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sóþ-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
sóþ-fæst, adj.

true, without deceptiontrue in deedjustrighteouspiouswithout wickednesstrue in speechveracious

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on ðín sóðfæst weorc (in justitiam tuam) ne gangan, Ps. Th. 68, 28: 70, 14, 20, 22. Ðín sóðfæst word justificationes tuas, 118, 20. Hé gecýþde ðæt sóþfæste men habbaþ mid him þeófas and synfulle men, Blickl. Homl. 75, 27.

scipe

(n.)
Grammar
scipe, es; m.
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[Hi nolleþ paye þet hi ssolle, and hi ofhealdeþ þe ssepes of ham þet doþ hare niedes, Ayenb. 39, 5 (the word occurs several times in this work). Withholdyng or abrigging of the schipe or the hyre or the wages of servauntes, Chauc. Persones T.

snǽd

(n.)
Grammar
snǽd, es; m.

'A piece of land within defined limits, but without enclosures, a limited circumscribed woodland or pasturage,' a clearing in a wood.

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Ic hire léte tó ðæt ceorla gráf tósundran . . . and se alhmunding snǽd hére intó preosda byrig Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 100, 16. Be ðam gráue ðæt hit cymþ intó ðam snǽde; and of ðam snǽde iii. 399, 34.

for-lǽran

(v.)
Grammar
for-lǽran, to -lǽranne; p. -lǽrde; pp. -lǽred

To misteachdeceiveseducecorruptpervertdecĭpĕresedūcĕrecorrumpĕre

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Hie seó wyrd forlǽrde fate mistaught them, 1227; An. 614: Elen. Kmbl. 415; El. 208. Ðe hig forlǽrdon who deceived them, Num. 31, 16. Ðú me forlǽred hæfst thou hast seduced me, Cd. 38; Th. 50, 34; Gen. 818: Ex. 14, 11

Linked entry: for-leorning

neorxna wang

(n.)
Grammar
neorxna wang, es; m.

Paradise

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Gif hé beget and yt rinde sió ðe cymþ of neorxna wonge, ne dereþ hím nán átter. Ðonne cwæþ se ðe ðás bóc wrát hió wǽre torbegete, Lchdm. ii. 114, 4. Neorxena wang, Gen. 2, 9 : 3, 8. Neorxnewong, Hpt. Gl. 447, 2. Nearxnewang, Hy. Surt. 64, 25.

súgan

(v.)
Grammar
súgan, p. seáh, pl. sugon; pp. sogen.
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Ðonne him on ðam magan súgeþ when it is in his stomach as if it were sucked in, Lchdm. ii. 192, 13: 160, 1

þeáwfæstness

(n.)
Grammar
þeáwfæstness, e; f.
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Þeningmen ðe þeáwfæstnysse him gebeódon (cf. þénas ðe his willan gefyllaþ, 65), Homl. Skt. i. pref., 62. Regoles gehýrsumnesse and þeáwfæstnesse regule oboedientiam et disciplinam, R. Ben. Interl. 103, 16.

un-rótsian

(v.)
Grammar
un-rótsian, p. ode.

to be sadto be sorrowfulto make sad or sorrowful

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Hiá ongunnon unrótsia (-rótsiga, Rush.) illi coeperunt contristari, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 19. Unrótsande wæs contristatus est, Mt. Kmbl.

be-lǽfan

(v.)
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Næs nán ele belǽfed tó his gebróðra bricum, 178, 20. intrans. To remain [for intrans. use in later English v. N. E. D. s. v. bielieve] Án of him ne beláf (-lǽfde, MS. C), Ps. Spl. 105, II. Hé hét t

mæsse-sang

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him swíðlíce ondréd in þám mæssesange ( in illa missarum celebritate), Gr. D. 309, 4.

tó-dǽlan

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hié dispartire eos, Ps. Vos. 16, 14. Add On þreó tódǽledum tripartitis (gradibus ), An. Ox. 1361. Add To-dǽlendum distinguente, An. Ox. 1369.

tó-gangan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-gangan, p. -géng; pp. -gangen.

to go in different directions,to partto go away,pass away

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Ðá hié betwih him tógangen (-gangende. Bd.

Linked entry: tó-gán

á-wédan

to go madto rageto be mad

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Se cyng áwédde þe hine cwellan hét, and ealle þá hǽþenan bisceopas áwéddan and swulton, 121, 3-5. Ðá swín ealle áwéddan, Hml. S. 17, 194. Ðá wearð Decius mid feóndlicum gáste áwéd, Hml. Th. i. 434, 7, 9: ii. 510, 28. His dohtor is áwédd, 110, 28.

fóre-setnes

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-setnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

a thing proposedpropositionpurposeintentionpropŏsĭtiopropŏsĭtumthat which is placed beforea prepositionpræpŏsĭtio

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Héredodon his gemynd and his fóresetnesse laudāvērunt ejus prōpŏsĭtum, 5, 19; S. 637, 26: 4, 23; S. 593, 15. Ic ontýne on sealmlofe ingehygdnessa oððe fóresetnysse míne ăpĕriam in psaltērio propŏsĭtiōnem meam, Ps. Lamb. 48, 5.

ge-hwǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-hwǽr, -hwár; adv.

On every sideeverywhereundiqueubique

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His gebyrd and goodnys sind gehwǽr cúþe his birth and goodness are known everywhere, Homl. Th. i. 2, 16. Nemnaþ men ðæne mónaþ gehwǽr Iulius men name that month everywhere July, Chr. 975; Erl. 124, 33; Edg 25 : Elen.

lof

(n.)
Grammar
lof, es; n. m.

Praisegloryhymn

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Wé herigaþ hira cræftas and ðeáh nyllaþ habban forðæm wé hiera nabbaþ nán lof we praise their arts, and yet do not wish to have them, for we get no credit from them, Past. 34, 2; Swt. 231, 8.

ge-hǽlan

(prep.)
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Swá déð sió Segor ðæs medemestan lífes: ðá ðe hire tó befleóð hió geheálð, Past. 399, 15. Cóm ic ꝥ ic gehǽle ( saluificem ) middaneard, Jn. 12, 47. Ꝥ middaneard sý gehǽled ( saluetur ) þurh hine, 3, 17. Gehǽled bið saluabitur, Jn.

æmta

(n.)
Grammar
æmta, emta, æmetta, an; m.

Quietleisurerestquies

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Be his æmettan by his leisure, Bt. procem; Fox viii. 13

Linked entries: æmetta emta

ǽrest

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽrest, adv.

Firstat firstprimumprimo

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First, at first; primum, primo Him cenned wearþ Cainan ǽrest to him was born Cainan first. Cd. 57; Th. 70, 7; Gen. 1149: 75; Th. 92, 16; Gen. 1529

Linked entry: ǽryst

ánes

(n.)
Grammar
ánes, áness, e; f.

A onenessan agreementunitas

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A oneness, an agreement; unitas Gewearþ him and ðam folce on Lindesige ánes there was an agreement between him and the people in Lindsey, Chr. 1014; Th. 274, 13