stíþ
Stiff, hard ⬩ stiff, firm, ⬩ strong, not bending easily, unyielding ⬩ of a thick consistency ⬩ stiff ⬩ hard, stern, inexorable, severe, austere ⬩ hard, severe, unrelenting, stubborn ⬩ strict, rigid, severe, austere, hard ⬩ hard ⬩ harsh to the taste
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Standan stíðe móde to stand with unshaken soul, 147, 6. Ic ðínes earmes ásecge stíþe strencðe, 70, 17.
wit
We two
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Wit baru standaþ, Cd. Th. 50, 20; Gen. 811. Grammar wit, with numeral forms Wit bútú sprecaþ, Cd. Th. 36, 20; Gen. 574: 52, 3; Gen. 838. Ne forlǽte ic ðé, þenden wit lifiaþ bú, 136, 11; Gen. 2256.
frófor
- Shrn. 202, 16
consolation ⬩ the action of consoling ⬩ the state of being consoled ⬩ alleviation of distress ⬩ comfort ⬩ freedom from distress ⬩ a consolation ⬩ a particular action that consoles ⬩ a person, thing or circumstance that affords consolation or comfort ⬩ aid ⬩ succour
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Þæt he wǽre gemedemod him forgyfan hwylcehugu frófre (aliquod solatium ) þǽr tó eardianne . . . and sóna hé gemétte ǽnne beran standan beforan þám durum, Gr. D. 206, 5. Gedó nú fræmsume frófre þíne benigne fac, Ps. C. 130. Fyrena frófre, B. 628.
heofone
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Geseah hé standan áne hlǽdre fram eorðan tó heofenan, 28, 12. God hét þá fæstnisse heofenan, I. 8. On ðám óðrum dæge gesceóp God heofenan, seó ðe is geháten firmamentum, Lch. iii. 232, 13. Hé getimbrode ðá heálican heofenan, Hml.
twelf
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Wé geségon eówre standan twelfe getealde, 1765; An. 885. In the following instance the word is not inflected Ðás twelf (tuelfe, Lind.:twælfe, Rush.) se Hǽlynd sende, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 5. [ Goth. twalif : O. Sax. twelif : O.
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fóre
before ⬩ cōram ⬩ ante ⬩ in conspectu ⬩ præsente vel audiente ălĭquo ⬩ ante ⬩ before ⬩ ante
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Fóre onsýne écan Dryhtnes standaþ stíþferhþe the stout-hearted stand before the face of the eternal Lord, Andr. Kmbl. 1441; An. 721.
ge-wiht
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Wlfst. 70, 3. a system or standard of measurement by weighing Gange án gemet and ángewihte swilce man on Lundenbyrig and on Wintanceastre healde, Ll. Th. i. 270, 2
steáp
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In the passage quoted below from Ælfric the Latin from which the description is taken has oculi grandes. ] Gim sceal on hringe standan steáp and geáp, Menol. Fox 505; Gn. C. 23. Se steápa gim, Salm. Kmbl. 570; Sal. 284. Hé hæfþ steápe eágan, Homl.
uppe
up ⬩ above ⬩ on high ⬩ up
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Hé geseah áne hlǽdre standan æt him on eorðan. Óðer ende wæs uppe on hefenum, Past. 16; Swt. 101, 19. Saul hine wolde sécean uppe on ðæm munte, 28; Swt. 197, 13. Wǽron ða lác forbærndu uppe on ðæm altere, 33; Swt. 232, 24.
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ealdor-dóm
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Mk. p. 4, 8. of things Swylce eác be ðám heán muntum and dúnum, þá þe heáh standað ofer ealne middaneard, þá hwæðere wíte habbað þæs ealdordómes, þæt heó beóð genehhe mid heofonfýre geþreáde, Wlfst. 262, 14.
ge-wǽcan
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Gif wé lange standað, wé beóð gewǽhte, Hml. Th. i. 488, 35. of the effect of disease, age, wounds, famine, &c. Hungre ic gewǽce fame conficiam, An. Ox. 2441. Gif man on huntuþe rán mid fláne gewǽceþ, Lch. i. 166, 25.
stede
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Ǽr mon ða stánas tó ðæm stede brohte ðe hié on standan scoldon, Past. 36; Swt. 253, 15. Of hiora stede styrede, Met. 7, 25. On his ágenum stede, Ps. Th. 102, 21. Ne stande hé on his stede and endebyrdnesse, ac stande hé ealra ýtemest, R.
ge-cynde
natural, native, ⬩ that is in accordance with nature or the usual course of things ⬩ implanted by nature, innate, inherent ⬩ naturally pertaining to, or associated with, proper ⬩ belonging to one by birth, descent, or inheritance ⬩ (4 a) native (country, language) :-- ⬩ rightful (lord)
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Þám treówum ðe him gecynde biþ úpheáh tó standanne. ...
ge-líc
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Ꝥ þás Godes gerihta standan ǽghwǽr gelíce, 272, 14.
regol
a rule ⬩ a rule, pattern, standard, norm ⬩ prescript, a canon ⬩ rule
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Th. 131, 23;Gú. 460. a rule, pattern, standard, norm Ða leásan wítegan wǽron gedwolmen, and woldon áwendan ðone sóðan geleáfan of ðam rihtan regole tó heora gedwyldum, Homl. Th. ii. 404, 9. Regol normam vite, regol normam, Wrt.
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sóþ
Sooth ⬩ truth in a general sense ⬩ conformity with an absolute standard ⬩ truth ⬩ that which conforms to an absolute standard ⬩ truth ⬩ what is true in general ⬩ truth in regard to a particular circumstance ⬩ exact conformity with the facts of a case ⬩ truth ⬩ fidelity to a promise ⬩ truth ⬩ reality ⬩ certainty ⬩ real condition of things ⬩ what really is ⬩ affirmation of truth ⬩ asseveration ⬩ truth ⬩ conformity with right ⬩ righteousness ⬩ equity ⬩ justice
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Sooth. truth in a general sense, conformity with an absolute standard Ðæt is fruma worda ðínra ðæt ðǽr byþ sóð symble méted principium verborum tuorum veritas, Ps. Th. 118, 160. Ðæt his sóð fore ús genge weorðe, Exon. 147, 33; Gú. 736.
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ge-writ
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Hér geswutelað on þison gewrite hú Æðelréd kyning geúðe ꝥ Æðeríces cwyde standan móste, Cht. Th. 539, 31: Ll. Th. i. 270, 8. Gewrit cautionem (Lk. 16, 6), Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 63: 103, 29: 17, 55. Ðissa gewrita syndon þreó, Cht. Th. 541, 22.
HRING
A RING ⬩ circle ⬩ circuit ⬩ cycle ⬩ orb ⬩ globe ⬩ festoon
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Gim sceal on hringe standan the gem must stand in the ring, Menol. Fox 594; Gn. C. 22. Syllaþ him hring on his hand date anulum in manum ejus, Lk. Skt. 15, 22. Seðe his geleáfan hring mé lét tó wedde. Homl. Swt. 7, 30.
mid
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Hé geseah ǽnne wer standan mid átogenum sweorde vidit virum stantem, evaginatum tenentem gladium, Jos. 5, 13 : Hml. S. 25, 583. Is se lǽssa man betere . . . mid gesundfulnysse þonne se unhála beó . . . Hml. A. 40, 410.
ge-setnes
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Þá gesetennesse (gesetennes þa, MS.) hé lǽt standan þá hwíle þe hé wile, Bt. 21; S. 49, 26. an order, a regulation Þá byrlas scencton be þæs cyninges gesetnysse (sicut rex statuerat), Hml.