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earfoþ-fere

Grammar
earfoþ-fere, l. -fére hard to travel, and for 'Scint. 10'
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substitute Sume cumað swíðe feorran and habbað swíðe yfelne weig and swíðe earfoðférne, Shrn. 187, 12. Cf. eáþ-fére

ge-fnésan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fnésan, l. ge-fnesan; p. ge-fnæs,
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Þis þá tylung tó þan manne þe wel gefnesan ne mæge, Lch. iii. 100, 9

Linked entry: fnésan

a-rédian

(v.)
Grammar
a-rédian, p. ode; pp. od, ad

To make readyprovidefurnishexecutefindto find the way to any placereachpararepræparareexsequiinvenirepervenire aliquo

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To make ready, provide, furnish, execute, find, to find the way to any place, reach; parare, præparare, exsequi, invenire, pervenire aliquo Us ís þearf ðæt we arédian ðæt úre hláford wille it behoves us that we provide that which our lord wants, L.

Linked entries: a-rédad a-rédod

on-unwísdóm

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Ac þu Drihten scyld mínre iugoþe and mín onunwísdómes ne wes þú gemyndig (= ? Þu, Drihten, forgif þá scylde mínre iugoþe, and mínes unwísdómes ne wes þú gemyndig), Bl. H. 89, 10. See, however, preceding word

ent

(n.)
Grammar
ent, es; m. A giant; gĭgas = γίγας
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He geblissode swá swá se mǽsta oððe swá swá ent to ge-yrnanne weg his exultāvit ut gĭgas ad currendam viam ejus, Ps. Lamb. 18, 6: Ps. Spl. 32, 16: Wrt Voc. 73, 52. Nem-broþ se ent Nimrod the giant, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 35 : Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 17.

Linked entries: EÓTEN eten

ge-háthyrt

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-háthyrt, adj.

Irritatedangry

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Irritated, angry Ðá wearþ se hálga wer geháthyrt the holy man was irritated, Homl. Th. ii. 176, 18

ge-módod

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Gezabel wæs hetelíce gemódod (bloody-minded) ; seó tihte hyre wer tó ǽlcere wælhreównysse, Hml. S. 18, 50. Add

ofer-þencan

(v.)
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to think over, consider Gif hit byð wel ásmeád and oferþóht si bene perpenditur, Gr. D. 316, 20

Linked entry: þencan

yfel-libbende

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel-libbende, adj.
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Cf. wel-libbende

endebyrdlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
endebyrdlíce, <b>; I.</b>
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Wel and endebyrdlíce bene atque ornate, 57, 9. Add

sáwel-þearf

(n.)
Grammar
sáwel-þearf, e; f.
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What is necessary or beneficial for the soul Ic wes smeágende ymb míne sáulþearfe, Chart. Th. 474, 18

in-gehygd

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Gewít fram ús, nelle þane weg þínre ingehýde ( recede a nobis, et scientiam viarum tuarum nolumus, Job 21, 14), Ll. Lbmn. 438, 16. Hé tǽcþ men ingehýd docet hominem scientiam, Ps. L. 93, 10. Godes Gást hæfð ingehýd ǽlces gereordes, Hml.

ge-deáw

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-deáw, adj.
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Bedewed, wet with dew On morgenne þonne sió wyrt gedeáw sié, Lch. ii. 92, 15. Wildre rúdan gedeáwre, 26, 10

meaht-loc

(n.)
Grammar
meaht-loc, es; n.
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A bolt of might Ne wáciað þás geweorc, ac hí wel healdað, stondað stídlíce bestryþed fæste miclum meahtlocum, Sch. 88

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Sume preóstas mid forewerdum tán stæppað, ꝥ on þám fúhtan wege ne beón heora fét besprengde, Chrd. 64, 35. Add

tintregung

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Hé hét his cwelleras swíðor wítnian þone hálgan wer, ac hí áteórodon on þǽre tintregunge, Hml. S. 37, 126. Add

on-unwísdóm

(n.)
Grammar
on-unwísdóm, es; m.

Folly, ignorance

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Ac ðú Drihten onunwísdómes ne wes ðú gemyndig, Blickl. Homl. 89, 10

Linked entries: un-wísdóm on-unwís

níþ-full

(adj.)
Grammar
níþ-full, adj.

Enviousmalicious

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Se níþfulla wer ... se gesibsuma wer the malicious man ... the man that loves peace, Basil admn. 6; Norm. 46, 20, 22, 30. Feóndes níþfulles fácne hostis invidi dolum, Hymn. Surt. 3, 21. Ðeós costung is of ðam níþfullan deófle, Boutr. Scrd. 23, 10.

middel

(adj.)
Grammar
middel, adj.
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In þone midlestan holan weg, Swt. A. S. Rdr. ii. 203, 8. Add

be-ǽwnian

(v.)
Grammar
be-ǽwnian, p. ode; pp. od

To join in marriagemarrywedlegitime despondere

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To join in marriage, marry, wed; legitime despondere Bewedded and beǽwnod wedded and married, Chr. 1052; Th. 314, 38