or-sorg
free from care, without anxiety, secure, prosperous ⬩ secure from danger, safe
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Uton lǽtan bión ðás sprǽce and bión unc ðæs orsorge secure concludere licet, Bt. 34, 7; Fox 144, 18. tó upáhafen for orsorgum woruldgesǽlþum (cf. on ðinre orsorgnesse.
þan
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(α 1) where þon is preceded by wihte, any at all :-- Ne mót hé ðara hyrsta lǽdan of ðisse worulde wuhte þon máre ðonne hé hider bróhte (cf. ne lǽt hé his nánwuht of ðís middanearde mid him máre ðonne hé bróhte hider, Bt. 26, 3; Fox 94, 15-17), Met. 14
wilm
that which wells ⬩ of fluid ⬩ a fount ⬩ stream ⬩ water that surges or boils ⬩ that moves in waves ⬩ of fire ⬩ surging ⬩ fire ⬩ flames ⬩ heat ⬩ fervent heat ⬩ fiery heat ⬩ boiling ⬩ roasting ⬩ inflammation ⬩ violent movement ⬩ violence ⬩ raging ⬩ tempestuous movement of water ⬩ of mental emotion ⬩ fervour ⬩ ardour ⬩ heat ⬩ fury ⬩ rage ⬩ passion
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Yrre ne lǽt ðé wylme besmítan. Exon. Th. 305, 8 ; Fä. 85
wénan
to ween ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ imagine ⬩ opine ⬩ believe ⬩ to hope ⬩ expect ⬩ look for
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Ðonne hý læst wǽnaþ (wénaþ, Cott. MS.) Bt. 7, 1; Fox 16, 13. Ðe læs ðe wé forweorðan, ðonne wé læst wénan Wulfst. 76, 1. with preps. marking the direction of the expectation or hope : Geþyld hafa, swá ic ðé wéne tó Beo. Th. 2797; B. 1396.
níwe
new ⬩ not yet used ⬩ new ⬩ recent ⬩ not of long standing ⬩ not long made ⬩ new (to anything) ⬩ inexperienced ⬩ new ⬩ novel ⬩ different from what has gone before
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Ðy læs se steall swá níwre cyricean tealtrian ongunne, 2, 4; S. 505, 11. Ðis gelimpþ seldon, and nǽfre búton on níwum mónan, Lchdm. iii. 242, 23. Nó on níwan wylme, ac on lancsumere mynsteres drohtnunge, R. Ben. 9, 6.
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wóh
not straight ⬩ bent ⬩ crooked ⬩ twisted ⬩ oblique ⬩ not right ⬩ perverse ⬩ froward ⬩ wrong ⬩ unfair
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Hí hæfdon wóh nebb, and wóge sceancan, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 34, 22-27. not right, perverse, froward, wrong, unfair Hit is riht ðæt mon yfelige ða yfelan, and hit is wóh (wóg, v. l. ) ðæt hí mon lǽte unwítnode, Bt. 38, 3 ; Fox 202, 6.
wundrian
to wonder at ⬩ to regard with surprise ⬩ admiration ⬩ to make wonderful ⬩ magnify
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Ðý læs ðæt wundredan weras and idesa, Exon. Th. 176, 6; Gú. 1205. with a clause Hwá ne wundraþ ðætte sume tunglu habbaþ scyrtran hwyrft ðonne sume habban? Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 17. Hí ne wundriaþ ðætte..., Met. 28, 50.
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cuman
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Srt. 118, 77. in address Hé cwæð hire tó: 'Wel þú cóme; ac cum tó ús on éce reste, Shrn. 60, 19. to come to, to recover Hé læg bútan andgite. Eft ðá ðá hé cóm, þá hét hé hine ferigan tó Hiericho, Hml.
hwanne
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Wuton cunnian hwænne hine God lǽte, Ps. Th. 70, 10: Sal. 414. Bewitigan hwonne úp cyme æðelast tungla, Ph. 93: 102: 114. Gé nyton hwænne seó tíd ys, Mk. 13, 33. Hwonne, Bl. H. 117, 27: Gen. 2601.
on-gitan
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Þý lǽs se Godes þeów ǽniges teónan óht ongeáte for þissere gemétingce nec quidquam Dei famulus ex conventione eadem injuriae sentiret, Gr. D. 35, 27.
DEÓRE
DEAR, beloved ⬩ cārus, dilectus, familiāris ⬩ dear of price, precious, of great value, desirable, excellent, glorious, magnificent, noble, illustrious ⬩ pretiōsus, magni æstimandus, desiderabĭlis, exĭmius, gloriōsus, magnifĭcus, nobĭlis, illustris
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Áhte ic holdra ðý læs, deórre duguþe I owned the less of faithful ones, of dear attendants, Beo. Th. 980; B. 488. He æfter deórum men dyrne langaþ he longs secretly after the dear man, Beo. Th. 3762; B. 1879: Ps. Th. 119, 1.
swíþ
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Ðý læs hé for wlence, mon móde swíð, of gemete hweorfe, 294, 34; Crii. 25. Hwæt wæs ðé, sǽ swíþa? forhwan fluge ðú swá? Ps. Th. 113, 5. Wyrd seó swíþe, 477, 16; Ruin. 25: Salm. Kmbl. 886; Sal. 442. Hé tóswengde þurh swíðes meaht líges leóman, Exon.
tweógan
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And ðæt ðý læs tweóge, hwæðer ðis sóþ sý, ic cýþe hwanan mé ðás spell cóman ut occcaionem dubitandi subtraham, quibus auctoribus didicerim intimare curabo, Bd. pref.; S. 471, 20. Hine wile tweógan, hwæðer heó him sóð secge, Wulfst. 3, 7.
þeóden
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Hé læg ðegenlíce ðeódne ( Byrhtnoth ) gebende, Byrht. Th. 140, 27; By. 294. Mec ides freán sealde, holdum þeódne, swá hió háten wæs, Exon. Th. 479, 7; Rä. 62, 4. Hæleð, þeódnes þrymfulle, þegnas wlitige, Andr. Kmbl. 725; An. 363. <b>II a.
cépan
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Ðý lǽs hé fleámes cépte ne aufugeret (Bd. 4, 22), Hml. Th. ii. 358, 2. Hí þóhton ꝥ hí hyne ofslógon, and swíþe þæs cépton, Hml. A. 66, 21: 71, 163. Hé wolde ðám biscope þances képan he would be very grateful to the bishop, C.
heofon-lic
chaste
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Úre fæderas ǽton heofonlicne mete (heofunlica, R. heofunlic, L.) manducaneurunt patres nostri manna, Jn. 6, 58. having relation to heaven and divine things Þætte eal . . . sié ymb ðá heofonlican lufan . . . ðý lǽs him losige ðæt hefenlice ondgit ut per
innan
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Hungor innan slát merewérges mód, Seef. ll. inwardly, in the mind, heart, & c. in respect to the spiritual part of man Ðý lǽs hié sién innan gehæfte mid ofermétum ne intus a superbia captivi teneantur, Past. 307, 7.
heorte
breast ⬩ bosom ⬩ will ⬩ intellect ⬩ mind ⬩ soul ⬩ intent ⬩ will ⬩ desire ⬩ inclination ⬩ disposition ⬩ temperament ⬩ character
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Srt.) and libbað á worlda world vivet eor eorum in seculum seculi, Ps Th. 21, 25. the region of the heart, breast, bosom Sum heó hire on handum bær, sum hire æt heortan læg, Gen. 636. the heart as seat of feeling, will, intellect, mind Hwæt getácniað
FREMEDE
Strange ⬩ foreign ⬩ estranged from ⬩ devoid of ⬩ aliēnus ⬩ peregrīnus ⬩ aliēnātus ⬩ aversus ⬩ remōtus ⬩ expers
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Ne lǽne ðínum bréðer nán þing to híre, ac fremdum menn non fænĕrābĕris fratri tuo ad ūsūram pĕcūniam, sed aliēno. Deut. 23, 20. On lande fremdre in terra aliēna, Ps. Spl. 136, 5. Ne ðú fremedne god gebiddest neque adōrābis deam aliēnum, Ps.
ge-helpan
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Se lǽce, ðonne hé ðǽm siócan ne trúwað, and wénð ðæt his gehelpan ne mæge, 391, 24, 26.