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mis-weorþan

(v.)

to turn out badly

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to turn out badly (for a person, dat.) Gif ða penegas teóþ swíðor ðonne ðæt gold ðonne miswyrþ ðam men hraðe if the pennies weigh more than the gold, then will it soon prove a bad thing for the man, Wulfst. 240, 4

ge-temprian

(v.)
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Add: to temper, prepare material On þá onlícnesse geworht þe senop bið getemprod tó inwísan, Lch. ii. 184, 22. fig. to prepare, adapt Ge tó gódum ge tó yfelum getempera heortan þíne et ad bona et ad mala tempera cor tuum, 172, 15

mǽrsian

(v.)
Grammar
mǽrsian, p. ode.

to make greatextendto make knownspread the knowledge of anythingdeclareproclaimannouncecelebrateto celebrateto celebrateperform a rite, ceremony, &c. with due solemnityto magnifyexaltpraiseglorify

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Mǽrsaþtunge mín spǽce ðíne pronuntiabit lingua mat eloquium tuum. Ps. Lamb. 118, 122. Wé mérsiaþ prædicamus, Rtl. 71, 25: 6, 11. Ðíne mægenstrengþu mǽrsien wíde magnitudinem tuam narrabunt. Ps. Th. 144, 6.

weorþung

(n.)
Grammar
weorþung, e ; f.
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For ðínre weorþunge in honore tuo, Ps. Th. 44, 10.

æt-wíndan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-wíndan, p. -wánd, pl. -wúndon; pp. -wúnden

To wind offturn awayescapeflee awayaufugere

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To wind off, turn away, escape, flee away; aufugere Ic ána ætwánd effugi ego solus, Job Thw. 165, 27; Grn. Iob 1, 16: Beo. Th. 289; B. 143. Ic 'ǽte híg ætwíndan to wuda dimitto eos avolare ad silvam, Coll. Monast. Th. 26, 3

fore-þingrǽden

(n.)
Grammar
fore-þingrǽden, e; f.

A pleading for anyoneintercessionintercessio

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Ic gyrne fultum ðínre foreþingrǽdene ðú háligoste mægden and þrówystre implōro auxĭlium tuæ interventiōnis sanctissĭma virgo et martyr, 294, 6, col. 2

Linked entry: þing-rǽden

geond-spǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-spǽtan, p. -spǽtte; pp. -spǽt

To spit or squirt through, syringe through, to squirt water as through a syringe or pipesĭphonĭbus ăquam exprĭmĕre

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To spit or squirt through, syringe through, to squirt water as through a syringe or pipe; sĭphonĭbus ăquam exprĭmĕre Ðú hie ǽlce dæge mid pípan geondspǽt do thou syringe through it every day with a tube, L. M. 2, 22; Lchdm. ii. 208, 26

Linked entry: spǽtan

gnæt

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Gnæt scinifes vel tudo, Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 3: scinifes, 77, 56. Gneat, Ps. Srt. 104, 31. Þá gnættas mid swíþe lytlum sticelum him ( man ) deriaþ, Bt. 16, 2; F. 52, 10. Heó ( fleabane ) gnættas and micgeas and fleán ácwelleþ, Lch. i. 266, 1. Add

ge-sundfullíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-sundfullíce, superl. -lícost; adv.

Safelysecurelysuccessfullyprosperouslytūteprospĕre

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Safely, securely, successfully, prosperously; tūte, prospĕre Hí to ðisum íglande gesundfullíce becómon they came safely to this island, Homl. Th. ii. 128, 16. Begým gesundfullíce intende prospĕre, Ps. Spl. 44, 5.

Linked entry: -sundfullíce

ge-tillan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tillan, p. de; pp. ed

To touchreachattaintangereattingere

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To touch, reach, attain; tangere, attingere Astrece ðíne hand and getill ealle ða þing ðe he áh extende manum tuam et tange cuncta quæ possidet, Job Thw. 165, 15.

tó-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cirran, p. de

To turn in different directions,to part

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To turn in different directions, to part Æfter ðon ðe wit nú tócyrraþ and tógáne beóþ postquam ab invicem digressi fuerimus, Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 20 MS. B. Hí mid mycelon unsehte tócyrdon they parted on very bad terms, Chr. 1094; Erl. 230, 6

Linked entry: tó-hweorfan

celmert-mon

(n.)
Grammar
celmert-mon, -monn, es; m.

A hired servant, hirelingmercenarius

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From celmertmonnum ðínum de mercenariis tuis, 15, 19: Mk. Skt. Lind. 1, 20

éðe

(adj.)
Grammar
éðe, comp. éðre; sup. éðost; adj.

Easy, ready, mild, softfăcĭlis, mītis

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Eall ðú ðín yrre éðre gedydest mĭtĭgasti omnem ĭram tuam, Ps. Th. 84, 3: Mk. Bos. 2, 9: Elen. Kmbl. 2586; El. 1294

ge-hyldra

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hyldra, m. e; f. n; compar. of geheald(?)

Safer

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Safer Ðǽm gehyldrum wegum tuta itinera, Nar, 6, 3. Ðohtan ðæt him wíslícre and gehyldre wǽre they thought that it would be wiser and safer for them, Bd. 1, 23; S. 485, 31. On gehældran stówe in tutiore loco, Bd. 2, 2; S. 503, 39

Linked entry: ge-heald

turtur

(n.)
Grammar
turtur, es; m.: turture, an; f.
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Tuoe (twoege, Rush.) turturas par turturum, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 2, 24

wrixendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wrixendlíce, adv.

In turnone after the other

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In turn, one after the other Hí wrixendlíce (vicissim) bine bǽdon. Bd. 4, 24 ; S. 598, 42. Ða wrixendlíce (vicissim) on twá halfe gesewene wæron, swá swá mid unmǽtnesse miceles stormes worpene beón, 5, 12; S. 627, 39. Wrixendlíce singillatim, Ps.

hegian

(v.)
Grammar
hegian, hegegian

to hedgefence

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to hedge, fence Hega eáran þíne mid þornum sepi aures tuas spinis, Scint. 80, 3. Á hé mæig findan hwæt hé mæig on byrig bétan. . . grép hegian, dícsceard bétan, Angl. ix. 262, 19. Geneát sceal . . . burh hegegian (v. burg-hege), LI. Th. i. 432, 16

Linked entries: hegegian be-hegian

wæter

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</b> add Æfter þan bióð ealle wæteras and ealle wyllas on blóde tunc omnes fontes et putei in sanguinem convertentur, Verc. Först. 120, 9. v. fullwiht-, regn-, sǽ-wæter

ofer-gitolian

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-gitolian, p. ode

To forget, be forgetful of

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To forget, be forgetful of Nó ofergeoteliu word ðín non obliviscar sermones tuos Ps. Surt. 118, 16. Ofergeotulas ðú oblivisceris 12, 1. Ofergeoteliaþ obliviscimini 49, 22. Alle þeóde ða ðe ofergeoteliaþ Dryhten, 9, 18, Ne ofergeotela ðú, 9, 33.

on-hyring

(n.)
Grammar
on-hyring, e; f.

Imitation, emulation

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Ðonne wé onhyrigaþ Criste and eác ða onhyringe gefyllaþ tunc legem Christi imitando complemus, Past. 51, 3; Swt. 397, 2

Linked entry: hyring