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sefa

(n.)
Grammar
sefa, an ; m.
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Weá biþ in móde, siofa synnum fáh, Frag. Kmbl. 28 ; Leás. 16. Módcræfte séc þurh sefan snyttro, Exon. Th. 28, 5 ; Cri. 442. Sécan sefan ge*-*hygdum, Cd. Th. 219, 4 ; Dan. 49. Sefan sídne geþanc, 249, 26 ; Dan. 536. Sefan (seofan, MS.

Linked entries: seofa siofa

ge-dón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dón, ic -dó, ðú -dést, he -déþ, pl. -dóþ; p. -dyde, pl. -dydon; pp. dén, -dón

To domakeputcauseeffectreach a placefacere

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Gedó dé hálne salvum te fac, Lk. Bos. 23, 37 : 8, 48. Ðæt gefeoht wæs gedón mid micelre geornfulnesse the battle was fought [done] with much earnestness, Ors. 3; 9; Bos. 64, 45. Ðæt hit gedón wǽre that it was done, Andr. Kmbl. 1530; An. 766.

gár

a weapon with a pointed headan arrowthe heada wedge-shaped piece of land.

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Mé on beáme beornas sticedon gárum, Sat. 511. either (2) or (3) Daroð sceal on handa, gár golde fáh, Gn. C. 22. Sceal gár wesan monig mundum bewunden, hæfen on handa, B. 3021. Gáras stódon ætgædere, æscholt ufan grǽg, B. 328.

DÆL

(n.)
Grammar
DÆL, gen. dæles; dat. dæle; pl. nom. acc. dalu, dalo; n. A

DALE, den. gulf vallis, barathrum

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On ðæt deópe dæl deófol gefeallaþ devils shall fall into the deep gulf, Exon. 30 b; Th. 93, 26; Cri. 1532

weornian

(v.)
Grammar
weornian, p. ode
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To wither, fade, pine away Ic eom hége gelíc ðam ðe hraðe weornaþ, ðonne hit byð ámówen, Ps. Th. 101, 4, 9. Ða blóstman blówaþ ðonne óþre wyrta scrincaþ and weorniaþ, Lchdm. i. 204, 13. Ic weornede tabescebam, Ps. Spl. 118, 158.

ymbren-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
ymbren-fæsten, es; n.
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The fast of the Ember-days Ðæt man ǽlc beboden fæsten healde, sí hit ymbrenfæsten, sí hit lengctenfæsten, L. C. E. 16; Th. i. 368, 22. Ðæt ymbrenfæsten byð on ðissum mónþe ( December ), Anglia viii. 311, 39.

ge-dryhtu

(n.)
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; pl. ge-dryhtu What is suffered, fortune, fate (cf. dreógan) Gedrihtu elementa, i. fortune ł sidera (the passage is: Cum figura mundi in ictu evanuerit, et enormia creaturarum elementa in melius commntata claruerint, Ald. 32, 34.

heáh-fore

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-fore, e; f.

A heiferjuvencajuvenca

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A heifer Heáhfore annicula vel vaccula: fæt heáh-fore altilium, Ælfc. Gl. 22; Som. 59, 85, 93; Wrt. Voc. 23, 44. 50. Heáhfru altile, Wrt. Voc. 287, 55. Eálond hwítre heáhfore insula vitulæ albæ, Bd. 4, 4; S. 570, 41.

Linked entries: héffere héh-faro

weall

(n.)
Grammar
weall, es; m.

a wall that is made, wall of a building, of a town, side of a cave a natural wall a steep hill a cliff.

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Hwó sie ina fan énumu kliƀe wurpin, oƀar enna berges wal, Hél. 2676. Fan themu walle niðar werpan, 2684. Sie an hóhan wal stigun, stén endi berg, 3117) Munt is hine ymbútan, geáp gylden weal, Salm. Kmbl. 511; Sal. 256.

ge-wyrht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrht, es; n.

Workdeedmeritdesert

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Work, deed, merit, desert Deág ðín gewyrhtu if thy deeds are good, Exon. 80 a; Th. 300, 11: . 4. Ða heálícan gewyrhto Sancte Iohannes the exalted deeds of St. John, Blickl. Homl. 167, 5.

Linked entries: ge-weorht ge-wriht

swylt

(n.)
Grammar
swylt, es; m.
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Th. 283, 5; Jul. 675: 477, 19; Ruin. 27. of the second death, the perdition of the soul Hí leahtrum , lége gebundne, swylt þrowiaþ . . . ðæt is éce cwealm, Exon. Th. 94, 14; Cri. 1540

Linked entry: swilt

ge-grétan

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Hé gegrétte hindeman síðe swǽse gesíðas, 2516: . 15. Nó hé mid hearme gæst gegrétte, æc cwæð þæt wilcuman Wedera leóde fóron, B. 1893. Gegrétte salutavit, Lk. L. R. 1, 40.

æf-ést

(n.)
Grammar
æf-ést, l. æf-est(-æst, -ist), æfst, æfstu; m. f.

zeal

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Æfeste ánforlǽtan, Gú. 158 : . 36. Æfest invidiam Mt. p. I, 10. Þurh æfeste (æfist, L.) Mt. R. 27, 18 : Mk. R. 15, 10. Níð and æfesta odium et invidiae Ll. Th. ii. 174, 32.

a-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sceótan, he -scýt, -scýtt; p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; pp. -scoten [a, sceótan to shoot]

To shoot forthshootshoot outfalljacularicum impetu erumpere

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To shoot forth, shoot, shoot out, fall; jaculari, cum impetu erumpere Hie ne mehton from him nǽnne flán asceótan they could not shoot an arrow from them, Ors. 6, 36; Bos. 132, 8.

Linked entry: a-scuton

be-reáfian

(v.)
Grammar
be-reáfian, bi-reáfian, -reáfigean, ic -reáfige; p. -reáfode; pp. -reáfod; v. a.

To BEREAVEseizespoiltake awayeriperespoliareprivare

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Hú mæg man hys fata hyne bereáfian quomodo potest quisquam vasa ejus diripere? Mt. Bos. 12, 29 : Mk. Bos. 3, 27.

burh-loca

(n.)
Grammar
burh-loca, burg-loca, an; m.
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He nǽnige forlét under burglocan bendum fæstne he left not one under the city-barriers fast in bonds, Andr. Kmbl. 2075; An. 1040: 1879; An. 942

Linked entry: burg-loca

be-wendan

(v.)

round

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S. 37, 180. to turn the face to or from an object, reflexive þ á bewende Nero hine tó Paulum, Hml. Th. i. 378, 8. intrans.

ge-sígan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sígan, p. -sáh, pl. -sigon; pp. -sigen [sígan to sink]

To sinkfallset as the suncaderelabioccĭdĕre ut sol

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To sink, fall, set as the sun; cadere, labi, occĭdĕre ut sol Ǽr heó [sunne] fullíce gesígan onginne before it [the sun] begin fully to sink, Herb. 19, 5; Lchdm. i. 112, 21.

be-féran

(v.)

to go aboutfrom place to place,to come uponovertakecatch To getfall among to pass by

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To get, fall among :-- Hé befoerde ł becuom on ðá ðeáfas incidit in latrones, Lk. L. 10, 30. to pass by Ðára naman ic beférde (praeterii), Lch. i. lxxii, 11

mán

(n.)
Grammar
mán, es; n.

A bad, shameful actiona crimecrimeguiltwickedness

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Máne fáh stained with crime, 1960; B. 978. Mán nequitiam, Ps. Spl. 72, 8 : Ps. Th. 140, 4. Tó ðam ilcan men ( Achan) ðe ðæt mán (taking of the forbidden spoil ) gefremode, Jos. 7, 17 : Cd. 10; Th. 12, 22; Gen. 189. Ne swera ðú mán (cf. O.

Linked entry: mán-áþ