open
Open ⬩ not shut, ⬩ allowing ingress or egress ⬩ of a door ⬩ of the eyes ⬩ not closed up ⬩ not covered, not protected ⬩ declared, public ⬩ not secret, not concealed, discovered, brought to light (in reference to things where concealment is desired) ⬩ without attempt at concealment ⬩ manifest, clear, plain, evident
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Blisse on openum, Lchdm. iii. 200, 8. On ða openan tíd the last day when nothing is concealed, Exon.
heofon-lic
chaste
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Heofonlice blisse mon mihte á on his mode ongytan, Bl. H. 223, 34. Sé ðe wile brúcan ðára godcundra ðinga and ðára hefonlicra lára, Past. 81, 14.
wist
subsistence ⬩ sustenance ⬩ food ⬩ provisions ⬩ dainty food ⬩ a feast ⬩ eating ⬩ feasting
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Æt hám findaþ witode him wiste and blisse, Exon. Th. 430, 14; Rä. 44, 8. Wista dapes, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 63. Hwǽr beóþ ðonne his welan and his wista? Blickl. Homl. 111, 33. Wista epularum, Hpt. Gl. 481, 15: Exon. Th. 130, 6; Gú. 434.
fundian
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Fundige hé him tó lissa blisse, Sch. 100. with infin. Monige . . . witan fundiað, hwylc . . ., Mód. 16. with gerund Hié fundiað tó bigietenne, and beóð suíðe gedréfede cogitationis turbidae aestibus anhelant, Past. 127, 20.
nú
Now ⬩ at this time ⬩ Now ⬩ since ⬩ when
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Ond nú ( since ) ðeós hálige tíd englum tó blisse wearþ, ðonne ..., Blickl. Homl. 123, 1. Wé mágon geþencean, nú ( since ) ða sint Godes bearn genemned ðe sibbe wyrcaþ, Past. 47; Swt. 359, 12.
brúcan
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., to enjoy Nán eówer blisse brýcþ nemo vestrum gaudio fruitur , Coll. M. 28, 9. Þæt ꝥ hé gesǽ;llíce brýcþ, hé ondrǽ;t ꝥ hé scyle forlǽ;tan, Bt. 11, 1; F. 32, 15. Hé brécð perfruetur (abundantia ), Kent. Gl. 16.
on-fón
to take ⬩ to take what another appoints or grants, to receive, have given ⬩ to take what another offers, receive favourably, accept ⬩ to receive a person ⬩ to undergo a rite, undertake a duty ⬩ to conceive ⬩ to take to, to begin ⬩ incipere
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Se ðe Godes word mid blisse onféhþ, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 20. Gé onfóþ ðæm mægene Hálges Gástes, Blickl. Homl. 119, 11. Hé onféng for worlde mycelne noman, 43, 34. Hí léfnysse onféngon, Bd. 1, 26; S. 488, 5.
god-cund
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Habban godcunde blisse and eác worldcunde, Bl. H. 83, 20. Sé ðe wille godcundne wísdóm sécan, Bt. 12; F. 36, 9. Ðaette gé fore uueorolde sién geblitsade mid ðém weoroldcundum gódum and hiora sáula mid ðém godcundum gódum, C. D. i. 293, 36.
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ofer
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Add Þú woldest mé laðian þæt ic swíðor drunce swilce for blisse ofer mínum gewunan; ac wite þú þæt sé þe óðerne neádað ofer his mihte tó drincenne, þæt sé mót áberan heora bégra gilt, gif him ǽnig hearm of þám drence becymð, Ælfc. T.
ge-weorþan
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Is eal þín blis tó unrótnesse geworden, Bl. H. 85, 33.
lust
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Ic ongite þætte . . . seó héhste blis nis on þám flǽsclicum lustum video . . . nec laetitiam voluptatibus posse contíngere, Bt. 33, I ; F. 120, 6. ¶ with prep, or oblique case used adverbially, (v.
wel
Well ⬩ well ⬩ prosperously ⬩ well ⬩ much ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ freely ⬩ well ⬩ properly ⬩ well ⬩ very ⬩ quite ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ very ⬩ quite ⬩ well ⬩ ah
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Ðám bið well, ðe ðara blissa brúcan móton Andr. Kmbl. 1770;An. 887. Is ðæt lá well euge, euge Ps. Th. 39. 18. Wel lá wel is úrum módum euge, euge animae nostrae Ps. Th. 34, 33. Ðé wel weorðeþ on wynburgum bene tibi erit Ps.
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teóðung
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Ǽgðer ge earm ge eádig, ðe ǽnige teolunga habbe, gelǽste Gode his teóðunga mid ealre blisse, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 270, 25-272, 2.
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gifan
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forth a statement for consideration Tó geafanne mið efennisse adhibita comparatione Mt. p. 15, 12. to allot, assign Þǽr ys án tó láfe, gif þæne Aprili, Angl. viii. 303, 38 : 43. to cause to have or receive. the subject a person Brego engla geaf eft blisse
sorh
care ⬩ anxiety ⬩ sorrow ⬩ grief ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ sorrow, care ⬩ cura, solicitudo, angor, moeror, labor ⬩ care, sorrow
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Hyge wearð mongum blissad sáwlum, sorge tóglidene, 71, 31; Cri. 1164. Sorga sárost, 122, 19; Gen. 2029. Sorga mǽst, 308, 22; Sat. 696. Weána gehwylcne, sídra sorga, Beo. Th. 300; B. 149.
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niman
to take ⬩ receive ⬩ get ⬩ sumere ⬩ accipere ⬩ to take ⬩ keep ⬩ hold ⬩ tenere ⬩ to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to contain ⬩ to take (with one) ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ to take (to one) ⬩ give ⬩ to take forcibly ⬩ seize ⬩ take away ⬩ carry off ⬩ tollere ⬩ capessere ⬩ auferre ⬩ rapere
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Ðæt ( food ) hé ǽr tó blisse nam, 57, 7. Ðá nam Petrus and ða óðre apostolas hié ( Mary ), and hié ásetton ofer hire bǽre, 149, 5. Hié náman blówende palmtwigu and bǽron him tógeánes, 69, 30. Nim and telle Israhéla folc, Num. 1, 2.
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CWIC
Alive, QUICK ⬩ vivus, vivax
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Blis astíhþ cwicera cynna cyninge the joy of quick kinds ascends to the king, Menol. Fox 183 ; Men. 93: Andr. Kmbl 1823; An. 914: Judth. 12 ; Thw. 26, 12; Jud. 324 . Cwicra wihta of beings alive, Exon. 107b; Th. 411, 5; Rä. 29, 8.
HÁD
person ⬩ persona ⬩ sex ⬩ degree, rank, order, condition ⬩ state, condition, kind, nature, form ⬩ manner, way ⬩ honour ⬩ persona, sexus, ordo, gradus.
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Blis manigra háda cwicera cynna the joy of many kinds of living creatures, Menol. Fox 182; Men. 92 : Exon. 33 a; Th. 105, 15; Gú. 23
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warenian
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Is ðaelig-acute;m tó cýðanne, ðæt hí hié warenigen ǽgðer ge wið ða ungemetlícan blisse ge wið ða ungemetlícan unrótnesse. . . . Is micel niédþearf ðæt mon hiene wið ðæt irre and wið ða ungemetlícan sǽlða warenige (warnige, Cott.
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tó-weard
future ⬩ that is to come ⬩ about to come ⬩ coming ⬩ at hand ⬩ approaching ⬩ toward ⬩ (that is) to happen or be some time or other, ⬩ (that is) to come ⬩ about to happen ⬩ (that is) to come soon ⬩ imminent ⬩ impending ⬩ to take place ⬩ come to pass ⬩ coming towards a place ⬩ approaching ⬩ about to come ⬩ with the face towards a person, ⬩ facing
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Hí geseóþ heora wuldor and heora wlite and blisse hym tóweard, Wulfst. 238, 21. of an immediate future Her is úre sylfra forwyrd tóweard getácnod here is our own destruction shewn to be imminent, Judth. Thw. 25, 30;Jud. 286.
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