fore-weard
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Similar entries v. æfte-weard: Swá wé ǽr on foreweardan þysse race rehton, Hml. S. 23, 790. Malchus eóde on foreweardan (in front) in tó his geféran, and se bisceop æfter him inn eóde, 752.
HWÝ
WHY.
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Hwý sceal ic æfter his hyldo þeówian? Cd. 15; Th. 18, 33; Gen. 282. in dependent clauses Se wísa Augustinus smeáde hwí se hálga cýðere cwǽde ... the wise Augustine inquired why the holy martyr said ..., Homl. Th. i. 48, 10.
lof-sang
hymn ⬩ psalm
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Ic sang úhtsang æfter ðá wé sungon dægrédlíce lofsangas cantavi nocturnam, deinde cantavimus matutinales laudes, Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 27; Bd. 4, 7; S. 575, 5
wang-stede
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Se ðás wongstedas gróf æfter golde (cf. se ðe ða eorþan ongan delfan æfter golde, Bt. 15 ; Fox 48, 23), Met. 8, 56. a town on a plain (wang) ?
wíte-dóm
knowledge ⬩ prophecy ⬩ foreknowledge
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Æfter ðam wítedóme secundum vaticinium (prophetiam ), Hpt. Gl. 493, 48. Æfter Esaias wítedóme, Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 22. Gehýraþ wítedóm Ióbes gieddinga, Exon. Th. 234, 31; Ph. 548. Wítedómas oracula, Hpt. Gl. 409, 50.
Linked entries: wíteg-dóm wítiend-líc
á-stellan
To set up, ⬩ to set an example ⬩ to do something first ⬩ to found a place ⬩ institute an office ⬩ to establish a practice ⬩ doctrine, ⬩ to establish ⬩ confirm
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Add: To set up, to set an example Æfter þǽre bysne þe God on Adame ástealde, Wlfst. 154, 15. Mid his eádmódnysse ástellan ðá bysne, Hml.
Ælfred
Alfred the wise, king of Northumbria for twenty years
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Aldfriþ Aldfrithus] his bróðor féng æfter him to ríce here, A.D. 685, they slew Ecgferth, and Alfred his brother succeeded [took] to the kingdom after him, Chr. 685; Erl. 41, 29. On Ælfredes [MS.
eafora
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Eafora æfter yldrum, 1129. Of idese bið eafora wæcned, 2392. Is his eafora (-an, MS.) heard hér cumen, B. 375. Þám eafera wæs æfter cenned, 12. Zebedes afera, Men. 136. Afera (afora, eafora, v. ll. ) Eádweardes, Chr. 942; P. 110, 24.
limpan
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Add: to befall, happen Hé hiene ofslóg, swá him eác selfum siþþan æfter lamp, Ors. 4, 5 ; S. 170, 10. to belong. pertain Bútan ðém wioda ðe tó ðém sealtern limpð, Txts. 438, 25. Limpeð, 444, 16.
up-stige
ascension ⬩ mounting ⬩ the ascension ⬩ an ascent ⬩ a way of ascending
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Æfter upstige écan Dryhtnes, 44. 31; Cri. 711: 38, 31; Cri. 615: Blickl. Homl. 137, 23: Homl. Th. i. 324, 31. Æfter Cristes upstige tó heofonum, 58, 24: ii. 380, 24: H. R. 3, 4.
deóp-líce
DEEPLY, profoundly, thoroughly ⬩ profunde, subtīlĭter
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Dióplíce spirigan æfter ryhte to search deeply after truth, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 154, 19. Wit sculon deóplícor ymbe ðæt beón we two must inquire more deeply about it, 5, 3; Fox 12, 12.
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un-andergilde
Not to be paid back(?) ⬩ that may be retained(?)
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Geðenc nú hwæt ðínes ágnes seó ealra ðissa woruldǽhta and welena, oððe hwæt ðú ðǽron áge unandergildes, gif ðú him sceádwíslíce æfter spyrast. Hwæt hæfst ðú æt ðám gifum ðe ðú cwist ðæt seó wyrd eów gife, and æt ðám welum, ðeáh hí nú éce wǽron?
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wyrt-drenc
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Æfter ðon sceal man wyrtdrenc sellan, 22, 2. Wyrtdrencas antidota, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 4. Lǽcedómas wiþ ðære healfdeádan ádle, and onlegena and wyrtdrencas, Lchdm, ii. 172, 8
wóþ-bora
A (good) speaker ⬩ orator ⬩ poet ⬩ prophet ⬩ philosopher
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Ic wóðboran wordleána sum ágyfe æfter giedde, 489, 17 ; Rä. 78, 9. Micel is tó hycgenne wísum wóðboran, hwæt sió wiht sié, 414, 22 ; Rä. 32, 24. Wilt ðú wísne wóðboran wordum grétan, biddan ðé gesecge gesceafta cræftas, 346, 21 ; Sch. 2.
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dreósan
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Druron deófolgyld, Exod. 47. to fall, not remain alert, droop, fail, sink Nǽnig manna wát hú mín hyge dreóseð, bysig æfter bócum, Sal. 60
dwola
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Þone dwolan þára manna [þe wénaþ þæt] sáwle næbben nán edleán æfter þisse worulde heora gearnunge eorum errorem, qui animarum merita nulla esse apud te putant, Shrn. 167, 27. [v. N. E. D. dwele; sb. ]
ge-bécan
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Æfter ðám getídde ðæt Ecgferð gebóhte bóc and land æt Æðelstáne ealdormenn, Cht. E. 202, 22-26. Æðelstán cyning gebécte .xx. hída intó Wigoraceastre, C. D. B. iii. 657, 1. Gebécte intó mynstre and Æþelríce betǽhte, 3: 7: 9.
bed-reáf
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Munecas bedreáf (lectisternia) onfón æfter heora drohtnunge gemete, R. Ben. 47, 3. Ðonne þú bedreáf habban wylle, þonne wege þú þín reáf, Tech. ii. 126, 4. Add
burh-stede
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Æfter burhstedum through the cities, Andr. Kmbl. 1161; An. 581. Se burgstede wæs blissum gefylled the city-place was filed with joys, Exon. 52a; Th. 181, 10; Gú. 1291: 124a; Th. 476, 3; Ruin. 2
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ge-rec
Rule, government, management, order, direction, explanation ⬩ regimen, moderamen, ratio, directio, expositio
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Be efen-nihte æfter Anatholius gerece concerning even-night [the equinox] after the explanation of Anatolius, Bd. 5, 23; S. 648, 19, note