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fremede

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Ðú hit becweðe swá gesibre handa swá fremdre swaðer ðe leófre sý, C.D. ii. 114, 7. Sceolon beón gesamnode ealle ðá menn ðe swyftoste hors habbað on ðǽm lande ...

niht

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Add Leóht niht þǽr on sumera bið, Bd. 1. 1; Sch. 9, 16. Ðú settes ðeóstru and geworden wæs naeht (nyht, Ps. Rdr.), Ps. Srt. 103, 20. Nípende niht, B. 649. Niht helmade, brúnwann oferbrǽd beorgas steápe, An. 1307.

wenian

(v.)
Grammar
wenian, p. ede

To accustomto accustomtrainpreparefitto draw attractto draw to to drawto weanablactare

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To accustom to accustom, train, prepare, fit with prep. tó marking the end of the training Lǽrde hé ða leóde on geleáfan weg, wenede tó wuldre weorod unmæte, tó ðam hálgan hám Andr. Kmbl. 3360; An. 1684. Hine his goldwine wenede tó wiste Exon.

onettan

(v.)
Grammar
onettan, p. te.

to hasten, move rapidly to make a quick movement, to anticipate to be quick in one's movements or actions, be active, quick or busy

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Sceal onettan se ðe ágan wile líf æt Meotude ðenden him leóht and gǽst somod fæst seón diligent must he be, while light and spirit hold fast together, who life will receive at the hands of the Lord, 96, 24; Cri. 1529.

sóþ

(adj.)
Grammar
sóþ, adj.

Soothverytruethe opposite of that which is false, or merely pretends, or has the appearance of, genuine, realtruein conformity with the actual state of thingstruerighteousjust

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Sóð leóht wæs erat lux vera, 1, 9: 15, 1. Ǽlc sóþ wela and sóþ weorþscipe sindon míne ágne þeówas, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 15. Ðis is sóð lǽcæcræft, Lchdm. i. 376, 8. Se sóþa boda ðæs heán leóhtes Agustinus, Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 31.

weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ, worþ, wurþ, wirþ, wyrþ, wirþe, wierþe, wyrþe, weorþe; adj.
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Synd mé wíc ðíne weorðe and leófe quam amabilia sunt tabernacula tua, Ps. Th. 83, 1. Gé wyrðe wǽron wuldorcyninge, Dryhtne dýre, Elen. Kmbl. 581; El. 291.

ge-bétan

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Th. i. 206, 14. (1 a) to trim a lamp, kindle or mend a fire :-- Hé gebétte ꝥ leóht refovebat lumen, Gr. D. 227, 6.

wyn-sum

(adj.)
Grammar
wyn-sum, adj.

winsomeagreeablepleasantpleasantjoyous

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León, wynsume wiht, wel átemede, Met. 13, 19. Eálá gé góde cildra and wynsume (venusti) leorneras, Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 33. Hé wæs se swétesta láreów and se wynsumesta doctor suavissimus, Bd. 5, 22; S. 644, 3. joyous.

ge-fón

(v.)
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Geféng be eaxle Gúðgeáta leód Grendles módor, 1537. (2 c) in a legal sense, to arrest, apprehend, take :-- Ðe aldormonn and embehtmenn geféngon (giféngun, R.) ðone Hǽlend tribunus et ministri comprehenderunt Iesum, Jn. L. 18, 12.

æfter

(prep.; adv.)

among, through, along (pursuit, search, inquiry, &c.)

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Ðæt ðá gódan men niman æfter þeora gódnesse, and for(f)león yfelnesse, 1086; P. 221, 24. Ðá sende se cyng æfter Anláfe, 994; P. 129, 15. Heora wíf him sendon ǽrendracan æfter, Ors. 1, 10; S. 44, 20. Hé lét hine faran æfter ðám feó, Hml.

on-ǽlan

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Healdað eów ðæt gé ne onǽlen mín ierre mid eówrum searwum, 435, 9. to cause spiritual light Onǽl þæs Hálgan Gástes leóht on ús, Hml. Th. ii. 598, 21. add Þonne þeós woruld byrneð áde onǽled, Ph. 503: El. 951. Onǽlede of fýre incensa igni, Bl. Gl.

sum

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
sum, indef. prn.
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Sume hí sǽdon ðæt hió sceolde forsceoppan tó león ... sume sceoldan bión eforas ... sume wurdon tó wulfan ... sume wurdon tó ðam deórcynne ðe mon hátte tigris, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 32 sqq.: 34, 7;Fox 144, 7-9: Mt.

Linked entry: ÁN

DÆG

(n.)
Grammar
DÆG, gen. dæges; pl. nom. acc. dagas; m: daga, an; m.

DAY dies the time of a man's life tempus vitæ humanæ the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = the letter d, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is dæg a day; hence this Rune not only stands for the letter d, but for dæg a day, as,- RUNE byþ Drihtnes sond, deóre mannum day is the Lord's messenger, dear to men

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God hét ðæt leóht, dæg God called the light, day, Gen. 1, 5. Se þridda dæg the third day, Gen. 1, 13. Emnihtes dæg the day of equinox; æquinoctium, Menol. Fox 347; Men. 175. Wintres dæg the winter's day or beginning of winter, Menol.

ferian

(v.)
Grammar
ferian, ferigan, ferigean, fergan; to ferianne; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [fer = fær a journey] .

to carryconveybearleadconductferreportārevehĕrededūcĕreafferreto betake oneself tose gerĕreversērito godepartvehiīre

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Hét lífes brytta englas síne ferigean leófne ofer lagufæsten the giver of life commanded his angels to bear the dear one over the stronghold of the waves, 1647; An. 825. To ferianne ad portandum, Gen. 46, 5. Ic ferige onbútan circumfĕro, Ælfc.

Linked entries: fergan ferigan fergan

GEONG

(adj.)
Grammar
GEONG, giong, geng, ging, giung, iung, gung; def. se geonga, seó, ðæt geonge; comp. geongra, gingra, gyngra; superl. gingest, gingst; adj.

YOUNG, youthful, new, recent, freshjŭvĕnis, adolescens, nŏvellus, rĕcensyoung

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Ða geongan leomu the young limbs, Exon. 87 a; Th. 327, 18; Vy. 5. Geongra gyfena of recent gifts, 65 a; Th. 239, 20; Ph. 624: 78 a; Th. 293, 16; Crä. 2. Geongum and ealdum to young and old, Beo. Th. 144; B. 72.

scríðan

(v.)
Grammar
scríðan, p. scráð, pl. scridon; pp. scriden, scriðen.
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Th. 103, 24. of the increase or decrease of light Heó ðæt leóht geseah ellor scríðan. Cd. Th. 48, 9; Gen. 773. Niht ofer ealle scríðan cwóme. Beo.

scínan

(v.)
Grammar
scínan, p. scán, sceán
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Sunnan leóma cymeþ scýnan, Exon. Th. 56, 18; Cri. 902. Scínende refulgens , Lk. Skt. 9, 29. Beorhtnes scínendes steorran fulgor stellae , Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 5. Scínendes léges, 4, 13; S. 581, 15. Scínendum limpidis , Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 34. fig.

hatian

(v.)
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Wæs þæs wyrmes wíg wíde gesýne . . . hú se gúdsceaða leóde hatode and hýnde, B. 2319.

hlǽfdige

a queenOur Ladylady

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Bide þá eádigan Sanctan Marian þíne leófan hlǽfdian, Angl. xii. 515, 2. as title of an English king's wife. in the king's lifetime Hugon þe seó hléfdige (Ethelred's queen) heafde hire gesett tó geréfan, Chr. 1003; P. 135, 6.

inne

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Leóht inne stód, B. 1570. Gæst inne swæf, 1800: 1866. Cyning inne gebond feónda foresprecan ..., þǽr hé ligeð in carcerne, Cri. 732. Þæt hé inne oþþe úte cirican berýpe, Ll. Th. i. 334, 30.