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fóre-stihtod

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-stihtod, fore-stihtan; p. te; pp. -stiht, -stihted; -stihtian; p. ode; pp. od

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.

hréd-eádig

(adj.)
Grammar
hréd-eádig, adj.

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

(v.)
Grammar
ge-metan, p. -mæt and -mette , pl. -mǽton; pp. -meten; v. trans.

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.

Linked entries: ge-meted ge-meten ge-mette

on-þracian

(v.)
Grammar
on-þracian, (-þrácian ?); p. ode

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.

Linked entries: an-þracian an-þracian

geþwǽr-lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
geþwǽr-lǽcan, -lécan; p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht

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.

a-plantian

(v.)
Grammar
a-plantian, p. ode; pp. od

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.

middæg-sang

(n.)
Grammar
middæg-sang, es; m.

The midday service

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On midne dæg wé sculon God herian, Btwk. 216, 13: R. Ben. 39, 19: 40, 7

níd-wracu

(n.)
Grammar
níd-wracu, e; f.

Violence ⬩ misery caused by violence

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Hyne God wolde nergan wið níþum, and hyra nýdwræce deópe déman, Exon. Th. 135, 17; Gú. 525

scip-líðend

(n.)
Grammar
scip-líðend, es; m.
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One who goes in a ship Hé cwæð tó ðǽm sciplíðendum . . . ða sciplíðende ðæt gehérende mearcedon ðone dæg, Shrn. 85, 30-86, 2. Ealla ða þing ða ðe scyplíðendum ( navigantibus ) nydþearflícu gesewen wǽron, Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 26. v. next word

síd-folc

(n.)
Grammar
síd-folc, es ; n.
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Th. 284, 4 ; Jul. 692. a great people, great nation God hí of sídfolcum gesamnade Dominus de regionibus congregavit eos, Ps. Th. 106, 2

weorold-búende

(adj.)
Grammar
weorold-búende, pl.
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God is wísdóm and ǽ woruldbúendra, 29, 83 : Judth. Thw. 22, 27; Jud. 82. Ðætte rinca gehwylc óþrum gulde weorc be geweorhtum weoruldbúendum, Met. 27, 27

efen-meahtig

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-meahtig, adj.
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Habban geleáfan on God ælmihtigne. . . . Hé wæs ǽfre efenmihtig, and Hé gyt is, and Hé á swá byð, Wlfst. 16, 7

fore-mǽrnes

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Hwaeþer gód hlísa and foremǽrnes sié for náuht tó tellenne? . . . Hí wénaþ . . . ꝥ him ne sié wana náþer ne anwealdes ne foremǽrenesse an claritudo nihili pendenda est?

hálwendnes

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God hálwendnyssa úra Deus salutarium nostrum, Ps. L. 67. 20

lǽwe

(n.)
Grammar
lǽwe, (?), es; m.
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Nǽron þa Iúdéiscan ne se dyrna lǽwe (lǽwa, v. l. ) þurh God geneádode, Hml. S. 27, 163-166. Cf. (?) ge-fére, ge-síþ for declension

æf-wela

(n.)
Grammar
æf-wela, an; m.

Decrease of wealth

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Decrease of wealth Gyf man méte ꝥ hé his hús timbrie ꝥ byð his weaxnes (ꝥ hys gód byþ weaxende, v. l.). Gyf him þince ꝥ his hús sí tóworpen sum æfwela (ætlætnes, v. l. ) him bið tóweard, Lch. iii. 170, 13

Linked entry: wela

gang-tún

A draught-house

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Add: A draught-house Hí worhton ánne gangtún þǽr ðǽr se god Baal ǽr wæs gewurðod (they brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house ; fecerunt pro æde Baal latrinas, 2 Kings 10, 27), Hml. S. 18, 379

ofer-genga

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-genga, an; m.

One who goes over or beyond

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One who goes over or beyond Gif hé biþ on .xi. nihta ealdne mónan se biþ landes ofergenga if he is born on the eleventh of the month, he will be a traveller about the land Lchdm. iii. 158, 1 : 160, 30

æðeling

(n.)
Grammar
æðeling, es; m. [æðele, -ing son of, originating from] .

the son of a king ⬩ one of royal blood ⬩ a nobleman ⬩ the king ⬩ God ⬩ Christ ⬩ regia suboles ⬩ vir nobilis ⬩ man ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ homo ⬩ homines

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Héht him ceósan æðelingas he commanded him to choose men, go; Th. 112, 9; Gen. 1868: 58; Th. 70, 31; Gen. 1161

Linked entries: adelyng eðeling hearding

cýþþu

Grammar
cýþþu, (-o).
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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.

Linked entry: cýþ

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