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sinc

(n.)
Grammar
sinc, es ; n. (used only in poetry)
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Ðone hring hæfde Higelác nýhstan síðe, siððan hé under segne sinc ealgode, Beo. Th. 2413 ; B. 1204.

openlíce

(adv.)
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Sege hwæthwugu swetolor ymb þæt, þæt ic mage openlícor ongytan, 46, 3. Magon wé ðis spel ðe openlícor gereccean quod melius ostendimus, Past. 197, 11. add: without restriction Hwæt þú woldest witan ic ne mæg mid fæáwum weordum gesecgan.

ÆCER

(n.)
Grammar
ÆCER, æcyr, es; m.

a field ⬩ land ⬩ what is sown ⬩ sown land ⬩ ager ⬩ seges

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a field, land, what is sown, sown land; ager, seges For ðam is se æcer geháten Acheldemah propter hoc vocatus est ager ille Haceldama, Mt. Bos. 27, 8.

Linked entries: sulh-æcer acer æcyr ecer

ge-þeówan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þeówan, to press.
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Tó geþýdum, 2, 411. to compel, force a person to do something Ðá clericas þe Ceólnóð þár sette far swylcre neóde geðý[ed] ( compulsus ) swá wé seggan wyllað, Chr. 870; P. 283, 29. to oppress, subjugate Geðédum subjugatis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 69

seófian

(v.)
Grammar
seófian, séfian, sýfian ; p. ode.
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Sege mé hwæðer ðú mid rihte mǽge seófian (siófian, Cott. MS.) ðína unsǽlþa poterisne de infortunio jure caussari ? 10 ; Fox 28, 8. Ðonne hí sceoldan hiora sár siófian, ðonne grymetodan hí, 38, 1 ; Fox 194, 35 : Met. 26, 82.

Linked entries: seáfian séfian seóbgende sýfian

for-

(prefix)
Grammar
for-, is used in composition in Anglo-Saxon exactly as the English for: it often deteriorates, or gives an opposite sense, or gives strength to the words before which it is placed; in which case it may be compared with Gothic fra-, Dutch and German ver- [different from the Dutch voor, and German vor]. Forbeódan to forbid; fordéman to condemn; forcúþ perverse, corrupt; fordón to destroy, to do for. — Sometimes fór denotes an increase of the signification of the word before which it is placed, and is then generally to be in English very; valde, as fó;r-eáde very easily,
  • Homl. Th. ii. 138, 35
: fór-oft very often,
  • Bd. de nat. rerum
    • ;
  • Wrt. popl. science 11, 8
    • ;
  • Lchdm. iii. 256, 16.
For- and fór-, or fóre- are often confounded, though they are very different in meaning; as forseón [Flem. versien] to overlook, despise; fór- or fóreseón [Flem. veursien] to foresee. — If a word, having for, fór or fóre prefixed, cannot be found under for-, fór- or fóre-, it must be sought under the simple term, and the sense of the preposition added; thus, fór- or fóre-sendan is from sendan to send, and fór-, fóre before, to send before, etc. [On the vowel in for, fore, see remark in the preface.]

Linked entries: scrífan scyldigian síðian -witol -wríþan stalian swelgan swígan swigian swíðan syngian trúwian þeahtung þeón þingian meltan myrþrian nefa pyndan of-drincan -sáwenlic scirian seáþ -wyrpness setness -sewen -sewenlic -sewenlíce -sewenness síþ stregdan teón treddan trúwung weorþan manig micel nǽman neáh irman þrǽstness witig wlencan wrégan wundian wyrht brítan fær- feallan fyllan gǽgan gǽgednes

be-tweohs

Grammar
be-tweohs, -tweox.

between ⬩ among ⬩ between ⬩ among

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Add: with dat. between, local Segor stód on midwege betweox ðǽm muntum and ðǽm merscum, Past. 399, 13.

sǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽne, adj.

Slow, dull, sluggish, inactive

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Ðone sǽnan ðe biþ tó sláw ðú scealt hátan assa má ðonne man segnis ac stupidus torpet? asinum vivit. Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 19. Mægencræft móda gehwilces ofer líchoman lænnie and sǽnne might of the mind over the body weak and dull. Met. 26, 106.

hebban

(v.)
Grammar
hebban, occurs with dat.

to lift ⬩ to lift ⬩ to raise ⬩ lift ⬩ make a sound ⬩ to exalt ⬩ elevate ⬩ to extol ⬩ exalt ⬩ to set up ⬩ institute ⬩ to raise ⬩ bring up ⬩ to direct ⬩ bear ⬩ To rise ⬩ mount

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Wæs þúf hafen, segen for sweótum, El. 123. where part of the body is moved, to lift the hand, head, eye, &c: Ðonne hé hóf his hond upp tó hiofonum, ðonne hófon ðá deór fótas (fét, v. l.) upp, Shrn. 72, 6.

ge-hǽlan

(prep.)
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Sió Segor gehǽlde Loth fleóndne. Swá déð sió Segor ðæs medemestan lífes: ðá ðe hire tó befleóð hió geheálð, Past. 399, 15. Cóm ic ꝥ ic gehǽle ( saluificem ) middaneard, Jn. 12, 47. Ꝥ middaneard sý gehǽled ( saluetur ) þurh hine, 3, 17.

tó-brǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-brǽdan, p. de.

to make broad, ⬩ enlarge, ⬩ extend, ⬩ make great in size or number ⬩ to make great, ⬩ magnify, ⬩ multiply, ⬩ increase, ⬩ improve the condition of a person ⬩ to expand, ⬩ extend, ⬩ spread out, ⬩ open wide, ⬩ distend ⬩ to extend, ⬩ spread abroad, ⬩ diffuse

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Ða earfoðu mínre heortan synd swýðe tóbrǽd (dilatatae), 24, 15. to expand, extend, spread out, open wide, distend Gif ðú ðínes scipes segl ongeán ðone wind tóbrǽdst, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 32.

Linked entry: tó-brédan

wirnan

(v.)
Grammar
wirnan, p. de.

to refuse ⬩ refrain from granting ⬩ to prevent ⬩ prohibit ⬩ keep from

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to refuse, refrain from granting a prayer, claim, grant, etc., Grammar wirnan, with gen. of what is refused Se ðe ne wiernð (wirnð. Hatt. MS.) ðæs wínes his láre ða mód mid tó oferdrencanne ðe hiene gehiéran willaþ, vino eloquii auditorum mentem inebriare

Linked entries: wyrnan wernan

for-cúþ

unclean ⬩ worthless

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Eálá þú forcúðost manna, 12, 197. of human actions or qualities Hwæt segst ðú ꝥ sié forcúþre ðonne sió ungesceádwísnes?, Bt. 36, 6; F. 180, 31.

unc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
unc, dat.: unc, uncet (-it), acc.: uncer; gen.

Us two ⬩ me and thee ⬩ me and him

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Sege mínum bréðer ðæt hé dǽle uncer ǽhta wið mé, Lk. Skt. 12, 13. Wit be uncer ǽrdǽdum onfóð, 23, 41. Ðú hæfst yfele gemearcod uncer sylfra síð, Cd. Th. 49, 14; Gen. 792. Mid uncer ágene swurde, Shrn. 39, 35.

Linked entries: uncet ungc wit

wæter

(n.)
Grammar
wæter, es; n. (the word seems to be feminine inon ðisse wætere,
  • Homl. 247, 25
    • ; see also
  • Ps. Th. 17, 11
: and a weak genitive plural wæterena is found in
  • Ps. Th. 31, 7.
)

water ⬩ water ⬩ water in the sky, rain ⬩ water of a river, sea, etc. ⬩ water as in Derwentwater, a body of water, a stream, lake, sea ⬩ waters of a great river, of a sea, etc.

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water Wæter aqua,hlúttor wæter limpha, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 17, 18. Wæter limphale, ii. 52, 19. Ðæt wæter is brosniendlíc wǽta. Homl. Th. ii. 270, 5. Blód fléwð ofer eorðan swá swá wæter, Blickl. Homl. 237, 6. Byrneþ wæter swá weax, Exon. Th. 61, 23 ; Cri

hálig-dóm

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Nú wille wé eów segcan . . . hwæt se háligdóm is . . . Ǽrost . . . C. D. B. ii. 389, 19-39.

for-déman

to condemn ⬩ to condemn ⬩ sentence to punishment ⬩ to confiscate ⬩ sequestrate ⬩ decide ⬩ determine

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Swá segð se apostol (v. 1 Cor. 11, 29) ná fordémiende (dijudicantes) líchaman Drihtnes, Angl. xiii. 389, 344

ge-wislíce

(adv.)
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Sege mé gewislícor þæt ic hit mæge understandan tell me more clearly, that I may understand it, Ap. Th. 15, 24. Wé wyllað nú secgan be ðisum eallum gewislícor, Ælfc. Gr.

módor

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Swá hwylc swá segð his fæder and méder (moeder, L. móder matri), Mt. 15, 4. Nú ne sceolon þá mǽdenu heora móddru forseón of ðám ðe hí cómon, þeáh ðe hí beón on mægðháde lybbende and heora móddru beón wíf, Hml. A. 37, 324: 32, 208.

dígle

(adj.)
Grammar
dígle, dégle, diégle, deigle, deágol, dǽg-, dég-, deóg-, dióg-, díg- dýg-ol (-el), deáhle, díhle; adj.
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Sege hwæt ic þence oþþe hwæt ic dó on déglum gerece, Bl. H. 181, 14. Þurh his dihlan miht, Dóm. L. 20. Beóð gesweotolude dígle geþancas arcana patebunt, 135. Hié wǽron gewitan Godes dégolra dóma, Bl. H. 161, 16. Ondrǽd þú þé díhle wísan, Dom.

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