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firdian

(v.)

march

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Ðá wearð se cyning swá gram ꝥ hé wolde eft in fyrdian, and þone eard fordón, 948; P. 112, 3a. of troops Wǽron on þǽre fyrde fela crístene menn . . . for þan þe hí sceoldon fyrdrian (fyrdian?) swá swá eall folc dyde, Hml. S. 28, ii.

Linked entries: firdrian fyrdrian

ge-wlitegian

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 151, 14. physical, to give (beautiful) form to Ðá gesceafta hé þwáraþ and gewlitegaþ, hwílum eft unwlitegaþ and on óþrum híwe gebrengþ elementa in se invicem temperat, et alterna commutatione transformat, Bt. 39, 8; F. 224, 9. to decorate, ornament

neáh

(adj.)
Grammar
neáh, adj.
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Th. i. 414, 9. add Se Sunnandæg waes ealra daga se ǽresta, and hé bið eft se néxta ł ættemesta, Wlfst. 210, I. Ǽr his néxtan dæge, Hml. Th. ii. 152, 8. Þá þá hé sceolde álǽtan þæt níhste orað and ágyfan his gást cum extremum spiritum ageret. Gr.

scyldig

Grammar
scyldig, <b>I a.</b>
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Hí ealle andwyrdon þæt hé scyldig wǽre tó deáðe, 248, 23. v. deáþ-, efen-, healf-, syn-, wamb-scyldig

spiweþa

(n.)
Grammar
spiweþa, an;m.

vomitingvomit, what is vomited

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Hund eft hwyrfde tó his spiwðan, Shrn. 37, 16

Linked entry: speowþa

mis-beódan

(v.)
Grammar
mis-beódan, p. -beád, pl. -budon; pp. -boden

To do wrong toto offendabuseill-use

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Ne misbeóde ǽnig óðrum, forðam eal ðæt ǽnig man óðrum on unriht tó hearme gedéþ, eal hit sceal eft mænigfealdlíce derian him sylfum, Wulfst. 112, 7-11. Misbeódan, 157, 20. Gif him ǽnig man heálíce misboden hæbbe (cf.

ge-beðian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-beðian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed; v. trans, [ge-, beðian to bathe]

To washbathefomentcherishwarmlăvārefŏvēre

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Byþ langum ǽrðamðe heó eft gebeðod sý it is long before it is again warmed, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 9, 21, 22; Lchdm. iii. 252, 8, 10.

stillan

(v.)
Grammar
stillan, p. de.
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to become still or calm Ðá stylde se storm sóna, and seó sǽ wearð eft smylte, Shrn. 147, 9. Se æðeling hét streám*-*fare stillan, stormas restan, Andr. Kmbl. 3150 ; An. 1578 : Salm.

Eáster-tíd

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Eáster, On sumum geáre byð se móna twelf síðon geníwod fram þǽre hálgan Eástertíde oð eft Eástron, Lch. iii. 248, 22.

mylen-gear

(n.)
Grammar
mylen-gear, es; m.
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westeweardne; þæt eást on þone ealden welig, and þonan úp andlanges þæs eástran mylengeares . . . on þone ealdan mylengear; þæt þǽr andlanges þæs ealdan myle[n]geares oð hit fácað on þǽm ífihtan æsce; þæt súð ofer þá twifealdan fordas . . . forð þæt hit sticaþ eft

Linked entries: gear myliær

on-cirran

Grammar
on-cirran, <b>A. I a.</b>
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Add Wǽron Egypte eft oncyrde, flugon forhtigende, Exod. 451. ¶ figurative :-- Micel bið se Meotudes egsa, for ðon hí seó molde oncyrreð (cf, a cujus conspectu fugit terra, Apocalypsis, 20, 11), Seef. 103.

wealwian

(v.)
Grammar
wealwian, p.ode

To fade, witherwallow = to fade away

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To fade, wither (Halliwell gives wallow = to fade away, as a Somerset word) Hæfð se Ælmihtiga ðæt gewrixle geset, ðe nú wunian sceal, wyrta grówan, leáf grénian, ðæt on hærfest eft hrést and wealuwaþ (cf. fealwaþ, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 23), Met. 11, 58.

wil-fægen

(adj.)
Grammar
wil-fægen, adj.

Having ones desiresatisfiedglad

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On eallum ðám mid ðý hé willfægen wæs gefremed, hé eft hwearf tó godcundre láre in quibus omnibus cum sui voti compos esset effectus, ad praedicandum rediit, Bd. 5, II; S. 625, 40, Mid eádigum wilfægene cum beatis compotes Hymn. Surt. 36, 30.

Linked entries: wil-tygþe wil-hrémig

ofer-wyrcan

(v.)

to cover by working, to work a covering over something, to overlay

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to cover by working, to work a covering over something, to overlay Hé hit him eft hám bebeád on ánum brede áwriten and siððan hit áwriten wæs hé hit oferworhte mid weaxe qui omnia civibus suis per tabellas scriptas, et post cera superlitas, enunciabat

snúde

(adv.)
Grammar
snúde, adv.

At once, quietly, directly to walk fast

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Hét hine snúde eft cuman bade him quickly return Beo. Th. 3743; B. 1869. Se wyrm gebeáh snúde tósomne 5129; B. 2568. Snúde forsended 1812; B. 904: Exon. 231, 12; Ph. 488: Judth. Thw. 22, 8; Jud. 55: 23, 17; Jud. 125.

ge-limpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-limpan, he -limpeþ, -limpþ; p. -lamp, -lomp, pl. -lumpon; subj. p. -lumpe, pl. -lumpen; pp. -lumpen

To happenoccurbefallcome to passtake placeaccĭdĕreevĕnīrecontingĕre

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Frófor eft gelamp sárigmódum comfort afterwards came to the sad of mood, Beo. Th. 5875; B. 2940. Ðá sió tíd gelomp when the time came, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 34; Met. 26, 17 : Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 27.

ufera

(adj.)
Grammar
ufera, uferra; cpve.: ufemest; spve.

upperhigherupmosthighestlaterafter

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Similar entries v. uferian, II, ufeweard, II Oððe eft uferran dógore oððe ðonne either at a later day or at the time, Past. 38; Swt. 281, 12.

fǽringa

unexpectedlyof a suddenall at oncesoonat onceearlyby chanceforte

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Eft fǽringa (cf. eft sóna), 129, 9. Fǽrunga hig cómon tó him diluculo veniebant ad eum Ps L. 77, 34. Biscope is forbod ꝥ hé onfóe níwe cumenum preóst and tó gehǽlgenne férunga, Mt. L. 10, 14 note.

á-lǽdan

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His bán wǽron eft álǽded þanon in ðá ceastre Constantinopili, Shrn. 138, 31. Álǽd translatus, portatus, An. Ox. 5, 35

hyht-ful

(adj.)
Grammar
hyht-ful, adj.

joyousexultantgladpleasant

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Full of hope or joy, joyous, exultant, glad, pleasant Ic þurh Judas ǽr hyhtful gewearþ and nú gehýned eom þurh Judas eft through Judas formerly I became exultant, and now again through Judas am I humiliated, Elen. Kmbl. 1842; El. 923.

Linked entry: hyht-leás