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ge-openian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-openian, -openigean; p. ode; pp. od, ad.

To open, manifest, shew, revealTo open

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Geopena ongeán me lífes geat open to me the gate of life, 76, 3. Ðæt he geopenige that he shew, Past. 21; Swt. 159, 24; Hat. MS. God hine onwrýhþ ðeáh ðe wit hine ne geopenian God will reveal it though we two do not make it manifest, Blickl.

Linked entry: openian

tiber

(n.)
Grammar
tiber, tifer, es; n.
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Ic on ðín hús gange and ðǽr tídum ðé tifer onsecge . . . Ðás ic mid múðe aspræc . . . ðæt ic ðé on tifrum forgulde ealle ða gehát ðe ic mid mínum welerum tódǽlde introibo in domum tuam in holocaustis . . .

Linked entries: teofrian tifer

tíd

Grammar
tíd, <b>. I a.</b>
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Ic on Þín hús hálig gange, and þǽr tídum þé tifer onsecge, Ps. Th. 65, 12. <b>I a α.</b> a favourable occasion or period for a person :-- Swá mon on ealdum bigspellum cwyð, ꝥ hwílum beó esnes tíd, hwílum óðres. Prov. K. 31. <b>I c.

DEÁF

(adj.)
Grammar
DEÁF, adj.

DEAFsurdus

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Eálá deáfa and dumba gást surde et mute spīrĭtus, Mk. Bos 9, 25. Deáfe gehýraþ surdi audiunt, Mt. Bos. 11, 5: Mk. Bos. 7, 37: Lk. Bos. 7, 22: Andr. Kmbl. 1154; An. 577.

Linked entry: a-deáf

land-ríca

(n.)
Grammar
land-ríca, an; m.

a land-lord

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Hé ðeáh gange ðam landrícan tó ordále, 4; Th. i. 294, 20. Healf landrícan, healf cinges geréfan binnan port, 7; Th. i. 296, 8. Gylde ðam cyninge oððe landrícan, L. C. S. 37; Th. i. 348, 13. Healf Criste and healf landrícan, L. N. P.

Linked entry: heáh-landríca

miltan

(v.)
Grammar
miltan, mieltan, meltan; p. te.

To meltto digestto refine by meltingTo meltbecome liquid

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M. 2, 27; Lchdm. ii. 220, 22-28. to refine by melting Ðæm ðe his gást wile meltan (MS. B. miltan) wið morðre ásceádan of scyldum by him who will refine his spirit from the dross of crime, separate it from sins, Salm. Kmbl. 111; Sal. 55.

Linked entries: mealt myltan sám-milt

ge-hnǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hnǽgan, -hnǽgean, -hnégan; p. -hnǽgde, -hnǽde; pp. -hnǽged, -hnǽgd; v. trans.

To bend downhumblecast downsubduedeclīnārehŭmĭliāredejĭcĕresubĭgĕre

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He gehnǽgde helle gást he subdued the spirit of hell, Beo. Th. 2552; B. 1274 : Andr. Kmbl. 2383; An. 1193. Mín Drihten ðé gehnǽde in helle my Lord hash trodden thee down in hell, Blickl. Homl. 241, 5.

swǽslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
swǽslíce, adv.
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properly. v. swǽs, Wé andettaþ swǽslíce and sóþlíce Fæder and Sunu and Háligne Gást confitemur proprie et veraciter Patrem et Filium et Spiritum Sanctum Bd. 4, 17; S. 585, 36. of persons, kindly, in a gracious, friendly manner, blandly; of things, agreeably

un-rihtwís

(adj.)
Grammar
un-rihtwís, adj.

Unrighteousunjustevil

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Se áwyrgda gást is heáfod ealra unrihtwísra dǽda, swylce unrihtwíse syndon deófles leomo, Blickl. Homl. 33, 7. Hé wæs mid unrihtwísum (-rehtuísum, Lind.: -rehtwísum, Rush. iniquis ) geteald, Mk. Skt. 15, 28.

Linked entry: riht-wís

fóre-stihtod

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-stihtod, fore-stihtan; p. te; pp. -stiht, -stihted; -stihtian; p. ode; pp. od

predestine

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Mannes sunu gǽð æfter þám ðe him forestihtud wæs filius hominis secundum quod definitum est uadit, Lk. 22, 22. Forestihtod, Guth. 10, 12. Tó hwylcum sýn ende forestihtude (predestinati), Scint. 227, 7. Forestihtode, Gr. D. 54, 17: Hml. S. 30, 134.

lengu

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</b> of space relations, (i) cf. lang; 2 Tó ðon ꝥ him nǽre ná álýfed furður tó gánne þonne swá swá þǽre racenteáge længe (leng, v. l.) áþened wæs ne ei ultra liceret progredi, quam catenae ejusdem quantitas tendebatur, Gr. D. 214, 8.

onettan

Grammar
onettan, l. ónettan, and in 1. 26 for 1529
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Þyder gást rǽdendes ónyt (tendit), Scint. 219, 4. Mænige tó dǽdbóte gehwyrfan ónyttað (contendant), 115, 4. Cyning forð ónette the king pressed on, Hö. 41 : Vald. 2, 10.

of-sceótan

(v.)

to wound or kill by shooting an arrow or by hurling a weaponelf-shot, diseased from an elf&#39;s shot, Lchdm. ii. 156, 25: 290, 21. The disease consists in an over-distension of an animal&#39;s stomach from the swelling up of clover and grass, when eaten with the morning dew on it.

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Hǽþcyn his mǽg ofscét blódigan gáre. Beo. Th. 4870; B. 2439. Hé hiene ne meahte ofsceótan mid ðæm bismere quem commovere in ipsa contumeliarum jaculatione non potuit Past. 33, 7; Swt. 227, 9. Hé mid geǽttrode fláne hine ofsceótan wolde, Homl.

wilm

(n.)
Grammar
wilm, wielm, welm, wælm, wylm, es; m.

that which wellsof fluida fountstreamwater that surges or boilsthat moves in wavesof firesurgingfireflamesheatfervent heatfiery heatboilingroastinginflammationviolent movementviolenceragingtempestuous movement of water of mental emotionfervourardourheatfuryragepassion

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Gán ofer flódes wylm to go over the tossing waves of the sea Andr. Kmbl. 734 ; An. 367. Ofer ýða wylm, 1726; An. 865. Hí stæðe wícedon ymb ðæs wæteres wylm (by the surge of the sea), Elen. Kmbl. 77; El. 39.

Linked entries: wielm wælm welm

hider

to this worldto this lifein this worldto this pointhither and thitherto and fro

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hé hider tó mé jungatur mihi. Past. 383, 1. where a verb of motion is implied Hé hine sóna hider lǽt, Mk. ii. 3. Hé ástyrað þis folc lǽrende þurh ealle Júdéam ágynnende of Galiléa oð hyder (usque huc). Lk. 23, 5.

Linked entry: hider-cyme

flítan

to striveto striveto strivequarrelsomecontentiousto disputearguelay blame on

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D. 18, 6. to strive as a competitor Ðá hálsade ic ꝥ mé wǽre lýfnes seald tó ærnenne and tó flítanne mid him obsecrans ut mihi certandi cum illis copia daretur, Bd. 5, 6; S. 575, 19, to strive after, strive to gain Ðá ðe hira gód sellað . . . ðá ðe flietað

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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Sometimes the accented or long á is represented in English by oa; as Ác an oak, gád a goad, lád load, rád road, brád broad, fám foam, lám loam, sápe soap, ár oar, bár boar, hár hoar, bát boat, gát goat, áta oat, áþ oath, láþ loath.

ge-hátan

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(cc) with infin. alone :-- Gehéht gán ofer streám jussit ire trans fretum, Mt. L. 8, 18. with acc. and dat. infin. cf. e.

fore

beforein front ofat the head ofbeforeforfromthroughbecause ofon account offorfromthroughin place ofinstead offor the sake ofon behalf ofto the honour ofofaboutbeforeinto the presence of

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Take here fóre (l. fore), and add: with dat. or uncertain. local, before, in front of Gif him wan fore wolcen hangað (cf. þonne sweartan wolcnu him beforan gáþ, Bt. 6: F. 14, 22), Met. 5, 4.

heáp

a bandcompanythe clergya choiran armya hosta troopcompanya crewa collectionin companytogether

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Of þám heápe fleág giellende gár, Víd. 127: Exod. 192. a division of an army, a troop, company: Heáp cuneus (cf. cuneus getrimmed féða, i. 18, 31), Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 24 Heápum maniplis (v. Ald. 191, 6), 95, 12; 54, 51.