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be-baþian

(v.)
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Ǽr þon hé bebaðod sié priusquam lauetur aqua, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 76, 17: Lch. ii. 334, 24. Add

DARU

(n.)
Grammar
DARU, daro, e; f.

Hurt, harm, damage damnum, noxa

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Gemétte he his earm and his hand swá hále and swá gesúnde swá him nǽfre bryce ne daro gedón wǽre he found his arm and his hand so hale and so sound, as if breach or hurt had never been done to them, Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 17.

Linked entries: dæru daro dere

feórþa

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
feórþa, feówerþa; seó, ðæt feórþe, feówerþe; adj.

The FOURTHquartus

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Feórþan dǽles ríca a ruler of a fourth part, tetrarch; tetrarcha, Lk. Bos. 3, 1. On ðære feórþan mǽgþe generātiŏne quarta, Gen. 15, 16. Com se Hǽlend embe ðone feórþan hancréd to him Iēsus quarta vĭgĭlia noctis vēnt ad eos, Mt. Bos. 14, 25.

racian

(v.)
Grammar
racian, p. ode.
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Gif hí næfdon ǽnne God ðe him eallum stiórde and racode and rǽdde, 34, 12; Fox 154, 5. Hé sceal rǽdan and racian (reccean, MS. T.) óðra manna sáulum, R. Ben. 14, 6. Hé þeódum sceal racian(rǽdan, Kmbl.) mid rihte, Andr.

ge-risene

(n.)
Grammar
ge-risene, -risne, -rysne, es; [seems to occur only in pl.] n.

What is fitting, decent

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Ne fremest ðú gerysnu and riht wiþ me thou dost not do what is fitting and right towards me, 102; Th. 135, 19; Gen. 2245: 111; Th. 146, 4; Gen. 2432.

un-dirne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-dirne, -dierne, -dyrne; adj.

Not hiddendiscoveredrevealedmanifest

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Ic wordum wemde wyrd undyrne, Andr. Kmbl. 2959; An. 1482. Ic gearwe wát ðæt ðé (God) siendan ealle wísan (printed wifan) undierne and cúðe dínre ðære hálgan þrynesse, Anglia xi. 97, 7. Nuncupatio est undyrne yrfebéc, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 24

Linked entries: dirne un-derne un-dyrne

west-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
west-weard, adv.
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Ðás seofon tunglan gáð ǽfre eástwerd ongeán ða heofenan ; ac seó heofen[e] is strengre and ábrét hí ealle under*-*bæc westweard mid hire ryne; and is for ðí mannum geþúht swilce séo sunne and ða foresǽdan tunglan gangon westweard.

Linked entry: eást-weard

ymb-gán

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-gán, p. -eode; pp. -gan.
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to go round a circular course Ǽr sunne twelf mónða hringc útan ymbgán hæbbe. Guthl. 21; Gdwin. 96, 6. an object Hí útan ymbgáð ceaster circuibunt civitatem, Ps. Spl.

Linked entries: embe-gán ymb-gangan

á-ginnan

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Þá anlícnessa hé gemacode þurh drýcræft þæt hý águnnon swylce hý cwice wǽron he made the images by magic to act as if they were alive , Wlfst. 99, l

bred

a boardplanka tablet

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Sé þæt fácn tó his cýþþe gebodade, and hit on ánum brede awrát, and siþþan mid weaxe be-worhte quod per tabelias primum scriptas, deinde ceratas, suis prodidit, Ors. 2, 5 ; S. 80, 2. Ðá stǽnenan bredu ðe sió ǽ wæs on áwriten, Past. 125, 18.

eaht

(n.)
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Hwæt is mannes sunu, þæt hit gemet wǽre, þæt þú him aht (áht?) wið ǽfre hæfdest quid est filius hominis, quoniam reputas eum?, Ps. Th. 143, 4.

ge-clipian

(v.)
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L. 4, 33: 9, 38. to call so as to attract attention, call to a person Ðá ðe gecliopadon efnum aldum clamantis coaequalibus, Mt.

gist-hús

(n.)
Grammar
gist-hús, (<b>gæst-hús,</b> q. v. in Dict.), es; n.
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A place of entertainment for strangers, a guest-chamber, hostel, hospice, an inn Gisthús ælðeódigra manna zenodochium, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 51. Gysthúses méd hospitii merces, Nap. 57, 10. Mæg hé witan ꝥ hé bið on sýðfæte and wel gysthúses beþearf, Ll.

hrepung

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Wé sceolon áwendan úre handa and ealne líchaman fram fúllicum and leahterlicum hrepungum, Hml. Th. ii. 374, 7. <b>I a.</b> sexual contact :-- Clǽne hrepunga flǽsclicre mundus contactu carneo, Hy. S. 42, 37. <b>I b.

mylen

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Add: f. n. A water mill Ligð bænorðan ðám porte .xxxvi. æceras yrðlandes, and .x. æceras mǽde, and án mylen, C. D. v. 316, 1.

on-timber

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Tó þám ǽrrum antimbre geedníwude in pristinum statum reformavit (dispersa gemmarum fragmina), An. Ox. 1833: 1875. add: matter for a feeling, &amp;amp;c. Ontimber (bið) geseald tó mótgenne materia ei datur superbiendi, R. Ben. I. 110, 4.

hóh

(n.)
Grammar
hóh, ; gen. hós; m.

A heel, hough

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Him on hóh beleác heofonríces weard merehúses múþ God closed the door of the ark behind him, Cd. 69; Th. 82, 16; Gen. 1363. Mínra hóa calcanei mei, Ps. Th. 48, 5. Pharao him filigde æt ðám hón Pharaoh followed at their heels, Homl. Th. ii. 194, 22.

Linked entries: hó-banca

fram-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
fram-scipe, fram-scipe (from-), es; m.

energyvigourvigorous actionadvancementsuccess

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success of my life, and rejoice in my honour, 31

æt-íwedness

(n.)
Grammar
æt-íwedness, e; f.

A shewingmanifestationostensio

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A shewing, manifestation; ostensio Wæs on wéstenum óþ ðone dæg hys ætíwednessum on Israhel erat in desertis usque in diem ostensionis suæ ad Israel, Lk. Bos. 1, 80

Linked entry: íwed-ness

a-swerian

(v.)
Grammar
a-swerian, p. -swór, pl. -swóron; pp. -sworen; v.a.

To swearjurare

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To swear; jurare Ðæs deópne áþ Drihten aswór juravit Dominus veritatem, Ps. Th. 131, 11. Ðæt he hine for hóle ǽr ne aswóre non frustrabitur eam, 131, 11

Linked entry: swerian