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óþ-scúfan

(v.)
Grammar
óþ-scúfan, to push (intrans.)
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away, move away geséceþ (-aþ, MS. ) Syrwara lond corðra mǽste.

rǽd-bana

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd-bana, an; m.
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One who contrives a person's death, but is not the actual perpetrator Gif man secge ðæt wǽre dǽdbana oððe rǽdbana if he be said to be the actual perpetrator of homicide, or the deviser of it, L. Eth. ix. 23; Th. i. 344, 26. Cf.

ge-wintred

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wintred, -wintrad; part.

Grown to full agefull-agedagedadultus

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Ðeáh he gewintred wǽre though he was aged, Ors. 6, 31; Bos. 128, 7. Ðæs gewintredan monnes of a full-aged man, L. Alf. pol. 26; Th. i. 78, 18

Linked entry: -wintred

þancweorþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þancweorþlíce, adv.
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ðære gife ðancwurþlíce ( gratanter ) onféng, 4, 30; S. 609, 9. Gif ǽr ne geæfstgode ðætte his bróður lác wǽron ðancweorðlícor onfongne ðonne his nisi Cain invidisset acceptam fratris hostiam, Past. 34; Swt. 235, 3. In Jn.

þeóden-hold

(adj.)
Grammar
þeóden-hold, adj.
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wígena fand æscberendra .xviii. and .ccc. eác þeódenholdra (þeonden, MS.), 123, 10; Gen. 2042. mid wuldre geweorðode þeódenholde, 183, 5; Exod. 87. Cf. dryhten-hold, Cd. Th. 137, 32; Gen. 2282

under-licgan

(v.)

to be subjectsubmityield

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to be subject, submit, yield Ne mæg se preóst mannum ðingian, gif synnum underlíð, Homl. Th. ii. 320, 21: Homl. Skt. i. 1, 155. Ne underlicga wé synnum nec succumbamus vitiis, Rtl. 82, 25. Underlicgge þreále discipline subjaceat, R.

á-fréfran

Grammar
á-fréfran, -fréfrian.
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Þéh þe ꝥ mód áfréfrie (-fréfre, v. l, ), Gr. D. 258, 27. Áfréfrige, Bl. H. 37, 30. Þá wolde hié áfréfran, 131, 29. Áfréfriende, Gr. D. 112, 26 : 190, 17. Áfréfrede, Bl. H. 25, 21. Add

ár-fæst

(adj.)
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Mid árfæsððes (-fæstes, v. l.) ingeðonces láre pia intentione, Past. 167, 7. merciful, gracious, clement Þæt híwige swylce árfæst sý, Wlfst. 59, 19. Gif Drihten ús árfæst ( propitius ) bið, Num. 14, 8. Þú ǽrfæstosta Hǽlend, Angl. xi. 114, 75

eald-gewyrht

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ána scyle gnorn þrowian I know well that for past deeds he has not deserved to suffer sorrow alone, B. 2657

for-brittan

Grammar
for-brittan, for-bryttan.

to crushdestroy

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Ne forbrýte ná þæt tócnysede hreód, R. Ben. 121, 5. to crush, destroy a person bið forbrét conteretur, Kent. Gl. 147

fore-þeón

(v.)
Grammar
fore-þeón, (for-)

o excelsurpass

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óþerne on hálgum þeówdóme forþeón mæge, R. Ben. 131, 18.

Linked entry: for-þeón

ge-fædere

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Add: of the relation between sponsor and parent or between sponsors; commater gean Ælf(þ)ríð, ðæs cyninges wífæ, his gefæðeran, Cht. Th. 527, 14. Ne gewífige on his gefæderan ( commatrem ), Ll.

Ispánie

(n.)
Grammar
Ispánie, pl.
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He monega gefeoht on Ispánium þurhteáh, 29: 4, 8; S. 188, 19. Scipia geflémde Hasterbal on Ispániun ( in Hispania), 4, l0; S. 198, 14. He for of Ispánium (ab Hispaniis), 22. Wæs án hirde on Ispánium, 5, 2 ; S. 216, 6.

merigen-lic

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Add on merigenlicere tíde mynster gesóhte he returned to the monastery in time for matins, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 16. Ealle þás niht ic áne wunode biddende . . . and þís mergendlican dæge gelícode mé ꝥ ic eówerne sum mé tó begeáte, Hml. S. 33, 108.

nabban

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næfde þæs cræftes ꝥ hine tócwýsan mihte, Hml. S. 31, 1247. Hí næbbað éce gewitnesse, Past. 449, 3, Hié hit tó nánum láðe næfdon, Ors. 1, 10; S. 48, 13. Hý tó Gode næfdon náþer ne lufe ne ege, Wlfst. 10, 5.

nyttian

(v.)
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Næfð nán man tó þæs unhále æágan þæt ne mage lybban be þáre sunnan, and hire (printed hine) nyttian gyf énygwiht geseón mæg, 43, 25.

on-hróp

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Add mid gemálicum bénum befealh þám hálgan were, ꝥ him wǽre álýfed út tó farenne.

on-tendness

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Add oferswŷðde þâ synne, for þâm þe swâ onwende þâ ontendnysse (þâ hæ̂te and þone synlust, v. l.) vicit peccatum, quia mutavit incendium, Gr. D. 101, 28

sóþ

Grammar
sóþ, truth. <b>I b.</b>
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nyste hwæt þæs sóþes ( or adj. ?) wæs, for þǽm hit self ne geseah, Ors. 1, 1; S. 17, 33. Add

talu

Grammar
talu, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Ne móste beón þára þreóra nánes wyrðe ðe eallum leódscipe geseald wæs on wedde, tale ( he should not be entitled to bring an action ), ne teámes, ne áhnunga, Cht. Th. 266, 11. v. frum-, geán-talu