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torfian

(v.)
Grammar
torfian, <b>II a.</b>
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add: to throw, scatter Hyt nyþer torfaþ iacit cumulos, Germ. 390, 80. to toss (intrans.) Þá geseah hé án scip út on þǽre sǽ, swá swíðe torfigende fram þan wealcendum sǽs ýðum ꝥ ealle þá men wéndon ꝥ heora scip tóbrocen wǽre, Nap. 62

á-gangan

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Add: to go off, out Eallum út ágangendum cunctis egressis , Bd. l, 7; Sch. 24, 414. to pass (of time) Þisse eldo is se mǽsta dǽl ágangen, efne nigon hund wintra and lxxi on þýs geáre, Bl. H. 119, 1. to come to pass, happen Þá forebeácno þá þe. .

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. Gódra foregangendra (praecedentium) wera, 8, 20: 277, 10. to take precedence of

geond-irnan

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Take here <b>geond-yrnan</b> in Dict., and add: of motion, to run through or over Ǽr þon þá yfelan wǽtan þá limo geondyrnen, Lch. ii. 228, 16. Ꝥ se seáw mæge ꝥ heáfod geondyrnan, 18, 15. of mental action, to run over a subject Geondyrnan

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ge-toge

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ge-toge, l. ge-tog, ge-toh,
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and add: a contraction, drawing together Wið þá cynelican ádle þe man auriginem nemneð, ꝥ ys on úre geþeóde þǽra syna getoh and fóta geswel, Lch. i. 190, 15. Wið sina getoge, iii. 70, 26. Fore syna getoge, 110, 25. that with which one draws, a trace

on-tendness

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Add: burning. 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. Add Hê oferswŷðde þâ synne, for þâm þe hê swâ onwende

under

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<b>; I</b> 3 f. add: — Hú mihte Abraham beón clǽne, ꝥ hé nǽre forligr geteald, þá þá hé hæfde cyfese under his rihtwífe ? quomodo defenditur Abraham adulterii reus non esse, dum viventi legitima uxore sua conjunctus est ancillae suae ? f,

fullian

(v.)

to fulfil ⬩ to become full ⬩ fill up ⬩ to make full ⬩ fill ⬩ to fulfil an order ⬩ carry out an injunction

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to fulfil. Add: to become full, fill up (intrans.) Tó wunde clǽnsunge . . . smire þá wunde mid, þonne fullad hió, Lch. ii. 92, 7. to make full, fill Þá ylcan ungesewenlican gefyllende onstyriað and gyt fullíað þá mænniscan líchaman ipsa invisibilia

canonic

(adj.)
Grammar
canonic, adj.
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Canonical Sé ðe tóbrecð þá canonican gesetnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 96, 13

dún-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
dún-lic, adj.
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Mountain Þá dunlican castalidas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 49. Cf. dún-ælf

hygeleás-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
hygeleás-lic, adj.
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Foolish, senseless, extravagant Þá higeleás-lican ceahhetunga efrenatos cachinnos, An. Ox. 3170

middan-eard

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Þá tóweardan frécednyssa þises losigendlican middaneardes, Hml. Th. i. 538, 7. Add

on-cnáwenness

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Þá dóms þú behýdst úrum oncnáwennyssum (cognitionibus), Gr. D. 139, 15. Add

cniht-hád

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cniht-hád, <b>; I.</b>
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Þá gedwolan his cnihtháda errorespueritiae, Bd. 5, 14; Sch. 642, 9. Add

Cent-land

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Hé wið þá Brettas gefeaht, and gefliémed wearð on þǽm londe þe mon hǽt Centlond. Raþe þæs hé gefeaht wiþ þá Brettas on Centlonde, and hié wurdon gefliémede, Ors. 5, 12; S. 238, 19-21. Add

hádung-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
hádung-dæg, es; m.
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The anniversary of a person's ordination Þá gelamp hit embe geáres ryne ꝥ hit wæs þæs abbodes hádingdæg. Þá sende ánne brððor tó Pafnuntie and laþode hine tó þǽre symbelnesse, Hml. S. 33, 59. Hádungdæg, 91

þyddan

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Þæt feallende treów wende þá ongeán swilce hit sum fǽrlic þoden þydde underbæc, Hml. S. 31, 416. Þá scóc án oxa his heáfod and mid þám horne hine þydde (þudde, v.l. later date), 31, 786. Add

un-sár

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Þá hét hió (Cleopatra) niman ipnalis þá nǽdran, and dón tó hiere earme, þæt hió hié ábite ; for þon þe hiere þúhte þæt hit on þǽm lime unsárast wǽre, Ors. 5, 13; S. 246, 26. Add

hird-ness

watchful care ⬩ taking charge ⬩ taking care ⬩ a watch ⬩ guard ⬩ a watch

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Add: watchful care, taking charge, taking care that a thing be not damaged þám mynstre fore wæs mid geornlicre heordnysse monasterio solerti custodia praefuit, Gr. D. 52, 15. On hú mycelre Godes heordnysse (custodia) beóð þá þe cunnon hí sylfe forseón

ǽg-

(prefix)
Grammar
ǽg-, either a contraction of the prefixes á, ǽ, with a g added, as ǽg, or derived from aa = á, áwa, ǽw. It is used in compound pronouns and adverbs, as ǽg-hwá, ǽg-hwǽr, ǽg-hwilc, etc; but, in its place, we also find the prefix á as,—á-hwǽr, á-hwilc, etc. Both ǽg- and á- impart to their compounds a sense of universality.

Ever ⬩ always ⬩ semper

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Ever, always; semper: