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furþ-an

(adv.)
Grammar
furþ-an, furþ-on, furþ-um; adv. [furþ = forþ forth, furþan, furþon, furþum, forþum, dat.]

Alsotooevenindeedfurtherat firstetiamquĭdemprīmo

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He wéneþ furþon ðæt he man ne sý he even thinks that he is not man, Blickl. Homl. 179, 5. Ic furþum ongan búgan I first [prīmo] began to dwell Exon. 50 b; Th. 176, 21; Gú. 1213

Linked entry: furþum

eft-sóna

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Ne þincð mé nǽfre ꝥ hit sóð sý ꝥ þis sý Efesa byrig . . . ac ic nát eftsóna, ne ic nǽfre git nyste ꝥ ǽnig óþer byrig ús wǽre gehende búton Ephese ánre methinks it cannot be true that this is Ephesus, but again I do not know, nor ever yet did I know, that

ge-þrístlǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þrístlǽcan, p. -lǽhte, -lǽcte

To darepresumeexciteprovocare

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Kmbl. ii. 304, 26. We geþrístlǽcton provocavimus, Cot. 154

Linked entries: læþ þríst-lǽcan

eald-wita

(n.)
Grammar
eald-wita, an; m. [eald old, wita one who knows]

One old or eminent in knowledge, a priest

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One old or eminent in knowledge, a priest; þresby̆ter Presbiter is mæsse-preóst oððe eald-wita; ná ðæt ǽlc eald sý, ac ðæt he eald sý on wísdóme presbyter is the mass-priest or one eminent in knowledge; not that every one is old, but that he is old in

Linked entry: aldor-wísa

ge-þyncan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þyncan, p. -þúhte; pp. -þúht

To seemappear

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Ðonne wǽre geþúht swilce ... then it would have seemed as if..., i. 578, 3. Is me ge-þúht it seems to me, Exon. 47 b; Th. 163, 6; Gú. 989: 49 a; Th. 169, 18; Gú. 1096

a-wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wrítan, p. -wrát, pl. -writon ; pp. -writen ; v. a. [a, wrítan to engrave, write] .

to write out or downto transcribedescribecomposetranscriberedescribereconscriberecontexereto inscribeinscribereinscriptione ornareto carvedelineatedrawsculperedelineare

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Cuthbert, first in heroic metre, and after a space in prose, Bd. 5, 23 ; S. 648, 27. Eall þurh endebyrdnesse ic awrát cuncta per ordinem transcribere curavi, 5, 23; S. 648, 11.

Linked entry: a-wrát

slaga

(n.)
Grammar
slaga, an; m.
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Se slaga (cf. ðæs sleges andetta, 29; Th. i. 80, 7), L. Alf. 30; Th. i. 80, 12. The procedure in cases of homicide is given L. E. G. 13; Th. i. 174, 15 sqq. , and L. Edm. S. 7; Th. i. 250, 12 sqq. Ic monnes feorh tó slagan séce, Cd.

hwæder

(adv.)
Grammar
hwæder, hweder; adv.

Whither

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Whither: Hwæder gá ic ego quo ibo, Gen. 37, 30. Ic gesette him hwæder hé búgan sceal constituam tibi locum, in quem fugere debeat, Ex. 21, 13. Gif hé eów áxie hweder gé willon si interrogaverit 'quo vadis?' Gen. 32, 17

Linked entry: hwider

níd-bádere

(n.)
Grammar
níd-bádere, es; m.

One who exacts toll

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One who exacts toll Ic him álýfde alle nédbáde tuegra sceopa, ða ðe ðǽr ábǽdde beóþ from ðǽm nédbáderum in Lundentúnes hýðe, and nǽfre ic ne míne lástweardas ne ða nédbáderas geþrístlǽcen ðæt heó hit onwenden, Chart. Th. 29, 7-14

Linked entry: bádere

beorhtlíce

(adv.)

splendidlyclearly

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Add: splendidly Heálíce, beorhtlíce conspicue, i. preclare. Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 15. of sight, clearly Mihton men beorhtlíce sceáwian Drihtnes fóta swaðe, Shrn. 81, 14. Ic wæs blind bám eágum, nú ic beorhtlíce leóhtes brúce, Hml. Th. i. 422, 7

stæl

(n.)
Grammar
stæl, Under stalworth (N.
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D.) it is said that the quantity of the vowel is certain from the three occurrences in poetry. But in two of these, Reb. 11: Gen. 1113, the word is a 'final lift', of which Sweet remarks 'the quantity is indifferent,' A. S.

ful-trúwian

(v.)
Grammar
ful-trúwian, p. ode; pp. od

To trust fully inconfide inpĕnĭtus confīdĕre

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To trust fully in, confide in; pĕnĭtus confīdĕre Ic nát, hwí gé fultrúwiaþ ðam hreósendan wélan I do not know, why ye confide in these perishable riches, Bt. 26, 2; Fox 94, 7

bóc-land

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Voc. ii. 34, 50. Ic geseah englas ferigan gesǽlige sáwle of ðínum (the abbess Ælflæd's) bóclande (de tuo monasterio), Hml. Th. ii. 150, 26. An ic (King Eadred) mínre méder ealra mínra bóclanda þe ic on Súð-Seaxum hæbbe, C. D. B. iii. 75, 25.

hring

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Th. ii. 358, 5. Gimbǽrum ringum gemmiferis (digitorum) anulis (comi ), An. Ox. 1192. Hringas an[nul]os, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 61. <b>I a.

wyn-lust

(n.)
Grammar
wyn-lust, es; m.

Sensual pleasure

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Sensual pleasure Ic wilnode mid him tó farenne, ðæt ic ðe má emnwyrhtena on ðære þrowunge mínes wynlustes hæfde, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 359. Hér synt ðisse weorolde wynlustas, ac ðǽr synt ða écan tintregu, L. E. I. proem.; Th. ii. 394, 8.

for-gytan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gytan, ic -gyte, ðú -gytest, -gytst, he -gyteþ, -gyt, pl. -gytaþ; impert. -gyt, pl. -gytaþ; subj. -gyte, pl. -gytan; pp. -gyten

To forgetoblīvisci

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To forget; oblīvisci Nylle ðú forgytan ealle edleánunga oððe edleán his nōli oblīvisci omnes retrĭbūtiōnes ejus, Ps. Lamb. 102, 2: Ps. Th. 118, 93: Ps. Lamb. 118, 16, 83, 93: 136, 5: Ps. Th. 43, 25: Beo. Th. 3506; B. 1751: Ps. Lamb. 76, 10: 43, 21: 49

fóre-sceáwian

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-sceáwian, fóre-sceáwigan, fór-sceáwian; p. ode; pp. od

To foreshewforeseeprovidepræ-ostendĕrepōnĕre in conspectuprævĭdēreprovĭdēre

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Ic wisce ðæt hig fóresceáwodon hira ende ŭtĭnam nŏvissima provĭdērent, Deut. 32, 29. Hú hit gebýreþ to fóresceáwigenne quōmŏdo oporteat provĭdēre, L. Ecg. P. cont. i. 1; Th. ii. 170, 3

riht-hamscyld

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Th. i. 12, 1-3, [In the note to these laws a passage from the Lex Saxonum is quoted giving two articles: I. 6. Si gladio uestem seu scutum alterius incideret . . . 7. Si per capillos alium comprehenderit . . .

Linked entries: hám ham-scyld

a-rǽfnan

Grammar
a-rǽfnan, l. á-ræfnan (-ian), and add: I.
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to bear, endure Eall ic hit áræfnie for þínum gebode, Bl. H. 241, 33. Gif hit mon geðyldiglíce áræfnþ, Bt. II, I ; F. 32, 32. Wé eall áræfnaþ, Bl. H. 13, 9. Ic hit áræfnede ꝥ ic eów æteówe hwylcum gemete gé sceolan áræfnan, 237, 12.

doppettan

(v.)
Grammar
doppettan, p. te; pp.ed

To dip often, dip in, immerse mersāre

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Th. ii. 516, 7. Ic doppette merso, Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 21