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brycg

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. ¶ of the importance attached to bridges in early England the following passages speak :-- Sé þe þára mihta hæbbe . . . gódige Godes cyrican, . . . and gódige folces fær mid bricgum ofer deópe wæteru and ofer fúle wegas, Ll. Th. ii. 282, 10.

on-bútan

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Eówer wiðerwinna færð him onbútan adversarius vester circuit, Hml. A. 52, 54. Add Þysse wyrte wyrttruman man sceal niman onbútan midne sumur, Lch. i. 260, 3. add: with another adverb Ǽghwǽr onbútan circumquaque, An. Ox. 2, 251. <b>III a.

un-bindan

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Add: I. to free from a bond (lit. or fig. ) Frameallum bende unrihtwísnesse þú unbinst ( absolvis ) mægen þín, Angl. xi. 116, 5, Hé hí mid bendum fæste hét gewríðan . . . hé hét hí eft ealle unbindan, Hml.

dæg-steorra

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-steorra, an; m. [dæg a day, steorra a star]

The day starlucifer, aurora

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The day star; lucifer, aurora Seó sunne and se móna, and ǽfensteorra and dægsteorra, and óðre þrý steorran, ne synd ná fæste on ðam firmamentum the sun and the moon, and the evening star and the day star, and three other stars, are not fast in the firmament

syn-lust

(n.)
Grammar
syn-lust, es; m.

Sinful pleasuredesire, lust

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Crist lǽrde, ðæt gehwá synnluste fæste wíðstóde; Antecrist lǽrþ, ðæt gehwá his luste georne fulgange, Wulfst. 55, 11. Ða hlíwðe ðe hé ǽer þurh synlust gefremode, L. Edg. C. 16; Th. ii. 284, 5: Exon. Th. 17, 12; Cri. 269.

clifian

(v.)
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Of þám hege þe hé fæste on clifode (clyf-, v. l. ), 25, 12. Hé cleofode on ðǽre eorðan and ne mihte ná onstyrian his fét tó gánne, 224, 22. Cleofede lentesceret, An. Ox. 3108. On cleofode, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 24.

ge-midlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-midlian, l. ge-mídlian,
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Dumbe beóð þá bydelas and tó fæste gemídlede, þe for ege oððe lufe wandiað Godes riht tó sprecanne, Wlfst. 191, 2-6

helan

(v.)
Grammar
helan, p. hæl, pl. hǽlon; pp. holen

To concealhidecover

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Ðú heora fyrene fæste hǽle operuisti omnia peccata eorum, Ps. Th. 84, 2. Hé hit hæl swíðe fæste wið his bróðor he concealed it very carefully from his brother, Ors. 6, 33; Swt. 288, 14. Hé ðæt hæl ǽrest sce petre he at first concealed that from St.

Linked entries: ge-hala be-helan hal

fús

readyeager

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Se wonna href fús ofer fægum, B. 3025. where the movement or readiness refers to departure from this world Beór*-*scealca sum fús and fǽge, B. 1241. Fród and fús, El. 1237. Fús sceal féran, fǽge sweltan, Gn. Ex. 27.

ge-standan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-standan, -stondan; p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen.

to standstand stillremainlastexistbestāremănēre. existĕreesseto stand against any oneopposeoppressattackurgeseizeinsurgĕreingruĕreurgĕrecorrĭpĕre

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His fótas ǽr fæste gestódan stĕtērunt pĕdes ejus, Ps. Th. 131, 7: 93, 18. Wese ðín milde mód geswíðed, and me to frófre fæste gestande fiat nunc mĭsĕrĭcordia tua, ut consōlētur me, 118, 76.

Linked entry: ge-stondan

cearig

(adj.)
Grammar
cearig, ceareg, ceari; adj. [cearu = care, sorrow]

Careful, sorrowful, pensive, wary, CHARY, anxious, grieving, diresollicitus, cautus, querens, mente turbatus, dirus

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Wæs Meotud on beám bunden fæste cearian clomme the Creator was bound fast on the tree with dire bond, Exon. 116b; Th. 449, 6; Dóm. 67.

Linked entries: carig ceareg ceari

in-dryhten

(adj.)
Grammar
in-dryhten, adj.

Noblecourtly

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Icel. inn-drótt a king's body-guard] Ðæt bþ in eorle indryhten þeáw ðæt hé his ferþlocan fæste binde it is a noble habit in a man, to bind fast his mind's casket, Exon. 76 b; Th. 287, 11; Wand. 12.

Linked entry: dryhten

ge-lómlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-lómlíce, comp. -lícor; superl. -lícost; adv.

Often, frequently, repeatedlysæpe, frĕquenter, crebro

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Hwí fæste we and ða Sundor-hálgan gelómlíce quare nos et Pharisæi jejūnāmus frĕquenter? Mt. Bos. 9, 14 : Bd. 3, 22; S. 552, 9 : 3, 23; S. 554, 11. Búton hí hyra handa gelómlíce þweán nisi crebro lāvĕrint mănus, Mk.

tǽling

(n.)
Grammar
tǽling, e; f.

reproof, rebukeevil-speaking, slander, calumny

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Hiera geférena tǽlinge reprehensionem proximorum, 38; Swt. 273, 8. evil-speaking, slander, calumny Gif ðú gesihst fæla penega tǽlincga oððe wærginga getácnaþ if you see many pennies, it betokens calumnies or curses, Lchdm. iii. 214, 16

turnian

(v.)
Grammar
turnian, p. ode.
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Seó firmamentum tyrnþ symle onbútan ús . . . and ealle ða steorran, ðe hyre on fæste synd, turniaþ onbútan mid hyre, Lchdm. iii. 254, 16. Hwylces gecyndes is seó heofon? Symle turniende ( volubilis).

þiderweardes

(adv.)
Grammar
þiderweardes, adv.
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Thitherwards Wæs se cyng þiderweardes on fære ... Þá hé þá wæs þiderweardes and sió óþeru fierd wæs hámweardes the king was on the march thither ... When he was on the way thither and the other troops were on the road home, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 32.

á-lynian

(v.)
Grammar
á-lynian, -lynnan.
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Hí þæs þeófes fót áhlinode ( solvit ) of þám hege þe hé ǽr fæste on clifode, Gr. D. 25, 10. Hí ðæs scræfes locstán út álynedon, Hml. S. 23, 426. Áhlinnað ł áhebbað gatu attollite portas, Ps. L. 23, 9.

innera

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Forlǽtað ðá úterran sibbe and habbað ðá innerran fæste, 357, 9

hord-cófa

(n.)
Grammar
hord-cófa, an; m.

A place for treasure, a retired chamber, closet, a place where the thoughts are stored, the breast, heart

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Ðæt hé his ferþlocan fæste binde healde [MS. healdne] his hordcófan that he close fast his mind's coffer and preserve the treasury of his thoughts, Exon. 76 b; Th. 287, 14 [cf. 22]; Wand. 14.

HÝÐ

(n.)
Grammar
HÝÐ, e ; f.

a porthaven

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Ðǽr æt hýðe stód æðelinges fær, Beo. Th. 63 ; B. 32: Elen. Kmbl. 495; El. 248: Exon. 52 a ; Th. 182, 8; Gú. 1307. Hé hí on hǽlo hýðe gelǽdde eduxit eos in portum, Ps. Th. 106, 29; Exon, 20 b ; Th. 53, 34; Cri. 860: Salm. Kmbl. 489; Sal. 245

Linked entry: húðe