on-þeón
to prosper ⬩ to be successful in ones efforts, to prove serviceable
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to prosper Se wæs wreccena wíde mǽrost ofer werþeóde wígendra hleó ellendǽdum; hé ðæs ǽr onþáh ( so at first he prospered ), Beo.
á-windan
To twist ⬩ plait ⬩ weave ⬩ to slip away ⬩ to become weak (?)
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v. á-swindan), þá þe ǽr hæfdon ful hwæte fingras, Wlfst. 148, 3
á-rísan
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Wearð se deáda man cwic and teolode tó árísenne, 219, 19. to rise after sleeping Hé wel ǽr árás . . . Se apostol cwæð tó him: 'For hwon árise þú swá hraðe?,' Gr. D. 227, 8. Hé hié áwehte and cwæð: 'Arísað,' Bl.
tó-faran
to go in different directions, ⬩ go off separately, ⬩ part ⬩ to disperse (intrans.) ⬩ scatter ⬩ to go away, ⬩ pass off, ⬩ depart, ⬩ become extinct.
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Ǽr seó mengeo eft tófaran sceolde, Cd. Th. 100, 15; Gen. 1664. Ó his fird tófaren wæs until his army was dispersed, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 152, 21.
wín-burh
a town where wine is drunk, where there is feasting, where a prince feasts his followers, ⬩ a chief town ⬩ a walled vineyard
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Cf. medu-burh, wín-ærn, III. Wínburge cyning (the king of Babylon; cf. Belshazzar's feast) Cd. Th. 255, 11; Dan. 622. Wuna in ðære wínbyrig salu sinchroden, Andr. Kmbl. 3340; An. 1674. Wínburh wera (Jerusalem), 219, 21; Dan. 58.
a-fýsan
to hasten ⬩ festinare ⬩ tendere ⬩ to hasten away ⬩ impel ⬩ accelerate ⬩ incite ⬩ excite ⬩ make ready ⬩ incitare ⬩ accelerare ⬩ paraturn vel prornptum reddere
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Swá ǽr wæter fleówan, flódas afýsde as the waters flowed before, the excited floods, 22 b; Th. 61, 17; Cri. 986
myndgian
to bear in mind ⬩ recollect ⬩ to bring to the mind of another ⬩ recall ⬩ remind
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MS. myndgian) ðære manigfealdan láre ðe ðú mé ǽr gehéte, Bt. 40, 5; Fox 240, 11
nám
Seizure of property belonging to one which is in the hands of another
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Ne nime nán man náne náme, ne innan scíre ne út of scíre, ǽr man hæbbe þríwa on hundrede his rihtes gebeden; (but on the failure of legal means ) nime ðonne leáfe ðæt hé móte hentan æfter his ágenan, L. C. S. 19; Th. i. 386, 9-17. Cf.
ge-untrumian
To enfeeble ⬩ make weak or sick ⬩ infirmāre ⬩ debĭlĭtāre ⬩ To be enfeebled ⬩ be sick ⬩ infirmāri ⬩ ægrōtāre
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Ðe God sylf ǽr geuntrumode whom God himself had before enfeebled, i. 4, 27. Þurh ðæs dracan blǽd eal seó menigu micclum wearþ geuntrumod all the multitude were greatly sickened by the dragon's breath, ii. 294, 23: 296, 9: 516, 17.
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ge-líðan
To go ⬩ move ⬩ sail ⬩ advance ⬩ proceed ⬩ come ⬩ īre ⬩ meāre ⬩ advĕhi ⬩ profĭcisci ⬩ vĕnīre
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Ǽr ðon we to lande geliden hæfdon ere that we had sailed to land, Exon. 20 b; Th. 53, 30; Cri. 858 : Elen. Kmbl. 498; El. 249. Ðæs ðe lencten geliden hæfde werum after spring had come to men, Menol. Fox 57; Men. 28
ciric-sceat
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Þæt wé eal gelǽstan on geárgerihtan þæt úre yldran ǽr Gode behétan, þæt is . . . cyricsceattas, Wlfst. 113, 11. On ðæt gerád ðet hé gesylle ǽlce geáre . . . cyresceattas and cyresceatweorc, C. D. v. 162, 26. [v. N. E. D. church-scot.]
eáþ-módlíce
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Þá þe nolden ǽr tó his libbendum líchaman onbúgan, þá nú eádmódlíce on cneówum ábúgað tó his dǽdum bánum, Chr. 979; P. 123, 26. Eádmódlíce humiliter, Angl. xiii. 369, 50: 383, 255. Add
feorh-lege
death
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Ic þanc wuldurcyninge secge þæs þe ic móste mínum leódum ǽr swyltdæge swylc gestrýnan. Nú ic on máðma hord mínne bebohte fróde feorhlege I to the king of glory give thanks that I might for my people ere the day of death so much gain.
neáh
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Ǽr his néxtan dæge, Hml. Th. ii. 152, 8. Þá þá hé sceolde álǽtan þæt níhste orað and ágyfan his gást cum extremum spiritum ageret. Gr. D. 324, 15
teohhian
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Hwílum hí magon begytan þá þing þe heom ǽr teohhode nǽron aliquando obtinere possunt ea, quae non sunt praedestinata, Gr. D. 54, 11. <b>II c.
þe
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Add Þonan wendan þe hé ǽr tó geþóht hæfde, Ors. 4, 10; S. 202, 8. 1. Add Lyt monna weorð lange fægen ðæs ðe hé óðerne bewrencð few men are glad for long at having tricked another, Prov. K. 34.
spiweþa
vomiting ⬩ vomit, what is vomited
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Th. ii. 292, 35. vomit, what is vomited Lǽt spíwan . . . gesceáwa hwæðer ðe spiwða sý swá micel swá hé ǽr gedranc, Lchdm. ii. 286, 22. Gif hund ðone spiweðan frete si canis vomitum illum devoraverit L. Ecg. P. iv. 47; Th. ii. 218, 5.
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ge-warenian
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Ðurh þæt wyrð mǽst manna beswicen þe hý ne beóð swá wel gewarnode ǽr swá hý beðorfton. Lá! hwæt is se man on lífe búton ... hé ǽr gewarnod þe bet sý, þæt hé þonne ðurh deófol beswicen ne wyrðe, Wlfst, 101, 16-21. <b>I a.
tó-wrecan
To drive in different directions ⬩ scatter ⬩ disperse
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To drive in different directions, scatter, disperse Weorðaþ tówrecene wíde ealle ða ðe unrihtes ǽror worhtan dispergeniur omnes qui operantur iniiquitatem, Ps. Th. 91, 8: 58, 15. Siendon wé tówrecene geond wídne grund, heápum tóhworfene, Cd.
mundbyrdness
protection ⬩ A protector ⬩ patron ⬩ advocate ⬩ a protection of rights granted by charter
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Swá swá ic ǽr cwæþ ðínre ðære lícwurþan mundbyrdnysse, 108, 16. a protection of rights granted by charter Ic wille ðæt ðeós mundbyrdnesse beó strang volo ut haec confirmatio vim obtineat, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 202, 20: 205, 7.