feórþling
A fourth part of a thing ⬩ FARTHING ⬩ quadrans
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Ǽr ðú agylde ðone ýtemestan feórþling [MS. feórþlingc] dōnec reddas nŏvissĭmum quadrantem, Mt. Bos. 5, 26: Lk. Bos. 12, 59. Geseah he sume earme wudewan bringan twegen feórþlingas vīdit quandam vĭduam paupercŭlam mittentem æra mĭnūta duo, Lk.
wringan
To wring ⬩ to twist ⬩ to squeeze out
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To wring, to twist Teóh him ða loccas, and wringe ða eáran, and ðone wangbeard twiccige, Lchdm. ii. 196, 13. to squeeze out moisture from something Ic nam ða wínberian and wrang on ðæt fæt tuli uvas et expressi in calicem, Gen. 40, 11.
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fore-þanc
consideration
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Ðonne ðá hátheortan hié mid náne foreðonce nyllað gestillan cum iracundi nulla consideratione se mitigant, Past. 297, 3. Ðone foreðonc his gesceádwísnesse forlǽtan intentionem providam non tenere, 431, 36.
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lof-lác
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An offering made to do honour Ða hǽðenan him brohton oft mistlíce loflác the heathens often brought him offerings of divers kinds to do him honour, Wulfst. 107, 6
a-lecgan
to place ⬩ lay down ⬩ throw down ⬩ suppress ⬩ lay aside ⬩ cease from ⬩ ponere ⬩ collocare ⬩ prosternere ⬩ deponere ⬩ abjicere ⬩ relinquere ⬩ omittere ⬩ to impose ⬩ inflict upon ⬩ imponere ⬩ immittere ⬩ to diminish ⬩ take away ⬩ refuse ⬩ imminuere ⬩ deprimere ⬩ reprimere
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to place, lay down, throw down, suppress, lay aside, cease from; ponere, collocare, prosternere, deponere, abjicere, relinquere, omittere Alecgan hine to lay him down, Lk. Bos. 5, 19: Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 126, 25.
a-hefan
To heave up ⬩ lift up ⬩ raise ⬩ levare ⬩ elevare ⬩ extender
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To heave up, lift up, raise; levare, elevare, extender Ahefdon upp ðone arc elevaverunt arcam, Gen. 7, 17. He ahefde upp his hand extendit manum, Ex. 17. He ahefde up he lifted up, 14, 27
engel
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Ðurh ðone ængel (engel, v. l.), Past. 69, 10. Add
fǽhþ
feyness
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feyness Dol seldon drýmeð sorgful ymbe his forðgesceaft, nefne hé fǽhðe wite a fool in his life of pleasure is seldom anxious about his future, unless he knows that death is at hand, Fä. 56
on-worpenness
An injection; fig. of a feeling which has been inspired
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An injection; fig. of a feeling which has been inspired Ðá ic getihtode bi ðære gítsunge onworpennesse and ðá wæs ic gesprecende ðone man and sécende wæs ðæs þinges cúðnesse æt him, Shrn. 36, 19
seonoþ-bóc
A book containing the decrees of a synod
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A book containing the decrees of a synod Hié on monegum senoþum monegra menniscra misdǽda bóte gesetton, and on monega senoþbéc hý writon, hwǽr ánne dóm, hwǽr óðerne, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 15
seóðan
to put in a bag ⬩ wrap up
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to put in a bag, wrap up Bewind ðone æppel on weolcreádum godwebbe, and seóð eft mid sceáte óðres godwebbes, and beheald ðæt ðes lǽcedóm ne hríne ne wæteres ne eorþan, Lchdm. i. 332, 5
sláh-þorn
A sloe-thorn ⬩ blackthorn
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A sloe-thorn, blackthorn Slághþorn, sláchthorn, -dorn nigra spina, Txts. 81, 1380. Sláhþorn, slágh-, salach-thorn, 99, 1898. Sláhþorn, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 39. Slágþorn, i. 285, 32. Ádelf niþeweardne sláhþorn, Lchdm. ii. 92, 30
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and-giet
understanding ⬩ intellect ⬩ knowledge ⬩ intellectus
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understanding, intellect, knowledge; intellectus Ic ðec, mon, ǽrest geworhte, and ðé andgiet sealde I first wrought thee, O man, and gave thee understanding, Exon. 28a; Th. 84, 30; Cri. 1381: 117a; Th. 449, 16; Dóm. 72
dréfednes
Vexation, affliction, tribulation ⬩ vexātio, afflictio, tribulātio
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Vexation, affliction, tribulation; vexātio, afflictio, tribulātio Syððon cómon [comen MS.] ealle dréfednysse [MS. dræuednysse] and ealle ifele to ðone mynstre after that all troubles and all evils came to the monastery, Chr. 1066; Erl. 203, 31
eft-gecígan
To recall, call back ⬩ re-vocāre
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To recall, call back; re-vocāre Sende he ðone biscop hí to sóþfæstnysse geleáfan eft-gecígean he sent the bishop to call them again to the belief of the truth, Bd. 3, 30; S. 562, 10
geár-gemearc
A year's limit or space ⬩ anni defīnītio vel spătium
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A year's limit or space; anni defīnītio vel spătium Siððan ic ongon on ðone ánseld búgan geárgemearces after I had dwelt in the hermitage for a year's space, Exon. 50 b; Th. 176, 24; Gú. 1215
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in-seglian
To seal
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To seal, place a seal upon Hig innseglodon ðone stán signantes lapidem, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 66. Inseglige man ða hand let a seal be put upon the hand, L. Æðelst. iv. 7; Th. i. 226, 30
lítan
to bend ⬩ incline
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to cause to bow, to bend, incline Ðæt ingeþonc ǽlces monnes ðone líchoman lít ðider hit wile the mind of every man inclines the body whither it will, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 237; Met. 26, 119
rǽd-geþeaht
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Héht gefetigean tó rúne ðone ðe rǽdgeþeaht þurh gleáwe miht georne cúðe, 2322; El. 1162
ge-scénan
To break, bruise, wound ⬩ contĕrĕre, vulnĕrāre
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Forðon he ǽren dór gesceeneþ quia contrivit portas æreas, Ps. Th. 106, 15