fæste
shaken ⬩ firmly ⬩ fast ⬩ urgently ⬩ strictly ⬩ solemnly ⬩ securely ⬩ fast ⬩ fast ⬩ speedily ⬩ at once
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Þú heora fyrene fæste hǽle, Ps. Th. 84, 2.
Linked entry: fæstlíce
ge-restan
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Th. 14, l. ' Hǽt him findan hwár hé hine mæge wurðlícost gerestan (where he may lodge most honourably), ' . . . Apollonius onféng þáre wununge ðe hym betǽht wæs. Ap.
wiþer-rǽde
Adverse ⬩ contrary ⬩ at variance ⬩ hostile ⬩ rebellious ⬩ contumacious ⬩ out of harmony ⬩ repugnant ⬩ offensive ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ adverse ⬩ not fitted to further the good of anything ⬩ unfavourable ⬩ disadvantageous ⬩ contrary ⬩ of an opposite nature
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Hæfð se yfela gást seofonfealde ungifa, and ða syndan wiðerrǽde mid ealle ðyssum gódum Godes gyfum, Wulfst. 52, 10
Linked entries: wiþer-rǽdness wiþ-rǽde
á-rísan
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Th. i. 222, 9. to arise with intent to act Hwá áríst tó þǽm þæt hé sylle hǽlo?, Ps. Th. 13, 11. Uton wé árísan and ácwellan þá apostolas, Bl. H. 149, 34. <b>II a.
eáca
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Add: addition, increase Ðonne ys ðis se eáca on landum ðæt hé hæfð of his ágenum ðæt mynster mid gegódod, C. D. iv. 274, 32. Hwæt se eáca is ðe ic geunnen hæbbe, 51, 23. Nán nis swá welig ꝥ hé sumes eácan ne þurfe, Bt. 33, 1; F. 120, 16.
ge-hild
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Hé mægena gehyld (-heold, -hæld, v. l.) and swíþust sibbe and Godes lufan lǽrde virtutum, sed maxime pacis et caritatis, custodiam docuit, 4, 23; Sch. 468, I.
ge-wit
wits ⬩ senses ⬩ [right] mind ⬩ mind ⬩ intellect ⬩ knowledge ⬩ understanding ⬩ consciousness
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Gehǽlde gewitte sonato sensu, Bd. 4, 3; S. 570, 13. knowledge, understanding, consciousness To syllenne his folce hys hǽle gewit ad dandam scientiam salutis plebi ejus, Lk. Bos. 1, 77.
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þeów
Servile, ⬩ not free ⬩ bond
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Gif þeów noun wyrce on Sunnandæg be his hláfordes hǽse, sié hé frioh, L. In. 3; Th. i. 104, 2. Ðeów swán and ðeów beócere, L. R. S. 6; Th. i. 436, 19. Ðeáh hwá bebycgge his dohtor on þeówenne, ne sió hió ealles swá þeówu swá óðru mennenu, L.
forþ
forwards ⬩ from an upright position ⬩ from a point of rest ⬩ denoting continuity of movement or direction, on ⬩ along with ⬩ and so on ⬩ forth ⬩ hence forth ⬩ on ⬩ to go on doing ⬩ at an advanced point ⬩ at a later part of a book ⬩ forth ⬩ out ⬩ so as to be seen or known ⬩ forth ⬩ away from a place ⬩ out ⬩ to (such) a degree
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Of þǽm ǽwielme mon hǽt þæt wæter Nilus, and þonne forþ þonan west iernende heó tólíþ on twá, Ors. 1, 1; S. 12, 31.
BERAN
to BEAR ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ bear or carry a sacrifice ⬩ offer ⬩ bear off ⬩ carry out ⬩ extend ⬩ wear ⬩ support ⬩ endure ⬩ suffer ⬩ ferre ⬩ portare ⬩ afferre ⬩ offerre ⬩ deferre ⬩ proferre ⬩ extendere ⬩ gerere ⬩ tolerare ⬩ to BEAR ⬩ produce ⬩ bring forth ⬩ facere ⬩ ferre ⬩ edere ⬩ parere
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Ðæt ða hætt beran móston that they might wear [bear] a hat Ors. 4, 10; Bos. 96, 20, 18. Ic nelle beran eówre gýmeleáste I will not endure your negligence, L. Ælf.
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ge-rǽcan
To reach, obtain, seize, get, lay hold on, attain, reproach, present, offer
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He hǽlu gerǽhte écan lífes he obtained the salvation of eternal life, Exon. 35 a; Th. 112, 12; Gú. 142. Ða scipo alle gerǽhton seized all the ships, Chr. 885; Erl. 82, 29: Cd. 119; Th. 154, 13; Gen. 2555.
Linked entry: mis-rǽcan
wýscan
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Homl. 103, 12. (1 a) to wish something to or for a person :-- Ða apostolas hǽlo eów wýscaþ, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 56, 13. Ne cuæð hé ðæt for ðý ðe hé ǽnegum men ðæs wýscte oððe wilnode non optantis animo, Past. 1; Swt. 29, 11.
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gehwǽr
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Óðre béc man hæfð wíde gehwǽr on crístendóme Críste tó lofe, Ælfc. T. Grn. 19, 39. (cc) of statements in books :-- Hit is áwriten on Crístes béc, and gehwǽr on óþrum bócum, Hml.
teóna
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Teónan ðú wyrcst ús mid ðisse sage haec dicens nobis contumiliam facis, Lk. Skt. 11, 45. Ða ðe tǽlnessa teónan wið heora ðam néhstan áhófan detrahentem adversus proximum suum, Ps. Th. 100, 4.
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ge-setnes
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Hé hæfð heora mearce gesette . . . Mid þám ilcan gerece is gereaht swíðe anlíc gewrixle þæs flódes and þæs ebban.
ge-riht
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Gelǽstan Gode þá gerihta þe him tó gebyrian, þæt is se teóða dǽl ealra þǽra ðinga þe hé us tó forlǽten hæfð, and úre frumgripan gangendes and weaxendes. Wlfst. 113, 3.
lecgan
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', and add: to cause to take a horizontal position Swá swá gód scipstýra hǽt fealdan ꝥsegl and eác hwílum lecgan þone mæst, Bt. 41, 3; F. 250, 15. <b>I a.</b> to fell a person, slay :-- Gif hine hwá lecge binnan þǽm fyrste, Ll.
Etna
Etna, the volcano of Sicily
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Etna fýr afleów up swá brád and swá mycel, ðæt feáwa ðara manna mihte beón eardfæste, ðe on Lipara wǽron ðam íglande, ðe ðær níhst wæs, for dære hǽte and for ðam stence the fire of Etna flowed up so broad and so great, that few of the men, who were in
nægel
the nail of a finger or toe ⬩ a nail ⬩ peg ⬩ an instrument for striking the strings of a harp
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.; ðæt íren ne cume on hǽre ne on nægle, L. Edg. C. 10; Th. ii. 280, 21. God of ðam láme flǽsc worhte and blód, bán and fell, fex and næglas, Homl. Th. i. 236, 16. a nail, peg Nægl clavus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 10. Nægl paxillum, palum, 116, 27.
un-gearu
not ready ⬩ not prompt ⬩ indisposed to act ⬩ not ready ⬩ not in a fit state for use ⬩ uncultivated ⬩ not ready, not prepared for attack
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Ǽlc here hæfð ðý læssan craft ðonne hé cymð, gif hine mon ǽr wát, ǽr hé cume; for ðæm hé gesihð ða gearwe ðe hé wénde ðæt hé sceolde ungearwe findan.