smolt
Serene, quiet, peaceful
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Smolt dæg ł restdæg (smolte dæge, Rush.) sero die Jn. Skt. Lind. 20, 19. Éfern ł smolt (efern smolt, Rush.) sero Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 47. Wé hæfdon smolte niht nox serena reddita est nobis Nar. 23, 52. [With smeþe smylyng and smolt Gaw. 1763.]
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sumer-lang
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Long as in summer, epithet of a day (cf. live-long) Ic ásecgan ne mæg, þeáh ic gesitte sumerlongne dæg, eal þa earfeþu, Exon. Th. 272, 7; Jul. 495. Sumorlangne dæg, 443. 29; Kl. 37. Ðú wercest sumurlange dagas swíðe háte, Met. 4, 19
mynster
a monastery ⬩ a place where a body of monks or of nuns resided ⬩ a church ⬩ minster
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a monastery, a place where a body of monks or of nuns resided Gif hit beón mæg, swá sceal mynster beón gestaþelod, ðæt ealle neádbehéfe þing ðǽr binnan wunian, ðæt is wæterscype, mylen, wyrtún and gehwylce misenlíce cræftas ðe synd góde tó begánne, R
scylf
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Gl. 421, 43. a turret, tower, pinnacle Se deófol gesette hine uppan ðam scylfe ðæs heágan temples, Homl. Th. i. 166, 17: 170, 1. Wé biddaþ ðæt ðú ástíge tó ðam sticelan scylfe . . .
stǽr
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Ðæt getæl ðæs hálgan stǽres and spelles ... Song hé eall ðæt stǽr Genesis illum seriem sacrae historiae ... Canebat de tota Genesis historia, 4, 24; S. 598, 5-10. In ðyssum úrum stǽre, 4, 30; S. 609, 33.
wiþer-sæc
striving ⬩ opposition ⬩ contradiction ⬩ denial ⬩ apostasy ⬩ recusancy
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Heó worda gehwæs wiðersæc fremedon, ðæt heó frignan ongan; cwǽdon ðæt heó on aldre áwiht swylces ne ǽr ne síð ǽfre hýrdon, Elen.
bleoh
colour ⬩ form
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Add: colour Ðæt bleoh ðæs iacintes . . . carbuncules blioh, Past. 411, 28, 32. Híwes, bleós coloris, An. Ox. 529. Ꝥ heó (Iris Illyrica) þone heofonlican bogan mid hyre bleoge efenlǽce, Lch. i. 284, 15.
wilde
Having power ⬩ powerful ⬩ strong
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Ðæt ðæt gesceád beó wylldre ðonne seó yfele gewilnung, Basil admn. 3; Norm. 40, 3. Útancumene men beóð wildran ðonne gé and eów genyðriaþ advena ascendet super te eritque sublimior; tu autem descendes et eris inferior Deut. 28, 43.
gistran
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., and add Dæg gestran dies hesterna, Ps. Vos. 89, 4
steór-ness
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Correction, discipline Hine sylfne ðreágian mid stýrnysse ðære gástlícan steóre, Homl. Th. i. 360, 17. Hwílon hé gewítnaþ ðæs mannes gewitleáste mid stýrnysse óðrum tó steóre, Homl. Ass. 62, 259. Stiérnesse disciplinam, Ps. Spl. T. 2, 12
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wiþ-feolan
To apply one's self to
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To apply one's self to Ðá hé ðá ongeat ðæt hé ðære godspellícan láre georne wiþfealh, and ða ðeóde tó Cristes geleáfan gecyrred hæfde qui ubi prosperatum ei opus evangelii comperit, Bd. 3, 22; S. 552, 43
sting
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a sting, stab, thrust made with a pointed instrument ; the wound made by a stab or sting Beslóh se þorn on ðone fót and swá strang wæs se sting ðæs þornes ðæt hé eode þurh ðone fót the prick of the thorn was so hard, that the thorn went through the foot
firen-lust
lust
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Ðæt hié gehealdað hira líchoman firenlusta clǽnne studio castitatis, Past. 41, 14. Fyrenlusta and synlicra dǽda, Wlfst. 56, 6, Mid manigfealdon firenlustum, Ors. l, 2; S. 30, 16. þurh firenlustas (fieren-, v. l.) per luxuriam, Past. 311, 13. Add:
wending
Turning ⬩ a turning round ⬩ revolution ⬩ changing ⬩ mutation
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Cf. wendan On ánre wendinge, ða hwíle ðe hé (the firmament) ǽne betyrnð, gǽð forð feówor and twéntig tída Hexam. 5; Norm. 8, 30. a turning up or over Gif ðǽr sié ðæs hrifes wendung if the stomach be upset (?)
á-drencan
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Ðǽre sǽ wæteru hig ádrencton, Deut. 11, 4. Hé lét flód ádrencan eal, Wlfst. 10, 8. subject uncertain Ðǽr wæs ðæs folces mycel ádrenct, Chr. 1066; P. 196, 35. Ádrenced, Exod. 458. Ádreintum suffocato, An. Ox. 832
heóre
Gentle ⬩ mild ⬩ pleasant
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Ðǽr se hýra gæst þíhþ an þeáwum where the gentle spirit thrives in morals, Exon. 38 a; Th. 126, 9; Gú. 368
ge-unþwǽrian
To disagree ⬩ differ ⬩ dissentīre ⬩ discordāre
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Cot.] ðǽm wordum ðe hie lǽraþ, mid ðý ðæt hie óðer dón, óðer hie lǽraþ that they themselves differ not from the words they teach, by doing one thing and teaching another, Past. 48, 4; Swt. 371, 12; Hat. MS
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scip-ráp
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Ðæt gafol biþ on ðǽm sciprápum, ðe beóþ of hwæles hýde geworht and of seoles . . . Se byrdesta sceall gyldan . . . twegen sciprápas; ǽgðer sý syxtig elna lang, óðer sý of hwæles hýde geworht, óðer of sioles, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 1-23
þearl-wís
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Severe, strict Ierre ðæs ðearlwísan déman districti iram judicis, Past. l0; Swt. 63, 15. Beforan ðæm ðearlwísan déman apud districtim judicem, 16; Swt. 105, 10: Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 36. Þearlwísere gýmene districto regimine, Hpt. Gl. 486, 61.
wiþer-cwide
Resistance ⬩ opposition ⬩ contest
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Ðǽr hí wiðercwyde wæteres hæfdon ad aquas contradictionis, Ps. Th. 105, 25. Ic on unriht lócade and wiðercwyda wearn gehýrde vidi iniquitatem et contradictionem, 54, 8