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HÉR

(adv.)
Grammar
HÉR, adv.

HEREin this worldat this time

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Gr. 38; Som. 40, 1. Ðá ic hér ǽrest com when I first came here, Cd. 129; Th. 164, 8; Gen. 2711. Hér gehýrþ Drihten ða ðe hine biddaþ and him sylleþ heora synna forgyfnesse.

hwearftlian

(v.)
Grammar
hwearftlian, p. ode

To turn roundroll roundrevolvemove aboutrove

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and round in errors and takes no firm step in the way of God, 514, 21.

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midlen

(n.)
Grammar
midlen, es; n.

The middlemidstcentre

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Se Hǽlend gesette ǽnne lytling on hyra midlen, 18, 2. Ðá férde hé þurh hyra midlen, Lk. Skt. 4, 30

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nest

(n.)
Grammar
nest, es; n.

provisionsvictualsprovisions served out at fixed timesrations

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Skt. 3, 14

óþ-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
óþ-bregdan, -brédan
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Ors. 3, II; Swt. 148, 21. Hæbbe hé Godes unmiltse, se ðe ðis áwende and ðere stówe óþbréde, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 4, 3.

ge-bígan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bígan, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans. [ge-, bígan to bow, bend]

To bowbendturninflect or decline a part of speechtwistbow downhumblebring undersubduecrushflectĕreinflectĕredeclīnārehumiliāre

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Gr. 7; Som. 6, 2: 14; Som. 16, 56: Exon. 24 a; Th. 69, 26; Cri. 1126: Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 64, 15: Ælfc. T. 30, 5: Ps. Th. 106, 15

stelan

(v.)
Grammar
stelan, p. stæl, pl. stǽlon; pp. stolen
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Skt. 10, 10. Gif frigman cyninge stele, L. Ethb. 4; Th. i. 4, 3

Linked entry: a-stælan

þyrne

(n.)
Grammar
þyrne, an; f.

A thorn-bush

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On ða þyrnan westewarde ðǽr se mycla þorn stód, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 404, 12. On ða rúgan þyrnan; of ðære þyrnan on ða brémbelþyrnan, 419, 12. On gáte þyrnan; of ðære þyrnan on blace þyrnan, vi. 2, 5. On ða blacan þyrnan; of ðære þyrnan, 220, 20.

ymb-standan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-standan, p. -stód; pp. -standen.
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Skt. Rush. 11, 42. Eall seó gesomnung bróþra and sweostra on twá halfe singende ymbstódon ( circumstaret ), Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 9. ¶ pres. part. used substantively :-- Hé sceal grétan his ymbstandendan, and hig him sceolon andswarian, L. E.

wune-ness

(n.)
Grammar
wune-ness, (wunu-), e; f.

a dwellinghabitationcontinuanceperseverance

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Ðá sealde se cyning him wununesse and stówe (mansionem) in Cantwarabyrig, 1, 25; S. 487, 18. Hé him sylfum wununesse and wíc geceás ipse locum mansionis elegit, 4, 26; S. 602, 38. Wit oferférdon ðás wununesse (has mansiones) ðara eádigra gásta....

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ceówan

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S. 25, 80. ꝥ se e Swylce hí heora mete ceówan, Hml. S. 25, 49. Meng pipor wiþ hwítcwudu, sele tó ceówanne, Lch. ii. 24, 9. Add

céne

(adj.)
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Swíþe yfel mon ealra þeáwa, búton ꝥ hé wæs céne and oft feaht ánwíg, Ors. 6, 14; S. 268, 27. Sum céne heretoga mid ormǽtre fyrde, Hml. S. 25, 431. Se céna Iudas, 424. Cwæð Moyses tó þám cénan Iosue, 13, 6. Hé ðrowode mid cénum móde tintregu, Hml.

eóred-mann

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Áfýred olbenda dromidus, se eórodmon (orit-) dromidarius, Txts. 57, 708. Eóredmen Cerethei, foreirnerum Feletei (Pelethi, Ald.), Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 51. Eóredrnen, rǽdehere Cerethi, 15, 76. (In the gloss to the same passage in An.

firdian

(v.)

march

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Ðá wearð se cyning swá gram ꝥ hé wolde eft in fyrdian, and þone eard fordón, 948; P. 112, 3a. of troops Wǽron on þǽre fyrde fela crístene menn . . . for þan þe hí sceoldon fyrdrian (fyrdian?) swá swá eall folc dyde, Hml. S. 28, ii.

Linked entries: firdrian fyrdrian

for-scyldigian

(v.)

to condemn

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S. 37, 113. Sume weorðað swicole ... forscyldgode (-scildeg-, v. l.) on synnan, Wlfst. 82, 3. to condemn, Similar entries v. scyldig; V. Se sceaða þe forscylgod (-scyldgod, -scyldegod, v. ll.) hangode mid þám Hǽlende, Hml. S. 19, 164.

ge-lífed

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., cf. ge-lífan; 1 a β Sume sǽdon ꝥ hí wǽran on Críste gelýfede, Hml. S. 2, 303

ge-mynegian

(v.)
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I. 7; Sch. 19, 14, Se gemyngoda pápa papa memoratus, 5, 7 ; Sch. 584, 9. to remind of a duty, admonish Wé synd gemynegode (-myngode, v. l.) þurh ðysses dæges wurðmynt . . . eów nú tó secgenne sum ðing be hyre. Hml. A. 24, l.

ge-sóþian

(v.)
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Icel. sanna á einum :-- Gif se Englisca beclypað Frenciscne mid útlagan þingan, and wille hit on him gesóþian (super eum inveritare ), Ll. Th. i. 489, 23.

ge-beór

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S. 26, 225. Drihten mid sélran wíne þá gebeóras gegladode, Hml. Th. ii. 54, 30

ge-wlitegian

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 151, 14. physical, to give (beautiful) form to Ðá gesceafta hé þwáraþ and gewlitegaþ, hwílum eft unwlitegaþ and on óþrum híwe gebrengþ elementa in se invicem temperat, et alterna commutatione transformat, Bt. 39, 8; F. 224, 9. to decorate, ornament