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á-hebban

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Ongan winn up áhebban wið heofnes wealdend raised war against heaven's ruler , Gen. 259. to remove Hé ðám menn undeádlicnysse onweg áhóf immortalitatem homini abstulit , Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 7. to bear, support Se maga and se unmaga ne magon ná gelíce

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rícsian

(v.)
Grammar
rícsian, p. ode.

to exercise or have powerto rulegovernreignto domineerdominatetyrannizeexercise violenceto prevail

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Drihten rícsandra Dominus dominantium, 101, 10. of things, to prevail Ða yfelan wǽtan weorþaþ gegaderode on ðone magan, and ðǽr ríxiaþ mid scearfunga innan, Lchdm. ii. 176, 7.

for-speca

(n.)
Grammar
for-speca, fore-speca, -spreca, -spræca, an; m.

One who speaks for anothera defenderadvocateadvŏcātuspatrōnus

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Slaga sceal his forspecan on hand syllan, and se forspeca mágum the slayer shall give pledge to his advocate, and the advocate to the kinsmen, L. Edm. S. 7; Th. i. 250, 14, 15, 16. Ðe hire forsprecan [-specan MS. B.] synd who are her advocates, L.

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sacu

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Wé ne magon habban þone heofonlican éþel búton wé fram eallum sacum orsorge beón, O. E. Hml. i. 302, 1-8. <b>I a.</b> rebuke, chiding :-- Mid openre sace beón gehǽled aperta objurgatione sanari, Scint. 115, 16

wís-dóm

Grammar
wís-dóm, <b>. I.</b>
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Add 'Hú magon wé swá dýgle áhicgan . . . hú þé swefhede, oððe wyrda gesceaft wísdóm bude'. . . 'Gé mǽtinge míne ne cunnon þá þe mé wisdóm bereð ( the dream thai brings me knowledge), Dan. 130-142.

on-tydran

(v.)

to nourish, support

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stillicidium illud olei, in medium magnae flammae cadens exstinxit fomitem tanti ignis, an aluit? Ors. 4, 7; Swt. 182, 22-26

fór-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-sceótan, he -scýt, pl. -sceótaþ; p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; pp. -scoten

To shoot beforeanticipatecome beforepreventanticĭpāreprævĕnīre

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To shoot before, anticipate, come before, prevent; anticĭpāre, prævĕnīre Ða ungesǽligan menn ne mágon gebidon hwonne he [deáþ] him to cume, ac fórsceótaþ hine fóran unhappy men cannot wait till he [death] comes to them, but anticipate him beforehand,

Linked entry: for-scyttan

scortness

(n.)
Grammar
scortness, e ; f.
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As. 168, 117. a short account, an epitome (cf. a brief, and v. scortlíce, ) Manega synd gyt coniunctiones, ðe wé ne mágon nú secgan on ðissere sceortnysse, Ælfc. Gr. 44 ; Zup. 266, 8.

scín-

(prefix)
Grammar
scín-, scinn-hiw, es;
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n, A form produced by magic, phantom, spectre Scínhiw prestigium, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 61: fantasma , ii. 33, 82. Scínlác vel [scín]hiw fantasia, i. imaginatio, delusio mentis , 147, 42. Réþlic scínhiw ferale monstrum , 147, 53: Hymn. Surt. 142, 12.

án-setla

(n.)
Grammar
án-setla, an; m.
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An anchorite, a hermit jÞǽr eardode sum swíþe myccles mægnes wer, sé wæs ánsetla in wéstenne illic vir quidam solitarius magnae virtutis habitabat, Gr. D. 306, 1.

muud-bora

(n.)
Grammar
muud-bora, an; m.

one who can give protection (mund)protectorpatronguardianadvocatea guardian

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Eádmund cyning, mága mundbora, Chr. 942; Edm. 2. Eádgár, West-Seaxena wine, Myrcene mundbora, 975; Erl. 125, 17. Eást-Engla cyning and seó þeód gesóhte Ecgbryht him tó mundboran, 823; Erl. 62, 25 : 921; Erl. 108, 14.

ge-stillan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stillan, -styllan; p. de; pp. ed [stillan to rest] .

To restceasebe stillquietmutequiescĕresĕdārisĭlēreobmutescĕrerētĭcēreTo restrainstillstopstaycalmkeep incompescĕrecŏhĭbēresĕdāremītĭgārerĕtĭnēre

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Se wuldor-maga worda gestilde the illustrious man ceased from words, Exon. 48 b; Th. 167, 29; Gú. 1067: Andr. Kmbl. 1064; An. 532. On Sæterdæg híg gestildon sabbăto sĭluērunt, Lk. Bos. 23, 56.

tweónung

(n.)
Grammar
tweónung, twínung, twýnung, e; f.
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Ðý læs ðe ǽnig twýning eów derian máge be ðam líflícan gereorde, ii. 262, 24. Tw(e)ónunge ambiguitatis, dubietatis, Hpt. Gl. 422, 32. Went nú moncyn on tweónunga men will be in doubt, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 18.

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fót-lǽst

(n.)
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Hwæþer þú mage tócnáwan hwæs fótlǽsta þú geseó on þissere flóre ástapene, Nap. 79. Gesáwon hí on þám marmanstáne swilce mannes fótlǽsta fæstlíce on ðám stáne geðýde, Hml. Th. i. 506, 12.

hwónlíce

(adv.)
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Þá þe hwónlíce understandan magan hú micel wíte is þæt man on ámánsumunge sié qui minus intelligere possunt quanta pena excommunicationis, R. Ben. 54, l.

lyþre

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lyþre, l. lýþre,
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Hwǽr syndon þá wiðersacan eówre lýðran mágas ( your vile kinsmen ) ?, Hml. S. 23, 296. Lýþrum monnum to vile cravens, Ors. 6, 36; S. 292, 27. of things Hú lǽne and hú lýðre þis líf is on tó getrúwianne. Wlfst. 189, 3.

wearn

(n.)
Grammar
wearn, es; m. (?)

A multitude, a great number or quantity, a great deal

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Þeán ðe ða ealle ðe mé áfeódon wordum wyrigen and wearn sprecan si is, qui oderat me, super me magna locutus est, 54, 12.

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tó-sceád

(n.)
Grammar
tó-sceád, es; n.

a separating,distinguishing,distinctionthe faculty of distinguishing objects presented to the minddiscriminationdiscerningdifference,diversity

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Mid ðæs micelum dómes tósceáde cum magna examinis discussione, Anglia xiii. 375, 141. the faculty of distinguishing objects presented to the mind, discrimination, discerning Se Hálga Gást sylþ his gife ðám ðe hé wile.

on-scunian

(v.)
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'Nelle wit (the eyes) nǽfre hǽr þá þeóstru þǽre nihte onscunian, ǽr wit magon þá sunnan sylfe geseón (tum tenebras non amabo, cum solem videro ).'

á-wecgan

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Heora mágas þǽra cnihta mód fram Crístes geleáfan woldon áwecgan, Hml. S. 5, 42. Ðwyrlicra manna heortan, þe beóð ðurh unrihtwísnysse hócas áwegde, ðurh regolsticcan ðǽre sóðan rihtwísnysse beóð geemnode, Hml. Th. i. 362, 27

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