ge-sceaft
the creation, a created being or thing, creature, an element ⬩ creātio, creātūra, plasma, ĕlĕmentum ⬩ a decree, destiny, fate, condition ⬩ destĭnāta, sors, fātum, condĭtio ⬩ creation, creature ⬩ decree of fate ⬩ creatura, elementum, habitus, fatum
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Rush. 16, 15: Rtl. 97, 12. Giscæf[t] sexus, 51, 7. Ðú ðe gimetgaþ gescæfta wrixla qui temperas rerum vices, 164, 12. a decree, destiny, fate, condition; destĭnāta, sors, fātum, condĭtio Ðæt is eald gesceaft that is the ancient fate, Salm.
ge-hiwian
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Th. ii. 240, 16. to colour. to paint Gezabel gehíwode hire eágan mid rude Jesabel depinxit oculos suos stibio (2 Kings 9, 30), Hml. S. 18, 342. Gehíuadne purpuratum Lk. p. 9, 2. of natural complexion.
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leóht
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Benedictus ús bóc áwrát leóhtre be dǽle ( the Benedictine rule was in some respects less severe than that of Basil. Cf. Basilius áwrát munucregol. . . þeáh þe hé hefegra sý þonne sé ðe Benedictus us gebysnode, Hml.
BÝSEN
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Rush. War. 13, 6. a command, precept, admonition; mandatum, præceptum, admonitio Ic gelýfe ðæt hit from Gode cóme, broht from his býsene I believe that it came from God, brought by his command, Cd. 32; Th. 42, 29; Gen. 680.
streónan
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Rush. 9, 25. Nis eów íorboden ǽhta habban, gif gé ða on riht strénaþ. Blickl. Homl. 53, 28. Guman gylpe strýnaþ men proudly lay up treasure, Exon. Th. 445, 28; Dóm. 14. Hé hié gemyndgaþ ðara welegra ðe longe stríndon (striéndon, Hatt.
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sulh
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Mann ðe hys hand ásett on his sulh (suluh, Rush.), Lk. Skt. 9, 62. Hé his sulh on handa hæfde, Ors. 2, 6; Swt. 88, 8. Hé sulh heóld, Shrn. 61, 18. Mid sul tó erianne, Salm. Kmbl. p. 186, 28.
þunor
thunder ⬩ tonitrus ⬩ fulmen ⬩ Jupiter ⬩ a thane of king Egbert of Kent
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Ðuner (ðunor, Rush.), Jn. Skt. Lind. 12, 29. Ðunar byð hlúdast, Menol. Fox 467; Gn. C. 4. Ðunor cymð of hǽtan and of wǽtan ... seó hǽte and se wǽta winnaþ him betweónan mid egeslícum swége, and ðæt fýr ábyrst ús ðurh lígett ...
un-riht
wrong ⬩ evil ⬩ iniquity ⬩ injustice ⬩ a defect
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Rush. 11, 39. Mid unryhte wrongfully, Chr. 823; Erl. 62, 23. Mid unrihte, Ps. Th. 58, 1: 68, 28: Andr. Kmbl. 3116; An. 1561. Ne dém nán unriht non injuste judicabis, Lev. 19, 15. Ðonne gé unriht wirceaþ quando feceritis malum, Deut. 31, 29.
rícsian
to exercise or have power ⬩ to rule ⬩ govern ⬩ reign ⬩ to domineer ⬩ dominate ⬩ tyrannize ⬩ exercise violence ⬩ to prevail
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to exercise or have power, to rule, govern, reign Eálá ðú scippend heofones and eorþan! ðú ðe on ðam écan setle rícsast! Bt. 4; Fox 6, 30. Hé rícsaþ (regnabit) on écnesse, and hys ríces ende ne byþ, Lk. Skt. 1, 33. Ríxaþ, Ps. Th. 9, 36.
rýman
to make roomy, extend, spread, enlarge,amplify ⬩ to clear a way ⬩ yield, give place
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Seó sealf wile ǽrest ða dolh rýman, and ðæt deáde flǽsc of etan, Lchdm. ii. 332, 24. to make room by removing one's self, yield, give place Ic fare áweg oððe ic rýme (rume, MS. W.: hryme, hnime, other MSS.)caedo (cf.
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ge-samnian
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Geleófe men hig móton gesamnigan ( in matrimonium ire), 152, 24. to form by union of elements, make by joining Þæt mon cúðe tóslíteð, þætte nǽfre gesomnod wæs, Ru. I. 18, <b>V a.
tó-geagnes
towards, ⬩ so as to meet ⬩ against, ⬩ to meet ⬩ in the way of, ⬩ to meet the approach of ⬩ in readiness for, ⬩ against the coming of ⬩ against, ⬩ for the purpose of resisting ⬩ on the approach of, ⬩ towards ⬩ again, ⬩ in return
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Rush. 12, 13. Mann cumende hcom tógénes (tógeegnas him, Lind.) hominem venientem obviam sibi. Mt. Kmbl. 27, 32. Eode seó ceasterwaru tógeánes (-gægnas, Lind.) ðám Hǽlende, 8, 34. 'Ne cóme gé nó tógénes (-geánes, Cote.
wíf
a woman ⬩ a female person ⬩ a being in the form of a woman ⬩ a married woman ⬩ a wife
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Gúð sceal in eorle geweaxan, and wíf geþeón leóf (lof, MS.) mid hyre leódum, leóhtmód wesan, rúne healdan, rúmheort beón, Exon. Th. 338, 28; Gn. Ex. 85. Se man geþeót hine tó his wífe (uxori), Gen. 2, 24: Mt. Kmbl. 19, 5.
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sleán
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. , Rush. ) on his ansýne mid hyra handum, and cwǽdon: Sege hwæt is se ðe ðé slóh (slóg, Rush. ) Mt. Kmbl. 26, 67, Me weras slógon and swungon, Andr. Kmbl. 1927; An. 966. Hí mé mid sweopum slógun, Exon.
wundor
a wonder ⬩ a circumstance ⬩ act that excites astonishment ⬩ a circumstance that excites astonishment as being out of the usual course of nature, ⬩ a prodigy ⬩ portent ⬩ a wonder ⬩ miracle ⬩ a miracle ⬩ a wonderful object ⬩ wondrous thing ⬩ wonderful ⬩ miraculous power ⬩ wonder ⬩ admiration
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Rush. 2, 11: Blickl. Homl. 105, 25: Andr. Kmbl. 1138; An. 569. Ðæt (the turning of Lot's wife into a pillar of salt) is wundra sum, ðara ðe geworhte wuldres Aldor, Cd. Th. 155, 14; Gen. 2572.
hwerfan
to turn ⬩ revolve ⬩ move about ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ depart ⬩ to turn ⬩ change ⬩ to exchange ⬩ barter
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Hægl hwyrft of heofones lyfte hail whirls down from the sky, Runic pm. 9; Kmbl. 341, 5. Hí hám hwyrfaþ domum redeunt, L. Ecg. P. i. 14; Th. ii. 178, 6. Cynna gehwylcum ðara ðe cwice hwyrfaþ for every race that living moves, Beo. Th. 197; B. 98.
ge-hýran
To hear ⬩ give ear to ⬩ audīre ⬩ exaudīre ⬩ To hear ⬩ audīre ⬩ to obey ⬩ obĕdire
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To hear; audīre Gehýran mæg ic rúme I can hear from far, Cd. 32; Th. 42, 14; Gen. 673. Se ðe hæbbe eáran to gehýrenne, gehýre qui hăbet aures audiendi, audiat, Mt. Bos. 13, 9.
swǽr
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Rush. 25, 26. Sum welig man wæs swangor and swǽr, and him wæs láð þearfendum mannum mete tó syllenne, Wulfst. 257, 12. Nis hé swár ne swongor non est tarda Exon. Th. 220, 4; Ph. 315. On swárran ðisum líchoman in gravi isto corpore, Hymn.
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swencan
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Rush. 26, 10. Fram unclǽnum gáste swenced beón ab immundo spiritu vexari, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 11. Mid ða ádle swenced affectus incommodo, 4, 31; S. 610, 21.
teár
A tear. ⬩ a drop of water from the eye, ⬩ caused by emotion, generally by grief ⬩ in plural, used for the feeling of which the tears are a sign, grief, affliction ⬩ caused by weakness. ⬩ a tearlike drop ⬩ that which drops or exudes, e.g. honey from a comb
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Mid teherum (teórum, Rush.), Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 24. Wépende wéregum teárum, Andr. Kmbl. 118; An. 59. Wráðum teárum, Ps. Th. 59, 11. Tornlícum teárum, 125, 5. Sárige teáras, 55, 7. Teáras geótan to shed tears, Bd. 4, 28; S. 606, 14: Exon.