ge-beorgan
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Cf. ge-beorglic), on þám earde þe man wóh gestreón lufað, Ll.
mann-cynn
mankind ⬩ men ⬩ the human race ⬩ a race of men ⬩ a people ⬩ men
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Æfter ðam ðe Iosue ðæt mankyn ( the Israelites ) gebrohte tó ðam behátenan earde. Jud. pref. 3. Hé ða burg gewann and eall ðæt moncynn ácwealde he took the town and slew all the inhabitants, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 112, 16.
gódian
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Þurh ðæt hit sceal on earde gódian to áhte by that means matters must somewhat improve in the land, L. C.
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sín
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This pronoun, which is regularly used in the cognate dialects, rarely occurs in English prose, where its place seems to have been early taken by the genitive of hé, heó, hit. referring to a sing. masc.
be-hátan
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Tó ðám behátenan earde. Hml. Th. ii. 282, 17.
CLYPPAN
To embrace ⬩ clasp ⬩ CLIP ⬩ cherish ⬩ complecti ⬩ amplexari
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Ǽghwæðer óðerne earme beþehte, cyston hie and clypton each embraced the other with his arm, they kissed and clasped each other Andr. Kmbl. 2031; An. 1018
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déman
DEEM, judge, think, consider, estimate, reckon, determine, examine, prove, doom, condemn ⬩ judicāre, arbitrāri, æstimāre, censēre, recensēre, decernĕre, sancīre, examināre, condemnāre
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Nǽfre God démeþ ðæt ǽnig ðæs earm geweorþe God never deems [ = decrees] that any should become so poor, Exon. 78 b; Th. 294, 17; Crä. 16.
FEÁWA
FEW ⬩ pauci
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FEW; pauci Feáwa ðata manna mihte beón eardfæste few of the men could abide in their dwellings [lit, could be earth-fast or settled ], Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 10: Deut. 4, 27: Mt. Bos. 9, 37: Lk. Bos. 10, 2.
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FLÓR
A FLOOR ⬩ păvimentum ⬩ sŏlum ⬩ ārea
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Ðú ðæm wættere foldan to flóre gesettest thou settest the earth for a floor to the water, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 181; Met. 20, 91. On flóra on the floor, Cd. 315; Th. 271, 24; Sat. 110: Homl. Th. ii. 56, 33: 334, 35.
HWÍT
WHITE ⬩ bright ⬩ clear ⬩ fair ⬩ splendid
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Hire þuhte hwítre heofon and eorþe heaven and earth seemed brighter to her, Cd. 29; Th. 38, 7; Gen. 603. Engla scýnost and hwíttost most beautiful and most splendid of angels, 18; Th. 22, 11; Gen. 339
blǽd
a blast, blowing, breath, spirit, life, mind ⬩ flamen, flatus, inspiratio? spiritus, vita, animus ⬩ enjoyment, prosperity, abundance, success, blessedness, gift, reward, benefit, glory, honour ⬩ fruitio, prosperitas, abundantia, successus, beatitudo, donum, præmium, beneficium, gloria, dignitas ⬩ flatus
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Eorþan blǽdas the enjoyments of earth, 116 b; Th. 447, 28; Dóm. 46. He heóld blǽd mid bearnum he possessed prosperity with his children, Cd. 79; Th. 97, 5; Gen. 1608.
weorold-mann
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in a general sense, a man upon earth, a man Orsorg líf lǽdaþ woruldmen wíse (cf. se wísa mon, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 24), Met. 7, 41. Án ðara tungla woruldmen hátaþ (cf. wé hátaþ, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 19) wǽnes þísla, 28, 10.
lyft
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wǽt and ceald; sié lyft . . . is ǽgðer ge ceald ge wǽt, Bt. 33, 4; F. 128, 35. ꝥ lyft ys wǽt and wearm. . . fýr býð wearm and drigge. . . eorðe ys ceald and drigge . . . wæter is ceald and wǽt, Angl. viii. 299, 28-35. the body of air surrounding the earth
háwian
To view, look, observe, regard, survey, inspect
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Drihten háwa nú mildelíce on ðás earman eorþan Lord, look now mercifully on this miserable earth, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 20. Háwa ðæt se inra wind ðé ne tówende look that the inward wind do not cast thee down, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 32.
Babilón
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Dóhtor Babylónes earm filia Babylonis misera, Ps. Surt. 136, 8: Ps. Spl. 136, 11. In Babilóne in Babylon, Cd. 82; Th. 102, 28; Gen. 1707.
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wyrm
a reptile ⬩ serpent ⬩ a creeping insect ⬩ a worm
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Dó on ðæt eáre; þeáh ðǽr beón wyrmas on ácennede, hí þurh ðis sceolon beón ácwealde, i. 200, 22. Rib reáfiaþ réþe wyrmas, Exon. Th. 373; 22; Seel. 113. Wyrmas, ða ðe geolo godwebb geatwum frætwaþ, 417, 23; Rä. 36, 9.
ár
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Wyrþe þú eart ꝥ þú onfó wuldor and áre, Bl. H. 75, 1. Lof secgean þára ára and þára weorþmenda þe Drihten mancynne forgeaf, 123, 4. Ðætte hió him funden suelce londáre swelce hé mid árum on beón maehte, C.
frófor
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Th. 76, 3. comfort, freedom from distress Hinc gé hér on stariað and in frófre geseóð frætwum blícan, Cri. 522. a consolation, a particular action that consoles, a person, thing or circumstance that affords consolation or comfort Eálá Wísdóm, þú þe eart
wealcan
To roll, toss. ⬩ of the movement of water ⬩ trans. ⬩ of other movement ⬩ literal ⬩ metaph. ⬩ of action ⬩ of thought, ⬩ trans. To turn over in the mind ⬩ to revolve, consider ⬩ with a preposition ⬩ intrans. ⬩ to turn over, deal with
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Kmbl. 341, 6; Rún. 9. metaph. of action Godwine eorl and ealle ða yldestan menn on West-Seaxon lágon ongeán swá hí lengost mihton, ac hí ne mihton nán þing ongeán wealcan (another MS. has hí náht ná gespéddan) Earl Godwin and the chief men of Wessex
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heán
Low, mean, abject, poor, humbled, humble ⬩ humilis, infamis
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Ðá ðú heán and earm ǽrest cwóme when abject and poor thou first didst come, 39 a; Th. 129, 23; Gú. 425. Démaþ ðam rícan swá ðam heánan and ðam litlan swá ðam miclan judge the high as the low, and the little as the great, Deut. 1, 17: Homl.