FÓR
Before ⬩ fore ⬩ ante ⬩ cŏram ⬩ in conspectu ⬩ præsente vel audiente ălĭquo ⬩ præ ⬩ priusquam
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He gehálgode fír heremægene wín of wætere and wendan hét he hallowed before the multitude wine from water and bade it change, Andr. Kmbl. 1172; An. 586.
un-feor
Not far off ⬩ at no great distance off ⬩ no great distance
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Lind. 13, 29. with verbs of motion, (to) no great distance Hig wendan, unfeorr út on Wealas they marched a short distance into Wales, Chr. 1055; Erl. 190, 12
ildra
A parent ⬩ ancestor ⬩ father ⬩ forefather ⬩ predecessor ⬩ elder
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Úre yldran swultan and swíðe oft ús from wendan our parents have died and very often gone from us, Blickl. Homl. 195, 26. Wǽron his yldran fæder and módor hǽðne his parents, father and mother, were heathens, 211, 19 : 213, 2.
hwý
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Uncúð hwí sió wyrd swá wó wendan sceolde, Met. 4, 40.
FÚS
Ready ⬩ prepared ⬩ prompt ⬩ quick ⬩ eager ⬩ hastening ⬩ prone ⬩ inclined ⬩ willing ⬩ ready for death ⬩ dying ⬩ promptus ⬩ cĕler ⬩ părātus ⬩ prōnus ⬩ cŭpĭdus ⬩ propĕræ morti devōtus ⬩ mŏrĭbundus
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Geseah ic ðæt fúse beácen wendan wǽdum and bleóm I saw the hastening beacon change in hangings and colours, Rood Kmbl. 42; Kr. 21.
ildu
an age ⬩ ævum ⬩ age ⬩ ætas ⬩ age ⬩ senectus
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Ða yldu wendan tó lífe to turn old age to life, Exon. 58 b ; Th. 210, 23; Ph. 190. Míne yldo beóþ ǽghwǽr genihtsum senectus mea in misericordia uberi, Ps. Th. 91, 9
BLEOH
A colour, hue, complexion ⬩ color, species
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Geseah ic ðæt beácen wendan bleóm I saw the beacon change in colours, Rood Kmbl. 43; Kr. 22: Elen. Kmbl. 1515; El. 759
wirs
Worse ⬩ worst
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Hí wyrs geférdan (geférdon máran hearm and yfel v. ll. ), ðonne hí ǽfre wéndan, Chr. 994; Th. i. 241, col. 2. Eów wyrs gelomp, Exon. Th. 142, 1; Gú. 637. Ne wæs hyra ǽnigum ðý wyrs, ne síde ðý sárra, 394, 19; Rä. 14, 5.
ge-wil
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Hwí þú wolde þæt sió wyrd on gewill wendan sceolde yflum monnum why thou wouldst that things should happen as evil men would have them, Met. 4, 34
neód
Desire ⬩ eagerness ⬩ diligence ⬩ earnest endeavour
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Biþ him neód micel ðæt hé ða yldu móte wendan tó lífe feorg geong onfón it is most eager to turn old age to life, to receive youth, Exon. Th. 210, 22; Ph. 189 : 228, 3; Ph. 432. (Cf. O.
ǽstel
A tablet ⬩ a table for notes ⬩ a waxed tablet ⬩ indicatorium ⬩ astula ⬩ pugillaris
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Ðá ongan ic [Ælfréd cyning] ða bóc wendan on Englisc, ðe is genemned on Lǽden Pastoralis, and on Englisc Hierde-bóc, hwílum word be worde, hwílum andgit of andgite, swá swá ic hie geliornode æt Plegmunde mínum Ærcebiscepe, and æt Assere mínum Biscepe,
nebb
a neb ⬩ nib ⬩ a beak ⬩ a beak-shaped thing ⬩ a nose ⬩ the gristle of the nose ⬩ the face ⬩ countenance
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Ðonne wé wendaþ úre neb tó eástdǽle, 262, 10: ii. 102, 26. Heó helode hire nebb ( vultum ), Gen. 38, 15 : Ex. 3, 6. Spǽte ðæt wíf on his nebb ( faciem ), Deut. 25, 9: Num. 12, 14.
godcundnys
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Th. ii. 220, 27. a quality that is consonant with Deity, a godlike quality Ðeós wyrt hæfð sume wundorlice godcundnesse, ꝥ is þonne ꝥ hyre blósman hý æfter þǽre sunnan ryne wendað, Lch. i. 152, 24
hwerfan
to turn ⬩ revolve ⬩ move about ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ depart ⬩ to turn ⬩ change ⬩ to exchange ⬩ barter
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Adame his hyge hwyrfde and his heorte ongann wendan tó hire willan Adam's mind changed, and his heart began to turn to her desire, Cd. 33; Th. 44, 28; Gen. 716.
ge-leornian
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Ðá bóc wendan on Englisc . . . swǽ swǽ ic hié geliornode æt Plegmunde mínum ærcebiscepe . . . Siððan ic hié geliornod hæfde, swǽ swǽ ic hié forstód . . . ic hié on Englisc áwende, Past. 7, 18-25.
DRECCAN
To vex, afflict, trouble, torture, torment ⬩ vexāre, affligĕre, tribulāre, turbāre, cruciāre
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Ne wendaþ hine wyrda, ne hine wiht dreceþ fates change him not, nor doth aught afflict him, Exon. 88 b; Th. 334, 1; Gn. Ex. 9: Bt. Met. Fox 7, 50, Met. 7, 25. Ðonne míne fýnd me drecceaþ dum afflīgit me inimīcus, Ps. Th. 42, 2.
on-ginnan
to begin, set about, set to work ⬩ to attempt, endeavour (with infin.) ⬩ to act strenuously ⬩ to make an attempt upon, to attack
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Ðá ongan ic ða bóc wendan on Englisc, Past. pref.; Swt. 7, 17. Ðú ðe ongunne ( coepisti ) ætýwan ðíne mǽrþe, Deut. 3, 24. Se ongan ǽrest onclypian Drihtnes naman, Gen. 4, 26. Ongan se Hǽlend bodian, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 17.
hatian
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Add: the subject a person, the object a person. to hate as deserving reprobation þá þe ic hatige, ðá ic hatige for þí þe hí þæt gód þǽre gesceádwísnesse wendað on yfel, Solil. H. 16, 14. þú hátast ealle þá þe unriht wyrceað, Ps. Th. 5, 5.
sǽd
seed, ⬩ seed, ⬩ the ripe fruit, ⬩ fruit, growth ⬩ sowing ⬩ seed, progeny, posterity
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Se háta sumor giereþ and drígeþ sǽd anð bléda, Met. 29, 61. fruit, growth Of wlite wendaþ wæstma gecyndu, biþ seó síðre tíd sǽda gehwylces mǽtræ in mægne, Exon.
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mótan
to be allowed ⬩ may ⬩ mote ⬩ to be inferred otherwise ⬩ to be obliged ⬩ must
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Ðæt hé ða yldu móte wendan tó lífe, Exon. 58 b; Th. 210, 24; Ph. 190. Ðǽr wé mótun sécan, 65 b; Th. 242, 8; Ph. 670. Mótan, 11 b; Th. 16, 1; Cri. 246. Móten, 13 a; Th. 23, 30; Cri. 376.