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DRÍFAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRÍFAN, drýfan,ic drífe , ðú drífest , drífst , he drífeþ , drífþ , dríft , pl. drífaþ; p. ic, he dráf, ðú drife, pl. drifon, dreofon; pp. drifen .

DRIVE, force, pursue ⬩ pellĕre, mināre, impellĕre, persĕqui ⬩ To drive, rush with violence ⬩ ruĕre

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Th. ii. 94. 34. Spæce or spræce drífan to prosecute a suit, urge a cause, L. O. 2; Th. i. 178, 13: L. Ælf. C. 35; Th. ii. 356, note 2, 4: Th. Diplm. 376, 11. Wóh drífan to practise wrong, L. I. P. 11; Th. ii. 320, 4. v. intrans.

lyft

(n.)
Grammar
lyft, es, e; m. f. n.

Air ⬩ atmosphere ⬩ breeze ⬩ sky ⬩ heavens ⬩ cloud

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Nán wolcn næs on ðære lyfte gesewen no cloud was seen in the sky, Homl. Th. ii. 182, 35. Leólc on lyfte sported in air, Cd. 23; Th. 29, 10; Gen. 448. On lyfte cumende venientem in nube, Lk. Skt. 21, 27.

Linked entries: lift loft

sprengan

Grammar
sprengan, <b>II a.</b>
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<b>II b.</b> add :-- 'Gang hrædlíce and spreng (stregd, v. l.) þis wæter ofer þæs licgendan líchaman'. . . Se diácon ꝥ gebletsode waster sprengde (stregde, v. l.) ofer his lima 'vade citius, et aquam super jacentis corpus projice' . . .

unc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
unc, dat.: unc, uncet (-it), acc.: uncer; gen.

Us two ⬩ me and thee ⬩ me and him

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O. 7; Th. i. 180, 24. Unc is his hyldo þearf, Cd. Th. 41, 30; Gen. 664. Æfter ðon ðe wit nú betweoh unc tógongenne beóþ, ne geseó wit unc ofer ðæt in ðysse weorulde, Bd. 4, 19; S. 607, 20. Beforan ungc, 5, 12; S. 628, 15.

Linked entries: uncet ungc wit

Andreas

(n.)
Grammar
Andreas, m. indecl. but Andreæ and Andrea are found in dat. as in Lat. and Grk.

Andrew ⬩ Andreas

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Hí cómon on Andreas hús venerunt in domum Andreæ, ἦλθον εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν Ἀνδρέου, Mk. Bos. 1, 29. Fram Bethsaida, Andreas ceastre and Petres a Bethsaida, civitate Andreæ et Petri, Jn. Bos. 1, 44.

feórþung

(n.)
Grammar
feórþung, e; f: but in Northumb. m.

A fourth part ⬩ a farthing

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A fourth part, a farthing, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 12, 42

Linked entry: feórþing

ge-háwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-háwian, <b>; II.</b>
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Mon ǽr geháwige ðæt se grund fæsð sié, Past. 308, 3. Add

ge-sceád

Grammar
ge-sceád, <b>; IV.</b>
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Add For gódum gesceáde propter preuidentintn bonam, Chrd. 21, 22. Add Ne forlǽton heora gesettan tída ne an godcundum þénungum ne an óðrum gesceádum non eos debent preterire hore constitute, tam de officiis diuinis, quam aliunde, Chrd. 34, 27

Linked entry: sceád

ge-weaxan

Grammar
ge-weaxan, <b>; II.</b>
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Th. i. 258, 10. Add

ge-bídan

Grammar
ge-bídan, <b>; IX.</b>
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add: to possess Þá druncengeornan ne gebídað ( possidebunt ) hí heofona ríce, Chrd. 74, 35

ildu

(n.)
Grammar
ildu, In l. 5 for senui l. sexui.

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ge-gearwung

Grammar
ge-gearwung, <b>; II.</b>
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Gódra weorca gegearwungum ( exibitionibus ) nacodne, Chrd. 108, 29. Add

drincan

Grammar
drincan, <b>; II.</b>
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add: (1 a) with gen. ꝥ ǽlc mann drunce þæs deórwurðan wínes be þám þe hé sylf wolde, Hml, A. 92, 22

sur

Grammar
sur, glosses lurco, Wrt. Voc. ii. 70, 41,
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read (?) siir

Linked entry: sýr

leásere

Grammar
leásere, <b>; II.</b>
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Heó ongan lǽran þone leásere, Shrn. 47, 5. Add

myne

Grammar
myne, <b>. II.</b>
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Add Wæs eall heora myne fæst on tóhopunge þæs écean Drihtnes, Hml. S. 23, 155. a memorial, memory Þá ðá hǽðenan menn crístendómes leóman mid ealle ádwǽscan woldon, and ǽlcne myne ofer eorðan ádýlgian, Hml. S. 23, 11

tǽcan

Grammar
tǽcan, <b>. IV.</b>
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Add Ðá ísernan hierstepannan hé tǽhte for íserne weall tó settane betuh ðǽm wítgan and ðǽre byrig, Past. 165, 9. add: with double accusative? Hé tǽhte hí (him? Cf. hé sealde hí (him?) ꝥ gerýne, 97) þá gerýna þas hálgan geleáfan, Hml. S. 30, 94

tál-lic

Grammar
tál-lic, <b>. II.</b>
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Tállic gewuna reprehensibilis usus, Chrd. 63, 19. Add

teónlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
teónlíce, <b>. II.</b>
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Achan wearð ðá oftorfod teónlíce mid stánum, Hex. 54, 5. Add

þurh-féran

Grammar
þurh-féran, <b>. II.</b>
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add: to penetrate with the mind Þes Godes wer þurhférde (þurheóde, v.l.) þá díglan þing þǽre godcundnesse este vir Dei divinitatis secreta penetravit, Gr. D. 136, 4