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æt-gædere

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In passage from Met. 20, 160 insert mǽst after biþ, and add: marking association Him leófre wǽre þæt hié mid þǽre byrig ætgædere forwurdon þonne hié mon bútan him tówurpe, Ors. 4, 13; S. 210, 23. Hié ætgædere wǽron on heora gebedstówe, Bl.

un-rót

(adj.)
Grammar
un-rót, adj.

sadsorrowfultroubledgloomydispleasedharshangry

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Hwæðer ðú ǽfre áuht unrót wǽre ðá ðá ðú gesǽlgost wǽre inter illas abundantissimas opes numquam ne animum tuum concepta ex qualibet injuria confudit anxietas? Bt. 26, 1; Fox 90, 21. Ðá andsworode ðæt unróte mód, 3, 4; Fox 6, 18.

Linked entries: rót un-rétu

a-scínan

(v.)
Grammar
a-scínan, p. -scán, pl. -scinon; pp. -scinen

To shine forthto be clearevidentclarescereelucere

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To shine forth, to be clear, evident; clarescere, elucere Hwylc wǽre his líf cúþlícor ascíneþ vita qualis fuerit certius clarescat, Bd. 5, 1; S. 613, 14.

frécnen-spræc

(n.)
Grammar
frécnen-spræc, e; f.

An audacious or hostile speechaudax vel hostīlis sermo

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An audacious or hostile speech; audax vel hostīlis sermo Gyf Frysna hwylc frécnenspræce ðæs morðorhetes myndgiend wǽre if any of the Frisians, by audacious speech, should call to mind [lit. should be a rememberer of] this deadly feud, Beo.

ge-hyldra

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hyldra, m. e; f. n; compar. of geheald(?)

Safer

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Ðohtan ðæt him wíslícre and gehyldre wǽre they thought that it would be wiser and safer for them, Bd. 1, 23; S. 485, 31. On gehældran stówe in tutiore loco, Bd. 2, 2; S. 503, 39

Linked entry: ge-heald

ge-nyht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-nyht, es; n: e; f. [O. H. Ger. ganuht, f.]

An abundance, plenty, sufficiency, fulfilmentabundantia, ubertas

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Ðætte genyht wǽre gesǽlða that sufficiency was happiness, 35, 3; Fox 158, 13

Linked entry: ge-niht

ge-cneord

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ꝥ hé folc Drihtne geornfullíce gestrýnde, and embe þá gestreón swíþe gecneord wǽre, Lch. iii. 434, 10. Búton óðrum trahtbócum ðe hé mid gecneordum andgite deópðancollíce ásmeáde, Hml. Th. i. 436, 19.

torfian

(v.)
Grammar
torfian, <b>II a.</b>
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Þá geseah hé án scip út on þǽre sǽ, swá swíðe torfigende fram þan wealcendum sǽs ýðum ꝥ ealle þá men wéndon ꝥ heora scip tóbrocen wǽre, Nap. 62

hearm-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hearm-líc, adj.

Hurtful, injurious, painful, miserable, grievous

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Hurtful, injurious, painful, miserable, grievous Hearmlíc him wǽre ðæt hé wurþe ðá éce it would have been hurtful for him to become eternal then, Hexam. 18; Norm. 26, 17.

be-áscian

(v.)
Grammar
be-áscian, p. ode

To ask a person (acc.) for advice (gen. )

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To ask a person (acc.) for advice (gen. ), the question given in a clause Hié hine láre beáhsodan, hwæt him þæs tó dónne wǽre, Bl. H. 199, 29. Þæt hié ðone pápan and þæt pápseld beáhsodan, hwæt him þæs tó rǽde þúhte, 205, 20

Linked entry: be-áhsian

fierd

(n.)
Grammar
fierd, e; f.

An armyforceexpeditionexercĭtusexpĕdītio

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Ǽr sió fierd gesamnod wǽre ere the army was assembled, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 21

cyne-setl

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Ne cóm hé ( Christ ) tó ðý þæt hé wǽre on mǽrlicum cynesetle áhafen, Hml. Th. i. 82, 24. Seó sáwul is þæs líchoman hlǽfdige, and heó gewissað þá fíf andgitu swá swá of cynesætle, Hml. S. 1, 196. Add

maniend

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Add: a creditor Hé sǽde ꝥ hé wǽre hefelíce geswenced fram his maniende (moniendan, v. l.) for twelf scillingum quia a creditore suo pro duodecim solidis graviter offligeretur, intimavit. Gr. D. 157, 32. Hé hét ꝥ hé ágeáfe his maniende (-um, v. !.

tó-lǽtenness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-lǽtenness, e; f.

Abandonment,a giving up

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Abandonment, a giving up Ðeós wyrt ealle ealde and unlácnigendlíce ádlu tófereþ, swá ðæt hé byþ gelácnud þeáh hé ǽr his hǽle on tólǽtennesse wǽre the patient will be cured, though before he had been in despair of his health, Lchdm. i. 262, 3

wiþ-winnan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-winnan, p. -wann, pl. -wunnon

To strive againstresist

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Ðeáh ðe hé swýþe wiþwinnende wǽre quamvis multum renitens, Bd. 4, 28; S. 606, 17. Ða biscepas sǽdon ðæt ealle godas him irre wǽren and wiðwinnende, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 114, 4

ge-feónd

(n.)
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an enemy Þeáh hié ǽr longe gefiénd wǽren, Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 118, 13. v. ge-fýnd in Dict

wiþ-stunian

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-stunian, p. ode

To dash against

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To dash against Eallum ðú wiðstóde and wiðstunedest. . . stunaþ heó wærce, wiðstunaþ heó áttre, Lchdm. iii. 32, 13-24

Linked entry: stunian

forþ-fór

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-fór, e; f. [fór a going]

A going forthdeparturedeathexĭtusŏbĭtusmors

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A going forth, departure, death; exĭtus, ŏbĭtus, mors Forðamðe him cúþ forþfór toweard wǽre eo quod certus sĭbi exĭtus esset, Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 16.

tíma

Grammar
tíma, <b>. I a.</b>
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Add Sume gedwolmenn cwǽdon ꝥ ... wǽre sum tíma ǽr þan þe Críst ácenned wǽre, Hml. S. 1, 7. <b>II a.</b> add :-- Tó þám forewearde ðæt Eádsige hit hæbbe his lífes tíman, C.D. vi. 190, 15. <b>II b.

gástlíce

(adv.)

spirituallyspiritually

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Þǽr ðu gemunan woldest hwylcra gebyrda þú wǽre and hwylcra burgwara for worulde, oþþe eft gástlíce hwilces geférscipes ðú wǽre on ðínum móde, Bt. 5, 1 ; F. 10, 4. spiritually opposed to carnally Ðone monn ðe gǽstlíce (gást-, v. l.) liofað qui spiritaliter