feorh-gebeorh
Life's security ⬩ refuge ⬩ vītæ servātio ⬩ refŭgium
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Life's security, refuge; vītæ servātio, refŭgium He gelǽdde ofer lagustreámas máþmhorda mǽst on feorhgebeorh he led the greatest of store-houses over the water-streams for refuge, Cd. 161; Th. 201, 8; Exod. 369
ge-sacan
To oppose, strive against ⬩ adversari
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To oppose, strive against; adversari Gesacan sceal sáwl-berendra, niðða bearna, gearwe stówe shall strive against the place prepared for those having souls, for the children of men, Beo. Th. 2012, note; B. 1004
hóh
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On ðǽre méran stówe ðe mon háteð Clofeshóas, C. D. i. 278, 29 : 201, 5 : 204, 16: v. 66, 25. Clofeshós, i. 222, 6. Txts. 432, 14. Æt Clofeshóum, C. D. i. 223, 9 : 280, 5.
bissextus
leap-year
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The intercalary day of leap-year; also leap-year Sume preóstas secgað ꝥ bissextus cume þurh ꝥ,ꝥ Iosue ábæd æt Gode ꝥ seó sunne stód stille . . . Nis nǽfre þurh ꝥ bissextus . . .
Linked entry: bises
for-sittan
to stop up
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Add: trans. to stop up Gif eágan forsetene beóþ ... drýp on ꝥ eáge, Lch. iii. 2, 20. to lose by sitting, to fail to go and do something, neglect or defer a duty Gif preóst fulwihðe untrumes forsitte, Ll. Th. i. 38, 10.
ófostlíce
Hastily, speedily, in haste
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Hastily, speedily, in haste Hé stóp ófostlíce tó-foran ðam biscope and feól tó his fótum festinus accedens ante pedes episcopi conruit Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 36. Ongan ófostlíce ðæt hof wyrc-an. Cd. Th. 79, 24; Gen. 1316.
stǽner
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stony ground In stǽrer (stǽnen?) in petrosa, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 5. Stǽner, 20. Ofer stǽnere super petrosa, Mt. Skt. Rush. 4, 5, 16. Stǽnero, Lind. 4, 16
frum-spellung
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A first telling, an original story Titelung, frumspellung recapitulatio (the passage glossed is: Paradisum Cherubin conclusisse recapitulatio Geneseos originaliter declarat, Ald. 16, 35), An. Ox. 1153: 2, 31
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tó-lísedness
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D. 296, 2. desolation Wé geómriaþ þá tólésednesse and broc þyssere stówe loci hujus desolationem gemimur, Gr. D. 313, 14
básnian
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Meotud on mereþyssan básnode (of Christ asleep in the storm), An. 447. Weras básnedon wíteláces weán (of the people of Sodom just before their destruction), Gen. 2417. Add
for-standan
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D. 222, 22. to stop a person (dat.) doing something Hí mec willað oðfergan ... Ic him þæt forstonde they want to carry me off ... I stop them doing that, Rä. 17, 8. Hí woldon feore beorgan ... him þæt engel forstód, An. 1542: Gen. 2748: Mód. 65.
Linked entry: for-licgan
háte
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Gewrec nú, Dryhten, þæt mé ys þus torne on móde háte on hreðre mínum, Jud. 94. with violent exertion, furiously Stánhofu stódan, streám háte wearp wídan wylme there stood the stone courts, the stream furiously flung its broad boiling waters, Ruin. 39
for-lorenes
FORLORNNESS ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdĭtio
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FORLORNNESS, destruction; perdĭtio Ic geseó me stówe gegearwode beón éccre forlorenesse mihi lŏcum despĭcio æternæ perdĭtiōnis esse præpărātum, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 29. On lyre oððe on forlorenesse in perdĭtiōne, Ps. Lamb. 87, 12
Port
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The name attributed to one of the Saxon invaders of Britain, apparently an inference from a place-name Hér cuom Port on Bretene ... on ðære stówe ðe is gecueden Portesmúþa, Chr. 501 ; Erl. 14, 12
freomian
To profit ⬩ be good ⬩ avail ⬩ prōdesse ⬩ vălēre
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To profit, be good, avail; prōdesse, vălēre Ðæt ðære ylcan stówe myl wið fýre wæs freomigende ut pulvis lŏci illīus contra ignem văluĕrit, Bd. 3, 10; S. 534, 16
sumsende
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humming, sounding (of falling rain) Hí ( the storm-clouds ) feallan lǽtaþ sweart sumsendu (suinsendu? v. swinsian) seáw of bósme, wǽtan of wontbe, Exon. Th. 385, 19; Rä. 4, 47
tó-ætícan
to increase
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to increase Swelce eác tóætécte disse gedréfnisse storm Sǽberhtes deáþ auxit autem procellam hujusce perturbations etiam mórs Sabercti, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 6. Similar entries v. next word
racu
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, cloud, storm Ic wille ǽhta and ágend eall ácwellan ða beútan beóþ earce bordum ðonne sweart racu ( the black clouds that overspread the sky at the Deluge ) stígan onginneþ, Cd. Th. 81, 34; Gen. 1355
be-wrixlan
to change ⬩ to exchange
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Grammar be-wrixlan, be-wrixlian. to change Hé bewrixlede þǽre stówe eard*-*unge habitationem mutavit loci. Gr. D. 119, 21. to exchange þú ús bebohtest and bewrixledest vendidisti populum tuum sine pretio, Ps. Th. 43, 14
-isc
-ish
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modern -ish, a suffix of adjectives, connoting the quality of the object denoted by the stem, e.g. ceorl-isc churl-ish, cild-isc child-ish; also connotes origin from a place or stock, e. g. Engl-isc, Gréc-isc, Iudé-isc.