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ofer-féran

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Mið ðý oferfoerdon geségon ꝥ fícbeám, Mk. L. 11, 20. to go, go away Mið ðý oferfoerde ðona, Mt. L. 15, 29. Oferfoerde ł gáeð embehtað transiens ministrabit. Lk.

mǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽte, adj.

Moderatemeansmallpoorbadinferior

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Ic ðé feáwe dagas mínra mǽttra móde secge I will tell thee the fewness of my days poor and evil; paucitatem dierum meorum enuntia mihi, Ps. Th. 101, 21. Ðe mǽtu sprecaþ ofer me qui maligna loquuntur super me, Ps. Spl. T. 34, 30.

Linked entries: mæctor ge-mǽte

on-drǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
on-drǽdan, p. -dréd, -drǽd, -dreard, -dreord; pp. -drǽd

to dread, feartimeoto be afraid

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Johannem, Mk. Skt. 6, 20.

Linked entries: an-drǽdan á-drǽdan

forþ-scríðan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-scríðan, p. -scráþ, pl. -scridon; pp. -scriðen

To go forthpass ondepartprōdīredecēdĕre

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To go forth, pass on, depart; prōdīre, decēdĕre Dagas forþscridon [MS. forþscridun] days passed on. Exon. 47 a; Th. 160, 12; Gú. 942. Ðonne dógor beóþ on moldwege mín forþscriðen then my day on earth will be departed, 48 a; Th. 164, 16; Gú. 1012

ge-æhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-æhtan, -æhtian; p. te, ode; pp. ed, od [æht valuation, estimation]

To valueprizeæstĭmāre

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Gebéte swá hit mon geæhtie let him make amends as it may be valued, L. Alf. 26; Th. i. 50, 26, MS. H

ge-mecca

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mecca, an; m. and f.

A consort, an equal

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A consort, an equal Ic Oswulf aldormonn ond Beorndryþ mín gemecca I Oswulf alderman and Beornthryth my wife, Th. Dipl. 459, 3 : 469, 30. Gemecca conjunx, Ælfc. Gl. 3; Wrt. Voc. 72, 9. Clippende to heora gemeccum clamantes coæqualibus, Mt. Kmbl.

frægning

(n.)
Grammar
frægning, e; f.
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Asking, enquiry, questioning náht nú tó láfe ne wunað þǽre frægninge and ácsunge be þám wísum, in þám ic wæs tweógende ǽr de his in quibus dubius fui nihil mihi quaestionis remansit, Gr. D. 323, 23. Mid fraignung interrogando, Mk. p. 4, 19

weorold-lust

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Hwæt wille ic cwæðan be mete, oððe be drince, oððe be baðe, oððe be welan, oððe be wyrðscype, oððe be ǽnigum worldlusta ( de cibo et potu, sive de balneis, ceteraque corporis voluptate), Solil. H. 37, 8. Cf. þá worlde lustas, 39, 4. Add

wǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
wǽlan, p. de

To vextormentafflict

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Dogter mín is yfle from deófle wǽled filia mea male a daemonio vexatur, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 15, 22. Hé is yfle wǽlid male torquetur, 8, 6

Linked entry: ge-wǽlan

FRIGNAN

(v.)
Grammar
FRIGNAN, part. frigneride, ic frigne, ðú frignest, he frigneþ, pl. frignaþ; p. ic, he frægn, frægen, frægin, fræng, fregen, fregn, ðú frugne, pl. frugnon; impert. frign, pl. frignaþ; subj. pres. frigne, pl. frignen; pp. frugnen

To askinquireinterrŏgāresciscĭtāri

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Cýðeras unrehte ða ic nysse frugnon mec testes inīqui quæ ignōrābam interrŏgābant me, Ps. Surt. 34, 11: 136, 3. Frign mec interrŏga me, Ps. Surt. 138, 23. Ðeáh hine rinca hwilc æfter frigne though any man inquire about it, Bt. Met.

Linked entries: fregnan fricgan frinan

lícian

(v.)
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(i) to be (well) pleasing :-- In ðǽm wel lícade sáwle míne in quo bene complacuit animae meae, Mt. L. 12, 18. Ús mára hearm tó fundode þonne ús wel lícode, Cht. E. 230, 2. (ii) to be sufficient :-- Wel lícas sufficit, Mk.

FEÁWA

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
FEÁWA, feá; pl. nom. acc. feáwe, feáwa, feá; gen. feáwena, feáwera, feára; dat. feáwum, feáum, feára; adj.

FEWpauci

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Inne on ðæm fæstenne sǽton feáwa cirlisce men a few countrymen sat within the fastness, Chr. 893; Erl. 88, 33. Feáwa synt ðe ðone weg findon pauci sunt qui invĕniunt viam, Mt. Bos. 7, 14: Lk. Bos. 13, 23. Feáwa synt gecorene pauci sunt electi, Mt.

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FOLA

(n.)
Grammar
FOLA, an; m.

A FOALcoltpulluspoledrus

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HÍ gemétton ðone folan úte invēnērunt pullum fŏris, Mk. Bos. 11, 4, 5: Mt. Bos. 21, 2, 5

heofon-wolcen

(n.)
Grammar
heofon-wolcen, es; n.

A cloud of heaven, of the sky

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Ðǽr mec féddon hruse and heofonwolcn [? MS. wlonc] where earth and rain from heaven fed me, Exon. 126 b; Th. 485, 23; Rä. 72, 2

Linked entry: wolcen

mód-full

(adj.)
Grammar
mód-full, adj.

Proudarrogant

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[Oswi hæfde emes sunen þe weoren swiðe þrute gumen, and ma of his cunne þe weoren modfulle, Laym. 31464.]

ge-mǽn-sumian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽn-sumian, -mǽn-suman; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [ge-mǽne communis]

To do or have anything in common with another, to communicate to or share with another, to marrycommunicare, nuberecommunicare, participare

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To do or have anything in common with another, to communicate to or share with another, to marry; communicare, nubere Wylladon us ða þing gemǽnsuman [MS. gemǽnsumian] ea nobis communicare desiderastis, Bd. 1, 25; S. 487, 14. Gemǽnsumad nuptus, Mk.

tǽsl

(n.)
Grammar
tǽsl, tǽsel, e; f.

Teasel, teazle

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Teasel, teazle Ðeós wyrt ðe man camelleon alba, and óþrum naman wulfes tǽsl (tǽsel, MS. B.) (cf. wolf's-thistle, E. D. S. Pub.

Linked entry: wulfes-tǽsl

eced

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Mið æcced (ecedes, R.) aceto, Mt. L. 27, 48. Æcede, Mk. R. 15, 36. Of æcced (æcede, R.), Jn. L. 19, 29. Hí æcced (æceð, R.) bróhton him, Lk. 23, 36. Add

heáh-ealdorman

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-ealdorman, gen. -mannes; m.

A chief alderman, ruler, patrician

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A chief alderman, ruler, patrician Ætius mǽre man se wæs iú ǽr heáhealdorman Ætius vir inlustris qui et patricius fuit, Bd. 1, 13; S. 481, 40. Ðe hǽlend cwæþ tó ðæmhéhaldurmenn ihesus ait archesynagogo, Mk. Skt. Rush. 5, 36.

þreágan

(v.)
Grammar
þreágan, þreán, and þreáwian (v. þreápian); p. þreáde [in Bt. 38, 1; Fox 196, 7 a form occurs that might be a strong past of þreán, on the analogy of þweán, sleán Ðæt gewit wæs swíþe sorgiende for ðám ermþum ðe hí ðrógan; cf. the rendering of the same passage in the metres: Ðæt mód wæs swíðe sorgum gebunden for ðǽm earfoþum ðe him on sǽton,
  • Met. 26, 97.
But, perhaps, drugon should be read, as, Latin is:]; pp. þreád.

to reproverebukereproachto punish one who deserves punishmentto chastise by way of discipline, with a view to amendto chastencorrectto torturetormentafflictdistressvexoppress

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Ne þreá ðú ne arguas me, Ps. Th. 6, 1: 37, 1. Þreá hine openlíce publice argue eum, Lev. 19, 17: R. Ben. 13, 9. sóðfæst gerecce (ðreáð, Surt.) and þreáge (ðreáð, Surt.) corripiet me justus et increpabit me, Ps. Th. 140, 7.

Linked entries: þreán þreiga ðrogan