ge-rǽsan
To rush ⬩ irrūĕre
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To rush; irrūĕre Ðe wið swá miclum mægne gerǽsde who rushed against so great a power, Cd. 97; Th. 126, 15; Gen. 2095: Beo. Th. 5671; B. 2839. Hí gerǽsdon they rushed, Chr. Erl. 5, 7: Shrn. 130, 22, 23
á-fremdan
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to alienate, estrange a person Ic wolde þæt hý þé áfremdedon, Wlfst. 255, 13. Áfremðæ sind ðá synfullan alienati sunt peccatores , Ps. Srt. 57, 4. to alienate, deprive a person of something Swá rihtwíslícre gesihðe áfremdad, Hml. S. 23 b, 676
á-hleápan
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ꝥ íren forð áhleóp ( prosiliens ) of þam hylfe, Gr. D. 113, 26. Seó mycelnes þæs stánclifes swá áhleóp ( saltum dedit ) ꝥ hit ná gehrán þæs scræfes hrófe, 213, 28. Ðá áhleóp se líchoma up of ðám wætere, Shrn. 143, 27. Add
brǽc
Breach ⬩ breaking ⬩ destruction
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Breach, breaking, destruction His sunu cwæþ ꝥ hé nolde geþafian ꝥ man swá deórwurðne cræft (an astronomical instrument) tócwýsan sceolde, bútan man þá hálgan wurpe on háte ofnas, gif his fæder nǽre hǽled æfter þǽre brǽce, Hml. S. 5, 292
fore-bod
preaching ⬩ prohibition
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preaching Forebod praedicatio, Mk. p. 2, 9: Mt. L. 12, 41: p. 14, 3. prohibition ( = for-bod; q. v.) Him forebod cóm fram eallum Rómánum ꝥ hé ꝥ fær beginnan móste, ne him swá gecwéme folc gefaran, Lch. iii. 434, 3
for-spillednes
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Mé þe swá manega sáwla on forspillednysse (-spillend-, v. l. ) grin gelǽdde, Hml. S. 23 b, 388. On forspillednesse in perditione, Kent. Gl. 356: R. Ben. I. 110, 11. Hig ꝥ ríce myd forspyllednysse gewǽhton, Hml. A. 185, 111. Add
ge-módsum
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In agreement, in accord For ðon swá micle swí hié gemódsumeran (-sumran, v. l. ) bióð betwux him, swí hié beóð bealdran ðá gódan tó swenceanne quia, quo sibi in malitia congruunt, eo se robustius bonorum afflictionibus illidunt, Past. 361, 13
heálicness
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Add: in a local sense Heálicnysse conum (ut pyrae cacumina sphaerae apicem triginta cubitis in conum praecellerent, Ald. 48, 26), An. Ox. 3529. of rank, dignity, etc. Eálá ꝥ swá mycel heálicnys swilces weres ús þeówode, Hml. S. 30, 281
of-þyrsted
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Add: literal Swá heort wilnað tó wætre, þonne hé wérig byð oþþe ofþyrst, Ps. Th. 41, 1. Utan syllan mete gehingredum and drenc þám ofþyrstum, Wlfst. 119, 7. figurative Se bið ofhingrod and ofðyrst æfter rihtwísnysse, Hml. Th. i. 552, 1
þreágung
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III. add: — Gif tó ðám yflum cymþ réþu wyrd, þonne cymþ hé tó edleáne his yfla, oððe tó þréunge and tó láre ꝥ hé eft swá ne dó aspera fortuna puniendi corrigendive improbos causa deferíur, Bt. 40, l; F. 236, 8
wæl-slihta
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A murderer Þá stód se árwyrða wer swá gelǽded betwyh þám gewǽpnedum wælslihtum; þá gearn hé sóna mid his geþóhte tó his ágnum wǽpnum háligra gebeda venerandus vir inter crmatos deductus ad sua arma statim cucurrit, Gr. D. 254, 22
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ge-tǽse
Meet ⬩ convenient suitable ⬩ mild ⬩ easy ⬩ accommodus ⬩ placidus ⬩ lenis
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Meet, convenient suitable, mild, easy; accommodus, placidus, lenis Gif him wǽre niht getǽse if he had had an easy night, Beo. Th. 2645; B. 1320. Swá hit getǽsost wæs as was most fitting, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 22; Met. 20, 11
hinder-weard
Backward, ⬩ slow
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Backward, slow Nis hé hinderweard swár ne swongor swá sume fuglas ða ðe late þurh lyft lácaþ fiþrum non tamen est tarda, ut volucres quæ corpore magno incessus pigros per grave pondus habent, Exon. 60 a; Th. 220, 2; Ph. 314
hlanc
Lank, ⬩ lean, ⬩ gaunt
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Lank, lean, gaunt: — Ðæs se hlanca gefeah wulf in walde at that rejoiced the gaunt wolf in the wood, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 25; Jud. 205. Swá ðú on hrime setest hlance cylle sicut uter in pruina, Ps. Th. 118, 83
tó-cwísedness
Crushed condition
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Crushed condition Iohannes gegaderode ðæra gymstána bricas . . . Ðá fǽrlíce wurdon ða gymstánas swá ansunde, ðæt furðon nán tácen ðære ǽrran tócwýsednesse næs gesewen that not even a trace of their having been crushed was visible, Homl. Th. i. 62, 16
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hyge-gǽlsa
Slow ⬩ sluggish
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Slow, sluggish Nis hé hinderweard ne hygegǽlsa swár ne swongor swá sume fuglas ða ðe late þurh lyft lácaþ fiþrum non tamen est tarda, ut volucres quæ corpore magno incessus pigros per grave pondus habent, Exon. 60 b; Th. 220, 3; Ph. 314
lendan
To arrive
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To arrive, come to land Man hine lǽdde tó Eligbyrig ... sóna swá hé lende on scype man hine blende he was brought to Ely ... as soon as he arrived he was blinded on board ship, Chr. 1036; Erl. 165, 27; Ælf. Tod. 14
ge-séfte
Soft, mild ⬩ mītis
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Soft, mild; mītis Wǽron hyra gongas sméðe and geséfte their ways were smooth and soft, Exon. 43 a; Th. 146, 3; Gú. 704, Swá him éðost biþ, sylfum geséftost as to them may be easiest, softest to themselves, Elen. Kmbl. 2587; El. 1295
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tiht
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A charge, an offence with which one is charged; crimen Legerteám oððe tiht flagitium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 34. Gif hwá cyninges borg ábrece, gebéte ðone tyht (tihtlan, MS. H.) swá him ryht wísie, L. Alf. pol. 3; Th. i. 62, 8
un-áswundenlíce
Not languidly ⬩ not slowly ⬩ promptly
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Not languidly, not slowly, promptly Ðá ðóhte hé ðæt hé sceolde weorulde wiþsacan, and ðæt unáswundenlíce swá gedyde ( non hoc segniter fecit ), Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 23. Heó ðæt weorc unáswundenlíce gefylde opus non segniter implevit, 4, 23; S. 593, 36
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