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mægden

(n.)
Grammar
mægden, mǽden, es; n.

A maidengirlvirgin

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Ne nýde man náðer ne wíf ne mǽden tó ðam ðe hyre sylfre mislícige let no woman, whether she have been married before or not, be forced to a marriage which she dislikes, 75; Th. i. 416, 20: L. Edm. B. 1; Th. i. 254, 2. Mǽdenu virgines, Ps.

Linked entry: mǽden

ge-hiwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hiwian, -hywian, -heowian, -hiowian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed.

to formfashionmaketransformtransfigureformāreplasmārefingĕrefĭgūrāretransfĭgūrāreto seemappearpretendsĭmŭlāre

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He wæs gehiwod befóran him transfĭgūrātus est ante eos, Mt. Bos. 17, 2.

tǽl

(n.)
Grammar
tǽl, e; f.(?)

Evil speaking, calumny, detraction

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he calum- niated, 260, 21; Jul. 300) hét mé fremdne god ofer ða óþre ðe wé ǽr cúþon weorþian that she attacked me with blasphemy, bade me honour a strange god above the others that we knew before, 247, 4; Jul. 73

Linked entry: tál

brengan

Grammar
brengan, brengean.
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Bróht beforan úres módes eágan, 259, 20. Tó Róme bróht, Ors. 4, II ; S. 208, 19. Him ꝥ sǽd bróht wæs. Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 39. Add

ge-lícian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lícian, to please.
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Hit beforan þé swá gelícode sic placuit ante te, Lk. 10, 21. Gif man wíf weddian wille, and hit swá hire and freóndan gelícige, Ll. Th. i. 254, 3. to seem good Ús eallum gelícode þá, ꝥ wé sendon Paulus and Barnaban, Ll. Th. i. 56, 19

ge-þræc

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Dele <b>geþrec</b> clangor, and add: a collection of objects pressed together, a throng Synna gehwǽr selfum æt eágan firendéda geþrec (the throng of my misdeeds) beforan standeþ delictum meum coram me est semper, Ps. C. 44.

hete

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Hannibal gecýþde þone níþ and þone hete (odium) þe hé beforan his fæder geswór, Ors. 8; S. 186, 9. an act or thought prompted by hate: Hé heom behét ǽlcne hete, Hml. S. 23, 230. Ðá ðóhton heatas in heortan qui cogitaverunt malitias in corde. Ps.

wiþ

Grammar
wiþ, <b>. I</b> I a.
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Add Swí eác wið þan (þǽr ongeán, v.l. e contra) beforan Godes eágum licgað forsewene þá þe áþindað, Gr. D. 40, 2. Wið ðám spelle wæs Crisorius contra Chrysaorius narrare consuevit, 325, 19. 2. Add Nabbe gé nánne gemánan wið hine, Past. 357, 6.

segn

(n.)
Grammar
segn, segen, es ; m. n.
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Eall mín weorod . . . herebeácen and segnas beforan mé lǽddon totum agmen me . . . sequebatur cum signis et uexillis, Nar. 7, 16. <b>IIa.</b> used metaphorically Wynród segn sóðfæstra the cross, the standard of the righteous, Salm.

Linked entry: segen

fore

beforein front ofat the head ofbeforeforfromthroughbecause ofon account offorfromthroughin place ofinstead offor the sake ofon behalf ofto the honour ofofaboutbeforeinto the presence of

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Take here fóre (l. fore), and add: with dat. or uncertain. local, before, in front of Gif him wan fore wolcen hangað (cf. þonne sweartan wolcnu him beforan gáþ, Bt. 6: F. 14, 22), Met. 5, 4.

warian

(v.)
Grammar
warian, p. ode
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Hé gelǽre ðæt hý hí wið ðæt warien, ðæt hý hǽr ne cumen, Sbrn. 203, 3. to be careful to do what is necessary, take a precaution Warige hine se ðe his ágen befóð, ðæt hé tó ǽlcan teáme hæbbe getrýwne borh, L.

Linked entries: werian be-warian

crisma

(n.)
Grammar
crisma, an; m. [chrisma, ătis, n. = χρῖσμα, ατος; n. an unction, from χρίω [fut. χρίσω] I touch the surface of a body, I rub or anoint]

χρῖσμα, ατοςχρίσω the chrismunction or holy oil, used for anointing by the Roman Catholic church after baptismoleum chrismatisthe white vesture, called chrisom, which the minister puts upon the child immediately after dipping it in water, or pouring water upon it in baptism chrismale, id est, vestis candida, quæ super corpus baptlzati ponitur.

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In the holy font, before ye baptize them, ye shall pour chrism in the figure of the cross of Christ; and no one may be sprinkled with the font water, after the chrism is poured in, L. Ælf. E. Th. ii. 390, 1-17.

Linked entries: crism-lýsing crysma

a-metan

(v.)
Grammar
a-metan, p. -mæt, pl. -mǽton; pp. -meten; v. trans. [a, metan to measure] .

to metemeasuremeasure outmetiriemetirito measure out to any oneto allotassignbestowaliquid alicui emetiriex mensura darelargirito measure outplanformmakeemetirifor-mareconfingere

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Ǽr me gife unscynde mægen-cyning amæt before the powerful king measured out to me a blameless grace, Elen.

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drohtaþ

(n.)
Grammar
drohtaþ, drohtoþ,es ; m. [dreógan to do, suffer, pass life, live]

Conversation, manner or way of life, condition, conduct, society condĭtio vitæ, stătio, conversātio

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Ne wæs his drohtoþ swylce he on ealderdagum ǽr gemétte his condition was not such as he had before found in his life-days, Beo. Th. 1517; B. 756.

Linked entry: droht

íwan

(v.)
Grammar
íwan, p. de

To show bring before the eyesdisplayreveal

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To show, bring before the eyes, display, reveal Ýweþ and yppeþ shews and reveals, Salm. Kmbl. 985; Sal. 494. Ðá ýwde hé ðǽr synne wisan culpam esse demonstravit, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 2.

Linked entry: éwan

lot-wrenc

(n.)
Grammar
lot-wrenc, es; m.

Deceitdeceptioncunningfrauddevicewilecraft

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Philippus mid his lotwrence áliéfde ðæt heora anwaldas móston standan swá hié ǽr dydon Philip, with his craftiness, allowed their powers to stand as they did before, 3, 7; Swt. 118, 9.

Linked entries: list-wrenc wrenc

N

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Sax. net, hand, én; but, like m, it falls away before ð and s, and the vowel which preceded the n is lengthened, e. g. cúð, tóð, óðer, múð, húsel, est; Goth. kunþs, tunþus, anþar, munþs, hunsl, ansts; O. H. Ger. chund, zand, andar, mund, anst; O.

strang-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
strang-líc, adj.
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Sume bióþ beforan monna eágum gesewen swelce hié fæstlícu and stronglícu weorc wyrce quidam quaedam ante humanos oculos robusta exerceant, Past. 34, 6; Swt. 234, 19. requiring strength, laborious, hard Nánne mon ðæs ne tweóþ ðæt se seó strong on his

dryhten

(n.)
Grammar
dryhten, drihten; gen. dryhtnes, dryhtenes; m.

a ruler, lord, princedŏmĭnus, princepsthe supreme ruler, the Lord; chiefly used for God and Christ Dŏmĭnus

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We fór Dryhtene iu dreámas hefdon we formerly had joys before the Lord, Cd. 214; Th. 267, 26; Sat. 44

Linked entries: drihten Drihtnes

smale

(adv.)
Grammar
smale, smæle; adv.

finely not loudly

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Ic hí tódǽlde swá smæle and swá swá dust beforan winde comminuam eos ut pulverem ante faciem venti Ps. Th. 17, 40. Ðæs dustes smæle gecnucudes Lchdm. i. 286, 2. Gegníd smæle on mortere ii. 60, 1. Gebeát smæle 88, 5.

Linked entries: smæl smæle