nihtes
At night ⬩ night
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Hys leorningcnihtas cómon nihtes ( nocte ), Mt. Kmbl. 28, 13. Ðæra eágan scínaþ nihtes, Nar. 34, 14, Se biþ dæges hát and nihtes ceald, 36, 27. Dæges and nihtes die et nocte, Ps. Th. 1, 2 : Mk. Skt. 4, 27 : Blickl. Homl. 47, 11 : 127, 30 : 137. 22.
self-will
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Self-will, one's own will, free-will Be ðám ðe beóþ hyra sylfwilles ( sua sponte ) gefullode, L. Ecg. C. 17, tit. ; Th. ii. 128, 30. Be selfwille ultro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 27.
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scorf
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Scurf Hyt áfeormaþ ðone leahtor ðe Grécas hostopyturas hátaþ, ðæt ys scurf ðæs heáfdes, Lchdm. i. 322, 16. Wið scurfe and nebcorne, 68, 10. Wið heáfodsár, ðæt ys wið scurf, 116, 23. Wið scruf (scurf. MSS. H. B.) and wið sceb, 316, 22.
BIFIAN
To tremble, shake, be moved ⬩ tremere, contremere, commoveri
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To tremble, shake, be moved; tremere, contremere, commoveri Drihten besihþ eorþan and déþ hýg bifian Dominus respicit terram et facit eam tremere, Ps. Lamb. 103, 32: Rood Kmbl. 72; Kr. 36.
Sunnan-niht
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-Ǽlcum gesinhíwum gebyreþ ðæt hig hyra clǽnnysse healdon ǽfre Sunnannihte (nocte diei Dominici), L. Ecg. P. ii. 21; Th. ii. 190, 18. His líc læg on byrgene ða Sæterniht and Sunnanniht . . . and hé árás of deáðe on ðone Eásterlícan Sunnandæg, Homl.
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wrigels
a covering ⬩ a garment ⬩ veil
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God áfyrde hym ðone unrihtan wrigels of heora heortan, Wulfst. 252, 4. a garment, veil Hí mon midðæm hálgan wrigelse bewríhþ, Blickl. Homl. 61, 16. Hálgum wriilcse sacro velamine, Rtl.106, 4.
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fiþere
a wing ⬩ a wing
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Seó bródige henn tósprǽt hyre fyðera and þá briddas gewyrmð, Angl. viii. 309, 26. Hé hæfde fiþru swylce þyrnen besma, Shrn. 120, 26. a wing to be eaten Þú scealt sellan wel meltende mettas, . . . hǽnne flǽsc and góse fiþru, Lch. ii. 196, 22
greátnes
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I. 92, 2) hyra reáfa de colore aut grossitudine non causentur monachi, R. Ben. 89, 15. bigness, thickness Ðeós wyrt hafað elne lange stelan on fingres greátnesse, Lch. i. 270, 20: 278, 17. <b>II a.
heáp-mǽlum
in troops ⬩ in crowds
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S. 31, 1033. where there is the idea of competition Þyder þá samod ongunnon yrnan weras and wíf, æþele and unæþele, and hine heápmǽlum ongunnon tó hyra húsum laðian currere viri et feminae, nobiles atque ignobiles coeperunt, certatimque eum in suis rapere
notian
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Underféngon hí hyra horsa tó brúcenne and tó notienne, Gr. D. 16, 4. Þǽra (hláfa) ic breác notigende, Hml. S. 23 b, 521. Add
hæft
A haft, handle ⬩ manubrium ⬩ manubrium ⬩ a haft or kilt ⬩ capulum, manubrium ⬩ handle
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Folc Ebréa fuhton hæfte guldon hyra fyrngeflítu fágum sweordum the Hebrew folk fought with the haft [ = sword, a part put for the whole, cf. ord, ecg ?] with stained swords repaid their quarrels of old, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 16; Jud. 263
óht
Fear, terror ⬩ or hostile pursuit, persecution, active enmity
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Ðǽr on fyrd hyra fǽrspell becwom, óht inlende (the pursuit by the Egyptians, or the terror which their coming caused); egsan stódan wælgryre weroda, 186, 9; Exod. 136
þencan
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Add Of þám dæge hig þóhton ꝥ hí woldon hyne ofsleán ab illo die cogitauerunt ut interficersnt eum, Jn. ii. 53. Hwilc eówer mæg þencende ( cogitans ) ætéce tó his lengo áne elne?, Mt. R. 6, 27. 1.
ge-fetian
To fetch ⬩ bring ⬩ addūcĕre ⬩ accīre ⬩ afferre
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He of helle húþe gefette sáwla manega he from hell fetched spoils, many souls, Hy. 10, 30; Hy. Grn. ii. 293, 30 : Gen. 24, 11. Ða men of Lundenbyrig gefetodon ða scipu the men of London brought away the ships, Chr. 896; Erl. 94, 17.
be-þencan
consider
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Ox. 56, 25. þæt hý hý sylfe georne beþencan . . . þæt hé hyne sylfne beþence, Wlfst. 179, 4-11. Ic eów sumes fyrstes geann ꝥ gé eów sylfe beþencean, Hml. S. 23, 188. þæt hí hí beðencan sceoldon. Hml.
rúme
widely, far and wide, ⬩ liberally, extensively, amply, abundantly, in a high degree ⬩ plainly, clearly ⬩ without contraction, in full
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) móte on ðisse folcsceare frætwa dǽlan, 171, 15; Gen. 2828. without restriction or encumbrance, without the pressure of care. v. rúm-heort, Ðá (after Judith's prayer was answered ) wearþ hyre rúme (cf.
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ge-cnucian
To beat ⬩ pound ⬩ tundĕre ⬩ pertundĕre
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To beat, pound; tundĕre, pertundĕre Gecnuca hý mid swínenum góre pound it with swine dung, Herb. 9, 3; Lchdm. i. 100, 11. Mid gecnucedum [MS. gecnucedon] ele ŏleo tūso, Ex. 29, 40. Genim ða wyrte gecnucude [gecnocode MS.
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stencan
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ða elðeódgan folc and hý áwurpe afflixisti populos et expulisti eos, Ps. Th. 43, 3
treów-geþofta
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Th. 469, 20; Hy. 11, 5. Treów*-*geþoftan ( St. Matthew and St. Andrew), Andr. Kmbl. 2101; An. 1052. Ic mid mec gelǽdde mine þrié ða getreówestan frýnd, ða wǽron míne syndrige treówgeþoftan assumpsi mecum íresfidelissimos amicos. Nar. 29, 28
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be-gleddian
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Mid dégum begleddode fucis illita, Hy. Srt, 22, 5. Áfýledum, begleddedum infectis, i. irrigatis, An. Ox. 380