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ge-beót

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Add: a promise to do great things, a boast, boasting Ðá bóceras gýmaþ tó gebeótes þǽra fíf stafa þe synd vocales gecíged the grammarians make a boast of taking care of the five letters that are called vowels, Angl. viii. 327, 35. Ðá andwyrde Petrus mid

a-swond

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-swond, = a-swand

he weakened ⬩ enervated ⬩ enervavit

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he weakened, enervated; enervavit,Cot. 71;

lǽn-land

(n.)
Grammar
lǽn-land, es; n.
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Land let on lease, which was never out of the possession of the lessor Ðonne is ðæs landes iii hída ðe Óswald arcebisceop bócaþ Eádríce his þegne swá swá hé hit ǽr hæfde tó lánlande there are three hides of land that archbishop Oswald conveys by charter

þurh-scríþan

(v.)

to pass through ⬩ glide through ⬩ to go through a subject ⬩ examine ⬩ consider ⬩ perlustrare

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of physical movement, to pass through, glide through Synd twelf tácna on ðam foresprecenan circule ðe seó sunne þurhscríð, Anglia viii. 298, 18. to go through a subject, examine, consider; perlustrare Ǽlc ðæra ðe wyle ða eásterlícan blisse mǽrsian,

wræc-lást

(n.)
Grammar
wræc-lást, es; m.

An exile-track

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An exile-track Waraþ hine wræclást. Exon. Th. 288, 16; Wand. 32. Hé wunode wræclástum he lived in exile, Chr. 1065 ; Erl. 196, 36. Hé wræclástas trsed he wandered an outlaw, Beo. Th. 2709; B. 1352. Ic sceal hweorfan ðý wídor, wadan wræclástas, wuldre

éhtend

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Add: a pursuer, assailant (cf. éhtan, <b>I, III</b>) Scipia sǽde þæt hé þára ǽlces éhtend wolde beón, swá swá his feóndes, þe þæs wordes wǽre þæt from þóhte Scipio said he would pursue with relentless hostility every one who voted for leaving

first-mearc

an interval ⬩ a respite

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Take here fyrst-mearc in Dict., and add: a space of time, an interval, v. first, 1. Firstrnaerc, fristmearc intercapido, Txts. 71, 1108. Firstmearces intercapidinis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 7: intercapidine, 77, 37. Fyrstmearce capidinae, 23, 73. Þá æfter

on-beódan

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add: to command Scipia hit oftrǽdlíce hám onbeád ( sent nome orders) þæt hié hit ne angunnen, and eác self sǽde, þá hé hám of Ispánium cóm, Ors. 4, 12; S. 308, 34. Hé onbeád (bebeád, v. l.) tó heom þus cweþende, 'Gerihtað incre tungan' eis mandavit,

ofer-hogian

(v.)

to despise, contemn, scorn, disdain

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to despise, contemn, scorn, disdain Moyses symle ða nyrugde ðe God oferhogodan. Se ðe Godes bebod oferhogaþ, hé biþ on hǽðenra onlícnesse, Blickl. Homl. 49, 12-13. Sum fearhrýðer ðæs óðres ceápes geférscipe oferhogode, 199, 4. Hé ǽlce unsíuernysse oferhogode

Linked entry: ofer-hycgan

truma

(n.)
Grammar
truma, an; m.

a troop of soldiers, I. 6, II. ⬩ order of troops ⬩ array ⬩ a support,

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a troop of soldiers, I. 6, II. Truma acies, exercitus, Hpt. Gl. 477, 13. Hé férde mid fyrdlícum truman and ða burh geeode. Jos. 11. 10: Homl. Ass. 113, 356. Truman aciem, Hpt. Gl. 426, 69. Hé gesette ða menn on ǽnne truman, ðe mon hiora mǽgas ǽr on ðæm

Linked entry: trymman

efne

(adv.)
Grammar
efne, [ = efen]; adv.

Even, exactly, precisely, just, alike, likewise, just now ⬩ plāne, æque, omnīno, mŏdŏ, jam prīdem

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Even, exactly, precisely, just, alike, likewise, just now; plāne, æque, omnīno, mŏdŏ, jam prīdem He wintra hæfde efne hund-seofontig ǽr him sunu wóce he had just seventy winters ere a son was born to him, Cd. 57; Th. 70, 24; Gen. 1158. We ðé willaþ ferigan

ge-wilnian

(v.)
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Dele first passage, and add: in a bad sense, to covet Ic gewilnie glisco, An. Ox. 18 b, 39. to desire an object (the source from which marked by tó). with acc. or uncertain Sé ðe biscephád gewilnað ( desiderat ), gód weorc hé gewilnað, Past. 52, 25.

fléwst

(v.)
Grammar
fléwst, 2nd and 3rd sing. pres. of flówan.

flowest ⬩ flows

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he fléwþ flowest, flows, Ex. 3, 8;

áþ-wyrþe

(adj.)
Grammar
áþ-wyrþe, adj.

Worthy of an oath ⬩ worthy of credit ⬩ dignus qui juret

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Worthy of an oath, worthy of credit; dignus qui juret Gif he áþwyrþe biþ if he be oath-worthy, L. In. 46; Th. i. 130, 14: L. Ed. 3 ; Th. i. 160, 21

em-twá

(num.)

two even parts, halves ⬩ dīmĭdia

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two even parts, halves; dīmĭdia Ne dǽlaþ on emtwá heora dagas nan dīmĭdiābunt dies suos, Ps. Lamb. 54, 24. He tobærst on emtwá he burst asunder into halves. Homl. Th. ii. 250, 26

Linked entry: twégen

fold-græf

(n.)
Grammar
fold-græf, es; n.

An earth-grave ⬩ sepulcrurn

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An earth-grave; sepulcrurn He ahóf of foldgræfe he raised [it] from an earthly grave, Elen. Kmbl. 1686; El. 845. Of foldgrafum from the earth-graves, Exon. 23a; Th. 63, 27; Cri. 1026

ful-georne

(adv.)
Grammar
ful-georne, full-georne; adv.

Full earnestly ⬩ very diligently ⬩ full well ⬩ diligentissĭme ⬩ optĭme

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Full earnestly, very diligently, full well; diligentissĭme, optĭme He wiste fulgeorne ðæt God hine lufode he knew full well that God loved him; qui optime nōvĕrat Dŏmĭnum esse cum eo, Gen. 39, 3

Linked entry: full-georne

hwistlian

(v.)
Grammar
hwistlian, p. ode

to hiss ⬩ whistle

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To make a hissing sound, to hiss, whistle Hé hwystlode stranglíc[e] stemne he [the devil] made a great hissing, Nar. 43, 17. [Wick. whistlen hiss (A. V.) Piers P. whistlen (to birds ).]

ge-bédian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bédian, bédigan; p. ode; pp. od

To pray ⬩ pray to ⬩ worship ⬩ ōrāre ⬩ adōrāre

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To pray, pray to, worship; ōrāre, adōrāre Ðæt he wolde Róme gesécan, and him ðǽr gebédigan that he would visit Rome, and worship there, Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 21, note, MS. T

þrohtig

(adj.)
Grammar
þrohtig, (?); adj.

Enduring ⬩ firm ⬩ persevering ⬩ laborious

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Enduring, firm, persevering, laborious Ðrohtig (in the MS. e is written over o) pervicax, Txts. 87, 1556. Ic eom swiftre ðonne hé, þrágum strengra, hé þreohtigra, Exon. Th. 494, 7; Rä. 82, 4

Linked entry: þreohtig