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fóre-seón

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-seón, to -seónne; p. ic, he -seah, ðú -sáwe, pl. -sáwon; pp. -sewen

To see beforeFORESEEprovideprævĭdēreprovĭdēre

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Ðæt he him on his biscopscíre gerisene stówe fóresǽge and sealde, on ðære ðe he mid his geferum wunian mihte ut in diœcēsi sua provĭdēret et dăret ei lŏcum, in quo cum suis apte dēgĕre pŏtuisset, 4, 1; S. 565, 8

gafol-swán

(n.)
Grammar
gafol-swán, es; m.

A tribute-swaina swine-herd, paying a tribute or part of his stock, for permission to feed his pigs on the landporcārius ad censum

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A tribute-swain, a swine-herd, paying a tribute or part of his stock, for permission to feed his pigs on the land; porcārius ad censum Gafolswáne gebýreþ, ðæt he sylle his slyht be ðam ðe on lande stent.

IFIG

(n.)
Grammar
IFIG, ifegn, es; n.

Ivy

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Nim ðæt ifig ðe on stáne weaxe take the ivy, which grows on stone, L. M. 3, 30; Lchdm. ii. 326, 3. Ifies seáw juice of ivy, 1, 3 ; Lchdm. ii. 40, 26. Weal se is mid ifige bewrigen a wall that is covered with ivy, Shrn. 139, 27

mǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽlan, p. de

To speak

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To speak Se stán mǽlde for mannum the stone spake before men, Andr. Kmbl. 1533; An. 768. Wícinga ár wordum mǽlde, Byrht. Th. 132, 35; By. 26: 133, 1; By. 43: 137, 63; By. 210. Hyre se feónd oncwæþ, wordum mǽlde. Exon. 70 b; Th. 263, 18; Jul. 351.

Linked entries: mǽl sam-mǽle

racente

(n.)
Grammar
racente, an; f.
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Geseah hé his sylfes ungesǽlige stówe and carcern (racetan, MS. B.) videt suum infelix carcerem, Bd. 5. 14; S. 635, 3. Hié hine hæfdon geþreátodne mid fýrenum racentum, Blickl. Homl. 43, 31.

Linked entry: racete

biter-nys

(n.)
Grammar
biter-nys, -nyss, e; f.

BITTERNESSamaritudo

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BITTERNESS; amaritudo Híg cómon to ðære stówe, ðe ys Mara genemned, ðæt ys on úre lýden biternys; ðá ne mihton híg drincan ðæt wæter, forðamðe hit wæs biter: ðá héton híg ealle his naman Mara, ðæt ys on úre lýden biternys venerunt in Mara, nec poterant

Linked entry: bitter-nes

bíme

(n.)
Grammar
bíme, (ié, é, ý), an; f.: bíma; m.?

a trumpeta tabletbillet

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Ne bláu þú béman (nelle ðú béma ł stocc singa, L.) noli tuba canere, Mt. R. 6, 2. Gebreces and biémena dæg dies tubae et clangoris, Past. 245, 6. Býmum classibus, Hpt. Gl. 467, 27. a tablet, billet Beeme thessera, Txts. 101, 2015

Linked entries: býme beám

delfan

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Þá dulfon hí in þǽre ylcan stówe, Shrn. 113, 13. to dig the ground Genam hé áne spada and dealf þá eorþan, H. R. 13, 13. Hé hét delfan þá eorðan, Hml. S. 27, 37.

ge-clifian

(v.)
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Rdr. 43, 25. ꝥ þǽr nǽre nán þing on þǽre stówe þe se stántorr on geclyfian mihte (quo inhaerere potuisset ), Gr. D. 12, 19

Linked entry: ge-cleofian

ǽfen-gereord

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-gereord, e; f. es; n. Substitute: add: Used in pl. for a single meal
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Gif hit beó seó tíd ǽfengereordes, árísen hý sóna swá hý heora mete hæbben, and sitten on ánre stówe si tempus fuerit prandii mox ut surrexerint a cena sedeant omnes in unum, R. Ben. 66, 15.

HUND

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
HUND, n.

A HUNDREDcentum

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Ðæt flód stód ðá swá án hund daga and fíftig daga obtinuerunt aquæ terram centum quinquaginta diebus, Gen. 7, 24. Æfter óðer healf hund daga post centum quinquaginta dies, 8, 3. Mið penningum twǽm hundum denariis ducentis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 37.

Linked entry: hundes beó

bismer

(n.)
Grammar
bismer, bismor, bysmer, bysmor; gen. bismeres, bysmres; n.

Filthiness, pollution, abomination, disgrace, infamy, mockery, reproach, contumely, blasphemy, calumnyludibrium, pollutio, abominatio, infamia, opprobrium, contumelia, blasphemia, calumniaopprobrium

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Seó stów gewearþ swíðe mǽre for Rómána bismere the place became famous for the disgrace of the Romans, Ors. 3, 8; Bos. 62, 44. His mód wæs mid ðam bismre ahwæt his mind was whetted with that disgrace, Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 126, 17.

fǽringa

unexpectedlyof a suddenall at oncesoonat onceearlyby chanceforte

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Þá fǽringa (repente) stód þǽr ætforan þǽre dura sum man, Gr. D. 62, 9: Bl. H. 173, 24; 175, 2: B. 1414. Fǽringa ymbe þá herehúðe hé hlemmeð tógædre grimme góman, Wal. 60: 44.

for-faran

(v.)

To perishTo destroyto blockade

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2126. where passage is obstructed, to blockade: Hét se cyng faran mid nigonum tó þára níwena scipa, and forfóron him þone múðan foran on útermere the king ordered nine of the new ships to go, and by lying out at sea in front of the mouth they were to stop

Linked entry: fór-faran

wíd-gil

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-gil, wíd-gill, -giel, -gel, and-gille; adj.
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Ðæs wídgillan wéstenes ða ungearwan stówe, Guthl. 3 ; Gdwin. 20, 10. On stówe wídgylre in loco spatioso. Ps. Spl. 30, 10. Tó gódum lande and wídgillum in terram bonam et spatiosam, Ex. 3, 8. Hwider arn ðæt wæter of ðam wídgillan flód . . . ?

Linked entries: -gill -gal

ge-nip

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Winterbiter weder and wolcna genipu, Az. 105. (1 a) a storm-cloud :-- Gyf strongra storm and genip swíþor þreáde si procella fortior aut nimbus perurgeret, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 361, 3.

líget

(n.)
Grammar
líget, es; m. n.: lígetu, e; f.

Lightning

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[Swá stor þunring and lǽgt wes, swá dæt hit ácwealde manige men, Chr. 1085: Erl. 219, 22.] Æfter ðæm wolcne cymeþ légetu and þunor, Blickl. Homl. 91, 33. Légitu, Ps. Surt. ii. 196, 19. Légite fulgoris, 190, 15.

Linked entry: légetu

þorn

(n.)
Grammar
þorn, es; m.
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On ða þyrnan westeweardes, ðǽr se mycla þorn stód, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 404, 13. Tó hafucðornæ; of ðam þornæ on ðone brádan stán ... on hælnes þorn; of ðam þorne on ðone bróc, v. 348, 21. On weocan þorn; of ðam þorne, vi. 92, 3. Ðornas sentes, Wrt.

ge-sciftan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sciftan, I. to divide into shares among people.
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Stów gecwéme gebróþrum sí ámearcud (designetur) . . . þæt hús ealswá wé sǽdan gescifte (designatam), Angl. xiii. 397, 464. Syndon eahta heálice mægnu þurh Godes mihte mannum gescyfte, Wlfst. 68, 19. <b>II a.

Linked entry: ge-scyftan

á-standan

(v.)

to standto stand uparise,to standcontinue,not to be overturned, destroyedto persistcontinue to actto standsupportendureto standstop

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þrynesse, Angl. xi. 97, 8. to persist, continue to act Ꝥ hé on gebedum ástóde and áwunode quia in orationibus persteterit, Bd. 3, 12; Sch. 245, 4. to stand, support, endure Swá líðne lǽcedóm swá se týdra líchoma mæge ástandan, Past. 455, 31. to stand, stop