feónd
an enemy ⬩ foe ⬩ fiend ⬩ devil
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Se feónd (the raven; cf. hrefen . . . wælfel, El. 53) gespearn fleótende hreáw, Gen. 1447. Nelle ic þyssum fýnd leng árian, Bl. H. 179, 16. a hostile spirit, fiend, devil Wé witan ꝥ þyses menniscan cynnes fýnd áblende eówre heortan, Bl. H. 151, 33.
hǽs
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Þurh his hálige hǽs, An. 1522: 1588: El. 86: Wlfst. 255, Féran sceal þurh freán hǽse sundor ánra gehwæs sáwl of líce Az. 92. Hé hét him tó clypian ealne þone here ꝥ hí his hǽse gefyldon, Hml. S. 28, 27: Angl vii. 52, 406.
hreósan
To fall ⬩ fall down ⬩ ruere ⬩ corruere
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Hreósan under heolstorhofu, Elen. Kmbl. 1525; El. 764: Exon. 28 b; Th. 86, 25; Cri. 1413. Gesihþ hreósan hrím and snáw, 77 a; Th. 289, 14; Wand. 48. Hit hreósan wile sígan sond æfter réne, Bt. Met. Fox 7, 44; Met. 7, 22.
lǽne
transitory ⬩ temporary ⬩ frail
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Hér biþ feoh lǽne hér biþ freónd lǽne hér biþ mon lǽne in this world shall not wealth endure, or friend, or man, Exon. 78 a; Th. 292, 32; Wand. 108 : Elen. Kmbl. 2539; El. 1272. Ðis lǽne líf ðe wé lifiaþ on this transitory life in which we live, Ps.
LUST
LUST ⬩ desire ⬩ pleasure ⬩ voluptuousness
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Kmbl. 2046; An. 1025: Elen. Kmbl. 276; El. 138. Wedres on luste glad on account of fair weather or[?] desirous of fair weather, Exon. 97 a; Th. 361, 28; Wal. 26. Of luste flǽsces ex voluntate carnis, Jn. Skt. Rush. 1, 13. In lust in luxum, Wrt.
Linked entry: lustume
rand
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Denoting the whole, a shield, buckler [Icel. rönd a shield] Rand dynede, campwudu clynede, Elen. Kmbl. l00; El. 50. Ðonne rond and hand on herefelda helm ealgodon, Andr. Kmbl. 18; An. 9 : 824; An. 412.
Linked entry: rand-beáh
sunu
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Word hiere suna, Elen. Kmbl. 443; El. 222: Exon. Th. 6, 34; Cri. 94. Heó ne gehýrde ná hyre leófan sunu stemne ( but suna ll. 20, 24), Wulfst. 152, 16. Gif his sunu and his sunu sunu geþeóþ, L. Wg. 11; Th. i. 188, 10.
Linked entry: suna
þider
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</b> in an indefinite sense :--- On healfa gehwǽr, sume hyder, sume þyder, Elen. Kmbl. 1093; El. 548. as antecedent Ðá ferede hine Godes hand þider, þǽr hine men siððan áredon, Shrn. 57, 5. Uton ácerran þider, þǽr hé sylfa sit, Cd.
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wǽdl
- P. B. viii. 535
Poverty ⬩ want ⬩ poverty ⬩ indigence ⬩ want ⬩ penury ⬩ unproductiveness ⬩ barrenness
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Ðæt hé hláfes ne gýme, gewende tó wǽdle and ða wiste wiðsæce (choose want as his portion and refuse the food), Elen. Kmbl. 1230; El. 617.
Linked entry: wéðel
swilc
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Beaduþreáta mǽst swylce cyning ymbsittendra meahte ábannan tó beadwe, Elen.
help
help ⬩ assistance ⬩ succour ⬩ an aid ⬩ a thing ⬩ a place ⬩ a refuge ⬩ a cure ⬩ remedy of disease
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Hí æt him helpe gemétton, G. i. 894: El. 1032: Ps. Th. 105, 24: 117, 13.
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ge-þencan
to think ⬩ conceive ⬩ perceive ⬩ reflect upon ⬩ weigh ⬩ meditari ⬩ considerare ⬩ pensare ⬩ to think about ⬩ remember ⬩ consider maturely ⬩ to take to heart ⬩ recogitare ⬩ iterum cogitare ⬩ reminisci ⬩ to think of ⬩ bear in mind ⬩ remember ⬩ recordari ⬩ cogitare ⬩ memor esse ⬩ to excogitate ⬩ devise ⬩ invent ⬩ conceive ⬩ excogitare ⬩ struere ⬩ invenire ⬩ to resolve ⬩ intend ⬩ wish ⬩ intendere ⬩ velle
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Elen. Kmbl. 626; El. 313. to think about, remember, consider maturely, to take to heart; recogitare, iterum cogitare, reminisci He sceal geþencan gǽstes þearfe he shall think about the need of his soul, Exon. 23 b; Th. 65, 20; Cri. 1057.
seóþan
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Gif ðú seóþest rúdan on ele, Lchdm. ii. 206, 23. Gif mon sýþ gárleác on henne broþe, Lchdm. ii. 276, 15. Seóþ on wætere tó þriddan dǽle, i. 72, 2. Seóþ on wíne, 134, 4. Seóþaþ ( coquite ) eówerne mete beforan ðæs temples dura, Lev. 8, 31.
Linked entry: for-seóþan
sacu
strife, contention, dissension, sedition, dispute ⬩ distress, trouble, affliction, persecution ⬩ crime, guilt ⬩ a contention at law, a suit, cause, action
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Ðǽr biþ á gearu wraðu wannhálum wíta gehwylcessæce and sorge there shall be ever ready for the wretched support against every infliction, against distress and care, Elen. Kmbl. 2059; El. 1031. Ne þearft ðú sár níwigan and sæce rǽran (cf.
BEALD
BOLD ⬩ brave ⬩ confident ⬩ of good courage ⬩ validus ⬩ strenuus ⬩ fortis ⬩ constans ⬩ audax ⬩ fidens ⬩ bono animo ⬩ liber
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Beald reordade, eádig on elne brave he spake, happy in courage, Exon. 47 b; Th. 163, 24; Gú. 998. He healdeþ Meotudes ǽ beald in breóstum bold in his breast he holds the law of the Creator, Exon. 62 b ; Th. 229, 20; Ph. 458.
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EARNIAN
EARN, merit, deserve, get, attain, labour for ⬩ mĕrēri
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Ðá he ne earnade elles wuhte when he did not earn anything else, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 39; Met. 9, 20. Gé ðæs earnedon ye merited this, Exon. 27 b; Th. 83, 2; Cri. 1350. Uton we friþes earnian let us merit peace, 98 a; Th. 366, 17; Reb. 13.
blis
BLISS, joy, gladness, exultation, pleasure ⬩ lætitia, gaudium, exultatio, beatitas ⬩ friendship, kindness, benevolence, grace ⬩ comitas, benignitas, benevolentia, gratia
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Blissum hrémig exulting in gladness, Elen.
Linked entry: blíþs
til
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Ðæt hió ðære cwene oncweðan meahton swá tiles swá tráges, swá hió him tó sóhte, Elen. Kmbl. 649; El. 325. Tile and yfle the good and the evil (at the day of judgment), Cd. Th. 303, 10; Sat. 610.
rícsian
to exercise or have power ⬩ to rule ⬩ govern ⬩ reign ⬩ to domineer ⬩ dominate ⬩ tyrannize ⬩ exercise violence ⬩ to prevail
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Gif ðín willa síe ðæt rícsie se ðe on róde wæs, Elen. Kmbl. 1544; El. 774. Se mǽra wyrhta ðe ríhsigende wylt eal ðæt hé geworhte, Lchdm. iii. 432, 15. Wihtrǽde ríxigendum, L.
on-cirran
to turn (trans.) make a change in position or direction ⬩ to turn (into another form) ⬩ to turn, ⬩ to go ⬩ to turn, make a person adopt a line of conduct, etc. ⬩ to turn, change ⬩ to turn from good to bad, to pervert ⬩ to turn aside, avert ⬩ to turn back, reverse (a sentence), revoke ⬩ to turn (intrans.)
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Nergend him naman oncyrde, Elen. Kmbl. 1004; El. 503. Ne meahte hé ðæs wealdendes willan oncirran, Beo. Th. 5707; B. 2857. Hí woldon his mód oncyrran, Andr. Kmbl. 2921; An. 1463.