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fore-stihtung

predestination

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predestination Seó forestihtung (praedestinatio) þæs écan ríces, Gr. D. 54, 19, 30. Be forestihtinge (predestinatione).

dihtan

(v.)
Grammar
dihtan, ic dihte; p. ic, he [dihtde = ] dihte, dyhte, pl. dihton; pp. dihted ; v. a.

to set in order, dispose, arrange, appoint, direct, compose parāre, dispōnĕre, instruĕre, constituĕre, compōnĕreto order, dictate, inditedirĭgĕre, dictāre

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Ic eów dihte, swá mín Fæder me ríce dihte ego dispōno vobis, sīcut dispŏsuit mihi pater meus regnum, Lk. Bos. 22, 29. Ðǽr se Hǽlend heom dihte ubi constituĕrat illis Iesus, Mt.

forþ-gang

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-gang, es; m.

a going forthprogressadvanceprocessusprogressusa passagedrainprivymeātussecessuslatrīna

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[gang a going] a going forth, progress, advance; processus, progressus Ðæs cyninges ríce ge fóreweard ge forþgang cūjus rēgis regni et princĭpia et processus, Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 3.

Linked entry: forþ-geong

in-faran

(v.)
Grammar
in-faran, p. -fór

To go intoenter

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Ne mæg hé infaran on godes ríce non potent introire in regnum dei, Jn. Skt. 3, 5. Ðæt hé ælmessan underféncge æt ðám infarendum that he might receive alms from those entering, Homl. Skt. 10, 27

mangere

(n.)
Grammar
mangere, es; m.

A mongermerchanttraderdealer

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Heofena ríce is gelíc ðam mangere (negotiatori), Mt. Kmbl. 13, 45. Ðú herast ðone mancgere ðe begytt gold mid leáde, Homl. Th. i. 254, 25

sundor-gifu

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-gifu, e; f.
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For ðære sundorgife ðe him God sealde gumena ríce, Wé swylc ne gefrugnan ǽfre gelimpan, ðæt ðú in sundurgiefe swylce befénge, Exon. Th. 6, 6; Cri. 80. God monnum syleþ sundorgiefe God gives to each man a special gift, 293, 22; Crä. 5.

Linked entry: synder-gifu

Dene

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Dena (Deona, v. l. ) weóldon ríce Englalandes, 1065; P. 194, 7. Þá Denan sige áhton, 943; P. 111, 13. Under Dena onwalde, 901: P. 91, 28: 921; P. 103, 14. Denia leóde, B. 2125. Mægen Deniga, 155: 271.

tó-twǽman

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Gif wit þurhwuniað on mægðháde ... þonne cume wit tó his ríce, and wit ne beód tótwǽmede, Hml. S. 4, 45. <b>III a.

blǽd-wéla

(n.)
Grammar
blǽd-wéla, an; m.
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Fruitful riches; opes uberes Ic ðé on ða fægran foldan gesette to neótenne neorxna wonges blǽdwélan I set thee on the fair earth to enjoy the fruitful riches of Paradise, Exon. 28 a; Th. 85, 16; Cri. 1392

ranc

(adj.)
Grammar
ranc, adj.
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, nor in this poor life-space proud or rich, L.

Linked entry: ranc-strǽt

ge-witan

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Sum ríce man wolde gewitan æt ðám Hǽlende hú hé mihte habban heofenan ríces myrhðe, Hex. 54, 23. with acc. and clause Ꝥ hé ꝥ sceolde geornlíce gewitan and geleornian hwilces geleáfan Angelcynnes cyrice wǽre ut, cuius esset fidei Anglorum ecclesia, diligenter

ríceter

(n.)
Grammar
ríceter, rícetere, es; n.
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Wé ne sceolon ða rícan for heora ríccetere wurðian we are not to honour the great ones for their greatness, Homl. Th. i. 128, 22.

Linked entry: rícceter

læssa

(adj.)
Grammar
læssa, adj. cpve.

Less

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Less Se ðe lessa ys ys on heofena ríce him máre qui autem minor est in regno cælorum, major est illo, Mt. Kmbl. 11, 11.

Linked entries: lærest læst

ge-bócian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bócian, p. ode; pp. od [ge-, bócian to give by charter] ,

to give or grant by book or charterto charterlibro vel charta dōnāreto furnish with bookslibris instruĕre

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Aðel-wulf ] cing teóðan dǽl his landes, ofer ealle his ríce, Gode to lofe king Æthelwulf chartered the tenth part of his land over all his kingdom for the glory of God, Chr. 856; Th. 124, 22, col. 3: Text.

eá-land

(n.)
Grammar
eá-land, -lond, es; n.

Water-land, an island insŭla

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Swylce he eác Orcadas ða eálond to Rómwara ríce geþeódde Orcădas ĕtiam insŭlas Rōmāno adjēcit impĕrio, Bd. 1. 3; S. 475, 13: Beo.

Linked entries: eálond íg-land

Harold

(n.)
Grammar
Harold, Harald, es; m.
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Harold, son of earl Godwin Hér forþférde Eádward king and Harold eorl féng tó ðam ríce and heóld hit xl wucena and ǽnne dæg in this year departed king Edward and earl Harold came to the throne and held it forty weeks and one day, 1066; Erl. 198, 1.

Sigel-hearwa

(n.)
Grammar
Sigel-hearwa, (Síl-), an ; m.
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Ethiopia, ðæt is ðæra Sílhearwena ríce. Homl. Th. ii. 472, 13 : i. 454, 12. Ðæra Sílhearwena land terra Aethiopiae, Gen. 2, 13. Síllhearewena (Sílhearwena, MSS. R. P.) land. Lchdm. iii. 258, 18.

fandung

trialtestingtrialexperiment

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God ne costnað nǽnne mannan; ac hwæðere nán man ne cymð to Godes ríce, búton hé sý áfandod; for ðí ne sceole wé ná biddan þæt God úre ne áfandige, ac wé sceolon biddan þæt God ús gescylde, þæt wé ne ábreóðon on ðǽre fandunge . . .

for-byrd

(n.)
Grammar
for-byrd, for-byrd (fore-), e; f. (in Hml. S. 33, 203 the word seems neuter),

enduranceforbearanceabstention

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Similar entries v. for-beran 3, for-byrdig Ðæt hí beóð on ǽlengum ðingum and on ǽlcre longunge geðyldige and on forebyrde eáðmóde patientiae longanimitate humiles, Past. 41, 17. abstention, Similar entries v. for-beran 5 Hió gesette ofer eall hyre ríce

ge-neah

(v.)
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Substitute: ge-neah, pl. ge-nugon; p. ge-nohte. impersonal it suffices a person, a person has enough, abounds in Wé eáðe magon úpcund ríce forð gestígan, gif ús on ferðe geneah, and wé willað healdan heofoncyninges bibod, Sch. 35. [Cf. O. H.