þurh-seón
to see through ⬩ see into ⬩ penetrate with the sight
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Gif hwá biþ swá scearpséne, ðæt hé mæge hine (Alcibiades) ðurhseón, swá swá Aristoteles sǽde ðæt deór wǽre, ðæt mihte ǽlc wuht þurhseón ... gif ðonne hwá wǽre swá scearpséne, ðæt hé mihte ðone cniht ðurhseón, ðonne ne þúhte hé him nó innon swá fæger,
for-bod
A forbidding ⬩ prohibition ⬩ countermand ⬩ prohibitio
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A forbidding, prohibition, countermand; prohibitio Ðæt hit ðara manna forbod wǽre that it was forbidden by those men [lit. that it was the forbidding of those men ], L. Alf. pol. 41; Th. i. 88, 19. On Godes forbode with Gad's prohibition, L. N. P.
Ír-land
Ireland
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Se preóst cwæþ ðæt án wer wǽre on Írlande gelǽred, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 101, 200. Hé férde geond eal Yrrland, Homl. Th. ii. 346, 28
Linked entry: Íra-land
ge-cnyttan
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Wǽre gecnyt nodaretur, An. Ox. 5005. Gecnytne conexum, 7, 306. Gecnyttum nodatis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 65
styreness
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D. 74, 2. add: stirring, shaking of an inanimate body Tó þon ꝥ ús for þæs treówes styrenesse (concussione) wǽre ege æteówed, Gr. D. 191, 9
eorþ-weorc
Earth-work ⬩ terræ ŏpus
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Earth-work; terræ ŏpus Híg on eorþweorcum gehýnede wǽron in terræ ŏpĕrĭbus premēbantur, Ex. 1, 14
lim-lama
crippled
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Lame in the limbs, crippled Manege ðǽr wurdan hále, ðe ǽr wǽran limmlaman, Wulfst. 4, 12
ge-torfian
To stone
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To stone Hig wǽron myd stánum getorfode they were stoned with stones, St. And. 36, 19
Linked entry: ge-tyrfian
regn-weard
A mighty guard
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A mighty guard Yrre wǽron begen réðe rénweardas ( Beowulf and Grendel ), Beo. Th. 1544;B. 770
un-íþian
To disquiet ⬩ molest
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To disquiet, molest Ðonne mé unýþgiende wǽron cum me molesti essent, Ps. Spl. T. 34, 15
for án
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Heom for án þá wítu gemynte wǽron, Hml. S. 23, 112: Lch. i. 286, 10. Add:
un-gemetfæst
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Hý wǽron ungemetfæste on eallum tídum heora lífes and oferhýdo tó fulle. Wlfst. 255, 3. Add
heófung-dæg
A day of mourning
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A day of mourning Ða heófungdagas wǽron ðá gefyllede completi sunt dies planctus, Deut, 34, 8
ge-untrýwsian
To be offended ⬩ scandălīzāri
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To be offended; scandălīzāri Hig wǽron geuntrýwsode on him scandălīzābantur in eo, Mt. Bos. 13, 57
ge-cýpe
For sale
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For sale Ðǽr wǽron gecýpe hryðeru there were oxen for sale, Homl. Th. i. 402, 17
ge-fýnd
foes ⬩ enemies
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foes, enemies Híg wǽron ǽr gefýnd him betwynan antea inimici erant adinvicem, Lk. Bos. 23, 12
on-hǽled
infirm, ill
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C.) wǽron, Ors. 4, 4; Bos. 80, 40
un-metlíce
Immensely ⬩ exceedingly
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Immensely, exceedingly Ða columnan wǽron unmetlíce greáte heáhnisse upp columnae ingenti grossitudine atque altitudine, Nar. 4, 22
Linked entries: metlíce un-gemetlíce
wan-hǽle
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Having bad health Ealle ða ðe wonnhiǽle wǽron, healtte and blinde, dumbe and deáfe, Nar. 48, 31
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land-sidu
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Uton lufian úre ágenne landside, eallswá úre yldran dydon þe tóforan ús wǽron, Wlfst. 130, 17. Add