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forþ-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
forþ-weard, adj.

continued carried oninclined forwardsinclined towardsadvancingforwardadvanceddeparteddeceased

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Add:to III: continued, carried on. Similar entries Cf. forþ, 3 Þæs sylfa þeáw lange on Angelcynnes mynstrum forþweard wæs, Lch. iii. 434, 20. For I. and II. substitute: of direction in position, inclined forwards.

on-foreweardan

(prep.)
Grammar
on-foreweardan, prep. adv.

In front, in the front of, in the earlier part of

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In front, in the front of, in the earlier part of Onforeweardan ðysre race in the earlier part of this narrative, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 790. Malchus eode onforeweardan ( led the way ) in tó his ðám hálgan geféran, 23, 752

ge-feormian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feormian, p. ode; pp. od. v. a.

to entertainharbourreceive as a guestfeedcherishsupportsusciperehospitio suscipereepularefoverecurareto feed ondevourvescicomedereto cleansefarmcleanse outmundare

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In. 46; Th. i. 130, 13.

ge-miclian

(v.)
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III. to magnify, glorify, extol. the object personal Hé lǽrde in somnungum hiora and gemiclad (gemǽrsod, W.S.) wæs (magnificabatur) from allum, Lk. L. 4, 15. (l a) the object the Deity :-- Ic gemiclie magnificabo (Deum in laude), Bl. Gl.

mid

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<b>II a.

til

(adj.)
Grammar
til, adj.
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Th. 104, 26. til is found in proper names, see for examples Txts. 497

Linked entries: ticlum til-líc

ge-mǽnsumian

(v.)
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Ic mé gemǽnsumode þám líffæstan gerýnum úres Drihtnes, Hml. S. 23 b, 503. <b>III a.</b> of matrimonial union, to unite in marriage, to marry.

Linked entry: -mǽnsumian

a-hycgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hycgan, -hicgan; p. -hogde, -hogode; pp. [ge]-hugod

To devisesearchinventexcogitareperscrutariinvenire

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To devise, search, invent; excogitare, perscrutari, invenire Leóhtor ðonne hit men mǽgen módum ahycgan more clearly than men may in mind devise it, Exon. 21 a; Th. 56, 20; Cri. 903.

Linked entry: a-hicgan

a-fligan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fligan, p. de; pp. ed [a, fligan]

To drive awayput to flightfugarearcere

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To drive away, put to flight; fugare, arcere Sóna hit ðone fefer afligeþ it will soon put the fever to flight, Herb. 37, 2; Lchdm i. 138, 5. Aflian [MS. B. afligan] to put to flight, 96, 2; Lchdm, i. 208, 20.

Linked entry: a-flian

drig-nes

(n.)
Grammar
drig-nes, dryg-nes, -ness, -nis, -niss, -nyss, e; f.

DRYNESSsiccĭtas

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M. 2, 27; Lchdm. ii. 222, 19. Æteówige drignis let dryness appear; appāreat ārĭda, Gen. 1, 9. God gecígde ða drignysse eorþan vŏcāvit Deus ārĭdam terram, 1, 10. On drignysse in inăquōso, Ps, Spl. 77, 20.

Linked entry: dryg-nes

éd

(n.)
Grammar
éd, [eád happiness]

Safety, security, happiness sălus, asȳlum

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Grn. corrected ed monne into edniowne renewed :-- Ða he hine [égor-here] upp forlét edniowne [acc. referring to hine = égor-here] streámum stígan when he allowed it [the water-flood-'host'] renewed to mount up in streams, Gen. 1405

efen-eald

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-eald, efn-eald; adj.

Co-eval, of the same, ageco-ævus, co-ætāneus

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Th. ii. 134, 4

Linked entry: efn-eald

flán

(n.)
Grammar
flán, es; m. e; f. [flán; gen. flánes; m. flán; gen. e; f.]

An arrowa dartsăgittatēlum

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Ic afæstnie míne flána on him săgittas meas complēbo in eis, Deut. Grn. 32, 23

Linked entries: FLÁ flǽn flániht

flet-sittend

(n.)
Grammar
flet-sittend, es; m.

A court-residentin aula sĕdens

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Ða ic Freáware fletsīttende nemnan hýrde whom I heard the court-residents call Freaware, 4049; B. 2022.

folcisc

(adj.)
Grammar
folcisc, adj.

Folkishcommonvulgarpopularrustĭcusplēbēius

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Folkish, common, vulgar, popular; rustĭcus, plēbēius Gif man folciscne mæsse-preóst mid tíhtlan belecge if a man charge a secular mass-priest with an accusation, L. Eth. ix. 21; Th. i. 344, 19: L. C. E. 5; Th. i. 362, 16.

for-wiernan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wiernan, -wirnan; p. de; pp. ed

To hinderpreventkeep fromwithholdarcērerĕtĭnēre

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Ðæt mann forwierne his sweorde blódes, ðæt hwá forwirne his láre ðæt he mid ðære ne ofsleá ðæs flǽsces lustas keeping one's sword from blood is withholding one's instruction, and not slaying with it the lusts of the flesh, Past. 49; Hat. MS

frox

(n.)
Grammar
frox, es; m.

A frogrāna

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Ic sende froxas ofer ealle díne landgemǽro I will send frogs over all thy borders, Ex. 8, 2, 5, 8. Ðæt flód awylþ eall froxum ebulliet flŭvius rānas, 8, 3, 12

Linked entry: FROGGA

gælsa

(n.)
Grammar
gælsa, an; m.

Luxuryextravaganceluxusluxŭria

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Þurh fulne folces gǽlsan propter pŏpŭli luxum consummātum, Lupi Serm. i. 21; Hick. Thes. ii. 105, 39. Ic him monigfealde módes gǽlsan ongeánbere I present manifold mind's extravagances to him, Exon. 71 a; Th. 264, 19; Jul. 366 : Homl.

Linked entries: wrǽnsa gelsa

mægden-ǽw

(n.)
Grammar
mægden-ǽw, e; f.

Marriage with a virgin

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I. P. 22; Th. i. 332, 29

mearh-gehæcc

(n.)
Grammar
mearh-gehæcc, es; n.

A kind of puddinga sausage

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Voc, ii. 48, 35. Mærhgehæc (-hæt, Wrt.) isicia, i. 27, 22.

Linked entry: ge-hæc