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wiþ-sacan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-sacan, p. -sóc, pl. -sócon; pp. -sacen

To deny ⬩ refuse ⬩ reject ⬩ to say no ⬩ to refuse permission ⬩ refuse ⬩ reject ⬩ decline ⬩ to deny ⬩ reject ⬩ refuse assent ⬩ to renounce ⬩ reject ⬩ give up ⬩ refuse ⬩ withhold ⬩ not to give ⬩ to declare hostility

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Th. 248, 21; Jul. 99. Ic wiðsóc sáwle mínre frófre negavi consolari animam meam, Ps. Th. 76, 3. Ætfæste hé mé míne efenþeówene, ðá wiðsóc ic hire, Shrn. 39, 9.

Íra-land

(n.)
Grammar
Íra-land, For argument in favour of taking Iceland to be the country intended where this word is used in Ohthere's narrative see Dr. Craigie's note in Mod. Lang. Rev. vol. xii, p. 200.

æt-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-feolan, Mé ætfea
h fyrhtu helle, Ps. Th. 114, 3.

dyrre

(v.)
Grammar
dyrre, durst, Beo. Th. 2763; B. 1379; subj. pres.
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of durran

fleág

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fleág, flew,
  • Exon. 46a
    • ;
  • Th. 157, 9
    • ;
  • Gú. 889
    • ;
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p. of fleógan

Ealdulfes næs

(n.)
Grammar
Ealdulfes næs, Chr. 1052; Th. 321, 10. v. Eádulfes næs.

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helle-dor

Grammar
helle-dor,
  • Exon. 121 a; Th. 464, 14; Hö. 87.

eár

(prep.)
Grammar
eár, before. Chr. 1041; Th. 299, 15, col. 1.

Similar entry: ǽr

gyt-feorm

(n.)
Grammar
gyt-feorm, [?], L. R. S. 21; Th. i. 440, 26.

ge-hropen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-hropen, Ps. Th. 17, 15. v. ge-hreosan; I.

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ǽ-hwǽr

Grammar
ǽ-hwǽr, = ǽg-hwǽr,
  • Ps. Th. 88, 31
    • .

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ge-býrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býrian, -býrigan, -bírian; 3rd sing. eþ; p. ede; pp. ed; 3rd sing. aþ; p. ode; pp. od. [The cognate words point to a short vowel.]

To happen ⬩ to fall out ⬩ to pertain to ⬩ belong to ⬩ evenire ⬩ accidere ⬩ contingere ⬩ pertinere ad ⬩ It pertains to ⬩ it is fitting or suitable ⬩ it becomes ⬩ it behoves ⬩ pertinet ad ⬩ convenit ⬩ oportet ⬩ decet

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Hit nis náuht ðæt mon cwiþ ðæt ǽnig þing weás gebýrige it is naught [nothing] that men say that anything happens by chance, Bt. 40, 5; Fox 240, 28 : Ps. Th. 4, 5. Ðás ðing gebyrigeaþ ǽryst oportet primum hæc fieri, Lk. Bos. 21, 9.

Linked entries: býre ge-bíraþ

FÁG

(adj.)
Grammar
FÁG, fáh; def. se fága, seó, ðæt fáge; adj.

Coloured, stained, dyed, tinged, shining, variegated ⬩ tinctus, cŏlōrātus, vărius, versicŏlor, discŏlor

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Th. 898; B. 447. He geseah steápne hróf golde fáhne he saw the steep roof shining with gold, 1858; B. 927. On fágne flór feónd treddode the fiend trod on the variegated floor, 1454; B. 725.

Linked entries: a-fæged án-fáh faag fáh fǽgan

or

(prefix)
Grammar
or, This form occurs in A. Sax. only as a prefix, but in Goth. us, in Icel. or, ur, in O. H. Ger. ur it is found also as a preposition. It has the meaning without, e. g. or-mód ; also that of
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original, early, e. g. or-eald

FARAN

(v.)
Grammar
FARAN, to farenne; ic fare, ðú farest, færest, færst, færsþ, he fareþ, færeþ, færþ, pl. faraþ; p. fór, pl. fóron; pp.

A word expressing every kind of going from one place to another, hence ⬩ to go, proceed, travel, march, sail ⬩ īre, vādĕre, incēdĕre, transīre, migrāre, nāvīgāre ⬩ FARE, happen, to be in any state ⬩ versāri in ălĭqua re, se hăbēre ălĭquo mŏdo

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Ic fór fram ðé I went from thee, Gen. 31, 31. Constantius, se míldesta man, fór on Bryttanie, and ðǽr gefór Constantius, the mildest man, went into Britain, and there died, Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 126, 39.

Linked entries: færan feran

meox

Grammar
meox, [In 1. 6 after 'meox ?' insert: and swá ðeáh, gif þú his wel notast, hwæt bið wæstmbǽrre?]
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God áhefð of meohse ( de stercore) þone mann þe hé wile, O. E. Hml. i. 301, 26. Meoxa stercorum, An. Ox. 3331

cwýst

Grammar
cwýst, sayest, speakest, Homl. Th. i. 424, 9, = cweðst;
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2nd pres. sing. of cweðan

Linked entry: cweðs ðú lá

elnes

(n.)
Grammar
elnes, of strength. Beo. Th. 3063; B. 1529; gen.
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of ellen

eótonisc

(adj.)
Grammar
eótonisc, Beo. Th. 5225; B. 2616: 5950; B. 2979.

Similar entry: eótenisc

feaht

(v.; part.)
Grammar
feaht, fought, Byrht. Th. 139, 14; By. 254; p.
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of feohtan

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