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for-standan

(v.)
Grammar
for-standan, fór-standan (l. for-).
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Wiþ þon þe wífum sié forstanden hira mónaþgecynd, 330, 13. trans. with the idea of hindrance, to stop the advance of, hinder, resist, withstand Breóstnet wið ord and wið ecge ingang forstód, B. 1549.

Linked entry: for-licgan

lác

(n.)
Grammar
lác, generally neuter, but occasionally feminine
  • [v. Shrn. pp. 3-4],
or masculine, as in the compound lyb-lác q. v.

battlestrugglean offeringsacrificeoblationa giftpresentgracefavourservicea presentoffering of wordsa messagemedicine

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Culufre gewát fleógan eft mid lácum hire ( the olive branch ), Cd. 72; Th. 88, 28; Gen. 1472.

Linked entries: freó-lác lácan lǽc

heorte

breastbosomwillintellectmindsoulintentwilldesireinclinationdispositiontemperamentcharacter

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Srt.) and libbað á worlda world vivet eor eorum in seculum seculi, Ps Th. 21, 25. the region of the heart, breast, bosom Sum heó hire on handum bær, sum hire æt heortan læg, Gen. 636. the heart as seat of feeling, will, intellect, mind Hwæt getácniað

winnan

(v.)
Grammar
winnan, p. wann , pl. wunnon; pp. wunnen.

intransto labourtoilworkto labour, endeavour, strive afterto labour, struggle, be troubledto labour under, suffer fromto strive, contend, fightof hostile action towards a personof competitionof opposition to things of the action of inanimate objectsto make warfightof the action of inanimate objectswith cognate accusativeto winmake one's waytransto labour atbestow labour uponto labour undersufferundergoto wingetattain

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Seó ǽ ðe ðú under hire tǽcinge winnan wylt and campian lex sub qua militare uis, R. Ben. 96, 23. Æfter ríce winnan, Chr. 685 ; Erl. 40, 16. On winnan ingruere, Hpt. Gl. 427, 42 : Bd. 1, 12 ; S. 480, 23.

Linked entry: on-winnende

fricgan

(v.)
Grammar
fricgan, fricgean, fricggan; part. fricgende; ic fricge, ðú frigest, frigst, frihst, he frigeþ, frigþ, frihþ, pl. fricgaþ; p. ic, he fræg, ðú frǽge, pl. frǽgon; impert. frige; subj. pres. fricge, pl. fricgen; pp. ge-frigen, -fregen, -frægen

To askinquirequestionfind outseek afterlearnget information ofinterrŏgāresciscĭtāripĕtĕrefando accĭpĕrecompĕrīre

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Fricge ic ðé, hwæðres biþ hira folgoþ betra I ask thee, of which of them is the condition better? Salm. Kmbl. 739; Sal. 369. Hí fricgaþ, hú . . . they ask, how . . . Exon. 9 a; Th. 6, 30; Crl. 92.

nídan

(v.)
Grammar
nídan, p. de

To forcecompelurge

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Ða Egiptiscan nýddon ( urgebant ) ðæt folc út of hira lande, Ex. 12, 33. Ðá nýddon hine his yldran tó ðæm ðæt hé sceolde woroldlícum wǽpnum onfón, Blickl. Homl. 213, 1. Ðone hig nýddon ðæt hé bǽre hys róde, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 32. Nýd compelle, Lk.

on-sendan

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Ðætte him wæs onsended mid tô diélgianne hira synna quod acceperant, ut possent delere peccata, Past. 429, 15. Add Þâ þe hine forð onsendon ofer ŷðe, B. 45. <b>IIa.

of-gán

(v.)

to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exactto require what is not due, to exact with violence, extortto require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of anotherto start of, make a beginning of anything.

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Eádmund æþeling bæd ðone híréd ðæt hé móste ofgán (have, hold) ðæt land . . .

Linked entry: of-eode

freónd

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Sceal fémne hire freónd gesécean, Gn. C. 44. one who wishes well to another, favours, supports, helps Gif þú hine forlǽtst ne eart ðú ðæs cáseres freónd (friónd. L.), Jn. 19, 12.

ge-sittan

(v.)
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H. 71, 7. after lying, to assume a sitting posture, sit up Heó beseah tó Petre and gesæt (-set, v.l.) hire upp ( viso Petro resedit, Acts 9, 40), Hml.

mearc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc, e; f.

a limitboundterma limitboundarya boundary ( = gemǽre) of a particular estatea boundaryconfine of a districtborderthe territory within the boundariesfines

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Ðæt is ðonne ðæt mon his mearce brǽde ... hira mearce mid tó rýmanne terminum suum dilatare est ... ad dilatandum terminum suum (cf. getryman hira landgemǽru, 4), Past. 48, 2; Swt. 367, 13-15: Cd. 136; Th. 171, 19; Gen. 2830.

heall

(n.)
Grammar
heall, e; f.

A hall, residenceaula, palatium, templum

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Hie tó his healle ne tó his híréde eft wendan noldan they would not return to his [Nero's] residence nor household, Blickl. Homl. 173, 18. On cynges healle in the king's hall, L. Alf. pol. 7; Th. i. 66, 7, 8: L. R. 2; Th. i. 190, 17.

gewrixlian

(v.)
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quae sensum videbantur mutare correctis, Mt. p. 2, 17. to transfer the possession of Nis ná álýfed ꝥ þæs mynstres hláford sylle þǽre cyrcean land tó óþre cyrcean; gif hé þonne hwylc land wylle gewrixlian ( commutare ), dó hé ꝥ mid geþeahte bégra þǽra híréda

a-stígan

(v.)
Grammar
a-stígan, ic -stíge, ðú -stígest, -stíhst, he -stígeþ, -stíhþ, pl. -stígaþ ; p. -stág, -stáh, pl. -stigon; impert. -stíh; pp. -stigen [a, stígan to go] .

to gocomestepproceedclimbireveniregradiprocederescandereto go in any directionto riseascenddescendsurgereascenderedescendere

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Lamb. 71, 6. but sometimes the direction is indicated in the sentence without a preposition Hire mód astáh her mind rose, Cd. 101; Th. 134, 35; Gen. 2235: 205; Th. 253, 18; Dan. 597.

rodor

(n.)
Grammar
rodor, rador, es; m.
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Sió eorþe is nioþor ðonne ǽnig óðru gesceaft búton ðam rodore, forðam se rodor hine hæfþ ǽlce dæg útane ... on ǽlcere stówe hé is hire emnneáh, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 20, 23. Siððan wæs rodor árǽred and ryne tungla, folde gefæstnad, Exon.

Linked entry: rador

ge-munan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-munan, ic, he -man, -mon, pl. -munon; also ic -mune, he -monþ, pl. -munaþ; p. -munde; pp. -munen [a verb whose present tense is the past tense of a lost strong verb, cf. Lat. memini]

To remember, bear in mind, considerrecordari, memorari, meminisse, meditari

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Seó leó gemonþ ðæs wildan gewunan hire eldrana the lioness remembers the wild manner of her parents, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 12. Hie ðæt eall gemunan and ðurh ðæt leóht gemanode beóþ they remember all that and are admonished by the light, Blickl.

wund

(n.)
Grammar
wund, e; f.

A woundvulnusa woundan injury caused by a blowa sore caused by disease

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On hire líce næs gesýne áht ðæra sárra wunda, 7, 265-278. in a figurative sense Feónda fǽrsearo, ðæt bið frécne wund, Exon. Th. 48, 12; Cri. 770. Ðæt wom ǽrran wunde hǽlan, 81, 12; Cri. 1322. Wunde cicatrice, Hpt. Gl. 504, 35.

wunung

(n.)
Grammar
wunung, e; f.

dwellinglivinga dwellinghabitationplace to live inbeingexistenceliving

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Wæs seó wunung ðǽr swýþe wynsum on tó wícenne, and his geteld wǽron gehende hire wununge geslagene, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 315.

Linked entry: wunian

yfele

(adv.)
Grammar
yfele, adv.
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Ðú eart, Babilone, bitere ætfæsted, ænge and yfele, hire earm dohter filia Babylonis misera, Ps. Th. 136, 8. Fremde þeóde ðín hús yfele gewemdan, Ps. Th. 78, 1. Wel tó dónne hweþer ðe yfele; sáwla gehǽlan hweþer ðe forspillan? Mk. Skt. 3, 4.

á-firran

(v.)
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Þá heuna hire áfyrrde án fox, Gr. D. 69, 27. Hé þysum mannum heora líf áfyrde, 162, 7. Hú hé ꝥ ríce ðám cyninge áferran mihte, Bt. l; F. 2, 19.