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ge-staðelian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-staðelian, -staðolian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [staðelian to found, establish]
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Ðæt hí woldan his bán on ðære ylcan stówe búfan eorþan mid gedafenlícre árwurþnesse gesettan and gestaðolian ut ossa illīus in eodem quĭdem lŏco, sed supra păvīmeutum dignæ vĕnĕrātiōnis grātia lŏcārent; Bd. 4, 30; S. 608, 32.

Linked entry: ge-staðolian

rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
rihte, adv.
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[v. ðǽr-rihte.] in accordance with justice or equity, justly Hé ymbhwyrft eorþan démeþ sóðe and rihte judicabit orbem terræ in justitia, Ps.

scort

(adj.)
Grammar
scort, adj.
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Sceort bed wið eorþan coma, 41, 31. Sceort scip naviscella, 47, 60 : 56, 33. Ðæt ic ðé móste getǽcan swá sceortne (scortne, Cote. MS.) weg swá ic scyrtestne findan meahte, Bt. 40, 5 ; Fox 240, 17. Hé hæfþ scyrtran (sceortran, MS.

Linked entries: sceort scyrtra

wiga

(n.)
Grammar
wiga, an; m.
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) is on eorþan wundrum ácenned, 433, 23; Rä. 51, 1. a noble, strenuous man Se ðe mid wætere oferwearp wuldres cynebearn, wiga weorþlíce, Menol. Fox 317; Men. 160. Wigan unsláwne ( St. Andrew ), Andr. Kmbl. 3419; An. 1713.

Linked entry: wihgena

an-sín

(n.)
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Þá lástas á beóþ on þǽre ilcan onsýne þe hié on þá eorþan bestapene wǽron, 127, 20. Þá ádle mon mæg ongitan be þám úgange, hwilc sé on onsýne sié, Lch. ii. 276

Linked entry: an-sýn

ge-wendan

(v.)
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Oð þæt þú eft gewende tó þǽre ylcan eorþan þe þú of cóme, Hml. S. 12, 24. to return, the subject active Án gewoende unus reuertitur, Lk. p. 9, 9. ¶ with reflex. dat. :-- Hí gewendon him hám they returned home, Hml.

LICGAN

(v.; adv.)
Grammar
LICGAN, p. læg: pl. lǽgon; pp. legen.

To LIEfailto liegorun

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Ða creópendan licgeaþ mid ealle líchoman on eorþan creeping things lie on the earth with all the body, Past. 21, 3; Swt, 155. 17. Heora líchoman licggaþ on eorþan and beóþ tó duste gewordne, Blickl. Homl. 101, 2.

Linked entry: for-lǽge

á-hebban

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Mid þám mægenþrymme sý áhefed heofon and eorþe, Sch. 89

Linked entries: un-áhefendlic hebban

heáh-nes

Grammar
heáh-nes, heán-, heá-nes, -ness, e; f.
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Of eorþan heánesse óð heofones heáhnesse a summo terræ usque ad summum cæli, Mk. Skt. 13, 27. On ðæs heáhnysse ufeweardre on the very top of it [the stalk], Herb. 173. 1; Lchdm. 302, 24.

tó-dál

(n.)
Grammar
tó-dál, -dǽl, es; n.
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. ¶ :-- For ðam ðe ic com sybbe on eorþan sendan ; ne secge ic eów, ac tódál (separationem ), Lk. Skt. 12, 51. IX. discretion, v. tó-dǽlan, X :-- NNédbehéfes gerádes tódál necessarie rationis discretio, Anglia xiii. 375, 132.

Linked entry: tó-dǽl

tídre

(adj.)
Grammar
tídre, tiédre, tédre, týdre, tiddre, tyddre, and tíder (? v. tidder, Hpt. Gl. 436, 59); adj.
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Se wlite ðæs líchoman is swíþe fliónde and swíþe tédre and swíþe anlíc eorþan blóstmum formae nitor ut rapidus est, ut velox, et vernalium florum mutabilitate fugacior, 32, 2; Fox 116, 17. Ðis líf is lǽnlíc and tyddre and feallende and earm, L. E.

þeccan

(v.)
Grammar
þeccan, p. þeahte, þehte; pp. þeaht
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Forst and snáw eorþan þeccaþ, 215, 7; Ph. 249. Ic gealgan þehte I was stretched upon the cross, Andr. Kmbl. 1932; An. 968: Apstls. Kmbl. 44; Ap. 22. Ealne middangeard mereflód þeahte, Exon. Th. 200, 18; Ph. 42: Cd. Th. 8, 1; Gen. 117.

Linked entry: þacian

þyrstan

(v.)
Grammar
þyrstan, p. te

To thirst

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Drihten ealle ða gefylde, ða ðe hié orl eorþan léton hingrian and þyrstan for his noman, Blickl. Homl. 159, 17. Grammar þyrstan, with acc. of person and gen. of object of thirst : --Ðeáh ðæt folc ðyrste ðære láre, Past. 2; Swt. 31, 7.

beran

to carrybringto bearto sufferto carryfruit

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Hié bǽron Marian líchoman oþþæt hié cóman tó þǽre byrgenne, 155, 6. þáhié gesáwan þá deádan men tó eorþan beran, Ors. 3, 10 ; S. 138, 26. Cumað beorende reopan heara, Ps.

earnian

(v.)
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Þá þe ræfnaþ hér wordum and weorcum wuldorcyninges láre, earniaþ on eorþan écan lífes, Gú. 767. Hwæs þú earnodest oððe hwæt þú habban woldest quid scire vis?, Solil. H. 14, 13.

neáh

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
neáh, néh

nighnearnearnearlyaboutof place

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Ðære týde is neáh, ðæt Godes cyrce hafaþ sybbe on eorþan, Shrn. 154, 33. Biþ néh ðæm seofoþan dæge, Blickl. Homl. 95, 11.

blǽd

(n.)
Grammar
blǽd, es; m.
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Eorþan blǽdas the enjoyments of earth, 116 b; Th. 447, 28; Dóm. 46. He heóld blǽd mid bearnum he possessed prosperity with his children, Cd. 79; Th. 97, 5; Gen. 1608.

Linked entries: bléd bléd

FEÁWA

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
FEÁWA, feá; pl. nom. acc. feáwe, feáwa, feá; gen. feáwena, feáwera, feára; dat. feáwum, feáum, feára; adj.

FEWpauci

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Drihten, gedó ðæt heora menigo sý læsse ðonne úre feáwena nú is, and tostencte hí geond eorþan libbende of ðis lande Dŏmĭne, a paucis de terra dīvĭde eos in vīta eōrum, Ps. Th. 16, 13.

Linked entry: feá

molde

(n.)
Grammar
molde, an;

moulddustsandearthgroundearthlandearth

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Ða ðe for hund wintrum mid eorþan moldan ( pulvere terras ) bewrogene wǽron, L. Ecg. P. iv. 66; Th. ii. 226, 23. Ðonne hit ( cadaver ) biþ on ða byrgenne set, ðonne wyrpeþ man moldan ofer hit, L. Ecg. C. 36; Th. ii. 162, 3.

sóþfæstness

(n.)
Grammar
sóþfæstness, e; f.
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Cwæþ Pilatus: 'Nys nán sóþfæstnys on eorþan.' Se Hǽlend hym andswarode and cwæþ: 'Begým hú ryhte dómas ða démon ðe on eorðan syndon and anweald habbaþ, Nicod. 9; Thw. 5, 5.