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ferian

(v.)

to carrymoveconveyto leadconduct

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Wegférende móton for neóde mete ferian, Ll. Th. ii. 298, 26. Ic seah rǽpingas on ræced fergan I saw captives carried into a house, Rä. 53, 1. Synna ána mid him ferigende, Hml.

ge-néþan

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For þon þe hé wolde ofer his ágen mægn áht swylces genéþan (gedyrstlǽcean, v. l.) quia ultra vires volunt quidquam praesumere, Gr. D. 73, 4. with clause Ne genéð (gedyrstlǽc, v. l., praesumas ) ꝥ þú gá tó þám hálgan háde, Gr. D. 135, 9.

ge-niþerian

(v.)
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For ðǽm wlite ðínra cræfta ðú wurde úp áhæfen, and ðonan ðú wyrst geniððrad ex virtutum decore te elevas, ipsa tua pulchritudine impelleris, ut cadas, 463, 22. Éghuelc sé ðe hine áhebbað gehniðrad bið ( humiliabitur ), Lk.

Linked entry: niþerian

ge-samnung

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assembling :-- Þæt wé sendan and wilnian fultum be swá manegum mannum swá ús cinelic þince . . . ꝥ þám forworhtum mannum beó þe mára ege for úre gesomnunge (or under ), Ll. Th.

gleng

(n.)
Grammar
gleng, e; f.
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Ne cépð nán man deórwyrðra reáfa búton for ýdelum gylpe þæt hé sý tóforan óðrum mannum þurh his glencge geteald, Hml. Th. i. 328, 30. Ic andette . . . ídel word . . . and ǽlcne glængc þe tó mínes líchaman unrǽde ǽfre belimpe, Ll. Th. ii. 262, 28.

grin

(n.)
Grammar
grin, gryn, e; f.: es; n.
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.: <b>grin,</b> es; n. and add: a snare for taking game, &amp;c. (lit. and metaph.) Hé cymð suá suá grin ofer ealle ðá ðe eardiað ofer eorðan, Past. 129, 22. Úre sáwl is áhred of grine (girene, Ps.

hreám

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Þæt folc fleáh áfirht for heora hreáme omnis Israel fugit ad clamorem pereuntium, Num. 16, 34: Hml. S. 13, 229. Se sceocca sóna fordwán mid swíðlicum reáme, swá ꝥ ðá munecas micclum áfyrhte wurdon áwrehte, 6, 316.

wafian

(v.)
Grammar
wafian, p.ode

To look with wonder, be amazed,to wonder at, be amazed at

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Ðæt ðú gange wafiende for hira þinge and ege sis stupens ad terrorem eorum, Deut. 28, 34. Ðæt folc wafigende him sáh onbútan, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 650. Wafiendre wæferséne theatrali (visibili) spectaculo, Hpt. Gl. 411, 77.

Linked entries: wæfre wæfþ webbung

ǽder

(n.)
Grammar
ǽder, ǽdder, e; f. ǽd(d)re, an; f. (wæter-ǽdre occurs once neuter). Add:to ǽdre:

a channel for fluidsa sinewa rein, kidney

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a channel for fluids Ðín édra thy fountain (vena), Kent. Gl. 107: 330. Ealle eorðan ǽddre onsprungon ongeán ðám heofonlican flóde, Wlfst. 206, 18. Ǽþro botre (cf. botrus fossa, via imbribus excavata, Migne), Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 28.

Linked entry: héþir

ofer-gán

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-gán, p. -eode; pp. -gán.

to overspreadto overrun (a country, as a victorious army does), to conquerto pass a point or limitto pass a moral limit, to transgressto pass across, traverse, crossto pass, pass off or away, be over, come to an endTo be overto come upon, attack

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to overspread Seó lyft ofer*-*gǽþ ealne middaneard, Lchdm. iii. 272, 17. to overrun (a country, as a victorious army does), to conquer Se here fór tó Sandwíc, and swá ðanon tó Gipeswíc, and ðæt eall ofereode, Chr. 993; Erl. 132, 4.

Linked entries: ofer-eode ofer-gangan

ofer-méttu (o)

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-méttu (o), indecl. in sing. ; but declined in pl. , where it is used with singular meaning, cf. ofer-hygd, -méde : perhaps all the instances which follow may belong to the plural, since eáþmétto takes a verb in the plural; f.

Pride, arrogance, haughtiness

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Lét befeallan on ðæt éce fýr ðe him gegearcod wæs for heora oferméttum, Homl. Th. i. 12, 4: Met. 5, 32 : Bt. 16, 1; Fox 50, 9-11. Mid ofermétum superbia Past. 42, 2; Swt. 307, 7. Ne mæg hé wið ofermétta, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 10.

wíglung

(n.)
Grammar
wíglung, , e; f.

Divinationsoothsayingsorceryaugury

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Hleótan man mót bútan wiccecrætte . . . gif hí hwæt dǽlan willaþ; ðis nis nán wíglung, ac bið wissung for oft. Homl. Skt. i. 17, 87. Wígelunge divinatione Hpt. Gl. 467, 69. Deófles bígencg, ne on wíglunge ne on wiccedóme, Homl. Ass. 143, 122.

Linked entry: wílung

á-wiht

aloneany goodgood for anything

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Óht (áht, ǽnig þing, v. ll.) wundorlices wyrcan, 45, 5. predicate subst. or adj. any good, good for anything :-- Deófol mót ǽlces mannes áfandigan, hwæðer hé áht sý oððe náht, Hml. Th. i. 268, 12. Hwæðer heora geþanc áht sý, Wlfst, 11, 13.

wolcen

(n.)
Grammar
wolcen, wolcn (wolc), es;n. : also wolcne, an; f.

A cloudthe cloudsthe heavensthe skythe clouds of nightunder heavenon earthskywelkin

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Þa scipen foren wide mid wolcnen and mid wedere, Laym. 102. Com winden mid ðam weolcnen a drake, 25592.

LÍF

(n.)
Grammar
LÍF, es; n.

LIFE

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Nis mé tíd mín líf tó onwendenne there is no time for me to change my life, 5, 14; S. 634, 32: Past. 17, 4; Swt. 111, 23. Seó Cúþburh ðæt lýf [monastery] æt Winburnan árǽrde, Chr. 718; Erl. 45, 19

unnan

(v.)
Grammar
unnan, prs. ic, hé an[n], pl. wé unnon; p. úðe.

to grant a person (dat.) somethingto giveallowto wish something (gen.) to a person (dat. )to wish something (gen.) for a person (dat.)to like a person to have somethingto like a condition of thingsto be pleased

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Gewearð ðætte Perse gebudan frið eallum Créca folce, næs ná for ðæm ðe hié him ǽnigra góda úþen ( non quod misericorditer fessis consuleret ), Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 98, 31. [Gledieð alle wið me, ðæt me god unuen, Marh. 21, 22.

Linked entries: an ann

dǽlan

(v.)
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Se ríca berð máre þonne hé behófige . . .; for ðí sceal se ríca dǽlan his byrðene wið þone ðearfan, Hml. Th. i. 254, 31.

heá-lic

loftytallhigh uppreciouselevatedraisedloudprofoundintenseextremenobleexcellent

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Th. i. 330, 15. of excellent quality, precious (stone) For heálicum gymstánum, Hml. S. 20, 60. Se heofon is betera and heálicra and fægerra ðonne eall his innung.

hraþe

(adv.)
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(all none) the more for this reason, on this account Þeáh hí eówre sín, ne þincþ eów nó þý hraþor (raþor, v. l. ) heora genóh, Bt. 13: F. 38, 31: 30, 1; F. 108, 9, 11: 32, 2; F. 116, 25: 33, 2; F. 124, 24. Hræþor (hraþor, v. l. ), 41, 4; F. 252, 3.

lange

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</b> of time, for or during a long time. of continued action Gif se láreów hié gemyndgað ðára weligera ðe lange striéndon and lytle hwíle brucon si eorum ad medium memoria deducatur, qui et ditari in hoc mundo diu conati sunt, et tamen in adeptis