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folgoþ

serviceofficeauthority

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Him (Godwine) wæs láð tó ámyrrene his ágenne folgað (comitatum suum), P. 175, - 13. to a lord Sélre him (the reeve) is ǽfre of folgoðe ðonne on, gyf hine magan wyldan ðá ðe hé scolde wealdan, Angl. ix. 260, 30. with the idea of independent rule, authority

FRIÐIAN

(v.)
Grammar
FRIÐIAN, freoðian; p. ode; pp. od; v. a. [friþ peace] .

to keep the peacetowards, make peaceto protectdefendkeeppācĭfĭcāre protĕgĕretuēri

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Man scolde friðian wiþ þonne here peace should be made with the army, Chr. 1004: Erl. 138, 22. Ðæt hie eall ðæt friðian woldon ðæt se cyng friðian wolde that they would protect all that the king would protect, Chr. 921; Erl. 108, 10, 11.

Linked entry: freoðian

bodung

annunciationdeclarationtestimonyinterpretationrecitingrehearsingpreaching

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Ben. 71, 5. boastful assertion (cf. bodian, III) : þæt dígle þing beón scolde, tó sige, þæt is tó bodunge and tó getotes gylpe hý gewyrcaþ, R.

BYCGAN

(v.)
Grammar
BYCGAN, bicgan, bycgean; ic bycge, bicge, ðú bygest, he bygeþ, pl. bycgaþ, bicgaþ; p. bohte, pl. bohton; impert. byge, bige, pl. bycgaþ; pp. boht; v. a.
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Ðæt hie bicgan scoldon which they must buy, Beo. Th. 2615; B. 1305: Exon. 120b; Th. 463, 11; Hö. 68. Ðá híg férdon bycgean dum irent emere, Mt. Bos. 25, 10. Ic bicge I buy, Salm. Kmbl. 403; Sal. 202.

Linked entries: bycgean bicgan

þreágan

Grammar
þreágan, I.
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IV. to press, urge :-- Hé ongan his geféran swíðe þreágan (urgere ) ꝥ hí scoldon on þá tíd út faran, Gr. D. 38, 12. Gif hí synd þreáde mid frécnesse deáþes si mortis periculo urgetur, Bd. l, 27; Sch. 79, 14

á-beran

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Ábere se borh ðæt hé áberan scolde, L. Edg. ii. 6; Th. i. 268, 9

ge-frédan

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Sé þe bær líc gefréddan wolde, hé hyt scolde myd barum handum gefrédan, Solil. H. 43, 14. (2 a) to feel a blow, heat, cold, & c. :-- Ðú þás dyntas náht ne gefrétst, Hml. S. 4, 147.

gleng

(n.)
Grammar
gleng, e; f.
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Ǽresð alra glengea scolde scínan gold on his hrægle . . . Tóeácan ðǽm golde ealra glenga fyrmesð . . . se giem iacintus, Past. 85, 1-5. Cume manna gehwilc tó circan búton golde and glæncgum, Wlfst. 181, 2.

fram-scipe

(n.)
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Þý lǽs hié ormóde wǽron ... ðæs hié mid mec tó fromscipe geféran scoldon lest they should despair ... of coming to advancement with me, Nar. 32, 25. ꝥ þú gefeó in þǽm fromscipe mínes lífes and eác blissige in þǽm weorðmyndum that you may be glad at the

á-gán

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Þá sǽde hé hú hit gewurðan scolde, and hit sóna æfter þám ealswá áeóde, Wlfst. 17, 18: 44, 23 [ = K. de visione Isaiae in Dict. ). <b>IV a.

Linked entry: á-gangan

ge-regnian

(v.)
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Ðæt hrægl . . . scolde beón . . . gerénod mid golde, Past. 83, 24. Gerénod cæppe penula, Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 55. Geafum gehríned (ornatum), Lk. L. 21, 5. Ꝥte þú sié gihrínad exornari, Rtl. 105, 19. Ic ann Æðelwerdæ ánæs gerǽnodæs drincæhornæs, C.

weard

(n.)
Grammar
weard, es; m.

a guard, warder, watchman, sentinel a guardian, protector, lord

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Weard Scyldinga, se ðe holmclifu healdan scolde, Beo. Th. 464; B. 229: Ps. 126, 2. Se weard ( the angel at the gate of Eden ), Cd. Th. 58, 21; Gen. 949. Ða weardas custodes, Mt. Kmbl. 28, 4, 11. Ða weardas heóldon ðæs cwearternes duru, Homl.

eornost

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
eornost, es; n. (not f.)

in earnestseriouslyindeed

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Ne healde gé mid suelcum eorneste (studio) ðá heorde suelce hirdas scoldon, Past. 89, 14. Beóð ánrǽde and habbað sum eornost. Sé ðe eornost næfð, earfoðlíce hé sceal ǽfre geðeón tó ǽnigre geðingðe, Hml. A. 48, 582-4.

Linked entries: eornoste ornest

CNEÓ

(n.)
Grammar
CNEÓ, cneów, es; n.

a KNEE genua generation,relationship generatio,propinquitatis gradus

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Cneó bégean scolden genua flectere deberent Bd. 3, 17; S. 544, 39, col. 2; Elen.

Linked entry: cneów

lǽwede

(adj.)
Grammar
lǽwede, adj.

Laylaiclewd

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Ne úre nǽnig his líf ne fadode swá swá hé scolde, ne gehádode regollíce ne lǽwede lahlíce, Swt. A. S.

Linked entry: lǽwed

síðian

(v.)
Grammar
síðian, p. ode
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Scolde se ellorgást on feónda geweald feor síðian, Beo. Th. 1621 ; B. 808. Ðæt mín sáwul tó ðé síðian móte, Byrht. Th. 136, 65

for-habban

(v.)

To abstainrefrainabstinentcontinentto abstain fromto restrainkeep awayto keep backnot to mentionto restraincheckstop

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Scolde heó forhabban fram ingange Godes húses, Hml. Th. i. 134, 19. Gód is tó forhæbbenne fram unálýfedlicum styrungum, ii. 564, 7. Fram mettum forhæbbende, Hy. S. 65, 37. trans. reflexive, to restrain one's self from, keep away. with prep.

rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
rihte, adv.

right, due, directly, straight directly, straightway rightly, well, in a manner suited to the circumstances of a case, fittingly, properly, dulycorrectly, in the proper manner, exactly, accurately, truly

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Ne ǽnig wið óðerne getrýwlíce ne þohte swá rihte swá hé scolde, Wulfst. 160, 2 : Cd. Th. 127, 32; Gen. 2119. Hú gód is God ðám ðe mid heortan rihte hycgeaþ quam bonus Deus his, qui recto sunt corde, Ps. Th. 72, 1 : 62, 6.

wítegian

(v.)
Grammar
wítegian, wítgian; p. ode

To prophesy

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Hié scolden leásunga wítgian, Past. 15; Swt. 91, 3-8. Hié eal, ðæt tóweard wæs, beforan wítgodan, Blickl. Homl. 161, 15. Se swég wæs þurh wítgan wítgod, 133, 31.

Linked entry: wítgian

láreów-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
láreów-dóm, es; m.

mastershipgovernanceteaching

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Ne hí scoldon ne underfón ða áre ðæs láreówdómes ne locum regiminis subeant, 2, arg; Swt. 29, 19.