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hleów

(n.)
Grammar
hleów, hleó, es; n.

A shelter, protection, covering, refuge;

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Beorna hleó éce ælmihtig, Exon. 69 b; Th. 258, 28; Jul. 272. Duguþa hleó[Guthlac] 48 a; Th. 165, 26; Gú. 1034. Wes earmra hleó be a refuge for the poor, Cd. 203; Th. 252, 32; Dan. 587. Eorla hleó [Beowulf] Beo.

BÝSEN

(n.)
Grammar
BÝSEN, bísen, býsn, e; f.
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a pattern, an example, model, resemblance, similitude, parable; norma, exemplum, modellum, similitudo, parabola Ðú bútan býsne, Ælmihtig God, eall geworhtest þing þearle gód [good, MS.] thou, Almighty God, modest all things very good, without a pattern

Linked entries: bísen bigsen bísen

wuldrian

(v.)
Grammar
wuldrian, (and wuldran?); p. ode.

to glorifyto ascribe glory toto make gloriousbestow glory onto gloryto receive glorybe glorified

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Se ðe wuldrige, wuldrige on God ælmihtigne, and nó on hine sylfne, R. Ben. 4, 8. Gedafenaþ ðæt hí wuldrion on gedréfednessum, Homl. Th. i. 554, 24. Þeáh ðe ic wylle wuldrian (gloriari), ne beó ic ná unsnoter, Ælfc. Gr. 44; Zup. 262, 7.

BÚGAN

(v.)
Grammar
BÚGAN, part. búgende; ic búge, ðu búgest, býhst, býgst, he búgeþ, býhþ, býgþ; p. ic, he beág, beáh, ðú buge, pl. bugon; imp. búg, búh; pp. bogen; v. intrans.

To BOW or bow down oneself, bend, swerve, give way, submit, yield, turn, turn away, fleese flectere vel inclinare, curvare, declinare, desistere, cedere, vertere, divertere, fugere

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Seó eorþe nǽfre ne býhþ ne ufor ne nyðor ðonne se ælmihtiga Scyppend hí gestaðelode the earth never swerves neither higher nor lower than the almighty Creator established it, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 10, 19; Lchdm. iii. 254, 18.

Linked entries: beág beáh

swícan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
swícan, p. swác, pl. swicon; pp. swicen.
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Nóhwæðere ælmihtig ealra wolde Adam and Euan árna ofteón ðeáh ðe hé him from swice although he had withdrawn his favour from them (perhaps hé = hié and swice is plural though they had turned from him, 58, 31; Gen. 954. to desist from (dat. or prep.),

Linked entry: be-swicenness

losian

(v.)
Grammar
losian, p. ode

To perishbe loststrayescape

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Hwæt losaþ ǽfre ðam ælmihtigan Gode what is ever lost to the Almighty God? Homl. Skt. 11, 278.

Linked entry: lorian

ge-wit

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wit, -witt, es; n.

witssenses[right] mindmindintellectknowledgeunderstandingconsciousness

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Sió wyrd cymþ of ðam gewitte ðæs ælmihtigan Godes fate comes from the mind of the almighty God. Bt. 39, 5; Fox 220, 1: Exon. 120 b; Th. 463, 30; Hö. 78: 78 b; Th. 294, 10; Crä. 13: Andr. Kmbl. 631; An. 316: 1344; An. 672.

Linked entry: wit

gifu

(n.)
Grammar
gifu, gyfu, giefu, giofu, geofu, gif, e; pl. nom. acc. -a, -e; gen. -a, -ena; f.

a giftgracefavourdonummunasbeneficiumgratiavirtusfacultasthe Anglo-Saxon RuneRUNE = g, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is gifu a gift,-hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter g, but for gifu as a gift,

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Ðæt hie ælmihtiges gife ánforléten that they the Almighty's gift might lose, Cd. 32; Th. 43, 19; Gen. 693. Ic ðam mago-rince míne sylle godcunde gife I will give to the youth my divine grace, 106; Th. 140, 17; Gen. 2329.

FREMEDE

(adj.)
Grammar
FREMEDE, fremde, fremþe, fræmde; adj.

Strangeforeignestranged fromdevoid ofaliēnusperegrīnusaliēnātusaversusremōtusexpers

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Strange, foreign, estranged from, devoid of; aliēnus, peregrīnus, aliēnātus, aversus, remōtus, expers He biþ fremede Freán ælmihtigum he shall be estranged from almighty God, Salm. Kmbl. 67; Sal. 34.

ge-helpan

(v.)
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Hé bæd þone Ælmihtigan. ꝥ hé þám menn ( with broken limbs ) geheolpe, Hml. S. 21, 330. Gehulpe, Hex. 22, 17. Hié þǽr wurdon mid hungre ácwealde, þǽr heora þá ne gehulpe þá þǽr æt hám wǽron, Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 5.

un-rǽd

(n.)
Grammar
un-rǽd, es; m.

evil counselill-advised coursebad planfollydisadvantageprejudicehurt

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Ðæra hálgena líc woldon hí besencan on flóde, ac se ælmihtiga Scyppend wiðslóh ðam unrǽde. Sum wíf wæs ðe wiste heora unrǽd, ii. 29, 324. Tó his ( Lucifer's ) unrǽde gefæstnod, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2. 44: 4, 10: Cd. Th. 43, 33; Gen. 700.

wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
wyrhta, an ; m.

a wrightworkmanartificerlabourerone who works at some tradea makerproducerauthorcreatorfabricatorthe CreatorMakera doerworker

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Drihten, ælmihtiga God, wyrhta and wealdend ealra gesceafta, Bt. 42; Fox 260, 1 : L. Eth. vi. 42; Th. i. 326, 13 : L. I. P. 1; Th. ii. 304, 2 : Cd. Th. 301, 21; Sat. 585. Wuldres wyrhta, Exon. Th. 206, 21; Ph. 130.

Linked entry: werta

hwearfian

(v.)
Grammar
hwearfian, p. ode

To turnchangeroll aboutrevolvewandermovetoss about

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Hé biþ fremede freán ælmihtigum englum ungelíc ána hwearfaþ he shall be a stranger to the almighty Lord, unlike angels, alone shall he wander, Salm. Kmbl. 70; Sal. 35.

Linked entry: hreafigende

under-standan

(v.)
Grammar
under-standan, p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen.

to understandhave insight intoto understandperceiveknow certainlyto understand in such and such a senseto conceive ofconsiderto accept as correctto observenoticeconsider

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Th. i. 10, 2-5. to understand, perceive, know certainly Understand be ðám hú se ælmihtiga God hí ealle gesceóp bútan antimbre know certainly concerning them, how that the almighty God created them all without matter, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 178.

Linked entry: for-standan

þeóden

(n.)
Grammar
þeóden, es; m.
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Freá ælmihtig, mǽre þeóden, 52, 34; Gen. 853. Swegles aldor, ríce þeóden, 53, 21; Gen. 864. Engla þeóden, 205, 6; Exod. 431. Swegles ealdor, þearltmód þeóden gumena, Judth. Thw. 22, 34; Jud. 91. Se þióden, Met. 11, 80.

talu

(n.)
Grammar
talu, e; and indecl.; f.

a tale, talk, story, accounttalk, discussion, disputea charge, claiman excuse, a defenceas a law term, a case (as regards either plaintiff or defendant), an action,a tale, list, series

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Ðæt se Ælmihtiga God gehýre ða talu ðe Syria cyning ásende tó hospe and tó edwíte his micclan mægenðrymme ( si forte audiat Dominus universa verba Rabsacis, quem misit rex Assyriorum, ut exprobrare Deum viventem, 2 Kings 19, 4), Homl.

FOLDE

(n.)
Grammar
FOLDE, an; f.

the earthdry landtellusterraa landcountrydistrictregionterritoryrĕgiotractusplăgaterrĭtōriunithe groundsoilhŭmussŏlumearthclayterræ līmuslŭtum

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Teóde firum foldan Freá ælmihtig filiis hŏmĭnum terram omnĭpŏtens creāvit, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 24: Cd. 8; Th. 10, 9; Gen. 154: Exon. 12b; Th. 20, 22; Cri. 321. a land, country, district, region, territory; rĕgio, tractus, plăga, terrĭtōriuni Wæs wera

tungol

(n.)
Grammar
tungol, (-ul, -el), tungl, es; generally neuter, but pl. tunglas occurs: tungla, an; m.
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On ðam feórðan dæge gesette se Ælmihtiga ealle tungla, Homl. Th. i. 100, 7-9. Saturnus yfmest is eallra tungla, Met. 24, 20. Se móna is ealra tungla nyþemest, Boutr. Scrd. 18, 38. Astronomia, ðæt ys tungla gang, Shrn. 152, 14.

Linked entries: tungel tungl

ge-leáfa

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Heó áhte trumne geleáfan tó þǽm Ælmihtigan, Jud. 6: 345. Hé getrymede heora geleáfan, Bl. H. 17, 8. Gif wé willaþ on Drihten gelýfan . . . wé sceolon þone geleáfan mid gódum dǽdum gefyllan, 23, 10.

feallan

to runto be overcometo stumblesnareto failfall awaydecaycrumble away

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Hé clypode: " Uton feallan tó ðǽre róde, and þone Ælmihtigan biddan . . . " Hí feóllon þá ealle mid Óswolde on gebedum, Hml. S. 26. 19-24. Hié on gebed feóllon, Gen. 847.