stoppa
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'The holy-water stoppe was a vessel containing holy-water placed near the entrance of a church, and was sometimes made of lead' Stoppa situla, Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 10 : bona (?)
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ge-wendan
To turn ⬩ change ⬩ translate ⬩ incline ⬩ bring about ⬩ To turn [one's self] ⬩ change ⬩ go ⬩ return
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Ðá wæs se cyng gewend ofer Temese then the king was gone over the Thames, 1006; Erl. 140, 29: 1052; Erl. 183, 18
ge-myndig
Mindful, remembering ⬩ mémor
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Wæs heó þearle gemyndig, hú heó ðone atolan eáðost mihte ealdre benǽman she was very mindful how she might easiest deprive the fell one of life, Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 23; Jud. 74: Ps. Th. 73, 21: 82, 4.
beado-hrægl
A war-garment ⬩ coat of mail ⬩ bellica vestis ⬩ lorica
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A war-garment, coat of mail; bellica vestis, lorica Beadohrægl on breóstum læg the coat of mail lay on my breast, Beo. Th. 1108; B. 552
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a-þístrian
To overcloud ⬩ to be eclipsed ⬩ obscurari
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To overcloud, to be eclipsed; obscurari Seó sunne aþístrode the sun was eclipsed, Chr. 540; Ing. 22, 22 : Bt. Met. Fox 6, 8 ; Met. 6, 4
be-hydig
Careful ⬩ vigilant ⬩ wary ⬩ watchful ⬩ solicitous ⬩ anxious ⬩ sollers
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Careful, vigilant, wary, watchful, solicitous, anxious; sollers He wæs se behydegesta [MS. behydegæsta] erat sollertissimus Bd. 5, 20; S. 642, 13 : 4, 7; S. 574, 33
fittan
To sing ⬩ cantāre
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To sing; cantāre Nú ic fitte gén ymb fisca cynn now again I sing about [the] kind of fishes, Exon. 96b; Th. 360, 5; Wal. 1
ge-dwol-man
An erring man ⬩ a heretic ⬩ impostor ⬩ hæreticus
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An erring man, a heretic, impostor; hæreticus Arrius hátte án gedwolman there was a heretic called Arius, Homl. Th. i. 290, 3, 5, 25 : 110, 6
ge-hola
A protector
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A protector Ðam ðe him lyt hafaþ leófra geholena to him who has for himself few dear protectors, Exon. 76 b; Th. 288, 15; Wand. 31
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stán-fæt
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A stone vessel On stánfate gehíded, Wald. 62. Com wíf hæbbende stánfæt ( alabastrum ), Mk. Skt. Rush. 14, 3. Miððý gebrocen wæs ðæt, stánfæt, Lind. 14, 3
be-þearfod
Needy
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Needy, brought to want Gif þú hwæne on neádþearfe ongitst, and gif þú hwæne on wǽdle beþearfodne (-þreaf-, MS.) ácnǽwst, Engl. Stud. viii. 474, 50
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gúþ-plega
War-play ⬩ battle
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War-play, battle, Byrht. Th. 133, 35; By. 61: Exon. 16a; Th. 36, 8; Cri. 573; Apstls. Kmbl. 43; Ap. 22: Andr. Kmbl. 2737; An. 1371
sár
Sore, painful, grievous, distressing
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Ne wæs hyre bróðra deáþ on sefan swá sár, Exon. 377, 25; Deór. 9. Ðæt ðam hálgan wæs sár on móde, Cd. Th. 96, 11; Gen. 1593: 27, 30; Gen. 425 . Ðæt wæs Satane sár tó geþolienne, Andr. Kmbl. 3375; An. 1691.
feónd-lic
hostile ⬩ diabolic ⬩ devilish ⬩ outrageous
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Seó wan þurh geleáfan wið þá feóndlican ealdras, Hml. S. 7, 10. diabolic, of the devil Feóndlices nearaþances spiritalis nequitiae, An. Ox. 377. Þínne feóndlican drýcræft, Hml. S. 7, 183. Feóndlicra spiritalium, An. Ox. 762: 856.
a-yrnan
To run over ⬩ to pass or go over ⬩ pass ⬩ go ⬩ præterire ⬩ decurrere
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Swá neáh wæs þúsend wintra a-urnen so near was a thousand winters gone, Chr. 973; Th. 226, 5, col. 1; Edg. 16: Cd. 79; Th. 98, 6; Gen. 1626. A-urnenre tíde in or at a declining time, the time being far spent or gone.
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burh-stede
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Se burgstede wæs blissum gefylled the city-place was filed with joys, Exon. 52a; Th. 181, 10; Gú. 1291: 124a; Th. 476, 3; Ruin. 2
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dene
A valley ⬩ vallis
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Seó dene wæs afylled mid manna sáwlum the valley was filled with men's souls, Homl. Th. ii. 350, 9. Seó micele byrnende dene the great burning valley, ii. 352, 20
fífta
The FIFTH ⬩ quintus
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Fífta wæs Eádwine, Norþan Hymbra cyning the fifth was Edwin king of the Northumbrians, Chr. 827; Erl. 64, 3. Her onginnþ seó fífte bóc Boéties here begins the fifth book of Boëthius, Bt. 40, 4; Fox 240, 9.
ge-bendan
to bend ⬩ flectĕre ⬩ tendĕre ⬩ to bind ⬩ fetter ⬩ vincīre
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Hieremias se wítega wearþ oft gebend Jeremiah the prophet was often in bonds, Ælfc. T. 18, 23
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ge-hérian
To praise ⬩ honour ⬩ glorify ⬩ laudāre ⬩ hŏnōrāre ⬩ celebrāre
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He wæs gehiered he was praised, Blickl. Homl. 165, 1