rúmness
breadth ⬩ breadth, amplitude, abundance
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rúmnisse Jericho feldes latitudinem campi Jericho, Deut. 34, 3. breadth, amplitude, abundance Wæs swá mycel rúmnes on him ðæs hálgan geleáfan and swá mycele hé tó ðære Godes lufan hæfde there was in him so great abundance of the holy belief, and he had
cnódan
To give ⬩ assign ⬩ call ⬩ carry out ⬩ exalt ⬩ tribuĕre ⬩ attribuĕre ⬩ efferre
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Gif hwæt welgedónes biþ, ðonne cnódaþ him ealle mid hérenesse if anything be well done, then all exalt him with praise; si qua bene gesta sunt, omnes laudibus efferunt Past. 17, 3;Hat. MS. 22b, 3
coorta
A band of soldiers ⬩ cohort ⬩ cohors
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A band of soldiers, cohort; cohors He hæfde eahta ond hund-eahtatig coortena [MS. coortana], ðæt we nú truman hátaþ, ðæt wæs, on ðám dagum, fíf hund manna, and án þúsend he had eighty-eight cohorts, which we now call bands, each of which was, in those
slingan
To wind, twist, worm, move as a serpent. ⬩ to move quickly ⬩ to wind ⬩ to wind
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It also has the same meaning as slinch (slink). Halliwell's Dict. Gif heó (the adder) ðæt heáfod innan ðone man bestingþ ðonne slingþ (= slincþ ?) heó mid ealle inn if it strikes its head into the man, then it winds itself quite in. Boutr.
ge-tiohhian
To appoint ⬩ determine ⬩ ordain ⬩ stătuĕre ⬩ decernĕre
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Swá he getiohhod habbe as he has ordained, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 20
ge-týdan
To make learned, skilled ⬩ to instruct
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Ic þohte ealra swíðost ymb ðone abbud ðe me getýdde I thought most of all of the abbot that had instructed me, Shrn. 46, 33
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ge-flít
Contention ⬩ strife ⬩ contest ⬩ dispute ⬩ discussion ⬩ contentio ⬩ lis ⬩ certāmen ⬩ concertātio ⬩ rixa
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Ðis geflít hæc lis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 29; Som. 11, 62. Sume ic to geflýte fremede I have urged some to strife, Exon. 72 b; Th. 271, 18; Jul. 484; Bd. 5, 6 : S. 619, 4. On geflít in contest, Beo. Th. 1734; B. 865.
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æled
Fire ⬩ conflagration ⬩ ignis ⬩ incendium
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Hát biþ monegum egeslíc æled the dreadful fire shall be hot to many, Exon. 63 a; Th. 233, 9; Ph. 522. Æled weccan to light afire, Cd. 140; Th. 175, 26; Gen. 2901. Ældes fulle full of fire. Exon. 22a; Th. 59, 30; Cri. 960
æt-befón
To take to ⬩ attach ⬩ deprehendere ⬩ capere ⬩ invenire
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To take to, attach; deprehendere, capere, invenire Gif hwá befó ðæt him losod wæs, cenne se ðe he hit ætbefó hwanon hit him cóme if any one attach that which he had lost, let him with whom he attaches it declare whence it came to him, L.
ÁR
An OAR ⬩ remus
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Sume hæfdon lx ára some had sixty oars, Chr, 897; Th. 174, 43, col. 1. Sǽrófe árum bregdaþ ýþbord [MS. yþborde] neáh brave seamen draw the vessel near with oars, Exon. 79 a; Th. 296, 26; Crä. 57
be-fyllan
to fell ⬩ strike down ⬩ cædere, ⬩ prosternere ⬩ projicere ⬩ to deprive by felling ⬩ bereave ⬩ cædendo orbare
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He us hæfþ befylled he has struck us down 19; Th. 23, 17; Gen. 361. to deprive by felling, bereave; cædendo orbare Secgum befylled bereft of his warriors Cd. 97; Th. 128, 10; Gen. 2124
fǽcne
Deceitful, fraudulent, guileful, wicked ⬩ subdŏlus, dŏlōsus, mălignus, nēquam
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Hæfde fǽcne hyge he had a crafty soul, Cd. 23; Th. 29, 1; Gen. 443. Of firenfulra fǽcnum handum from the deceitful hands of the wicked, Ps. Th. 81, 4: 105, 10: 136, 3
fefer-ádl
Fever-disease ⬩ fever ⬩ febris
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Fever-disease, fever; febris Heó wæs swenced mid hǽto and mid bryne feferádle she had been afflicted with the heat and burning of a fever, Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 28. Wið fefer-ádle for fever disease, L. M. 1, 62; Lchdm. ii, 134, 13.
hux-líce
Ignominiously ⬩ disgracefully ⬩ unbecomingly
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Ignominiously, disgracefully, unbecomingly Ðone seó eorþlíce árleásnyss huxlíce tealde whom earthly impiety had disgracefully calumniated, Homl. Th. i. 48, 23.
hwem-dragen
Sloping
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Sloping, not perpendicular Wæs ðæt ilce hús hwemdragen nalas æfter gewunan mennisces weorces ðæt ða wagas wǽron rihte ac git swíðor on scræfes onlícnesse ðæt wæs æteówed that same house had sloping walls, not at all after the custom of men's work so
manigfeald-líc
Manifold ⬩ having many parts ⬩ of many kinds ⬩ various
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Forðon wǽron swá manigfealdlíce sorga Cristes þegnum therefore Christ's servants had such manifold sorrows, Blickl. Homl. 135, 18. Sangeras and mæssepreóstas and manigfealdlíce ciricean þegnas Church ministers of many kinds, 207, 32
pæþþan
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To tread (a path), to traverse Tungol gársecges grundas pæþeþ the sun (after it has set) treads ocean's depths as its path, Exon. 350, 29 ; Sch. 71. Eorþgræf pæþeþ it makes its way along a trench, 439, 26; Rä. 59, 9.
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bi-settan
To set, beset, surround ⬩ inserere, circumdare
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To set, beset, surround; inserere, circumdare Ðonne gim in goldfate smiþa orþoncum biseted weorþeþ when a gem has been set in a golden vessel by the artifice of smiths, Exon. 60 a; Th. 219, 9; Ph. 304.
wrǽstan
to wrest ⬩ twist ⬩ to move the strings of the harp in playing ⬩ plectrum.
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Kmbl. 191 ; Sal. 95. to move the strings of the harp in playing, Cf. wreste of an harpe plectrum.Prompt. Parv. 533 Sum sceal mid hearpan set his hláfordes fotum sittan, and á snellíce snere wrǽstan, lǽtan scralletan, Exon. Th. 332, 9; Vy. 82
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bisene
Blind
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He áwrít róde tácen ofer þæs bysenan (blindan, v. l. ) mannes eágan, and seó nine þǽre blindnysse gewát fram hám eágum, 77, 28. Tuoege bisene ł blinde duo caeci, Mt. L. 9, 27. Bisena, 28. Biseno geseáð caeci vident, 11, 5