mann-þwǽre
Gentle ⬩ mild ⬩ meek ⬩ not harsh ⬩ courteous
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Manþwǽre ( propitius ) heora fyrendǽdum, Ps. Th. 77, 37. Mildheort and manþwǽre misericors et miserator, 144, 8: Bt. 42; Fox 258, 9. On þeáwum monþwǽre moribus civilis, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 8.
be-standan
To stand by or near, to stand around, surround, to stand on or upon, occupy, detain ⬩ adstare, circumstare, circumdare, detinere
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Fæderas and móddru bestandaþ heora bearna líc fathers and mothers stand around the corpses of their children, Homl. Th. ii. 124, 17. Ðá bestódon ða Iudeas hyne útan circumdederunt ergo eum Judæi, Jn. Bos. 10, 24: Byrht. Th. 133, 51; By. 68.
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ge-scrífan
to judge, deem, assign, impose, appoint ⬩ judicare, assignare, imponere, designare ⬩ to shrive, impose penance, censure ⬩ pœnitentiam imponere, reprehendere
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Kmbl. 593; An. 297. to shrive, impose penance, censure; pœnitentiam imponere, reprehendere Manna sáwla lǽce sceal geþencan, hú he mannum heora dǽda gescrífe and hí þeáh-hwæðere ne fordéme the physician of men's souls must consider how he shall shrive
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reócan
To reek, send forth smoke or steam
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Æt hreócendum heorðe, Wulfst. 170, 21. Reócendne (reccendne, MS.)weg, Cd. Th. 177, 19;Gen. 2932. Reócende hrǽw, Judth. Thw. 26, 7;Jud. 314. Hreócendum fumigabundis, Hpt. Gl. 516, 29
scipe
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Ne mihte ic of þan kinge habben scipinge; ich spende mine ahte þa wile þa heo ilaste, Laym. 13656.] state, condition, dignity, office Hæbbe ic mínes cynescipes gerihta swá mín fæder hæfde, and míne þegnas hæbben heora scipe (cf. se déma ðe óðrum wóh
ymbren-dæg
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Ða ðe heora lencten wel gefæsten and ða twelf ymbrendagas, 244, 20. ¶ with riht prefixed :-- Ðis synt ða rihtymbrendagas (legitimi quatuor temporum dies ), ðe man mid rihte healdan sceal; ðæt is, on kł. Martii, on ðære forman wucan; and kł.
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wrǽd
a bandage ⬩ band ⬩ fillet ⬩ what is bound together ⬩ a bundle ⬩ a band ⬩ company ⬩ flock
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Sume heora fnada and wrǽdas gerriiccliaþ, R. Ben. 135, 27. what is bound together, a bundle Wrǽdes fascis, Hpt. Gl. 529, 4. a band, company, flock. Similar entries Cf. wrǽd-mǽlum Wrǽð grex, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 8, 32.
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bodig
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Hí tyrndon mid bodige, and heora fótwylmas áwendan ne mihton, Hml. Th. ii. 508, 19. Hí (idols) habbað dumne múð and ungrápigende handa, fét bútan féðe, bodig bútan lífe, i. 366, 27. Heó bewand ꝥ bodig mid ðám beddcláðum and nam ꝥ heáfod, Hml.
caru
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Hí fácnum wordum heora aldorþægn unreordadon on cearum ( d. pl. ) cwidum (?cwíðdun, Cf. in cearum cwíðað, Gú. 194), Sat. 67.
ece
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Heora sina forscruncon . . . ꝥ hí hrýmdon for ece, Hml. S. 35, 318. Hé biþ ece hál, Lch. ii. 308, 2. Manig man hæfþ micelne ece on his eágum, Lch. ii. 32, 4. Wiþ bánece . . . Beþe tó fýre swíðe þone ece, 70, 4.
ge-wemmedness
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</b> an impure action :-- Hí férdon on heora ídelum lustum and on gewemmednyssum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 15
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gyte
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Þæt hí heora handa fram ðám blódes gyte ne wiðbrúdon, Hml. Th. i. 88, 5 : Nap. 22, 25. Hit getácnað gefeoht and gete (effusionem) blódes, Archiv, cxx. 50, 15
wǽdlung
poverty ⬩ indigence ⬩ want ⬩ begging
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Skt. ii. 23 b, 341. begging Hé ða wanspédigan cristenan ne geðafode ðæt hí openre wǽdlunge underðeódde, ac hé gemanode ða rícan ðæt hí ðæra cristenra wǽdlunge mid heora spédum gefréfrodon he would not allow the destitute Christians to be subject to public
wearg
a villain, felon, scoundrel, criminal ⬩ of other creatures, a monster, malignant being, evil spirit
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Hí héton mé ( the cross ) heora wergas hebban, Rood Kmbl. 62; Kr. 31. of other creatures, a monster, malignant being, evil spirit Under ðæm stáne wæs niccra eardung and wearga, Blickl. Homl. 209, 34. Wé sceolun þrowian weán 7 (and; prep. ?
hord-ern
A store-house, store-room, treasury
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Heora hordernu wǽron mid monigfealdum wlencum gefylde their storehouses were filled with manifold riches, Blickl. Homl. 99, 16. Hordærna sum, Beo. Th. 4548; B. 2279
ofer-fyll
Overfulness, repletion, surfeit, excess in eating or in drinking ⬩ crapula
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Þurh oferfylla and mænigfealde synna heora eard hý forworhton, Wulfst. 166, 29
ge-synto
Health ⬩ welfare ⬩ safety ⬩ prosperity ⬩ success ⬩ advantage ⬩ profit ⬩ benefit ⬩ sānĭtas ⬩ sospĭtas ⬩ sălus ⬩ prospĕrĭtas
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For heora gesynto for their health, 3, 15; S. 541, 29. Ðe on eallum þingum máron gesynto hæfdon qui măgis prospĕrantur in omnĭbus, 2, 13; S. 516, 8.
HOL
A HOLE, ⬩ hollow, ⬩ cavern, ⬩ den
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Hwelpas leóna on heora holum beóþ gelogode catuli leonum in cubilibus suis collocabuntur, Ps. Lamb. 103, 22. Foxas habbaþ holu vulpes foveas habent, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 20: Lk. Skt. 9, 58. Hola, Homl. Th. i. 160, 33
á-sittan
to sit up ⬩ to remain sitting ⬩ to be aground ⬩ to reduce by siege ⬩ to be apprehensive ⬩ afraid
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ásǽton; þá wurdon eác swíðe unéðelíce áseten, þreó ásǽton on ðá healfe þæs deópes ðe ðá Deniscan scipu áseten wǽron, and þá óðru eall on óþre healfe, Chr. 897; P. 90, 20-91, 4. trans, with fit, to reduce by siege Holofernus wolde hí út ásittan and hé heora
án-mód
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Hom. i. 101, 4) swilce him eallum wǽre án heorte and án sáwul, Hml. Th. i. []26, 25. Þú ánmóde tu unanimis, Ps. L. 54, 14. Mid ánmóde willan monigra multorum unanima intentione. Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 575, 12.