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ofer-faran

(v.)

To pass, go offto pass, crossto pass through, traverseto pass throughto pass through, penetrateto come upon, come across, meet with

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Siððan ðú ðone up áhafast forþ oferfarenne, Met. 24, 26. to pass through (a danger) Ða hyssas fǽrgryre fýres oferfaren hæfdon, Cd. Th. 245, 15; Dan. 463. to pass through, penetrate Oferfarende penetrans, Hpt.

Linked entry: ofer-féran

ge-þreán

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þreán, p. þreáde; pp. -þreád

To reproverebukeafflictvexconstraincompelcorripereincreparearguerecogereaffligerecoartareurgerevexare

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Egsan geþreád afflicted with terror, 30 b; Th. 95, 28; Cri. 1564: 33 b; Th. 106, 22; Gú. 45: Cd. 90; Th. 112, 4; Gen. 1865: 126; Th. 161, 21; Gen. 2668: Andr. Kmbl. 781; An. 391.

Linked entry: þreágan

HÁD

(n.)
Grammar
HÁD, es; m.

personpersonasexdegree, rank, order, conditionstate, condition, kind, nature, formmanner, wayhonourpersona, sexus, ordo, gradus.

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The first person is he who speaks about himself alone . . . The second person is he whom the first speaks to . . . The third person is he about whom the first person speaks to the second person, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Som. 23, 49-53.

hopian

(v.)
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Add: to look (mentally) with expectation to (), hope for Án is þæt ðú hefst and brícst and lufast þæt ðæt þú ǽr hopedest. Eálá hweðer ic ǽfre cume ðám ðe ic hopie, Solil. H. 27, 15.

meówle

(n.)
Grammar
meówle, an; f.

A maiddamselvirginwoman

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Seó hálige meówle Judith ),( Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 10; Jud. 56. Him brýd sunu, meówle ( Mahalaleel's wife ) monnum brohte, Cd. 58; Th. 71, 17; Gen. 1172. Afrisc meówle, 171; Th. 215, 7; Exod. 579.

here

(n.)

an armyan armya hosta division of an armyarmy corpslegioncohorttroopinfantrycavalryan armyan armymultitudehostcrowdmultitudeharryingdevastationplunderingravaging

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Ox. 5253-4. referring to English military affairs. [In that part of the A. S. Chronicle which deals with the struggle between the English and Danes, here is always used of the latter, fyrd being the term denoting the native force.

á-búgan

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Add: to bow, bend, turn, of motion (lit. and fig. ) Hé eorðan ábeáh, Hml. S. 14, 134. Ðá ábeáh seó módor hire bearne, 25, 174. Hwæþer þé of móde ábeáh has it escaped your memory?, Gr.

gebed-rǽden

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Hió mádmas to Cantwaran cyricean brohte hire gebedrǽdene (to secure prayers for herself), I ch. iii. 422, 15: Hml. S. 32, 259. Byst þú on úre eallra gebedrǽdene eris in nostris omnium precibus. Ll. Th. ii. 226, 5.

Linked entry: béd-rǽden

ge-leornian

(v.)
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Siþþan hé þá geleornod hæfde, Ors. 6, 12; S. 266, 22. Þáþás bóc hæfde geleornode, Bt. proem.; F. viii. 8. to acquire skill in the doing of something by study, thought, instruction, &c., to learn to do. with acc.

hwíl

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Add: an indefinite space of time Næs þá nán hwíl þám þæt . . . nec mora . . . Guth. Gr. 139, 3. Næs þá nǽnig hwíl þan sóna swá hí út eódon, þá geségon hí þone hræfn nec mora, egredi-entes conspiciunt corvum 144, 15 : 145, 23.

frinan

(v.)
Grammar
frinan, part. frinnende; ic frine, ðú frinest, he frineþ, pl. frinaþ; p. ic, he fran, ðú frune, pl. frunon, frunnon; impert. frin, pl. frinaþ; subj. pres. frine, pl. frinen; p. frune, pl. frunen; pp. frunen

To askinquireconsultinterrŏgāresciscĭtāriconsŭlĕre

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Th. 2648; B. 1322. Frine me interrŏga me, Ps. Th. 138, 20. Ðæt heó hí frune hwæt hí sóhton that she asked, them what they sought, Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 39: Nar. 28, 22

Linked entry: FRIGNAN

wág

(n.)
Grammar
wág, (-h),wǽg, es; m.

A wall, mostly of a building

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Hé wende hine wáge ( the wall of the chamber ), Homl. Th. i. 414, 19. On ðínre healle wáge, ii. 436, 10 : Cd. Th. 261, 8;Dan. 723 : Andr. Kmbl. 1428;An. 714: Beo. Th. 3328;B. 1662. Wǽge, Exon. Th. 394, 17;Rä. 14, 4.

Linked entries: wǽg wáh

stæpe

(n.)
Grammar
stæpe, stepe, es; pl. stæpas, stapas, stæpe; m.
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Th. 498, 23; Rä. 88, 6. a step, that on which the foot may be placed Ðá ástáh Isachar up on ðone ýtemestan stæpe the topmost of the steps leading to the temple, Homl. Ass. 129, 431. Stapas vel stírápas scansilia, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 34.

geótan

(v.)
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Add: trans. to pour, cause to flow. the object a liquid or powder Aquarius, ꝥ is sé þe wæter gýt (geót, v. l. ), Lch. iii. 246, 5. Hé geát on græswong háligra blód, Jul. 6. Hí mid spere of mínre sídan swát út guton, Cri. 1449.

lár

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Ealle ðá hǽþenan bisceopas swulton, þá ðe in þǽre láre wǽron, Shrn. 121, 5. speech intended to instruct or inform Lár paradigma (evangelicum the parable of the good seed), An. Ox. 1406. Háliges láre the story of St. Andrew An. 1480.

a-fón

(v.)
Grammar
a-fón, p. -féng, pl. -féngon; pp. -fangen, -fongen

To receivetaketake uphold upsupportseizelay hold ofsuscipereassumerecorripereoccuparetradere

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To receive, take, take up, hold up, support, seize, lay hold of; suscipere, assumere, corripere, occupare, tradere We aféngon mildheortnysse ðíne on midle temple suscepimus misericordiam tuam in media templi, Ps. Spl. 47, 8: 118,116.

cyrce

(n.)
Grammar
cyrce, gen. cyrcan, cyrcean; f.

A church ecclesia

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Ne sceal cyrcean timber to ænigum óðrum weorce, húton to óðre cyrcean ligna ecclesiæ non debent ad aliud opus poni, nisi ad aliam ecclesiam, L. Ecg. P. A. 16; Th. ii. 234, 16, 17

Linked entry: cyrc

óþ-swerian

(v.)
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Alf. pol. 31; Th. i. 80, 16;. Gif mon ðam men feoh getéme ðe his ǽr óþswaren (ætsworen, MS. B. ) hæfde, and æft óþswerian wille, ðþswerige (æt-, MS. B. ) be ðam wíte . . . Gif hé óþswerian nylle . . . . L. In. 35; Th. i. 124, 10-12

ysope

(n.)
Grammar
ysope, hysope, an; f.: ysopo, indeclinable, or ysopon
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Hyssop Ðás wyrte sculon lungensealfe, bánwyrt, . . . isopo, saluie, Lchdm. iii. 16, 8. Ysopan sceaft fasciculum hyssopi, Ex. 12, 22. Fram ðam heágan cederbeáme ðære lytlan ysopan, Homl. Th. ii. 578, 5. Hysopan gelícne, Lchdm. i. 160, 12.

a-deádan

(v.)
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Th. i. 160, 15. Hire lima ealle wurdon ádeádode, Hml. S. 31, 489