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fród

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Fród guma sægde fela geongum, Fä. 53. Ðraca sceal on hlǽwe fród, Gn. C. 27. Fugol fród, geealdad, wintrum gebysgad, Ph. 426. (1 a) with dat. or gen. of noun of time :-- Dægríme fród, Gen. 2173.

langsum

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C. 57. (2 a) where the time seems too long. prolix, tedious, wearisome Lagu byð leódum langsum geþúht, gif hí sǽýða swíðe brégað, Rún. 21. Nán mann on lífe on ðyssere langsuman worulde, Hex. 2, 11.

ryne

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Oft gedónre ýþunge se streám mid his rynum and mid his uppgange gewunode ꝥ hé tógoten wæs geond his æceras fluvius . . . saepe inundatione facta cursus sui alveum egressus per agros diffundi consueverat, Gr. D. 192, 17.

weorc

Grammar
weorc, <b>. IV.</b>
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Þá ádúne ástígað on sǽon scipum dónde weorcu (operationes) on wæterum manegum. Ps. Rdr. 106, 23. IV b. add: — Ðsér wæs cyrice geworht and getimbred wundorlices worces. Bd. i. 7 ; Sch. 27, 7.

dæg

(n.)
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Ꝥ Sc̃s Petrus on dæge folce sǽde, þonne wrát Sc̃s Marcus ꝥ on niht, Shrn. 74, 19. Gé hwyrfað niht tó dæge, Wlfst. 47, 8. Eall swá þicce is þeó heofon mid steorrum áfylled on dæg swá on niht . . .

ge-reccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-reccan, -recan, -reccean; ic -recce, ðú -reccest, -recest, he -receþ, -recþ; imp. -rece; p. -reahte, -rehte; pp. -reaht, -reht; v. trans.

to put forth, shew, relate, express, denote, explain, interpret, translateexponere, demonstrare, narrare, referre, disserere, exprimere, interpretari, reddereto set forth, extend, direct, order, rule, control, reprove, correct, subdue, reduce to subjectionexponere, extendere, dirigere, regere, corripere, corrigere, subigere, sub imperium redigere

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Sǽd heora on worulda biþ gereht semen eorum in seculum dirigetur, Ps. Spl. 101, 29. He hie gereceþ to eallum gódum he will direct them to all good, Blickl. Homl. 79, 33. Ne biþ se ofer eorþan gereaht non dirigetur super terram, Ps. Th. 139, 11.

Linked entry: ge-hræcan

mǽl

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl, mál, mél, es; n. m. (?)

a measurea marksigncrosscrucifixfixed, suitable, appointed timeseasonoccasionthe time for eatinga meal

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Ðá wæs sǽl and mǽl ðæt tó healle gang Healfdenes sunu, 2021; B. 1008. Ðá ðæs mǽles wæs mearc agongen then was the appointed time past, Cd. 83; Th. 103, 16; Gen. 1719: 224; Th. 296, 12; Sat. 501.

bysmerian

(v.)
Grammar
bysmerian, bysmrian, bismrian, bismærian, bysmorian, bysmrigan, to bismrienne, bysmrigenne; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [bismer, bysmer mockery, blasphemy]
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Hí bysmeredon hí on ðone reádan irritaverunt eos in rubrum mare, Ps. Th. 105, 8. Ongunnon hí on ðám wícum Moyses bysmrian they began to irritate Moses in the camps, 105, 14.

Finnas

(n.)
Grammar
Finnas, gen. a; pl. m.
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Finwood, between Gothland and Smöland, in the south of Sweden Ða Beówulf óþbær, flód æfter faroþe, on Finna land then the sea bore Beowulf away, the flood along the shore, on the Fins' land, Beo. Th. 1165; B. 580.

stæþ

(n.)
Grammar
stæþ, es; n.
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Treówlícre hit is be staðe tó [swim]manne, ðonne út on tó seglanne, Prov. Kmbl. 64. On geofones staðe, Cd. Th. 215, 8; Exod. 580: Exon. Th. 361, 11; Wal. 18. On Sæferne staþe, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 23.

heofon-ríce

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Wuldorcyning, heofonríces God, Jul. 239: El. 1125. of Christ Ic (Eve) ðé hálsige, heofonríces weard . . . þú fram mínre dóhtor, Drihten, onwóce, Sae. 422. Críst wæs ácenned . . Hǽlend geháten, heofonríces weard, Men. 4.

wadan

(v.)
Grammar
wadan, p. wód, pl. wódon; pp. waden

To gopassproceed.

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On wadan, 51, 22; Gen. 830. Hé lét his francan wadan þurh ðæs hysses hals, Byrht. Th. 135, 59; By. 140. with acc. of the way traversed Gé wadaþ wídlástas, Andr. Kmbl. 1353; An. 677. Hé wód (woð, MS.) geócrostne síð, Cd. Th. 254, 23; Dan. 616.

Linked entry: ge-wadan

ofer-gán

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-gán, p. -eode; pp. -gán.

to overspreadto overrun (a country, as a victorious army does), to conquerto pass a point or limitto pass a moral limit, to transgressto pass across, traverse, crossto pass, pass off or away, be over, come to an endTo be overto come upon, attack

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Hí ða Reádan ofereodon, Homl. Th. ii. 200, 27: Beo. Th. 5911; B. 2959. to pass, pass off or away, be over, come to an end Hú hrædlíce se eorþlíca hlísa ofergǽ?, Past. 59, I; Swt. 447, 30.

Linked entries: ofer-eode ofer-gangan

ge-wildan

Grammar
ge-wildan, Take here <b>ge-wyldan</b> in Dict., in which dele passage from Nar. 2, 1, and add
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On sumne sǽl gewyld þé sylfne fram unrihtwisnysse aliquando ab iniquitate compescere, Gr. D. 132, 28.

wiþer-rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-rǽde, adj.

Adversecontraryat variancehostilerebelliouscontumaciousout of harmonyrepugnantoffensivedisagreeableadversenot fitted to further the good of anythingunfavourabledisadvantageouscontraryof an opposite nature

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Ongeán ðam wíslícan rǽde, ðe of Godes ágenre gyfe cymð, se wiðerrǽda deófol (the devilish adversary ) sǽwð réceleásnesse, Wulfst. 53, 7. Wurdon wiðerrǽde se cyng and se eorl, Chr. 1104; Erl. 239, 24.

wundor-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wundor-líc, adj.

Wonderfulexciting admirationsurprise

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Ic ðé sǽde swíðe lang spell and wundorlíc, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 166, 2. Hú ða wísan sind wundorlíce, Exon. Th. 223, 14; Ph. 359. Hú his ða goodan weorc syndon wundorlíce quam terribilia sunt opera ejus, Ps. Th. 65, 2.

and

(con.)
Grammar
and, conj.
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Add: , end Aend suilcae, end suilce atqueve, Txts. 42, 98. introductory to a clause which is not preceded by one with which it can be connected Ðá cwæð Eustachius: 'And ne sǽde ic ꝥ wilde deór hí gelǽhton?', Hml.

geornlíce

(adv.)
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Seó módor sæt geornlíce hlystende hire tale, Hml. S. 30, 320. Wuton wé ꝥ geornlíce gemunan, Bl. H. 125, 3. Smeáge man geornlíce diligentissime perscrutantes, Deut. 19, 18. Geþencean wé geornlíce, Bl. H. 37, 2: 115, 5.

hærfest

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saet on þám biscopríce ealne þone sumor and þone hærfest, 1048 ; P. 172, 14. Herfest, 1006; P. 136, 16. <b>I a.</b> as s Swá nú lencten and hærfest, on lencten hit gréwð, and on hærfest hit fealwað, Bt. 21 ; F. 74, 22.

ǽmettig

Grammar
ǽmettig, ǽmetig, ǽmtig.

empty, void, vacant devoid, void of, free fromunoccupied, at leisure, exempt fromfree to dounmarried

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Martha swanc, and Maria sæt ǽmtig, Hml. Th. ii. 440, 1. Se ǽmettega (ǽmetiga, Hatt. MS.) Past. 190, 18. Ðonne hig bysega nabbon and ǽmtige synd, R. Ben. 84, 19. Swá hié ǽmettegran (ǽmetegran, Hatt.

Linked entries: ǽmetgian ǽmtig