hleór
a cheek ⬩ a face
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Voc. ii. 42, 20. a face Hleór frons, Txts. 64, 438: facies Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 44. Hleór vel wlita frons 151, 4. Mín þrowade heáfod hearmslege, hleór geþolade árleásra spátl, Cri. 1435.
hacele
A cloak, mantle, upper garment, coal, cassock. ⬩ lacerna, subucula, capsula, mantilia, pl ⬩ a cloak ⬩ a kind of cowled or hooded frock ⬩ priest's cope ⬩ cuculla, casula
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Ðá bewráh se árleása geréfa his ansýna mid his hacelan then the impious count covered his face with his cloak, Nar. 42, 24.
Linked entry: hæcele
CNÓSL
A race ⬩ progeny ⬩ offspring ⬩ kin ⬩ family; ⬩ proles ⬩ genus ⬩ generatio
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A race, progeny, offspring, kin, family; proles, genus, generatio Gewít ðú nú féran, and ðíne fare lǽdan, ceápas to cnósle begin thow now to depart, and lead thy family, thy cattle for progeny Cd. 83; Th. 105, 2; Gen. 1747.
Crist
CHRIST ⬩ Christus
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Beseoh onsýne cristes ðínes behold the face of thine anointed Ps. Th. 83, 9; 88, 32, 44. Feówer Cristes béc the four Gospels Ælfc. T. Grn. 12, 27; Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 16. Seó Cristes bóc the Gospel Ælfc. T. 30, 1.
Linked entry: Cristes bóc
FRÓD
wise ⬩ prudent ⬩ sage ⬩ skilful ⬩ săpiens ⬩ prūdens ⬩ sciens ⬩ perītus ⬩ Advanced in years ⬩ aged ⬩ old ⬩ ancient ⬩ ætāte provectus ⬩ sĕnex ⬩ vĕtus ⬩ priscus
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Gemyne fróde fæder láre remember [thy] father's wise lore, Exon. 81 a; Th. 305, 26; Fa. 94. Þurh fród gewit through wise mind, Exon. 25 a; Th. 72, 26; Cri. 1178. Fródra and gódra gumena of wise and good men, Elen. Kmbl. 1270; El. 637.
Linked entry: wita
gid
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Wes þú giedda wís, . . . worda hyrde be wise of speech, keep watch on your words Fä. 41. a maxim, sentence, proverb, wise speech Gydda proverbiorum Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 42. Gleáwe men sceolon gieddum wrixlan, Gn.
sorh-full
full of care or anxiety ⬩ careful ⬩ anxious ⬩ feeling anxiety ⬩ attended with anxiety ⬩ causing anxiety ⬩ sorrowful ⬩ mournful ⬩ sad ⬩ feeling sorrow or grief ⬩ attended with or causing sorrow ⬩ grievous ⬩ sollicitus
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Th. 303, 19; Fä. 55. Symble beó gé sorhfulle for eówre sáwle hǽlo ever be ye solicitous for your soul's salvation, L. E. I. prm.; Th. ii. 394, 14.
of
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Fleót ꝥ fám of, Lch. ii. 104, 20. Add Gif preóst miswurðige circan þe eal his wurðscipe of sceal árísan, Ll. Th. ii. 294, 10
sóþ
Sooth ⬩ truth in a general sense ⬩ conformity with an absolute standard ⬩ truth ⬩ that which conforms to an absolute standard ⬩ truth ⬩ what is true in general ⬩ truth in regard to a particular circumstance ⬩ exact conformity with the facts of a case ⬩ truth ⬩ fidelity to a promise ⬩ truth ⬩ reality ⬩ certainty ⬩ real condition of things ⬩ what really is ⬩ affirmation of truth ⬩ asseveration ⬩ truth ⬩ conformity with right ⬩ righteousness ⬩ equity ⬩ justice
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Th. 304, 35; Fä. 80. Hié firendǽda tó frece wurdon sóð ofergeáton, Drihtnes dómas, Cd. Th. 155, 32; Gen. 2581
Linked entry: sóþ-cwide
snytro
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Th. 304, 30; Fä. 78. Þurh snyttra cræft Andr. Kmbl. 1261; An. 631. Ðara ðe geóce tó him séceþ mid snytrum 2307; An. 1155. On snytrum in sapientia Ps. Th. 89, 14. Mid módes snyttrum Beo. Th. 3416; B. 1706. Snyttrum wisely, prudently, Andr.
lang-sum
Long ⬩ prolix ⬩ long-enduring ⬩ long-suffering
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Ús selfum betst word and longsumast æt úrum ende gewyrcan to gain for ourselves the best and most enduring fame at our death, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 82, 2
ge-mót
A meeting, coming together, MOOT, assembly, council ⬩ conventus, congregatio, concursus ⬩ Concĭlium, Conventus, Synŏdus, Synŏdāle concĭliābŭlum,
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Gif hwá gemót forsitte if any one fail to attend the 'gemot,' L. Athelst. 20; Th. i. 208, 26.
Linked entry: ge-mét
fisc-noþ
fishing ⬩ a fishing-ground ⬩ a catch
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Far ðé on fiscnoð mid mé, Ap. Th. 12, 6. by other living creatures Geseah hé scealfran . . . éhtende þǽra fixa . . . þá bebeád hé þám scealfrum ꝥ hí geswicon þæs fixnoðes, Hml.
fúl
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Ger. fúl-boum: Ger. faul-baum.] figurative. morally polluted Fúlre gálnysse, fúles forligeres lupanaris incesti, An. Ox. 4222. Gilt sliporne ł fúlne culpam lubricam, Hy. S. 15, 38.
fæst-nes
Firmament, firmness, stability, fastness, fortification ⬩ firmāmentum, firmĭtūdo, mūnīmen, propugnācŭlum
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Seó [fæstnes] firmamentum tyrnþ symle onbútan us under ðyssere eorþan and búfan, ac ðǽr is ungerím fæc betweox hyre and ðære eorþan the firmament is this ethereal heaven, adorned with many stars ...
for-swerian
To FORSWEAR ⬩ to swear falsely ⬩ perjure ⬩ ejūrāre ⬩ pējĕrāre
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Gif hwylc lǽwede man hine forswerige, fæste iv geár if any layman perjure himself, let him fast four years, L. Erg. P. ii. 24; Th. ii. 192, 6, 14. Forsworen perjūrus, Wrt. Voc. 86, 69: Gen. 24, 8.
BIL
a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchion ⬩ falx, marra, falcastrum, ensis curvus
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Whatever its shape, it must have had two edges; as, in the earliest poem, an envoy is attacked, billes ecgum, with the edges of a bill; falx, marra, falcastrum, ensis curvus.
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ge-leáfful
Full of belief ⬩ believing ⬩ faithful ⬩ holy ⬩ fĭdēlis ⬩ crēdŭlus
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Wyrd gescreáf ðæt he, swá geleáfful, weorþan sceolde Criste gecwéme fortune ordained that he, so full of faith, should become accepted of Christ, Elen. Kmbl. 2093; El. 1048.
ge-scý
A pair of shoes ⬩ calceamentum, tegmentum pedis, caliga
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his fótum beforan ðám ealdrum and spǽte on his nebb and nemne hine ǽlc man on Israéla folce ' unsceóda' if he [the man] then say 'I will not have her to wife,' let the woman go to him and take his shoes off his feet before the elders and spit in his face
segnian
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Ðá hé sénade ðæt fæt ðe ðæt áttor on wæs, ðá tóbærst hit, Shrn. 65, 11. Sǽnade, 52, 32. Ðonne ðú hláf brece, sǽna ðú ða cruman, 53, 18. Ðeáh ðe man wafige wundorlíce mid handa, ne biþ hit ðeáh bletsung, búta hé wyrce tácn ðære hálgan róde . . .