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á-bútan

(prep.; adv.)
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Ðú tǽcst folce gemǽro ábútan ðone munt constitues terminos populo per circuitum Ex. 19, 12. motion outside His scipu wendon út ábúton Legeceastre, Chr. 1000; P. 133, 14.

ge-hleótan

(v.)
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Se eádiga Matheus gehleát tó Marmadonia (cf. þám ( Matthew ) God hlýt geteóde út on þæt ígland, An. 14), Bl. H. 229, 6

ge-nóg

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-nóg, adv.
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Add: with verb, abundantly, sufficiently Geseah ic balzamum þæs betstan stences genóh of þǽm treówum út weallan video opobalsamum cum optimo odore omnibus undique arborum ramis habundantissime manans, Nar. 27, 22.

ge-þryccan

(v.)
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Ðá eáðmódan bióð oft geðrycte mid ðǽre synne ðæs eges, ðonne hié ne durron unðeáwas tǽlan humiles, ut perversa non increpent, sub specie humilitatis premit culpa formidinis, 302, 7. to express Wé geðryhton (printed -dryhton) ł wé áuritton expressimus

hreóf

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Seó fágung wæs tóbrǽded geond eallne his líchaman, ꝥ hé wæs geþúht swylce hé hreóf wǽre ita ut diffusa in corpore ejus varietas leprae morem imitari videretur, Gr. D. 159, 2.

hwílwend-lic

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</b> physical, not spiritual and eternal :-- Hit gedafenode Godes weorcum ꝥ se ælmihtiga, sé þe is éce leóht, ǽrest ꝥ hwílwendlice leóht geworhte congruit operibus Dei, ut a luce aeterna lux temporalis primo fieret Angl. vii. 18, 159

weg

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weg, <b>. Ia.</b>
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add: means of access Ðý lǽs sió úpáhæfenes him weorðe tó wege micelre scylde ne elatio via fiat ad foveam gravioris culpae, Past. 439, ii. add: [weg seems contrasted with pæþ, and with here-strǽt, -pæþ Of þám wege út æt norðgæte, on þone smalan pæþ

wác-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
wác-mód, adj.

of weak dispositionmorally weakfaintheartedpusillanimous

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Sý fultum geseald ðám wácmódum and ðám unstrangum, ðæt hí mid unrótnesse ða hýrsumnesse ne dón imbecillibus procurentur solacia, ut non cum tristitia hoc faciant, 58, 17.

smale

(adv.)
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smale, smæle; adv.

finely not loudly

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Ic hí tódǽlde swá smæle and swá swá dust beforan winde comminuam eos ut pulverem ante faciem venti Ps. Th. 17, 40. Ðæs dustes smæle gecnucudes Lchdm. i. 286, 2. Gegníd smæle on mortere ii. 60, 1. Gebeát smæle 88, 5.

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hold-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hold-líce, adv.

Graciously, with kindness or friendliness, with devotion or attachment, faithfully, loyally

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Ðæt Drihtne ful holdlíce hýran ut serviant Domino, Ps. Th. 101, 20

tótian

(v.)
Grammar
tótian, p. ode

To peep outlook

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To peep out, look; Halliwell gives toot= to pry inquisitively, as a Northern word Se ceác oferhelede ða oxan ealle búton ða heáfudu tótodon út the basin covered the oxen entirely, except that the heads peeped out; luterem boves portant, qui facie exterius

æftera

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
æftera, æftra; adj. compar. of æfter,—

Hindernextsecondposteriorsequensaltersecundus

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Seó æftre, i.e. eá, Ethiopia land belígeþ úton the next river encompasses the country of Ethiopia, Cd. 12 ; Th. 15, 4; Gen. 228.

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belg

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Tóbersteþ þá belgas ( utres ) and þá belgas tó lore weorðaþ. Mt. R. 9, 17. bellows Swégincga bláwendra byliga (follium), Coll. M. 31, 7.

geaflas

(n.)
Grammar
geaflas, pl. m.

The jawsfauces

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Ðæt nebb lixeþ swá glæs oððe gim, geaflas scýne innan and útan the beak [of the Phoenix] glitters like glass or gem, the jaws comely within and without, Exon. 60 a; Th. 219, 1; Ph. 300.

wan-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
wan-sceaft, e; -sceafte(-a; m.?), an ; f.
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Láð biþ ǽghwǽr fore his wonsceaftum wineleás hæle, 329, 10 ; Vy. 32. some form of disease Hú mon sceal ða wǽtan and wonsceafta (ða wonsceaftan in the section, 246, 6, where no other malady than ða wǽtan is referred to except ða áheardodan swilas) útan

hraðe

(adv.)
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hraðe, hræðe, hreðe; adv.

Quicklyimmediatelyat oncesoonforthwithstraightway

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Hí hogedon hú hí unriht hraðost ácwǽdon they considered how soonest they might utter iniquity, Ps. Th. 72, 6. Swá hwilc swá gearo wearþ hraðost whosoever was soonest ready, Chr. 755; Erl. 51, 3.

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weald

(n.)
Grammar
weald, es; m.

High land covered with woodwoodforest.

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'Uton gán on ðysne weald, innan on dísses holtes hleó. ' Hwurfon hié . . . on ðone grénan weald, Cd. Th. 52, 6-10; Gen. 839-41. Ðæt is wynsum wong, wealdas gréne, rúme under roderum, Exon. Th. 198, 21; Ph. 13.

rúm

(adj.)
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rúm, adj.

roomy, spacious, ample, extensive roomy, open, unencumbered. long, extended ample, great, liberalunrestricted, clear, free from conditionslaxample, far-reachingliberal.great, noble, august

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Hié úte wilniaþ ðara rúmena wega ðisse worulde causarum secularium foras lata itinera expetunt, Past. 18, 4; Swt. 135, 6. Sóhton rúmre land, Cd. Th. 99, 25; Gen. 1651.

eardung-stów

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Uton gebeorgan ús wið swilce eardungstówe ( hell ), Wlfst. 141, 27: 147, 10. Eardungstówe tabernaculum, Ps. L. 18, 6. Hé him sylfum þár ( Canterbury ) eardungstówe sette and his æfterfiligendum eallan, Chr. 995; P. 128, 39.

be-faran

(v.)
Grammar
be-faran, p. -fór, pl. -fóron; pp. -faran; v. trans. [be, faran to go]

To go roundto travel throughgo all overto traverseto gomarchencompassto surroundperagrarecircumvenire

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Rómáne on ungewis on án nyrewett befóran, óþ hý Somnite útan befóran the Romans marched unwittingly into a narrow pass, till the Samnites surrounded them on the outside, Ors. 3, 8; Bos. 63, 8 : Cd. 167; Th. 209, 10; Exod. 497

Linked entry: be-féran