fore-gangan
to precede
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Add: to precede (in time) Þá foregangendan hlǽfdian (praecedentes matres) gewunodon ꝥ hí hit sǽdon þám gingrum nunnum, and nú þá gingran nunnan hit reccaþ, Gr. D. 280, 26.
heáh-mægen
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S. 16, 246. sublime power, divine might Is þæs wuldres ful heofun and eorðe and eall heáhmægen tíre getácnod, El. 753. Ongit Godes heáhmægen, 464. Þæt hine werþeóde and eal engla cynn úp on roderum hergen heáhmægen, þǽr is help gelong, Jul. 645.
hwelp
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Gif þú wille ꝥ wíf cild hæbbe, oþþe tife hwelp, ii. 172, 21 : Rä. 1, 16. Huoelpas (welpas, R. ), Mt. L. 15, 27. Beran ongeányrnan gegripenum hwealpum urso occurrere raptis foetibus, Scint. 95, 5. Hwelpum, Kent. Gl. 607
on-tendness
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Cf. on-tendan ; 5 Wê nû byrnað æ̂r ðan ðe se tîma côme úre ontendnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 414, 35. Læ̂t hine on ûrum anwealde, þæt wê magon ðînne teónan wrecan and ûre ontendnysse, 416, 20.
of-irnan
to overtake ⬩ to tire with running
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[Þe abbed æfter Uortiger rad & sone gon ofærne Uortigerne, Laym. 13149.] to tire with running Hé wæs swíðe ofurnen he was very tired with running Jud. 4. 19
tóweardness
the time to come ⬩ the future ⬩ a future coming
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the time to come, the future Ðæt hé on tóweardnesse (in futuro saeculo) écelíce mid Criste rícsian móste, Bd. 3, 29; S. 561, 22.
bád
a pledge ⬩ expectation ⬩ waiting
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Hit neálǽhte þǽre tíde his deáþes . . . Hine þá on þǽre sáwle báde (while the soul expected its departure) ácsode his wíf, 301, 25
driht-weras
Men, chieftains ⬩ popŭlāres viri
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Men, chieftains; popŭlāres viri Óþ-ðæt drihtweras duguþum gefóran ðǽr is botlwéla Bethlem háten till that the fellow men journeyed to where there is a village called Bethel, Cd. 86; Th. 107, 32; Gen. 1798.
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líf-leást
death
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Loss of life, death On ǽlcum ðara daga gif man ǽnige ǽddran geopenaþ on ðara tíde ðæt hit biþ lífleást oððe langsum sár on each of those days, if a vein be opened at that hour, it is death or long disease, Lchdm. iii. 152, 5.
ge-lícian
to please ⬩ delight ⬩ placere ⬩ acquiescere ⬩ delectare ⬩ it pleases ⬩ placet
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Gelícaþ [gelícige, Lamb. 14; Spl. 18] ðé Dryhten complaceat tibi Domine, Ps. Surt. 39, 14. Ðæt ðé gelíciaþ ut te complaceant, Ps. Spl. 18, 15. On ðé ic gelícode in te complacui, Mk.
ende-mann
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A person living in the latest age of the world Wé endemenn ðyssere worulde (for the ideas of the time as to the end of the world cf. Wlfst. 156, 4 ; Ðeós woruld is on ofste and hit neálǽcð þám ende), Hml. Th. i. 476, 18.
for-genge
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Gyf hit on lencten gebyrige, ꝥ þæ þonne þǽre flǽscun geweorð on fisce gestriéne, búton ꝥ þis forgenge sié if it (the time for giving a contribution of food (including flesh meat)) happen in Lent, that then the value of the meat may be taken in fish, unless
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riftere
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Hé wearð ofslagen . . . on hærfestlicre tíde úte mid his rifterum þe rípdon his corn, Hml. A. 108, 199. Add
sǽ-steorra
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A star which guides mariners at sea; stella maris, a title given to the Virgin Mary, from the erroneous belief that it expressed the etymological meaning of the Hebrew name Miriam, Mary Nú is hyre nama gereht . . . sǽsteorra . . .
under-standan
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</b> add Ic geanbidode swíþe wet oþ ic wiste hwæt þú woldest, and hú þú hit understandan woldest; and eác þý furþor ic tiolode geornfullíce ꝥ ðú hit forstandan mihtest I waited till I knew what you would, and in what way you would conceive of it
ropp
An intestine ⬩ the colon
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Tíhþ innan ðone rop and on ðæt smælþearme, 232, 15. Roppum extalibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 11
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a-wendan
To turn away or off ⬩ avert ⬩ remove ⬩ to turn upside down ⬩ turn ⬩ change ⬩ translate ⬩ pervert ⬩ avertere ⬩ vertere ⬩ mutare ⬩ transferre ⬩ subvertere ⬩ To turn or direct oneself to turn from ⬩ go ⬩ depart ⬩ se vertere ⬩ ire
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Heó awent hyre hús and sécþ geornlíce óþ heó hine fint sche turneth upsodoun the hous and sekith diligently til sche fynde it, Wyc; Lk. Bos. 15, 8. He wæter awende to wínlícum drence he turned water into winelike drink, Ælfc. T. 27, 7: Ps.
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cyne-líc
Kingly, royal, regal, belonging to the state, public ⬩ regius, regalis, publicus
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Wæs ðæs ylcan mynstres abbudisse on ða tíd seó cynellíce fǽmne Ælflǽd præerat quidem tunc eidem monasterio regia virgo Ælbflæd, Bd. 4, 26; S. 603, 3.
FRÉCNE
Horrible ⬩ savage ⬩ audacious ⬩ wicked ⬩ daring ⬩ dangerous ⬩ perilous ⬩ dīrus ⬩ asper ⬩ austērus ⬩ atrox ⬩ audax ⬩ perīcŭlōsus
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On ða frécnan tíd tempŏre discrīmĭnis. Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 21. Frécne þúhton egle eáláda the fearful sea-ways seemed terrible, Andr. Kmbl. 880; An. 440.
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ge-lendan
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Ðæt scip . . . búton ðá rówend hit teón, sceal fleótan mid ðý streáme: ne mæg hit nó stille gestandan, búton . . . mon mid róðrum ongeán tió; elles hit gelent mid ðý streáme, Past. 445, 13. non-material Ic wolde witan hwæðer ( = hwider?)