cyst
choice, election ⬩ optio, electio ⬩ æstimatio ⬩ excellence, virtue, munificence, goodness ⬩ præstantia, virtus, largitas, bonitas
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Him gewát Abraham eástan eágum wlítan on landa [MS. lande] cyst Abraham departed from the east to look with his eyes on what is chosen of lands [Canaan ], Cd. 86; Th. 107, 26; Gen. 1795.
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teóða
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Ðæs hereteámes ealles teóðan sceat Abraham sealde Godes bisceope, Cd. Th. 128, 5; Gen. 2122. Ðone téþan (teóþan, Bd. M.) dǽl, Bd. 4, 29; S. 608, 18. Ðíne teóðan sceattas ágyf ðú Gode, L.
on-sund
of persons, sound, whole, uninjured ⬩ of things, sound, entire, perfect, without flaw or injury
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Ábeád ðæt hié hine ealles onsundne eft gebrohten of ðære folcsceare the king ordered that Abraham should be brought again out of Egypt safe and sound, Cd. Th. 112, 15; Gen. 1871. Hé áléde his tunecan uppon ðám deádum, and hí ansunde árison, Homl.
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cýþþu
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Abraham . . . tó Gode cýððe hæfde (cf. Abraham was called the friend of God, James 2, 23), 190, 12. Máran cýððe habbað englas tó Gode þonne men, i. 10, 3: ii. 112, 29. Þá hǽðenan náne cýððe tó Gode næfdon, i. 396, 28. Cíððe, 25.
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DRÍFAN
DRIVE, force, pursue ⬩ pellĕre, mināre, impellĕre, persĕqui ⬩ To drive, rush with violence ⬩ ruĕre
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Abraham dráf dreorig-mód tú of earde Abraham drove the two sad of mind from his dwelling, Cd. 134; Th. 169, 23; Gen. 2804. Ne eart ðú se sylfa God, ðe us swá drife nonne tu, Deus, qui repŭlisti nos? Ps. Th. 59, 9.
æðele
noble ⬩ eminent, not only in blood or by descent, but in mind ⬩ excellent ⬩ famous ⬩ singular ⬩ nobilis ⬩ generosus ⬩ præstabilis ⬩ egregius ⬩ excellens ⬩ noble ⬩ vigorous ⬩ young ⬩ nobilis ⬩ novellus
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He sægde Habraharne, æðeles geþingu he told to Abraham the promises of the noble, Andr. Kmbl. 1512; An. 757. Æðelan cynnes of noble race, Cd. 154; Th. 192, 6; Exod. 227. Æðelre gebyrde of noble birth, Bd. 2,15; S. 518, 37.
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under-niman
to take surreptitiously ⬩ to steal ⬩ to take into the mind ⬩ receive what is said, taught ⬩ to take upon one's self ⬩ to blame ⬩ resent
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Abraham undernam hefiglíce ðás word dure accepit hoc, Gen. 21, 11. Ðis sind ðæra apostola word, undernimaþ hí mid carfullum móde, Homl. Th. i. 236, 4: H. R. 7, 29. Ne underfóð ealle menn ðis word ...
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treówþ
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Ic gemunde mínra treówða ðe ic Abrahame behét recordatus sum pacti mei, Ex. 6, 5. Gif gé míne treówða gehealdaþ si eustodieritis pactum meum, 19, 5
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hyht
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Hé (Abraham) forð gebád langsumne hiht (cf. fide obtulit Abraham Isaac, Heb. ll, 17), Exod. 405. <b>II a.</b> where object of trust is given :-- Byð his heorte gearo hyhte tó Drihtne paratum cor ejus sperare in Domino, Ps. Th. 111, 7.
fæþm
a bosom ⬩ lap ⬩ the fore-arm ⬩ a cubit ⬩ arms ⬩ bosom ⬩ a fathom ⬩ fist
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(embracing) arms, bosom Sceal beón seó góde sáwel on Abrahames fæðmum oð dómes dæg, Wlfst. 238, 7: Ps. 188. the distance covered by the arms outstretched, a fathom Faeðm vel twégen stridi passus, Wrt.
ge-réfa
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Nys nánum mæssepreóste Slýfed, ne diácone, hi gerefan (praefecti) beón, ne wícneras (procuratores), ii. 198, 21. not English Damascus wæs Abrahames gerefan (procura-toris ) sunu, Angl. vii. 44, 425.
be-lífan
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Add: to remain, not to move from a place Abraham beláf þǽr, Gen. 21, 32: Chr. 1018; P. 155, 13. Seó scipfyrd beláf the fleet did not move, 1052; P. 177, 23. xl. scypa belifon mid þam cynge, 1018; P. 154, 14. Him twá mǽgða belifon, Hml.
hleóþrian
To make a sound ⬩ to sound ⬩ resound ⬩ To speak words
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To speak words Þǽra worda gemyndig þe hé hleóðrade tó Abrahame, Ps. Th. 104, 37
ge-sécan
to seek, inquire, ask for ⬩ quærere, requirere, inquirere ⬩ to seek, go to, approach, look for, visit, come to ⬩ adire, ire vel proficisci, aliquo vel ad aliquem, visitare, venire, pervenire aliquo ⬩ to seek with hostile intention, to persecute, afflict, invade ⬩ hostiliter aggredi, invadere, corripere ⬩ to seek; go to, visit ⬩ ire, proficisci ⬩ to appoint, dispose, beset ⬩ exigere, disponere
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Ðæt he mid áþsware to Abrahame, and to Isaac, eác gesóhte quod disposuit ad Abraham, et juramenti sui ad Isaac, Ps. Th. 104, 9. Synne gesóhte beset with sin, Exon. 74 b; Th. 280, 4; Jul. 624
fóre-stihtod
predestine
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God ǽr forestihtode (praedestinaverat) ꝥ hé Abrahames sǽd wolde gemanifealdigan . . . þus wæs forestihtod seó manigfealdnys, Gr. D. 55, 15-24. Forestiht tó ðám écum deáðe, Hml. Th. ii. 232, 32. Forestiht cwyde prefinu (prefinitam?)
manig
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Add Nóes and Abrahames and mæniges óðres word beóð ofergytene, Wlfst. 3, 38. Monegum men gescrincað his fét tó his homme, Lch. ii. 68, 2. Bútan hergiungum þe gewurdon an monigre þeóde, Ors. 3, 9; S. 128, 26.
ge-fyrn
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God behét gefyrn worulde Abrahame, Hml. Th. ii. 12, 23. Hé wæs gefyrn worulde, and swíþe fela geara synd nú ágáne syððan hé gewát of þysan lífe, Hml. S. 23, 727. Swá Sedulus iú gefyrn giddode, Angl. viii. 332, 16
MǼG
A relative ⬩ kinsman
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Abrahame, mǽge Lothes, Cd. 141; Th. 177, 2; Gen. 2923. Cénwalh gesalde Cúþréde his mǽge ( fratrueli ), Chr. 648; Erl. 26, 15. Ne bysmra ðú ðínne mǽg non facies calumniam proximo tuo, Lev. 19, 13.
ge-ceósan
To elect ⬩ choose ⬩ decide ⬩ prove ⬩ approve ⬩ eligere ⬩ præeligere ⬩ seligere ⬩ asciscere ⬩ petere ⬩ nancisci
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Ðá Abraham gewát Drihtne gecoren then Abraham, the chosen of the Lord, departed, Cd. 86; Th. 109, 5; Gen. 1818 : 179; Th. 225, 7; Dan. 150 : 212 ; Th. 261, 35; Dan. 736 : Andr. Kmbl. 647; An. 324 : Exon. 108 a; Th. 413. 23; Rä. 32, 10.
heofon-ríce
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Spræc heofonríces weard tó Abrahame, ece Drihten, Gen. 1744: Exod. 485: Dan. 12: An. 52: Jul. 212: G5. 583: El. 197. Fæder mancynnes, . . . God lifigende . . . hiofenríces weard. Ps. C. 113: Hy. 8, 2. Wnldres cyning, heofonríces helm, Cri. 566.