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fédan

(v.)

to sucklenurseto feed upfattento supportmaintainnurtureeducatefosterto nourishsustainto bring forthTo graze

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To graze Wæs worn berga michil foedende erat grex porcorum magnus pascens, Mk. L. R. 5, 11. Sunor bergana foedendra, Lk. L. 8, 32

Linked entry: fóster

ge-brengan

(adj.)
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wæs tó deáðe gebróht, Hml. S. 25, 725. <b>I b.

háwian

(v.)
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wæs eft cyrrende tó þǽre spyrtan, and wærlíce and forðonclíce háwode, and geseah ꝥ seó nǽdre þǽr in wæs qui reversus ad sportam caute ac sollicite attendit, sed eam serpens tenebat, Gr.

open

(adj.)
Grammar
open, adj.

Opennot shut,allowing ingress or egressof a doorof the eyesnot closed upnot covered, not protecteddeclared, publicnot secret, not concealed, discovered, brought to light (in reference to things where concealment is desired)without attempt at concealment manifest, clear, plain, evident

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Open wæs ðæt eorþærn ( the sepulchre). Exon. Th. 460, 18; Hö. 19. Ðín carcern open wé gemétton, Blickl. Homl. 239, 27. Gé geseóþ opene heofenas (caelum apertum), Jn.

ord

(n.)
Grammar
ord, es; m.

a point,of a weapona spear, pointed weaponone who is at the topmost point, a head, chief, princehead, frontline of battle, forefrontthe beginning, origin, source (applied to persons and things)

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Ðæt is ðonne swelc mon mid forewearde orde stinge ... suá suá Assael wæs deád bútan orde non cum recta, sed aversa hasta transforavit ... quasi sine ferro moriuntur, Past. 40, 5; Swt. 297, 10-23. Mid gáres orde, Cd. Th. 92, 2; Gen. 1522.

Linked entries: ór ord-wíga

for-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wyrcan, -wyrcean; p. -worhte, -wyrhte; pp. -worht, -wyrht [for-, wyrcan to work, do] .

to misworkdo wrongsinmăle ăgĕredelinquĕrepeccāreto do fordestroyruinconvictcondemnperdĕredestruĕrelabefactārecondemnāreto forfeitamittĕre

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me forworhtum woe to me ruined! 75 a; Th. 280, 20; Jul. 632. Se ðe þýfþe oft forworht wǽre openlíce he who has often been convicted openly of theft, L. Ath. v. § 1, 4; Th. i. 228, 25. Ðe forworht wǽre who has been condemned, L. E.

rǽdan

(v.)
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Ðæt gewrit wæs rǽded beforan ðam cyninge, 5, 21; S. 643, 11. Ðá ðæt godspel rǽdd wæs, Blickl. Homl. 161, 9. Wé gehýrdon ðá ðá Esaias se wítga rǽden wæs, 167, 28. to prepare (?)

FRETAN

(v.)
Grammar
FRETAN, ic frete, ðú fritest, fritst, he freteþ, friteþ, fritt, fryt, pl. fretaþ; p. ic, he fræt, ðú frǽte. pl. frǽton; pp. freten [for-, etan to eat?].

to eat upgnawFRETdevourconsumedevŏrāreconsūmĕrecomĕdĕreto breakburstfrangĕrerumpĕre

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Wǽron hie mid meteliéste gewǽgde, and hæfdon miclne dǽl ðara horsa freten they were distressed. for want of food, and had eaten a great part of their horses, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 28.

Linked entry: gefrett

mægþ

(n.)
Grammar
mægþ, <b>, mægeþ;</b> without inflection in the sing. and in the n. ac. pl., f.

A maidvirgingirlmaidenwoman

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Wæs seó fǽmne geong, mægþ mánes leás ( the Virgin Mary ), Exon. 8 a; Th. 3, 14; Cri. 36. On fǽmnan, mægeþ unmǽle, 18 b; Th. 45, 18; Cri. 721: 122 b; Th. 470, 14; Hy. 11, 16. Þa torhtan mægþ ( Judith ), Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 1; Jud. 35.

Linked entry: mægeþ

slǽpan

(v.)
Grammar
slǽpan, slépan ; p. te. [The Northern Gospels also shew forms from slépian
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Wæs ic slǽpende 56, 4: 77, 65. Ðá gemétte hé his geþoftan slǽpendne. Bd. 3, 27 ; S 559, 15: Beo. Th. 1486; B. 741. Hé hig funde slǽpende (slépende Lind., Rush. ), Lk.

Linked entry: slépan

þeód-land

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-land, es; n.
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Ðá becwom ic on Caspiain ðæt lond; ðá wæs ðǽr seó wæstmberendeste eorþe ðæs þeódlondes, and ic swíðe wundrade ða gesǽlignesse ðære eorðan Caspias portas peruenimus, ubi cum fertilissimarum regionum admirarer felicitatem, Nar. 5, 21.

þrǽl

(n.)
Grammar
þrǽl, es; m.
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Oft þrǽl ðæne þegen, ðe ær wæs his hláford, cnyt swýðe fæste and wyrcþ him tó þrǽle, 163, 1. Gebéte þrǽl mid his híde, þegn mid .xxx. scillingan, 181, 9. Ðe hláferd ðrǽles ðæs dominus servi illius, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 50.

un-strang

(adj.)
Grammar
un-strang, adj.

Not strongweakfeeble

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Heó ( Judith ) wæs lytel and unstrang, Homl. Ass. 114, 411. Hwæt is se intinga ðæt in þúsend manna ðé ne magon ástyrian, swá unstrang swá ðú eart? Homl. Skt. i. 9, 110. Á sceal man ðam unstrangan men líðelícor déman ðonne ðam strangan, L. C.

wicu

(n.)
Grammar
wicu, wucu, an ; f.
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On ðam seofoðan dæge God geendode his weorc and seó wucu wæs ðá ágán, Lchdm. iii. 234, 16 : Anglia viii. 310, 23. Seó wucu on Grécisc hátte ebdomada and on Lýden septimana; seofon daga ryne ys seó wucu, and feówer wucan wyrcaþ ánne mónð, 319, 3.

wynsumness

(n.)
Grammar
wynsumness, e; f.

pleasantnessagreeablenessdelightpleasantnessfairnessbeautypleasantnessjoyousnessexultationdevotion

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Se middangeard wæs blówende on swýþe manigfealdre wynsumnesse ... and teáh men tó him þurh his wlite and þurh his fægernesse and wynsumnesse, 115, 7-12. Ic ða wynsumnesse and fægernesse ðæs londes wundrade, Nar. 26, 25.

án-rǽd

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Wæs ꝥ cild snotor and ánrǽde, Shrn. 127, 12: R. Ben. 108, 21. Ánréd constans, Kent. Gl. 1153. Hé hine hét þæt hé ne tweóde, ac þæt hé wǽre ánrǽd, Guth. 30, 7. Eádgár se æþela and se ánrǽda cyning. Jud. p. 163,11.

á-lífan

(v.)
Grammar
á-lífan, (-lýfan, q. v.
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Ic waes beden from þaem bisceope þaeti ic him áléfde alle nédbáde tuégra sceopa, C. D. i. 114, 10. Álýfde, 19. Ús þín ríce álýf, Hy. 7, 28. Ðæt mé unne God écean dreámes, líf álýfe, 4, 33.

Linked entries: a-léfan á-lýfan

bodung

annunciationdeclarationtestimonyinterpretationrecitingrehearsingpreaching

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Lára, bodunga cathegorias i. nuntiationes ł praedicationes, 3128. reciting, rehearsing : Gif hwylc bróðor wǽgð and misféhð on boduncge sealma oðþe ræpsa si quis dum pronuntiat psalmum aut responsorium fallitur, R.

ealdian

(v.)
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Add: to grow old, be old Ic wæs geong and nú ic ealdige junior fui, etenim senui, Ps. Th. 36, 24. Ðonne hé ealdað cum senuerit, Kent. Gl. 815. Þonne se sunu wyxð, þonne ealdað se fæder, Hml. Th. i. 278, 25. Ic aldade senui, Ps. Srt. 36, 25.

ge-swígian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swígian, (l. ge-swigian, -swugian; and for Mt. L. 22, 12: 12, 23: Shrn. 151, 33: Ph. 145 see ge-swígan).
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Ðá ðis gesprecen wæs, þá geswigode (-sugode, v. l. ) ꝥ Mód. 18, 1 ; F. 60, 18. Geswugode, 24, 1; F. 80, 5. Gesweogode (-swugode, v. l. ), 39, 2 ; F. 212, 10. Geðreádon hine þte gesuigade, hé micle mára cliopade, Lk. L. 18, 39.