forane
beforehand ⬩ Opposite ⬩ in front of ⬩ against
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Take here forne, fórne (l. forne) in Dict. and add: alone, denoting anticipation, prevention, beforehand (as in to be beforehand with a person) Forne forféþ anlicipet, An. Ox. 603. Sý forne forfangen preoccupetur, . . . precedat, 1236.
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spic
Bacon ⬩ lard ⬩ the fat flesh of swine ⬩ the mast on which the swine were fed ⬩ popa, ⬩ lardum ⬩ fat of seals, whales, etc., blubber ⬩ blubber, lard ⬩ lard
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Man nime áne cuppan huniges and healfe cuppan clǽnes gemyltes spices, and mængc on gemang ðæt hunig and ðæt spic tógædere, Lchdm. iii. 76, 5. Án sconc spices a ham, L. Ath. i. prm.; Th. i. 198, 7.
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ús
To us ⬩ us ⬩ of us ⬩ our
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Th. 67, 20. gen. used as a possessive (v. úre), our Úser yldran, Cd. Th. 234, 26; Dan. 298
etan
to devour ⬩ consume ⬩ destroy
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Ðíne suna and ðíne dohtra ǽton and druncon mid heora yldestan bréðer, Hml. Th. ii. 450, 16. Hí ǽton ǽne on dæg, Bt. 15; F. 48, 8. Éton manducaverunt, Ps. Srt. 21, 30. Et (comede) and drinc and gewista, Lk. 12, 19.
healf
a half
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Ors. 5, 3; S. 222, 30. as a measure of degree Se áð sceal bión healf be húslgengum, Ll.
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FREÓLS
freedom ⬩ immunity ⬩ privilege ⬩ lībertas ⬩ immūnĭtas ⬩ privĭlēgium ⬩ a time of freedom ⬩ a holy day ⬩ feast ⬩ festival ⬩ the celebration of a festival ⬩ festum ⬩ festi celebratio
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Gif mæsse-preóst folc miswyssige æt freólse and æt fæstene if a mass-priest misdirect the people about a festival and about a fast, L. E. G. 3; Th. i. 168, 8. On Sunnan dæges freólse on the festival of Sunday, L. E. G. 9; Th. i. 172, 14.
sorh
care ⬩ anxiety ⬩ sorrow ⬩ grief ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ sorrow, care ⬩ cura, solicitudo, angor, moeror, labor ⬩ care, sorrow
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Ne biþ him hyra yrmðu án tó wíte, ac ðara óþerra eád tó sorgum, 79, 22; Cri. 1294. On wíte mid swáte and mid sorgum libban, Cd. Th. 31, 8; Gen. 482. Mid sorgum geswenced, Andr. Kmbl. 231; An. 116.
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hreówsian
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Ðonne hié for ánre hwelcre hreówsiað, ðonne hreówsiað hié for ealle dum per unumquodque erroris sui inquinationem deflent simul se ac totos lacrymis mundent, Past. 413, 24. <b>II a.
BREÓST
the breast of man or beast; ⬩ pectus ⬩ the breasts; ⬩ ubera ⬩ The heart, mind, thought ⬩ pectus, cor, mens
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Ðǽr wearþ Alexander þurhscoten mid ánre flán underneoðan oðer breóst there Alexander was shot through with an arrow underneath one breast, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 27. the breast as the seat of the vital powers, of the feelings, and of the affections, The
in-bryrdniss
Inspiration ⬩ animation ⬩ compunction ⬩ feeling
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Tó inbryrdnesse [inbyrdnesse, MS.] and tó gemynde ðære æfterfyligendra ad instruetionem memoriamque sequentium, 17; S. 585, 16, note
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wíte-lác
Punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ pain
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Punishment, torment, pain Wurdon tó axan eorðan wæstma, efne swá wíde swá ða wítelác (the burning and terror at the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ) gerǽhton, Cd. Th. 154, 12 ; Gen. 2554.
dún-land
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Genim swínes scearn þæs þe on dúnlande and wyrtum libbe, Lch. ii. 62, 28. Ðeós wyrt ( betony ) biþ cenned on mǽdum and on clǽnum dúnlandum, i. 70, 2. Hé hine geond ealle eorðan sóhton, ge on dúnlandum gé on wudalandum, Ap. Th. 7, 14. Add
niht-hwíl
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The space of a day, four and twenty hours Gif ǽnig man wǽre áne niht on helle, and hé eft wǽre æfter þám of álǽdd . . . ne áwacode hé nǽfre for eallum þisum, tó ðám wérig hé wǽre for þǽre ánre nihthwíle, Wlfst. 147, 9
tó-tellan
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Þú þysne middangeard from fruman ǽrest forð oð ende tídum tótældest from the very beginning and right on to the end there has been a distinction of times and seasons for reckoning (cf. Gen. 1, 14); tempus ab aevo ire jubes, Met. 20, 11. Add
wundor-cræft
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, v.ll.) gemeten and geworht and gescyrpendlíce gehíwod ætýwde tó þám gemete hyre heáfdes et locus quoque capitis seorsum fabrefactus ad mensuram capitis illius optissime fíguratus apparuit, Bd. 4, 19 ; Sch. 451, 18. Add
ge-tillan
To touch ⬩ reach ⬩ attain ⬩ tangere ⬩ attingere
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To touch, reach, attain; tangere, attingere Astrece ðíne hand and getill ealle ða þing ðe he áh extende manum tuam et tange cuncta quæ possidet, Job Thw. 165, 15.
flán
An arrow ⬩ a dart ⬩ săgitta ⬩ tēlum
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An arrow, a dart; săgitta, tēlum Þurh flánes flyht through the flight of an arrow, Byrht. Th. 133, 56; By. 71. Fram fláne fleógendre a săgitta vŏlante, Ps. Spl. 90, 6: Beo. Th. 4868; B. 2438.
furður
Further ⬩ more ⬩ ultĕrius ⬩ ultra
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Further, more; ultĕrius, ultra Ǽr gé on land furður feran ere ye proceed further into the land, Beo. Th. 513; B. 254: 1527; B. 761: Exon. 73 b; Th. 274, 30; Jul. 541: Cd. 94; Th. 121, 22; Gen. 2014: Andr. Kmbl. 2976; An. 1491.
eówer
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Add: as personal pronoun Þá Gotan eów hwón oferhergedon, and iówer feáwe ofslógon, Ors. 1, 10; S. 48, 20. Eówer ǽlces ácennednesse, Bt. 30, 2; F. 110, 18.
hrægel-þegn
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Add: as officer of royal household Ǽlcan gesettan hræglðéne hundeahtatig mancusa goldis, C. D. B. iii. 75, 30 (from K.