cwicu
Alive, quick ⬩ vivus
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Ne sécþ seó cucu [turtle] nǽfre hire óðerne gemacan the quick [living turtle-dove] never seeks to itself another mate, Homl. Th. i. 142, 14. Heó sóna cucu arás she instantly arose alive, ii. 26,32. Gif hit cucu [cwicu MS.
ge-métan
To find, find out, discover, come upon, meet with ⬩ invĕnīre, compĕrīre
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Ealc ðæra, ðe me gemétt, me ofslyþ omnis qui invĕnĕrit me, occīdet me, Gen. 4, 14. Se ðe gemét hys sáwle, se forspilþ híg qui invĕnit anĭmam suam, perdet illam, Mt. Bos. 10, 39: 24, 46: Lk. Bos. 12, 37, 38, 43.
CYFES
A concubine, handmaid ⬩ concubina, pellex, ancilla
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Of cifise ex pellĭce, Mone B. 4553. Se ðe hæbbe riht wíf, and eác cifese [MS.
a-swǽrnung
Bashfulness ⬩ confusion ⬩ verecundia
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Bashfulness, confusion; verecundia Aswǽrnung [aswǽrnunga MS. aswárnung Ps. Lamb.] mín ongeán me is verecundia mea contra me est, Ps. Spl. 43, 17
Linked entry: a-swárnung
metan
to mete ⬩ measure ⬩ to measure out ⬩ mark off ⬩ assign the bounds of a place ⬩ to measure by paces ⬩ to traverse ⬩ pass over ⬩ to measure one thing by or with another ⬩ to compare
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to mete, measure Ic mete metior, Ælfc. Gr. 31; Som. 35, 32. Ic meotu metibor, Ps. Surt. 59, 8: 107, 8. Ǽlc ðæra þinga ðe man met on fate everything that is measured in a vessel, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 8.
ge-hlystan
to listen ⬩ hear ⬩ auscultare ⬩ audire ⬩ to obey ⬩ obedire
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to listen, hear; auscultare, audire Gehlyste me audiat me, Mk. Bos. 7, 16. Beornas ge-hlyston men listened, Byrht. Th. 134, 31; By. 92. to obey; obedire On hlyste eáran gehlyste me in auditu auris obediunt mihi, Ps. Spl. 17, 46
Linked entry: hlystan
be-wreón
To cover, cover over, protect, clothe ⬩ tegere, contegere, operire, protegere, velare
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To cover, cover over, protect, clothe; tegere, contegere, operire, protegere, velare Bewrugon [bewreogon MS.] me þýstru contexerunt me tenebræ, Ps. Spl. 54. 5. Mid mínum bysmre ic eom bewrogen confusio vultus mei operuit me, Ps. Th. 43, 17.
clǽþan
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To clothe Nacod ic wæs and gié clǽðdon meh nudus eram, et operuistis me, Mt. L. 25, 36
hús-hláford
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Add: — Eustachius gelǽdde hí meó his gesthúse. and . . . cwæð tó þám húshláforde : ' þás men synd mé cúðe . . . gif mé nú mettas and wín, and ic hit þé gilde eft of míre hýre,' Hml. S. 30, 259
þyrstan
To thirst
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Ne þyrst ðone nǽfre ðe on mé gelýfð (se ðe giléfeð(-es, Lind.) on mec ne ðyrsteð(-es, Lind.) ǽfre, Rush.) qui credit in me non sitiet umquam, 6, 35. Míne sáwle þyrst sitivit anima mea, Ps. Th. 41, 2. Ða men ne þyrst, Lchdm. ii. 194, 12.
ge-mirce
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Angl. i. 508) sóðes and rihtes naturam animi mei nan ignoras, solere me terminum eqaitatis custodire, Nar. 2, 23. a mark, sign: — Gimerco (gemerca, L. ) das gifylgeð signa haec sequentur, Mk. R. 16, 17
frægnian
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To ask Hwæt ðú mec geáxast ł frægnast be góde quid me interrogas de bono?, Mt. R. 19, 17. v. ge-frægnian
CWEÐAN
To say, speak, call, proclaim ⬩ dicere, loqui, vocare, indicere
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Alýs míne sáwle of ðám welerum ðe wom cweðen deliver my soul from the lips which may speak evil, Ps. Th. 119, 2. Hí geornlíce smeádon hwæt he cwǽde they earnestly considered what he said, Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 37.
for-cunnian
To tempt ⬩ try
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To tempt, try Huæt meh gé forcunnas quid me temtatis?, Mt. L. 22, 18. Of ðon forcunned sint quo appraehensi sunt, p. 13, 8
Linked entry: cunnian
ge-ambehtan
to minister
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., and add Gif huá mé embehtes (ministrat) . . . gif huelc mé geembehtað (minisirabit), Jn. R. 12, 26. Geembihtatun mini-straverunt Mt. p. 7, 3. Him geembehte ðú illi servies Mt. L. 4, 10.
Linked entries: ambehtan ge-embehtan gealpettung
DRECCAN
To vex, afflict, trouble, torture, torment ⬩ vexāre, affligĕre, tribulāre, turbāre, cruciāre
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Ðonne míne fýnd me drecceaþ dum afflīgit me inimīcus, Ps. Th. 42, 2. Ic ðé bebeóde ðæt ðú nánum men ne drece I command thee that thou afflict no man, Homl. Th. ii. 296, 5.
hwástrian
To whisper ⬩ murmur ⬩ mutter
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To whisper, murmur, mutter Ágén mé hwǽstredun ealle fýnd mine adversum me susurrabant omnes inimici mei, Ps. Lamb. 40, 8. Huǽstredon murmurabant, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 20, 11: Lk. Skt. Lind. 19, 7: Jn. Skt. Lind. 6, 41, 61. Huǽstria murmurari, 6, 43.
Linked entry: hwǽstrian
for-wandian
To reverence ⬩ have in honour ⬩ vĕrĕri ⬩ revĕrĕri ⬩ To be afraid ⬩ be confounded ⬩ hesitate ⬩ confundi ⬩ cuntāri
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Gescamian and forwandian, ðe ðe sécaþ sáwle míne let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul, Ps. Spl. T. 69, 2: Ps. Spl. 39, 19. Ná hí forwandian ofer me non confundantur sŭper me, 68, 9
bacu
backs
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backs; Hí me towendon heora bacu they turned their backs on me, Bt. Met. Fox 2, 29; Met. 2, 15
CRÁWAN
To CROW as a cock ⬩ cantare instar galli
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Ne crǽwþ se cocc, ǽr ðú wiðsæcst me þríwa. Jn. Bos. 13, 38; the koc schal not crowe, til thou schalt denye me thries, Wyc. Ǽrðamðe cocc cráwe, þriwa ðú wiðsæcst mín antequam gallus cantet, ter me negabis. Mt. Bos. 26, 34.