fǽr-béna
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Th. ii. 296, 27-298, 13. one that asks for passage on a ship (? cf. fær; I, 3; III; IV. 2) Faerbénu epifates ( = ἐπιβάτης), Txts. 108, 1112
ge-dirfan
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Betere ys þæt for manegra hǽlþe án beó genyþerud, þænne þurh ánes leáfe manega beóð gedyrfede ( periclitentur ), Scint. 115, 20. Scypu beóð gedyrfed (per[i] clitautur) on wídsǽ, Archiv cxx. 297, 19
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ge-wæterian
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For ðǽm is niéddearf ðǽm reccere ðæt hé mæge óðerra monna inngeðonc giendgeótan and gewæterian ( infundere ), Past. 137, 10. to water land Ásende Drihten rénscúras and gewæterode þá eorðan, Hml.
gnornung
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Him gnornunga gǽste ne scódun, Gú. 516. a feeling or expression of discontent or complaint, a grudge For eówerre ágenre gnornunge ðe gé wið ðǽm crístendóme habbað, Ors. 3, 8; S. 122, 11. v. grornung
græf
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Dele last passage, and add: a pit, place dug out. v. hyl-, ísen-, stán-grsef. a grave Græf sceal deadum men a grave is the place for a dead man, Gn. Ex. 149. On brádnysse scræfes, græfes in superficie antri, i. monumenti, An. Ox. 1889.
hríman
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(with the exception of Dan. 756: Æðelst. 39, for which see <b>hréman</b>) and add Is gewriten ðætte swíðe wǽre gemanigfalðod Sodomwara hreám and Gomorwara.
hring
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Add: Though a noun, hring, denoting sound may be inferred from the compounds bel-, nón-hring, it is hardly with this meaning that the word occurs in the phrase wópes hring; for the epithet blát (An. 1281) is not applicable to sound, and the parallel phrase
lytig
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Ac gif hié yfele sint and lytige, ðonne sint hié þé pleólicran gehæfd þonne genæfd, Bt. 14, 1 ; Fox 42, note 10
mæsse-reáf
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For 'Vestment' 1. 'Vestments', and add Eall swá be mæssereáfe þe sume menn maciað of heora ealdum cláðum, Hml. A. 35, 279. Se hálga Swídun on scínendum mæssereáfe stód swylce hé wolde mæssian, Hml. S. 21, 354.
menen
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In line 8 for mennen is l. mennenu, and in last line dele þeów-, and add: In Ps. L. 85, 16 the word is feminine Galla, ꝥ Godes mennen (menen, v.l. ), Gr. D. 280, 12. Þeów mennen, Agar, Gen. 2246.
mónaþ
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. ¶ for the name of the months see Chr. P. Appendix A. and the Martyrology given in the Shrine. Add
weall-fæsten
a walled stronghold ⬩ a fortress ⬩ a wall for defence ⬩ a bulwark
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Th. 64, 31; Gen. 1058. a wall for defence, a bulwark Forhwan ðú tówurpe weallfæsten his ? quid deposuisti maceriam ejus? Ps. Th. 79, 12. Wicon weallfæsten, wǽgas burston, Cd. Th. 208, 14; Exod. 483.
ǽr
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Add: [Without positive (for ǽrne mergen l. ǽrnemergen), but see ǽr; adv.] From ǽran morgene, Chr. 538; P. 17, note 11. Ðá ðe on ǽran tíman lífes wǽron, Lch. iii. 436, 5. Ðǽre ǽran hǽle incolomitati pristinae, An. Ox. 4354. On ðá ǽran hǽle, 1875.
ofer-teón
to draw one thing over another, to cover by drawing one thing over another ⬩ to bring to an end, finish
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Ðonne se fulla móna wyrð ofertogen mid þýstrum, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 29: Met. 9, 16. to bring to an end, finish Ofertogen finitum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 4
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ge-þingan
To determine ⬩ fix ⬩ destine
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Fox 326; Men. 164: 14; Men. 7
friþ-stów
a refuge ⬩ a place of safety for a criminal ⬩ an asylum ⬩ a sanctuary
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Beó mín friðstów, and gedó mé hálne esto mihi in locum refugii, ut salvum me facias, 30, 3. in a technical sense, a place of safety for a criminal an asylum, a sanctuary Hé sceal fleón tó ánra ðára ðreóra burga ðe tó friðstówe gesette sint ( the cities
wan-sceaft
misfortune ⬩ misery ⬩ unhappiness ⬩ some form of disease
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Láð biþ ǽghwǽr fore his wonsceaftum wineleás hæle, 329, 10 ; Vy. 32. some form of disease Hú mon sceal ða wǽtan and wonsceafta (ða wonsceaftan in the section, 246, 6, where no other malady than ða wǽtan is referred to except ða áheardodan swilas) útan
á-teorigendlic
getting exhausted ⬩ wearied ⬩ failing ⬩ transitory ⬩ perishable ⬩ defective
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Ox, 3718. transitory as opposed to eternal,perishable For áteorigendlicere edwiste, Hml. Th. i. 56, 16. Þá ðing ðe wé geseóð on ðisum lífe sind áteorigendlice, 252, 6.
wirsa
Worse ⬩ worst
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Se eallra wyrresta mon, Bt. 14, 3; Fox 46, 20. Ðé þúhte ðæt eallra ðinga wyrrest, 38, 4; Fox 204, 9. Ðæs wyrrestan eorðcyninga, Cd. Th. 235, 13; Dan. 305. On werrestre dǽde in actione pessima, Confess. Peccat.
wel
Well ⬩ well ⬩ prosperously ⬩ well ⬩ much ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ freely ⬩ well ⬩ properly ⬩ well ⬩ very ⬩ quite ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ very ⬩ quite ⬩ well ⬩ ah
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Wel lá (cf. eálá, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 10), ðú éca sceppend ára monna cynne O! jam respice teras, Met. 4, 29. Wel lá, monna bearn 21, 1. Wel lá, men, wel Bt. 34, 8; Fox 144, 23. Wel gá heia Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 30. Weol gá, weol gá euge, euge Ps. Surt. 69, 4
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