sand-ceosol
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'Heora getel is máre ðonne sandceosol' ( super arenam multiplicabuntur, Ps. 139, 18) . . . Heora tel bið swá menigfeald þæt hit oferstíhð, be ðæs wítegan cwyde, sandceosles gerím, Hml. Th. i. 536, 30-35. Add
weorold-scír
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Worldly business, secular office On þám woruldscírum (negotiis secularibus) wé beóð full oft geneádode ꝥ we dód þá þing þe ús is genóh cúð ꝥ wé ná ne sceoldon, Gr. D. 3, 7
handlinga
With the hands
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With the hands Nis be him gerǽd ðæt hé handling ǽnigne man ácwealde it is not read of him that he killed any man with his own hands, Homl. Th. i. 386, 1
ge-síne
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Nú is geséne þæt þú eart sylfa God, Sae. 441 : 230. Hit is on ús eallum swutol and geséne (-syne, v.l.) þæt wé ǽr þysan oftor brǽcan þonne wé béttan, Wlfst. 159, 5. Mið ðý uæs áuorden cuðlíce geséne ꝥte . . . quo facto cognoscitur quod . . .
fremming
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D. 117, 20. a doing, accomplishing, v. fremman; II. 2. the doing, operation of an agent Swá hwæt swá on ðám húsle is þe ús lífes edwist forgifð, þæt is of ðǽre gástlican mihte and ungeswenlicere fremminge, Hml. Th. ii. 270, 26.
bécn
A sign ⬩ beacon ⬩ signum
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A sign, beacon; signum Mín gebéd nú gyt bécnum standeþ ðæt him on wísum is wel lýcendlíce adhuc est oratio mea in beneplacitis eorum, Ps. Th. 140, 8 : Beo. Kmbl. 6314; B. 3161
færeld-freóls
The passover feast ⬩ transĭtus vel paschæ festum, phase
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The passover feast; transĭtus vel paschæ festum, phase Híg worhton phase, ðæt ys færeld-freóls they kept the passover, that is the passover feast; fēcērunt phase, id est paschæ festum, Jos. 5, 10
grund-fús
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Ready for hell, hastening to hell Ðæt biþ feóndes bearn hafaþ grundfúsne gǽst that is a child of the devil, hath a spirit hastening hellwards, Exon. 84 a; Th. 316, 15; Mód. 49
scóung
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A provision of shoes Hís mete and scóung and glófung him gebyreþ he is to have his food and shoes and gloves provided for him, L. R. S. 10; Th. i. 438, 6
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geong
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In gengum, Dan. 102, the first n is curiously shaped and perhaps geongum (or ? gingum) should be read
ge-þafa
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-þafera. 1. add: where a charge is admitted Swá hé eádmódra beó and his gyltes geþafera ( quantum plus se culpabilem asseruit ), swá micle mildelícor him ma(n) déme, Chrd. 29, 1
bleó-fæstnes
Pleasure, delight ⬩ jucunditas, deliciæ
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That which gives pleasure from its colour,- Pleasure, delight; jucunditas, deliciæ Niht is onleóhtnes oððe onlíhting on bleófæstnessum [bleófæstnyssum, Spl.] oððe éstum mínum nox illuminatio est in deliciis meis, Ps. Lamb. 138, 11
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þrohtig
Enduring ⬩ firm ⬩ persevering ⬩ laborious
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Enduring, firm, persevering, laborious Ðrohtig (in the MS. e is written over o) pervicax, Txts. 87, 1556. Ic eom swiftre ðonne hé, þrágum strengra, hé þreohtigra, Exon. Th. 494, 7; Rä. 82, 4
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weorold-dǽd
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A worldly deed, a deed which is concerned only with affairs of this world Hé hyne sylfne ǽgðer ge wið woroldsprǽce ge wið worolddǽda warnige, L. E. I. 21 ; Th. ii. 414, 38
wischere
A wizard
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A wizard Mannum is tó witenne ðæt manega drýmen maciaþ menigfealde dydrunga þurh deófles cræft, swá swá wischeras dóð, and bedydriaþ menn, swylce hí sóðlíce swylc þincg dón, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 466
efen-blissian
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Is sǽd þæt se cining wǽre swá efenblissiende (efnblissende, v. l.) ita congratulatus esse rex perhibetur, Bd. 1, 26; Sch. 59, 4. Efenblissiende hyre wuldres ejus gloriae congaudens, Gr. D. 169, 10. Add
folce-getrum
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The passage is Him þá Abraham gewát and þá eorlas þrý þe him ǽr treówe sealdon mid heora folce getrume. Perhaps for the last half-line might be read trume mid heora folce
fint
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Þonne is se finta fægre gedǽled, sum brún, sum basu, sum blacum splottum searolice beseted caudaque porrigitur fulvo distenta metallo, in cujus maculis purpura mista rubet, Ph. 295. For passage under I substitute
fremfullíce
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Fremfullíce ( only fremfi is left in MS.) effica[citer ], R. Ben. I. 1, 5
frum-rípa
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Add: The verses on which the passage is based are Decimas tuas et primitias tuas non tardabis reddere; primogenitum filiorum tuorum dabis mihi. De bobus et ovibus similiter facies, Ex. 22, 29-30