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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

ge-beorh

(n.)
Grammar
ge-beorh, gen. -beorges, -beorhges; n.

A defenceprotectionrefugetuĭtiorefŭgium

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Wolde he ðám gebeorh gewarnian ðe he heora láre onféng vŏlens scīlĭcet tuĭtiōnem eis, quos et quōrum doctrīnam suscēpĕrat, præstāre, 2, 5; S. 506, 30, MS. B

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.

tóweardness

(n.)
Grammar
tóweardness, e; f.
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Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 32, 13. a future coming Úre Drihten ðæt gefylde, ðæt þurh his ða hálgan tóweardnesse gehét, Blickl. Homl. 119, 28

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.

un-gewilde

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewilde, adj.

Not in subjection

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underþiédde him selfum monege þeóda ðe ǽr wǽron Rómánum ungewilde, Ors. 6, 30; Swt. 284, 6

Linked entry: un-gewylde

wiþ-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-licgan, p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon

To be obstructiveobjectoppose

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Similar entries Cf. wiþ-standan Behét man him ðæt móste wurðe beón ǽlc ðæra þinga ðe ǽr áhte. Ðá wiðlæg (wiðcwæð, MS. D.) Harold, Chr. 1046; Erl. 173, 2.

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-píned

(v.)
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heom átealde of þan Nazarenisscen kinge, hwu gepíned wæs, 194, 38.] Gepínodes semustulati, Germ. 397, 348.

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.

lád

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Heora ǽlc óþerne myngige þæt þá slápulan náne láde næbben ( propter somnolentorum excusationes ), R. Ben. 47, 17. Add Gif hwá þeóf fridige, sý emscyldig wið mé þá þe þeóf scolde, búton hine mid fulre láde wið mé geclǽnsian mæge, Cht.

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.