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for-wandian

(v.)
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Ox. 466, 3) non vereretur (violenter irrumpere ), Hpt. Gl. 514, 22

hám-cyme

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Þá þá hé hám ne cóm in ðá tíd þe him beboden wæs, Florentius þá wénde his hámcymes cum hora qua jussus fuerat non rediret, Florentius suspectus est redditus, Gr. D. 207, 2. Hí mycelne gefeán hæfdon be his hámcyme, Hml. A. 125, 278.

lettan

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Ne leteð non tricaverit (si lethi somnus palpebrarum convolatus nan tricaverit, Ald. 80, 20), Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 36. Let, An.

riht-ryne

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Ne mihton hí þone streám of his rihtryne ábýgan fluvius a proprio alveo deflecti non potuit, Gr. D. 192, 23. Hé sǽde ꝥ Pad seó eá wǽre of hire rihtryne on þǽre cyrican yrðland úp yrnende . . .

hláford-dóm

(n.)
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hláford-dóm, es; m.

Dominion, lordship

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Dominion, lordship For Godes ege under ðæm geoke his hláforddómes þurhwunigen and hine for Godes ege weorþigen, suá mon hláford sceal divino timore constricti ferre sub eis jugum reverentiæ non recusent, Past. 28, 5; Swt. 197, 8.

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á-spelian

(v.)
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Gif hé wrítan ne cunne, bidde óþerne þæt hine áspelige si non scit litteras, alter ab eo rogatus scribat, R. Ben. 101, 5. ꝥ se mæssepreóst æt þám þingum þone bisceop áspelian móte ut presbytero in illis rebus episcopi munere fungi liceret, LI.

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lyften

(adj.)
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lyften, adj.

Aerialairy

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Hí sind genumene tó lyftente heofenan ná tó rodorlícre they [Epoch and Elijah] are taken to the aërial heaven, not to the etherial heaven, Homl. Th. i. 308, 3. Lyftene gnættas the gnats of the air, Hexam. 17; Norm. 24, 30

ge-leáfleást

(n.)
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ge-leáfleást, -eáflýst, e; f.

Want of faithunbeliefinfidelityunfaithfulnessinfĭdēlĭtasincrēdŭlĭtas

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Nú sind adwæscede ealle geleáflýstu now all infidelities are extinguished, i. 226, 2 : Deut. 1, 40

irþling

(n.)
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irþling, es; m.

a husbandmanfarmerploughman a cuckoo

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Noe ðá yrþling began tó wircenne ðæt land coepitque Noe vir agricola exercere terram, Gen. 9, 20. Móna se twentigoþa cild ácenned yrplincg a child born on the twentieth day of the moon will be a husbandman, Lchdm. iii. 194, 6.

Linked entries: eorþ-ling ærþling

nemnan

(v.)
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nemnan, nemnian; p. nemde.

to namegive a name to a person or thingto use such and such a name or title in speaking of a person or thingto call upon the name ofaddress by nameto invoketo mention by nameto mentionrelateto namenominate

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Ðam is tó naman nemned Drihten Dominus nomen est ei, Ps. Th. 67, 4. to call upon the name of, address by name, to invoke Ne nemn ðú Drihtnes naman on ýdel ne byþ unscyldig se ðe his noman on ýdel nemþ non assumes nomen Domini Dei tui in vanum!

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dreósan

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Add: to fall, not remain suspended Hé meledeáwes dǽl gebyrgeþ, sé dreóseð oft æt middre nihte ambrosios libat coelesti nectare rores, stellifero teneri qui cecidere polo, Ph. 261. to fall, not remain standing (lit. or fig.), fall down, fall to pieces

fácen-ful

(adj.)
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fácen-ful, fácn-ful, -full; def. se -fulla, seó, ðæt -fulle; adj.

Deceitful, crafty fraudŭlentus, dŏlōsus

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Dó ðú feorr fram ðé ða fácenfullan [MS. fakenfullan] hiwunge make far from thee deceitful dissimulation, Basil admn. 5; Norm. 46, 9.

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hwílwend-líc

(adj.)
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hwílwend-líc, adj.

Temporary

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Temporary, lasting only for a time, not eternal Hit is hwílwendlíc est temporalis, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 21. Þreó þing synd on middanearde án is hwílwendlíc ... óðer þing is éce ... þridde þing is éce, Homl. Swt. 1, 25.

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weg

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weg, <b>. Ia.</b>
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Add Hié sægdon ꝥ nǽre mára weg þonne meahte on týn dagum geféran (uiam non amplius decem dierum), Nar. 25, 2. add Ðá þe on ðǽre synne ealnu weg licgað, Past. 179, 3.

ár-wurþian

(v.)
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ár-wurþian, -wurþigean; p. ode; pp. od; v. a.

To give honour toto honourreverenceworshiphonorarehonorificarevenerari

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Ðæt ealle árwurþion [árwurþigeon, Jun.] ðone Sunu, swá swá híg árwurþiaþ [árwurþigeaþ, Jun.] ðone Fæder; se ðe ne árwurþaþ ðone Sunu, ne árwurþaþ he ðone Fæder ut omnes honorificent Filium, sicut honorificant Patrem; qui non honorificat Filium, non honorificat

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ge-mang

(n.)
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ge-mang, -mong, es; n.

a mingling together, mixture, crowd, throng, company, multitude, an assemblage, a congregationcommixtio, turba, cœtus, sŏcietasan assembly for legal or other business

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Ne mæg ic ána eówre gemang acuman non văleo sōlus nĕgōtia vestra sustĭnēre, Deut. 1, 12 : Shrn. 40, 30

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ge-scý

(n.)
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ge-scý, es; n.

A pair of shoescalceamentum, tegmentum pedis, caliga

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Ðæs gescý neom ic wyrþe to berenne non sum dignus calceamenta portare, Mt. Bos. 3, 11: Lk. Bos. 15, 22. Hwæt sind gescý búton deádra nýtena hýda what are shoes but the hides of dead cattle, Homl. Th. ii. 280, 29

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sýfre

(adj.)
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sýfre, adj.
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Sober, not giving way to appetite or passion, pure, temperate, circumspect Sýfre (sýfer, Wrt., but see Anglia viii. 451) abstinens, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 8. Gif ðú drincst wín gemetlíce, sýfre ( sobrius ) ðú byst, Scint. 105, 17.

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wildan

(v.)
Grammar
wildan, p. de.

to tamesubdueto make submissivehave dominion overrulecontrolto take into one's powerto seize

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Gyf mín hí ne beóþ wyldde si mei non fuerint dominati . Ps.

DWELLAN

(v.)
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DWELLAN, ic dwelle, ðú dwelest, dwelst, he dweleþ, dwelþb, pl. dwellaþ; p. dwealde, dwelede; pp. dweald, dweled.

To lead into error, deceive, mislead in errōrem dūcĕre, decĭpĕreTo prevent, hinder, delay impĕdīre, tardāre To continue, remain, DWELLmănēre, habĭtāre

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Ne hine wiht dweleþ, ádl ne yldo nothing prevents him, disease nor age, Beo. Th. 3475, note; B. 1735. Se ealda dweleþ miltse mid máne the old one [the devil] prevents mercy with wickedness, Frag. Kmbl. 62; Leás. 33. v. n.

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