gramian
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to be furious, rage Gramigende inęstuans, Germ. 402, 58. to be offensive to, vex (with dat.) Þonne se feónd þis gesihð, ... þonne gramað (ofþingð, v. l. ) him þæt swíðe hearde, Wlfst. 199, 2
inlíce
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Þæt is heálic rǽd monna gehwylcum . . . þæt hé symle inlocast and geornlícost God weorðige, Cri 432. Add
frum-sceaft
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Seó forme bóc, Genesis, beféhð þás racu fram frumsceafte, Ælfc. T.
æfter
among, through, along ⬩ (pursuit, search, inquiry, &c.)
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Rád séo fird æfter ðǽm herige, Chr. 896; P. 89, 19. Hé him æfter rád, 878; P. 76, 12. 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.
witod
appointed ⬩ ordained ⬩ assured ⬩ certain ⬩ certain ⬩ certainly ⬩ assuredly
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Th. 396, 18, 28; Rä. 16, 6, 11: 494, 13; Rä. 82, 7: Fins. Th. 53; Fin. 26. Mé bið witod, ðæt ic þolian sceal bearngestreóna, Exon. Th. 402, 3; Rä. 21, 24. Ðé is súsl weotod, Cd. Th. 308, 14; Sat. 692: Andr. Kmbl. 1902; An. 953.
a-stígan
to go ⬩ come ⬩ step ⬩ proceed ⬩ climb ⬩ ire ⬩ venire ⬩ gradi ⬩ procedere ⬩ scandere ⬩ to go in any direction ⬩ to rise ⬩ ascend ⬩ descend ⬩ surgere ⬩ ascendere ⬩ descendere
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He nyðer astíhþ swá swá rén on flýs, and swá swá niðer astíhþ droppetung, droppende ofer eorþan he shall come down as rain on a fleece, and as falling [rain] comes down, dropping over the earth; descendet sicut pluvia in vellus, et sicut stillicidium
ge-beát
A beating ⬩ blow
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A beating, blow Drihten worhte áne swipe of rápum, and hí ealle mid gebeáte útascynde the Lord made a scourge of ropes and hurried them all out with beating, Homl. Th. i. 406, 8
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fóre-fón
To take before ⬩ anticipate ⬩ antĭcĭpāre
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Raðe fórefó us mildheortnysse ðine cĭto antĭcĭpent nos mĭsĕrĭcordiæ tuæ, Ps. Spl. C. 78, 8
Surfe
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A Slavonic race inhabiting northern Germany; Latin forms are Sorabi, Soravi, Sorbi Be norþaneástan Maroara ( Moravia ) sindon Dalamentsan . . . and be norþan Dalamentsan sindon Surpe, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 16, 20. Surfe, Swt. 16, 33
un-foresceáwod
Unconsidered ⬩ hasty ⬩ without due consideration
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Unconsidered, hasty, without due consideration Næs hit ná fǽrlíc geðóht oððe unforesceáwod rǽd, ðæt se ælmihtiga God ðysne middangeard gesceóp, ac wæs ǽfre æt fruman on his écum rǽde, Hexam. 14; Norm. 22, 5
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drisn
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Rawe, drisne capillamenta (rúwe, drysne? the hair-like filaments that hang from the root of a plant? Cf. rúh, <b>I,</b> and dreósan), Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 39. Add
weoruld-hád
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Add: a secular rank or order Þeán þe ús ná ne lyste tó þǽre sprǽce gecyrran, wé becumað genýdde tó ðǽre for gewille þára woruldháda (worldly men, cf. weoruld-mann; ), Gr. D. 209, 24
á-þenian
to stretch out ⬩ extend ⬩ to stretch by pulling: ⬩ to extend notice ⬩ direct attention ⬩ effort ⬩ to extend ⬩ prolong ⬩ to spread out ⬩ extend superficially ⬩ to stretch out ⬩ prostrate:--
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Th. i. 372, 19. to stretch by pulling: -- Ráp tó swíðe áðened, Past. 459, 8. fig. to extend notice, direct attention, effort, Ðæt ne áðennen rehtwíse tó unrehtwísnesse hond hara. (extendant) Ps. Srt. 124, 3.
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BEORCAN
to make a sharp explosive sound ⬩ latratum vel sonum edere ⬩ to BARK ⬩ latrare
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Ic hwílum beorce swá húnd I sometimes bark as a dog Exon. 106 b; Th. 406, 16; Rä. 25, 2. Húndbyrcþ canis latrat, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Som. 24, 8. Ne mæg he fram húndum beón borcen he may not be barked at by dogs Herb. 67, 2; Lchdm. i. 170, 17
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EOFOR
a boar, a wild boar ⬩ ăper
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Th. has, Hine útan of wuda eoferas wrótaþ 79, 13: Exon. 110b; Th. 423, 8; Rä. 41, 18: 92a; Th. 344, 20; Gn. Ex. 176. Sele ðú him flǽsc eofores give him boar's flesh, L. M. 2, 4; Lchdm. ii. 182, 14.
forþ-síþ
A going forth ⬩ departure ⬩ death ⬩ progressus ⬩ ăbĭtus ⬩ ŏbĭtus
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Exon. 123 b; Th. 475, 2; Bo. 41: 124 b; Th. 479, 21; Rä. 63, 2. Æfter Óswaldes forþsíþe after Oswald's death, Chr. 992; Erl. 130, 37: Hy 7, 72; Hy. Grn. ii. 288, 72. Hreðer innan born, afýsed on forþsíþ his spirit burned within, bent on departure.
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líne
a line ⬩ rope ⬩ a line ⬩ row ⬩ rule ⬩ canon
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Ðǽr sceal wesan se torhta æsc án an línan ácas twegen hægelas swá some 'æ' must occur once, 'a.' and 'h' twice [in forming the words hæn, hana], Exon. 112 a; Th. 429, 25; Rä. 43, 10
sundor-cræft
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Th. 420, 14; Rä. 40, 3. Ðæt hý sundorcræfta sumne eác cunne that each have some craft of his own that he knows, L. I. P. 9; Th. ii. 314, 29.
un-forcúþ
Not despicable ⬩ not ignoble ⬩ not wicked ⬩ honourable ⬩ noble ⬩ good
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Th. 479, 22; Rä. 63, 2. Hér stynt unforcúð eorl ðe wile gealgian éþel ðysne, Byrht. Th. 133, 16; By. 51. Eorl unforcúð elnes gemyndig, Andr. Kmbl. 2527; An. 1265. Nǽfre ic sǽlidan sélran métte ... ic wille ðé, eorl unforcúð, biddan, 949; An. 475.
hrif
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Mín Drihten, sié þé þonc þæs þe þú mid þínum þám clǽnan hrife hunger and þurst and cyle þrowodest, Angl. xii. 507, 20. applied to things Þæt mé ( a bow ) of hrife fleógeð, Rä. 24, 12: 18, 6