ge-bindan
to bind ⬩ tie up ⬩ lĭgāre ⬩ allĭgāre ⬩ vincīre ⬩ constringĕre ⬩ to deceive ⬩ fallĕre
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Sorg and slǽp earmne ánhogan oft gebindaþ sorrow and sleep often bind a poor lone-dweller, Exon. 77 a; Th. 288, 33; Wand. 40.
weorold-mann
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in a general sense, a man upon earth, a man Orsorg líf lǽdaþ woruldmen wíse (cf. se wísa mon, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 24), Met. 7, 41. Án ðara tungla woruldmen hátaþ (cf. wé hátaþ, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 19) wǽnes þísla, 28, 10.
fæger
fair ⬩ desirable ⬩ handsome ⬩ fair ⬩ plausible ⬩ fair ⬩ pleasant
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Ðá eáran wǽron hræde tó gehýrenne fægere dreámas, Wlfst. 148, 2. fair, desirable, handsome (of amount) Þín méd is on mé fæger, Hml. A. 167, 99.
lyft
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wǽt and ceald; sié lyft . . . is ǽgðer ge ceald ge wǽt, Bt. 33, 4; F. 128, 35. ꝥ lyft ys wǽt and wearm. . . fýr býð wearm and drigge. . . eorðe ys ceald and drigge . . . wæter is ceald and wǽt, Angl. viii. 299, 28-35. the body of air surrounding the earth
háwian
To view, look, observe, regard, survey, inspect
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Drihten háwa nú mildelíce on ðás earman eorþan Lord, look now mercifully on this miserable earth, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 20. Háwa ðæt se inra wind ðé ne tówende look that the inward wind do not cast thee down, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 32.
heáh
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On dúnum gesæt heáh . . . earc Nóes, Gen. 1422. Þeós heá lyft 'the lift sae hie,' Rä. 8, 4. Þá tungla þæs heán heofnes, Bt. 39, 13; F. 232, 25. Heáhre handa dynt a blow from an uplifted hand, Ll. Th. i. 18, 1.
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BÚGAN
To BOW or bow down oneself, bend, swerve, give way, submit, yield, turn, turn away, flee ⬩ se flectere vel inclinare, curvare, declinare, desistere, cedere, vertere, divertere, fugere
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Seó eorþe nǽfre ne býhþ ne ufor ne nyðor ðonne se ælmihtiga Scyppend hí gestaðelode the earth never swerves neither higher nor lower than the almighty Creator established it, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 10, 19; Lchdm. iii. 254, 18.
LEÓF
LIEF ⬩ desirable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ acceptable ⬩ loved ⬩ beloved ⬩ dear ⬩ a friend ⬩ loved one
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On ða tíd wæs mannum leóf ofor eorþan and hálwende at that time it was pleasant for men upon earth, and healthful, 115, 8.
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geond
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(cc) within a medium (earth, water, air) :-- Hornfisc glád geond gársecg, An. 371. Git geseóþ hine geond heofenas féran, Bl. H. 187, 34.
FRUMA
a beginning ⬩ commencement ⬩ origin ⬩ princĭpium ⬩ inĭtium ⬩ ŏrīgo ⬩ prīmordium ⬩ exordium ⬩ an originator ⬩ author ⬩ founder ⬩ inventor ⬩ auctor ⬩ inventor ⬩ a chief ⬩ prince ⬩ ruler ⬩ king ⬩ prŏcer ⬩ princeps ⬩ rex
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Ðú eart ealra þinga fruma and ende thou [God] art the beginning and end of all things, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 36: Bt. Met. Fox 20, 549; Met. 20, 275: Andr. Recd. 1116; An. 556. On fruman wæs word in princĭpio ĕrat verbum, Jn. Bos. 1, 1: 6, 64: Mt.
nú
Now ⬩ at this time ⬩ Now ⬩ since ⬩ when
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Forhwí ðé hátan dysige men wuldor, nú ðú náne eart, 30, 1; Fox 108, 2. Ond nú ( since ) ðeós hálige tíd englum tó blisse wearþ, ðonne ..., Blickl. Homl. 123, 1.
wuldor
Glory ⬩ vainglory
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Wuldres eard agan, 74, 8; Cri. 1203. Wuldres wynlond, 317, 13; Mod. 65. Wuldres bearnum (angels), Cd. Th. i. 22; Gen. ii. Wuldres þegn, engel Drihtnes, 137, 1; Gen. 2266: 95, 6; Gen. 1574. Wuldres þegnas (St. Matthew and St. Andrew), Andr.
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á
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Hw;í eart ðú ðonne á ðý betera, Bt. 13; F. 38, 9. Wénst ðú ðæt hí á þe deórwyrþran seón, 14, 2; F. 44, 2: 27, 2; F. 98, 9. v. áwa
hebban
to lift ⬩ to lift ⬩ to raise ⬩ lift ⬩ make a sound ⬩ to exalt ⬩ elevate ⬩ to extol ⬩ exalt ⬩ to set up ⬩ institute ⬩ to raise ⬩ bring up ⬩ to direct ⬩ bear ⬩ To rise ⬩ mount
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Geworhton mé (the cross) feóndas him tó wæfersýne, héton mé heora wergas hebban, Kr. 31. to lift up what is to be borne out: Ðonne hí hebbað (hæbbað, v. l. elevent) ðá earce úp, Past. 173, 4. Hié hófan þá bǽre and hié bǽron mid heora handnm, Bl.
ídel
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Wutun hí ídle gedón ( exinanite ) oð þæt hí heora eard geceósan, Ps.
ród
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(not ) a crucifix.Add: in a church Hit líhte under þǽre róde swýðran earme þe stód ofer ꝥ weófed, Vis. Lfc. 53. This syndon thá cyrican mádmas on Scírburnan. Thǽr synd twá Crístes béc and ii ródan, C. D. B. iii. 660, 31.
þæt
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Eálá, mín Drihten, þæt ðú eart ælmihtig, 20, 1. Eálá, þæt ic eam ealles leás écan dreámes, Cd.
a-stígan
to go ⬩ come ⬩ step ⬩ proceed ⬩ climb ⬩ ire ⬩ venire ⬩ gradi ⬩ procedere ⬩ scandere ⬩ to go in any direction ⬩ to rise ⬩ ascend ⬩ descend ⬩ surgere ⬩ ascendere ⬩ descendere
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He nyðer astíhþ swá swá rén on flýs, and swá swá niðer astíhþ droppetung, droppende ofer eorþan he shall come down as rain on a fleece, and as falling [rain] comes down, dropping over the earth; descendet sicut pluvia in vellus, et sicut stillicidium
FEALLAN
FALL, fall down, fail ⬩ defĭcĕre
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He on hrusan ne feól he fell not on the earth, Beo. Th. 1549; B. 772: Fins. Th. 83; Fin. 41: Byrht. Th. 135, 31; By. 126: Bt. Met. Fox 1, 161; Met. 1, 81: Exon. 108 a; Th. 412, 11; Rä. 30, 12.
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freónd
A FRIEND ⬩ ămīcus
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Náh ic rícra feala freónda on foldan I have not many powerful friends on earth, Rood Kmbl. 261; Kr. 132: Apstls. Kmbl. 182; Ap. 91: Andr. Kmbl. 1868; An. 936: 2257; An. 1130. Hine his freóndum gecýðe let notice of him be given to his friends, L.