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fæst

constantfirmsteadfastfixedunchangeablefirmsecurestubbornunyieldingfirmsolidcompactstrongfirmstrongfortifiedunbrokenundisturbedstandard

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Ðá wiþerweardan gesceafta ǽgþer ge hié betwux him winnað, ge eác fæste sibbe betwux him healdaþ, Bt. 21; F. 74, 14: Met. 11, 41.

nese

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'Ðá cwæþ ic : 'Nese, ne forgite ic hit nó,' Bt. 34, 9; F. 146, 15. where dissent is expressed ' ondrédon ꝥ wé heom for ðon grame beón woldon, for ðon þe ǽr ús hýran noldon.'

land-riht

(n.)
Grammar
land-riht, es; n.
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landriht geþah he received landright, he was settled in the country with the right of a native, 161; Th. 200, 10; Exod. 354.

ge-bícnan

Grammar
ge-bícnan, ge-bícnian.
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swá his wæstm him gebícnað, Hml.

ge-féran

(v.)
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Ic nyste hwæt mín fæder geférde I knew not my father's fate, Hml. S. 30, 334. hine áxodon be his wífe and his cildan hwæt geférdon, 276. þǽr ǽfre yfel geférdon, Chr. 1009 ; P. 139, 27. with causative force, to cause to move, to bring, bear.

CEAFER

(n.)
Grammar
CEAFER, ceafor, es m:

A beetle,chafer; brūchus = βροῦχος

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.; He cwæþ and com gærshoppa, and ceaferas ðæs næs gerín oððe getel dixit et venit locusta, et bruchus cujus non erat numerus, Ps. Lamb. 104, 34

Linked entries: ceber cefer

ciric-wag

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-wag, es; m.

A church-wallecclesiæ murus

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A church-wall; ecclesiæ murus Se ðe ofslehþ man binnan ciricwagum biþ feorhscyldig he who slays a man within church-walls is life-guilty, L. Eth. viii. 13; Th. i. 332, 8: ix. 1; Th. i. 340, 5: L. C. E. 2; Th. i. 358, 23

Linked entry: cyric-wag

cwylming

(n.)
Grammar
cwylming, e; f. [cwylmian to suffer]

Torture, trouble, suffering, a cross cruciātus, crux

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Se ðe ne nimþ hys cwylminge, and fyligþ me, nys he me wyrðe qui non accipit crucem suam, et sequĭtur me, non est me dignus, Mt. Bos. 10, 38: Lk. Bos. 9, 23

leóht-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
leóht-bǽre, adj.

Luminousbrilliantsplendid

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Á ðæs dóm áge leóhtbǽre lof se ús ðis líf giefeþ ever therefore may he have glory, splendid praise, who giveth us this life, Exon. 80 a; Th. 299, 34; Crä. 112

mægden-hád

(n.)
Grammar
mægden-hád, es; m.

Maidenhoodvirginity

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Maidenhood, virginity Ðeáh wæs hyre ( the Virgin Mary) mægdenhád ǽghwæs onwalg, Exon. 28 b; Th. 87, 5; Cri. 1420. Gif ǽnig wer oððe wíf geháte ðæt wylle mǽdenhád gehealdan si quis vir aui mulier voverit virginitatem servare, L. Ecg.

Linked entry: mægþ-hád

ge-trumian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-trumian, p. ode, ode; pp. od, ad.

to grow strongto recoverto gain strengthconvălescĕreto make strongconfirmconfirmāre

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to grow strong, to recover, to gain strength; convălescĕre Ðá he getrumad wæs ut convăluit, Bd. 4, 22; S. 592, 3. to make strong, confirm; confirmāre Ðone ðú getrumodest quem confirmasti, Ps. Spl. 79, 16, 18. Getrummade exortans, Lk. Skt.

Linked entry: trumian

ge-costian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-costian, -costnian; p. ode; pp. od. [costian to tempt]

To tempttryprovetentāreprobāre

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To tempt, try, prove; tentāre, probāre He gecostaþ wildeóra worn it tryeth the multitude of beasts, Salm. Kmbl. 610; Sal. 304. Ne eart ðú clǽne gecostad thou art not thoroughly proved, Exon. 41 a; Th. 136, 36; Gú. 552 : 40 b; Th. 134, 13; Gú. 507

Linked entry: ge-cost

ge-seccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seccan, = ge-sécean[?]or ge-feccan[?]
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Ides sceal dyrne cræfte hire freónd geseccan gif heó nelle on folce geþeán ðæt man beágum gebycge a woman must by secret art get herself a friend if she do not wish publicly to succeed in being bought with rings, Menol. Fox 548; Gn. C. 44

seofon-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
seofon-feald, adj.
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onbryrt úre mód mid seofonfealdre gife, Homl. Th. i. 326, 12. Gyld seofonfealde wrace, Ps. Th. 78, 13 : Gen. 4, 15. Him ofer wacedon syfanfealde weardes, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 271

un-swiciende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-swiciende, un-swicigende; adj.

Unfailingthat does not deceiveloyal

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Unfailing, that does not deceive, loyal Griffin swór áðas ðæt wolde beón Eádwearde kinge hold underkingc and unswicigende, Chr. 1056; Erl. 190, 35. Ðæt ðú wið Waldend heólde fæste treówe; seó ðé freoðo sceal weorðan áwa tó aldre unswiciendo, Cd.

Linked entry: swician

un-lár

(n.)
Grammar
un-lár, e; f.

Evil teachingincitement to evil

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Ðæt forsace and forbúge deófles unlára, Wulfst. 32, 15: 144. 9

an-bídung

Grammar
an-bídung, l. an-bidung (and-),
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mé áhredde, fram ǽlcere anbidunge Iudéisces folces ( de omni expectatione plebis Judaeorum, Acts 12, 11), Hml. Th. ii. 382, 16. On mínre andbidunge (an-, v. l. ), R. Ben. 100, 12. And*-*bidunga inducias, i. moras, An. Ox. 3396

burne

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Ondlong ðǽre burnan, C.D. iii. 32, 29, eóde tó þǽre burnan accessit ad torrentem, Bd. 1, 7; Sch. 24, 6. In ðá burnan, C.D. iii. 33, 8. v. wæter-, wǽðe-burne. Add

cél-nes

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Dele cól-nes, and add wæs eall biernende, and ðeáh ðá tungan suíðust mǽnde, and him ðǽre kélnesse bæd totus ardens refrigerari se praecipue in lingua requirebat, Past. 309, 11. Coelnisse refrigerium, Ps. Srt. 65, 12: Rtl. 36, 17.

cweccan

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For first reference substitute Germ. 397, 504, and add Þá cwehte se déma his deóflice heáfod, Hml. S. 8, 91. Se cwellere slóh swíðe . . . him ætfeóll fǽrlíce his gold þá þá swá hetelíce his handa cwehte, 12, 217. Cwahte vibrabit, Ps. Spl.