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FÝR

(n.)
Grammar
FÝR, fír, es; n.

FIREa firehearthignisfŏcus

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Ne onæle gé nán fýr on ðam dæge non succendētis ignem per diem sabbăti, Ex. 35, 3 : 22, 6. Mid fýre with fire, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 25.

Linked entries: fír fýryn

GADERIAN

(v.)
Grammar
GADERIAN, gadorigean, gadrian, gadrigean, gæderian, gædrian; to gaderigenne, gadrienne, gadrigenne; ic gaderie, gaderige, gadrige, ðú gaderast, gadrast, he gaderaþ, gadraþ, pl. gaderiaþ, gadriaþ; p. gaderode; pp. gaderod

To GATHERgather togethercollectstore uplĕgerecollĭgĕrecongrĕgāre

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To GATHER, gather together, collect, store up; lĕgere, collĭgĕre, congrĕgāre Næs nán heáfodman ðæt fyrde gaderian wolde there was not a chief man who would gather together a force, Chr. 1010; Erl. 144, 10.

hyldu

(n.)
Grammar
hyldu, e; hyldo; indecl. f.

Kindnessfavouraffectionfriendshipgracefidelityloyalty

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Wé hraðe begytan hyldo ðíne cito anticipet nos misericordia tua, Ps. Th. 78, 8. Wutun úrum Hǽlende hyldo gebeódan jubilemus Deo salutari nostro, 94, 1. Ic hyldo sóhte I sought grace, 118, 123.

Linked entry: helde

late

(adv.)
Grammar
late, adv.

Slowlylateat length at last

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ne cymþ se deáþ ðeáh ðe hé late cume and áðéþ eów of ðisse worulde sera vobis rapiet hoc etiam dies, Bt. 19; Fox, 70, 16. Gif wit ðæt ealle sculon ásmeágan ðonne cume wit late tó ende ðisse béc oððe nǽfre, 42; Fox, 256, 22.

nacod

(adj.)
Grammar
nacod, næcad ; adj.

nakedbarenuduswithout clothingunsaddledbare-backednakedunsheathedbaredestitutestripped of propertynot accompanied by deeds

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Ðú (Laban) mé (Jacob) woldest forlǽtan nacodne, Gen. 31, 42. of words, not accompanied by deeds : -- God nele ðæt ðú hine lufie mid nacodum wordum ac mid rihtwísum dǽdum, Basil admn. 4; Norm. 40, 18

seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
seóc, ; adj.
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III. of mental disquiet, sick at heart, ill at ease, sad :-- Ne beó ðú on sefan tó seóc, Exon. Th. 166, 29; Gú. 1050. Seóc and sorhful, Cd. Th. 281, 20; Sat. 275. Ic ðysne sang síðgeómor fand on seócum sefan, Apstls. Kmbl. 3 ; Ap. 2.

ge-dón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dón, ic -dó, ðú -dést, he -déþ, pl. -dóþ; p. -dyde, pl. -dydon; pp. dén, -dón

To domakeputcauseeffectreach a placefacere

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Ðú ne miht ǽnne locc gedón hwítne non potes unum capillum album facere, Mt. Bos. 5, 36. Gedó dé hálne salvum te fac, Lk. Bos. 23, 37 : 8, 48.

ge-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyllan, p. ede, de; pp. ed; v. a.

To fillfulfilmake a totalcompletefinishaccomplishsatisfyimpleresaturare

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ne mágon ealle ðíne bletsunge gefyllan they do not complete the sum of all thy blessings, 157, 20. Ealle stówa he gefylleþ he fills all places, 23, 20. Míne geornnesse mid góde ðú gefyldest thou didst satisfy my longing with good, 89, 5.

stalu

(n.)
Grammar
stalu, e; f.
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theft, stealing Stalu ne lufaþ náne yldinge stealing loves not any delay, Homl. Th. i. 220, 9. Be stale. Gif hwá stalie, L. In. 7; Th. i. 106, 14. Gif hwá Godes cyricean brece for stale, L. Ecg. P. iv. 24; Th. ii. 210, 30: Blickl. Homl. 75, 31.

þignen

(n.)
Grammar
þignen, þignenn, þínen[n], þinnen[n], e; f.
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Þinnenre (-ne?), Ps. Spl. 85, 15. Þinnenne abrâ, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 49. Seó abbudisse eode mid ánre hire ðígnenne ( cum una sanctimonialium feminarum) ... Ðá hét heó hire ðínenne (ministram ) gán, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 18-27. Þínenne, Judth.

Linked entries: þegnen þínen

þorp

(n.)
Grammar
þorp, þrop, es; m. Perhaps the idea at first connected with the words is that of an assemblage, cf. the use in Icelandic: Maðr heitir einnhverr ... þorp ef þrír ero, Skáldskaparmál; þyrpast to crowd, throng: þyrping
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The idea of an estate belongs to the word in Gothic: Þaurp ni gastaistald άγρόν oύκ έκτησάμην, Neh. 5, 16.

Linked entry: þrop

wit

(pronoun.)
Grammar
wit, pers. pron.

We two

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Grammar wit, with the name of the person associated with the speaker Wit Scilling for uncrum sigedryhtne song áhófan, Exon. Th. 324, 31; Víd. 103. Grammar wit, with name and numeral Wit Adam twá eaples þigdon, Cd. Th. 290, 6; Sat. 411

Linked entries: unc witt

á-bǽdan

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D. 250, 22. to compel Gif ðæt nýd ábǽdeþ cum exhiberi mysterium ipsa necessitas compellit, Bd. l, 27; S. 497, 1. Ne hé on horses hrycg cuman wolde, nemne hwylc nýd rnáre ábǽdde nisi si major necessitas compulisset, 3, 5 ; S. 526, 28.

á-breóþan

(v.)
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Apostatan ábroðene, Wlfst. 164, 10 note. of actions, to fail, come to nought Ábreóðe his angin, By. 242. trans, and wk. To destroy Ábreóþeð perdet, Mt. R. 21, 40. Se cyning ábriódde (perdidit) myrðra, 22, 7.

Linked entries: a-broten á-broþenness

deófol-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
deófol-lic, (deóf-); adj.
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ne ondréd heora deófellican híw, Hml.

Linked entry: deófel-lic

dreórig

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Þæt mé ne mótan þá dreórgan deófla mínne synna on stǽlan, Angl. xi. 100, 93. of things Seón cyning swylt dreórig (or ) fornam, Ps. Th. 135, 20. In þás dreórgan tíd, Gú. 1058. bloody, gory Wæter under stód dreórig and ge*-*dréfed. . . .

ge-défe

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Wuna mid ús, þæt þú ús gedéfra[n] gedó, for þon þe wé níwe syndon tó þissum geleáfan gedón, 247, 34. staid, sober Sé wæs wintrum geong and on his þeáwum eald and gedéfe aetate juuenis, sed moribus grandaeuus, Gr. D. 219, 3.

ge-endung

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</b> ending of existence, end of the world :-- Þás ðing sceolon ǽrest cuman, ac ne bið swá ðeáh þǽrrihte seó geendung (finis ), Hml. Th. ii. 538, 3. On ðissere worulde geendunge, 300, 9: Hml. A. 165, 23: 23, 221.

hár

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Gamele ne móston háre heaðorincas hilde onþeón, Exod. 241. ¶ used substantively, a grey-haired person :-- Hí háres hyrste Higeláce bǽron, B. 2988. Tunge þínre hárra lingua canum (as if canorum?) tuorum, Ps.

greát

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Th. i. 70, 5. non-material things Of gealádle ... cymeþ great yfel; sió biþ ealra ádla rícust, Lch. ii. 106, 19