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for-fón

to take awayto seizeto anticipate

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For 'I. to be deprived of . . . MS.

ge-sceótan

(v.)
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Gyf se terminus gescýt on sumon dæge þǽre wucan, Lch. iii. 244, 16. to fall to the share of, be allotted to Ealle þá ðing þe ús gesceótað of úres geáres teolunge. Hml. Th. i. 178, 28. Heora ǽlcum gesceát án pund goldes, ii. 494, 5.

ge-coren

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Voc. ii. 32, 73.

on-búgan

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Se yfela man hyne forcyrreþ oððe him onbúgeþ, Lch. i. 318, 24. Ealle gesceafta onbúgað gebígedum cneówe ðám Hǽlendum Críste, Hml. Th. ii. 362, 1: 18, 3. Þá leóda þé onbúgað, Hml. S. 7, 366.

sweart

(adj.)
Grammar
sweart, adj.

swart, swarthy, black, darkof absence of light or brightness, dark, black, gloomyof absence of good, black (crime), dark, dismal

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Voc. i. 46, 32, 53 (in a list of colours): furvus, ii. 34, 39, 40: fuscus, 38, 27: luridus, 53, 15: pullus, 57, 10: niger. Ælfc. Gr. 8 ; Zup. 27, 9 : caeruleus, Hpt. Gl. 516, 14. Wuduréc sweart, Beo. Th. 6281; B. 3145.

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ge-writ

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Th. i. 58, 22. a number of written characters Þis mon sceal wrítan on húsldisce . . . + + + A + C D + . . . In principio . . . sunt.

up

(adv.)
Grammar
up, (úp?), upp; adv.

Up.upon high uperectlyupto a high point

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Skt. i. 1, 58. Eahta sweras rihtlícne cynedóm up wegaþ, L. I. P. 3; Th. ii. 306, 20

CÍÞ

(n.)
Grammar
CÍÞ, cýþ, es; m.

a CHIT, sprout, germ, sprig, motegermen, festucaseedcrementum

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Seó eorþe cýþ mid hire cíþum, ðæt se tíma is geáres anginn the earth makes known by her plants, that the time is the beginning of the year, Homl. Th. i. 100, 16.

Linked entries: cýþ corcíþ

ge-strínan

(v.)
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Þ [man] þǽre flǽscun geweorð on fisce gestriéne let the worth of the meat be got in fish, Cht. Th. 159, Gestríned adquisita, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 58. <b>I a.

GEÁR

(n.)
Grammar
GEÁR, gér, gǽr, es; n.

A YEARannus

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Men hátaþ ðysne dæg geáres dæg, swylce ðes dæg fyrmest sý on geáres ymbryne men call this day [new] year's day, as if this day were the first in the year's circuit, Homl. Th. i. 98, 16

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þrymm

(n.)
Grammar
þrymm, es; m.

a hostgreat body of peoplea forcemultitudea great body of waterforcepowermightglorymajestymagnificencegreatnessgrandeur

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Hé wile cuman in wolcne and mid engla þrymme, Blickl. Homl. 121, 19. Hé ásende Rapsacen mid micclum ðrymme ( with a great army, A.V. Is. 36, 2), Homl. Th. i. 568, 6: ii. 304, 6: Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 531.

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gíman

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Th. i. 434, 27. to take care that something is or is not done, with positive clause Gýme swán ꝥ hé æfter sticunge his slyhtswýn we] behweorfe, Ll. Th. i. 430, 15. Ðá ðe ofer óðre bióð gimen hié geornlíce ðætte . . . studeant quipraesunt, ut . . . .

ge-hlíwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hlíwan, ge-hleówan; p. de
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Th. ii. 448, 18.

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gífre

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Voc. ii. i. 4. greedy of food. of persons Gífre ambro Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 49. Gífre, grǽdig consumptor, i. devorator, gluto, 134, I. Etol, gífre edax, i. vorax, vorator 142, 29. Ðá gífran gulae dediti, Past. 308, 15.

FÆT

(n.)
Grammar
FÆT, es; pl. nom. acc. fatu, fata; gen. fata; dat. fatum; n.

A vessel, cup, VATvas, călix

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Th. ii. 158, 19. He oferwríhþ nán man mid fæte his onælede leóhtfæt nēmo autem lucernam accendens, opĕrit eam vāse, Lk. Bos. 8, 16. In seolfren fæt in a silver vessel, Elen. Kmbl. 2050; El. 1026.

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ile

(n.)
Grammar
ile, es ; m.

callosity

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the sole of the foot Ile[? cf. 283. 75 helacalx, occurring in a very similar list] calx, Wrt. Voc. 65, 47. Ilas, wearras calces, ii. 127. 45.

un-sýfre

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sýfre, adj.

Impureuncleanfoul

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C. 5, tit.; Th. ii. 128, 14. Þurh unsýfre sprǽce per turpiloquium, 5; Th. ii. 138, 4

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snǽd

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B. i. 295, 28. Wiðútan ðone snǽdhege, C. D. iii. 79, 28

eáwunga

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Ǽwunge in publicum, i. manifeste, An. Ox. 3536. ¶ used as the case of a noun :-- On eáwunge in propatulo, i. manifeste, An. Ox. 2826. On openysse, on ǽwunge, 1485: 47. In eáuung (in eówunga, R.) cymeð in palam veniat, Mk. L. 4, 22. On eáwung, Lk.

burh-sittend

(n.)
Grammar
burh-sittend, burg-sittend, es; m.
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Ðæt is wíde cúþ burhsittendum that is widely known to the city-dwellers, Cd. 135; Th. 170, 18; Gen. 2815: 210; Th. 261, 11, 23; Dan. 724, 730. His gebídan ne mágon burgsittende citizens cannot wait for him, Bt. Met. Fox 27, 34; Met. 27, 17: Elen.

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