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ge-þuhtsum

(adj.)
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ge-þuhtsum, adj.

Abundant

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Abundant Hit wæs ǽr ðǽr singal druwung and sóna æfter ðam com geþuhtsum rén on eorþan there had been there before continual drought, and directly after that came abundant rain on the earth, Shrn. 113, 20

Linked entry: -þuhtsum

of-hæccan

(v.)
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of-hæccan, p. -næhte
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To hack off Hí cweðað ꝥ Petrus gewǽpnod wǽre, þá ðá hé his Drihten werian wolde; ꝥ wæs þá hé ofhæhte (amputavit) þæs forscildgdon eáre, Ll. Th. ii. 386, 22

Linked entry: hæccan

úþ-genge

(adj.)
Grammar
úþ-genge, adj.

Fugitivetransitorynot to be retainedpassing out of one's possession

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Th. 153, 12; Gú. 824. Ðǽr wæs Æschere feorh úðgenge there life fled from Aschere, Beo.Th. 4253; B. 2123.

ge-wítnian

(v.)
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ge-wítnian, p. ode; pp. od

To punishchastise

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Se man wæs stranglíce gewítnad the man was severely punished, Shrn. 73, 13: Beo. Th. 6138; B. 3073

on-fundelness

(n.)
Grammar
on-fundelness, e; f.

Experience, proof

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Hyt déþ onfundelnysse ðæs sylfan þinges it will give proof of the same thing, the second method will prove as efficacious as the first, 162, 1

Linked entry: -fundelness

hírsum-ness

obedienceobediencehumilityservice

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Þurh þá gemǽnan þénunge þysse hýrsumnesse (the work of the kitchen which all took in turn), 58, 16.

bendan

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Th. 10, 2: 36, 13. Bogan bendan oððe flán ásendan geswinc getácnað. Lch. iii. 198, 19. Bendende, Ps. Spl. T. 77, 12. to bind Hý hergiað and heáwað, bændað and bismriað. Wlfst. 163, 12. Man Críst bænde . . . þá þe hine bændon, Ll.

hwem

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Th. ii. 256, 3

fær

(n.)
Grammar
fær, nom. acc: gen. færes; dat. fære; pl. nom. acc. faru; gen. fara; dat. farum, n: fær; gen. dat. acc. fære; pl. nom. gen. acc. fara; dat. farum; f? [from faran to go] .

a going, journey, way, journeying, expedition ĭter, expĕdītio bellĭcaa vehicle, vessel, shipvehĭcŭlum, nāvis

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Recd. 1295; El. 646. that in which a journey or voyage is made,- a vehicle, vessel, ship; vehĭcŭlum, nāvis Ðú ðær [Th. Grn. ðæt that]fær gewyrc make thou that vessel, Cd. 65; Th. 79, 6; Gen. 1307 . Fær Noes Noah's ark, Cd. 66; Th. 80, 4; Gen. 1323

Linked entries: færr FARU

deóre

(adv.)
Grammar
deóre, adv.
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His ceáp þe hé deóre gebohte, Ll. Th. i. 304, 22. Hí sculon deóre ágildan eal, Wlfst. 190, 22. Hygeteónan seolfre deóre bétan, Gen. 2732. Ǽlce misdǽda deór-ar ágyldan, Ll. Th. i. 328, 15. Se cyng sealde his land tó male swá hé deórost mihte.

nytan

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Wé nytan nánum óðrum þingum tó getrúwianne bútan hit þis sý, Ll. Th. i. 220, 16

á-geótan

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Th. ii. 128, 20. ꝥ wæter ic niðer ágeát (effudi ), Nar. 8, 10. Þá fatu þe hé ǽr on ágeát litelne dǽl þæs wǽtan, Gr. D. 59, 13. Ág(e)át exsicat , Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 23. Ágaett effudit . Mk.

þrýþ

(n.)
Grammar
þrýþ, e; þrýþu (? indecl. v. mód-þrýþu); f.

Forcepowerstrengthforcestroopshostsvehementlymightilyfiercelygreatly

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Force, power, strength; the word seems to occur only in the plural, forces, troops, hosts Of ðam stáne wæter cwóman swýþe wynlíce wætera þrýþe ( the waters' forces ); eduxit aquam de petra, et eduxit tamquam flumina aquas, Ps. Th. 77, 18.

Linked entry: gebéldan

a-settan

(v.)
Grammar
a-settan, p. -sette ; pp. -seted, -sett.

to setputplaceappointlayset uperectbuildto set or taketo plantponerestatuereconstituereinstituerecollocaredeponeredesumereplantareto make a journeyiter facere

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Th. 1338; B. 667. Eallunga ys seó æx to ðære treówa wurtrumum asett jam enim securis ad radicem arborum posita est, Mt. Bos. 3, 10. Héht ðá asettan líc on eorþan he then commanded to place the body upon the earth, Elen. Kmbl. 1750; El. 877.

Linked entries: a-seted a-sette

hæfen

(n.)
Grammar
hæfen, e; f : hæfene, an; f.

A haven, harbour, port

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A haven, harbour, port Of ǽiðre healfe ðare hæfene from either side of the harbour, Chr. 1031; Erl. 162, 5. Ic ann ða hæuene on Sandwíc I grant the port of Sandwich, Th. Chart. 317, 21.

stofn

(n.)
Grammar
stofn, e ; f.
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Th. 61, 3

and-weorc

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þám ic clipige þe eall gesceafte geworhte bútan ǽlcum andweorce, Angl. xii. 511, 18. Gold þe is deórwierðe ofer eal óðer ondweorc aurum quod metallis ceteris praeeminet, Past. 132, 14. Gif smið monnes andweorc onfó, Ll. Th. i. 74, 10.

heófung

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. ¶ In the gloss jubilationis heófunge. An. Ox. 1345, the passage referred to, 2 Tim. 4, 7, seems to have been misunderstood. Add

ge-rǽf

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Add: As á-ráfian = dissolvere, á-rǽfan = expedire, ge-rǽf weorþan on hine, applied to the crime, would mean that the person referred to could not free or clear himself of the charge.

lorh

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In this passage the word seems to belong to the a-stem masculine declension, but in the Epinal-Erfurt glossaries to the i-stem feminine, with i-umlaut of o. Add