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hrím-forst

(n.)
Grammar
hrím-forst, es; m.
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ofslóh heora morbeámas on rímforste ( in pruina ), Ps. L. 77, 47

morgen-gebedtíd

(n.)
Grammar
morgen-gebedtíd, e; f.
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Morning prayer-time; in pl. matins: — Ðá þá his morgengebedtída wolde Gode gefyllan cum matutinas laudes Domino impenderet, Guth. Gr. 135, 272

Linked entry: gebed-tíd

pællen

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Tó þám ꝥ sceolde beón wéned ꝥ wǽre se cyning . . .for þǽm pællenum reáfum ( ex purpureis vestibus), Gr. D. 131, 18. Add

reád

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Him wæs gecynde ꝥ symble wæs reád on his andwlitan, Gr. D. 187, 16. v. blód-, bóc-, weolcen-, wræt-, wurm-reád. Add

regnian

(v.)
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to rain, cause rain to fall hregnað (regneð, R.) ofer sóðfæsta and unsóðfæste pluit super justos et injustos, Mt. L. 5, 45

tácnung

Grammar
tácnung, V.
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Sende se pápa tácnunga hú ꝥ hálgian, and on hwylcum stówum on Britane hí settan scolde, Chr. 995; P. 128, 34. Add

tó-middes

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Add His borh þǽr æt hám gewunode tómiddes heora, swilce beswicen wǽre quasi deceptus in medio fidejussor remansit, Gr. D. 253, 26

un-scyttan

(v.)
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to un shoot, push back a bolt gelæhte þá dura, and ne mihte þá scyttelsas unscyttan swá hraðe, Hml. S. 31, 863

Linked entry: scyttan

wann

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Add Hí wundrodon hwæt ꝥ þing wǽre ꝥ swá tóswollen heáfod and swá wanne andwlitan (lividam faciem) hæfde, Gr. D. 22, 20

liþe

(adv.)
Grammar
liþe, adv.
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Sé þe hit geþyldlíce ábereð, God líðe áwácað tó him qui aduersa patienter tolerat, Deum citius placat, Verc. Först. 126, 6

ge-weorþan

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Gehwá understande hwanan he sylf cóm, and hwæt is, and tó hwám geweorðan sceal ( what he must come to ), 108, 7. where a character or function is taken, to become, turn, turn to Hý gewurdan of englum to deóflum gewordene.

wénan

(adj.)
Grammar
wénan, <b>. I.</b>
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. :-- Him wǽre iéðre ðæ t hira ǽr gearra wénde ðonne hira ungearra wénde, Past. 433, 30. (ii) phrase :-- ǽfre him gehende endedæges wéne uiíe sue diem nouissimum prope esse existimet, Ll.

for-hogian

(v.)
Grammar
for-hogian, p. ede, ode; pp. ed. od [hogian to be anxious]

To neglectdespiseaccuseneglĭgĕrespernĕre

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Forhogedre áre heora anddetnesse contempta revĕrentia suæ professiōnis. Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 15. Gif he ðonne eów forhogige, si ðonne he fram eów forhogod sin autem vos sprēvĕrit, et ipse spernātur a vobis, 2, 2; S. 503, 12, 13

Linked entry: for-hycgan

ge-bǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bǽdan, p. -bǽdde; pp. -bǽded [bǽdan to compel]

To compelconstrainforceimpelurgeoppresscompellĕrecōgĕrepersuādēreimpellĕreurgēreprĕmĕre

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Mon sceal gebídan ðæs he gebǽdan ne mæg a man ought to wait for what he cannot hasten [compel to come], 90 b; Th. 340, 2; Gn. Ex. 105.

Linked entry: ge-béded

ge-lettan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lettan, ðú -letest; p. -lette; pp. -lett, -let; v. a.

To hinderdelayletstopretardareimpedire

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He wearþ gelet, he was hindered, 1075; Erl. 213, 17

Linked entry: lettan

mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
mearcian, p. ode(mearc a mark).

to make a mark on anythingto mark outdesign

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Lind. 27, 66. to mark out, design Ǽlc cræftega þencþ and mearcaþ his weorc on his móde ǽr it wyrce every artificer considers and marks out his work in his mind before he does it, Bt. 39, 6; Fox 220, 4.

tengan

(v.)
Grammar
tengan, p. de
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ðá þearle áblicged áweg tengde, 182, 2. ontende ða burh and tencgde him forð syððan, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 416. Se cásere tengde tó ðam botle, Homl. Th. i. 430, 23. Se fugol tó wuda tengde, ii. 162, 27.

Linked entry: sam-tinges

un-gelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gelíce, adv.

Not in like mannerdifferentlydiversely

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Ealle grét mid ánre honda, ðeáh hié ungelíce styrige chordas tangendi artifex, ut non sibimetipsi dissimile canticum faciat, dissimiliter pulsat. Chordae uno quidem plectro, sed non uno impulse feriuntur, Past. 23; Swt. 175, 7-10.

un-gewit

(n.)
Grammar
un-gewit, un-gewitt, es; n.

madnessinsanityfollystupidity

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Hí mid heora gedwolsprǽce eall folc ámyrdon. And Theodosius, ðá swilce ungewitt ǽlce dæge gehýrde, wearð sárig, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 370

á-lǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
á-lǽnan, p. de (not ede).
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næfde þæt feoh him tó álǽnenne, 178, 3. of a lord's grant to a vassal Ǽlcon híredmen his onrid þe álǽned hæfde, Cht.