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mága

(n.)
Grammar
mága, an; m. (cf. nið

a relativea sona man

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Fæder eft lǽrde mágan, 80 a; Th. 301, 32; Fä. 28. Ðonne módor mágan cenneþ, Salm. Kmbl. 742; Sal. 370. On mágan, ðín ágen bearn, Cd. 109; Th. 144, 26; Gen. 2395. Mágan (Isaac ) gelǽdde Abraham, 162; Th. 203, 2; Exod. 397.

un-tweógendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tweógendlíce, adv.

without feeling doubtcertainlyunhesitatinglyso as not to cause doubtunequivocallyindubitably

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.), ðonne ða heora segene eft gelýfdon, ðe æfter heom ácende wǽron, Wulfst. 2, 12. so as not to cause doubt, unequivocally, indubitably Hé his ǽrendracan ásende tó ðære ðeóde, and him untweógendlíce secgan (say in a way that should leave no room for

á-bútan

(prep.; adv.)
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Com se here eft ábúton in tó Temese, 999; P. 131, 19. motion round an axis or centre Gif ðú sumne cláð sceáwast, ne miht ðú hine ealne tógædere geseón, ac wenst ábútan ( you turn it round ), ðæt ðú ealne hine geseó, Hml.

cyn

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S. 23, 272. v. æppel-, Angel-, bisceop-, bóc-, cróg-, cyning-, ealdhláford-, eall-, earn-, eft-, hafoc-, hreód-, módor-, riht-fædren-, riht-médren-, sǽd-, sealf-, sprǽc-, stán-, tynder-, wíf-, wilde-, wín-, wudu-cyn. in line 6 for cynd read cynn. v.

Eást

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
Eást, es; m.
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Þæt hé ymbsáwe súð, eást, and west, Met. 10, 5. of relative position, east, to the east, in the east Þá beorgas onginnað westane . . . and endiað eft eást in Dalmatia, Ors. 1, 1; S. 22, 21.

fǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
fǽtan, p. te; pp. fǽted, fǽtt.

packto adornornament

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to lay as a burden, pack Swá bið ðǽm ðe ðá gedónan yfelu hreówsiað, ðonne hí ðæt yfel mid ondetnesse him of áweorpað ðætte hira módes innað yfele and hefiglíce mid gefylled wæs, and ðonne eft fóð tó ðǽm ilcan and fǽtað in æfter ondetnesse ðæt ilce yfel

ge-þryccan

(v.)
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Ðætte ðæt lof hié tó ðǽm getrymede ðætte sió monung hié eft ne geðrycte quatenus eorum mentem, ne admonitio subjuncta concuteret laus praemissa solidaret, Past. 268, 22.

mǽl

(n.)
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Eten gebróþru on twá mǽl, þæt is ǽrest on ðǽre syxtan tíde and eft on ǽfen ad sextam reficiant fratres et ad seram cenent, 65, 14: 63, 15. (See also lencten; )

on-rǽs

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S. 37, 243. of destructive movement by a thing, material Ongan seó bryne beón gebíged in hí sylfe, efne swá swá mid bígnesse his ágnes onrǽses ( sui impetus), Gr. D. 48, 7. Onrǽs inruptionem (diluuii), An.

æften

(n.)

evening

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evening Eftern lócað aduesperascit (the glosser seems to have read vesper aspicit: in the Rushworth gloss also the word has been misunderstood, as it is rendered by éfern longeð ðú wást, the last two words apparently suggested by -scit ), Lk.

ÉÐEL

(n.)
Grammar
ÉÐEL, æðel, ǽðel; gen. éðles; dat. éðle, éðele; m. n.

property, inheritance, country, realm, land, dwelling, home prædium ăvītum, fundus heredĭtārius, patria, terra, sēdes, domĭcĭlium, tabernācŭlum

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He wolde eft ðæt éðel sécan his hwílendlícan ríces tempŏrālis sui regni sēdem repĕtiit, 3, 22; S. 552, 33.

Linked entries: ǽðel éðyl óðel

ge-timbran

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Æfter þǽm þe Rómeburg getimbred wæs anno ab Urbe condita, 2, 3; S. 68, 4 (and often ): Chr. 409; P. 11, 18. to rebuild, restore Hié ( Rome ) eft Agustus bet getimbrede þonne hió ǽfre ǽr wǽre, Ors. 6, 1; S. 252, 25.

M

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Also for earlier fn is found mn, as in emn along with efn, Goth. ibn; stemn and stefn, Goth. stibna.

fandian

(v.)
Grammar
fandian, fandigan; to fandienne; p. ede , ode ; pp. ed , od ; v. trans. gen. dat. acc.

To try, tempt, prove, examine, explore, seek, search outtentāre, prŏbāre, exāmĭnāre, expĕrīri, inquīrĕre, vestīgāre

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To try, tempt, prove, examine, explore, seek, search out; tentāre, prŏbāre, exāmĭnāre, expĕrīri, inquīrĕre, vestīgāre Gif ðé ǽfre geweorþeþ ðæt ðú wilt oððe móst weorolde þióstro eft fandian if it should happen that thou wilt or must again explore the

Linked entries: fandere ge-fandod

stocc

(n.)
Grammar
stocc, es ; m. I.
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Ðá ge*-*náman men eft ðone stoc on weg and feówer syllíce stánas on ðære ilcan stówe álegdon, Blickl. Homl. 189, 12-15. Gé þeówiaþ fremdum godum, stoccum and stánum ( ligno et lapidi ), Deut. 28, 36. Stoccon lignis, 64. Tó stoccum, Cod. Dip.

þeáh-hwæðere

(adv.)
Grammar
þeáh-hwæðere, adv. conj.
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Monige sint ðe mon sceal wærlíce lícettan, and ðeáhhwæðre eft cýðan, Past. 21; Swt. 151, 13.

Linked entry: hwæðere

for-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
for-cirran, p. de.

to turnavoidpervertsubvert

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eft ne cyrdon tó ðan cyninge, ac þurh óðerne weg hine forcyrdon, Hml. Th. i. 78, 30.

Linked entries: for-búgan for-cyrran

furh

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Æfter fúran on turfhleó; of turfhleó æfter heáfdan eft andlang fúr . . .; of ðǽre strǽte andlang fúra . . . á andlang fúran, C. D. iii. 15, 26-31. Andlang fúra on setþorn; . . . of þám heáfodon andlang fúra . . . of hláwe andlang fúre, 436, 14-18.

ge-dwola

Grammar
ge-dwola, one who errs.
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Eft cwæð Salomon be swilcum gedwolum : 'Hí (impii) blissiað on yfelnesse, ' Hml.

grénnes

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Cf. gréne; Wé ceorfað heáh treówu on holte ðæt wé hí eft úp árǽren on ðǽm botle ðǽr ðǽr wé timbran willen, ðeáh wé hí for hrædlíce tó ðǽm weorce dón me mægen for grénnesse, ǽr ðǽm ðe hí ádrúgien ( tamen non repente in fabrica (lignum) ponitur, ut prius