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ge-mearcian

(v.)
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S. 29, 55. to assign, appoint Ne wearð wyrse dǽd monnum gemearcod, Gen. 595.

mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
mearcian, to mark, <b>mearcian</b> to fix bounds. [These may be taken together; cf. mearc.]
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'For hwí ne mearcodon gé ( signastis ) þysne hláf swá swá hit þeáw is ?,' Gr. D. 87, 1-13. <b>III a.</b> to mark with a symbol :-- Mid þám háligan ele gé scylan þá hǽþenan cild mearcian on þám breóste . . . mid róde tácne, Ll.

rýman

(v.)
Grammar
rýman, de.

to make roomy, extend, spread, enlarge,amplifyto clear a wayyield, give place

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Rýmaþ him ( cease to oppose him ) ðæt hé mé leng ne swence, Homl. Th. i. 534, 17

Linked entry: rúmaþ

sáwel-sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
sáwel-sceatt, es; m.

An ecclesiastical due

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To the same effect it is said in Wulfstan's Homilies Eác wé lǽraþ ðæt cristenra manna gehwylc understande, ðæt hé æfter forþsíðe bútan sáwulsceatte ne licge on mynstre, ac gelǽste man á ðone sáwelsceat æt openum pytte, 118, 4-7.

Linked entry: sáwel-gescot

swelgan

(v.)
Grammar
swelgan, p.swealh, pl. swulgon; pp. swolgen (with acc. or inst. (dat.))

To swallow.of taking food, etc., by living creaturesof absorption or reception by inanimate things, to swallow, take in, drink, absorbto take in to the mind, accept, imbibe (wisdom)with the idea of violence or destruction, to devour (lit. or fig.), to consume, engulf absorbereglutireto swallow.

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Háliges láre synnige ne swulgon, ðeáh hé sóðra swá feala tácna gecýðde. Andr. Kmbl. 1419; An. 710. Wile se Waldend, ðæt wé wisdom á snyttrum swelgen, Exon.

Linked entry: swylfende

be-fóran

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
be-fóran, l. be-foran, and add:

in the presence ofin front of an object a-head ofover againstbeforein advance of:into the presence ofbeforein advance

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Ne sceal hé þone æþelborenan settan beforan þane þeówborenan, R. Ben. 12, 13. adv. local, before, in advance Hé his ǽrendracan beforan ásende tó þǽre ðeóde, Ors. 1, 10; S. 44, 7. Ðá eóde se man in beforan tó ðám cynge, Ap.

ge-mǽne

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Ne sig þé and þisum ryhtwýsan men nán þyng gemǽne let there be nothing between you and this righteous man; nihil tibi et justo illi (Mt. 27, 19), Nic. 3, ll. Wæs unefen racu unc gemǽne Cri. 1460.

hríðer

(n.)
Grammar
hríðer, hrýðer, es; n.

oxcowheifer

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F: neáta, MS. D.] heáfdum they stoned him to death with bones and heads of cattle, Chr. 1012; Erl. 146, 18. Hrýðra fald bucetum, Ælfc. Gl. 1; Som. 55, 23; Wrt. Voc. 15, 22. Of hríðerum de armento, Lev. 1, 3.

Linked entries: hruðer hrýðer

hweorfan

(v.)
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. :-- Wand hé him úp þanon, hwearf him þurh þá helldora, Gen. 447. of the passage to the next world Gástas hweorfon, sóhtou swegles dreámas, An. 640. of the course of events, to proceed Gif seó wyrd swá hweorfan mót on yfelra manna gewill, Bt. 4; F.

FǼMNE

(n.)
Grammar
FǼMNE, fémne, an; f. [fēmĭna a woman]

A virgin, damsel, maid, woman virgo, puella, fēmĭna

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Ðære fǽmnan líchoma brosnian ne mihte fēmĭnæ căro corrumpi non pŏtuit, Bd. 4, 19; S. 587, 36. Hæfde Nérgend fægere fóstorleán fǽmnan forgolden, éce to ealdre the Saviour had repaid the fair reward of fostering to the virgin, in eternal life, Menol.

Linked entry: fémne

féða

(n.)
Grammar
féða, an; m.

a band on footinfantrya hosttrooptribecompanyphălanx pĕdestrispĕditeslĕgioăciestrĭbuscătervaa battlepugna

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Ne willaþ eów andrǽdan deáde féðan dread ye not dead bands, Cd. 156; Th. 194, 26; Exod. 266. Hí bǽdon ðæt hí móston ofer ðone ford faran, féðan lǽdan they gave orders to go over the ford, to lead the troops onward, Byrht. Th. 134, 23; By. 88.

Linked entry: féðu

HRÓF

(n.)
Grammar
HRÓF, es; m.

A ROOFthe topsummit

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Ðe ne beóþ tó ðam hrófe ðonne git cumen fulfremedra mægena nondum ad extremam manum virtutum perfectione perductas, Bt. 18, 1; Fox 60, 22. From hróf eardes a summo terræ, Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 27.

LEÓHT

(n.)
Grammar
LEÓHT, líht, es; n.

LIGHTa light

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Ðæt þridde ne geseah ðære sunnan leóht nǽfre, Glostr. Frag. 8, 27. Hé Godes leóht geceás he died, Beo. Th, 4930; B. 2469: Exon. 52 b; Th. 184, 13; Gú. 1343. Eádgár ceás him óðer leóht, Chr. 975; Erl. 124, 30; Edg. 22.

Linked entry: líht

óþ

(prep.; con.)
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Ðæt hí óþ forwyrd fordiligade ne wǽron, Bd. l, 16; S. 484, 17. Se Ægipta slóh frumbearn ǽghwylc ealra óþ ða nýtenu ( down to the very beasts ), Ps. Th. 134, 8.

Linked entry: ót-

ge-hýran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hýran, -híran, -héran; to -hýranne, -hýrenne; part. -hýrende; ic -hýre, -ðú -hýrest, -hýrst, he -hýreþ, -hýrþ, pl. -hýraþ; p. ic, he -hýrde, ðú -hýrdest, pl. -hýrdon; impert. -hýr, pl. -hýre, -hýraþ; subj. pres. -hýre, pl. -hýron; p. -hýrde, pl. -hýrden; pp. -hýred.

To heargive ear toaudīreexaudīreTo hearaudīreto obeyobĕdire

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To hear, give ear to; audīre, exaudīre Forðamðe gé ne mágon gehýran mínespæce quia non pŏtestis audīre sermonem meum, Jn. Bos. 8, 43 : Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 22, 35.

wræc

(n.)
Grammar
wræc, es; n.

wrackmiserysufferingsuffering that comes as punishment,retributive punishmentvengeancewhere the punishment or misery is exile or banishment

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Ne wæs ungelíc wræce (ultioni) ðam ðe Chaldéas bærndon Hierusaleme weallas, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 41. God ðæt wíte tó wrece gesette, Cd. Th. 295, 29 ; Sat. 494.

æt-íwan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-íwan, æt-íwian (-eáw-, -eów-, -éw-, -iéw-, -ýw-. In Ps. L. 16, 15 a dis-tinction between the mutated and not mutated forms seems to be made, the former being transitive (cf.
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Hí þurh gewrite atíwdon, hwí hí ðǽr beón ne mihton, Chr. 1070; P. 204, 6. Ætýw mé þín good, Ps. Th. 58, 10. Atýwian mid gesceáde, ꝥ hé mid rihte crafede, Chr. 1070 ; P. 206, 12. Mé byð æteáwed (manifestabitur) ðín wuldor, Ps.

Linked entry: æt-eáwan

ge-gangan

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Ne sceole gé swá sófte sinc gegangan, By. 59. to get to a position or point. to get to a person, get into the protection or power of a person Þæt hé Gode gegange (cf. ge-gán; <b>B. II.

hǽlend

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Þú (Satan) ús (the fallen angels) gelǽrdest þæt wé Hǽlende hýran ne sceoldan, 54. Herigean Hǽlynd Drihten Laudate Dominum, Ps. Th. 112, 1: 98, 10. applied to the second person Frumbearn Godes sǽde: ' Ic eów geworhte . . .

wind

(n.)
Grammar
wind, es; m.

windair in motionwindflatulencewindbreath

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Biþ sǽsmilte, ðonne hý wind ne weceþ, 336, 27; Gn. Ex. 56. Nó wǽgflotan wind ofer ýðum síðes getwǽfde, Beo. Th. 3819; B. 1907. Bærn eal tósomne on ða healfe ðe se wind sý. Lchdm. iii. 56, 7.