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FÝSAN

(v.)
Grammar
FÝSAN, p. de; pp. ed [fús ready, prompt, quick] .

To hastenfestīnāreTo speed oneselfmake hastetake oneself awayhasten awayse festīnārepropĕrārese abrĭpĕreTo incitestimulateto send forthdrive awaystĭmŭlāreincĭtāreaccĕlĕrāreemittĕre

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He fýsde hine he hastened himself, 120 a; Th. 461, 9; . 33. v. trans. To incite, stimulate, to send forth, drive away; stĭmŭlāre, incĭtāre, accĕlĕrāre, emittĕre Ðú here fýsest to gefeohte thou excitest the host to a battle, Andr.

Linked entries: fýsian ge-fýsan

cwyddian

(v.)
Grammar
cwyddian, p.ode; pp. od

To speak, say dicere

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Crist befran men cwyddodon be him Christ asked them how men spake concerning him, Homl. Th. ii. 388, 31

ge-spówan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-spówan, p. -speów, pl. -speówon; pp. -spówen [spówan to succeed]

To succeedprospersuccēdĕreprospĕrāre

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To succeed, prosper; succēdĕre, prospĕrāre hyre æt beaduwe gespeów how she prospered in battle, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 7; Jud. 175: Andr. Kmbl. 2688; An. 1346. Him æt ðære byrig ne gespeów he did not succeed at the city, Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 82, 8

á-cweþan

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Add: to say, utter, declare ácwæð hine fram his hyldo he proclaimed him out of his favour, Gen. 304. hogodon fácen and unriht ácwǽdon cogitaverunt et locuti sunt nequitiam, Ps. Th. 72, 6.

lustfull-nes

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His lustfullnysse him ne belífð nán ðing, Hex. 50, 25. Sió gítsung ðæt mód ðæt hió gebindeð mid ðǽre lustfulnesse, hió hit gewundað avaritia capti animum, dum quasi delectat, exulcerat, Past. 71, 21.

ge-mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mearcian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To mark, point out, describe, assign, appoint, determinenŏtāre, signāre, designāre, assignāre, constĭtuĕre, decernĕre

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To mark, point out, describe, assign, appoint, determine; nŏtāre, signāre, designāre, assignāre, constĭtuĕre, decernĕre He gemet ne con gemearcian his múðe móde síne he cannot set bounds to his mouth with his mind, Exon. 87 b; Th. 330, 18; Vy. 53.

Linked entry: ge-mercian

sam-tinges

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ne wandode þá hǽþenan tó crístnigenne þá þá on Críst gelýfdon, ac ealle sóna samtingas gecrístnode, Hml. S. 31, 1037. Add

ge-wríþan

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his forhæfednysse underðeóddon, Hml.

Linked entry: ge-wriþen

Boétius

(n.)
Grammar
Boétius, nom. acc; g. Boéties, Boétiuses; d. Boétie; m. [βoηθόos warlike]

Anicius Manlius Severīnus Boëthius, born in Rome between A. D. 470-475, was Consul in 510. He was so eminent for his integrity and talents that he attracted the attention and obtained the patronage of Theodoric the Great, king of the East or Ostrogoths. He was afterwards accused of treason, and cast into prison, where he wrote his celebrated work De Consolatione Philosophiæ, which king Alfred translated into Anglo-Saxon about A. D. 888. Being condemned to death, without a hearing, he was beheaded in prison about A. D. 524

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Gotan gewunnon Rómána ríce, and Boétius wolde berǽdan, and Þeódríc ðá ðæt anfunde and hine hét on carcerne gebringan how the Goths conquered the empire of the Romans, and how Boëthius wished to deliver them, and Theodoric discovered it, and gave

fóre-steall

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-steall, es; m. [fóre before, steall from stellan to leap]

A leaping beforeforestallingrescueassultusinterceptio

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A leaping before, forestalling, rescue; assultus, interceptio Ða Iudéiscan ealdras geornlíce smeádon Hǽlend Crist acwellan mihton, ondrédon him swá-ðeáh ðæs folces fóresteall the Jewish elders earnestly deliberated how they might slay Jesus Christ

ge-innian

(v.)
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Wé nýdað út þá forsyngodan of Godes cyrican, oð þæt mid dǽdbóte sylfe geinnian, tó þám þæt wé þyder in eft lǽdan durran, 154, 29. to supply the place of what is lost, replace, fill up a deficiency him gá tó honda oþþæt his ceáp him geinnian

á-þreótan

To make weary.alone

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micel scyld ðæt sié ðæt monn áðreóte ðǽre nǽtinge yfelra monna, 353, II. His mé sceal áþreótan, Ors. 5, 2;S. 218, 21. with a (negative) clause Ðæt hiene ná ne áðriét ðæt him ne laðige non cessat vocare, Past. 405, 22.

Linked entries: þreótan a-þreát

ge-bregdan

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R. 18, 10. to withdraw, take away Nis cúð oððe on hwylcere tíde hyre líchama gebróden wǽre, oððe hwider áhafen sý, Hml.

ǽr

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
ǽr, conj.
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(or uncertain) hié hindan ofrídan ne meahte, ǽr hié on ðám fæstenne wǽron, Chr. 877; P. 74, 18. cwǽdon ðæt Críst nǽre, ǽr ácenned wæs of Marian, Hml. Th. i. 70, 5.

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mundian

(v.)
Grammar
mundian, p. ode.

to protectshelterguardTo act as guardian

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to protect, shelter, guard Se ðe ðé mundaþ swá swá fæder, Homl. Th. i. 274, 6: Exon. 36 a; Th. 117, 28; Gú. 231. Baldwine geaf Ælfgife wununge on Bricge and mundode and heóld da hwíle ðe heó ðǽr wæs, Chr. 1037; Erl. 167, 4.

Linked entry: a-mundian

nabban

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næfde þæs cræftes ꝥ hine tócwýsan mihte, Hml. S. 31, 1247. næbbað éce gewitnesse, Past. 449, 3, Hié hit tó nánum láðe næfdon, Ors. 1, 10; S. 48, 13. tó Gode næfdon náþer ne lufe ne ege, Wlfst. 10, 5.

ofer-feohtan

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Júdas oferfeaht and áflýmde ǽfre, Hml. S. 25, 387: 536. Máre sige bið þæt se man hine sylfne ðurh geðyld gewylde, ðonne wiðútan him burga oferfeohte, Hml. Th. ii. 544, 11.

ǽ-bylgness

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ǽ-bylgness, ǽ-byligness.
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Of ðám leahtre (weámét) cymð hreám, and ǽbilignys, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 14. mid gedréfedre ǽbilignysse him fram ádráf, 24, 30: Ap. Th. 4, 10. Racha getácnað ǽbylignysse oððe yrre, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 279, 18. Ǽbilignysse, 280, 3.

Linked entry: a-bylgnes

án-rǽdlíce

(adv.)
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Ánrǽdlíce lǽran instanter erudire, 175, 17: Hml. Th. ii. 324, 33. ꝥæt é Ánrǽdlíce gelýfan, 33, 10: H. R. 101, 30. Swíðe ánrǽdlíce heó ætwát ðǽm hǽþnum, Shrn. 57, 33. ꝥ é Of þám dæge ánrǽdlíce þóhton ꝥ hyne ofslógon, 66, 20

ge-martyrian

(v.)
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. . . dyde swá ǽr gyrnende wæs, and on niht gemartirode innan ðæs cyninges heáhsetle, Lch. iii. 424, 29.