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be-lǽfan

(v.)
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hét t

hinder

(adv.)
Grammar
hinder, adv.

Back, on the further side, behind, down

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On hinder in helle hús down into hell, Exon. 42 b; Th. 142, 23; Gú. 648

fylignes

(n.)
Grammar
fylignes, -ness, e; f.

A followingcompletingexecutingsuccessioexĕcūtio

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A following, completing, executing; successio, exĕcūtio Ðæt to gódra dǽda fylignessum he aweahte ut eos ad opĕrum bŏnōrum exĕcūtiōnem excitāret, Bd. 3, 5; S. 526, 33

Linked entry: æfter-fylignes

niþer

(adv.)
Grammar
niþer, adv.

Downbeneathbelow

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sceal má þencan up ðonne nyþer he must direct his thought upwards rather than downwards, Bt. 41, 6; Fox 254, 31

Linked entry: nieþer

ymb

(prep.)
Grammar
ymb, ymbe, umbe, embe, emban; prep.
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cýðde ymbe wolde, gif hine gemétte he shewed what he would have been about, if he had found him, Homl. Th. i. 82, 18

forþ-feran

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-feran, p. de; pp. ed.

To go forthdepartdiedecēdĕredefungimŏriexpīrāre

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To go forth, depart, die; decēdĕre, defungi, mŏri, expīrāre He ðǽr forþferan sceolde he should die there, Bd. 3, 29; S. 561, 25: 4, 11; S. 579, 29, 42. ðǽr cýddon hine forþferende quem ĭbīdem ŏbiisse narrāvĕrint, 3, 29; S. 561, 4.

ge-gremian

(v.)
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Se wísa ne wilnað ná tó hrædlíce ðǽre wræce, ðeáh gegremed sié sapiens laesus in praesens se ulcisci non desiderat, Past. 220, 15. geseah þæt wæs bepǽht, and wearð þearle gegremod, Hml.

ge-tígan

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Add: To bind one thing to another, tie up; alligare. literal Þá folan gesǽlað (getígað. v. l.) ǽr ofer þá eá faran foetus trans flumen alligatos relinquunt, Nar. 35, 11. getígde his hors ðǽr binnon, Hml. Th. ii. 136, 15.

þá

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
þá, adv. conj.
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Þá þá ( cum ) fæste feówurtig daga, þá ongan hyne syððan hingrian, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 2. Ðá ðá ealdode, þá clypode his yldestan cniht him tó, Homl. Th. ii. 234, 22 : 286, 6 : 390, 19-22.

word

(n.)
Grammar
word, es; n.

a worda single part of speechwordsa written worda worda group of wordsa sayingsentencewordsa sayingmaxima talestorya reporttidingsfamename(good) word,(good) reporta commandan orderordinancea messagean announcementwordsolemn statementpromiseoathan (expressed) intentionopinionspeechlanguagewordslanguagestylewordword of God

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wile tó his néhstan sprecan ða word ðe wénþ ðæt him leófoste sýn tó gehýrenne, and ðonne þencþ hine beswícan mæge þurh ða swétnesse ðara worda, Blickl. Homl. 55, 22. þeossa worda nán ongeotan ne mehton, 15, 13: Exon. 246, 6; Jul. 57.

stranglíce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
stranglíce, adj.
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Hire mǽtte ðæt heó hæfde sweord on handa and ðæt heó stranglíce fuhte mid ðý, Shrn. 60, 30.

mæsse-preóst

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mihte þǽre heorde þe Gode healdan sceolde nǽnige góde beón,Bl.

tíþe

(n.)
Grammar
tíþe, tíþa (-e, -a; masc.: -u, -a, -e; fem.: -a; pl.)

to obtain one's request,to have granted the request for something

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Heó ábæd æt Gode Godes willan tó ðám ðæt heó sunu hæfde, and heó sóna wæs tíðu (other MSS. tíða), Homl. Ass. 38, 357. For swá hwæne swá heó bit, heó biþ tíða simle, Homl. Skt. ii. 29, 274. Ðæt ic (a widow) beó ðæs tíðe ðe ic bidde, Homl.

Linked entries: týþa un-tygþa tíþ

sandiht

(adj.)
Grammar
sandiht, adj.

Sandy, dusty

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Sandy, dusty Hiora gemitting wæs on sondihtre dúne, ðæt hié for duste ne mehton geseón, behealdan sceolden, Ors. 5, 7; Swt. 230, 15. Of ðam stáne on ðone sandihtan hærepoþ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 453, 22

þider

(adv.)
Grammar
þider, þieder; adv.
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tó heofenum lócade, þyder his módgeþanc á geseted wæs ... tó Drihtne þyder féran sceal, 227, 17-22

Linked entry: þyder

egesian

(v.)
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Hié ofergietað ðǽre hirdelican lufan and egesiað hié and ðreátigeað mid onwalde suá suá hláfordas hos, pastoralis mansuetudinis obliti, jure dominationis terrent, Past. 145, 2.

ge-trymman

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His geleáfa hine getrymde (-trymede, v.l.) his faith gave him courage. Hml. S. 26, 15. getrymede heora geleáfan, Bl. H. 17, 8. Heora cyning mid þǽm scopleóðe heora mód getrymede, Ors. 1, 14; S. 58, 1.

under-hnígan

(v.)
Grammar
under-hnígan, p. -hnáh; pl. -hnigon; pp. -hnigen.

to descend beneathgo lower than a placeto submit to what is laborious or painfulbe subjected to evilundergo punishment

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Regolícore stýre underhníge disciplinae regulari subjaceat, R. Ben. Interl, 19, 1. Ðonne sceal underhnígan ðære steóre regollícre láre, R. Ben. 16, 4. sceoldon underhnígan nacodum swurde, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 28.

ágnian

(v.)
Grammar
ágnian, = áhnian; part. ágnigende; p. ade, ode; pp. ad, od; v. a.

To ownpossessto appropriate to himselfto prove or claim as one's ownpossiderevindicare sibi

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He ágnige hit let him prove it as his own [keep possession of it, Th.], L. C. S. 24; Th. i. 390, 10, 11: L. O. 13; Th. i. 184, 5. Swá he hit ágnode [MS. B. áhnode], swá he hit týmde as he claimed it as his own, so he advocated it, L.

Linked entries: áhnodon ægnian

ge-ceápian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ceápian, p. ode; pp. od [ceápian to bargain]

To buypurchasetradeĕmĕrenegotiari

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Gif he hit næbbe befóran gódum weotum geceápod if he have not bought it before good witnesses, L. In. 25; Th. i. 118, 14 : L. Ethb. 77; Th. i. 22, 1 : Gen. 43, 21. feolu éghwelc geceápad wére quantum quisque negotiatus esset, Lk. Skt. Rush. 19, 15