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hlinian

(v.)
Grammar
hlinian, hleonian; p. ode

To lean, ⬩ bend, ⬩ lie down, ⬩ recline, ⬩ rest

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Án ðæra leorning cnihta hlinode on ðæs hælendes bearme erat recumbens unus ex discipulis ejus in sinu iesu, Jn. Skt. 13, 23. Æt ðæm uferran ende Drihten hlinode Domino desuper innitente, Past. 16, 3; Swt. 101, 20.

Linked entries: a-hlinian hleonian

blis

(n.)
Grammar
blis, bliss, blys, blyss, e; f. [contracted from blíþs, q. v. ]

BLISS, joy, gladness, exultation, pleasure ⬩ lætitia, gaudium, exultatio, beatitas ⬩ friendship, kindness, benevolence, grace ⬩ comitas, benignitas, benevolentia, gratia

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Ðæt bearn bringeþ blisse ðé that infant [Christ] bringeth bliss to thee, Exon. 8 b; Th. 5, 11; Cri. 68: Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 30; Edg. 56. Ðú eart on heofonum blissa beorhtost thou art the brightest of joys in heaven, Hy. 7, 10; Hy.

Linked entry: blíþs

þunor

(n.)
Grammar
þunor, (-ar, -er, -ur), es; m.

thunder ⬩ tonitrus ⬩ fulmen ⬩ Jupiter ⬩ a thane of king Egbert of Kent

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Ðunres bearn filii tonitrui, Mk. Skt. 3, 17. Þunres slege a clap of thunder. Nicod. 23; Thw. 13, 3. Þunres slege fulgura, Ps. Spl. T. 96, 4. Stefne ðunures micles, Rtl. 47, 22. God ásende rén mid ðunore, and manega mean mid ðam ðunore swulton, Homl.

æþelo

(n.)
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Þá wǽron æðelum Abrahames bearn by birth they were children of Abraham, Dan. 193. Fór cynn æfter cynne; cúðe ǽghwilc mǽgburga riht, eorla æðelo, Exod. 353. <b>IIa.

lǽfan

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Gif hwá gefare and nán bearn ne gestriéne, gif hé bróðor lǽfe, fó sé tó his wífe, Past. 43, 13. to transmit at death to heirs or successors, bequeath Manige for bearnléste eallne þone welan ðe hí gegaderigaþ hí lǽfað fræmdum tó brúcanne orbus liberis

smæl

(adj.)
Grammar
smæl, adj.

Small ⬩ small, little, not great ⬩ narrow, not broad ⬩ slender, thin, not thick ⬩ fine ⬩ not coarse ⬩ not loud ⬩ gracilis, exilis, subtilis, minutus, strictus ⬩ a sheep, small cattle

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Se Smala ciið . . . se greáta beám Past. 33; Swt. 224, 3. Æt ǽlcon smalon orfe penig, L. Ff.; Th. i. 224, 22. Dó tó smale netelan Lchdm. ii. 68, 4. Smæle þearmas the small guts; ilia Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 46.

á-stígan

(v.)

downward ⬩ upward ⬩ downward ⬩ upward ⬩ to descend ⬩ go down into ⬩ to ascend ⬩ mount

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Of heofenum ástáh (descendit) mannes Bearn, 386, 2: Ps. Spl. 7, 17. Þú ástige on helle grund, Bl. H. 87, 14. Of heofenum oþ eorþan ástígan, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 40: 570, 1. Tó eorþan ástígan to land, Bl. H. 233, 27.

þanan

(adv.)
Grammar
þanan, þonan (-on, -un, -en); adv.

thence ⬩ from that time, ⬩ after that ⬩ whence

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Homl. 131, 17 : 91, 5. referring to the place from which an action or operation proceeds Hé hine sylfne hefeþ on heánne beám, þonan ýþast mæg síð bihealdan Exon.

ge-cyrran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cyrran, p. de; pp. ed.

to turn ⬩ convert ⬩ vertere ⬩ convertere ⬩ to turn [one's self] ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ verti ⬩ reverti ⬩ ire

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Manega israhela bearna he gecyrþ to drihtne multos filiorum israel convertet ad dominum, Lk. Bos. 1, 16. Gif hé ðæt Cristene folc mid lufan ne mehton gecyrron if they could not by love convert Christian people, Blickl. Homl. 45, 22.

gár

a weapon with a pointed head ⬩ an arrow ⬩ the head ⬩ a wedge-shaped piece of land.

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Mé on beáme beornas sticedon gárum, Sat. 511. either (2) or (3) Daroð sceal on handa, gár golde fáh, Gn. C. 22. Sceal gár wesan monig mundum bewunden, hæfen on handa, B. 3021. Gáras stódon ætgædere, æscholt ufan grǽg, B. 328.

CWIC

(adj.)
Grammar
CWIC, cwyc, cwuc, cuc; def. se cwica, seó, ðæt cwice; adj.

Alive, QUICK ⬩ vivus, vivax

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Abraham leófa, ne sleah ðín ágen bearn, ac ðú cwicne abregd cniht of áde, eaforan ðínne beloved Abraham, slay not thine own child, but take thou the boy, thy son, alive from the pile, Cd. 141; Th. 176, 19; Gen. 2914: Beo.

ge-myndig

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Wes þú gemyndig manna bearna, Ps.

hebban

(v.)
Grammar
hebban, occurs with dat.

to lift ⬩ to lift ⬩ to raise ⬩ lift ⬩ make a sound ⬩ to exalt ⬩ elevate ⬩ to extol ⬩ exalt ⬩ to set up ⬩ institute ⬩ to raise ⬩ bring up ⬩ to direct ⬩ bear ⬩ To rise ⬩ mount

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Hebbað eówer mód tó him, Bt. 42; F. 258, 22. to lift and carry, bear to or from Þá apostolas hófon Marian líchoman úp and hine ásetton on neorxna wanges gefeán, Bl. H. 157, 33. Hófon hine wítigan úp tó éðle, Sat. 460.

DEÁÞ

(n.)
Grammar
DEÁÞ, es; m.

DEATH ⬩ mors

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Gegang ða deáþa bearn ðe hí démaþ nú possĭde fīlios morte punitōrum, Ps. Th. 78, 12. Deáþas spirits, ghosts; manes, Cot. 134

Linked entry: deóþ

HRÓF

(n.)
Grammar
HRÓF, es; m.

A ROOF ⬩ the top ⬩ summit

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Gif hwylc wíf seteþ hire bearn ofer hróf si mulier aliqua infantem suam super tectum posuerit, L. Ecg. C. 33; Th. ii. 156, 45. Ofer heánne hróf, Beo. Th. 1970; B. 983: 1857; B. 926: 1677; B. 836. Under beorges hróf in the cave, 5504; B. 2755.

teár

(n.)
Grammar
teár, ( = teahor), teór, tæher, teher, tehher, es; m.

A tear. ⬩ a drop of water from the eye, ⬩ caused by emotion, generally by grief ⬩ in plural, used for the feeling of which the tears are a sign, grief, affliction ⬩ caused by weakness. ⬩ a tearlike drop ⬩ that which drops or exudes, e.g. honey from a comb

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, iii. 44, 29. a tearlike drop Ðá wearð beám monig blódigum teárum birunnen ... sæp wearð tó swáte, Exon. Th. 72, 20; Cri. 1175. that which drops or exudes, e.g. honey from a comb :-- Balsames teár opobalsamum, Wrt. Voc. i. 33, 51.

weorþung

(n.)
Grammar
weorþung, e ; f.
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Skt. ii. 23 b, 350. nobleness, glory, excellence Ðæt wuldres bearn on ðysne middangeard ástág, and seó heofencunde weorþung ðone fǽmnlícan bósm Sancta Marian gefylde, Blickl. Homl. 165, 27.

wirgan

(v.)
Grammar
wirgan, wirigan, wirian; p. de, ede.

to curse ⬩ maledicere ⬩ to do evil

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Ongan hé his selfes bearn wordum wyrgean, Cd. Th. 96, 13; Gen. 1594. Bletsian and wyrian, Homl. Th. ii. 36, 7: 326, 10. Wergendi devotaturus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 78. Wiergende, 89, 9. Wyrgende, 27, 4. He cóme má wítgiende ðonne wyrgende, Ps.

áscian

(v.)
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Add: absolute Mon sceal sprecan ásciende, Past. 185, 9. with acc. of person addressed, to question, interrogate His rihta dóm áhsað ( interrogat ) manna bearn. Se ylca Drihten áhsað rihtwíse and unrihtwíse, Ps. Th. 10, 5, 6.

Linked entry: áhsian

ge-leornian

(v.)
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Geleornigen ðá bearn ðæt hí hiéren hira ieldrum, 191, 1, 4. intrans. To acquire knowledge of a subject, receive instruction Éghuelc sé ðe gehérde from feder and geliornade, Jn. L. R. 6, 45. Huu ðes stafas wát, mid ðý ne geliornade, 7, 15.