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fóre-stihtod

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-stihtod, fore-stihtan; p. te; pp. -stiht, -stihted; -stihtian; p. ode; pp. od

predestine

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'; þæt is, 'Ðá ðe forestihte,' Hml. Th. ii. 364, 25-366, 1. ne forestihte nǽnne tó yfelnysse . . . forestihte ðá gecorenan tó dám écan lífe . . . nolde forestihtan þá árleásan tó his ríce, i. 112, 28-33.

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, p. teóde.
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Tó ðam golde ðe him tó gode teóde the gold that he had shaped for a god to himself, Cd. Th. 229, 13; Dan. 216. Se ðás woruld teóde, Exon. Th. 335, 16; Gn. Ex. 34: Andr.

Linked entries: tyht forþ-tíhan

ge-nyhtsumian

(v.)
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Add: to abound, have abundance Ælc þǽra ðe hæfð, him bið máre geseald, and genihtsumað ( abundabit ), Hml. Th. ii. 556, 12. Genyhtsumaþ ( hæfð genóh, W. S.), Mt. R. 25, 29: 13, 12. Þǽm hæbbendum mon sceal ágyfan and genyhtsumiað, Ll.

tó-gædere

(adv.)
Grammar
tó-gædere, -gædre, -gadore; adv.

Togetherunion, association, joining, mingling,

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Hi ðǽr fæste tógædere féngon they attacked one another fiercely, Chr. 999; Erl. 134, 25: 1001; Erl. 137, 12. féngon tógædere fæstlíce mid wǽpnum, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 631. Hwænne tógædere gáras béron when they should cross weapons, Byrht.

hræfn

(n.)
Grammar
hræfn, es; m.

A raven

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Ðǽr him hrefn nimeþ heáfodsýne slíteþ salwigpád sáwelleásne there shall the raven, dark-coated, pluck from him his eyes, shall tear him lifeless, Exon. 87 b; Th. 329, 18; Vy. 36. Hræfen wan, Elen. Kmbl. 104; El. 52: Fins. Th. 69; Fins. 34.

Linked entries: hræm hrefn hrem hremn

stycce-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
stycce-mǽlum, (sticce-, stic-); adv.
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Ðone song gehýrde sticcemǽlum tó him neálǽcan, 4, 3; S. 567, 43.

a-gǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
a-gǽlan, p. de; pp. ed.

To hinderoccupydetaindelayneglectimpedireretardaremorarinegligereTo hesitatebe carelesscunctariindili-gens esse

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To hinder, occupy, detain, delay, neglect; impedire, retardare, morari, negligere Ðæt he ne agǽle gǽstes þearfe that he delay not his spirit's welfare, Exon. 19b; Th. 51, 16; Cri. 817. Me ðiós siccetung hafaþ agǽled this sighing has hindered me.

Linked entry: a-gálan

ge-brecan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brecan, he -breceþ, -bryceþ; p. -bræc, ðú -brǽce , pl. -brǽcon; pp. -brocen; v. trans, [ge-, brecan to break]

To breakbruisecrushdestroyshatterwastefrangĕreconfringĕrecontrībulārecontĕrĕreconquassāreattĕrĕre

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He him on fæðm gebræc he crushed them into his grasp, i. e. subdued them, Cd. 4; Th. 4, 32; Gen. 62: 97; Th. 127, 15; Gen. 2111: Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 2.

bí-leofa

(n.)

subsistencemaintenanceprovisionvictuals

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Sýfre on bigleofan sobrii, Hml. A. 52, 52. Þá ðe hæfdon sum þing lytles tó bigleofan, ꝥ reáferas of þám múðe him ábrúdon, 68, 72. Ǽlcum hláforde gedafenaþ ðæt his mannum heora bigleofan on gesettum tíman, 55, 128: 105, 90.

ofer-reccan

(v.)

to convince, confute, convict

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to convince, confute, convict: — Gif hine mon oferricte ðæt ne móste londes wyrþe beón if it should be proved against him that he was disqualified for holding land, Chart. Th. 141, 11.

sunne

(n.)
Grammar
sunne, an (sunnu, Cd. Th. 286, 14; Sat. 352, and acc. sunne, 147, 11; Gen. 2437:
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Th. 184, 19; Exod. 109. used in phrases expressing exposure to the sun's heat or light, e. g. in or out of the sun Gelicge upweard wið hátre sunnan let him lie on his back with his face turned towards a hot sun, Lchdm. iii. 2, 10.

Linked entries: sunna sunnu sól

ge-weorc

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Eall his ágen geweorc Drihten bletsige benedicite Dominum omnia opera ejus. Ps. Th. 102, 21. His ciricean, his ágen geweorc (cf. hié mid his sylfes handum geworhte, 14), Bl. H. 197, 7. v. ǽr-, eald-, fyrn-, hand-geweorc.

ge-setnes

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Daniel on his gesetnisse, 45. Heó on ðǽra wítegena gesetnysse rǽdde, Hml. Th. i. 42, 20. Of Mathees gesetnysse ge of Lucas, ii. 468, 13. ( St. John) áwrát on wundorlicre gesetnesse, Hml.

cyne-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-ríce, cyne-rýce, es; n.

A royal region or possession, a kingdom, realm regnum

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Ðæt he ealdordóm ágan sceolde ofer cynerícu that he should possess eldership over the kingdoms, Cd. 158; Th. 198, 5; Exod. 318: Bt. Met. Fox 26, 12; Met. 26, 6

Linked entry: cyning-ríce

for-ðam

(adv.)
Grammar
for-ðam, for-ðæm, for-ðan, for-ðon; adv.

For that causeconsequentlyproptĕreaidcircoĭdeo

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Wæs he sóþfæstnysse wer, and he forðon eallum wæs leóf he was a man of truth, and was consequently dear to all, Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 22: Cd. 9; Th. 11, 9; Gen. 172: Exon. 10 a; Th. 10, 7; Cri. 148: Beo. Th. 6035;B. 3021: Menol. Fox 382; Men. 192: Ps.

med-trum-ness

(n.)
Grammar
med-trum-ness, <b>, med-trym-ness, met-trum-ness, met-trym-ness</b> e; f.

Infirmityill-healthsicknessillness

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Se ðe biscephád underféhþ underféhþ ðæs folces mettrymnesse quasi ad ægrum medicus accedit, 9; Swt. 59, 23. gefór on ðære mettrymnesse, Ors. 6, 30; Swt. 282, 21. Ðá gehǽldon hié sum wíf of micelre medtrumnesse, Shrn. 135, 16. Mettrumnesse, Ps.

gebringan

(v.)
Grammar
gebringan, he -bringeþ, -brincþ; p. -brang, -brong; pp. brungen [ge-, bringan to bring]

To bringleadadduceproducebearferredūcĕreaddūcĕreprodūcĕreofferre

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Ða hine on yrre gebringaþ they bring him to anger; in īra provŏcant, Ps. Th. 65, 6. Ðæt he hine on orwénnysse gebringe that he may bring him to despair, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 17: Homl. Th. i. 8, 13: Rood Kmbl. 275; Kr. 139.

eáþe-lic

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hæfde mid him eáþelicne fódan . . . þá eáðelican þénunga heom þénode, Hml. S. 23, 234, 239.

Linked entry: íþe-lic

ge-cirredness

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Sý swylcera gebyrda oþþe gecyrrednesse swylce sý ( whatever his birth or the time of his coming to the monastery ), sý gemedemad on stede swá swá his gecerrednes sý, R. Ben. 12, 20-13, 2: 107, 10-11.

ge-feccan

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H. 187, 15. Gefæccan, Hml. S. 2, 197.