GLÆD
shining ⬩ bright ⬩ glad ⬩ cheerful ⬩ joyous ⬩ bright ⬩ pleasant ⬩ kind ⬩ mild ⬩ courteous
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Wyrþ heó ungladu ðeáh heó ǽr gladu wǽre on to lócienne it [the sea] becomes turbid though before it was bright to look at [cf. glæshlutru on to seónne, 24], [and the Latin sordida visibus obstat], Bt, 6; Fox 14, 26: Bt. Met. Fox 5, 21; Met. 5, 11.
ge-wislíce
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Add: where there is certainty as to a fact, certainly, without doubt, unquestionably Hé swór ꝥ þá wǽpnu wǽron gewyslíce þǽr on ǽfen, Hml. S. 3, 259. Ꝥ án ús is gewislíce andweard ꝥte þonne biþ, Bt. 42; F. 256, 26.
ge-wyrht
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Þá þe be gewyrhtum (-gewyrhte, v. l.) áwyrgede wǽron qui merito maledicebantur . Bd. 4, 26 ; Sch. 505, 7. Ic áreóse be gewyrhtum decidam merito Ps. Spl. 7, 4.
híwung
shaping ⬩ shape ⬩ frame ⬩ make ⬩ constitution ⬩ shape ⬩ form ⬩ species ⬩ kind ⬩ transformation ⬩ an illusory shape ⬩ deceptive appearance ⬩ a pretence ⬩ trick ⬩ simulation ⬩ hypocrisy ⬩ fiction ⬩ irony
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Smeágende hwæðre hit gást wǽre þæt þǽr mid hwylcere híwunga gebǽde hí putans ne spiritus esset, qui se fingeret orare, Hml.
wela
wealth ⬩ riches ⬩ abundance ⬩ wealth ⬩ weal ⬩ prosperity ⬩ happy estate
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Gif nú eall ðises middaneardes wela cóme tó ánum men, hú ne wǽron ealle óþre men wǽdlan ? Genóh sweotol ðæt is, ðætte gód hlísa biþ betera ðonne ǽnig wela Bt. 13; Fox 38, 1-24. Ǽlc sóþ wela opes 7, 3; Fox 20, 16.
sweostor
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Hiera swostur (sweostor, swystor (-er), swustra) wǽrun Cuénburg and Cúþburh, Chr. 718; Th. pp. 70, 71. Neogone wǽran Noðþæs sweoster, Lchdm. iii. 62, 18. Ealle his swustra (suoester, Lind.: swæster, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 13, 56.
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mynster
a monastery ⬩ a place where a body of monks or of nuns resided ⬩ a church ⬩ minster
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Mid ðý ðe wǽn ðá com, ðe ða bán on lǽded wæron, in ðæt foresprecene mynster, ðá ne woldan ða híwan ðe on ðam mynstre wǽron him lustlíce onfón, 3, 11; S. 535, 17. Se munuc ðe mynster næbbe, L. Eth. v. 6; Th. i. 306, 6.
dreógan
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Ispánie þæt ilce wǽron dreógende, Ors. 5, 1; S. 214, 15
for-niman
to comprehend ⬩ carry off ⬩ do away with ⬩ defraud ⬩ consume
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Sume þá wyrta wǽron mid fótum fortredene, sume hý wǽron mid ealle fornumene (direpta), Gr. D. 23, 30.
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heofon
firmament ⬩ happiness ⬩ a ceiling
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Hí woldon witon hú heáh hit wǽre tó þǽm hefone, and hú ðicke se hefon wǽre and hú fæst, oððe hwæt þǽr ofer wǽre, Bt. 35, 4; F. 162, 21-23. Behealde hé on feówer healfe his hú widgille ðæs heofones hwealfa biþ, 19; F. 68, 22.
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CLÚS
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Annas and Caiphas wǽron forþgangende to ðære clúsan Annas and Caiaphas were going forth to the prison, Nicod. 14; Thw. 7, 10: 16; Thw. 8, 6, 9
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cwelman
To torture, torment, destroy, kill ⬩ trucidare, cruciare
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Mæssepreóstas wǽron cwylmde sacerdotes trucidabantur, Bd. 1, 15; S. 484, 1: 4, 13; S. 582, note 29 . Hí hálge cwelmdon they slew the holy, Exon. 66a; Th. 243, 24; Jul. 15 . Ðæt hí cwylmen rihte heortan ut trucident rectos corde, Ps. Spl. 36, 15.
fiscere
A FISHER ⬩ piscātor ⬩ the bird king-fisher ⬩ alcēdo
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Hí wǽron fisceras ĕrant piscātores, Mt. Bos. 4, 18: Mk. Bos. 1, 16.
lǽðan
To speak ill of ⬩ accuse ⬩ abuse ⬩ execrate ⬩ detest ⬩ hate
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Hý wǽron ealle ánsprǽce ðonne hý mé leahtrodon and lǽðdon loquebantur simul, Ps. Th. 40, 7
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níwian
To renew ⬩ renovate ⬩ restore
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Wǽren ǽrendracen, gesend tó Ængla lande tó níwianne ðone geleáfan, Chr. 785; Erl. 57, 17. Eorþan neówiende anseón terrae novas faciem, Hymn. Surt. 97, 34
rǽpling
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Ic geseah rǽpingas in ræced fergan . . . ða wǽron genamne nearwum bendum, gefeterade fæsta tógædre ( two buckets of a draw-well ), Exon. Th. 435, 1; Rä. 53, 1
un-wæstmbǽre
Unproductive ⬩ barren ⬩ sterile
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Sume treówu hé cearf, ðý læs hié tó ðæm forweóxen ðæt hié forseareden, and ðý unwæsðmǽrran wǽren, Past. 40; Swt. 293, 7
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æþelborenness
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Wǽron hí æfter æþelborennysse oferhýdige, Hml. Th. ii. 174, 8. Hé wæs æðelboren, ac hé oferstáh hís æðelborennysse mid hálgum ðeáwum, 118, 10. nobleness, nobility, dignity 'Mycel æðelborennys bið ꝥ man bé Crístes ðeów' ...
bréme
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Hié Rómána brémuste wǽron tó ðǽm cyninge they were most illustrious of the Romans after the king, Ors. 2, 2 ; S. 66, 32. Add
deór-ling
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His (Godwin's) sunan wǽron eorlas and þæs cynges dýrlingas, Chr. 1052 ; P. 176, 24. Dýrlingas penates, Germ. 397, 448. Se wela þe hé ( the king ) gifþ his deórlingum, Bt. 29, 1; F. 102, 3.