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fóre-weard

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
fóre-weard, fór-weard, -werd, -ward; adj.

FORWARDforeformerearlyprōnusantĕriorprior

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On ðæs cyninges ríce fóreweardum in the fore [part of the] reign of the king; cujus regni princĭpio. Bd. 5, 2; S. 614, 24: 5, 23; S. 646, 3.

slǽd

(n.)
Grammar
slǽd, sléd, es; n.
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Ibi quippe, compositis inter mantes insidiis, ducenta millia Persarum cum ipso rege delevit, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 76, 29. Cf. Iulius ferde ut of Doure in to ane muchele slæde & his folc hudde, Laym. 8585.

steall

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
steall, es; m.
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Ðone stal ðæs ríces regni statum, 4, 26; S. 603, 8. position, place Horsa steal carceres (the starting-place in the circus), scridwísa auriga, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 37. On brǽdo his stealles latitudine sui status, Bd, 1, 1; S. 474, 29.

heáh-nes

Grammar
heáh-nes, heán-, heá-nes, -ness, e; f.

Highness, height, highest point, elevation, loftiness, sublimity, excellence

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Hé hæfde swá mycele heánnesse on ðæt cyneríce tantum in regno excellentiæ habuit, Bd. 2, 16; S. 520, 8. For ðæs ríces heánesse him weóxon ofermetto in tumorem superbiæ culmine potestatis excrevit, Past. 17, 4; Swt. 113, 6, 20.

FROM

(adj.)
Grammar
FROM, freom; comp. fromra; sup. fromest, frommast; adj.

FIRMstrongstoutboldstrenuousfortisstrēnuusrichabundantexcellentūberabundanspræstans

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Wæs Bassa heora látteów Édwines þeng ðæs cyninges se fromesta vēnit illuc dūce Basso, mīlĭte rēgis Æduini fortissĭmo, 2, 20; S. 521, 42: 3, 18; S. 546, 27, col. 2.

Linked entries: fram freom fromnis frum

hergung

(n.)
Grammar
hergung, heregung, e; f.

Harryingharrowingplunderingdevastationwaging waran irruptionincursioninvasiona raidplunder

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Harrying, harrowing, plundering, devastation, waging war, an irruption, incursion, invasion, a raid, plunder Seó hergung wæs þurh Alaricum Gotena cyning geworden inruptio quæ per Alaricum regem Gothorum facta est, Bd. 1, 11; S. 480, 11.

Linked entry: heregung

middan-eard

(n.)
Grammar
middan-eard, es; m.

The middle dwellingthe abode of menthe earththe worldthe worldmankind

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Middaneardes gewissast ðú ðe getimbrunge mundi regis qui fabricum, Hymn. Surt. 91, 21. Ðone eard Asiam, se ðe is geteald tó healfan dǽle middaneardes, Homl. Th. i. 68, 35. Eálá middaneard! eálá dæg leóhta! eálá upheofon!

Linked entries: middan-geard mid-eard

ge-wissian

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

To make or cause to knowto instructinformdirectcommandgoverndocereedocereregerepræciperedirigere

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Se ðe gewylt and gewissaþ Israhéla folc qui reget populum Israhel, 78, 16. Swá swá him Gregorius ǽr gewissode as Gregory had before directed him, ii. 130, 22: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 64, 241.

Linked entry: wísian

ge-forþian

(v.)
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Þ hé under him ðane hálgan regol geforþæde aefter mynsterlicum þeáwe that he might carry out the holy rule according to monastic custom, Cht. Th. 242, 5.

ge-tucian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tucian, to torment, ge-tucian to adorn. Substitute: ge-túcian; p. ode.
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Þǽr stent cwén þé on þá swýðran hand mid golde getúcode (after hand on girelan might have been expected rendering in vestitu, and then mid golde getúcode (inst.) would = deaurato) and mid ǽlcere mislicre fægernysse gegyred adstitit regina a dextris tuis

grówan

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Regn ... þe þeós eorðe fram æfter gróweð, Ps. Th. 146, 8. Seó eorþe biþ geleht, ꝥ hió gréwþ and bléwþ and westmas bringþ, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 6. Þá land greówan and blóstmedon terra refloruit, Bd. 4, 13; Sch. 419, 10.

hyldu

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D. iv. 301, l. (2 a) on hyldum (with gen.) as the vassal or officer of a person :-- Hé fór on þæs cynges heldan (in loco regis, Florence of Worcester, Chr. P. ii. 282) uppon heora bróðer, Chr. 1095; P. 230, 18.

weorold-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-ríce, es; n.
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Ic ongite ðætte ǽlces gódes genóg nis on ðisum woruldwelan, ne æltæwe anweald nis on nánum woruldríce video nic opibus sufficientiam, nec regnis potentiam posse contingere, 33, 1 ; Fox 120, 3.

súþerne

(adj.)
Grammar
súþerne, adj.
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Cwoen súðerne (súðernæs ł súðdǽles, Lind.) regina austri, Lk. Skt. Rush. 11, 31: Exon. Th. 480, 10: Rä. 63, 9. Fram deófle súðernum ab demonio meridiano, Ps. Spl. 90, 6. Súþerne wind austrum. 77, 30: austrum, affricum, Blickl. Gl.

Linked entry: abrotanum

teóðian

(v.)
Grammar
teóðian, teogoðian; p. ode.
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</b> to grant a tenth :-- Ðá ðá hé teóðode gynd eall his cyneríce ðone teóðan dél ealra his lande quando decimam partem terrarum per omne regnum meum dare decreui, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 106, 21. v. ge-teóðian; un-teóðod

ge-metlic

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requirements of a case, sufficient Philippuses yfel mehte þéh þá giet be sumum dǽle gemetlic þyncan, ǽr Alexander tó ríce féng sufficerent ista ad exemplum miseriarum insinuata memoriae nostrae gesta per Philippum, etiamsi Alexander ei nan successisset in regnum

Linked entry: ge-métednes

bodian

(v.)
Grammar
bodian, bodigan, bodigean; part. bodiende, bodigende; p. ode, ede, ade, ude; pp. od, ed, ad, ud; v. a. [bod a message] .

to tell, announce, proclaim, preachnuntiare, annuntiare, enuntiare, narrare, prædicare, evangelizareto foretell, predict, prophesy, promiseprædicere, promittereto announce

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Com se Hǽlend on Galileam Godes ríces gódspell bodigende venit Iesus in Galilæam prædicans evangelium regni Dei, Mk. Bos. 1, 14: Ps. Lamb. 2, 6. Ic bodie annuntiabo, Ps. Th. 54, 17.

Linked entries: bodiend-lic bodigean

ge-niman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-niman, -nyman, -nioman; he -nimeþ, -nimþ; p. -nam, -nom , pl. -námon, -nómon; imp. -nim, pl. -nimaþ; subj. p. -náme, pl. -námen; pp. -numen

To take, take up, take away, assume, receive, accept, obtain, comprehend, enter intosūmĕre, tollĕre, auferre, assūmĕre, accĭpĕre, nancisci, comprehendĕre, inīre

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Ðe ic to swá myclum cyninge genom quod cum tanto rēge inii, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 25. He feówer túnas genom he took four towns, Chr. 571; Erl. 18, 13: 584; Erl. 18, 24. On ðam ilcan ðú eard genáme in quo hăbĭtas in idipsum, Ps. Th. 73, 3: 72, 19.

wǽr

(n.)
Grammar
wǽr, e; f.

A covenantcompactagreementpledge

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Ðæt ic ða wǽre forlǽte ðe ic tó swá myclum cyninge genom ut pactum, quod cum tanto rege inii, ipse primus irritum faciam, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 24. Wére trume fæstnie pactum firmum feriat, Txts. 172, 8. Ic ðé wǽre míne selle, Cd.

Linked entries: ge-wǽred wǽrlíce

LIM

(n.)
Grammar
LIM, es; n. (but it also occurs with adj. fem.:).

A limbjoint

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Gif men cíne hwylc lim, genim regen mela, dó on ðæt lim, L. M. 1, 73; Lchdm. ii, 148, 22. Be ðæs limes (the finger) micelnysse, Homl. Th. ii. 204, 6. Limes dǽl commata (commota, Wrt.) Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 25. On ǽlcre lime, L.

Linked entry: leomu