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fird

(n.)
Grammar
fird, e; f.

A forcearmyexpeditionexercĭtusexpĕdītio

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A force, army, expedition; exercĭtus, expĕdītio Ne mehte seó fird hie ná hindan offaran the force could not overtake them, Chr. 894; Erl. 93, 7: 895; Erl. 93, 22: 905; Erl. 98, 19.

of-féran

(v.)

to overtake

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Se cyng férde him the Danes æt hindan, and offérde hí innan Eást-Seaxan, and ðǽr tógædere heardlíce féngon, 1016; Erl. 158, 1

Linked entry: of-faran

of-irnan

(v.)

to overtaketo tire with running

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to overtake (by running) Færþ hé (the evening star) æfter ðære sunnan, óþ hé ofirnþ ða sunnan hindan, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 2. Ðæs wítegan cnapa, Gyezi, ofarn Naaman, Homl. Th. i. 400, 17.

weard

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
weard, adv.

Ward in to-ward

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Thw. 23, 1; Jud. 99. v. eást-, for-, forþ-, hám-, hider-, hindan-, norþ-, súþ-, þider-, west-weard

fleax

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Hié námon treówu and slógon on óþerne ende næglas, and hié mid flexe bewundon and onbærndon hit, and beþýddan hit on þone elpend hindan, þæt hié fóran wédende for þæs flexes bryne, Ors. 4, i; S. 158, 4-8.

wiþ-foran

(prep.)
Grammar
wiþ-foran, prep. with dat. acc.

Before

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Hé ofirnþ ða sunnan hindan, and cymþ wiþforan ða sunnan up, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 2. ¶ wiþ . . . foran Ðone mist ðe wið ða eágan foran usses módes (cf. beforan úres módes eágum, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 32) hangode, Met. 20, 265.

wrǽtlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wrǽtlíce, adv.

wondrouslycuriouslywondrouslyexcellentlybeautifullyelegantlynobly

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Is him ðæt heáfod hindan gréne, wrǽtlíce wrixled, wurman geblonden, 218, 13; Ph. 294. Swá wrǽtlíce weoroda God monna craftas sceóp and scyrede, 332, 30; Vy. 93. Mé on gescyldrum scínan mótan ful wrǽtlíce wundtie loccas, 428, 6; Rä. 41, 104.

ge-wild

Grammar
ge-wild, ge-weold.
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Cómon hí tó heora ágenum scipum, and þá óþre hindan offóran, and hié ealle him tó gewildum gedydan búton v. classem hostiliter invaserunt, quinque tantum navibus per fugam elapsis, 4, 1; S. 154, 6

be-stelan

(v.)
Grammar
be-stelan, bi-stelan; p. -stæl, pl. -stǽlon; subj. p. -stǽle, pl. -stǽlen; pp. -stolen

To steal away or uponfugere, obrepere

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Bestelan on Theodosius hindan to steal upon Theodosius behind, Ors. 6, 36; Bos. 131, 25. Hannibal bestæl on Marcellus Hannibal stole upon Marcellus, Ors. 4, 10; Bos. 94, 19: Past. 28, 6; Hat. MS. 38 a, 6.

hetelíce

(adv.)

violentlyfuriouslyfiercelymalignantlywith ill-will

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Þá Engliscan hí hindan hetelíce slógon, Chr. 1066; P. 199, 15. Þá gestódon hine hundas hetelíce swýðe dogs attacked him furiously. Hml. S. 12, 52. Hé sǽde ꝥ sum hund burce hetelíce on ánne man, 31, 1132.

Engle

Anglesthe English

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Þá Normen wurdon on fleáme, and þá Engliscan hí hindan slógon . . . ꝥ þǽr wæs lyt tó láfe, and Engle áhton wælstówe geweald, 1066; P. 199, 17. Þás wyrte Rómáne astula regia nemnað, and Ængle (v. l. Engle: cf.

ǽr

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
ǽr, conj.
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(or uncertain) Hý hié hindan ofrídan ne meahte, ǽr hié on ðám fæstenne wǽron, Chr. 877; P. 74, 18. Hí cwǽdon ðæt Críst nǽre, ǽr hé ácenned wæs of Marian, Hml. Th. i. 70, 5.

Linked entry: ǽr

heorot

(n.)
Grammar
heorot, heort, es; m.

A hartstagmale deer

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Heortas and hinda harts and hinds, Bt. Met. Fox 19, 33; Met. 19, 17. Heortas cervos, Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 31

Linked entry: heort

Butting-tún

(n.)
Grammar
Butting-tún, es; m.
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BODDINGTON, Gloucestershire Offóron hie ðone here hindan æt Buttingtúne on Sæferne staðe they followed after the army to Boddington on the bank of the Severn, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 22. Mr.

of-settan

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Helpað ofsettum, and steópcildum démað subvenite oppresso, judicate pupillo, 322, 8. the agent a thing. material, to overwhelm, crush Gelíce hí wurdon mid þám fýrenum flánum ofscotene, gelíce mid þǽra crístenra wǽpnum hindan ofsette (cf. on-settan),

ge-blandan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-blandan, ge-blandan; pp. ge-blanden, -blonden [In the two instances where the past tense occurs the forms are ge-blond,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 16,
ge-blondan,
    An. 33.
Under blandan is given blénde as apast subjunctive, but this form might be placed as a present (or past) under blendan. v. ge-blendan. Cf. gang as a past tense of gangan.]
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Geblanden, 45, 17: confectum, 14, 49. to mix with :-- Is him þæt heáfod hindan gréne, wrǽtlíce wrixled wurman geblonden, Ph. 294. to mix things that should be kept separate :-- Ðona geworð ðæt mið ús giblonden ł gimencged (mixta) aron alle, and in Marc

ǽfen-steorra

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-steorra, an; m.

The evening starHesperus

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Fǽrþ he ðonne æfter ðære sunnan on ðære eorþan sceade, óþ he ofirnþ ða sunnan hindan, and cymþ wið fóran ða sunnan up, ðonne háten we hine morgensteorra (q. v.) forðam he cymþ eástan up, bodaþ ðære sunnan cyme the star which we call the evening star,

Linked entry: morgen-steorra

Englisc

(n.)

(the) Englishthe English language

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Þá Normen wurdon on fleáme, and þá Engliscan hí hindan slógon, 1066; P. 199, 15. Twá mynstro, óðer þám Scottum, óðer ðám Engliscan (Anglis ), Bd. 4, 4; Sch. 367, 19.

greát

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Mycele cneówu and hindan greáte genibus nodosis, Guth. Gr. 128, 126. of things, material, massive, bulky, big 'Ðú ne meaht gefrédan micelne beám on ðínum ágnan eágan' ... se yfela willa on ðǽre heortan is se greáta beám ( trabes ), Past. 224, 4.

wamb

(n.)
Grammar
wamb, e; f.

a belly, stomacha womba hollow

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Rush. 23, 29. of inanimate things Ic wiht (bellows) geseah, womb wæs on hindan, Exon. Th. 419, 6;Rä. 38, 1. Hí (clouds ) feallan lǽtaþ seáw of bósme, wǽtan of wombe, 385, 21;Rä. 4, 48.