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Anglo-Saxon

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for-scranc

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-scranc, p. of for-scrincan.

shrank up ⬩ dried up ⬩ withered

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shrank up, dried up, withered, Gen. 32, 25: Mt. Bos. 21, 19: Mk. Bos. 4, 6;

lustgeorn-ness

(n.)
Grammar
lustgeorn-ness, e; f.

Desire ⬩ concupiscence

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Desire, concupiscence Lustgeornnisse fornicationis, Mt. Kmbl. p. 14, 16. Lustgiornisses concupiscentiæ, Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 19

nearu-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
nearu-líc, adj.

Oppressive ⬩ distressing ⬩ grievous

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Oppressive, distressing, grievous Feala mé se Hǽlend hearma gefremede, níða nearolícra, Elen. Kmbl.1822; El. 913

gliwian

(v.)
Grammar
gliwian, p. ede

To adorn[?]

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Me gliwedon wrætlíc weorc smiþa, Exon. 107 a; Th. 408, 17; Rä. 27, 13

wiþerweardian

(v.)
Grammar
wiþerweardian, p. ode

To oppose ⬩ be adverse to

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To oppose, be adverse to Ða ðe wiþerweardiaþ mé qui adversantur mihi, Ps. Spl. 34, 22

Linked entry: wiþerwirdan

cnáwlǽcung

(n.)
Grammar
cnáwlǽcung, e; f.
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Acknowledgement Alle ðá gerihte and ðá cnáwelácinge ðá tó mé bilimpaddon, C. D. iv. 193, 14

foreþanc-full

(adj.)
Grammar
foreþanc-full, adj.

prudent ⬩ provident

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Full of forethought, prudent, provident Dó mé rihtwísne and foreþancfulne (justum prudentemque), Solil. H. 14, 6

ge-eárplættan

(v.)
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to buffet Se sceocca mé geárplæt ( colphizet, 2 Cor. 12, 7), Hml. Th. i. 474, 13

scúwa

(n.)
Grammar
scúwa, scúa, an; m.
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Under scúan fiðra ðínra gesild mé sub umbra alarum tuarum protege me, Ps. Surt. 16, 8. shadow as opposed to substance Scúan ł leásunge fallacis, Hpt. Gl. 459, 14

Linked entry: scúa

ge-langian

(v.)
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Gr. 220, 11. to send for a person, call a meeting Ic áxie þone intingan hwí þú mé gelangodest interrogo quam ob causam aceessistis me, Hml. S. 10, 135. Gelangige ( convocet ) se abbod ealle gegæderunge, R. Ben. I. 17, 12.

a-scúfan

(v.)
Grammar
a-scúfan, -sceófan; p. -sceáf. pl. -scufon; pp. -scofen, -sceofen [a from, scúfan to shove]

To drive away ⬩ expel ⬩ banish ⬩ repel ⬩ shove away ⬩ expellere ⬩ pellere ⬩ abigere ⬩ extrudere ⬩ emittere

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Me cearsorge of móde asceáf Þeóden usser our Lord has driven anxious sorrow from my mind, Cd. 55; Th. 68, 11; Gen. 1115. He wæs asceofen and adrifen of his biscop-setle pulsus est a sede sui episcopatus, Bd. 4, 12; S. 581, 17

Linked entries: a-sceáf a-sceofen a-scofen

Þú

(pronoun.)
Grammar
Þú, pers. pron.

Thou

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Drihten þú þe míne fæderas on þínre gesihþe eodon, God þú þe mé féddest Deus, in cujus conspectu ambulaverunt patres mei, Deus, qui pascit me, Gen. 48, 15: Elen. Kmbl. 1448; El. 726.

Linked entries: tú þec þeh þistel

ge-grípan

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Nim swá mycel swá þú mid þrím fingron gegrípan mæge, Lch. i. 230, 11. Mið ðý gegripen (-grippen, L.) wæs hond his praehensa manu ejus, Mk. R. 1, 31. Gegripen adprehensum, Kent.

byht

(n.)
Grammar
byht, es; m. [býgan to bend]
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Mec ahebbaþ ofer hæleða byht ðeós heá lyft this lofty air raises me above the dwellings of men, Exon. 103a; Th. 389, 26; Rä. 8, 3. Ofer wætres byht to lande over the water's abode [bay] to the land, Exon. 106a; Th. 404, 23; Rä. 23, 12

be-héfe

(adj.)
Grammar
be-héfe, adj.
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M. 26, 25. Cræft behéfe and neódþearf ars utilis et necessaria, 27, 27: 18, 16. Sibling þé swá behéfe swá ðín hand, Hml. Th. i. 516, 15. Mé þingð behéfe þing ꝥ ic gecýðe, Angl. viii. 335, 2: 303, 26. Drihtne bihoefe is Domino necessarius est, Mk. R.

EAXEL

(n.)
Grammar
EAXEL, eaxl, exl, e; f: eaxle, an; f.

The shoulder ⬩ hŭmĕrus

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The shoulder; hŭmĕrus Standeþ [MS. standaþ] me hér on eaxelum stands here on my shoulders, Wald. 92; Vald. 2, 18. Geféng he be eaxle Grendles módor he seized Grendel's mother by the shoulder, Beo. Th. 3078; B. 1537.

Linked entries: eaxle esl exl

feolan

Grammar
feolan, l. feólan, take here passages under felgan,
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and add: Grammar feolan, pl. fulgon, fúlon To make one's way, press to or from a place, get (lit. or fig.) Nú mé fealh on móde it has come into my mind, Gr. D. 17, 32.

hýr

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</b> where the thing is money, interest, usury :-- Hýre fęnoris, usurę, Germ. 389, 45. payment contracted to be made for personal services, wages Gif mé nú mettas and wín, and ic hit þé gilde eft of míre hýre I will pay ii you back out of my wages

LEÁF

(n.)
Grammar
LEÁF, e; f.

LEAVE ⬩ permission ⬩ license

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Mé ða leáfe forgyf tó geopenienne ðone ingang ðínre hálgan cyrcan, Glostr. Frag. 106, 13. Leáfe syllan to give leave, Gen. 50, 5: Lchdm. iii. 424, 27. Hí bǽdon lǽfa æt mé they asked leave of me, Guthl. 14; Gdwin 62, 13

ge-feón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feón, -feohan, -feagan, -feagian ; ic -feó, ðú -fehst, he -fehþ, -fiþ, -feaþ, pl. -feóþ; p. -feah, -feh, pl. -fǽgon; pp. -fegen [The Northern Gospels have weak forms]

To be glad ⬩ rejoice ⬩ exult ⬩ lætari ⬩ delectari ⬩ gaudere ⬩ exultare

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Gefeóþ mid me rejoice with me, Blickl. Homl. 191, 22. Gefeaþ gaudete, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 12. Eal rihtgelýfed folc sceal gefeón on ðone his tocyme all right-believing folk ought to rejoice at his advent, Blickl. Homl. 167, 14.

Linked entries: ge-fagen ge-feohtsumness feágan ge-fǽgon ge-feán ge-fegian ge-feohan

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