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sóna

(adv.)
Grammar
sóna, adv.

Soon, immediately, directly, at once

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Se ðe wille wyrcan wæstmbǽre lond, átió of ðæm æcere ǽrest sóna (first of all; cf. ǽrest, Bt. Fox 78, 22) fearn and þornas Met. 12, 2, 25. Eft sóna again Soul Kmbl. 134; Seel. 67.

Linked entry: be-sóne

hleápan

(v.)
Grammar
hleápan, p. hleóp, pl. hleópon and hlupon [cf.Icel.hlupu]; pp. hleápen

To LEAP, jump, dance, run

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Hér Eádwine eorl and Morkere eorl hlupon út and mislíce férdon on wuda and feldon in this year earl Edwin and earl Morcere fled away and went different ways through wood and open country, 1072; Erl. 210, 26.

ge-niþerian

(v.)
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Add: to bring down, cast down, degrade, humiliate a person or place occupying an exalted position Oft ðis andwearde líf úp áhefeð ðá yfelan, ac se tócyme ðǽre écan eádignesse hié geniðrað, Past. 389, 27.

Linked entry: niþerian

ge-wiht

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Wlfst. 70, 3. a system or standard of measurement by weighing Gange án gemet and ángewihte swilce man on Lundenbyrig and on Wintanceastre healde, Ll. Th. i. 270, 2

ge-ascian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ascian, l. ge-áscian,
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and add: to ask a question of a person Hé geáscade (sciscitabatur) from him huér Críst ácenned wére, Mt. L. 2, 4. a person a question Hé geáscode hiá, 'Huu feolo láfo habbað gié?, ' Mk. L. 8, 5 : 14, 60: 15, 2.

HÚSEL

(n.)
Grammar
HÚSEL, húsul, húsl, es; n.

The HOUSELthe Eucharist

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Wiðútan hí beóþ gesewene hláf and wín ǽgðer ge on hiwe and on swæcce, ac hí beóþ sóþlíce æfter ðære hálgunge Cristes líchama and his blód þurh gástlícere gerýnu, ii. 268, 21-9.

Linked entry: húsl

BEN

(n.)
Grammar
BEN, benn, e; f. [connected with bana a slayer, murderer]

A woundvulnus

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A wound; vulnus ; With this word the MSS. often confound the pl. of bend, as in Cd. 195; Th. 243, 12; Dan. 435, where benne stands for bende: and in Andr.

Linked entry: benn

ful-neáh

(adv.)
Grammar
ful-neáh, full-neáh, ful-néh; adv.

Full nearlyvery nearlyalmostprŏpefĕre

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Full nearly, very nearly, almost; prŏpe, fĕre Steorran hie ætiéwdon fulneáh [fulnéh,Th. 29, 12, col. 1] healfe tíd ofer undern stars shewed themselves very nearly half an hour after nine o'clock [a.m. ], Chr. 540; Th. 28, 13; 29, 12, col. 2.

ge-frǽge

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-frǽge, -frége; adj.

Knownrenownedcelebratedremarkablenotedfamousnotoriousinfamousnŏtusmănĭfestuscelĕberfāmōsus

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Ic eom folcum gefrǽge I am noted among people, 130 b; Th. 500, 7; Rä. 89, 3 : Beo. Th. 109; B. 55. Wæs úre líf fracuþ and gefrǽge our life was vile and infamous, Exon. 53 a; Th. 186, 23; Az. 24 : Cd. 180; Th. 235, 10; Dan. 304.

Sigel-hearwa

(n.)
Grammar
Sigel-hearwa, (Síl-), an ; m.
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Ðú sealdest Sigelhearwan (-as, MS.) tó móse dedisti in escam populo Aethiopum, Ps. Th. 73, 14. Cf. Sigel-waras

stóc-líf

(n.)
Grammar
stóc-líf, es ; n.
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Here have we no continuing city, Heb. 13, 14) ða whíle ðe ic on ðisse weorulde beó ge eác on ðam hécan háme ðe hé ús geháten hefþ he can make me dwell more at ease both in this transitory habitation, while I am in this world, and also in that eternal

Linked entry: stóc

tweóne

(num.; adj.)
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Kmbl. 1116; An. 558. Hé wealdeþ be sǽ tweónum dominabitur a mari usque ad mare, Ps. Th. 71, 8. Cf. O. H.

Linked entry: tweónum

treówen

(adj.)
Grammar
treówen, tríwen, trýwen; adj.
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of-a tree Hire hyrdeman sume ác ástáh, and his orf lǽswode mid treowenum helme, Homl. Th. ii. 150. 31. of wood, wooden Treówen ligneus, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 15, 14. Tríwen sceó coturnus. Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 21. Trýwen byt flasco, ii. 149, 33.

Linked entries: tríwen trýwen

þwǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
þwǽnan, p. de

To soften by moisture, ointmentto soften

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Ðá hé ðam feaxe onféng ðæs hálgan heáfdes ðá wæs hé monad ðæt hé tó gesette and sum fæc ðone swyle mid ðýgde and ðwénde (ðwǽnde, MSS. B.

Linked entry: þwénan

un-staþolfæst

(adj.)
Grammar
un-staþolfæst, adj.

unsettlednot remaining in one placenot stationaryunsettleddesirous of changenot steadfastunstablenot enduringeasily movedunsettled in mindwavering

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unsettled, not remaining in one place, not stationary Ða twám and þrím dagum geond missenlícra monna húsum wuniaþ, ǽfre unstaþolfæste ( numquam stabiles ) and woriende, R.

Linked entry: under-staþolfæst

wíde-feorh

(n.)
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long life, an age; the word occurs only in the accusative with adverbial force, for a long time, for ever. v. wíd, VII. Wé sceolon leánum hleótan, swá wé widefeorh ( through all time ) weorcum hlódun, Exon. Th. 49, 11; Cri. 784.

wódlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wódlíce, adv.

madlyfuriouslyfranticlyblasphemously

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madly, furiously, franticly Ðám unþeáwfæsturn ðe wódlíce drincaþ, and heora gewitt árnyrraþ, Homl. Ass. 6, 145 : Homl. Skt. i. 13, 76: L. Ælfc. C. 35 ; Th. ii. 356, 43. Wódlíce ástyrode wið ðone hálgan. Homl. Ass. 79, 162. Wódlíce geyrsod, Homl.

Linked entry: wód

deóre

(adv.)
Grammar
deóre, adv.
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Drihten, mín gebed deóre gehýre, and onfóh georne mine hálsunge, 142, 1: 118, 154. [v. N. E. D. dear ; adv. O. H. Ger. tiuro.]

for-byrd

(n.)
Grammar
for-byrd, for-byrd (fore-), e; f. (in Hml. S. 33, 203 the word seems neuter),

enduranceforbearanceabstention

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þæt nán forbyrd nǽre æt geligere betwuh nánre sibbe praecepit ut inter parentes ac filios, nulla delata reverentia naturae, de conjugiis adpetendis, ut cuique libitum esset, liberum fieret, Ors. 1. 2; S. 30, 35

geárlic

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On eallum geáre sind getealde ðreó hund daga and fíf and sixtig daga; gif wé teóðiað þás geárlican dagas, 178, 21