á-tǽsan
To tear with a weapon
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Ðæt áhrérede mód, ðonne hit ongiet ðæt him mon birgð, mid ðǽre gesceádlican andsware hit bið átǽsed on ðæt ingeðonc commotas mentes, dum et parci sibi sentiunt, et tamen responsorum ratione in intimis tanguntur, Past. 296, 17
apostol
One sent ⬩ an apostle ⬩ apostolus
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Ða apostoli becómon to ðære byrig, the apostles came to the city, 494, 14: 482, 18, 25, 27. Æt ðæra apostola fótum at the apostles' feet, 488, 4. Ðá fleáh ðæt folc eal to dám apostolum the folk then all fled to the apostles, 492, 12.
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weorold-mann
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</b> a man engaged in secular, as opposed to ecclesiastical, affairs, a layman :-- Nalæs ðæt án ðæt ðás ðing dyden weoruldmen (saeculares viri ), ac eác swylce ðæt Drihtnes eówde, Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 25.
á-feallan
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Nán mon ne bitt óðerne ðæt hé hine rǽre, gif hé self nát ðæt hé áfeallen bið. Past. 441, 10. ¶ used figuratively :-- Ðæt hefige mód glít niðor and niðor, oð hit mid ealle áfielð . . . hit sceal niédenga áfeallan for ðǽm slide. Past. 279, 2-5.
ge-þreágean
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Ox. 5349. to chastise, chasten, correct Sceal ðǽr bión gierd. Ðæt is ðæt hé geðreáge his hiéremenn ... Gif ðǽr sié gierd mid tó ðreágeanne est virga districtionis ... Si est virga districtionis, quae feriat, Past. 124, 22.
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un-gesǽlþ
unhappiness ⬩ illfortune ⬩ calamity ⬩ unhappiness which consists in absence of moral good
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MS.); án is ðæt hí yfel willaþ, óþer ðæt ðæt hí magon, þridde ðæt hí hit þurhtióþ triplici infortunio necesse est urgeantur, quos videas scelus velle, posse, perficere, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 196, 33.
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sealm-sang
a psalm ⬩ psalm singing ⬩ psalmody ⬩ the making and reciting of psalms
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Voc. ii. 56, 77. the making and reciting of psalms Ða twegen fixas getácnodon sealmsang and ðæra wítegena cwydas. Án ðæra bodode Cristes tócyme mid sealmsange and óðer mid wítegunge. Nú sind ða twá gesetnyssa, ðæt is sealmsang and wítegung, Homl.
morþor
murder ⬩ mortal sin ⬩ great wickedness ⬩ torment ⬩ deadly injury ⬩ great misery
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murder Manige men wénaþ ðæt morþor sý seó mǽste synne; ac ús is tó witenne ðæt þreora cynna syndon morþras. Ðæt is ðonne ðæt ǽreste, ðæt man tó óðrum lǽþþe hæbbe, and hine hatige . . .
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leóht
Light ⬩ bright ⬩ cheerful ⬩ shining ⬩ clear
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Gé syttaþ ealle niht and drincaþ óð leóhtne dæg, and swá áwendaþ dæg tó nihte and niht tó dæge, 297, 28. Be leóhtne dæg in matutino, Ps. Th. 72, 11. Dó ðíne ansýne esne ðínum leóhte faciem tuam illumina super servum tuum, 118, 135.
un-feor
Not far off ⬩ at no great distance off ⬩ no great distance
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Ðæt is unfeor ðære byrig Neapoli quod est non longe a Neapoli, Bd. 4, 1; S. 563, 30: Cd. Th. 125, 22; Gen. 2083. Unfeor herge haud procul a delubro, Hpt. Gl. 493, 36.
sittan
to sit ⬩ be seated ⬩ to stay ⬩ dwell ⬩ sojourn ⬩ abide ⬩ reside ⬩ remain in a place ⬩ to sit down before a place ⬩ to encamp ⬩ to continue in a state or condition ⬩ live ⬩ remain ⬩ to sit or bear heavy on ⬩ weigh ⬩ press ⬩ rest ⬩ to sit in authority ⬩ preside ⬩ To occupy a seat
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Hé him æfter rád óþ ðæt geweorc and ðǽr sæt . xiiii. niht, Chr. 878; Erl. 80, 15. (Often in the Chronicle.) of things Sió hefige eorþe sit ðǽr niþere be ðæs cyninges gebode, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 13.
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a-cumend-líc
Tolerable ⬩ bearable ⬩ tolerabilis
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Tolerable, bearable; tolerabilis Acumendlícre byþ Sodoma lande and Gomorra on dómes dæg, ðonne ðære ceastre tolerabilius erit terræ Sodomorum et Gomorrhæorúm in die judicii quam illi civitati, Mt. Bos. Io, 15
cýne
A chink, fissure ⬩
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A chink, fissure; rima Ðæs leóhtes scíma þurh ða cýnan ðære dura ineóde the glare of the light came through the chinks of the door, Bd. 4, 7; S. 575, 19
díc
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Add: a wk. gen. dícan occurs Tó ðǽre dícan hyrnan; ðonan andlang díc, C.D. v. 78, 30. On þá þreó dícas; of ðám dícan; in ðæs díces geat, vi. 60, 14
ge-fægen
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Hé sceolde beón ðǽre sprǽce swá micle gefægenrasuá him máre ðearf wæs, and ðæs ðe gefægenra ðe hé hím suá eáðmódlíce and suá árlíce tó spræc, Past. 305, 6-8. Add
trymman
to make firm or strong ⬩ to construct strongly, ⬩ of physical health or strength ⬩ to give strength to ⬩ strengthen ⬩ of mental or moral strength ⬩ to confirm ⬩ establish ⬩ give strength to mind or heart ⬩ to confirm, ⬩ to corroborate ⬩ confirm an agreement, a grant, testimony, statement ⬩ to give as surety ⬩ to trim ⬩ to set infirm order ⬩ array troops ⬩ to settle ⬩ arrange ⬩ to strengthen with words ⬩ exhort ⬩ encourage ⬩ comfort ⬩ to become strong ⬩ to be arrayed.
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Ðæt trymeþ sió hálige ǽ, ðǽr hió cuæð, Past. 43 ; Swt. 309, 12. Wé trymmaþ adstipulabimur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 28. lc ðíne gewitnesse wordmn trymede servavi testimonia tua, Ps. Th. 118, 168. Ðæt trymede sanctus Paulus, ðá hé cuæð ðæt . . . Past.
ge-hefigian
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Add: to make of serious import Ðonne hié willað him selfum ðæt yfel ðæt hié ðurhtugon tó suíðe gelíhtan ðæt hié ðonne ondrǽden for ðæs láreówes ðreáunga ðæt hié hit him gehefegien (-hefgien, v. l.) cum sibi quis malum, quod perpetravit, laevigat, hoc
nágan
not to have ⬩ not to be allowed ⬩ ought not
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On ða gerád ðæt hine náge nán man of tó áceápienne, Chart. Th. 151, 13. Ðæt hit náge nán man fram ðære stówe tó dǽlanne, 157, 6
swín
a swine. ⬩ the image of a boar as the crest of a helmet.
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Gif mon nime æfesne on swýnum; æt þrýfingrum ( three fingers thick in fat), ðæt þridde; æt twýfingrum, ðæt feórðe; æt þymelum, ðæt fífte, L. In. 49; Th. i. 132, 12-19. Gafolswán sylle ǽlce geáre . xv. swýn tó sticunge, L. R.
nearu
narrow ⬩ strait ⬩ confined ⬩ not spacious ⬩ narrow ⬩ limited ⬩ poor ⬩ restricted ⬩ strait ⬩ oppressive ⬩ causing anxiety ⬩ oppressed ⬩ not having free action ⬩ strict ⬩ severe
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Of ðǽm nearwum bendum, Homl. Skt. 3, 197 : Exon. Th. 435, 6; Rä. 53, 3. Under nearwum clommum, 134, 22; Gú. 511. Hié wilnodan ðæt hé hié of ðǽm nearwan þeóstrum álésde, Blickl.
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