standan
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Add Ꝥ wæter wæs standende and beleác þá duru þǽre cyrican the water formed as it were a wall, and closed the entrance to the church, Gr. D. 220, 16. add Þara six hída þæ ꝥ mynstær on stent, C. D. iii. 274, 9. Ne standað ná ealle steorran on ðám steápan
DÆG
DAY ⬩ dies ⬩ the time of a man's life ⬩ tempus vitæ humanæ ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = the letter d, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is dæg a day; hence this Rune not only stands for the letter d, but for dæg a day, as,- RUNE byþ Drihtnes sond, deóre mannum day is the Lord's messenger, dear to men
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a DAY; dies Se dæg segþ ðam óðrum dæge Godes wundru one day to another tells of God's wonders, Ps. Th. 18, 2. God hét ðæt leóht, dæg God called the light, day, Gen. 1, 5. Se þridda dæg the third day, Gen. 1, 13. Emnihtes dæg the day of equinox; æquinoctium
ge-sleán
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Add: to strike with a material object 'Gif woe geslás ł huoeðer móto wé geslaa in suorde (gislá mid sworde, R.).' And geslóg án of ðǽm esne aldormonnes ' si percutimus in gladio.' Et percussit unus ex illis seruum principis, Lk. L. 22, 49, 50. Hé geslóg
ge-wunelic
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Add Gewunelic weorc consuetam opem, gewunelican consuetudinariis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 5, 6. usual, of frequent occurrence Þá unlaga þe ǽr þisan wǽran tó gewunelice, Ll. Th. i. 312, 14. in accordance with practice. of a person, habitual Þá trymede hé
swícan
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to move about, wander Oðer lifaþ lytle hwíle, swíceþ on ðisse sídan gesceafte, and ðonne eft mid sorgum gewíteþ, Salm. Kmbl. 737; Sal. 638. [O. H. Ger. swíhante vagus.] to move away, depart, escape Wiþ ðæt beón æt ne fleón, genim veneriam and gehóh
Linked entry: be-swicenness
dǽl
- Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 79
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Add: a part (in contrast with the whole) Tódǽlde se here on tú, óþer dǽl eást, óþer dǽl tó Hrófesceastre, Chr. 885; P. 78, 9. Sumursǽtna se dǽl sé þǽr niéhst wæs, 878; P. 76, 5. Se écea dǽl, Bl. H. 111, 32: Gú. 352. Se eorðan dǽl (the body). . se wuldres
til
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good at anything, apt, capable, competent Hé wæs selfa til, heóld á ríce éðeldreámas, Cd. Th. 97, 2 ; Gen. 1606 : Beo. Th. 122; B. 61. Til sceal on éðle dómes wyrcean, Menol. Fox 500; Gn. C. 20. Sum biþ beórhyrde gód, sum biþ bylda til hám tó habbanne
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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suffering as opposed to doing Verbum is word, and word getácnaþ weorc oððe ðrowunge oððe geþafunge, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 9, 3. Him (the verb) gelimpþ siginficatio, ðæt ys getácnung, hwæt ðæt word getácnige, dǽde oððe þrowunge oððe náðor, 19; Zup. 119, 14
ge-beorgan
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Add: to protect, to prevent the happening of evil (acc.) to an object (dat.), ward off from Ic mé gúðbordes sweng gebearh, Gen. 2694. Ðis is seó líhtingc þe ic wylle eallon folce gebeorg*-*an þe hig ǽr þyson mid gedrehte wǽron this is the alleviation
fandian
to try ⬩ to tempt ⬩ to try ⬩ to try ⬩ taste ⬩ feel ⬩ to try ⬩ to visit ⬩ tempt ⬩ provoke ⬩ attempt
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Dele passage from Runic poem, and add: to try, test the quality or character of an object (gen.) Gáð tó smiððan, and fandiað þises goldes, Hml. Th. i. 64, 6. On ðǽm anbíde ðe hé hira fandige interveniente correptionis articulo, Past. 153, 15. God áfandað
lǽce-dóm
Medicine ⬩ a medicine ⬩ remedy ⬩ cure
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Medicine, a medicine, remedy, cure Lǽcedóm medecina, Wrt. Voc. 74, 5: Lchdm. ii. 16, 9-27. Lécedom, Kent. Gl. 148. Lǽcedóm malagma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 59: cura, 92, 61. In untrymnisse wæs ðú lǽcedóme in infirmitate sis medecina, Rtl. 105, 13. On ðare
Linked entry: lǽce-cræft
ge-cweþan
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Add: to speak Mið ðý yfle hiá gecuoeðas iúh cum maledixerint vobis, Mt. L. 5, 11. Mið ðý gecueð cum dixisset, Mk. L. 1, 42. Gelíc alle hiá gecuoedon similiter omnes dicebant, 14, 31. ꝥte ne ǽnigum gecuoede. Lk. L. 5, 14. to say. with noun (pronoun) object
Linked entry: ge-cwidrǽden
LANG
LONG ⬩ tall
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LONG, tall Hé sǽde ðæt ðæt land síe swíðe lang norþ ðonan he said that the land stretches thence far to the north, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 4. Se wudu is eástlang and westlang hundtwelftiges míla lang oððe lengra the wood, measuring from east to west, is
þreátian
to urge ⬩ press ⬩ to oppress ⬩ afflict ⬩ vex ⬩ trouble ⬩ exercise ⬩ harass ⬩ to urge a person to something ⬩ press for something ⬩ force to do something ⬩ to reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ to threaten
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to urge, press Threátade urguet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 21. to oppress, afflict, vex, trouble, exercise, harass Ðú ðreátt ða ðeóda ðe ús ðreátigeaþ, Ps. Th. 9, 5. Mec láðgeteónan þreátedon þearle my foes harassed me sorely, Beo. Th. 1124; B. 560. Wyrd .
ǽr
early ⬩ expressing readiness, quickness, soon ⬩ earlier, before ⬩ previously, beforehand ⬩ sooner ⬩ before ⬩ sooner ⬩ first
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positive, early Swýþe ǽr in dagunge primo diluculo, Bd. 4, 23; S. 596, 17. Swýþe ǽr on morgen, Ps. Th. 45, 5. expressing readiness, quickness, soon Sweord ǽr gebrǽd gúðcyning, B. 2562. Hé wel ǽr árás . . . Se apostol cwæð tó him: 'For hwon árise ðú
hefig-tíme
heavy ⬩ weighty ⬩ of great importance ⬩ serious ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ oppressive ⬩ annoying ⬩ troublesome ⬩ hard to bear ⬩ grievous ⬩ tedious
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Add: heavy, weighed down Hefitýme grauidum, Germ. 402, 53. weighty, of great importance, serious Ðence se abbod hú mycele byrðene and hú hefigtýme hé underféncg mid ðám háde abba cogitet quale onus suscepit, R. Ben. 118, 19. grave (offence, &c.)
ge-swícan
To leave off ⬩ desist ⬩ stop ⬩ cease ⬩ rest from ⬩ turn from ⬩ withdraw ⬩ relinquish ⬩ fail ⬩ deceive ⬩ betray ⬩ intermittere ⬩ desistere ⬩ cessare ⬩ quiescere ⬩ requiescere ⬩ deserere ⬩ discedere ⬩ relinquere ⬩ deficere ⬩ fallere ⬩ prodere ⬩ with the genitive ⬩ with the dative
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To leave off, desist, stop, cease, rest from, turn from, withdraw, relinquish, fail, deceive, betray; intermittere, desistere, cessare, quiescere, requiescere, deserere, discedere, relinquere, deficere, fallere, prodere. v. n He nolde geswícan he would
swincan
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to toil, labour, work with effort Hwæt dést ðú on ðís folce ? hwí swingst ðú ána ? Ex. 18, 14. Hé nǽre ná ælmihtig, gyf him ǽnig gefadung earfoðe wǽre. His nama is omnipotens, ðæt ys, ælmihtig, for ðan ðe hé mæg eall ðæt hé wile, and his miht náhwár
for-beódan
to forbid ⬩ to restrain ⬩ check ⬩ to prevent
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[In N. Gospels fore-beáda Forebeádas prohibens, Mt. p. 14, 16. Forebeád (for-. R. ) praecipiebat, Mk. L. 7, 36.] to forbid, to order that something shall not be done Forbodenne ágeáncyme interdictum (i. prohibitum) postlimiumm, An. Ox. 2720. Þá forbodenan
wóh
Wrong ⬩ perversity ⬩ injustice ⬩ error ⬩ wrongfully ⬩ wrongly
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Wrong, perversity, injustice, error Englas nánes wóges (wós, v. l. ) ne wilíniaþ. Bt. 40, 7 ; Fox 242, 23. Gif wé wilnigen ðæt hie ðæs wós geswícen hos cum conamur instruere, ne perversa sentiatit, Past. 48; Swt. 367, 23. Wóes ł wohfulníse nequitia.