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frécennes

Grammar
frécennes, frécnes.
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Hyra ágne sáula þurh þás frécenesse (frécennesse, frécnesse, v.l.) losiað ipsorum animas periclitari, R. Ben. 124, 20. Þá þe ne mihton ádreógar þæs hungres frǽcnesse (frécen-, v.l.) qui famis periculum ferre non poterant, Gr. D. 197, 25.

fród

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Add: wise. of persons Nǽnig þæs fród leofað þæt his mæge ǽspringe þurh his ǽgne spéd witan, Sch. 76. Guma gehðum fród, El. 531. (1 a) skilled in a subject :-- Fyrngidda fród, El. 543. of discourse, counsel, &c. Fróde geþeahte, Men. 182.

ge-þrǽstan

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Vos. 104, 16. to vex, distress, afflict. the body Þá ásweóll him se líchama ... sárlíce hé wæs mid þám sáre geswenced ... þá sǽde hé him þone intingan þurh hwæt hé ǽrest swá geþrǽst wǽre ( causam vexationis suae narrabat ), Guth. Gr. 153, 18.

ge-edníwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-edníwian, ge-edníwan.
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God wolde þurh hine geedníwigian ðisne ealdne middangeard. Hml. S. 22, 12. Wæs úre gecynd geedneówod, Bl. H. 11, 10. Þonne wesaþ þíne handa geedneówode, 153, 12.

on-hebban

(v.)
Grammar
on-hebban, p. -hóf (the weak form -hefde also occurs); pp. -hafen.

to lift up, raise (the eyes, voice)to raise (as barm does), to leavento take up, beginto take awaymetaph. to lift up, exalt (generally in a bad sense)

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Ða de God ondrǽdaþ, and hý þurh heora gódan dǽda ne anhebbaþ, 4, 2. Héo éðelþrym onhóf, rýmde and rǽrde, Cd. Th. 98, 23; Gen. 1634. Ic tǽhte ðám rícan, ðæt hí ne onhófon hí, Homl. Th. i. 378, 18. Ne onhebbe hine nán man on his weorcum, ii. 80, 29

Linked entries: an-hebban in-hebban

wráþ

(adj.)
Grammar
wráþ, adj.

wrothangryincensed

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Þurh ðæs wráþan geþanc, þurh ðas deófles searo, 39, 25; Gen. 631. Hié hýrdon wráðum wǽrlogan, Andr. Kmbl. 1225 ; An. 613. Waca wið wráþum(Grendel), Beo. Th. 1324; B. 660: 1421; B. 708. Hé wráðne gegrípeþ feónd be ðám fótum, Salm.

spédan

(v.)
Grammar
spédan, p. de

To speedhave successsucceed in doing somethingaccelerare

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To speed, have success, succeed in doing something Eów betere is ðæt gé ðisne gárrǽs mid gafole forgyldon ... ne þurfe wé ús spillan gif gé spédaþ tó dam (cf.

Linked entry: fór-spédian

hryre

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Oð þæt him cwelm gesceód . . . oð þæt him God wolde þurh hryrehreddan heá ríce, Dan. 671. of violent death in battle, &c. Hryre excidium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 40. Æfter deófla hryre after the fall of Grendel and his mother, B. 1680.

spéd

(n.)
Grammar
spéd, e; f.

Speedsuccessmeansspeedquicknessspeedilyquicklyspeedsuccessprosperous issue meanssubstanceabundancewealthpowerfacultyopportunitymeans of doing anything progenyceleritas, successus, provectus, prosperitas, substantia

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Tubal Cain þurh snytro spéd smiðcræftega wæs Tubal Cain was a workman cunning through wealth of wisdom, Cd. Th. 66, 14; Gen. 1084. Metod tóbrǽd þurh his mihta spéd monna sprǽce, 102, 6; Gen. 1696: 306, 23; Sat. 668: Exon. Th. 225, 25; Ph. 394.

ge-wyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyrdan, -werdan; p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To hurtinjurelæderenocere

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Hæfde hí hungor and þurst heard gewyrded esurientes et sitientes, Ps. Th. 106, 4

Linked entry: ge-werdan

niht

(n.)
Grammar
niht, næht, næct, neaht, neht, nyht, e; f.: but also with gen. es.

nightnightdarknessnight

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M.) cymþ þurh ðære eorþan sceade... Seó niht hæfþ seofan dǽlas fram ðære sunnan settlunge óþ hire upgang.

ge-rihtan

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Gif hé þurh ðá swingella ne bið geriht si nec correxit opera sua, R. Ben. 52, 8. (2 α) used intransitively for reflexive :-- Gif hé þurh þreále nele gerihtan, R. Ben. 126, 5. to rebuke Mi ðý gerihte (-rihðe, L. ) cum corriperetur, Lk.

here-láf

(n.)
Grammar
here-láf, e; f.

The remnant of an army or people what is left of an army after a battlewhat is left after a battlespoil

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Þurh gítsunge wearþ beswicen Sawl se cyning ðá ðá him leófran wǽron ða forbodenan hereláfa ðonne Godes willa through avarice was king Saul betrayed when he preferred the forbidden spoils of the host [of the Amalekites, v. 1 Sam. xv. 9] to the will of

Linked entry: fird-láf

hrif

(n.)
Grammar
hrif, rif, es; n.

The wombbellyuterusventer

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Þurh mínre módor hrif, Exon. 111 a; Th. 424, 27; Rä. 41, 44: 14 a; Th. 27, 4; Cri. 425

Linked entry: in-gehrif

irgþ

(n.)
Grammar
irgþ, e : irgþu, irgþo ; indecl ; f.

Sluggishnesscowardicetimorousnesspusillanimity

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Þurh lyðre yrhþe Godes bydela ðe clumedon mid ceaflum ðǽr hí scoldon clipian through the vile sluggishness of God's messengers, who mumbled with their mouths when they should have cried aloud, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 111, 202

Linked entry: irhþ

mæsse

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse, messe, an; f.

a service of the churchmassa festival day when a solemn mass was celebrated-mas

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Ǽne þrowade Crist, ac swáðeáh dæghwomlíce biþ his þrowung geedníwod þurh gerýnu ðæs hálgan húsles æt ðære hálgan mæssan; forðí fremaþ seó hálige mæsse miclum ge ðám lybbendum ge ðám forþfarenum, Homl. Th. ii. 376, 10-13.

middel

(n.)
Grammar
middel, es; middela(?), an; m.

The middlecentre

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Se ðe álǽdde Israhel of middele heora ... þurh middele his, Ps. Spl. 135, 11, 14. Of midle ex centro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 47. Of ðæs wuda midle, Exon. 56 b; Th. 202,6; Ph. 65.

Linked entry: midlest

rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
rǽden, rǽdenn, e; f.
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Ðú bist Godes bearn þurh ða rǽdenne ðæt ðú ðínne feónd lufige, Homl. Th. i. 56, 7. Raedinnae condiciones, Ep.

scín-cræft

Grammar
scín-cræft, scinn-cræft, es: m.
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Hý wǽron tó sáre beswicene þurh ðæs sweartan deófles scíncræft, Wulfst. 198, 18. a magic art or trick Scíncræfte praestigia , Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 59. Wiccan beóþ tó helle bescofene for heora scín*-*cræftum, Homl. Th. ii. 330, 29.

scír-mann

(n.)
Grammar
scír-mann, (scíre-, scíres-), es; m.
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Hwæt elles meahte beón getácnod þurh Eze-chiel búton ða scírmenn per Ezechielem praepositorum persona signatur, 21, 3 ; Swt. 153, 24. an inhabitant of a district (v. scir, ) Gregorius befrán, hú þære scíre nama wǽre, ðe ða cnapan of álǽdde wǽron.