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of-hreósan

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sǽde ꝥ his hús feólle fǽrlíce, swá ꝥ his menn þǽr lágon ofhrorene, 25, 843

tó-weard

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tó-weard, <b>I b.</b>
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Add Þá wǽron Seaxan sécende intingan and tó-weardne (an occasion, and one in the immediate future) heora gedáles wið Bryttas quaerentes occasionem diuortii, Bd. 1. 15; Sch. 42, 26. 1 a a. without inflexion Leoniþa sǽde þæt þá tída þá yfele wǽron and

rówan

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Cómon hí tó and þǽr gemétton scip standan, and hí on ꝥ eódon and mid him reówan ( they went on board and sailed in it ), Hml. S. 30, 165. Sume scypmen reówan on þǽre tyreniscan , Hml. S. 31, 1135.

ymb-gangan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-gangan, p. -géng.
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Kmbl. 973; Sal. 487. to go about, over, through Gé ymbgangaþ and eorðu circuitis mare et aridam, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 23, 14

wræc-mæcg

(n.)
Grammar
wræc-mæcg, es; m.

A wretch

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Hyne wræcmæcgas ofer sóhton, Beo. Th. 4748; B. 2379. ¶ used of evil spirits Wræcmæcgas, . . . Godes andsacan, Exon. Th. 116, 5 ; Gú. 202 : 118, 3; Gú. 234: 135, 26; Gú. 530. Wræcmæcgas, wergan gǽstas, 23, 3; Cri. 363

ge-treówsian

(v.)
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Add: to pledge oneself, engage Him cómon ongeán VI cyningas and ealle wið hine getreówsodon ꝥ hí woldon efenwyrhtan beón on and on lande, Chr. 972; Th. i. 225, 17. <b>I a.

ofer-færeld

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-færeld, es; m. n.

A going across, passage, transit

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Æfter oferfærelde reádre post transitum maris rubri, Hymn. Surt. 82, 7

cyspan

(v.)
Grammar
cyspan, p.ede; pp.ed[cosp a fetter]

To bind, fetter compedibus constringĕre

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To bind, fetter; compedibus constringĕre Sǽdon ðæt hió sceolde cyspan mænigne they said that she would bind many, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 154; Met. 26, 77

Linked entry: ge-cyspyd

múþ-hǽl

(n.)
Grammar
múþ-hǽl, es; n.

Salutary words pronounced by the mouth

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Salutary words pronounced by the mouth Módiges (Moses) múþhǽl(cf. éce rǽdas Moyses sægde. Th. 210, 15-17), Cd. 170: Th. 213, 14; Exod. 552

wǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
wǽr, (?); adj.

True

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True Ic gelýfe ðæt hit from Gode cóme, bróht from his bysene, ðæs mé ðes boda sægde wǽrum wordum, Cd. Th. 42, 31; Gen. 681

swegel

(n.)
Grammar
swegel, swegl, es; n.
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Th. 286, 13; Sae. 351. Swegles leóht, 266, 27; Sae. 28. Englas feredon sóþfæste sáwle innan swegles leóht, Chr. 1065; Erl. 198, 9. In swegles wuldre, Judth. Thw. 26, 26; Jud. 345. Gesǽlgum on swegle, Exon. Th. 101. 17; Cri. 1660: 137, 10 ; Gú. 557.

be-sencan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sencan, bi-sencan; p. -sencte; pp. -senced

To sink, immergemergere, demergere

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Sí besenced on sǽs grúnd demergatur in profundum maris, Mt. Bos. 18, 6: Lk. Bos. 10, 15. Ðæt he gesáwe Satanan besencedne on ðám grúndum helle that he saw Satan sunk in the depths of hell, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 25

Linked entries: be-seah bi-sencan

swica

(n.)
Grammar
swica, an; m.
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Se swica ( se ductor ille ) sǽde: 'Æfter þrým dagon ic áríse,' Mt. Kmbl. 27, 63. Seó smyltnys is stulor and dígele swica, Homl.

Linked entry: ǽ-swíca

eáþ-módgian

(v.)
Grammar
eáþ-módgian, -módigian, -módi(g)an.
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to be humble, obey Uindas and saes éðmódas him ( obediunt ei ), Mt. L. 8, 27. Éðmódigað (édmódað, R.), Mk. L. 1, 27. Édmódað (éð-, R.), 4, 41. to make humble, to humble Swǽ hwælc éðmódiges hine quicumque humiliaverit se, Mt. L. 18, 4.

Linked entry: ge-eáþmódgian

lyffettan

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Mardocheus sæt þǽr úte and nolde álútan ne lyffettan þám Amane cum A man vidisset Mardochaeum sedentem ante fores palatii, et non solum non assurrexisse sibi, sed nec motum qtiidem de loco sessionis suae, Hml. A. 97, 194.

willa

(n.)
Grammar
willa, wella, wylla, an. ; m.

A well, spring, fountain (lit. and fig.)

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Wæs ðér wælla ( fons ) . . . ðe Hǽlend sæt ofer ðæm wælh, Jn. Skt. Rush. 4, 6, 14. In ðæm wælla, 9, 7. Tó ðé ðam willan ealles wísdðmes ad te fontent omnis sapientiae Bd. 5, 24 ; S. 649, 3.

un-fricgende

(adj.)

not questioning

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not questioning Mé sægde ðæt wíf hire wordum selfa unfricgendum the woman of her own accord told me without my asking, Cd. Th. 160, 12; Gen. 2649

úþ-wita

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Weoruldlice úðwitan (sapientes mundi) sǽdan ꝥ seó tunglene heofon feólle for hire swiftnysse gif þá seofon dweligendan steorran hyre ryne ne wiðhæfton, Angl. vii. 12, 110. Add

hrér-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hrér-ness, e; f.

Motiondisturbanceagitationcommotionstorm

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Motion, disturbance, agitation, commotion, storm Hroernis michelo geworden wæs in motus magnus factus est in mari, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 24. Gást hrýrenesse ł stormes spiritus procellæ, Ps.Lamb. 106, 25. Eorþ hroernisse terræ motu, 27, 54.

ge-ferian

(v.)
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Hám geferian, bringan tó bolde, Sae. 148. Hé wæs gefered excipitur, An. Ox. 4698. Geferod vectus, Wülck. Gl. 254, 10. Gefered wæs heáfod his in disc allatum est caput ejus in disco, Mt. L. 14, ii. Geferedne delatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 75.