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fordémed-nes

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Ꝥ þá lifigendan bróðra seó myccle fordémednes (damnatio) bewerede, ꝥ ne dorston gemængan in þá scylde þǽre gýtsunge, Gr. D. 345, 3. Tó fordémednesse þæs Arrianiscan gedwolan ad Arianae haereseos damnationem, 235, 14.

fýlan

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noldon fýlan mid þám fúlan hǽðenscype, Hml. S. 25, 30. Gyf mon méte ꝥ fíled sý, Lch. iii. 174, 31. Add

scyndan

(v.)
Grammar
scyndan, scendan; p. de.
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Th. 1840; B. 918. to urge, incite, exhort Se feónd his ( Judas ) heortan tó ðan lǽrde and scynde, ðæt Drihten tó deáðe belǽwde, Homl. As. 153, 55.

ǽn-lic

(adj.)

only, singlealone, solitaryexcellent, peerless,

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ealle licgað on ǽnlicum wurðmynte, Hml. S. 29, 333. Tó Antiochia ðǽre ǽnlican byrig, 3, 298. On Eferwíc ðæt ǽnlice mynster, 26, 109. Tó ǽnlicum aurea (in astra), An. Ox. 1438. oft dyde swýðe ǽnlice ðincg, Hml. S. 13, 270.

Linked entry: án-lic

ge-fetian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fetian, -fetigan, -fetigean; p. -fetode, -fetede, -fette; pp. -fetod

To fetchbringaddūcĕreaccīreafferre

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Swá strang ðæt ǽs him gefetede so strong that it got prey for itself, Chr. 975; Erl. 125, 29. He of helle húþe gefette sáwla manega he from hell fetched spoils, many souls, Hy. 10, 30; Hy. Grn. ii. 293, 30 : Gen. 24, 11.

un-lybba

(n.)
Grammar
un-lybba, (and un-lybbe, an; f., or un-lybb; dat. -lybbe ; n.?), an; m.

poisonpoison used for purposes of witchcraftwitchcraftsorcery

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rǽddon ðæt mid áttre hine ácwealdon; gemengdon ðá unlybban tó his drence, Homl. Th. ii. 158, 15. ðygde unlybban on his mete, 504, 14. ðone unlvbban hálsode, and hine ealne gedranc, i. 72, 24, 19: L.

Linked entry: ge-unlybba

ge-fultuman

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heó him gefultumode tó his ágenum feore rogavit pro anima sua, Hml. A. 100, 273. bǽdon hine þæt him tó heora ealdrihtum gefaltumede, Bt. 1; F. 2, 24. Ealra þára þinga þe mé Críst tó gefultumian wyle, Cht.

stíþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
stíþlíce, adv.
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[ stíðlucest hér on lífe libben mihte, Shrn. 12, 18.]

óþ-rídan

(v.)
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to ride away Cyning in óþrád forþ onutte the king (Christ after the doors of Hell had opened) rode away into Hell, hastened on, Exon. Th. 461, 24; . 40

hirde-cnapa

(n.)
Grammar
hirde-cnapa, an; m.
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A (young) herdsman let dǽr árǽran his hyrdecnapan cýtan, ꝥ ðǽr gehende mid heora hláfordes yrfe lágon. . . . And þá hyrdecnapan . . . ymbe ꝥ wǽron, Hml S. 23, 417-421

in-hold

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nystun hwá rihtlucur þá land áhte þonne þǽre scíre bisceop, þá innhold wæs, and Godes geleáfan on riht bodude, and his hlaford lufude, Cht. Crw. 19, 24. Add

rihtwíslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
rihtwíslíce, adv.

Rationally justly

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Rationally justly mæg ǽnig man ryhtwíslíce and gesceádwíslíce ácsigan, gif nán grot rihtwísnesse on him næfþ Bt. 35, 1 ; Fox 156, 5 : Met. 22, 45. v. preceding word

Linked entry: rihtwís-líc

bærnes

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Add: bærn-ness ꝥ tácen þǽre bærnnesse (signum incendii) on his sculdre bær, Bd. 3, 19; Sch. 281, 13. bærnesse gefeoht timbredan incendia bellorum struere, Sch. 280, 2

manian

(v.)
Grammar
manian, <b>, manigean, monian;</b> p. ode.

to bring to mind what ought to be doneto urge upon one what ought to be doneto admonishexhortinstigateto bring to mind what, should not be forgottento admonishremindsuggestpromptto tell what ought to be doneto teachinstructadviseto claim of a person (acc.) what is duein jus vocaread malium mannire

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Hine mid ðisum wordum manode, Homl. Th. ii. 130, 33. manedon and lǽrdon ðæt him wǽpno worhton, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 5. Ongan manigean and lǽran ðæt sibbe hæfdon, 2, 2; S. 502, 8. Manian, Byrht. Th. 138, 31; By. 228.

rǽdan

(v.)
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Wið ðone rǽdde Chromatius, and be his rǽde underféng ealle ða cristenan, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 323. Him þúhte and ðǽm ðé hit wið rǽdde, L. Ath. v. 12; Th. i. 240, 27. gamenlíce rǽddon callide cogitantes, Jos. 9, 4.

hycgan

(v.)
Grammar
hycgan, hycgean; p. hogde.

take thoughtbe mindfulthinkconsidermeditateto intendpurposedetermineendeavourstriveto hope

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Hwæt on hyge hogde heortan geþoncum what he meditated in his mind with the thoughts of his heart, Exon. 51 a; Th. 177, 14; Gú. 1227.

fore

beforein front ofat the head ofbeforeforfromthroughbecause ofon account offorfromthroughin place ofinstead offor the sake ofon behalf ofto the honour ofofaboutbeforeinto the presence of

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I c: heom fore sǽde his neóde, Chr. 1087; P. 223, 30. temporal, before Is nú feala forðgewitenra ... þe ús fore wǽron, El. 637. of previous action: férdon tó heora geférum þe him fore stópon, Hml.

spinnan

(v.)
Grammar
spinnan, p. spann, pl. spunnon; pp. spunnen.

to spinto writhetwist

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, and gave up the ghost, Homl. Th. ii. 504, 34. Heó sylfe on grine áhéng, ðæt heó fótum span, 30, 23

Linked entry: spornan

be-clýsan

to closeshut what is open to closeput an end toto shut up in a place

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Add: to close, shut what is open his duru beclýst, Lk. 13, 25. Þá blóstman sylfe beclýsað, and eft hig hig sylfe geopeniað, Lch. i. 154, 1. Þú beclýsedest þyses mannes múð, Hml. S. 22. 86. Ðæs scræfes locstán wel fæste beclýsdon, Hml.

ge-witan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-witan, p. -wiste

To understandknowscire

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Gif hwá gewilnigeþ to gewitane gedón mann he wæs if any one wants to know what sort of man he was, Chr. 1086; Erl. 221, 10. Ðone woeg giwutun viam scitis, Jn. Skt. Rush. 14, 4. Gewiste sciens, Mt. Kmbl.