fór-beran
To fore-bear ⬩ to bear or carry before ⬩ to prefer ⬩ præferre
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Ðætte nǽnig bisceop hine óðrum fórbere ut nullus episcŏpōrum se præfĕrat altĕri, Bd. 4, 5; S. 573, 10
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for-lǽtan
to let go ⬩ permit ⬩ suffer ⬩ permittĕre ⬩ to relinquish ⬩ forsake ⬩ omit ⬩ neglect ⬩ relinquĕre ⬩ omittĕre ⬩ prætĕrīre
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to let go, permit, suffer; permittĕre Sum eorþlíc ǽ forlǽtaþ some earthly law permits, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 2. to relinquish, forsake, omit, neglect; relinquĕre, omittĕre, prætĕrīre Forlǽt se man fæder and móder, and geþeót hine to his wífe the man shall
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ful-lǽst
Help ⬩ aid ⬩ support ⬩ auxĭlium ⬩ subsĭdium
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Help, aid, support; auxĭlium, subsĭdium Is mægenwísa trum, fullésta mǽst, se ðas fare lǽdeþ he is a firm army- leader, the greatest of supports, who leads this expedition, Cd. 170; Th. 213, 18; Exod. 554.
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ge-andettan
To confess ⬩ confĭtēri
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To confess; confĭtēri Se seóca sceal geandettan ðam sacerde the sick must confess to the priest, L. Ælf. C. 32; Th. ii. 354, 28 : L. Alf. pol. 14; Th. i. 70, 15, note 38. Gif he hine geandette if he confess himself, L.
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hræd-hýdigness
Precipitancy ⬩ hastiness
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Ðonne oncann hé hiene selfne for ðære hrædhýdignesse ðe hé ǽr tó fela sealde occasionem contra se impatientiæ exquirit, 4; Swt. 325, 16. For hrædhýdignesse præcipiti festinatione, 49, 1; Swt. 375, 16
in-lǽdan
To lead ⬩ bring in ⬩ introduce
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Se ðe má manna inlǽde ðonne hé sceole he who introduces more men than he ought, Chart. Th. 606, 32. Mið ðý inlǽddon ðone cnæht aldro his cum inducerent puerum parentes ejus, Lk. Skt. Lind. 2, 27
missan
to miss ⬩ fail to hit ⬩ to escape the notice of a person
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.): Beó se canon him ætforan eágum, beseó tó gif hé wille, ðý læs ðe him misse (lest any part be omitted by him), L. Edg. C. 32; Th. ii. 250, 25
neáh-mǽg
A near kinsman
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Se man leóf his néhmágum and his worldfreóndum, 111, 27. Wífe and cildan and néhmágon (MS. B. neáhmágum), L. C. S. 71; Th. i. 414, 1
norþ-folc
The northern division of a people ⬩ the people of the north of England ⬩ the people of Norfolk ⬩ Norfolk
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Ðá geaf se cyng his sunu ðone eorldóm on Norþfolc and Súþfolc, Chr. 1075; Erl. 213, 4-5 : 1085; Erl. 218, 21
ge-tinge
Skilful with the tongue ⬩ eloquent
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Gif se Hǽlend gecure æt fruman getinge láreówas if the Saviour had chosen at first eloquent teachers, Homl. Th. i. 578, 1. Wer getinge vir linguosus, Ps. Spl. C. 139, 12
scorian
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Ðá sceorede ðá gyt se yldesta hǽðengylda mid mycelre þwyrnysse the chief idolater still refused (Christianity) with much perversity, 72, 9
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ge-seglian
to sail ⬩ vēlĭfĭcāri ⬩ to furnish with sails ⬩ vēlis instruĕre
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to sail; vēlĭfĭcāri Ðyder he cwæþ, ðæt nán man ne mihte geseglian on ánum mónþe thither he said that a man could not sail in a month, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 21, 19. to furnish with sails; vēlis instruĕre Se ðe nafaþ gesegled scip who hath not a ship furnished
ge-máhlíce
Importunately, peremptorily, boldly, pertinaciously
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Importunately, peremptorily, boldly, pertinaciously Se cyng hét swýðe gemáhlíce ofer eall ðis land beódan the king very peremptorily ordered it to be proclaimed over all this land, Chr. 1095; Erl. 232, 22.
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sige-beám
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A tree on which a victory is gained, generally the cross Se sigebeám the cross, Rood Kmbl. 25 ; Kr. 13 : 251 ; Kr. 127 : Elen. Kmbl. 1927 ; El. 965. Be ðam sigebeáme, on ðam þrowode þeóda Waldend, 840 ; El. 420 : 885 ; El. 444.
þeód-loga
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An arch-impostor, a great liar Ða gódan Godes þegnas sǽdan, ðæt hé ( Simon the sorcerer ) luge, and hý geswutelodon, ðæt hit eal leás wæs, ðæt se þeódloga sǽde, Wulfst. 99, 23.
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þolemódness
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Se geþyldiga man mid his þolmódnysse his sáwle gehylt, ii. 28, 146. Ða getreówfullan ealle lífes wiðerweardnesse forþyldigian scylun, be hiora þolemódnesse (þolo-, MS. T.) is þus áwriten, R. Ben. 27, 8, 13.
un-forwandodlíc
Undeterred by fear or shame ⬩ fearless ⬩ free
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Ðonne wénaþ hié ðæt hié sprecen for unforwandodlícre and orsorglícre ryhtwísnesse se credunt loqui per libertatem rectitudinis, 41; Swt. 302, 5
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wan-hálness
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Bróþor se untruma gif hé gefrét hys weaxan wanhálnysse (inbecillitatem), Anglia xiii. 442, 1102. Cf. wan-hæ̂lþ
wésan
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Heoretes sceafeþan of felle áscafen mid pumice and wése mid ecede, 44, 11: ii. 100, 15: 246, 13. v. ge-wésan; wése, wésing. to ooze, suppurate Ðonne ǽrest onginne se healsgund wésan (wesan?), Lchdm. ii. 44, 11
ancra
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Sc̃e Antonius se ancra, Shrn. 50, 14: 59, 17. Sc̃e Gútláces swyster þæs ancran, 50, 2. Anceran, 71, 3: 72, 19. Paulus and Antonius ðá ǽrostan ancran, Sal. K. 190, 24. Óþer muneca cyn is ancrena, þæt is wéstensetlena, R. Ben. 9, 5. Add