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fore-secgan

to foretellprophesyproclaimpronouncedeclareto preach

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Tó wæccenne foresægde ðǽm ðe nyston tíd tócyme his vigilandum praedicit nescientibus horam adventus sui, Mt. p. 19, 15. of supernatural knowledge, to foretell, prophesy Ic hyt eów foresǽde (praedixi), Mt. 24, 25.

hreówan

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Hié ( sins ) ne magon ealla on áne tíd emnsáre hreówan, 413, 29. where no subject is expressed and the cause of sorrow is in the accusative Þonne hreóweð hyre swíðe þá yfelan dǽda, Verc. Först. 105, 9

GÚÞ

(n.)
Grammar
GÚÞ, e; f. [a poetical word]

War, battle, fightbellum

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Ðe ðé æsca tír æt gúþe forgeaf who gave thee martial glory in fight, Cd. 97; Th. 127, 11; Gen. 2109: Judth. 11; Thw. 23, 15; Jud. 123: Exon. 17b; Th. 42, 17; Cri. 674; Beo. Th. 3074; B. 1535; Byrht.

langian

(v.)
Grammar
langian, p. ode: v. impers. with acc. of pers.
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Hæleþ langode hwonne hié of nearwe stæppan mósten the men longed for the time when they might step from durance, 71; Th. 86, 16; Gen. 1431. Hine ðæs heardost langode hwanne hé of ðisse worlde móste, Blickl. Homl. 227, 1.

ge-wénan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wénan, p. de; pp. ed

To hopeexpectsupposethinkesteem

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Ic me ðyslícre ǽr þrage ne gewénde I before expected not such a time for myself, Exon. 72 a; Th. 269, 21; Jul. 453. Gewéned ic eom æstimatus sum. Ps. Spl. 87, 4; 43, 25. Ðás beóþ men gewénede hi putantur homines fuisse, Nar. 35, 33

setl-gang

(n.)
Grammar
setl-gang, es; m.
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Setting of the heavenly bodies, generally of the sun, marking time Ðá bád se sacerd sunnan setlgonges, forðon sunnan trió ágefeþ ondsware æt ðæm upgonge & eft æt setlgonge, Nar. 27, 15-18. Sunne, setlgonges fús, Exon.

side-ful

(adj.)
Grammar
side-ful, [<b>side-full</b>] ; adj.
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On ánre tíde twá mǽdencild cumaþ, and biþ ðæt án syde*-*full and ðæt óðer sceandlíc, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 280. Sidefulre pudicae, castae, Hpt. Gl. 428, 48. Ða heáhfæderas wǽron sidefulle on þeáwum and sýferlíce lybbende, Homl. As. 37, 327.

efen-lic

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Ne synd ná emlice þissere tíde þrowunga þám tóweardum wuldre non sunt condignae passiones hujus temporis ad futuram gloriam, Hml, A. 77, 109

éstfulnes

luxurylasciviousness

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Ic þé þæt mid éstfulnysse sylle id ego tibi devotus dabo, Gr. D. 25, 23. Gode mid geornfulnysse and éstfulnysse þénian, LI. Th. ii. 360, 31. luxury, lasciviousness.

gegninga

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Substitute: Directly, straightway, of motion, without deviating Hý gongað gegnunga tó Hierusalem, Gú. 785. of time, at once Embe hand, hrædlíce sóna þǽrrigte, génunga jam jam, cito, Germ. 388, 73.

hwíl-wende

(adj.)
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II. of a person, concerned with the things of time ; of things, temporal, not spiritual or eternal :-- Sé þe hwílende (tempo-rarius ) ys on blisse, éce hé byð on wíte, Scint. 172, 7.

fyrmest

(adj.)
Grammar
fyrmest, adj.

excellent

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Voc. ii. 67, 7, and add: marking order in time Hé tó fulluhte heora fyrmest beáh, Hml. S. 10, 150. Seó bóc ys geháten Genesis, . . . for þám þe heó ys firmest bóca, Ælfc. Gen.

Iotas

(n.)
Grammar
Iotas, Iutan ; pl.

The Jutes

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From the Jutes came the people of Kent and Wight, that is, the tribe that now lives in Wight and the race among the West Saxons that is to the present time called the Jutes' race, Chr. 449; Erl. 13, 10-14.

Linked entries: Eota land Iútan

leáp

(n.)
Grammar
leáp, es; m.

a baskettrunk

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'Lepe quod est tertia pars duorum bussellorum;' in Sussex, time of Ed. I.] a weel for catching fish Leáp corbis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 6: calatus, 127, 73. Leóht leáp imbilium, Wrt. Voc. 287, 27: ii. 46, 40. Leáp vel wilige cophinus, Ælfc.

Linked entry: sǽd-leáp

scortlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
scortlíce, adv.
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of time, shortly, before long, soon Nú gyt scortlíce ł lytel fæc and ne byþ se synfulla adhuc pusillum et non erit peccator, Ps. Lamb. 36, 10. Scortlícor maturius, citius, velocius. Hpt.

géna

(adv.)
Grammar
géna, adv.

Yet, still, further

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Nú géna still at the present time, Exon. 34 b: Th. 111, 13; Gú. 126. Ic eom géna swétran I am yet sweeter, 111 a; Th. 425, 19; Rä, 41, 58. Ic wille ðé ánre nú géna béne biddan I will of thee one more boon require, Andr. Kmbl. 950; An. 475.

Linked entries: giéna geóna

wic-þegen

(n.)
Grammar
wic-þegen, es; m.
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Interl. 66, 6) ánre tíde ǽr gemǽnum gereorde gán tó hláfe . . . Æfterfylige ðære tóweardan wucan wicþén, R. Ben. pp. 58-60. Se diácon wucþén diaconus hebdomadarus, Anglia xiii. 415, 721. Fram mæssepreóste wucþéne a sacerdote ebdomadario, 395, 435.

and-weardnes

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Ox. 3015. temporal Þysses dæges þe wé nú on andweardnesse ( at the present time ) weorþiað, Bl. H. 115, 30.

forþ-rihte

(adj.; adv.)
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Gl. 406, 3, of manner, without modification or qualification, plainly, simply, directly. of a title Sarai is gereht 'Mín ealdor,' ac God hí hét syððan Sarra, þæt is, 'Ealdor,' þæt heó nǽre synderlíce hire hírédes ealdor gecíged, ac forðrihte 'Ealdor,

lustfullung

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Deófol tiht ús tó yfele, ac wé sceolon . . . geniman náne lustfullunge tó ðǽre tihtinge . . . Se Hǽlend mihte beón gecostnod þurh tihtinge, ac nán lustfullung ne hrepede his mód, Hml. Th. i. 174, 30-176, 7.