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wíte-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
wíte-dóm, es; m.

knowledgeprophecyforeknowledge

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Se Godes wer ðurh wítedómes gást (per prophetiae spiritum ) ðone storm tówardne foreseah, Bd. 3, 15 ; S. 542, 4. Ðæt heó ðurh wítedómes gást ða ádle forecwéde, 4, 19 ; S. 588, 15 : 4, 28 ; S. 606, 20.

æt-speornan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-speornan, l. æt-spornan, -spurnan,
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<b>II a.</b> fig.

dihtan

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Hé déð be þám þe his willa him dihte, Hml. S. 27, 175. to dictate what is to be written Þá fíf béc God sylf dihte, and Moyses hí áwrát, Hml. Th. i. 186, 20. Þás endebyrdnysse þe Moyses áwrát swá swá him God self dihte, Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 14.

ofer-cuman

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overpower, exhaust, render helpless Swongornes hí ofsit and hí mid slǽwþe ofercymþ, Bt. 36, 6; F. 180, 34.

ge-lǽstan

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<b>VI a.</b> not to fail a person (dat.) :-- Him micele ágenre is ꝥ him ǽfre on écnesse gelǽst, Ll. Th. i. 272, 12. <b>VI b.

FLǼSC

(n.)
Grammar
FLǼSC, es; pl. nom. acc. flǽsc; gen. flǽsca, flǽscea; dat. flǽscum; n: flésc, es; n.

FLESHcăro

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Ryht æðelo biþ on ðam móde, næs on ðam flǽsce true nobility is in the mind, not in the flesh, Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 19. Beóþ twegen on ánum flǽsce ĕrunt duo in carne una, Mt. Bos. 19, 5: Mk. Bos. 10, 8.

Linked entries: flǽc fléc flésc

ícan

(v.)
Grammar
ícan, iécan, ícean, ýcan ; p. íhte, ícte

To EKEincreaseadd toaugment

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MS. ýcan] ðæt mon ǽlce dæg wanaþ, Bt. 26, 2 ; Fox 94, 1. Ýcan, Judth. 11 ; Thw. 24, 11; Jud. 183: Exon. l08 a; Th. 413, 3 ; Rä. 31, 9. Ýcean augmentare, Bd. 2, 4 ; S. 505, 16. Ýced increased, Exon. 53 b ; Th. 187, 25 ; Az. 36

Linked entries: écan íht

leód-biscop

(n.)
Grammar
leód-biscop, es; m.

a suffragan

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The Greek form is here glossed by liódbiscop, the Latin by scírebiscop. Ercebisceop archiepiscopus; leódbisceop, episcopus, Wrt. Voc. 71, 70, 71.

plega

(n.)
Grammar
plega, an; m.
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Mid ðám þiówum wæs on symbel mín plega hunt continuum ludum ludimus, Bt. 7, 3 ; Fox 20, 34 : Exon. Th. 46, 27 ; Cri. 743. Ealle ða hwíle ðe ðæt líc bíþ inne, ðǽr sceal beón gedrync and plega, Ors. 1, 1 ; Swt. 20, 26.

Linked entries: plegan hand-plega

ge-gán

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gán, p. -eóde, -ióde; pp. -gán.

to gogo or pass overcome to passhappenirepræterireevenireto occupyovercomeoverrunsubdueoccuparevinceresubigereto observepractiseexerciseeffectaccomplishobservareexercereperficereefficere

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Eádmund cyning Myrce geeóde king Edmund subdued Mercia, Chr. 942; Th. 208, 33; Edm. 2 : Bd. 1, 2; S. 475, 4 : 2, 5; S. 506, 20 : Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 58, 39 : 3, 9; Bos. 65, 44.

Linked entry: ge-yde

georne

(adv.)
Grammar
georne, giorne, gyrne; comp. geornor; superl. geornost, geornast; adv.

Eagerly, earnestly, diligently, carefully, zealously, willingly, readily, gladly, wellcŭpĭde, enixe, dīlĭgenter, stŭdiōse, prompte, lĭbenter, bĕne

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He sóhte georne æfter grunde he sought diligently along the ground, Beo. Th. 4577; B. 2294: Exon. 44 b; Th. 150, 11; Gú, 777: 57 a; Th. 204, 4; Ph. 92.

Linked entries: giorne gyrne

under-hnígan

(v.)
Grammar
under-hnígan, p. -hnáh; pl. -hnigon; pp. -hnigen.

to descend beneathgo lower than a placeto submit to what is laborious or painfulbe subjected to evilundergo punishment

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Ben. Interl, 19, 1. Ðonne sceal hé underhnígan ðære steóre regollícre láre, R. Ben. 16, 4. Hí sceoldon underhnígan nacodum swurde, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 28. Hét se réða cwellere hine underhnígan swurdes ecge, Homl. Th. i. 428, 8.

ýst

(n.)
Grammar
ýst, e; f.: ýste, es; m. (?)
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Æfter eallum ðám ýstum and ðám ýþum úrra geswinca, Bt. 34, 8; Fox 144, 28. rough water, surge Ýst aestus, recessus et accessus maris, Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 10

beorgan

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Th. i. 418, 31. to prevent the doing of ill (acc. or clause) by a person (dat. ) Hé him slǽp beorge let him take care not to sleep, Lch. ii. 270, II. Bútan wé ús beorgan ꝥ wé him ne ábelgan, Ll. Th. ii. 332, 7. <b>IIIa.

bláwan

(v.)

to blowbreathesnortpantto blowto flameblazeinflate

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L. 151. trans. to drive by blowing Bláw mid hreóde ꝥ seáw on ꝥ dolh . . . bláw þá sealfe on þá dolh, Lch. ii. 332, 2, 11. to cause to sound by blowing, blow a horn, trumpet Þá bleów man míne býman, Nar. 13, 4.

hruse

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hruse, l. hrúse,
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Se wínsele on hrúsan ne feól, B. 772. Þonne ic hrúsan trede, Rä. 8, 1. Hé hrycge sceal hrúsan sécan, 28, 11. (1 a) the floor of a subterranean place :-- Hwá wát on hwelcum hlǽwa Wélandes bán hrúsan þeccen?

weorþan

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weorþan, <b>. II</b> 3.
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Past. 385, 20. add: (a) weorþan æt to be at something; cf. (b 2) Þá wurdon hí æt sprǽce, oþ ꝥ Dúnstán rehte be Sancte Eádmunde, Hml. S. 32, 4. (bl) :-- Eft hé gehwearf tó him selfum, and wearð on his ágenum gewitte, Past. 273, 15.

hosp

(n.)
Grammar
hosp, es; m.

Reproach, opprobrium, contempt, contumely, insult, blasphemy

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Unrihtwíse habbaþ on hospe ða ðe him sindon rihtes wísran the unrighteous hold in contempt those that are better skilled in right than themselves, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 87; Met. 4, 44.

Linked entry: hyspan

hleápan

(v.)
Grammar
hleápan, p. hleóp, pl. hleópon and hlupon [cf.Icel.hlupu]; pp. hleápen

To LEAP, jump, dance, run

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Hwílum hleápan léton on geflit faran fealwe mearas at times they made their fallow steeds run, contend on the course, Beo. Th. 1733; B. 864, Hé á wæs gangende and hleápende ambulans et exsiliens, Bd. 5, 2; S. 615, 23.

apostolíc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
apostolíc, def. m. -a, f. n. -e; adj.

Apostolicapostolicus

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Apostolic; apostolicus Ðá ongunnon hí ðæt apostolíce líf ðære frymþelícan cyricean onhýrigean cœperunt apostolicam primitivæ ecclesiæ vitam imitari, Bd. 1, 26; S. 487, 31.