fóre-steall
A leaping before ⬩ forestalling ⬩ rescue ⬩ assultus ⬩ interceptio
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A leaping before, forestalling, rescue; assultus, interceptio Ða Iudéiscan ealdras geornlíce smeádon hú hí Hǽlend Crist acwellan mihton, ondrédon him swá-ðeáh ðæs folces fóresteall the Jewish elders earnestly deliberated how they might slay Jesus Christ
forþ-heald
Bent forward ⬩ inclined downwards ⬩ stooping ⬩ incurvus ⬩ prōnus ⬩ proclīvus
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He lang fæc forþheald licgende wæs aliquandiu prōnus jăcens, 4, 31; S. 610, 14. Forþheold proclīvus, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 39. Forðhald ł gebeged inclinata. Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 11
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frem-sum
Kind ⬩ benign ⬩ courteous ⬩ benignus
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Kind, benign, courteous; benignus He þearfum and ellreordigum symble eáþmód and fremsum and rúmmód wæs paupĕrĭbus et pĕrĕgrīnis semper hŭmĭlis, benignus et largus fuit, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 11: Ps. Spl. 68, 20: Ps. Th. 134, 3.
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líf-fæstan
quicken ⬩ vivify
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Hé is se líffæstenda God, Homl, Th. i, 280, 23. ii. 598, 7
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geond-þencan
To think over, consider, contemplate ⬩ aniĭo lustrāre, contemplāri
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Se ðis deorce líf deópe geondþenceþ he profoundly contemplates this dark life, 77 b; Th. 291, 29; Wand. 89
tǽcning
Shewing, proof
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Shewing, proof Ðá cwæþ hé: 'Ic hit ðé ðonne wille getǽcan; ac ðæt án ic ðé bebeóde ðæt ðú þeáh for ðære tǽcninge ne forgite ðæt ðæt ic ǽr tǽhte' atqui hoc verissima, inquit, ratione patefaciam, maneant modo quae paullo ante conclusa sunt, Bt. 34, 9;
tapor-æx
A small axe
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Habbe hé áne taperæx on his [handa], Chr. 1031; Erl. 162, 8
þearl-mód
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Of severe mind, in a bad sense, stern, cruel Hæfde his ende gebidenne unswǽslícne, swylcne hé ǽr æfter worhte, þearlmód þeóden gumena ( Holofernes ), Judth.Thw, 22, 18; Jud. 66. in a good sense, severe in dealing with evil. v. þearl, I Þearlmód þeóden
un-gehíwod
not formed ⬩ without form ⬩ not feigned ⬩ unfeigned
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not formed, without form On ðam ungehíwodum antimbre ðe hé ða gesceafta of gesceóp in materia informi creavit omnia, Btwk. Scrd. 18, 15.
Linked entry: ge-hiwian
wóda
A madman ⬩ an insane person ⬩ one possessed
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Hé eode út tó ðám earmum wódum, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 203. Wódan inergumenos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110. 57; 45, 8
be-wǽfan
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Of þám Maria sumne hire líchaman bewǽfde, Hml. S. 23 b, 793. Bewǽfan obvolvere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 41. ꝥ treów biþ úton gescyrped and bewǽfed mid þǽre rinde, Bt. 34, 10; F. 150, 7. ꝥám scyccelse þe hé mid bewǽfed wæs, Hml. S. 23 b, 218. Add
fann
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Hý habbað micelne múð swá fann (swǽ fon, v. l.) ore amplissimo sicut uannum, Nar. 35, 31. Hí habbað eáran swá fann (fan, v. l.) aures habentes tamquam uannum, 37, 11. Man sceal habban . . . fauna, trogas, æscena, Angl. ix. 264, 14. Add:
ge-hwearfness
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Sé ðe nú giet on synnum is, næfð hé nó forlǽten ðone trúwan his gehwearfnesse ( conversions); ac sé sé ðe æfter his gehwerfnesse (post conversionem ) tó lange wlæc bið, ðonne lytlað him se tóhopa, Past. 447, 12-15
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ge-síman
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Take here <b>ge-sýman</b> in Dict., and add Gýmena hefum hé bið gesýmed (adgrauatur), Scint. 181, 17. Se sceaða wæs on róde scyldig and mánfull, mid undǽdum eall gesýmed, Dóm. L. 58. Ge-sýmedum (-sém-, Hpt. Gl. 468, 26) honustis, An.
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ge-swæccan
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to smell, v. swecc; Hý mid nosan ne magon náht geswæccan bútan unstences ormǽtnesse foetor ingenti complet putredine nares, Dóm. L. 206. Nosa hí habbað and ne gestincað (geswæccað, v. l. ), Ps.
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ge-breówan
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Ne dranc hé wínes drenc, ne nánes gemencgedes wǽtan ne gebrowenes, Hml. Th. i. 352, 7
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ge-edleánian
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Hé ágelt ł geedleánaþ mé retribuet mihi, Ps. L. 17, 25. Geedleánades retribuisti, Ps. Srt. ii. 191, 42. Geedleánedun retribuebant, 34, 12. Geedleániendum repensanda, i. retribuenda, An. Ox. 1519
ge-wyrdelíce
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Isaias wítegode be Críste swíðe gewislíce, swilce hé godspellere wǽre, swíðe gewyrdelice ( as if recording actual events ), Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 8. See preceding word
glæsen
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Beó ǽlc calic geworht of myldendum antimbre, gilden oððe seolfren, glæsen oððe tinen; ne beó he ná hyrnen, ne húru treówen, Ll. Th. ii. 384, 7. Ꝥ glæsene fæt vas vitreum, Gr. D. 104, 28: 103, 13. Ele in ánum glæsenum fæte, 159, 9.
land-scearu
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Add Swá hé on lansceare (printed -sceape, but see Nap. 41) stille stande ðǽr hine storm ne mæg áwecgan, An. 501. Add Ðis ys seó landscaru tó trefwurabo, Cht. E. 296, 1 : 8 : 12. (Cf. landgemǽro, 17.) On landscare hrycg, Cht. Crw. 3, 3.