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wel-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
wel-dǽd, e; f.

a good deeda benefitfavourkindnessan officeservice

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Ús God mǽre weldǽda getíðaþ nobis Deus magna beneficia prestet Scint. 16, 8: Homl. Th. ii. 298, 12; 418, 23. Wé ne magon ásecgean his weldǽda on ús Basil admn. 4; Norm. 42, 3.

and-swaru

(n.)
Grammar
and-swaru, ond-, e; f. [and, swaru a speaking]

An ANSWERresponsum

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An ANSWER ; responsum Andswaru líðe a soft answer, Scint. 77. Grim andswaru a fierce answer, Beo. Th. 5713; B. 2860. Hí aféngon andsware illi acceperunt responsum, Mt. Bos. 2, 12. Andsware bídan wolde would await an answer, Beo.

Linked entries: swaru and-wyrde

los

(n.)
Grammar
los, es; n.

Lossdestruction

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Loss, destruction Ða þing tó lose wurdon ðe on ðam scipe wǽron perditis his quæ in navi erant rebus, Bd. 5, 9; S. 623, 20. Ðonne gé tó lose [Cott. MSS. lore] weorþaþ in interitu vestro, Past. 36, 1; Swt. 249, 1.

Linked entry: lor

glǽm

(n.)
Grammar
glǽm, es; m.

Brightnesssplendourradiance

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Mín se swétesta sunnan scíma hwæt ðú glǽm hafast my sweetest sunshine ah! thou hast radiant beauty, 68 a; Th. 252, 23; Jul, 167. Ðé oftíhþ glǽmes gréne folde the green earth shall deny thee her beauty, Cd. 48; Th. 62, 22; Gen. 1018

be-limp

(n.)
Grammar
be-limp, es; n.
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On goldes belimpu in auri casus, Scint. III, 3

ge-heán

(v.)
Grammar
ge-heán, ge-hín, ge-hýn, ge-hién, ge-hígan (?); pp. ge-heád, ge-hýd, ge-híged.
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Swá micelum swá ǽnig má woruldlices wyrðscypes wyrðnysse byð gehýd ( sublimatur ), Scint. 181, 16. Geuferod, gehýd þurh láréwlicum basincge fretus, i. functus magistri melote An. Ox. 1470

tó-sleán

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Of þám scipe wǽron þá næglas forlorene and þá þylinge tóslægene ( the plants were torn apart ), 284, 24

orige

(adj.)

in the following passage

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in the following passage Se ðe þeóf geféhþ hé áh .x. scitt. . . . Gif hé ðonne óþierne and orige (orrige, MS. H. ) weorðe ðonne biþ hé wítes scyldig he who catches a thief shall have ten shillings . . .

ge-eácnung

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H. 143, 24. in passive sense Sci Iohannis geeácnung, Shrn. 133, 26. what is conceived Hyre geeácnung (or l ?) is of ðám Hálgan Gáste (quod in ea natum est de Spiritu Sancto est, Mt. l, 20), Hml. As. 135, 630.

wícing

(n.)
Grammar
wícing, es; m.
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Philippus scipa gegaderode and wícingas wurdon, and sóna án .c. and eahtatig ceápscipa geféngon Philippus, ut pecuniam praedando repararet, piraticam adgressus est.

Linked entry: scegð-mann

FARAN

(v.)
Grammar
FARAN, to farenne; ic fare, ðú farest, færest, færst, færsþ, he fareþ, færeþ, færþ, pl. faraþ; p. fór, pl. fóron; pp.

A word expressing every kind of going from one place to another, hence to go, proceed, travel, march, sailīre, vādĕre, incēdĕre, transīre, migrāre, nāvīgāre FARE, happen, to be in any state versāri in ălĭqua re, se hăbēre ălĭquo mŏdo

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Fór fámig scip the foaming ship sailed, Cd. 71; Th. 85, 19; Gen. 1417. to FARE, happen, to be in any state; versāri in ălĭqua re, se hăbēre ălĭquo mŏdo, Cd. 26; Th. 34, 2; Gen. 531. Ic fare bútan bearnum I have no children [lit.

Linked entries: færan feran

rípan

(v.)
Grammar
rípan, p. ráp, pl. ripon
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Hú ne secge gé ðæt nú gyt synt feówur mónþas ǽr man rípan mǽge ... geseóþ ðás eardas ðæt hig synt scíre tó rípene (rýpanne, MS. A). And se ðe rípþ (hrioppaþ, Lind.) nimþ méde, Jn. Skt. 4, 35-36.

Linked entry: rýpan

wítnung

(n.)
Grammar
wítnung, e; f.

Punishmenttormentpain

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Punishment, torment, pain Mǽgmorðres wítnung parricidii actio, . . . gebohtre scíre wítnung ambitus judicium, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 10, 12. Geligra wítnung incerta (incesti ?) judicium, ii. 49, 29.

ge-teld

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Gif hé his scip uppe getogen hæbbe oþþon hulc geworhtne oþþon geteld geslagen, Ll. Th. i. 286, 9. Wolde Petrus sleán ðreó geteld (cf. si vis, faciam tria tabernacula, Mt. 17, 4), Hml.

spelian

(v.)
Grammar
spelian, p. ode

To act as the representative of anotherto representto take, or stand in, the place of another

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Gif hé wrítan ne cunne bidde óðerne ðe cunne ðæt hine spelige si non scit literas, alter ab eo rogatus scribat, R. Ben. 100, 5.

Linked entry: speliend

þurh-wunian

(v.)

to continuelastnot to come to an endnot to pass awayto continue in a place, with a personto remain, not to leaveto continue in a conditionnot to changeto perseverepersisthold out

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Knbl. 10, 22: Scint. 90, 2: Blickl. Homl. 21, 36. Se ðe óð ende þurhwunaþ ( sustenuerit ), Mk. Skt. 13, 13. Ná ongynnendum méd ys beháten ac þurhwunigendum ( perseverantibus ) ys geseald, Scint. 91, 3, 1.

andian

(v.)
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Add to be envious; in a good sense, to be zealous, jealous, absolute Sóð lufu ná andað caritas non emulatur, Scint. 75, 7. Angað invidet, Kent. Gl. 1050. Andigen liuescant, An. Ox. 5372. Andigende invidendo, Scint. 75, 19.

fóre-stihtod

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

predestine

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Tó hwylcum sýn ende forestihtude (predestinati), Scint. 227, 7. Forestihtode, Gr. D. 54, 17: Hml. S. 30, 134. Substitute:

onettan

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onettan, l. ónettan, and in 1. 26 for 1529
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Þyder gást rǽdendes ónyt (tendit), Scint. 219, 4. Mænige tó dǽdbóte gehwyrfan ónyttað (contendant), 115, 4. Cyning forð ónette the king pressed on, Hö. 41 : Vald. 2, 10.

þǽr-tó

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-tó, adv.
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Hé becwað his láford his beste scip, and ða segelgerǽda ðártó, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 351, 25. where movement, lit. or fig., is implied Ðæt hé ús gebringe tó his écan gebeórscipe, se ðe ús ðǽrtó gelaðode, Homl. Th. ii. 378, 6.