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stede-fæst

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Add: firmly fixed: of a person, rooted to the spot Hé beád him ꝥ hí álédon þá byrðene, and þá bǽrmen sóna stedefæste stódon, swilce hí ástífodon wǽron, Hml.

weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ, adj.
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Add Hé wæs swelce Rómáne þá wyrþe wǽron dignus Romanis punitor, Ors. 6, 3 ; S. 256, 24.

or-treówe

(adj.)
Grammar
or-treówe, -triéwe, -trýwe; adj.

despairing, hopelessfaithless, perfidious

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Hia æt níhstan wǽron ortriéwe (-treówe, MS. C. ) hwæðer him ǽnig moneáca cuman sceolde, Ors. 4, 1 ; Swt. 158, 19. faithless, perfidious Ortrúes cyuesdómes perfidi pellicatus, Hpt. Gl. 521, 33. Ortreówra cempena perfidorum militum, 415,48

Linked entry: or-trýwe

ge-sýman

(v.)
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ge-sýman, -séman. -sǽman; p. de; pp. ed

To load

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Ða wǽron gesýmed mid feó and mid hrægle that were laden with money and raiment, Gen. 45, 23. Ealle ðe gesýmede synt omnes qui onerati estis, Mt. Bos. 11, 28.

Linked entry: ge-sǽman

torfung

(n.)
Grammar
torfung, e; f.

a throwing of stones,stoninga throwing,casting,hurling

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A. 693. a throwing, casting, hurling Hié his wǽran swíðe ehtende ge mid scotum ge mid stána torfungum, Ors. 5, 9; Swt. 134, 16

æl-þeódig

(adj.)
Grammar
æl-þeódig, æl-þiódig; adj.

Strangeforeignexterusperegrinusbarbarus

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Ne geunret ðú ælþeódige, ge wǽron ælþeódie on Egipta lande advenam non contristabis, advenæ enim et ipsi in terra Ægypti, Ex, 22, 21. Ðám ælþeódegan to the foreigners, Bt. 27, 3 ; Fox 100, 2

be-cweðan

(v.)
Grammar
be-cweðan, ðú -cwíst, he -cwiþ ; p. -cwæþ, pl. -cwǽdon ; pp. -cweden, -cweðen.

to sayassertdicereto reproachexprobrareto BEQUEATHto give by willlegare

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Th. 88, 44. to BEQUEATH, to give by will; legare Ealle ða, mynstra and ða cyrican wǽron givene and becweðene Gode all the minsters and churches were given and bequeathed to God, Chr. 694; Th. 66, 6, note 2 : Th. Diplm. A. D. 830; 465, 16

Linked entry: bi-cweðan

a-tiefran

(v.)
Grammar
a-tiefran, -tifran; p. ede; pp. ed

To paintdescribe by paintingdepingere

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To paint, describe by painting; depingere Ealle ða hearga Israhéla folces wǽron atiefrede [MS. C. atifred : MS. Oth. atiefred] on ðæm wage universa idola domus Israel depicta erant in pariete, Past. 21, 3; Hat. MS. 30 a, 23. He atiefreþ [MS.

ceald

(n.)
Grammar
ceald, cald, es; n.

Cold, coldnessfrigus

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Calde geþrungen wǽron míne fét my feet were pierced with cold, Exon. 81b; Th. 306, 16; Seef. 8

flet-sittend

(n.)
Grammar
flet-sittend, es; m.

A court-residentin aula sĕdens

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Ðǽr wǽron boren æfter bencum orcas fulle fletsittendum there were full jugs carried along the benches to the court-residents, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 15; Jud. 19: 21, 24; Jud. 33

for-gǽgednys

(n.)
Grammar
for-gǽgednys, -nyss, e; f.

A transgressionprevaricationstubbornnesstransgressioprævārĭcātioperversĭtas

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A transgression, prevarication, stubbornness; transgressio, prævārĭcātio, perversĭtas Hí wǽron deádlíce for dære forgǽgednysse they became mortal through the transgression, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 29.

FREC

(adj.)
Grammar
FREC, fræc; adj.

Desirousgreedygluttonousaudaciousboldavĭdusgŭlōsusaudaxtemĕrārius

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Hí firenlusta frece ne wǽron they were not desirous of luxuries, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 30; Met. 8, 15. Ðæt hie firendǽda tó frece wurdon that they were too audacious in wicked deeds, Cd. 121; Th. 155, 30; Gen. 2580

Linked entries: frettan freceo fric

or-wéna

(adj.)
Grammar
or-wéna, adj. with gen.
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Wǽron orwénan éðelrihtes, 191, 7; Exod. 211. Sindon gé firenum bifongne, feores orwénan, Exon. Th. 139, 27; Gú. 599. v. next word

Linked entry: -wén

ge-fýsan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fýsan, p. -fýsde; pp. -fýsed

To make readycause to hasten

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Secgas wǽron síðes gefýsde the men were ready for the journey [cf. síðes fús, B. 1475], Elen. Kmbl. 520; El. 260

un-geníd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geníd, un-genídd; adj.

Unforceduncompelled

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Ðæt ealle gesceafta hiora ágnum willum ungenédde him wǽron underþeódde, 35, 5; Fox 164, 29. Ungeniédde (-nídde, Cott.

ymb-hón

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-hón, pp. -hangen
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Healfnacode on hiora líchaman, búton ðæt hig wǽron mid riftnm ymbhangene. Homl. Ass. 202, 220. Seó fone is mid .xii. godwebbum útan ymbhangen, Salm. Kmbl. p. 152, 17

Linked entry: ymb-hangen

cræftiga

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Ðæt wǽron .iiii. stáncræftigan in Róme, þǽr wæs samod .vi. hund cræftigena and xxii, and nǽron náne óðre him gelíce, Shrn. 146, 14. Be mynstres cræftigum ( artificibus ), R. Ben. 95, 2.

dyrstig-líce

(adv.)
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Se gedwola dirstilíce cwæð ꝥ on Críste wǽron twégen hádas, Ll. Th. ii. 374, 18. Dyrstelíce, Hml. Th. i. 170, 35. Úre nán be him sylfum tó dyrstelíce ne trúwige, ii. 82, 26

eard-fæst

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Þá Seaxan wǽron eardfæste néh þǽm gársecge Saxones, gens in Oceani litoribus sita, Ors. 6, 33; S. 288, 22. of things Fýr fiólan ne mæg eft æt his éðle, þǽr ꝥ óðer fýr úp ofer eall þis eardfæst wunað, Met. 20, 156

efen

(adv.)
Grammar
efen, adv.
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On þám frummynetslæge wǽron twá and sixtig penega, and on þǽm æftran em sixtig, 23, 480. v. following compounds with efen-