lǽne
transitory ⬩ temporary ⬩ frail
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Ðis deáde líf, lǽne on londe, Exon. 82 a; Th. 309, 32; Seef. 66. Ðeós lǽne gesceaft [the world], 20 a; Th. 52, 34; Cri. 843. Ðis is lǽne dreám [the present life], Cd. 169; Th. 211, 25; Exod. 531. Lǽnes landes bryce fructus, Wrt. Voc, ii. 39, 31.
ge-féran
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S. 25, 730. (4 a) with clause :-- Hafast þú geféred þæt þám folcum sceal sacu restan, B. 1855. to bring about, effect Biówulfe wearð dryhtmáðma dǽl deáðe forgolden, hæfde ǽghwæðre ( for Beowulf and the fire-drake ] ende geféred lǽnan lífes, B. 2844.
for-wyrcan
to miswork ⬩ do wrong ⬩ sin ⬩ măle ăgĕre ⬩ delinquĕre ⬩ peccāre ⬩ to do for ⬩ destroy ⬩ ruin ⬩ convict ⬩ condemn ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ destruĕre ⬩ labefactāre ⬩ condemnāre ⬩ to forfeit ⬩ amittĕre
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B.] man let not a man ever put any condemned man to death on the festival of Sunday, L. C. S. 45; Th. i. 402, 10: L. E.
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þrowing
suffering as opposed to doing ⬩ suffering which is painful ⬩ a painful symptom ⬩ suffering that is undergone for the sake of religion ⬩ suffering of persecution, cross ⬩ suffering which ends in death, passion, martyrdom ⬩ the anniversary of a martyr's suffering
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Homl. 173, 2. suffering which ends in death, passion, martyrdom : -- Ðrouinges martyrii, Rtl. 64, 18. Ðróunges passionis, 50, 23. Ic, eówer emnðeówa and Cristes ðrowunge gewita, Past. 18; Swt. 137, 16.
duguþ
multitude, troops, army, people, men, attendants, the nobles, nobility, the heavenly host ⬩ cōpiæ, exercĭtus, pŏpŭlus, hŏmĭnes, comĭtātus, prŏcĕres, mīlĭtia cœlestis ⬩ majesty, glory, magnificence, power, virtue, excellence, ornament ⬩ majestas, magnificentia, potentia, virtus, dĕcus ⬩ advantage, gain, good, happiness, prosperity, riches, blessings, salvation ⬩ commŏdum, lucrum, bŏnum, prospĕrĭtas, divĭtiæ, ŏpes, sălus ⬩ benefit, gift ⬩ benefĭcium, mūnus, dōnum ⬩ that which is seemly, suitable, seemliness ⬩ dĕcōrum
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Áhte ic holdra ðý læs, deórre duguþe I owned the less of faithful ones, of dear attendants, Beo. Th. 980; B. 488. Dugoþ Israhéla the army of Israel, Cd. 146; Th. 183, 13; Exod. 91: 167; Th. 209, 17; Exod. 500.
ge-ceósan
To elect ⬩ choose ⬩ decide ⬩ prove ⬩ approve ⬩ eligere ⬩ præeligere ⬩ seligere ⬩ asciscere ⬩ petere ⬩ nancisci
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Ðeáh hí gecure bútan cræftum cyninga dysegast though the most foolish of kings chose them without skill, Bt. Met. Fox 15, 21; Met. 15, 11.
wanian
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Ðeah us ure spéda wanodon, Shrn. 167, 13. Ðæt sweord ongan wanian . . . hit eal gemealt, Beo. Th. 3218; B. 1607. Ða wæteru begunnon tó wanigenne aquae coeperunt minui, Gen. 8, 3. (1 a) of the moon's phases :-- Donne se móna wanaþ, Blickl.
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ge-openian
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Word geopenað ǽlces monnes geþanc and his þeáwas, ðeáh hí hwílum behelie, Prov. K. 58. Hé þá word geopenade þe englas ne dorston, Hml. S. 15, 165. Hé ꝥ ( a plot ) þé geopenode, Hml. A. 98, 221.
ge-swícan
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Hé wát ꝥ hé untela ðéð, and nele ðeáh þæs geswícan, Bt. 39, 12; F. 232, 1 : Ll. Th. i. 306, 19. Gif hé ðonne giét geswicen næfð his ágenra unðeáwa si ergo adhuc in ejus corpore passiones vivunt. Past. 59, 24.
ge-endian
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H. 81, 36. (2 a) to kill a person, destroy life :-- Þonne se deáð úre andwerde líf geendað, Hml. Th. ii. 526, 24. Philippus wearð geendod (cf. Philippus on galgan áhangen wæs, Ap. 41), Ælfc. T. Grn. 15, 28. His líf weard geendod,Bl. H. 113, 8.
lócian
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Th. i. 46, 17. specialized uses with prepositions, lócian on to regard Ðeáh hé forsió ðæt hé him on lócige ex aequo respicere ceteras dedignatur, Past. 111, 20. lócian tó. to direct one's attention to, select for consideration Tó hwǽm lócige
hold
Kind, ⬩ friendly, ⬩ pleasant, ⬩ favourable, ⬩ gracious [of a prince to his subject], ⬩ faithful, ⬩ loyal, ⬩ devoted, ⬩ liege [of a subject to his prince]
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Heó dyde hit ðeáh þurh holdne hyge yet did she it with purpose kind, 33; Th. 44, 12; Gen. 708: Beo. Th. 539; B. 267. Áhyld mé ðín eáre tó holde móde graciously incline thine ear to me, Ps. Th. 70, 2: 85, 6.
tíman
to teem, ⬩ be productive. ⬩ to be with child, ⬩ bear, ⬩ bring forth young ⬩ to beget, ⬩ have intercourse with (wið) a woman ⬩ to have offspring, ⬩ bring forth ⬩ to vouch to warranty ⬩ to refer property (acc.) to (tó) the person from whom it was obtained in support of the right of possession ⬩ to refer an opinion to the source from which it is derived in its support ⬩ to betake one's self to a place, ⬩ go to ⬩ to resort to ⬩ appeal to in reverence or for help ⬩ to lead to
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Ed. 1; Th. i. 158, 16. in a general sense, to refer an opinion to the source from which it is derived in its support Benedictus ús bóc áwrát leóhtre be dǽle ðonne Basilius, ac hé týmde swá ðeáh tó Basilies tǽcinge for his trumnysse for confirmation he
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lác
- [v. Shrn. pp. 3-4],
battle ⬩ struggle ⬩ an offering ⬩ sacrifice ⬩ oblation ⬩ a gift ⬩ present ⬩ grace ⬩ favour ⬩ service ⬩ a present ⬩ offering of words ⬩ a message ⬩ medicine
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Th. 172, 31 sqq], the message to my dear sister, 51 b; Th. 179, 35; Gú.1272. Heó lác weorðade ðe hire brungen wæs she honoured the gift [the nails of the cross] that was brought her, Elen. Kmbl. 2272; El. 1137.
fæste
shaken ⬩ firmly ⬩ fast ⬩ urgently ⬩ strictly ⬩ solemnly ⬩ securely ⬩ fast ⬩ fast ⬩ speedily ⬩ at once
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Gif geliórade fæst if he were quite dead; si jam obisset, Mk. L. 15, 44. with firm grasp or attachment, fast (in to bind, hold fast) (lit. and fig.) Dó on ꝥ dolg and bind fæste, Lch. ii. 132, 18: Sat. 324.
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ge-habban
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Th. ii. 380, 31. in a state or position Þám þe se æfterra deáð gegrípð and on écnesse gehæfð, Bt. 19; S. 47, 2.
ge-mynd
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V a. with reference to the dead, commemoration service On ðæt gerád ꝥ mín gemynd mid him þý fæstlícor sió, and hió ǽlce gére gemyndgien ðá tíde mínes forðsíðes, C. D. v. 186, 6. Tó his gemunde dege ad anniversarium ejus, Cht. Th. 493, 13.
óþ
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Óþ ðone deáþ, 59, 30. Óþ ðæt until :-- Óþ ðæt (donec ) hé forgite ða þing ðe ðú him dydest, Gen. 27, 45: Beo. Th. 4084; B. 2039: Andr. Kmbl. 535; An. 268. Óþ ðæt hiene án swán ofstang, Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 22. Ót ðet donec, Ps. Surt. 70, 18.
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ge-grípan
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Þám þe se æfterra deáþ gegrípð, Bt. 19; F. 70, 18. Gegrípað capiunt (impium iniquitates suae ), Kent. Gl. 116. Ðá gegráp hine swíðlic ege, Hml. S. 23 b, 212: 460. Gegripun ł gehæfton comprehenderunt, Ps. L. 39, 13.
ge-siht
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Þ nǽron gewemmede Martines gesihþa on óðra manna deáðe, 127. Þ ic þíne anlícnysse sceáwige mid swá mænigfealdum besmitenum gesihþum ( with eyes in so many ways defiled), 23 b, 435.