for-weorþan
to become ill ⬩ to go bad ⬩ to come to a bad end ⬩ to perish
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Add: to become ill Philippus forwearð on móde, Hml. S. 2, 104. of food, to go bad Gif salt forworðes si sal evanuerit, Mt. L. 5, 13. to come to a bad end His geféran ealle forwurdon tó deáðe, Ap. Th. 11, 6. to perish, of death Ealle þá ðe sweord nymað
for-wiernan
to refuse ⬩ deny ⬩ to refuse to give ⬩ to refuse admittance ⬩ to refuse ⬩ to restrain ⬩ prevent ⬩ prohibit ⬩ to hinder ⬩ prevent ⬩ to prevent
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to refuse something (gen.) to a person (dat.), deny Hé þæs teóþan dǽles Gode forwyrneþ, Bl. H. 51, 5. Hié him þára béna forwierndon, Ors. 2, 2; S. 64, 27. Him ǽtes forwyrnan, Hml. S. 22, 137. Him nánes willan næs forwyrnd, ne nánes lustes, Ps. Th. 48
midd
Mid ⬩ middle
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Mid, middle. of place Seó burh wæs on midre ðære eá ( in medio amne ), Nar. 10, 11. Ðá wé wǽron on middre ðære sǽ ( in medio mari ), Bd. 5, 1; S. 613, 23. Is on middre ðære cyricean, 2, 3; S. 504, 39. Hire ( the axis ) midore ymbe (cf. ymb ða eaxe middewearde
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stund
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a stound (used by Spenser and Fairfax, v. Nares, and still later in dialects, v. Halliwell), a while, time, hour Nis seó stund latu ðæt ( the hour will not be long in coming when ) ðé wælreówe wítum belecgaþ, Andr. Kmbl. 2422; An. 1212: Exon. Th. 156
un-rím
A countless number ⬩ an incalculable number or amount
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A countless number, an incalculable number or amount, Grammar un-rím, without a following genitive Ðonne án tweó of ádón biþ, ðonne biþ unrím ástyred ut una dubitatione succisa innumerabiles aliae succrescant, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 19. Grammar un-rím,
æþelo
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Add: f. and in pl. n. nature, in respect to other than rational beings Nim swá wuda swá wyrt of þǽre stówe þe his eard and æþelo biþ on tó weaxanne, and sette on uncynde stówe him, ðonne ne gegréwþ hit ðǽr náuht, Bt. 34, 10; F. 148, 26. Hé þǽre sunnan
flód
flood ⬩ a river ⬩ water ⬩ a flood ⬩ deluge ⬩ the Deluge ⬩ a torrent
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Add: flood, flowing of the tide Flood adsida, Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, l. On ǽlcum ánum geáre weaxeð ꝥ flód ðæs sǽs feówer and twéntigum síða, and swá oft wanað, Shrn. 63, 29. Ðonne hit bið full flód, C. D. iv. 24, l. God him ðá sylle ásende mid þám sǽlicum
ge-beorgan
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Add: to protect, to prevent the happening of evil (acc.) to an object (dat.), ward off from Ic mé gúðbordes sweng gebearh, Gen. 2694. Ðis is seó líhtingc þe ic wylle eallon folce gebeorg*-*an þe hig ǽr þyson mid gedrehte wǽron this is the alleviation
ge-biddan
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Add: to ask. to ask for something (gen.) Ær man hæbbe þriwa his rihtes gebeden, Ll. Th. i. 386, 13. to ask, make request to a person Ne sceal nán faran . . . búton hé gebeden sý, Ll. Th. ii. 386, 6. Swá swá hé gebeden wæs þurh þá geleáfullan, Ælfc.
ge-bígan
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Take here ge-bégan in Dict. and add Gebígþ flectit, curvat, inclinat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 44. Gebíged curva, 23, 47. to cause to move from a position or direction þá þóhton hié hió sceoldon of þám muntum hié gebígan mid hiora flána gescotum, Ors. 6,
ge-mearcian
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Add Smát, gemaercode inpingit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 57. Gemearcode inpingit vel signat, 45, 59. to fix by marks, mart out a site, way (lit. or fig. ), fix the boundaries of, plan Þǽre ilcan niht þe mon on dæg hæfde þá burg mid stacum gemearcod, swá swá
grim
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Add Grim dira, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 64. Seó grimme atrox, 1, 23. Grimme acri, 5, 25. Grymme anxii, Germ. 399, 262. of persons Mé feóndsceaða fæste hæfde grim on grápe, B. 555. Babilone weard grim and gealhmód, Dan. 230. Of þæs grimman deófles gewealdum
on-cirran
to turn (trans.) make a change in position or direction ⬩ to turn (into another form) ⬩ to turn, ⬩ to go ⬩ to turn, make a person adopt a line of conduct, etc. ⬩ to turn, change ⬩ to turn from good to bad, to pervert ⬩ to turn aside, avert ⬩ to turn back, reverse (a sentence), revoke ⬩ to turn (intrans.)
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in a physical sense. to turn (trans.) make a change in position or direction Hé oncyrde hine tó Paule he turned to Paul, Blickl. Homl. 183, 30 : 185, 36. Ðæt hié hine móston on óðre sídan oncyrran, 227, 19. Andwlitan út oncyrran faciem avertere, Ps.
á-brecan
to break up, break to pieces, destroy the connexion between the parts of an object ⬩ to break down a wall ⬩ to break off, separate forcibly ⬩ to destroy a person ⬩ to break, violate ⬩ to take by storm, to storm a place ⬩ To break out, forth, away, &c.
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Add: trans. to break up, break to pieces, destroy the connexion between the parts of an object Hié bánhringas ábrecan þóhton, An. 150. Ðæt his byrne ábrocen wǽre, Fin. 44. Báncofa ábrocen weorðeþ, Vy. 35: Gú. 1341. Ábrocen land broken ground; anfractus
BÉN
A praying ⬩ prayer ⬩ petition ⬩ an entreaty ⬩ a deprecation ⬩ supplication ⬩ demand ⬩ bone ⬩ BOON ⬩ ⬩ deprecatio ⬩ oratio ⬩ preces ⬩ postulatio
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A praying, prayer, petition, an entreaty, a deprecation, supplication, demand. Hence in Chaucer bone and our BOON; precatio, deprecatio, oratio, preces, postulatio Ðeáh ðe ðæs cyninges béne mid hine swíðode and genge wǽren [wæren, MS. T : wære, MSS.
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CÉNE
KEEN, fierce, bold, brave, warlike ⬩ acer, audax, animosus, bellicosus
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KEEN, fierce, bold, brave, warlike; acer, audax, animosus, bellicosus Se wæs úþwita céne and cræftig who was a philosopher keen and profound, Bt. Met. Fox 10, 110; Met. 10, 51. Stóp út céne collenferþ he stept out bold [and] firm of mind, Andr. Kmbl.
el-þeódig
Strange, foreign, barbarous, one who is abroad ⬩ pĕregrīnus, barbărus, advĕna, alienīgĕna, qui pĕregre est
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Strange, foreign, barbarous, one who is abroad; pĕregrīnus, barbărus, advĕna, alienīgĕna, qui pĕregre est Eorlas elþeódige strange men, Andr. Kmbl. 397; An. 199. Þearfum and elþeódigum symble eáþmód paupĕrĭbus et pĕregrīnis semper hŭmĭlis, Bd. 3, 6;
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ent
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He geblissode swá swá se mǽsta oððe swá swá ent to ge-yrnanne weg his exultāvit ut gĭgas ad currendam viam ejus, Ps. Lamb. 18, 6: Ps. Spl. 32, 16: Wrt Voc. 73, 52. Nem-broþ se ent Nimrod the giant, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 35 : Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 17. Dauid eóde
hreóf
Rough ⬩ rugged ⬩ scabby ⬩ leprous
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Rough, rugged, scabby, leprous Hreóf leprosus, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 8, 2. Ðonne biþ se líchoma hreóf ðonne se bryne ðe on ðæm innoþe biþ útáslihþ tó ðære hýde fervor intimus usque ad cutis scabiem prorumpit, Past. 11, 5; Swt. 71, 5. In húse simonis ðæs hreófan
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hwettan
To WHET ⬩ sharpen ⬩ instigate ⬩ urge ⬩ incite ⬩ excite
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To WHET, sharpen, instigate, urge, incite, excite Ic hwette acuo, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 30, 48: Exon. 103 b; Th. 393, 1; Rä. 12, 3. Se lǽce his seax hwæt the physician sharpens his knife, Past. 26, 3; Swt. 187, 5. Úsic lust hwætep desire urges us, Andr.