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deóre

Grammar
deóre, diére, dýre.
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Sunu mín leaf ł diora filius meus dilectus, Mt. L. 17, 5. of great value He ús swá dýran cépe gebohte, Angl. xii. 517, 35. Ic bidde þé þæt ðú lǽte húru ðé ðín líf þonne ðíne sceós I pray thee at any rate set thy life higher than thy shoes, Hml.

bæftan

(adv.)
Grammar
bæftan, bæfta; adv. [be-æftan, q. v.]

After ⬩ behind ⬩ hereafter ⬩ afterwards ⬩ postea

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After, behind, hereafter, afterwards; postea Git synd fíf hungor gér bæftan adhuc quinque anni residui sunt famis, Gen. 45, 11. He ána beláf ðǽr bæfta he alone was left there behind, Gen. 32, 24.

ele-berge

(n.)
Grammar
ele-berge, an; f. [ele oil; berge = berie a berry]

An olive, the fruit of an olive-tree ⬩ ŏlīva

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Syndon bearn ðíne swá swá nywlícra elebergena oððe guógaþ elebeáma sunt fīlii tui sīcut nŏvellæ ŏlīvārum, Ps. Lamb. 127, 3.He úteóde on ðæne múnt Oliuarum, ðæt is Elebergena egressus ībat in montem Ŏlivārum, Lk. Bos. 22, 39

feówertyne

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
feówertyne, adj.

FOURTEEN ⬩ quătuordĕcim

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Rachel acende feówertyne suna Rachel bore fourteen sons, Gen. 46, 22

Linked entry: feówertene

for-leógan

(v.)
Grammar
for-leógan, p. -leág, pl. -lugon; pp. -logen [leógan to lie]

To lie greatly ⬩ belie ⬩ valde mentīri ⬩ ementīri

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Mænige synd forsworene and swýðe forlogene permulti sunt perjūri et mendāces, Lupi Serm. 1, 12; Hick. Thes. ii. 102, 41

Linked entry: for-logen

hefig-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hefig-líce, adv.

Heavily ⬩ grievously ⬩ graviter

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Ða weras mon sceal hefiglecor and stíðlecor lǽran and ða wíf leóhtlecor illis [viri] graviora, istis [feminæ] injungenda sunt leviora, Past. 24; Swt. 179, 16

Linked entry: hefelíce

ge-fæstnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fæstnian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To fix ⬩ fasten ⬩ secure ⬩ confirm ⬩ betroth ⬩ figere ⬩ firmare ⬩ confirmare ⬩ infigere ⬩ despondere

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Gefæstnode synd þeóda infixæ sunt gentes, Ps. Spl. 9,15. Gifæstnad desponsata, Lk. Skt. Rush. 1, 27

Linked entry: ge-festnian

un-hyldu

(n.)
Grammar
un-hyldu, (-o); f.

Disfavour ⬩ unfriendliness

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Disfavour, unfriendliness Ða habbaþ his unhyldo ðe hit him bryttian sceoldon iram merentur, qui dispensatores sunt, Past. 44; Swt. 321, 4. Him is unhyldo Waldendes witod, Cd. Th. 45, 20; Gen. 729.

gód-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
gód-dǽd, e; f.

A good deed ⬩ a benefit

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Ealra góddǽda hí forgiten hæfdon obliti sunt benefactorum ejus, Ps. Th. 77, 13

á-stípan

(v.)
Grammar
á-stípan, p. te; pp. -stíped, -stípt

To bereave

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Se earma man ástýped (-stǽped, v. l.) and bereáfod his suna miser orbatus, Gr. D. 75, 27. Se ástýpta (-stépta,v. l.) ceorl orbatus rusticus, 165, 19. þám ástýptan (-stéptan, v. l. ) wífe, 18, 15. Þ ástépede wíf, 14.

Linked entries: stípan á-stépan

swegel-beorht

(adj.)
Grammar
swegel-beorht, adj.

Heaven-bright

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Heaven-bright Sweglbeorht sunne, Exon. Th. 174, 33; Gú. 1187

ealdian

(v.)
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Þonne se sunu wyxð, þonne ealdað se fæder, Hml. Th. i. 278, 25. Ic aldade senui, Ps. Srt. 36, 25. Ðá ðá hé ealdode, and his sunu wífian sceolde, Hml. Th. ii. 234, 24. Siððan hé ealdode ( jam persenilis aetatis ), Jos. 23, 1: Hml.

scíma

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Seó sunne sylf æt middum dæge eall hire scíma wæs on blǽco gecyrred sol in medio coelo velut lucerna in die pallidescere videbatur, Guth. Gr. 167, 115. Seó sunne feala þinga onlýht myd hyre scíman, Solil. H. 31, 8. Scýman, 66, 22. Add

ge-scyndan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scyndan, p. de.

to hasten ⬩ to cause to hasten, to drive

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to hasten Heofon-torht swegl gescyndeþ the heaven-bright sun hastens, Exon. 93 b; Th. 351, 2; Sch. 74. to cause to hasten, to drive Ða twegen drýmen wurdon gescynde of ðam earde the two wizards were driven from the land, Homl. Th. ii. 476, 8

CUMAN

(v.)
Grammar
CUMAN, part. cumende; ic cume, ðú cymst, cymest, he cumeþ, cymþ, cymeþ, cimþ, pl. cumaþ; p. ic, he com, cwom, ðú cóme, pl. cómon, cwómon; imp. s. cum, cym, pl. cumaþ; subj. indef. ic cume, cyme, pl. cumon, cumen, cymen; p. cóme, pl. cómen; pp. cumen, cymen.

COME ⬩ go, happen ⬩ venire, ire, accidere, evenire

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to COME go, happen ; venire, ire, accidere, evenire Sceal se gást cuman the spirit shall come, Soul Kmbl. 17 ; Seel. 9 . Cuman ongunnan they attempted to come, Beo. Th. 494 ; B. 244 . Cum to ðam lande, ðe ic ðé geswutelige come to the land, which I will

Linked entry: aweg-cuman

efnes

(n.)
Grammar
efnes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Evenness, equity, justice ⬩ æquĭtas

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Evenness, equity, justice; æquĭtas Efnes syndon dómas ðíne æquĭtas sunt jūdĭcia tua. Ps. Spl. 118, 75: Ps. Lamb. 118, 144. He démþ ymbhwyrft eorþan on efnesse ipse judĭcābit orbem terræ in æquĭtāte. Ps. Lamb. 9, 9.

Linked entry: efen-nys

fíf-tyne

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
fíf-tyne, -tene

fifteen ⬩ quindĕcim

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Fíftyne suna fifteen [of] sons, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 32. He slóh fíftyne men he slew fifteen men, Beo. Th. 3169; B. 1582. He on wéstenne wíceard geceás fíftynu geár he chose a dwelling in the wilderness fifteen years, Exon. 46b; Th. 158, 13; Gú. 908.

Linked entries: fíf-tene fýftyne

húsel-disc

(n.)
Grammar
húsel-disc, es; m.

Housel-dish ⬩ the paten

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Ðis mon sceal wrítan on húsldisce and on ðone drenc mid háligwætere þweán and singan on this is to be written on a paten and washed into the drink and sung over, L. M. 1, 62; Lchdm. ii. 136, 3

Linked entry: offrung-disc

ge-mǽnsumnys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mǽnsumnys, -nyss, e; f.

A communion, a participation, also the Sacrament of the Holy Communion ⬩ communio

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A communion, a participation, also the Sacrament of the Holy Communion; communio Ne syndon hí for ðysse wísan to bescyrianne gemǽnsumnysse Cristes líchoman and blódes non pro hac re sacri corporis ac sanguinis Domini communione privandi sunt, Bd. 1,

under-sécan

(v.)
Grammar
under-sécan, p. -sóhte

To investigate ⬩ discutere

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Ðæm láreówe is swíðe smeálíce tó underséceanne be ðæm weorcum ðara ofertrúwedena subtiliter ab arguente discutienda sunt opera protervorum, 32; Swt. 209, 12