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þurh-scríþan

(v.)

to pass through ⬩ glide through ⬩ to go through a subject ⬩ examine ⬩ consider ⬩ perlustrare

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our Lord's nature according to the flesh ), ne on him gelýfan swylce hé sý ánfeald man búton his godcundnysse, ac wé sceolon gelýfan ðæt hé ys sóð man and sóðlíce God, Anglia viii. 324, 1

ge-fǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fǽtan, p. -te

To pack up ⬩ convasare

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To pack up; convasare Ðæt gold hí gefætaþ on ða myran the gold they pack on the mares, Nar. 35, 12

Linked entry: fǽtan

on-secgan

(v.)

to sacrifice, offer ⬩ to deny, renounce, abjure

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Ne yld ðú ðæt ðú ðám myclan godum mid ús onsecge diis magnis sacrificare ne differas, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 36. Se ðe godgeldum onsæcge ofer God ánne, L. Alf. 32; Th. i. 52, 12. Gif ðú onsecgan nelt sóðum godum, Exon. Th. 253, 3; Jul. 174.

hreówsung

(n.)
Grammar
hreówsung, e; f.

Sorrowing ⬩ sorrow ⬩ penitence ⬩ repentance

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Se apostol bebeád ðæt hí þrítig daga be hreówsunge dǽdbétende Gode geoffrodon the apostle ordered that they for thirty days with penitence should offer to God doing penance, Homl. Th. i. 68, 17.

fore-mǽre

Grammar
fore-mǽre, , for-mǽre.
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Ꝥ wæs swíðe foremǽre man for Gode, and his gód wæs swíðe gecýðed, Bl. H. 217, 2. Þus heálices and ðus foremǽres úres mundboran láre folgian, 169, 17. Ꝥ mycele and ꝥ foremǽre bearn, Lch. iii. 428, 21. Wítgan myccle and foremǽre, Bl. H. 161, 13.

ge-miltsian

(v.)
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Rdr. 24, ii. to make mild Gemiltsa þín mód mé tó góde, sile þíne áre þínum earminge, Hy. 2, 2

hord-ern

(n.)
Grammar
hord-ern, -ærn,es; n.

A store-house, store-room, treasury

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Hé is gód hordern on tó scǽwiene it is a good day for examining a storeroom, Lchdm. iii. 180, 6. Heora hordernu wǽron mid monigfealdum wlencum gefylde their storehouses were filled with manifold riches, Blickl. Homl. 99, 16. Hordærna sum, Beo.

freónd-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
freónd-rǽden, -rǽdden, -rǽdenn, e; f.

A friend-condition ⬩ friendship ⬩ amīcĭtia

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God gefégþ mid freóndrǽdenne folc togædere God joins people together with friendship, Bt. 21; Fox 74. 37

hú-meta

(adv.)
Grammar
hú-meta, adv.

How ⬩ quomodo

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Nú is tó besceáwigenne húmeta se ælmihtiga God geþafaþ ðæt ... now it is to be considered how it is that the almighty God permits that ..., 486, 17.

Linked entry: hú

ge-fultuman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fultuman, -fultumian, -fultmian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To help ⬩ assist ⬩ help to ⬩ supply

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Of ðem ærfe ðe me God forgef and míne friónd to gefultemedan of the inheritance that God gave me and my friends helped me to, Th. An. 127, 21 : 24. Búton him seó sóþe hreów gefultmige unless true penitence succour them, Blickl.

ge-lýfed

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-lýfed, part. p. [pp. of ge-lýfan to believe]

One who believed, faithful ⬩ religiosus, fidus, fidelis

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Wæs sum cyning gelýfed swíðe on God there was a king firmly believing on God, Swt. Rdr. 95, 2 : H. R. 101, 13. Hie wurdan hraðe gelýfde they immediately believed, Blickl. Homl. 155, 5.

Linked entry: ge-léfed

hold

(adj.)
Grammar
hold, adj.

Kind, ⬩ friendly, ⬩ pleasant, ⬩ favourable, ⬩ gracious [of a prince to his subject], ⬩ faithful, ⬩ loyal, ⬩ devoted, ⬩ liege [of a subject to his prince]

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Ðonne biþ se holda þeówa geset ofer manegum gódum then will the faithful servant be set over many goods, Homl. Th. ii. 552, 23. Ic wille beón N. hold and getríwe I will be faithful and true to N., L.

a-dón

(v.)
Grammar
a-dón, p. -dyde; impert. -dó; v. a.

To take away ⬩ remove ⬩ banish ⬩ tollere ⬩ ejicere

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Ðæt hý God ðanon adó to heora ágnum lande that God will bring them thence to their own land, Ors. 3, 5; Bos. 56, 37. Adó ða buteran remove the butter, L. M. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 86, 22. Adó of ða buteran take off the butter, 86, 19.

Linked entry: a-dydest

drinca

(n.)
Grammar
drinca, an; m: drince, an; f. [drinc drink]

Drink ⬩ potus

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He bæd God ðæt he him asende drincan he prayed God to send him drink, Jud. 15, 18. Drince mylsce drincan sió gebét ða biternesse let him drink a mulled drink which will amend the bitterness, L. M. 1, 42; Lchdm. ii. 108, 2

eác

(prep.)
Grammar
eác, prep.
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Ðæt is nú þæs líchoman gód, ꝥ mon sié fæger and strang ... and manegu óþru gód tó eác þǽm (eác þǽm, v. l.), Bt. 34, 6; F. 140, 32. ¶ eác þǽm (þon) besides, moreover :-- Aec ðon quin etiam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 54. Eác þon ceterum, Nar. 9, 14.

ge-sibsumian

(v.)
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Ná gesibsumað God mænigfeald gebedes spǽc non conciliat Deum multiplex orationis sermo, 35, 13. Lóca hwylc crísten man sý ungesibsum, man áh on þám dæge hine tó gesibsumianne, Wlfst. 295, 5.

Linked entry: friþsumian

hǽs

(n.)
Grammar
hǽs, e; f.

A command, hest, behest

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Gehír God mín gebed exaudi Deus orationem meam. On ðysum is gebed and ná hǽs hear my prayer, O God. In this there is a prayer, not a command, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 52 : Cd. 6; Th. 8, 14; Gen. 124.

Linked entry: be-hǽs

sige-dryhten

(n.)
Grammar
sige-dryhten, es; m.

A victorious lord

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Ðú eart selfa sigedrihten God, Met. 20, 260. Ðonc secgan sigedryhtne, ðæs ðe hé hine sylfne ús sendan wolde, Exon. Th. 9, 1; Cri. 128: Andr. Kmbl. 1753; An. 879. Sigedrihten, mihtigne God, Cd. Th. 33, 21; Gen. 523: 48, 20; Gen. 778

ge-cyrran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cyrran, p. de; pp. ed.

to turn ⬩ convert ⬩ vertere ⬩ convertere ⬩ to turn [one's self] ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ verti ⬩ reverti ⬩ ire

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Homl. 85, 24; 57, 30; 59, 13. to turn [one's self], go, return; verti, reverti, ire Ic wille ðæt he libbe and to Gode gecyrran I will that he live and turn to God, Blickl. Homl. 97, 34; 101, 15. Gecyrraþ to me ðonne gecyrre ic to eów.

ge-siht

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Godes gesyhða behealdað ǽgðer ge góde ge yfele oculi Domini spectilantur bonos et malos, R. Ben. 25, 13. God ðá hǽðenan ðeóda ætforan heora gesihðum ádwǽscte, Hml. Th. i. 46, 20. Gesiþþe uisus (mortalium uisus aufugiunt), An.