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for-drífan

to drive awayoffoutto drive awaycast outto drive outto banishexpelto drive asideto overtask

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Ꝥte hine ne fordrife búta ðæt lond ne se expelleret extra regionem. Mk. L. R. 5, 10. Sume þá munecas hé hét ofsleán, sume on elþiéde fordrífan, Ors. 6, 34; S. 290, 5.

ge-sendan

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Hí gesendon in alle lond ðǽm, Mt. L. 14, 35

níwe

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Longe neótan níwra gefeána, Gú. 805. of things or persons Ne byð god on þé níwe geméted, ne þú fremedne God gebiddest, Ps. Th. 80, 9.

ofer-cuman

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Ofercuómon (supervenerunt) scioppo of ðǽm londe néh ðǽr stóue. Jn. L. R.6, 23.

síþ

(adj.)
Grammar
síþ, [] ; cpve. síþra ; spve. síþest, síþ[e]mest ; adj.
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Sardanopolus wæs se síþmesta cyning ðe on ðæm londe rícsade novissimus apud Assyrios regnavit Sardanapalus, Ors. 1, 12 ; Swt. 50, 29. Ðæt ǽreste . . . ðæt síþmeste ríce primum . . . novissimum regnum, 2, 1 ; Swt. 60, 5.

here-pæþ

(n.)
Grammar
here-pæþ, e; f. (?) [Herepæþ seems distinct from strǽt and from weg:
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D. iii. 414, 23 infra] Þanon súþ tó þane herepade (to the lawepathe,later version; ad illam legalem semitam, Latin version) . . . and swá weast andlange herepaðes (alonge the lawepathys; per longum legales semitas), C. D. B. ii. 386, 25-27.

Linked entry: her-pæþ

weorþ

(n.)
Grammar
weorþ, weorþe, worþ, wurþ, wyrþ, es; n.
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Gebycge hé ða lond æt hire mid halfe weorðe let him buy the lands of her at half price, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 120, 28. Giboht worðe miclum, Rtl. 27, 1. Ðú becýptest folc ðín búton weorðe, Ps. Spl. 43, 14: Ps. Surt. 43, 13.

flítan

to striveto striveto strivequarrelsomecontentiousto disputearguelay blame on

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Heó feóll tó eorðan flítende wið þone hálgan á hé hí ásende on swá mycelne weg and ne wearð gefréfrod she fell to the ground quarrelling with (blaming) the saint for sending her such a long way and she had got no comfort, Hml. S. 3, 652

healh

a corneran anglecaveclosetrecessa bay

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Ond long healhtúnes gemǽres, 436, 27. Æt healhtúne, 294, 21. Æt healtúne, vi. 184, 14: 198, 1. Andlang eá tó healhwere, v. 392, 33. Of ðǽre syrfan tó healwícum, 262, 14

healf

(num.; adj.; adv.)
Grammar
healf, adj.

HALF

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Seofon and twentigoþan healfes fótes twenty-six feet and a half long, Lchdm. iii. 218, 4, 12, 16, 19

micel

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.c. þára miclena þrieréðrena, Ors. 3, 1; S. 96, 27 : 5, 13; S. 246, 6. (1a) as an epithet to distinguish objects of the same kind but of different size :-- Nim þá miclan sinfullan, Lch. ii. 240, 8. (1b) great in extent :-- Gif mon on miclum gangum (long

ge

andevenevenboth . . . and . . . and

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Hé líð inne mónað, ge hwílum twégen (sometimes even as long as two months), Ors. l, I; Swt. 20, 21. Swá ꝥ þá hǽðenan ðe raðor gelífdan. Oft ge þúsend manna ætgædere gelífde, Ll. Th. ii. 372, 17. ge furþum even Ge furþon etenim Ps. Th. 40, 9.

ge-gán

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Þá Deniscan þæt lond all geeódon, 870; P. 70, 8. Þæs þe his cyn ǽrest West-Seaxna lond on Wealum geódon, P. 4, 21.

wræc-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
wræc-síþ, es; m.

travel in a foreign landperegrinationpilgrimageexilebanishmentmiserywretchedness

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Ge in wræcsíðe longe lifdon, swegle benumene, Exon. Th. 139, 19; Gú. 595. Wræcsíð wépan in ðam deáðsele (hell), 166, 23; Gú. 1047: 466, 34; Hö. 126. Wé synd on ðisse worlde ælþeódige . . . ; for gylte wé wǽron on ðysne wræcsíþ sende, Blickl.

hærfest

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On hærfeste gefór se here on Miercna lond, 877 ; P. 74, 21,, Wé weorðiaí heáhengles tiid on hærfeste, Michaheles, Men. 177. Ðis wæs on hærfest, Chr. 918 ; P. 100, 2. Hé saet on þám biscopríce ealne þone sumor and þone hærfest, 1048 ; P. 172, 14.

ǽmettig

Grammar
ǽmettig, ǽmetig, ǽmtig.

empty, void, vacant devoid, void of, free fromunoccupied, at leisure, exempt fromfree to dounmarried

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Add: of space, empty, void, vacant Seó stów ne bið nóht longe ǽmettugu, Shrn. 82, 24. Ǽmettig, ǽmtig, Bd. 4, 30; Sch. 537, 6. Ǽmtig innoþ, Scint. 57, 4. Gyt is rýmet ǽmtig, Hml. Th. ii. 376, 9. Ǽlc beód ǽmtig vacua byþ gesewen, Coll. M. 28, 33.

Linked entries: ǽmetgian ǽmtig

gást

breathspirit, ghost, principle of lifespiritthe immaterial part of mana personsoulan incorporeal thingan incorporeal being, a spirit,divine spiritthe soul of a deceased person

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Fóe se hláford to and ðá hígon and þæt lond mínum gáste nytt gedóen, C. D. i. 311, 19. Hig samod restað on ánre byrgenne, and þá gástas samod gefeóð on ánum wuldre, Mart. H. 214, 19

ge-bindan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bindan, ic -binde, ðú -bintst, -binst, he -bint, pl. -bindaþ; p. ic, he -band, -bond, ðú -bunde, pl. -bundon; pp. -bunden [ge-, bindan to bind, tie] 1.

to bindtie uplĭgāreallĭgārevincīreconstringĕreto deceivefallĕre

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Sorg and slǽp earmne ánhogan oft gebindaþ sorrow and sleep often bind a poor lone-dweller, Exon. 77 a; Th. 288, 33; Wand. 40.

Linked entries: ge-bond ge-bunden

wítnian

(v.)
Grammar
wítnian, p. ode

To punishtormentplague

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Ðone blacan Heáwald hí lange cwylmdon and ðurh lima wítnadon Nigellum Hewaldum longo suppliciorum cruciatu et horrenda membrorum omnium discerptione interemerunt, Bd. 5, 10; S. 624, 41. Ðæt man ðás menn wítnige and cwelle, Blickl. Homl. 183, 2.

fæger

fairdesirablehandsomefairplausiblefairpleasant

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H. 59, 6. of inanimate things Hwæþer ðe lícigen fægeru lond? . . . Hwí ne sceolde mé lícian fæger land ? hú ne is þæt se fægeresta dǽl Godes gesceafta ? an vos agrorum pulcritudo delectat ? quidni ?