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á-sceádan

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Áscádan ðá forhæfdnesse from ðǽre ánmódnesse, 347, 2. Fram eallum crístendóme beón ásceáden, Ll. Th. ii. 424, 5. Ásceáden ( segregatus ) from synnfullum, Rtl. 90, 34.

Linked entry: sceádan

for-habban

(v.)

To abstainrefrainabstinentcontinentto abstain fromto restrainkeep awayto keep backnot to mentionto restraincheckstop

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Scolde heó forhabban fram ingange Godes húses, Hml. Th. i. 134, 19. Gód is tó forhæbbenne fram unálýfedlicum styrungum, ii. 564, 7. Fram mettum forhæbbende, Hy. S. 65, 37. trans. reflexive, to restrain one's self from, keep away. with prep.

á-syndran

Grammar
á-syndran, (á-syndrian).

to separate objects already connectedto distinguishto exceptto place at a distanceto prevent intermixturekeep apartto prevent associationparticipationcut off

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fram Godes ríce, Gr.

á-hwirfan

(v.)
Grammar
á-hwirfan, p. de
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Ne áhwyrf þú þíne onsýne from mé, Bl. H. 83, 11. Hú lange wilt þú áhwyrfan ( avertes ) þínne andwlitan fram mé, Ps. Th. 12, 1. Gedwolan fram Godes eágum áhwyrfan (-hwerfan, -hweorfan, v. ll.) errores a Dei oculis abscondere, Bd. 5, 13; Sch. 642, 11.

Linked entries: á-hwerfan á-hwyrfan

up-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
up-weard, adv.

Upwardsup.upupwardbackward

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Tellaþ þreó and twéntig daga fram æfteweardum Martium upweard, 329, 28

Linked entry: up-riht

-e

(suffix)
Grammar
-e, is also the usual letter by which adverbs are formed from adjectives ending in a consonant; as, Rihte rightly, sóþlíce truly, yfele badly.

á-lísan

(v.)
Grammar
á-lísan, (-lýsan, q. v.
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</b> to release from something, with a case Álýs mé feóndum, Ps. Th. 70, 3. Leahtra álýsed, Dóm. 77. with prep, (æt, fram, of) Mildheortnyss álýst fram ðám écan deáðe, Hml. Th. ii. 102, 3.

Linked entry: á-lýsan

óþ-sceótan

(v.)
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to shoot away, escape, turn aside, hurry off Swá hwá swá óþscýt fram ánnysse ðæs geleáfan whoever turns aside from the unity of the faith, Homl. Th. i. 370, 17.

a-búgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-búgan, p. -beág, -beáh, pl. -bugon; pp. -bogen

To bowbendinclinewithdrawretirese verteredeclinareinclinareaverti

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Ac ðé firina gehwylc feor abúgeþ but from thee each sin shall far retire, Exon. 8b; Th. 4, 22; Cri. 56. Ðǽr fram sylle abeág medu-benc monig there many a mead-bench inclined from its sill, Beo. Th. 1555 ; B. 775

Linked entries: a-beág a-bogen

forþ-yrnan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-yrnan, part. -yrnende; p. -arn, pl. -urnon; pp. -urnen

To run forth or beforeprecedepræcurrĕre

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To run forth or before, precede; præcurrĕre Wæs, æfter forþyrnendre tíde, ymb fífhund wintra and tú and hundnigontig fram Cristes hidercyme it was, according to the time preceding, about five hundred and ninety-two years from Christ's coming hither,

léc

(n.)
Grammar
léc, es; m.

Looksight

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Look, sight Wé sceolon áwendan úrne léc fram yfelre gesihþe, urne hlyst fram yfelre sprǽce, Homl. Th. ii. 374, 3

speld

(n.)
Grammar
speld, es; n.; pl. speld and speldru (? or speldra (see below) from speldr. Cf. 'Spelder of woode esclat, Palsgrave. The schafte to spildurs spronge,
  • Avow. of Arthur,'
  • Halliwell's Dict.
): speld, e; f.

A splintera thin piece of wood used as a torcha torch(splinters)splinter of a lancea tableta flakea tablet

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A splinter, a thin piece of wood used as a torch, a torch On spelde in favillam, Anglia xiii. 35, 213. Speldum favillis, 36, 234, Ðara spaca speldra malleoli Similar entries (v. spæc), Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 56. Biernende speld tedas, 95, 26. Spelde tedas

tún-cyrice

(n.)
Grammar
tún-cyrice, an; f, A church in a tún
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(q. v. ) Habbe hé þat lond fré his day and his wíues, and after here bothere day meó þe túnkirke, and men fré . . . þat lond schal intó túnkirke . . . and þó men fré, Chart. Th. 572, 20-33. Intó ðe túnkirke on Mardingford, 593, 2

binde

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Þæt þú [stríce] mid foreweardum fingrum þín forewearde heáfod fram þám ánum eáran tó bon óþrum on bindan tácne (cf. strícan on róde tácne, 2) trace out a fillet on the forehead with the tips of the fingers from ear to ear, Tech. ii. 129, 20. Add

hám-færeld

(n.)
Grammar
hám-færeld, es; n.

A going homea going home

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A going home Ðá Antigones ðæt ongeat ðá forlét hé ðæt setl; ac Ymenis him wénde fram Antigones hámfæreld micelra untreówþa when Antigonus heard that he abandoned the siege: but Eumenes anticipated for himself great treachery from Antigonus' going home

wæl-grim

Grammar
wæl-grim, wæl-grimm.
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Dá earman men beóð wyrs bereáfode fram þám unrihtwísan déman þonne fram þám wælgrimmestan here ( a cruentis hostibus ), Ll. Lbmn. 475, 17. Add

bi-geng

(n.)
Grammar
bi-geng, es; m.

Observation, worship, servicecultus

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He bæd híg ðá georne, ðæt híg búgan ne sceoldon fram Godes bigengum he bade them then earnestly, that they should not decline from the services of God, Jos. 23, 7

á-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
á-cirran, p. de
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To turn away, turn over, change Hú lange ácyrrest ðú ( avertis ) ansýne ðín fram mé?, Ps. Spl. T. 12, 1. Hé ácyrde convertit, hí ácyrdon averterunt, ácyrrendum avertente Bl. Gl. Ácer anséne ðíne fram synnum mínum, Ps. L. 50, 11: Ps.

Linked entries: a-cerran á-cyrran

a-scirian

(v.)
Grammar
a-scirian, -scyrian; p. ede; pp. ed, ud; v. a. [a, scirian to share]

To cut fromseparatedividepartseversepararesejungereexcommunicaredestinare

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Ðæt he scyle from his Scippende ascyred weorþan to deáþe niðer that he shall be separated from his Creator by death beneath, Exon. 31b; Th. 99, 2; Cri. 1618

ge-hyrstan

(v.)
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to fry