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for-ðon

(con.)
Grammar
for-ðon, for-ðon-ðe; conj.

For thatforbecausequiaquŏniam

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Forðonðe wyste Drihten weg rihtwísra quŏniam nōvit Dŏmĭnus viam justōrum, 1. 7

bufan-cweden

(adj.)
Grammar
bufan-cweden, adj.
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Aforesaid, above-mentioned Ðæs bufancwedenan mannes mægnu ... se bufancwedena wer, Gr. D. 14, 8. Þá landgemǽro ðæs bufancwedenan landes, C.D. ii. 265, 27. Þysum bufancwedenum gelíce. Gr. D. 90, 27

sceádwísness

(n.)
Grammar
sceádwísness, e; f.

Reason

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Ic wéne ðæt hyt mínsceádwísnes (reason) wére, Shrn. 164, 29. Sceádwísnyssum ratiociniis, R. Ben. Interl. 17,6

tó-geagn

(prep.)
Grammar
tó-geagn, prep. adv.

Towardsin the direction of

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Wes heom toȝæn (aȝein, 2nd MS.) þe kaissere, Laym. 9792

Linked entry: geagn

hér-æfter

(adv.)
Grammar
hér-æfter, adv.

Hereafter

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Hereafter Swá swá eft héræfter secgaþ as we shall again hereafter say, Bd. 3, 30; S. 562, 5

ge-hrepian

(v.)
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Add habbað þás þing gehrepod, Angl. viii. 324, 6. habbað be Ianuarium manega þing gehrepode, 309, 24

Linked entry: ge-hrepod

ge-singian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-singian, p. ode; pp. od

To sin;peccāre

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To sin; peccāre We habbaþ swíðe gesingod we have greatly sinned, Hy. 7, 115; Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 115

on-bídan

(v.)
Grammar
on-bídan, p. -bád; pl. -bidon; pp. -biden.

to abide, wait, remainto wait for, expect,to wait on, attend upon

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Gif wífes wer sig on hæftnýde gelǽded, onbýde expectet heo his .vi. winter, L. Ecg. C. 26; Th. ii. 152, 4. sculon óðres onbídan, Lk. Skt. 7, 20. Willaþ gé mín onbídan? Blickl.

earding

(n.)
Grammar
earding, e; f.

A habitation, dwelling habitācŭlum

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A habitation, dwelling; habitācŭlum Ðǽr we mótun ágan eardinga where we may possess dwellings, Exon. 65 b; Th. 242, 14; Ph. 673

Linked entry: eardung

sam-wrǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
sam-wrǽdness, e; f.

Combination, union

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Combination, union Eall ðæt ðætte ánnesse hæfþ þæt secgaþ ðætte síe ða hwíle ðe hit ætsomne biþ and ða samwrǽdnesse hátaþ gód everything that has unity, that, we say, exists, while it maintains its unity, and the union of its parts we call good

Linked entries: un-samwrǽde -wrǽdness

un-áreht

(adj.)

undiscussednot expounded

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undiscussed, not expounded Nú hæbbe gereht be welan and be anwealde, and ðæt ilce magon reccan be ðám þrím ðe unáreht (unreht, Cott. MS.) habbaþ similiter ratiocinari de honoribus, gloria, voluptatibus licet, Bt. 33, 2; Fox 124, 21

Linked entry: un-reht

úht-gebed

(n.)
Grammar
úht-gebed, es; n.

A prayer repeated in the early morningmatins

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Se eádiga wer his úhtgebedum befeal, Guthl. 6; Gdwin. 42, 12

Linked entry: úht-þegnung

fore-wyrcend

(n.)
Grammar
fore-wyrcend, es; m.

a servantslave

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One who works for another, a servant, slave Hyre wer lǽfde unlytle ǽhta on lande and on feó and on forewyrcendum (wyrcendum mannum, v. l.), Hml. S. 2, 156

ge-lícweorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-lícweorþ, ge-lícweorþe, ge-lícwirþe, ge-lícwyrþe; adj.
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Ðonne mæg hé eówian ðǽr Gode suíðe gelícweorðe (lícwyrðe, v. l. ) forhæfdnesse, Past. 315, 19. v. wel-gelícwirþe

ge-punian

(v.)
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Genim þás wyrte on mortere wel gepunude, 312, 11. Gepunede beáne fabe frese vel pilate, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 26. Add

mildheort-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
mildheort-lic, adj.
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Wer ábysgod on mildheortlicum weorcum vir misericordiae aetibus deditus, 301, 18

þiderweardes

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Þá sæt se Godes wer feorron lóciende on þone þe þiderweardes wæs gangende (behealdende þone cumendan Riggo, v.l.) vir Dei sedebat eum venientem conspiciens, Gr. D. 131, 25. Add

heáh-sangere

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-sangere, es; m.

A chief singer, arch-chanter

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A chief singer, arch-chanter Se árwurþa wer Johannes S. Petres cyricean ðæs apostoles heáhsangere vir venerabilis Johannes archicantator ecclesiæ S. Apostoli Petri, Bd. 4, 18; S. 586, 23

ge-gifod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gifod, part.

Enriched with gifts

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Enriched with gifts Se cyng him wel gegifod hæfde on golde and on seolfre the king had bestowed many gifts of gold and silver on him, Chr. l001; Erl. 136, 17

Linked entry: ge-geafian

lifer-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
lifer-seóc, adj.
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Heó liferseócum wel fremað, i. 236, 13