to mǽran engle, ðone ðe nú is deófol; ac God ne gesceóp hine ná to deófle; ac ðá ðá he wæs mid ealle fordón and forscyldgod þurh ða miclan upahefednysse and wiðerweardnysse, ðá wearþ he to deófle awend, se ðe ǽr wæs mǽre

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scip

(n.)
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scip, a ship.
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Harold forbærnde Griffines scipa and alle þá gewǽda þe þǽrtó gebyrede . . . and þám kynge bróhte his scipes heáfod, Chr. 1063; P. 191, 6-16. Ánes scipes se arcebisceop geúðe ðám folce tó Cent and óðres tó Wiltúnescíre, C. D. iii. 352, 17.