wæfre
flickering ⬩ wavering ⬩ quivering ⬩ wavering ⬩ languishing ⬩ active ⬩ nimble
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Th. 231, 2; Dan. 241. fig. wavering, languishing Him wæs geómor sefa, wæfre and wælfús, Beo. Th. 4831; B. 2420. Hé ne meahte wæfre mód forhabban in hreþre, 2305; B. 1150. active, nimble (?
medu
Mead ⬩ a drink made from honey
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Hwítne medu, Fins. Th. 78; Fin. 39. Ðǽr hý meodn drincaþ, Exon. 105 b; Th. 401, 16; Rä. 21, 12. Medewa, wín defruta, decocta vina, Hpt. Gl. 468, 38
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hóc
a hook ⬩ chain ⬩ dragging ⬩ a fish-hook
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(lit. or fig.) Manna heortan þe beóð ðurh un-rihtwísnysse hócas áwegde, Hml. Th. i. 362, 27. Similar entries v. tyge-, web-, wíngeard-hóc. a fish-hook Hóc hamus Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 36. Sende ongul ł hóc (hóc ðín, R.) mitte chamum Mt.
weorþ-líc
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of value, valuable Ǽlc seldsýnde fisc ðe weorðlíc byð, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 27. Weorðlíc reáf gedǽlan dividere spolia, Ps.
ge-mǽte
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Substitute: meet, of suitable dimensions, made to fit (with dat. ) Heó ðone cláð hire on ádyde, and wæs swíðe gemǽte hire micelnysse ( it was a very excellent fit), Hml. S. 7, 157.
dryht-líc
Lordly, noble, distinguished ⬩ princĭpālis, nōbĭlis, exĭmius
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Drihtlíce cempan hyra sweord getugon the noble warriors drew their swords, Fins. Th. 29; Fin. 14 : Beo. Th. 2320; B. 1158. Hí on dryhtlícestum dóme lifdon they lived in the most lordly power, Exon. 82 b; Th. 310, 35; Seef. 85
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ge-nesan
To be saved, preserved, escape from ⬩ to be saved ⬩ to get well
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Homl. 203, 20: Ors. 4, 8; Bos. 90, 8: Fins. Th. 95; Fin. 47. Hý ðurh miltse meotudes genǽson they have been saved through the Lord's mercy, Exon. 26 a; Th. 77, 12; Cri. 1255. He níða gehwane genesen hæfde he had survived every struggle, Beo.
hrepung
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S. 3, 569. the sense of touch Þá fíf andgitu sint gehátene þus, Uisus, ꝥ is gesihð . . . tactus hrepung oððe grápuug, on eallum limum, ac þeáh gewunelícost on þám handum, Hml. S. 1, 199
líne
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IV. a series of objects arranged on a line :-- Þá rímcraeftige men wyrcað heom circul of þám fíf stafum, and betǽcað þrý dagas ánum stæfe.
ǽ-lic
of law, concerned with law, belonging to law ⬩ in accordance with law, fixed by law, legal, legitimate
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Tó ðám fíf ǽlicum bócum, Hml. Th. i. 188, 20: 98, 33: Hml. A. 24, 14. in accordance with law, fixed by law, legal, legitimate Ǽlicere legitimae, Hpt. Gl. 411, 69. Oð ðæt hí becómon tó ǽlicre yldo until they came of age, Hml. A. 129, 439.
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ge-reordan
To give food to, feed, take food, satisfy, refresh, feast ⬩ cibare, saturare, satiare, epulari
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Crist gereorde fíf þúsenda wera Christ fed five thousand men, Shrn. 48, 30. Ðæt gé eów gereordian that ye may refresh yourselves, Gen. 18, 5. Ǽr mǽle hine gereordige that one take refection before the time, Homl. Th. ii. 590, 25.
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grimetan
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Fíf manna sáwla hreówlíce gnorniende and grimetende five men's souls miserably wailing and crying out, Homl. Th. ii. 350, 28. Grimetende rugientes, Ps. Spl. 103, 22. Swíðe grymetende cum ingenti murmure, Nar. 14, 27.
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a-sleán
To strike ⬩ beat ⬩ hammer ⬩ to fix ⬩ erect ⬩ ferire ⬩ icere ⬩ cædere ⬩ figere ⬩ ponere
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To strike, beat, hammer, to fix, erect; ferire, icere, cædere, figere, ponere On býman aslegenum [Lamb. onaslagenum], Ps. Spl. 97, 6; in tubis ductilibus, Vulg; in trumpis beten out, Wyc.
á-gangan
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H. 119, 1. to come to pass, happen Þá forebeácno þá þe. . . geweorþan sceoldan, ealle þá syndon ágangen. . . fífe þára syndon ágangen on þisse eldo. Bl. H. 117, 30-36
út-síþ
A going out ⬩ excessus ⬩ exitium
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A going out (lit. or fig.); excessus, Ps. Lamb. 115, 2 exitium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 84: Hpt. Gl. 503, 35. Gǽst útsíþes georn the spirit eager for departure from this world, Exon.Th. 178, 9; Gú. 1241.
and-fenge
That which can be received ⬩ acceptable ⬩ approved ⬩ fit ⬩ acceptabilis ⬩ acceptus ⬩ aptus
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That which can be received, acceptable, approved, fit; acceptabilis, acceptus, aptus Asette his hand ofer ðære offrunge heáfod, ðonne biþ heó andfeage ponet manum super caput hostiæ, et acceptabilis erit, Lev. 1, 4.
ge-screncan
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Add: To trip up (fig.), cause to fall, throw down Hé ðurh ealle uncysta ðá mód gescrencð per universa vitia animum supplantat, Past. 73, 2. Gescrenctes (supplantasti), Ps. Srt. 17, 40. Gescrenc hié supplanta eos, 16, 14.
willan
to boil ⬩ to torment, agitate, with violent feelings
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Wæll, 378, 3. fig. to torment, agitate, with violent feelings (cf. figurative uses of weallan and seóþan) Hé wylleþ hine on ðam wíte, wunaþ unlustum he gives himself no peace in that pain, lives unpleasingly Salm. Kmbl. 537 ; Sal. 268
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spyrd
stadium ⬩ a course ⬩ a measure of distance ⬩ a course ⬩ a distance ⬩ stadium
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Swelce spyrdo fífe and twoegentig quasi stadia .xxv., 6, 19. Ðara spyrda stadiorum, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 24, 13. In all these passages the West-Saxon uses furlang
of
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Hé áfédde of fixum twám and of fíf hláfum fíra cynnes fíf þúsendo, An. 589. Add Of þám (báne) worhte God fǽmnan, Gen. 183. add where removal, &c. is from a material object Wæterfrocgan hwílon man gesihð of wætere, Chrd. 96, 28.