wiccung-dóm
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Witchcraft, sorcery, magic Hé hét tósomne sínra leóda ða wiccungdóm wídost bǽron ( praecepit rex, ut convocarentur arioli, et magi, et malefici, et Chaldaei, Dan. 2, 2), Cd. Th. 223, 17; Dan. 121
birging
Tasting ⬩ taste
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Tasting, taste Byrgincg (gustus) swéte út ánýdde of neorxena wonge, Scint. 57, 2. Hnesce on æthrine and weredre on byrigincge (biriginge, byrincge, v. ll.), Lch. i. 108, 2. On byrgynge, 250, 22
ed-gift
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Hé bæd ꝥ hé him geþingude wiþ Eádgife his bóca edgift requisivit ut pro eo me (Eádgifu) rogaret quatinus ei redderem libros terrarum suarum, Cht. Th. 202, 33. Cf. ǽ-gift. Add
ge-gítsian
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to covet and get, to get by unscrupulous means, extort Hié wilniað ðæt hié gegítsien æt ðǽm ungetýdum folce wísdómes naman ut apud imperitum vulgus sciential sibi nomen extorqueant, Past. 365. 22
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geond-swógan
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other readings give on-, in-) ut nullus episcoporum parrochiam alterius inuadat, Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 376, 10. Cf. þurh-swógan
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cwom
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Ðá hleóðor cwom when the sound came, Cd. 181; Th. 226, 29; Dan. 178. Ðá ðú ǽrest cwóme when thou first camest, Exon. 39a; Th. 129, 25; Gú. 426. Hwonne bearn Godes cwóme when the child of God should have come, 10a; Th. 10, 6; Cri. 148. To Hierasalem cwómon
dúru
An opening, a door, the door of a house ⬩ ostium, jānua, fŏris
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An opening, a door, the door of a house; ostium, jānua, fŏris Dúru ymbstandennesse welerum mínum 'keep the door [opening ostium] of my lips,' Eng. versn. Ps. Lamb. 140, 3. Seó dúru wæs belocen clausa erat jānua, Mt. Bos. 25, l0. Dúru sóna on arn soon
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ælf-scínu
Shining like an elf or fairy ⬩ elfin-bright ⬩ of elfin beauty ⬩ splendidus ut genius vel nympha
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Shining like an elf or fairy, elfin-bright, of elfin beauty; splendidus ut genius vel nympha Iudiþ ides ælf-scínu Judith, the woman of elfin beauty, Judth. 9; Thw. 21, 11; Jud. 14
a-wreccan
To arouse ⬩ awake ⬩ revive ⬩ excitare ⬩ suscitare
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To arouse, awake, revive; excitare, suscitare Ic wylle gán and awreccan hyne of slǽpe vado ut a somno excitem eum, Jn. Bos. 11, 11. Ðe se Hǽlend awrehte quem suscitavit Jesus, 12, 1
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here-hand
A hostile hand or power
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A hostile hand or power Swá ðæt ne cyricum ne mynstrum seó herehand ne sparode ne árode ita ut ne ecclesiis quidem, aut monasteriis manus parceret hostilis, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 8
in-gefeoht
Intestine ⬩ civil war
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Intestine or civil war Ðætte Bryttas sume tíd gestildon fram útgefeohte and hie sylfe þræston on ingefeohtum ut Brittones quiescentibus ad tempus exteris, civilibus sese bellis contriverint, Bd. 1, 22; S. 485, 12
efestung
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Haste Swá þæt nánra þinga mid ǽnigre efestinge mannes hí mihton beón undón ut dissolvi tam concite nulla hominum festinatione potuissent, Gr. D. 164, 15. Mid oefestunge cum festinantia, Ps. Srt. 77, 33
ár
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</b> add: landed property Neorxnawoncges bígencga, Adam, wearð of his gecyndan áre þurh Euan his wíf út ádræfed paradysi colonum, Adam, de fossessione sua Eua mulier eiecit, Chrd. 68, 24
wendan
To labour
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To labour Ðá wende (other MSS. have wann, wonn) hé swýþe, ðæt hé ða ðe mid hine cóman geheólde laboravit multum, ut eos, qui secum venerant, contineret Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 5
hlǽnian
To make lean ⬩ to become lean
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To make lean or to become lean Ðæt hé his líchoman hlǽnige ut caro maceretur, Past. 14, 6; Swt. 87, 17. Ðonne ðæt flǽsc hlǽnaþ dum carnem macerant, 43, 6; Swt. 313, 20
wíf-gál
Incontinent ⬩ licentious
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Incontinent, licentious Swá lǽren hí ða wífgálan gesinscipe, swá hí ða forhæbbendan ne gebrengen on unryhthǽmde sic incontinentibus laudetur conjugium, ut tamen jam continentes non revocentur ad luxum. Past. 60; Swt. 453, 30
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fald-gang-penig
Fold-going money, money paid by a vassal to be free from sending sheep to fold on his lord's land ⬩ nummus dŏmĭno sŏlūtus a vassallo, ut a secta faldæ lībĕrārētur
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Fold-going money, money paid by a vassal to be free from sending sheep to fold on his lord's land; nummus dŏmĭno sŏlūtus a vassallo, ut a secta faldæ lībĕrārētur, Som. Ben. Lye
hiw
Fortune
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Fortune Swá hit oft gesǽleþ on ðǽm sélran þingum and on ðǽm gesundrum ðæt seó wyrd and sió hiow hie oft oncyrreþ ut aliquid plerumque in secundis rebus fortuna obstrepit, Nar. 7, 27
þǽr-of
Thereof ⬩ of or from that
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Ðæt ic macige mete ðínum fæder þǽrof ut faciam ex eis escas patri tuo, Gen. 27, 9
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fréfrian
To comfort ⬩ console ⬩ consōlāri
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To comfort, console; consōlāri Ðæt hig woldon hí fréfrian ut consōlārentur eas, Jn. Bos. 11. 19. Hwænne fréfrast ðú me quando consōlābĕris me? Ps. Spl. 118, 82. Ðæt he fréfrige me ut consōlētur me, 118, 76.
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