swíþ
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forbeád Abrahame ðæt hé his sunu ne ofsloge, ac funde him ánne ram, Prud. 1 b. Ðæne ðín seó swíðre sette quam plantavit dextera tua, Ps. Th. 79, 14. Tó swýðran a dextris, Ps. Spl. 15, 8. Hí ásetton hreód on hys swíðran, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 29.
tela
Well. ⬩ well, rightly, aright, correctly ⬩ well, perfectly, completely, thoroughly, certainly ⬩ well, prosperously, happily ⬩ well, in a beneficial or pleasant manner ⬩ marking degree, very, to a great extent ⬩ as an exclamation, well, good
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MS.) on dón mǽgen pigri suadendi sunt ne agenda bona, dum differunt, amittant, Past. 39, 1; Swt. 280, 20. Gif hí ðone frýdóm tela gehealdon ... gif hí ðone frýdóm forheólden, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 208, 10. Hé ríce geheóld tela, Beo.
þeóden
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Ásecgan suna Healfdenes, mǽrum þeódne, mín ǽrende, aldre ðínum, Beo. Th. 695; B. 385: Cd. Th. 221, 25; Dan. 93. Þegnas þeódne sægdon, 228, 20; Dan. 205. Þeóden mǽrne þegn, winedryhten his, wætere gelafede, Beo. Th. 5435; B. 2721: 5570; B. 2788.
wróht
accusation ⬩ a false accusation ⬩ slander ⬩ calumny ⬩ fault ⬩ crime ⬩ offence ⬩ a quarrel ⬩ strife ⬩ cause of complaint ⬩ injury ⬩ hurt
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Ðú worhtest wróhte betwuh ðé and ðínre módor suna óðrum adversus filium matris tuae ponebas scandalum, Ps. Th. 49, 21. Sume ic geteáh tó geflite, . . . ic him byrlade wróht of wége, Exon. Th. 271, 24; Jul. 487.
Linked entries: wróht-bora wróht-dropa wróht-georn
bót
mending ⬩ repair ⬩ remedy ⬩ improvement ⬩ help ⬩ amendment ⬩ amends ⬩ reparation ⬩ repentance ⬩ penance
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H. 201, 23. as a legal term Gif hwá óðres god-sunu sleá . . . weaxe sió bót be þám were, Ll. Th. i. 150, 14. Ne sý þǽr nán óðer bót bútan ꝥ heáfod, 282, 1. Nán óðer bót búton ꝥ man ceorfe him handa of, 394, 9.
hwanan
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Dauid sylf nemde hine drihten and hwanon is hé his sunu?, Mk. 12, 37. the cause or reason for a result Hwanun is mé ðis ꝥ mínes drihtnes móder tó mé cume?, Lk. 1, 43. Hwanon is þes þus strang?, Bl. H. 85, 10.
GRUND
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Grund and sund earth and sea, 1494; An. 748. Geond grunda fela through many lands, Exon. 87 a; Th. 326, 30; Víd. 136. On grundum on earth, 17 b; Th. 43, 1; Cri. 682: 18 b; Th. 46, 28; Cri. 744. Of grundum, 18 a; Th. 44, 13; Cri. 702.
neáh-west
nearness ⬩ neighbourhood ⬩ the being with another ⬩ presence ⬩ society ⬩ fellowship
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Ungewuniendlíc for ðære sunnan neáweste uninhabitable on account of the nearness of the sun, Lchdm. iii. 260, 21. On ðære neáwiste næs nán wæterscipe, Jud. 15, 18. In ðara neáwiste in quorum vicinia, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 28.
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lác
- [v. Shrn. pp. 3-4],
battle ⬩ struggle ⬩ an offering ⬩ sacrifice ⬩ oblation ⬩ a gift ⬩ present ⬩ grace ⬩ favour ⬩ service ⬩ a present ⬩ offering of words ⬩ a message ⬩ medicine
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Cwæþ hé his sylfes suna syllan wolde ... Hie ða lác hraðe þégon tó þance he said he would give his own son ... They that gift soon accepted thankfully, Andr. Kmbl. 2224; An. 1113.
wracu
pain ⬩ suffering ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ retribution ⬩ persecution ⬩ hostility ⬩ active enmity ⬩ vengeance ⬩ revenge
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His sunu hátte Mars, se macode ǽfre gewinn, and saca and wraca hé styrede gelóme, Wulfst. 106, 26. where hurt is inflicted in return for hurt suffered, vengeance, revenge Wracu sceal heardum men, Exon. Th. 343, 7;Gn. Ex. 153.
folc
a people ⬩ a nation ⬩ an army ⬩ a race ⬩ tribe ⬩ sect ⬩ lay-folk ⬩ the laity ⬩ the people ⬩ followers ⬩ the people ⬩ the common people ⬩ country-folk ⬩ folk ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ folks ⬩ a crowd ⬩ company ⬩ troop ⬩ people ⬩ folk
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Súð-Mercna ríce, þá syndon fíf þúsendo folces regnum Australium Merciorum, qui sunt familiarum quinqtie milium, Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 314, 5. Hé áhlód of feónda byrig folces unrím, Cri. 569.
healf
a half
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Th. i. 228, 20. following a substantive Hec sunt prata . . . stocméd healf, C. D. ii. 65, 26. Ðonne seó eahteoðe tíd bið healf ágán mediante octava hora, R. Ben. 73, 15.
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lád-teów
A leader ⬩ guide ⬩ conductor ⬩ general
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Hig synt blinde and blindra látteówas (Lind. látuas) cæci sunt, duces cæcorum, Mt. Kmbl. 15, 14. Wǽron heora látteówas and heretogan twegen gebróðra Hengest and Horsa, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 27.
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plegan
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</b> to play with a person, toy; in a bad sense, to make sport of :-- Sarra beheóld, hú Agares sunu wið Isaac plegode, Gen. 21, 9. Ðære helle hund ongan fægenian mid his steorte and plegian wið hine ( Orpheus ), Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 17.
tweó
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ungeorne his willan fulleodon ðá becom him Antigonus mid firde on in this state of indecision, in which they carried out his will so reluctantly, Antigonus fell upon them with an army; qui fastidiose ducem in disponendo bello audientes ab Antigono victi sunt
wépan
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Kmbl. 117; An. 59. trans. with accusative, to mourn, lament, bewail, deplore, of persons Hé weóp his sunu lugens filium suum, Gen. 37, 34.
wóh
Wrong ⬩ perversity ⬩ injustice ⬩ error ⬩ wrongfully ⬩ wrongly
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Hí wǽron on woo besmitene propter injustitias suas humiliati sunt, Ps. Th. 106, 16. Micel yfel déð se unwritere, gyf hé nele his wóh gerihtan, Ælfc. Gr. pref. ; Zup. 3, 25. Ðá sǽde him hiora án, ðæt hé wóh bude, Ors. 6, 10; Swt. 264, 28.
cuman
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Ne cóm seó hreów*-*sung tó nánre þrowunge usque ad cruciatum non perveniret poenitentia, Past. 419, 14. Hit cóm tó þám, . . . þæt hé geceás him leorningcnihtas, Wlfst. 17, 9.
ge-mána
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partaking of the Eucharist, communion; the Eucharist Ne gewiton þá nunnan of þǽre cyrican betwyh þám þe bescyrede wǽron þæs god-cundan gemánan, for þon þe hí onféngon þone gemánan fram Drihtne þurh þone Drihtnes þeówan dum inter eos qui communione privati sunt
ge-rýman
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Metod mód gerymde, Exod. 479. (4 a) the object a moving thing, to clear a course for :-- Þá ongunnon hi on óðre stówe gerýman þá estfiuvium per loco alia derivare conati sunt, Gr.