wæcce
wakefulness ⬩ sleeplessness ⬩ watching ⬩ watchfulness ⬩ a watch ⬩ vigil ⬩ a division of the night ⬩ a watch
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Gáte horn under heáfod gélǽd, weccan (wæccan, MS. B.) hé on slǽpe gecyrreþ, Lchdm. i. 350, 21. Hí singale wæccean þrowiaþ, ii. 258, 7.
rúm
roomy, spacious, ample, extensive ⬩ roomy, open, unencumbered. ⬩ long, extended ⬩ ample, great, liberal ⬩ unrestricted, clear, free from conditions ⬩ lax ⬩ ample, far-reaching ⬩ liberal. ⬩ great, noble, august
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Goth. rúms wigs) ðe tó forspillednesse gelǽt spatiosa via quae ducit ad perditionem, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 13. Ðeós sǽ micel and rúm (spatiosum), Ps. Spl. 103, 26.
súpan
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Hé gelǽhte ǽnnecalic and sealde his gingrum of tó súpenne, Homl. Th. ii. 244, 14. Hé scóf on hálig wæter of ðam hálgan treówe, sealde ðam ádligan of tó súpenne, Homl.
fyrmest
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Eal ic him gelǽste, swá forð swá uncre wordgecwydu fyrmest wǽron I have carried out our agreement in every particular, 182, 12.
ge-mǽnelíce
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Drihten þe ús ealle gemǽnelíce (pariter) tó écum lífe gelæde, R. Ben. 132, 9. Hé ðis bóc áurát Gode and Sancte Cúðberhte and allum ðǽm hálgum gimǽnelíce, ðá ðe in eólonde sint, Jn.
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tó-gædere
Together ⬩ union, ⬩ association, ⬩ joining, ⬩ mingling,
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Fæste .ii. dagas tógaedere, gif him mægen gelǽste, Lchdm. ii. 218, 2: 232, 19
tó-middes
in the midst of, ⬩ amidst, ⬩ into the midst of ⬩ in the midst of, ⬩ in the middle of ⬩ into the midst of
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I. 7; Th. ii. 406, 27. marking movement, into the midst of Ðá hé hiene tómiddes ðæs wéstennes hæfde gelǽdd in deserta perductus, Ors. 6, 31; Swt. 286, 17. as adverb Hé áhte geweald ealles ðæs splottes ðár ðæt scræf wæs tómiddes, Homl.
swíþ-líc
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Samson gelǽhte ða sweras mid swíðlícre mihte and slóh hí tógædere Samson apprehendens ambas columnas concussit fortiter columnas, Jud. 16, 29.
teón
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Gif hwá óðerne tión wille, ðæt hé hwelcne ne gelǽste ðara ðe hé him gesealde, L. Alf. pol. 33; Th. i. 82, 5
wel-dǽd
a good deed ⬩ a benefit ⬩ favour ⬩ kindness ⬩ an office ⬩ service
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Hé ús gelǽde tó his Fæder, ðe hine sealde for úrum synnum tó deáðe. Sý him wuldor and lof ðære weldǽde Homl. Th. ii. 282, 27. Weldǽdum beneficiis Scint. 16, 5. Uton brúcan godcundum weldǽdum 133, 6: Anglia xiii. 370, 74: Homl. Th. i. 562, 7.
ge-hergian
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Gen. 31, 26. to carry off by force Deófol geheregað þá synfullan, and gehæfte tó þǽre hellican byrig gelǽt, Hml. Th. ii. 66, 33. Críst tó helle férde and ðǽr of gehergode eal þæt hé wolde, Wlfst. 126, 13
Agustin
St. Augustine ⬩ Augustinus
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Agustínus se ǽresta ærceb' Cantwarena burge, se geára hider fram ðam eádigan Gregorie ðære Rómániscan burge B' sended wæs, and fram Gode mid wundra wyrcnesse awreðed wæs, Æðelbyrht cyning and his þeóde fram deófulgylda bigonge he to Cristes geleáfan gelǽ
leó
A lion ⬩ lioness
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Hé gelǽhte áne león be wege, Jud. 14, 5. Ða wildan leó hé gewylde the wild lion he subdued, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 16. Ðú miht tredan león and dracan conculcabis leonem et draconem, Ps. Th. 90, 13: Glostr. Frag. 110, 3.
be-fóran
in the presence of ⬩ in front of an object ⬩ a-head of ⬩ over against ⬩ before ⬩ in advance of: ⬩ into the presence of ⬩ before ⬩ in advance
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Ðá ðe férdon beforan þǽre fyrde, Chr. 1016; P. 150, 9. with acc. into the presence of Hé beforan þone cyning gelǽd wæs, Bt. 16, 2; F. 52, 22. In feccan beforan hine, Bl. H. 175, 2.
feormian
to maintain ⬩ foster ⬩ to feast
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Gif hwylc landleás man folgode on óðre scíre and eft his mágas geséce, ꝥ hé hine on þá gerád feormige, ꝥ hé hine tó folcryhte gelǽde, 204, 7. to supply with food as an obligation Ic wille ꝥ Æffe feormige of þǽm þrím dǽlum æt Ingepenne þá Godes þeówas
wær-scipe
Prudence, caution, circumspection, wisdom,in a bad sense, cunning, astuteness
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Ðære culfran biliwitnesse sceal gemetgian ðære nædran wærscipe, ðý læs hine se wærscipe gelǽde on tó micle hátheortnesse ut simplicitatis bono prudentiam adjungant, quatenus sic securitatem de simplicitate possideant, ut circumspectionem prudentiae non
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wín
Wine
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Hwilc þinc gelǽdst ðú (the merchant) ús? Wín and ele, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 9. Hwæt drincst ðú (boy)? Ealu, gif ic hæbbe, oþþe wæter, gif ic næbbe ealu. Ne drincst ðú wín?
on-hagian
To be within a person's power or means, to be in accordance with a person's will or convenience
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Gelǽste binnan twelf mónþum búton hire ǽr tó onhagige unless it be convenient to pay earlier, L. C. S. 74; Th. i. 416, 17. Gif hine tó swá mycelum ne onhagige si tantum facultatis ei non suppetat, L. Ecg. P. iv. 60; Th. ii. 222, 3.
ge-riht
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Ꝥ ge ne geearnian deáð . . . mid ǽnigum oftige Godes gerihta, ac ǽgðer ge earm ge eádig . . . gelǽste Gode his teódunga. Ll. Th. i. 270, 1.
steór
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Ðæt hí stýran (punish) ǽlcum ðara ðe ðis ne gelǽste ... and on ðære steóre ne sý nán forgifnes, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 272, 8. Mid woruldcundre steóre with punishment inflicted by the secular power, L. Eth. vi. 50; Th. i. 328, 3.