ge-mengednys
A mingling together, mixing, mixture, connection ⬩ commixtio, admixtio
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Bútan womme oððe gemencgednysse ðwyrlíces weorces without blemish or admixture of perverse work, Homl. Th. i. 544, 17. Ðære sǽ gemengednyssa the minglings of the sea, 610, 11 : 608, 20
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leornung-cniht
scholar ⬩ disciple
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[The word occurs frequently in the Gospels, as it regularly translates discipulus.] Monige ðeáh ðe hí nǽfre leorningcnihtas nǽren wilniaþ ðeáh láreówas tó beónne plerique qui, quæ non didicerint, docere concupiscunt, Past. proem; Swt. 25, 8.
regollíce
Regularly, in accordance with rule (v. preceding word)
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Regularly, in accordance with rule (v. preceding word) Ða þing ðe regollíce gedémed wǽron quaeque erant regulariter decreta, Bd. 2, 4;S. 505, 36.
wrǽc
Vengeance
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Some of the oblique cases given under wracu and wrǽc might belong to the word and perhaps the following passage Hió cwǽdon :'Sió his blód and his blódes wrǽc ofer ús and ofer úre bearn, H. R. 7, 23
wyrt-gemang
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Skt. 16, 1. v. next word
ǽþ-rýt
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(In any but the first of these passages perhaps ǽþryt is a noun; v. next word, and cf. ǽhþrot is pertesum est, An. Ox. II, 166.)
eáþ-módlíce
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Gé eáðmódlíce (eád-, v. l.) his word gehýrað obtemperanter illum audite, Bd. 2, 2; Sch. 117, 15. Eáþmódlíce, Bl. H. 133, 7. Eádmódlíce, 43, 15. Ábúgaþ eádmódlíce ( suppliciter ) tó hálgum wefodum, Coll. M. 36, 3.
swíþe
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Nú miht þú wel witan þæt weorc sprecan swíðor þonne þá nacodon word, Ælfc. T.
BREGO
A leader, governor, ruler, prince, king, Lord; ⬩ imperator, princeps, rex, Dominus
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A word chiefly used by poets, denoting A leader, governor, ruler, prince, king, Lord; imperator, princeps, rex, Dominus Se beorna brego a leader of men, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 11; Jud. 254.
ofer-sprǽc
Excessive speaking, loquacity
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Gelimpeþ ðæt his word beóþ gehwyrfedo tó unnyttre ofersprǽce contingit, ut magistri lingua usque ad excessus verba pertrahatur, 21, 7; Swt. 165, 18
trúð
A player on a trumpet ⬩ an actor ⬩ buffoon
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Voc. i. 73, 66 (the word occurs in a list of terms connected with amusements). Com sum trúð tó ðæs bisceopes híréde, se ne gýmde nánes lenctenes fæstenes, ac eode him tó kicenan, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 59.
funta
a spring
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; the word occurs only in place-names Lond æt Cendeles (Ceadeles, C. D. B. iii. 40) funtan C. D. ii. 293, 20. In loco qui Fobbefunte nominatur, 138, 35. Ðis syndon ðá landgemǽre tó Fobbefunten, iii. 279, 13.
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scír-geréfa
A shire-reeve ⬩ sheriff ⬩ 'the judicial president of a shire.' ⬩ of a secular official ⬩ of an ecclesiastic
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The word glosses preses in Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 11. of a secular official, Similar entries v. scír, III. Ælfnóþ scírgeréfa, Chr. 1056; Erl. 190, 29. Án scíregemót sæt æt Ægelnðþes stáne . . . ðǽr wæs Bryning scírgeréfa, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 54, 14.
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strangian
to grow strong, be strong, prevail, flourish ⬩ to make strong, confirm, comfort
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Word unrehtwísra strongadun (praevaluerunt) ofer ús, 64, 4. Strangadan, swíðodon invalescebant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 6. Strangedon, 46, 49. [Þet eower heorte erȝian and eower feond strongian, O. E. Homl. i. 13, 28. O. H.
a-hefigian
To make heavy or sad ⬩ to weigh down ⬩ burden ⬩ gravare ⬩ contristare ⬩ deprimere
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To make heavy or sad, to weigh down, burden; gravare, contristare, deprimere Swá biþ ðam móde, ðonne hit biþ ahefigad mid ðǽm ymbhogum ðisse worulde so is it with the mind, when it is weighed down by the anxieties of this world, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 84, 32
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leásung-spell
a fable
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A false or foolish story, a fable Ðá hæfdon monige unwíse menn him tó worde and tó leásungspelle ðæt sió hǽte nǽre for hiora synnum ac sǽdon ðæt hió wǽre for Fetontis forscapunge ex quo quidam, dum non concedunt Deo potentiam, suas inanes ratiunculas
ge-smicerad
Worked ⬩ neatly made ⬩ fabrefactus,
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Worked, neatly made; fabrefactus, Cot. 88, 184
dæg-hwamlíce
Daily ⬩ quotidie
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Se bróðor dæghwamlíce wæs wyrse and wyrse the brother was daily worse and worse, Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 24
hwíl
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Uncúð bið ǽghwylcum ánum men . . . hwilce hwíle hine wille Drihten hér on worlde lǽtan. Bl. H. 125, 9. ¶ in oblique cases, alcne or with other words, with adverbial force. acc. alone Ne racantégum hwíle ( jam ) ǽnig mon hine mæhte gibinda, Mk. R.
íðan
To lay waste ⬩ desolate ⬩ destroy
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Ýðde ðisne eardgeard ælda scyppend the creator of men laid waste this world, Exon. 77 b ; Th. 291, 20; Wand. 85. Ýðan, 126 a; Th. 484, 13; Rä. 70, 7. Íðende depopulis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 27