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ge-wyrþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyrþan, he -wyrþeþ, -wyrþ

To bebecomehappenfiĕri

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To be, become, happen; fiĕri mihte ðæt gewyrþan how might that happen? Andr. Kmbl. 1145; An. 573. Cúþ ðæt gewyrþeþ it shall be known, Elen. Kmbl. 2381; El. 1192: 2548; El. 1275. gewyrþ ðis quomĕdo fiet istud? Lk. Bos. 1, 34

ge-híwlǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-híwlǽcan, p. ge-híwlǽhte.
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to form, fashion, shape And eác manna wynsumlic wlita æfter his ágenan anlícnessan gehýwlǽhte, Nap. 30. to colour. Cf. ge-híwian ; 2 Heó ágyfð ꝥ gecynde-lice híw, and byð gehýwlǽht swylce of swíðe háton bæþe eóde. Lch, i. 262, 14

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laþian

(v.)
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mé lathath invitat me Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 38. Laðode accessivit 4, 21. Ðætte cígende óðre ðider tió and laðige ut illuc clamando alios trahat Past. 379, 20. Ongan óðer ríce man laðian tó his gesynscipe, Shrn. 60, 2. Add

weá-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
weá-dǽd, e ; f.

A deed of woe an ill-deed

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A deed of woe, an ill-deed ( Stephen ) bæd þrymcyning ðæt him ða weádǽd tó wræce ne sette (cf. Domine, ne statuas illis hoc peccatum, Acts 7, 60), Elen. Kmbl. 987; El. 495. Árísaþ weádǽda, Fins. Th. 15 ; Fin. 8

Linked entry: weá

swincan

(v.)
Grammar
swincan, p. swanc, pl. swuncon; pp. swuncen.
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hwí swingst ðú ána ? Ex. 18, 14. nǽre ná ælmihtig, gyf him ǽnig gefadung earfoðe wǽre.

deóran

(v.)
Grammar
deóran, dýran; p.ede ; pp. ed

To hold dear, love cārum habēre

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To hold dear, love; cārum habēre Heó deóraþ míne wísan they love my ways, Exon: 103 b; Th. 393, 9; Rä. 12, 7. Dýran sceolde he his dreámas on heofonum he should hold dear his joys in heaven, Cd. 14; Th. 17, 9; Gen. 257

Linked entry: dýran

fen-land

(n.)
Grammar
fen-land, es; n.

Fen-landmarshy landpălustris terra

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Fen-land, marshy land; pălustris terra ealle Egypta awéston, bútan ðǽm fenlandum they laid waste all Egypt, except the fen-lands, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 32, 26. He þurh ða fenland reów he rowed through the fen-lands, Guthl. 9; Gdwin. 50, 13

brytnian

(v.)
Grammar
brytnian, p. ode, ede, ade; pp. od, ed, ad

To dispense, distribute, administerdispensare, administrare

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To dispense, distribute, administer; dispensare, administrare He sinc brytnade he dispensed treasure, Beo. Th. 4756; B. 2383. weolan brytnodon they dispensed wealth, Chr. 1065; Erl. 197, 40; Edw. 21.

ge-þæf

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his ágene unðeáwas ongietan wille and hira geþæf bión (cf. (?) gerest ðæt mód hit orsorglíce on ðǽre fortrúwunga, 463, 10 : both passages refer to the same subject) how he will recognize his own faults, and yet wish for no change in them (?

þurh-féran

(v.)

to pass through or overto penetrateget into

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þurhférde hǽðenre þeóde eard, Shrn. 155, 34. þurhférdon ealle ða land ... óððæt cómon ðǽr wunode, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 231. Þurhférende (humida cum siccis) pervadens (caerula plantis), Wrt.

Linked entry: þurh-faran

freólslíce

(adv.)
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Substitute: freely, without hindrance, without restraint him synderlíce wíc getimbrede, ꝥ mihte on ðám freólslíce (freólíce, v.l.) Gode þeówian (in quo liberius caelestibus studiis uacaret ). Bd. 3, 19; Sch. 277, 14.

of-stician

(v.)
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hét. . . ðæs pápan lima gelóme prician, oð þæt swulte ðurh swylcum pínungum, Hml. Th. ii; 312, 11. Add

práfost

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Áxode þone prófost hwæðer fisc hæfde. tó andsware cwæð, ꝥ ne mihton ne fisceras ne sylf gefón ǽnne sprot. Ðá cwæð se hálga wer, 'Wurp út nú þín net,' Hml. S. 31, 1268

be-beorgan

to ward off somethingto guard one's self againstto save one's selfto guard one's self (acc.) against (wiþ) something

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mihte him bebeorgan, 109, 33. dat. of person and acc. of thing:--- Ꝥ hié him sylfum heora synna bebeorgaþ, Bl. H. 63, 24. bebearh him and warnode hine wiþ swá swá wið þone ealdan feónd eam quasi hostem cavens, Gr. D. 276, 2.

ymb-sirwan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-sirwan, p. -sirwde, -sirede.
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For ðæm sint tó manianne ða ðe lange ymbsieriaþ ðæt ongieten micel wíte sculun habban beforan ðǽm óðrum hoc ergo praecipitatione lapsis per consilium pereuntes differunt, quod, cum hi a statu justitiae peccando concidunt, plerumque simul et in

ceást

(n.)
Grammar
ceást, e; f.
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forlét his gingran tógeánes þǽre ceáste he left his subordinate to meet the tumult, Hml, S. 7, 212. Þa ðe þá ceáste macedon, 222. Þá micclan ceáste ácuman, 243. Ceáste contentionem, R. Ben. I. 22, 6: Hml. Th. i. 604, 35.

dirnan

(v.)
Grammar
dirnan, p. de
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Þéh hié hit ǽr swíþe him betweónum diernden, Ors. 5, 10; S. 234, 1. Noldan heora synna dyrnan, Ps. Th. 77, 4.

ge-feá

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ge-feá, d. gefeán, gefeáne; d. pl. gefeán, gefeánum.
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H. 139, 1. Ðám unblíðum sint tó cýðanne ðá gefeán (laeta) ðe him gehátene sindon, Past. 187, 16. Þéh þe úte wǽre belocen fram neorcxnawanges gefeán (gaudiis), gemunde þá ylcan gefeán, for þon þe ǽr heora breác, Gr. D. 261, 3-6.

biddan

to askto askto pray to

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H. 145, 18. bæd ꝥ móste faran, 23, 13: 211, 29. bǽdan ꝥ óþer seonað wǽre, Bd. 2, 2 ; Sch. 115, 22. to ask something of a person, with gen. of thing ꝥ witon hwæs biddað æt Gode, Hml. S. 12, 266.

wundorlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wundorlíce, adv.

Wonderfully

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Homl. 171, 31. Wundurlíce heó hǽleþ, Lchdm. i. 194, 22. Wundorlíce, 220, 20. wurdon wundorlíce áfirhte timuerunt valde, Gen. 20, 8.