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for-ceorfan

to cut upto cut offto cut down

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D. 340, 20. to cut off, out, away Hió forcearf sapientia excidit (columnas septem), Kent. Gl. 284. his eáran forcurfon. Hml. S. 21, 268. Heó bæd ꝥ hyre fæx forcurfon, 2, 50. Hé hét forceorfan his tungan ... and his handa forceorfan, 25, 115.

ealdorlicness

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Ðæt on his ealdorlicnesse hié ongieten ðæt hié him mægen ondrǽdan, Past. 119, 12. Gefultumiende mid his cynelicre ealdorlicnesse (aldor-, v.l. ), Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 598, 13.

folgoþ

serviceofficeauthority

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Ðá ðe . . . him mon swelcne folgað beódeð and hié him wiðsacað qui culmen regiminum si vocati suscipere renuunt, 41, 20.

lícan

(v.)

to please

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to please Ne lícaþ him ðeáh his earfoþu his troubles do not please him, Ps. Th. 40, 1. Wel lícaþ Drihtne ða ðe hine him ondrǽdaþ beneplacitum est Domino super timentes eum, 146, 12

Linked entry: lícian

ge-forþian

(v.)
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Dauid hit hæfde gemynt ǽr tó dónne, ac hé ne geforðede hit ná, ac hit wearð þurh his sunu geforðad, Wlfst. 277, 26. Sé þe þis forsitte and hit geforðian nylle. Ll. Th. i. 284, 4: ii. 288, 22: Chr. 1097; P. 2-53, 24. 'Man ofsleá Amanes mágas.'

helle-god

(n.)
Grammar
helle-god, es; n.

A god of the infernal regions

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A god of the infernal regions Orfeus wolde gesécan hellegodu and biddan ðæt him ágeáfan eft his wíf Orfeus would visit the gods of the infernal regions and pray them to give him his wife again, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 13

á-þeódan

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á-þeódan, Add:, á-þiédan-þiédan, á-þýdan-þýdan
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Hié beóð from ðǽre lufe áðiéd hiera niéhstena, 349, 6. Ne myhte hyra náðer fram óðrum beón áðýded. Shrn. 99, 8. Swá swíðe swá beóð fram him áþeódde ne cunnon his dómas, Gr. D. 138, 27.

Linked entry: á-þiédan

ge-fylstan

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Him gefylste God tó máran áre, Ors. 6, 33; S. 288, 8. him gefylstan ꝥ hié eft tó hiora ágnum becóman, 4, 3; S. 162, 20. Add

ge-tweógan

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L. 28, 17. where there is want of faith, confidence, &c. with impersonal construction Þá him neálǽhtan, þá getweóde hié hwæðer hié wið him mæhten cum desistendum certamine propter metum periculi arbitrarentur, Ors. 1, 14; S. 56, 31. with subject

æt-gædere

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In passage from Met. 20, 160 insert mǽst after biþ, and add: marking association Him leófre wǽre þæt hié mid þǽre byrig ætgædere forwurdon þonne hié mon bútan him tówurpe, Ors. 4, 13; S. 210, 23. Hié ætgædere wǽron on heora gebedstówe, Bl.

hreówsian

(v.)
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Ðæt mon hreówsige hit synna, 411, 24-29: 437, 21. Ðæt hié hira unryhtwísnesse hreówsian, 425, 24. Hé sceal his ágnu yfelu hreówsian, 461, 22: 421, 13. with gen.

for-standan

(v.)
Grammar
for-standan, fór-standan (l. for-).
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His freónda forspǽc forstent him eal þæt sylfe swylce hit sylf spǽce, Wlfst. 38, 16.

Linked entry: for-licgan

ge-langian

(v.)
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gelangigan hider tó þám bisceope, 23, 680. Hé hét gelangian ðá preóstas tó his andwerdnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 310, 11. following the dat. Gelangode hé himhis ercediácon, Hml. S. 31, 1387. Hé hét him gelangian þá gelýfedan men tó, 3, 94.

fore-gísel

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Salde se here him forgíslas (gíslas, v. l.) and micle áþas þæt hié of his ríce uuoldon, and him eác gehéton þæt hiera kyning fulwihte onfón wolde; and hié þæt gelǽston swá, 878; P. 76, 13. Substitute:

Linked entry: gísel

ge-ládian

(v.)
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Be his ágnum were geládige hé hine, 120, 18. Gylde hé, oþþe hine be fullan geládige, 392, 19. Gyf hine man teó ꝥ hé hine út sceóte, geládige hine swá hit on lande stande, 260, 9. to clear oneself of a charge of cognizance, connivence, &c.

ge-scínan

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L. 9, 29. to shine on Swá se fiicbeám ofersceadað ðæt lond ðæt hit under him ne mæg gegrówan, for ðǽm hit sió sunne ne mót gescínan, Past. 337, 12

belgan

(v.)
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hine bealg wið Samuel, Past. 35, 16. intrans. Þára wóhnes bealh for þám þeáwum his riht-wísnysse quorum tortitudo in norma ejus rectitudinis offendebat, Gr. D. 104, 14. Hiá bulgon bituih him seolfum indigne ferebant intra semel ipsos, Mk. L.

munuc-behát

(n.)
Grammar
munuc-behát, es; n.
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A monastic vow 'Án munuc cóm and gyrnde míre dehter, sylle ic him oððe ná?' 'Asecge mé hwæðer hé his Gode wiðsace and his fulluhte and his munucbeháte,' Hml. A. 197, 81: 198, 95

Linked entry: be-hát

neádung

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Þæne deófollican unðeáw, ꝥ hé wile on his gebeórscipe þurh his hálsunge and ðurh his neádunge gedón, ꝥ óðre men nimað máre ðonne hit gemet sý, 145. 23

on-sundrum

(adv.)
Grammar
on-sundrum, -sundran, -sundron; adv.

separately, severally, separated one from the other, apartin retirement from others, apartmaking distinction from others, especially

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Nǽnig heora, of ðám ðe áhton, ówiht his beón onsundran cwæþ, Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 15. Ðeáh bútú on ánum men síen, ðeáh biþ ǽgðer him onsundron, Bt. 16, 3; Fox 54, 35. Ǽlc ðæra gesceafta hæfþ his ágenne eard onsundron, 33, 4; Fox 130, 24.

Linked entry: sundor