sýferness
Sobriety, moderation, temperance, abstinence, purity ⬩ purificatio, purgatio.
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Sobriety, moderation, temperance, abstinence, purity Sýfernys abstinentia, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 7. Seó sýfernes þreáde ðæt werod cweðende ðæt hit ne fyligde ðære gálnesse sobrietas increpat acies dicens ne sequantur luxuriam, Prud. 46 a: 472-492. Seó sýfernes
Linked entry: sýfer-ǽte
forþ-rihte
straight on ⬩ without swerving ⬩ without modification or qualification ⬩ plainly ⬩ simply ⬩ directly
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Substitute: of direction, straight on, without swerving Forðrihte tó foregetihtgedre stówe indeclinabiliter ad destinatum locum, Hpt. Gl. 406, 3, of manner, without modification or qualification, plainly, simply, directly. of a title Sarai is gereht
þing-rǽden
Intercession ⬩ advocacy ⬩ pleading ⬩ intervention ⬩ mediation
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Intercession, advocacy, pleading, intervention, mediation in a general sense Ða apostoli hí ástrehton æt ðæs ealdormannes fótum, biddende ðæt ða hǽðengildan nǽron for heora intingan ácwealde ... Ðá cwæð se ealdorman: 'Wundor mé ðincþ eówer ðingrǽden,
tó-sceádan
to divide in two, ⬩ separate one thing from another ⬩ to divide into parties ⬩ cause division ⬩ dissension among ⬩ to separate contending parties or claims ⬩ judge, ⬩ decide between ⬩ to make a distinction between things ⬩ to distinguish ⬩ treat or regard differently ⬩ to separate one thing from another with the mind, ⬩ to discern, ⬩ distinguish, ⬩ discriminate ⬩ to separate things from one another, ⬩ to order, ⬩ dispose, ⬩ appoint ⬩ to separate the parts of a confused whole, ⬩ to expound, ⬩ interpret, ⬩ render intelligible ⬩ to discuss ⬩ to send in different directions, ⬩ to scatter ⬩ disperse ⬩ To be separated, ⬩ to differ
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to divide in two, separate one thing from another, literally, of local relations Swá swá sweord ða wunde tósceát on tú, Past. 60; Swt. 453, 17. Se streám tósceádeþ súþfolc Angelðeóde and norþfolc flumine meridiani et septentrionales Anglorum populi dirimuntur
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hwæt
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Add: in direct questions, why Hwæt ofermódgað ðiós eorðe and ðis dúsð? quid superbit terra et cinis?, Past. 299, 22: 211, 12: Mt. 19, 17: Nic. 14, 14. Ac hwæt ofermódige gé þonne, oþþe hwý áhebbe gé eów?, Bt. 42; F. 258, 15: Hml. Th. ii. 164, 28. Hwæt
a-sceacan
to shake off ⬩ remove ⬩ excutere ⬩ to be removed ⬩ forsake ⬩ desert ⬩ flee ⬩ excuti ⬩ fugere ⬩ aufugere ⬩ deserere ⬩ to shake ⬩ brandish ⬩ to be shaken ⬩ vibrare ⬩ quatere ⬩ concuti ⬩ labefieri ⬩ infirmari
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to shake off, remove; excutere Asceacaþ ðæt dust of eówrum fótum excutite pulverem de pedibus vestris, Mk. Bos. 6, 11. to be removed, forsake, desert, flee; excuti, fugere, aufugere, deserere Asceacen [Lamb. ofascacen] ic eom excussus sum, Ps. Spl.
dryht-líc
Lordly, noble, distinguished ⬩ princĭpālis, nōbĭlis, exĭmius
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Lordly, noble, distinguished; princĭpālis, nōbĭlis, exĭmius We gehýrdon ðæt mid Sigelwarum yppe wearþ dryhtlíc dóm Godes we have heard that the lordly doom of God was revealed among the Ethiopians, Apstls. Kmbl. 129; Ap. 65 : Exon. 94 b; Th. 354, 1;
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for-gýman
To neglect ⬩ pass by ⬩ transgress ⬩ neglĭgĕre ⬩ prætĕrīre ⬩ transgrĕdi
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To neglect, pass by, transgress; neglĭgĕre, prætĕrīre, transgrĕdi He ða forþgesceaft forgyteþ and forgýmeþ he forgets and neglects the future state, Beo. Th. 3506; B. 1751. Hwí forgýmáþ ðíne leorningcnihtas úre yldrena lage quāre discĭpūli tui transgrĕdiuntur
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FYLLAN
To fell ⬩ cut down ⬩ cast down ⬩ throw down ⬩ destroy ⬩ prosternĕre ⬩ cædĕre ⬩ dejĭcĕre ⬩ destruĕre
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To fell, cut down, cast down, throw down, destroy; prosternĕre, cædĕre, dejĭcĕre, destruĕre Ðá us man fyllan ongan ealle to eorþan then they began to fell us all to the ground, Rood Kmbl. 146; Kr. 73. Fyllan, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 17; Jud. 194. Gif ðú
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ge-fadian
To set in order ⬩ dispose ⬩ arrange ⬩ regulate ⬩ ordĭnāre ⬩ dispōnĕre
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To set in order, dispose, arrange, regulate; ordĭnāre, dispōnĕre Se ðe awent of Ledene on Englisc sceal gefadian hit swá ðæt ðæt Englisc hæbbe his ǽgene wísan he that translates from Latin into English must arrange it so that the English have its own
un-dirne
Not hidden ⬩ discovered ⬩ revealed ⬩ manifest
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Not hidden, discovered, revealed, manifest Gif mon áfelle on wuda wel monega treówa and wyrð eft undierne (-dyrne, MS. B.), L. In. 43; Th. i. 128, 20: 44; Th. i. 130, 3. Ðæt wearð underne eorðebúendum, ðæt Meotod hæfde miht, Cd. Th. 265, 1; Sat. 1. Wíde
un-geendod
endless ⬩ without end ⬩ not coming to an end ⬩ infinite ⬩ very great in number, extent
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endless, without end, not coming to an end God is ǽfre unbegunnen and ungeendod, Ælfc. Gr. 32; Zup. 201, 10: Homl. Th. i. 8, 27: Homl. Skt. i. 1, 16. Ðǽr is ðæt éce blis and, ðæt ungeendode ríce, Blickl. Homl. 25, 30, 24. Gif ðú getælest ða hwíle ðisses
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un-wénlíc
Not giving grounds for hope ⬩ unpromising
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Not giving grounds for hope, unpromising Ðá ðú ðé selfum ðúhtest unwénlíc when you did not seem to yourself to have much chance of success; cum esses parvulus in oculis tuis, Past. 17; Swt. 113, 9. Hié oft gebidon on lytlum staþole and on unwénlícum
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wynsumian
To rejoice ⬩ exult ⬩ be joyful
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To rejoice, exult, be joyful Ic fægnie and wynsumige and blissige exultabo et laetabor, Ps. Th. 30, 7. Wynsumaþ woesten exultet desertum, Rtl. 1, 17: Blickl. Homl. 7, 3: Wulfst. 254, 5. Ða eádigan ceasterwaran gefeóð and wynsumiaþ on lisse and on blisse
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án-rǽdnes
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Add: unanimity, concord Birðóerlic ánrǽdnyss fraterna concordia, Scint. 13, 4. ꝥ hí (bishops ) smeágan ymbe ánrǽdnesse and sóðe gesibsumnesse, Ll. Th. ii. 316, 12. of a single act, decision, resolution Heó mid módes ánrǽdnesse áwrát óðer gewrit, Ap
ge-sáwan
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Add: p. -seów(-seáw, -seáwde in Lindisfarne Gospels). to sow seed, a plant Nó þú gód séd geseówe (-seáw, L.) nonne bonum semen seminasti ?, Mt. R. 13, 27. Þ te ðú ne gesáudes, Lk. L. 19, 22. Geseáw seminavit, ofergeseáw ł geseáwde sifðe superseminavit
ge-stihtian
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Add: to decide, determine Gestihtigan decernere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 70. Ne cwaeft he hit ná gestihtiende ac þýwende (aoa jíecernendo, s'ed minando), Gr. D. 151, 7. to dispose, arrange, to arrange people He gestihte his werod swá him gewunelic wæs, Hml
lóc
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Add: lóce. The word is used with nú and with indirect interrogatives, pronouns or adverbs. Its force in the latter combination, ever, is seen in the following gloss Lóc hwæt tó láfe beó quodcumjue restat, Germ. 388, 78. with nú, bespeaking attention
of-þyncan
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Ðý lǽs . . . him hefiglíce ofðynce ðæs ðe hié sealdon, Past. 321, 19. <b>I b</b> :-- Ne bið God nǽfre bepéht, ne him nǽfre ne ofþincð ꝥ, ꝥ hé ǽr tó rǽde geþóhte, Angl. vii. 34, 317. Þæt eów ofðince eówer gedwyld, Hml. Th. ii. 490, 8. <b
on-timber
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Add Þæs mannes líchaman antimber bið of ðám fæder and of ðǽre méder, ac God gescypð þone líchaman of ðám antimbre, Hml. Th. i. 292, 28. Salomon árǽrde þæt mǽre hús of eorðlicum antimbre, ii. 580, 11: Wlfst. 279, 25. Sume (some adjectives) synd . . .