ge-tǽlan
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Getéldon hine tó deáðe condemnabunt eum morte, 20, 18. Ꝥte hine ginómun ł gitéldun on wordum ut eum caperent in uerbo, Mk. R. L. 12, 13.
sár-líc
sad, mournful, lamentable, grievous ⬩ causing pain, grievous ⬩ sad, mournful
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Nó his lífgedál sárlíc þúhte secga ǽnigum to no man did his death seem occasion for sorrow, Beo. Th. 1688; B. 842. Sárlíc symbel (the eating of the forbidden fruit) Exon. Th. 226, 15; Ph. 406. Sárlíc síþfæt (the journey to hell) 446, 20; Dóm. 25.
þegnian
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On ðam húse hyra ðeáw wæs, ðæt hí ða untruman in lǽdan sceoldan, and him ætsomne ðénigean, Bd. 4, 24; S. 538, 29. <b>I a.
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þeód-scipe
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Homl. 133, 2. .vii. gebróðor geþrowedon deáþ for ðære ealdan ǽ bebode ... Ðá cwæþ se cniht ( the seventh brother ): 'Ic sylle mínne líchoman for ússa fædera ðeódscipe, swá míne bróþor dydon,' Shrn. 111, 20.
swilce
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Hwylc biþ hé ( the body after death ) ðonne búton swylce stán, Blickl. Homl. 21, 26: Homl. Th. i. 406, 14. Mé geweorðode wuldres ealdor swylce swá hé his módor eác geweorðode, Rood Kmbl. 181; Kr. 92.
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scrífan
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Deáþ ðæs ne scrífeþ (cf. se deáþ swelces ne récþ mors spernit altam gloriam, Bt. 19; Fox 68, 32), Met. 10, 29. Rihtes ne scrífeþ, 25, 53.
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eall
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Ꝥ man crístene men for ealles tó lytlum tó deáðe ne fordéme, Ll. Th. i. 304, 19.
hwerfan
to turn ⬩ revolve ⬩ move about ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ depart ⬩ to turn ⬩ change ⬩ to exchange ⬩ barter
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Ðeáh ðe his leóht gelómlíce hwyrfe though its light change frequently, Lchdm. iii. 242, 16. Hwærfe hia convertantur, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 15. Hiora heortan hé ongan hwyrfan convertit cor eorum, Ps. Th. 104, 21.
stille
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Wǽte þicce and stille, Lchdm. ii. 138, 13. of sound, silent Ðeáh ðú stille sý and unrót though thou be silent and sad, Ap. Th. 15, 17. Se fæder hit gemǽnde stille pater rem tacitus considerabat, Gen. 37, 11.
swícan
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Nóhwæðere ælmihtig ealra wolde Adam and Euan árna ofteón ðeáh ðe hé him from swice although he had withdrawn his favour from them (perhaps hé = hié and swice is plural though they had turned from him, 58, 31; Gen. 954. to desist from (dat. or prep.),
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teár
A tear. ⬩ a drop of water from the eye, ⬩ caused by emotion, generally by grief ⬩ in plural, used for the feeling of which the tears are a sign, grief, affliction ⬩ caused by weakness. ⬩ a tearlike drop ⬩ that which drops or exudes, e.g. honey from a comb
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Heó is fulneáh deád for teárum and for unrótnesse, Bt. 19; Fox 28, 30. Eua bær teáras on hire innoþe, Maria brohte ðone écan gefeán eallum middangearde,Blickl. Homl. 3, 12.
weorþung
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Ne dear man forhealdan lytel ne mycel ðæs ðe gelagod is tó gedwolgoda weorðunge, Wulfst. 157, 14. Drihtne tó wurðunga, Lev. 2, 2. Ídola wurðinge, L. N. P.
wérig
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Woldan wérigu wíf wópe bimǽnan æþelinges deáð, Exon. Th. 459, 23; Hö. 4. Wérigra wraþu, 183, 34; Gú. 1337. Eálá ðú ðe eart sió héhste frófer eallra wérigra móda O!
feallan
to run ⬩ to be overcome ⬩ to stumble ⬩ snare ⬩ to fail ⬩ fall away ⬩ decay ⬩ crumble away
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Tó gebede feóllon, 777. to drop wounded or dead:-- Mycel wæll feóll on ǽgðre healfe, Chr. 1016; P. 150, 2: By. 303. Hé blóde fáh feóll on foldan; næs hé fǽge þá gyt, B. 2975. Feóllon wergend bennum seóce, Gen. 1971: Hml.
ge-lǽran
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. ¶ rǽd gelǽran to give counsel :-- Ne meahton wé gelǽran leófne þeóden rǽd ǽnigne þæt hé ne grétte goldweard þone we could not give the dear prince any counsel that would prevent him attacking the dragon, B. 3079.
ge-leornian
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Se deófol cann eall þæt yfel and ealle þá drýcræftas þe ǽfre ǽnig ǽfre geleornode, Wlfst. 101, 3. with clause Sé sit on wólberendum setle, sé ðe gesceádwíslíce tócnáwan con gód and yfel, and ðeáh geleornað ðæt hé déð ðæt yfel in cathedra pestilentiae
ge-þolian
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Hé earfeðu geþolade, láðlicne deáð, Cri. 1173. Hleór geþolade árleásra spátl, 1435. Torn geþolode wine Scyldinga, B. 147. Þám be teónan geþoledan injuriam patientibus, Ps. Th. 145, 6.
help
help ⬩ assistance ⬩ succour ⬩ an aid ⬩ a thing ⬩ a place ⬩ a refuge ⬩ a cure ⬩ remedy of disease
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Hé geþolade láðlicne deáð leódum tó helpe, Cri. 1174. Þú onwóce mannum tó helpe, Sat. 440.: B. 1961: Kr. 102: El. 679. Hé geseah þá gesihþe þám mannum tó nytnesse þe hit gehýrað, ná him sylfum tó ǽnigre helpe Gr. D. 327, 17.
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rúm
roomy, spacious, ample, extensive ⬩ roomy, open, unencumbered. ⬩ long, extended ⬩ ample, great, liberal ⬩ unrestricted, clear, free from conditions ⬩ lax ⬩ ample, far-reaching ⬩ liberal. ⬩ great, noble, august
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Behealde hé hú wídgille ðæs heofones hwealfa biþ, and hú neara ðære eorþan stede is, ðeáh heó ús rúm þince, Bt. 19; Fox 68, 23. Rúma rodor the spacious firmament on high, Met. 28, 16.
sceamu
modesty, bashfulness ⬩ shame, confusion ⬩ what causes a feeling of shame, disgrace, shame ⬩ the private part
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Sume mǽgon habban ælles woruld*-*welan genóg ac hí habbaþ ðeáh sceame ðæs welan gif hí ne beóþ swá æðele on gebyrdum swá hí woldon huic census exuberat, sed est pudori degener sanguis Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 31.
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