ge-hweorfan
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Add: trans. to turn, direct Gif hié ðátrumnesse ðǽre Godes giefe him tó unnyte gehweorfað si acceptae incolumitatis gratiam ad usum nequitiae inclinent Past. 247, 8. to overturn Hé gehwerf[d] subvertit (insidias impiorum), Kent. Gl. 315.
scíma
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God hira mód onliéht mid ðæm scíman (radio) his giefe, Past. 35, 4; Swt. 243, 21: 48; Swt. 369, 16. Fore scíman prae fulgure, Ps. Surt. 17, 13. Seó sunne scíman ne hæfde the sun was eclipsed, Bd. 3, 27; S. 558, 11.
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sparian
to spare ⬩ to show mercy to ⬩ to refrain from injuring or destroying ⬩ to spare ⬩ preserve ⬩ not to use ⬩ to leave alone ⬩ abstain from ⬩ parcere, fovere ⬩ to spare
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Ic geswerge ðæt ic hí ne sparige, ac on spild giefe, Exon. Th. 247, 27; Jul. 85. Hé áraþ (sparaþ, MS. C.: spearaþ, Ps. Surt.) parcet, Ps. Spl. 71, 13. Hié ne sparodan ða synfullan, ac slógon, Past. 46; Swt. 353, 16.
á-teón
to draw (out), ⬩ to protract ⬩ to deal with, ⬩ to treat a person ⬩ to employ property ⬩ time ⬩ talents
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For ðǽm giefum ðe him ðynceð ðæt hé suíðe wel átogen hæbbe in bene oblato munere, Past. 321, 24
ge-weorþian
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Monige siendum mid miclum giefum monegra cræfta and mægene geweorðode sunt nonnulli, qui eximia virtulum dona percipiunt, Past. 41, 12.
hwearfian
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S. 23 b, 544. [ Gief hie wunienge hwarefeð, hie turneð fram iuele to werse, O. E. Hml. ii. 173, 20. Winess drinnch þe wharrfeþþ all þin herrte, Orm. 14121. Crist hise name shollde wharrfenn, 13289. Win þatt wass off water wharrfedd, 15323.
wirs
Worse ⬩ worst
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MSS.) sié, gif hié ða trumnesse ðære Godes giefe him tó unnyte gehweorfaþ, Past. 36; Swt. 247, 7. Hí wyrs geférdan (geférdon máran hearm and yfel v. ll. ), ðonne hí ǽfre wéndan, Chr. 994; Th. i. 241, col. 2. Eów wyrs gelomp, Exon.
hreðer
Breast ⬩ bosom
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Hé mé in hreðre bileác wísdómes giefe, Exon. 51 a; Th. 176, 33; Gú. 1219: Andr. Kmbl. 138; An. 69: Cd. 161; Th. 201, 2; Exod. 366; Beo. Th. 2306; B. 1151. Ys mé on hreðre heorte gedréfed cor meum conturbatum est in me, Ps. Th. 54, 4; 70, 8.
fægnian
to rejoice ⬩ exult ⬩ welcome
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Ðý lǽs for ðǽm giefum his mód fægnige ne in oblato munere animus hilarescat, Past. 321, 24. Ðý lǽs hé tó ungemetlíce fægenige (faegnige, v. l.) for his gódum weorcum ne in benefactis immoderatius gaudeant, 323, 6.
ge-wyrht
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Gief hwá búton ge-wrihtum (without just cause) hit ábrecan wille, C. D. iii. 180, 22 : 262, 15. ¶ gewyrht(o) ágan to deserve (good or ill) :-- Hé þone gylt gebéte swá wer swá wíte, swá hé gewyrht áge, Ll. Th. i. 66, 13.
sél
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Hwǽr ic sélast wisse cwén giefe bryttian, Exon. Th. 324, 28 ; Víd. 101. denoting advantage or profit Hwæt byþ ús tó méde (ús ðý soel, Lind.), Mt. Kmbl. 19, 27. Tó hwan hió ða næglas sélost and deórlícost gedón meahte, Elen.
freó-dóm
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tellen tó mægene hiora freódóm (frió-, v.l.) ne sibi virtutem suae liberalitatis deputent, Past. 323, 3. freedom, frankness Sié in ðǽr hygdigo friódóm sit in ea casta libertas, Rtl. 105, 3. freedom from trouble, &c. v. freó, þú ús freódóm gief
lof
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Gen. 256. to be praised Á þæs dóm áge, leóhtbǽre lof, sé ús þis líf giefeð, Crä. 112. a hymn Loob ymnus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 27. Lof ymnum, i. 289, 72. <b>III a.
þys-líc
Such
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Ðyllíca giefa, Past. 5; Swt. 41, 13. Ðyllíce gyltas, Homl. Ass. 149, 132. Ðyllíce weorc, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 28. Manega óþre þyllíce ðing alia similia his multa, Mk. Skt. A. 7, 8.
glæd
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Ðone gladan giefan hilarem datorem, Past. 323, 12. On óðre wísan sint tó manianne ðá gladan ( laeti. Cf. ðá blíðan, 14), on óðre ðá unrótan (tristes ), 187, 12.
þicgan
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His giefe þicgan tó þonce, l09, 26; Gú. 96. Láfe þicgan, 498, 9; Rä. 87, 10. Ne gé ðæt geþyldum þicgan woldan, 131, 12; Gú. 454.
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for-beran
to bear ⬩ endure ⬩ sustain ⬩ to bear with ⬩ tolerate ⬩ to bear with ⬩ put up with ⬩ to do without ⬩ to abstain from ⬩ desist from ⬩ to abstain ⬩ to restrain
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Th. i. 56, 25. to refrain from using Ðá fæstendan ne forsáwen ðá etendan, for ðǽm ðe hié ðǽre Godes giefe brucaí ðá ðe óðre forberað, Past. 319, 10. to restrain.
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á
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Ús freódóm gief from yfla gehwám á tó wídan feore, Hy. 5, ll. Á in wintra worn, Dan. 324. Á ic symles wæs willan þínes georn, An. 64. Ic á and symble cwæþ, Ps. 94, 10. Á on symbel semper, Gr. D. 283, 6.
sǽl
time, occasion ⬩ a fit time, season, opportunity, ⬩ circumstance, condition ⬩ happiness, good fortune, good time, prosperity
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. ¶ On sǽlum, sálum in a state of happiness, happy [cf. þu ware a sele gief ich was wroð, O. E. Homl. ii. 183, 17. Heora færð wes on sæle was prosperous, Laym. 1310. Selden sal he ben on iele (selde wurþ he blyþe and gled, Jes.
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ÍDEL
empty ⬩ destitute ⬩ void ⬩ devoid ⬩ vain ⬩ useless ⬩ idle ⬩ idle ⬩ unemployed
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Ða ðe ídle beóþ swelcra giefa those who are devoid of such gifts, Past. 9 ; Swt. 59. 17. vain, useless, idle, to no purpose Seó eorþe wæs ýdel and æmtig terra erat inanis et vacua, Gen. 1, 2. Ídel sangere temelici, Ælfc. Gl. 61; Som. 68, 57; Wrt.