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út-fær

(n.)
Grammar
út-fær, es; n.

A going outegressexit

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Ðeáh heó nán útfær ne gemét, 4 10, 10. On útfærum heora in egressibus suis, Ps. Lamb. 143, 13

ge-hú

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-hú, adv.

In any manner

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Ðeáh ðe heó sý ge-býged gehú though it be bent anyhow, Hexam. 6; Norm. 10, 30

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bergan

(v.)

to tastegustare

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to taste; gustare Ða ðe ne bersaþ deáþ qui non gustabunt mortem, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 16, 28

Linked entries: birgan berian

orlæg-gífre

(adj.)
Grammar
orlæg-gífre, adj.

Eager to cause death

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Eager to cause death (?) Ismahel biþ unhýre orlæggífre wiðerbreca wera cneórissum, Cd. Th. 138, 6; Gen. 2287

hentan

(v.)
Grammar
hentan, p. te

To pursuefollow afterseize[?]

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Gif hé man tó deáþe gefylle beó he ðonne útlah and his hente mid hearme ǽlc ðara ðe riht wille if he fell a man to death, let him then be an outlaw, and let every one that desires right pursue him with hue and cry [?], L. E. G. 6; Th. i. 170, 10: L.

ASCIAN

(v.)
Grammar
ASCIAN, acsian, ahsian, axian; p. ode; pp. od.

to ASKto ask forto demandinquireto callsummon before oneinterrogarepostulareexigereto obtainexperiencenancisciexperiri

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Ne ascige ic nú ówiht bi ðam bitran deáþe mínum I demand now nothing for my bitter death, Exon. 29b; Th. 90, 16; Cri. 1475.

Linked entry: acsian

blæst

(n.)
Grammar
blæst, es; m.

A burning, blaze, flameardor, flamma

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Ðæt he [Fénix] onfón móte, þurh líges blæst, líf æfter deáþe that it [the Phoenix] may, through the fire's flame, receive life after death, Exon. 62 a; Th. 228, 6; Ph. 434. Léges blæstas weallas ymbwurpon flames of fire overwhelmed the walls, Andr.

morþ-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
morþ-weorc, es; n.

An act which causes death

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An act which causes death (by witchcraft or poison), Hǽðenscipe biþ ðæt man ... wiccecræft lufige oððe morþweorc gefremme ( causes death by witchcraft or poison, Similar entries v. morþ. III), L.C.S. 5; Th. i. 378, 21.

hylde-mǽg

(n.)
Grammar
hylde-mǽg, es; m.
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A near and dear kinsman, Cd. 52; Th. 67, 1; Gen. 1094: 94; Th. 122, 25; Gen. 2032

ge-lífan

(v.)
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to make dear (leóf). Take here <b>ge-lýfan</b> in Dict., and add:

sáwel-hús

(n.)

the body

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Deáþ sóhte sáwelhús, 170, 19; Gú. 1114

be-sorg

(adj.)
Grammar
be-sorg, -sorh

Anxious, careful, dear, belovedsollicitus, carus

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Anxious, careful, dear, beloved; sollicitus, carus: Ðǽr wǽron ofslægene hyre þægna feówer ðe hyre besorge wǽron there were slain four of her thanes which were dear to her Chr. 917; Erl. 105, 25.

Linked entries: un-besorh be-sorh

un-rípe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-rípe, adj.

Unripeimmature

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Unripe, immature Unrípe deáð immatura mors, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 20. Ða unrípan immatura, Hpt. Gl. 518, 22

forþ-geleóredness

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-geleóredness, e; f.
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Departure, decease, death For þǽre báde his ændes and forþgeleórodnesse pro expectatione sui exitus, Gr. D. 282, 11

oftrǽdlíce

(adv.)
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Ðá ðe oftrǽdlíce lytla scylda wyrceað. . . ðá ðe oftrǽdlíce syngiað, and ðeáh lytlum scyldum qui minimis, sed crebris noxis immerguntur . . . qui licet minima, crebro tamen illicita faciunt, Past. 437, 1-6.

on-efn

(prep.; adv.)
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Ðeáh ðe seofon middangeardas sýn ealle onefn ábrǽdde though seven worlds be spread alongside one another, Sal. K. p. 150, 29. Circumflexus accentus byð of þám óðrum twám geworht, swá wé hér onem (at the side ) habbað ámearkod, Angl. viii. 333, 27

apostolíc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
apostolíc, def. m. -a, f. n. -e; adj.

Apostolicapostolicus

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Apostolic; apostolicus Ðá ongunnon hí ðæt apostolíce líf ðære frymþelícan cyricean onhýrigean cœperunt apostolicam primitivæ ecclesiæ vitam imitari, Bd. 1, 26; S. 487, 31. Se papa ðe on ðam tíman ðæt apostolíce setl gesæt the pope who at that time occupied

firen-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
firen-dǽd, fyren-dǽd, -déd, e; f.

A wicked or sinful deedcrimescĕlestum făcĭnus

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A wicked or sinful deed, crime; scĕlestum făcĭnus Ðæt hie firendǽda tó frece wurdon that they were too audacious in wicked deeds, Cd. 121; Th. 155, 29; Gen. 2580: Exon. 118a; Th. 453, 35; Hy. 4, 25. Firendéda, Ps. C. 50, 44; Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 44. Firendǽdum

Linked entry: fyren-dǽd

feóung

(n.)
Grammar
feóung, fióung, feóng, e; f.

Hatredenmityŏdiuminĭmīcĭtia

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Hatred, enmity; ŏdium, inĭmīcĭtia His unriht and his feóung wurþ ðeáh swíðe open invĕnīret inīquĭtātem suam et ŏdium, Ps. Th. 35, 2. Hí me settan feóunge for mínre lufan pŏsuērunt ŏdium pro dilectiōne mea, 108, 4. Hí ealdum feóungum [feóngum MS.

Linked entries: feóng fióung feówung

strange

(adv.)
Grammar
strange, adv.
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Ðeáh ðe ðæt wíte heardor and strangor dón sý cum districtius agitur, Bd. 1, 27; S. 490, 12. strongly, violently Seó sǽ strange geondstyred on staþu beáteþ, Met. 6, 15; . Soul Kmbl. 89; Seel. 45