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furþor

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Add: local Ðá eóde furþor oþ gemétte ðá graman gydena, Bt. 35, 6; F. 168, 23. to or at a more advanced point of progress Lǽre mon siððan furður on Lædengeðióde ðá ðe mon furðor lǽran wille, and hiéran háde dón wille, Past. 7, 14: . 1195.

medume

(adj.)
Grammar
medume, medeme, meodume; adj.

middlingmoderatecommonoccupying the middle or mean position as regardsobserving the just meanperfectmeetfitworthy

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Medume leódgeld a half fine (cf. medietas leudis, and other examples, Grmm. R. A. 653), L. Ethb. 7; Th. i. 4, 9: 21; Th. i. 8, 3. hæfþ medemne wæstm he is of middle height, Homl. Th. i. 456, 18.

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in-tó

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Th. i.508, 1. Orn eft inntó (in-, v. l.) ðǽm temple ad tabernaculum recurrit, Past. 103, 4. Mid þám mannum þe mid fóron intó Denmearcon, Cht. E. 230, 3. Hér cuóm se here intó Escanceastre from Werhám, Chr. 877; P. 74, 14.

of-sleán

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Add: to kill a living object. the subject a person Þú þe wítegan ofslihst (ofslǽs, L. occidis), Mt. 23, 37. Ofslyhst (-slǽst, L. -slǽs, R.), Lk. 13, 34. ðe ofslihð (-sláeð, L. occiderit), Mt. 5, 21. Ofslyhþ (-slǽð, L. R. interficiet), Jn. 8, 22.

hálig-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-dóm, es; m.

holiness, sanctitysanctimoniaholy things, relics, holy work, a sacramenta holy place, sanctuaryrelicholinesssacred thingsrelicsa sanctuarysacramentum, sanctuariumsacred thing, relic, sanctuary

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Háligdóm and hálige béc handligan reliquias et sacros libros manu tractare, L. Ecg. P. 3, 4; Th. ii. 196, 27: 12; Th. ii. 200, 7.

swincan

(v.)
Grammar
swincan, p. swanc, pl. swuncon; pp. swuncen.

to toil, labour, work with effortto labour at, after, etc. , anything to be troubled, travail, be in difficulty or distress

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Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 4. with prep. marking the end of the labour, to labour at, after, etc. anything Ne swincþ náuht æfter ðam foremǽrost seó; ne nán mon ne begit ðæt æfter ne swincþ, Bt. 33, 2 ; Fox 122, 33-35.

gif

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H. 23, 7: Bt. 3, 4; F. 6, 16: Sat. 251: Gen. 559: 2521: Sch. 35. Him ( the blind man ) bið mycel daru, gif hit geseón ne mæg, Bl. H. 21, 8.

winnan

(v.)
Grammar
winnan, p. wann , pl. wunnon; pp. wunnen.

intransto labourtoilworkto labour, endeavour, strive afterto labour, struggle, be troubledto labour under, suffer fromto strive, contend, fightof hostile action towards a personof competitionof opposition to things of the action of inanimate objectsto make warfightof the action of inanimate objectswith cognate accusativeto winmake one's waytransto labour atbestow labour uponto labour undersufferundergoto wingetattain

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intrans. to labour, toil, work Swá ic þrymful þeów winne, Exon. Th. 386, 26; . 4, 67. In ídelnisse winnaþ ða timbriaþ ða in vanum laborant qui aedificant eam, Ps. Surt. 126, 1.

Linked entry: on-winnende

fore

beforein front ofat the head ofbeforeforfromthroughbecause ofon account offorfromthroughin place ofinstead offor the sake ofon behalf ofto the honour ofofaboutbeforeinto the presence of

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Take here fóre (l. fore), and add: with dat. or uncertain. local, before, in front of Gif him wan fore wolcen hangað (cf. þonne sweartan wolcnu him beforan gáþ, Bt. 6: F. 14, 22), Met. 5, 4.

friþ

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Ne wénaþ þe ic cwóme frið ł sibb (pacem) sendanne on eorðe ; ne cwóm ic frið sendanne ac sweord, Mt. R. L. 10, 34. (l a) of friendly relations between peoples :-- Þá þá Engle and Dene friðe and freóndscipe fullíce féngon, Ll.

ge-setnes

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Take here <b>ge-setednes</b> in Dict., and add: [ge-setednes, ge-set[t]nes and ge-setenes might be taken separately, the former being connected with the past part., the latter with the infin. of ge-settan; cf. ge-sealdnes, ge-selenes, ge-sellan

ge-bétan

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Th. i. 206, 14. (1 a) to trim a lamp, kindle or mend a fire :-- gebétte leóht refovebat lumen, Gr. D. 227, 6.

hwilc

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L. 16, 13. as substantive, who Hwylc (cf. hwá, Mt. W. S. L. R. 3, 7) æteówde eów fleónne?, Bl. H. 169, 9. Hwelc (hwá, W. S. R. quis ) wénes ðú maast is?, Mt. L. 18, 1. which of many Hwylc (hwilc, R. huælc, L.) eówer mæg geþenc-an . . . ?

micel

(adj.)
Grammar
micel, adj.

Micklegreatmagnusmuchmanymultusgreat

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Of mǽstan dǽle maxima ex parte, Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 2: Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 21, 2. Ðá geseah ic beforan unc ðone mǽstan weal, 5, 12; S. 629, 13. Ða téþ of ádó ða ðe mǽste hæbbe remove the biggest teeth it has, L. Med. ex.

Linked entries: mǽst mára micle mycel

ild

(n.)
Grammar
ild, e ; f.

an ageævumsæculumageyearsætasmatureeldsenectusvetustasage

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Th. i. 84, 3. Ealle cumaþ ánre ylde on ðam gemǽnelícum ǽriste ðeáh ðe on myslícere ylde of ðyssere worulde gewíton we shall all come at one age at the general resurrection, though now we depart from this world at different ages, 23-5.

Linked entries: yld eld

stów

(n.)
Grammar
stów, e ; f.
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Teón wit of ðisse stówe, Cd. Th. 114, 30 ; Gen. 1912. Stópon ðære stówe ðe Dryhten ǽr áhangen wæs, Elen. Kmbl. 1428 ; El. 716. ðam stówe (-um ?) ad loca, Ex. 3, 8. Geseóþ ða stówe ðe se Hǽlynd wæs on áled, Mt. Kmbl. 28, 6.

wlitig

(adj.)
Grammar
wlitig, adj.

Beautifulcomelyfairbeauteousglorious

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Voc. i. 72, 17: formosa, ii. 33, 57. Elegans, i. speciosus, gratus, pulcher wynsum, wlitig praecipuus, magnus, 142, 81.

ge-lǽdan

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Add: where there is movement. where the movement of the object is not the act of the subject, to lead, bring, conduct. the subject a person Ic þé út gelǽdde of Ægypta londe, Ll. Th. i. 44, 4.

ge-dréfan

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Gl. 252, 7. in a physical sense, to disturb, move violently, stir up, trouble water, make turbid Se súþerna wind miclum storme gedréfeþ þá sǽ mare volvens turbidus auster, Bt. 6; F. 14, 24 : Met. 5, 8.

swá

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1 a. add: confirming a previous statement secgað Petrus hæfde wíf and cíld, and eác secgað swá hæfde, Ll. Th. ii. 376, 30. 2 a. Dele passage from Blick.