sib
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On ða tíd ( in the golden age) wæs sibba genihtsumnes (an utter absence of wars ), Blickl. Homl. 115, 9. peace, concord, unity, absence of dissension or variance Suá ðætte án sibb (sib, Cott. MSS.)
þanan
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Not till after that were children born to his son (Enoch) in that town. The eldest was Irad (v. Gen. 4, 17, 18), Cd.
Linked entries: þanan-forþ þanon þonan þonon
wer
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Ðæs weres tíd sc̃i Symforiani, Shrn. 119, 17. Gelíc ðam wísan were ( viro ), Mt. Kmbl. 7, 24. Ic nǽnigne wer ( uirum, Lk. 1, 34) ne ongeat, Blickl. Homl. 7, 21. Wundne wer (cf. gewundodne monn, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 16), Met. 8, 35.
Linked entry: wíf
ge-trymman
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Hé hét þæt hí áne tíd ofer undern hí getrymedon ongeán heora fýnd, Hml. Th. i. 504, 24. Getrymed féða cuneus, Wülck. Gl. 216, 12. Getrimmed, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 31.
wegan
to move, bear, carry, bring, transport ⬩ to bring, cause ⬩ to bear, support ⬩ to bear, carry, ⬩ to have ⬩ bear ⬩ wear ⬩ to have ⬩ to be under the influence of ⬩ have ⬩ bear ⬩ to bear, submit to ⬩ to weigh, ⬩ to put something in a balance ⬩ to be equal to ⬩ To move
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Tír unbrǽcne wǽgon on gewitte wuldres þegnas, Apstls. Kmbl. 173; Ap. 87. Ðú scealt swátig hleór, Cd.
Linked entry: æt-wegan
wíf
a woman ⬩ a female person ⬩ a being in the form of a woman ⬩ a married woman ⬩ a wife
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C. 18, tit.; Th. ii. 128, 31. Gif ceorl búton wífes wísdóm deóflum gelde . . . Gif bútwú deóflum geldaþ, sión hió healsfange scyldigo, L. Win. 12 ; Th. i. 40, 4. Gif hwá stalie swá his wíf nyte and his bearn, geselle . lx. Sciłł. tó wíte.
Linked entry: BRÝD
ge-mynd
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III a. the length of time over which the recollection of a number of persons extends, (within living) memory :-- Sume ǽr, sume síð, sume in úsra tída gemyndum, Gfl. 849.
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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Tehhero, Rtl. 40, 35. caused by weakness. v. tíran Ðeós eáhsealf mæg wiþ ǽlces cynnes broc on eágon ... wiþ tér, Lchdm. iii. 292, 2. Lǽcedómas wið eallum tiédernessum eágena ... wið eágna teárum, ii. 2, 8. Wið eágena teára (-e, -as?)
ge-gangan
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Gegangende, 136, 42. of time, to come, arrive (cf. ge-gán; B. II. 3 a) His aldres wæs ende gegongen, B. 822. Wæs endedæg gódum gegongen, 3036. to act upon by going (cf. ge-gán; ) Swá hit seó sulh gegange, Ll. Th. i. 262, 9
ge-weaxan
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</b> to flourish for a person, be advantageous to :-- Suá huæt from mé ðé gewæxe (giwexe, R.) quodcumque ex me tibi profuerit, Mk. L. 7, 11
hefig-tíme
heavy ⬩ weighty ⬩ of great importance ⬩ serious ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ oppressive ⬩ annoying ⬩ troublesome ⬩ hard to bear ⬩ grievous ⬩ tedious
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Hit is láð and hefitýme lǽwedum tolce tó gehiranne . . . hwæt on hálgum bócum áwriten is, Wlfst. 304, 15. of a period in which weather or other conditions are unfavourable: On þám tíman wæs swíðe hefigtíme wynter, and se mere wæs mid forste oferþeaht
rest
rest, quiet, freedom from toil ⬩ rest, repose, sleep ⬩ a place of rest, resting-place ⬩ a bed, couch
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Ic sylle ðé reste ;requiem dabo tibi,; Ex. 33, 14 : Ps. Th. 114, 7. Hé gǽþ sécende reste, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 43. Wé ræste habbaþ, forðon ðe ðú sylest úrum leomum ræste, Blickl. Homl. 141, 10-11 : 41, 33.
þreátian
to urge ⬩ press ⬩ to oppress ⬩ afflict ⬩ vex ⬩ trouble ⬩ exercise ⬩ harass ⬩ to urge a person to something ⬩ press for something ⬩ force to do something ⬩ to reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ to threaten
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Ðonne se láreów sécð ðone tíman ðe hé his hiéremen on ðreátigean (ðreágean, Cott. MSS.) mæge cum tempus subditis ad correptionem quaeritur, Past. 21; Swt. 153, 6. Líðelíce tó ðreátianne (ðreátigeanne, Cott.
fandian
to try ⬩ to tempt ⬩ to try ⬩ to try ⬩ taste ⬩ feel ⬩ to try ⬩ to visit ⬩ tempt ⬩ provoke ⬩ attempt
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Gif þé ǽfre gewyrð ꝥ þú wilt eft fandian þára þióstra þisse worulde si terrarum placeat tibi noctem relictam visere, Bt. 36, 3; S. 105, 25. to try the patience of a person (gen.), tempt, provoke Manega oft ceorodon, and fandodon Godes and gremedon mid
ge-wissian
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Hí eóden tó scipe mid him and bǽdon God ꝥ hé his weg gewissode, 15, 19. to appoint a time Tó þám ylcan ándagan þe hé him gewissode, Hml. A. 97, 167. the subject a thing Hú man mæg þone weg gefaran þe gewissað tó Gode, Ælfc. T.
uppe
up ⬩ above ⬩ on high ⬩ up
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On winterlícre tíde hí (the Pleiades) beóð on niht uppe and on ðæg ádúne, Lchdm. iii. 272, 2. where there is motion from the sea up to the land. Similar entries v. up, I Gif hé his scip uppe getogen hæbbe, L. Eth. ii. 3; Th, i. 286, 8.
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ǽr
early ⬩ expressing readiness, quickness, soon ⬩ earlier, before ⬩ previously, beforehand ⬩ sooner ⬩ before ⬩ sooner ⬩ first
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Tó hwilces tíman se steorra him ǽrst æteówode, Hml. Th. i. 78, 18. Ǽst of ánre byrig, ðonne of óðerre, Ors. 3, 7; S. 112, 22. Hé angan tó smeágenne ǽrest þinga hú hé his líf gerihtlǽcan meahte, Lch. iii. 438, 29: Ll. Th. ii. 316, 11.
secgan
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Hér sægþ be ðisse tíde árwyrþnesse, hú Drihten hine selfne geeaþmédde, 65, 29.
Linked entries: ǽrend-secgan sæcgan sagian
nama
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Ðæs biscepes tíd and his módor, þǽre noma wæs Sc̃e Anthiæ, Shrn. 71, 29. Brocceshám ðes dennes nama, ðes óðres dennes nama Sængethryg, Billanora is ðes ðriddan nama, C. D. ii. 74, 1-2.
þingian
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Þinga þé wið God concilia tibi Deum, L. Ecg. P. iv. 66; Th. ii. 226, 17.