be-settan
to set ⬩ place ⬩ to apply ⬩ to surround ⬩ to besiege
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God ðá sáwle beset on ðone líchaman, Hml. Th. i. 292, 31. He him sawle on besett, ii. 206, 25. þá hé on his geleáffulra heortan beset, 524, 12. to place hope, reliance on, inflict persecution on Deófol Godes gecorenum éhtnysse on besett, Hml.
fóre-stihtod
predestine
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Þá þe God forestihte on frymðe þyssere worulde, Hml. A. 45, 514. God ǽr forestihtode (praedestinaverat) ꝥ hé Abrahames sǽd wolde gemanifealdigan . . . þus wæs forestihtod seó manigfealdnys, Gr. D. 55, 15-24. Forestiht tó ðám écum deáðe, Hml.
gáþ
go
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go, Deut. 11, 28 : Mt. Bos. 9, 13;
cýþþu
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Abraham . . . tó Gode cýððe hæfde (cf. Abraham was called the friend of God, James 2, 23), 190, 12. Máran cýððe habbað englas tó Gode þonne men, i. 10, 3: ii. 112, 29. Þá hǽðenan náne cýððe tó Gode næfdon, i. 396, 28. Cíððe, 25.
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be-féran
To go about ⬩ to go round ⬩ surround ⬩ circumire ⬩ circumdare
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To go about, to go round, surround; circumire, circumdare He lǽrende ða castel beférde circumibat castella in circuitu docens, Mk. Bos. 6, 6. He beférde ðæt Israhélisce folc he surrounded the people of Israel, Ex. 14, 9
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leóht
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Leóhtes hyrde God, Az. 121 : Dóm. 53. Þone þe leóht gescóp.
eges ful
Fearful, terrible, wonderful ⬩ tĭmōre plēnus, terrĭbĭlis, admīrābĭlis
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Fearful, terrible, wonderful; tĭmōre plēnus, terrĭbĭlis, admīrābĭlis Ðú [God] eart egesful tu [Deus] terrĭbĭlis es, Ps. Lamb. 75, 8: Cd. 177; Th. 222, 17; Dan. 106: Exon. 30 a; Th. 93, 20; Cri. 1529.
rǽd-bora
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Hé ( the Messiah ) biþ geháten wundorlíc, rǽdbora, strang God, Homl. Th. ii. 16, 7 : Dóm. L. 42, 38. Aðelwold ðe is mín rǽdbora a secretis noster Athelwoldus, Chart. Th. 241, 27 : Beo. Th. 2655; B. 1325. God næfþ nǽnne rǽdboran, Ælfc. T.
BOD
A command, commandment, precept, mandate, an edict, order, message ⬩ jussum, mandatum, edictum ⬩ a commandment
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Hwá swá halt ðis bod [bode MS.] wurðe he éfre wunnende mid God whosoever observes this command, may he ever dwell with God, Cod. Dipl. 990; A. D. 680; Kmbl. v. 29, 23. We ðíne bodu brǽcon we broke thy commandments, Hy. 7, 109; Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 109
steóra
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God is steóra and steórróþer, forðæm hé reht and rǽt eallum gesceaftum, swá swá god steóra (stióra, Cott. MS.) ánum scipe, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 25
ge-lífed
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., cf. ge-lífan; 1 a α Sum man . . . swíðe gelýfed on þone lyfiendan God, Ælfc. T. Grn. 11, 5. Sum mǽden . . . on ðone Hǽlend gelýfed, Hml. S. 7, 7.
hréd-eádig
Glorious ⬩ noble ⬩ triumphant
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Hærfest biþ hréðeádegost hæleþum bringeþ géres wæstmas ða ðe him god sendeþ autumn is most glorious, it brings to man the fruits of the year which God sends them, Menol. Fox 475; Gn. C. 8
ge-metan
to measure, measure back or again ⬩ metiri, remetiri ⬩ to measure by traversing or going over ⬩ metiri transeundo
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God ðú ðe heofen mid honda gemettest and eorðan on ðínre fyst betýndest God thou who has meted heaven with thy hand and enclosed the earth in thy fist [cf. Isaiah 40, 12], St.
on-þracian
To fear, dread
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Sum déma wæs se God ne ondréd ne nánne man ne onþracude ( reverebatur) ... Ðá cwæþ hé: Ðeáh ic God ne ondrǽde ne ic man ne onþracige (revereor ), Lk. Skt. 18, 2-4. Ðú ne onþracedest ( horruisti ) mǽdenes innoþ, Hymn. L. 16.
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geþwǽr-lǽcan
To agree ⬩ assent to ⬩ concordāre ⬩ assentīre
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Se ðe sóþlíce God lufaþ nele he wiðerian ongeán his bebodum ac hí geþwǽrlǽhþ he that truly loves God will not resist his commands but comply with them, 522, 19.
ge-þeón
To grow ⬩ grow up ⬩ increase ⬩ thrive ⬩ flourish ⬩ prosper ⬩ crescĕre ⬩ profĭcĕre ⬩ vĭgēre
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Fela ríccra manna geþeóþ Gode many rich men thrive to God, Homl. Th. i. 130, 33: ii. 22, 15. Gif þegen geþeáh ðæt he þénode cynge if a thane thrived so that he served the king, L. R. 3; Th. i. 190, 18: 5, 6; Th. i. 192, 7, 9.
ge-scippan
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Hí on fruman tó Godes híwunga gesceapene wǽron, Bl.
be-fician
to deceive ⬩ to go round ⬩ decipere
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to deceive, to go round; decipere, Off. Episc. 8
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for-gýman
To neglect ⬩ pass by ⬩ transgress ⬩ neglĭgĕre ⬩ prætĕrīre ⬩ transgrĕdi
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Hie þegnscipe Godes forgýmdon they neglected the service of God, Cd. 18; Th. 21, 20; Gen. 327. Forgýmdon hig ðæt illi neglexērunt, Mt. Bos. 22, 5. Ne forgým ðú ðínes Drihtnes steóre be not heedless of thy Lord's correction, Homl. Th. ii. 328, 21
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a-plantian
To plant ⬩ transplant ⬩ plantare ⬩ transplantare
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To plant, transplant; plantare, transplantare God ðá aplantode wynsumnisse orcerd plantaverat autem Dominus Deus paradisum voluptatis, Gen. 2, 8.