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stán-torr

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Add Þæt áborstene clif hreás ofdúneweard . . . ac þá þá se hálga wer geseah þone stántorr ufene tóweardes him farende . . . hé áwrát Crístes róde tácen and þone stántorr swá feallende gefæstnode on þǽre sídan þæs muntes ingentis saxi moles erupta est

ge-síþcund

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Drihten on ðreó tówearp þá cneordnysse, þæt wæs wælisc (servile) and on cyrlisc cynn (simple) and on gesýðcund cynn (gentle), Angl. xi. 3, 63. of the gesíþ class Gif gesíðcund mon (cf. se gesíð, 5) þingað wið cyning . . . oþþe wið his hláford for þeówe

on-bærnan

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Add Hit byþ onbærned (accenditur) of wiðmetennesse gódra wera tó þǽre lufan þæs tóweardan lífes, Gr. D. 8, 19

fór-scyttan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-scyttan, p. -scytte, pl. -scytton; pp. -scytted

To shoot beforepreventprævĕnīre

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Ðæt da sceortan wítu ðises geswincfullan lífes fórscytten [MS. forscyttan] ða toweardan, ðe nǽfre ateoriaþ that the short punishments of this painful life may prevent those to come, which will never fail, Homl. Th. ii. 328, 34

bend

(n.)
Grammar
bend, bænd, e; f : es; m.

A bandbondribbona chapletcrownornamentvinculumligamendiadema

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Heora bendas towearp vincula eorum disrupit Ps. Th. 106, 13 : 115, 7 : 149, 8. Ða benda sumes gehæftes vincula cujusdam captivi Bd. 4, 22; S. 590, 28. Ðá Iohannes on bendum gehýrde Cristes weoruc Joannes cum audisset in vinculis opera Christi Mt.

Linked entries: bænd beand BEN

mennisc

(n.)
Grammar
mennisc, es; n.

Menpeople

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Ðǽr wæs mycel mennisc tóweard there was a great multitude of people coming, 182, 5. Ðeáh eal mennisc wǽre gegaderod though all men were gathered together, 26, 26.

tó-worpenness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-worpenness, -worpedness, e; f.

Desolationdestruction

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Ðeós tódrǽfednys (the driving the money-changers out from the temple) getácnode ða tóweardan tóworpennysse ðurh ðone Rómániscan here, Homl. Th. i. 406, 9. Ðæt se Hǽlend beweópe ðære ceastre tóworpennysse, ðe gelamp æfter his ðrowunge, 402, 7: Homl.

fóre-seón

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-seón, to -seónne; p. ic, he -seah, ðú -sáwe, pl. -sáwon; pp. -sewen

To see beforeFORESEEprovideprævĭdēreprovĭdēre

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He fóreseah Godes cyricum and mynstrum micle frécnesse towearde he foresaw much peril awaiting God's churches and monasteries, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 46: 3, 15; S. 542, 4.

scortness

(n.)
Grammar
scortness, e ; f.
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Ða scortnesse ðysse worulde and ða écnesse ðæs tóweardan lífes. Homl. As. 168, 117. a short account, an epitome (cf. a brief, and v. scortlíce, ) Manega synd gyt coniunctiones, ðe wé ne mágon nú secgan on ðissere sceortnysse, Ælfc.

heofon-feld

(n.)
Grammar
heofon-feld, es; m.

A Northumbrian local name

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A Northumbrian local name Is seó stów on Englisc nemned Heofenfeld wæs heó geára swá nemned for tácnunge ðæra tóweardra wundra forðon ðe ðǽr ðæt heofonlíce sigebeácen árǽred beón sceolde and ðǽr heofonlíc sige ðam cyninge seald wæs vocatur locus illelingua

merigen

(n.)
Grammar
merigen, merien, mergen, es; m.

morningthe morning of the next daymorrow

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Wé nyton hwæt tó merigen biþ tóweard, 82, 17: i. 374, 21: 462, 3. Tó merigen cras, Ælfc.Gr. 38; Som. 39, 59

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efen-lic

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Ne synd ná emlice þissere tíde þrowunga þám tóweardum wuldre non sunt condignae passiones hujus temporis ad futuram gloriam, Hml, A. 77, 109

wíglere

(n.)
Grammar
wíglere, (wiglere ?), weohlere, es; m.

A divinersoothsayeraugursorcerer

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Hé wiccan fordyde, and wíglerasáfiígde, and drýcræft tówearp, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 464

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tó-sendan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sendan, p. de.

to send in different directionssend away,disperse,scatterto destroy

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Nabochodonosor com tó Hierusalem and ðæt manncyn ofslóh and ða burh tósende and ðæt tempel tówearp destroyed (the narrative in 2 Kings 25 or 2 Chron. 36 does not speak of the dispersion of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, but of the destruction of the city

hefig-tíme

(adj.)
Grammar
hefig-tíme, -týme; adj.

Grievouswearisometedioustroublesome

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Gif hit is hefigtýme on ðyssere worulde hit becymþ tó micelre méde on ðære tóweardan if it is productive of trouble in this world, it attains to a great reward in that which is to come, i. 56, 4:Ælfc. Gen. Thw. p. 1, 6.

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caru

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Ox. 2986. care, interest in (v. carian, ) Ðá andweardan myrhðe gewǽcan mid nánre care þǽre tóweardan ungesǽlðe,Hml. Th. i. 408, 21.

or-sorg

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Bióþ ðá men eallra orsorgoste ǽgðer ge ðises andweardan lífes earfoþa ge þæs tóweardan, Bt. 39, 7; F. 222, 30. Add Wé ne magon habban þone heofonlican éþel búton wé fram eallum sacum orsorge beón, O. E. Hml, i. 302, 8

scotian

(v.)
Grammar
scotian, sceotian ; p. ode.
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Sume scotedon mid arewan tóweard ðám háligdóme. . . . Hí scotedon swíðe, Chr. 1083; Erl. 217, 19-25. to shoot, move rapidly Steorran fóran swýðe scotienda [cf. O. H. Ger. diu scozonten fiur (a shooting star )], 744; Erl. 49, 2

Linked entries: sceotian scotung

geára

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Ús geára ǽr wítgan þé tóweardne sægdon, Bl. H. 87, 10: Met. 20, 52. Þá þe ǽr wǽron Godes þá gecorenan geára on helle, Bl. H. 103, 11 : Ps. Th. 147, 8. Þú gegearwadest geára ǽrest þæt þú rihte beeódest tu parasti aequitatem 98, 4 : 121, 2

stíþ

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Hé gemét swíðe stíðne dóm on ðám tóweardan lífe, Hml. Th. ii. 96, 15, Godes byrðene . . . beóð leóhte þám þe hí lufiað. . . þeáh hí stíðe beón þám stuntum mannum, Hml. A. 11, 273. Stíþra wala asperę inuectionis, An. Ox. 5365.