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be-brúcan

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Add Gif þás lác ne beóð bebrocene þurh Bél, Shrn. 4, 5

cunnan

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To know of Þæt folc ne cúðe ðǽra góda the people knew not of those benefits, Hml. Th. i. 190, 31. cunnan on to be skilled in, have knowledge of Ic þǽr nán þing on ne cann, Hml. A. 182, 42.

for-habban

(v.)

To abstainrefrainabstinentcontinentto abstain fromto restrainkeep awayto keep backnot to mentionto restraincheckstop

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Heó ne mihte hí sylfe forhabban fram hire were a viro suo sese abstinere non potuit, Gr.

on-hyrian

(v.)
Grammar
on-hyrian, p. ede

To imitate, emulate

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Ðæt hý ne onhyredon ðǽm yfelwillendum, Ps. Th. 36, arg. Ne onhyre ( emulatus fueris ) ðam ðe byþ orsorh, 36, 7. Onhyriaþ, 36, 1. Ne ðú ne onhere ne emuleris, Kent. Gl. 58. Ne onherie ne emuletur, 885.

for-healdan

(v.)
Grammar
for-healdan, for-healden.

withholdkeep backdisregardneglect

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L. 15, 29. not to keep in good condition. not to keep in safety, not to preserve Eálá eá is ꝥ forweorþfullic wela þe náuþer ne mæg ne hine selfne gehealdan ne his hláford, tó ðon ꝥ hé ne þurfe máran fultumes, oððe hí beóþ bégen forhealden O praeclara

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on-liþian

(v.)
Grammar
on-liþian, on-leoþian
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D. 222, 4. figurative In hefigum wísum ealle þá (various faults) after deáðe hefigiað, gif hí nǽron ǽr gebétte ne onleoðode þá hwíle þe se man wæs in þissum lífe quae cuncta etiam post mortem gravant, si adhuc in hac vita positis minime fuerint

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CALAN

(v.)
Grammar
CALAN, ic cále, ðú calest, cælst, he caleþ, cælþ, pl. calaþ; p. cól, pl. cólon; pp. calen; v. intrans.
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Hwæðer ða wélgan ne ne cale do the rich never become cold? Bt. 26, 2; Fox 92, 34

ranclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ranclíce, adv.
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showily (v. ranc, II) Ne eówer reáf ne beó tó ranclíce gemacod, L. Ælfc.

stencan

(v.)
Grammar
stencan, p. te
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To scatter Se ðe ne somnaþ se stenceþ qui non congregat, spargit, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 12, 30. Ðú somnast ðǽr ðú ne strenctæs (stenctes?, sprenctæs?) congregas ubi non sparsisti, 25, 24. Ðú stenctest (swenctest?)

fácen-lic

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Warnien hí þæt hí nán þing fácenlices ne dón videant ne aliquam fraudem presumant inferre, R. Ben. 95, 12, 15. Fácenlicu dolore (misread dolosa ? ), Ps. L. 106, 39. For 'R. Ben. . . . Lye' substitute

ge-loccian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-loccian, ꝥ ode.
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Ne hine ne geloccige nán óliccung tó hiere willan non blanda usque ad voluptatem demulceant, 83, 18

ge-swæccan

(v.)
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to smell, v. swecc; Hý mid nosan ne magon náht geswæccan bútan unstences ormǽtnesse foetor ingenti complet putredine nares, Dóm. L. 206. Nosa hí habbað and ne gestincað (geswæccað, v. l. ), Ps.

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lác-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
lác-fæsten, a
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fast considered as an offering Ne gelýfe þæs nǽnig mon ꝥ him ne genihtsumige ꝥ fasten tó écere hǽlo, búton hé mid óþrum gódum hit geéce, and sé þe wille Drihtne bringan gecwéme lácfæsten, þonne sceal hé ꝥ mid ælmessan and mid mildheortum weorcum fullian

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scip-líþend

Grammar
scip-líþend, scip-líþende.
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On sǽ bið þæt sciplíðendra cwalm swá mycel, ꝥ nænig man ne wát tó secganne ne nǽnigum eorðcyninge be ðám sciplíðendum illo tempore navium adcessio erit in pelago, ut nemo nemini novum referrat regi terrę, Verc. Först. 119, 15.

Linked entry: líþend

BEARD

(n.)
Grammar
BEARD, es; m.

a BEARDbarba

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a BEARD; barba Ne beard ne sciron nec radetis barbam, Lev. 19, 27; nether ge schulen schave the beerd, Wyc. Smyringc niðerfeól on bearde, bearde Aarones unguentum descendit in barbam, barbam Aaronis, Ps.

for-byrd

(n.)
Grammar
for-byrd, for-byrd (fore-), e; f. (in Hml. S. 33, 203 the word seems neuter),

enduranceforbearanceabstention

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Ne mihte Pafnuntius nán forbyrd habban, ne náne frófre onfón, Hml. S. 33, 203. wille ic God biddan ꝥ hé þé forgife forebyrd and geþyld, 251. bearing patiently, forbearance.

ge-dyrstignes

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Hié sceolon ábúgan þurh ǽnige gedyrstignesse ne temere declinetur a quoquam, 15, 21. Gif hwylc þurh gedyrstignesse . . . qui praesumpserit . . . 130, 4. Þurh þá gedyrstignesse (-durst-, Ll.

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gástlíce

(adv.)

spirituallyspiritually

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Add: spiritually opposed to physically, corporeally His micelnesse ne mæg nán monn ámetan; nis ꝥ ðeáh no líchomlíce tó wénanne, ac gástlíce, Bt. 42 ; F. 258, 14.

hangian

(v.)
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Ne þurfon gé hongian on ðám anwealde, ne him æfter þringan; gif gé wíse bíþ hé wile folgian eów þeáh gé his ne wilnian, 16, 1; F. 50, 29. to rest for authority on, depend on In ðissum twǽm bebodum ealle ae hongað (stondes ł honges, L.) and witga

hearh

(n.)
Grammar
hearh, hearch, herh, es; m: pl. hearga, f.

A temple, an idollucus, nemus, fanum, delubrum, ara

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Ne ic ne clypige tó heora godum ne tó heargum ne gebidde mid míne múþe nec memor ero nominum eorum per labra mea, Ps. Th. 15, 4. Ða wuldriaþ in hergum heara qui gloriantur in simulacris suis, Ps. Stev. 96, 7.

Linked entries: hearh-eard hearh-lic