mægden
A maiden ⬩ girl ⬩ virgin
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Ðú nú sceáwa ðínes mæg(d)enes (the Virgin Mary) eáþmódnesse, Blickl. Homl. 159, 4. Ðá wearþ ðæs mægdnes mód miclum geblissad, Exon. 74b; Th. 279, 3; Jul. 608. Hit sealde ðam mǽdene (the daughter of Herodias), and ðæt mǽden hit sealde hire méder, Mk.
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æt-foran
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M. 34, Hé waes Gode gecwéme and gife ætforan him gemétte , Gen. 6, 8: (/3) of objects, before, in front of His sceatt ætstód ætforan him, Hml. S. . 12, 54. Þone fótscamul ætforan his bedde (æt his reste foran, v.l. ), Gr.
ecg
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Scearp sweord ðá wunde tósceát, and gǽð gehálre ecgge forð, Past. 453, 17. Hé ealle ofslóh mid swurdes ecge, Hml. S. 25, 415.
scearpness
Sharpness ⬩ roughness ⬩ acidity, pungency ⬩ efficacy
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Similar entries (v. scearp, V.) acidity, pungency Sió scearpnes the acidity of the humours, Lchdm. ii. 28, 1. Ðæs ecedes afre scearpnes, 224, 22.
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ÆG
An EGG ⬩ ovum
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Sceáwa nú on ánum æge, hú ðæt hwíte ne biþ gemenged to ðam geolcan, and biþ hwæðere án æg look now on an egg, how the white is not mingled with the yolk, and yet it is one egg, Homl. Th. i. 40, 27, 28.
GEAT
A gate ⬩ door ⬩ porta ⬩ ostium ⬩ jānua
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A gate, door; porta, ostium, jānua Ic eom sceápa geat ego sum ostium ŏvium, Jn. Bos. 10, 7, 9 : 10, 1, 2. Gangaþ inn þurh ðæt nearwe geat, forðonðe ðæt geat is swýðe wíd intrāte per angustam portam, quia lāta porta est, Mt. Bos. 7, 13, 14.
Linked entry: helle-geat
gildan
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Sceáp sceal gongan mid his fliése oð midne sumor, oþþe gilde ꝥ fliése mid twám pænirgum, 146, II. Gylde ꝥ pound; yrfe ( stolen cattle ), 352, 7.
ELLEN
Strength, power, vigour, valour, courage, fortitude ⬩ vis, rōbur, vĭgor, virtus, fortĭtūdo
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Ic gefremman sceal eorlíc ellen I shall perform a manly deed of valour, Beo. Th. 1278; B. 637. Ne lǽt ðín ellen gedreosan let not thy strength sink, Wald. 10; Vald. 1, 6: Beo. Th. 1208; B. 602: Exon. 120 b; Th. 463, 7; Hö. 66: Apstls.
irre
Anger ⬩ wrath ⬩ ire ⬩ rage
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Seó gesceádwísnes sceal wealdan ǽgðer ge ðære wilnunga ge ðæs yrres reason must rule both desire and anger, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 9. Hé him weg worhte wráðan yrres viam fecit semitæ iræ suæ, Ps. Th. 77, 50.
liss
Mildness ⬩ lenity ⬩ mercy ⬩ kindness ⬩ favour ⬩ grace ⬩ delight ⬩ joy
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Hé onfón sceal blisse mínre lufan and lisse he shall receive my joy, my love and my favour, Cd. 106; Th. 140, 23; Gen. 2332: 190; Th. 237, 19; Dan. 340.
LYSTAN
To LIST
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Hé sceal syllan his gód on ða tíd ðe hine sylfne sélest lyste his brúcan, Blickl. Homl. 101, 20
notu
use ⬩ profit ⬩ advantage ⬩ an office ⬩ employment ⬩ the discharge of an office ⬩ conduct of business
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Kmbl. iv. 215, 21.] an office, employment Ne nán gehádod man ne sceal him tó geteón ðæt hé Crist spelige ofer his hálgan híréd, búton him seó notu fram Godes láreówum betǽht sý, Homl. Th. ii. 592, 30.
ge-wit
wits ⬩ senses ⬩ [right] mind ⬩ mind ⬩ intellect ⬩ knowledge ⬩ understanding ⬩ consciousness
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Lǽran sceal mon geongne monnan ... sylle him wist and wǽdo óþ ðæt hine mon on gewitte alǽde a young man must be taught ... give him food and clothing until he be brought to understanding, Exon. 89 b; Th. 336, 13; Gn. Ex. 47.
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swíge
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silence, absence of speech Hú se láreów sceal bión gesceádwís on his swígean (swig*-*gean, Cott. MSS.) and nytwyrðe on his wordum . . . Sió ungemetgode suíge (swigge, Cott.
þeccan
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Beágas sceal brond fretan, ǽled þeccean, Beo. Th. 6022; B. 3015
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un-rótness
Sadness ⬩ sorrow ⬩ trouble ⬩ gloominess
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On wópe and on unrótnesse and on sáre his líchoma sceal hér wunian, 61, 1: 3, 9. Hé hig funde slǽpende for unrótnesse ( prae tristitiam ), Lk. Skt. 22, 45. Se heora unrótnesse ealle gewríðeþ qui alligat contritiones eorum, Ps. Th.146, 3.
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wræc-síþ
travel in a foreign land ⬩ peregrination ⬩ pilgrimage ⬩ exile ⬩ banishment ⬩ misery ⬩ wretchedness
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Heora látteówum and heora cempum hié bebudan, ðæt hié on wræcsíþasfóran, and on ellþiéde ducem suum et miliies exsulare jusserunt, Ors. 4, 4 ; Swt. 164, 26. fig. of living out of heaven Dam bið wræcsíð witod, ðe sceal heán hwearfian, ðonne heonon gangaþ
á-rísan
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Gif preóst circan miswurðige þe eal his wurðscipe of sceal árísan, ii. 294, 11. to rise, mount up Oð ꝥ ángylde áríse tó .xxx. sciłł; siþþan hit tó þám áríse . . . , Ll. Th. i. 68, 3-4. Þriefealdlíce hit áríse it shall increase threefoldly, 88, 3
beran
to carry ⬩ bring ⬩ to bear ⬩ to suffer ⬩ to carry ⬩ fruit
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Sceal úre ánra gehwylc beran his dǽda beforan Crístes heáhsettle, Bl. H. 63, 30.
breóst
the chest ⬩ thorax ⬩ the stomach ⬩ womb ⬩ a breast ⬩ mamma ⬩ mamilla
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Sceal mon þis wrítan and dón þás word on þá winstran breóst, Lch. ii. 140, 27. Breóstum pipillis, papillis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 54. Brióst mamillas, Lch. i. lxxii, 2. breast as seat of feeling, &c.