for-pǽran
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Wé ne mótan ná furðor embe þis (the nature of God) smeágan, gif wé nellað ús sylfe forpǽran (if we do not wish to work our own destruction), 1, 71. Add
full
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The forms of adjectives and adverbs given in the Dictionary as compounds with full- (ful-) may be taken as adjectives and adverbs qualified by the adverb full (ful).
tó-scirian
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Add: to distribute, allot a share, v. scirian; and cf. tó-dǽlan; Ǽghwylcre sáwle bið onsundrum tóscyred ( to each soul separately will its doom be assigned ), and sió bið swylce hyre se líchoma ǽr geworhte, Verc.
BRÚ
A BROW, an eye-brow, eye-lash ⬩ cilium, supercilium, tauto ⬩ supercilium ⬩ the forehead, brow
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Ic eom wíde calu, ne ic breága ne brúna [ = brúena] brúcan móste I am very bald, nor can I make use of eye-lids nor eye-lashes, Exon. 111 b; Th. 427, 32; Rä. 41, 100. Betweoh brúwum intercilium [ = intercilia ], Wrt. Voc. 64, 34: 282, 48
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á-tǽsan
To tear with a weapon
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To tear with a weapon (lit. or fig. ) Án scytta ásceát áne flán and átǽsde ðone cyning betwux þǽre lungene, Hml. S. 18, 221. Gif ðú wǽre on fell scoten oððe ... on flǽsc ... oððe ... on lið, nǽfre ne sý ðín líf átǽsed, Lch. iii. 54, 8.
EALDOR
life ⬩ vita
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Th. 126, 6. age, in the expressions, on ealdre, on aldre ever; unquam and to ealdre always; semper, which are used not only with regard to the duration of life, but also in general for an unlimited period of time, independently or with the addition of
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gód
Good ⬩ good thing ⬩ good deed ⬩ benefit ⬩ goodness ⬩ welfare
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He mid góde gyldan wille uncran eaferan he will repay our offspring with good, Beo. Th. 2372; B. 1184. Alwalda ðec góde forgylde may the Omnipotent reward thee with good, 1916; B. 956.
un-eáðe
with difficulty ⬩ grievously ⬩ hardly ⬩ unwillingly ⬩ hardly ⬩ hardly ⬩ scarcely ⬩ only just
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Ongit hé swá micle máran sige on him selfum swá hé uniéð wiðstód he will feel so much greater victory in himself as he had greater difficulty in withstanding, Past. 52; Swt. 407, 26.
hopian
To hope, ⬩ have hope or confidence [in a person], ⬩ expect, ⬩ watch for [with gen.]
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To hope, have hope or confidence [in a person], expect, watch for [with gen.] Ic hopige tó him swá gódan and swá mildheortan ðæt hé hit nylle sylf dón I have confidence in him, so good and merciful, that he himself will not do it, Chart.
a-feormian
To cleanse ⬩ clean thoroughly ⬩ purge ⬩ wash away ⬩ mundare ⬩ emundare ⬩ permundare ⬩ diluere
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Hit afeormaþ of ealle ða nebcorn it will cleanse away all the face pimples. Herb. 22, 3; Lchdm, i. 118, 24
cyrr
A turn, space of time, an occasion, affair ⬩ versio, vices, temporis spatium, negotium
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Se biþ abísgod, on færelde mid óðrum cierrum who is busied, in a journey with other affairs, Past. 4, 1; Hat. 9b, 7
enge
Narrow, anxious ⬩ angustus, anxius
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Helle wísceþ, ðæs engestan éðel-ríces shall wish for hell, the narrowest realm, Salm. Kmbl. 213; Sal. 106
éðel-land
A native land, a country ⬩ patria, terra
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A native land, a country; patria, terra Ða wæs gúþ-hergum wera éðelland geond-sended then with hostile bands was the people's native land overspread, Cd. 92; Th. 118, 20; Gen. 1968: 69; Th. 83, 14; Gen. 1379.
feónd-sceaða
A fiend-enemy ⬩ dire enemy ⬩ robber ⬩ hostis nŏcīvus ⬩ latro
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A fiend-enemy, dire enemy, robber; hostis nŏcīvus, latro Slóh ðone feóndsceaðan fágum méce she [Judith] slew the dire enemy [Holofernes] with a blood-stained sword, Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 4; Jud. 104.
icge gold
- Beo. Th. 2219 ;
- B. 1107.
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Thorpe has 'moreover,' Kemble 'heaped up;' Heyne suggests comparison with Sskr. ic dominare, imperare, and gives 'Schatzgold, reiches gold;' Grein's note is as follows : 'Sollte vielleicht zu icg das Altn. yggr [terror] zu halten sein, da das Gold Altn
pliht
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Gyf hit ( stolen property) on hýdelse funden sý, ðonne mæg ðæt forfangfeoh leóhtre beón, forðam [hit] biþ on læsse plihte (with less danger than when taken from the thief ) begytan, L. Ath. iv. 6 ; Th. i. 226, 6. Plihtas pericula, Ps. Surt. 114, 3
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giefu
A gift ⬩ grace ⬩ favour ⬩ donum ⬩ munus ⬩ gratia
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Us giefe sealde uppe mid englum gave us favour above with angels, 17 b; Th. 41, 24; Cri. 660: 32 a; Th. 101, 24; Cri. 1663
Boruct-ware
A people of ancient Germany, occupying the country between the Rhine, the Lippe, Ems, and Weser ⬩ Bructĕri
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Tacitus always mentions the Bructeri with the Tencteri,-Bructeri et Tencteri, Ann. xiii. 56: Hist. iv. 21, 77. Zeuss supposes they may have inhabited the country near the Lippe, which was called Boroctra or Borhtergo, Deut. Nachbarst. 353
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ge-béd-rǽden
The office of prayer ⬩ prayer ⬩ precātiōnis offĭcium ⬩ prĕces
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He nelle gehýran ðæs gímeleásan mannes gebédrǽdene he will not listen to the prayers of the negligent man, 57. 4
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ge-cwylman
To afflict ⬩ torment ⬩ punish ⬩ destroy ⬩ kill ⬩ pūnīre ⬩ trucīdāre ⬩ mortĭfĭcāre
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Mid ormǽtre angsumnysse gecwylmed afflicted with excessive pain, Homl. Th. i. 88, 6
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