neán
from near ⬩ near ⬩ close at hand ⬩ nearly ⬩ about
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Ðá wæs geworden æfter ðam wordum neán (MS. A. neáh) eahta dagas, 9, 28. Ðá wæs neán seó syxte tíd erat autem fere hora sexta, 23, 44.
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BOLD
a building, dwelling, house ⬩ ædificium, domicilium, domus ⬩ a superior house, hall, castle, palace, temple ⬩ aula, palatium, ædes ⬩ a builder
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Bold wæs betlíc the building was excellent [good-like], Beo. Th. 3854; B. 1925.
ge-dwola
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Valens wæs on Críste gefullod, ac hé ne cúþe his geleáfan, ac folgode gedwylde . . . Se gedwola, 3, 299. Nestorum þone gedwolan þe cwæð ꝥ on Críste wǽron twégen hádas, 1. Th. ii. 374, 18.
ǽn-lic
only, single ⬩ alone, solitary ⬩ excellent, peerless,
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Ǽnlicre (elicre, Wrt.) wæs prestare, 81, 64. Ǽnlicoste pulcherrima, i. speciosissima, An. Ox. 2113. Hé arn tó ánum ylpe ðe ðǽr ǽnlicost wæs, Hml. S. 25, 581. [Ungerím swýðe ǽnlices folces,] [Chr. 1120; P. 249, 20.]
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Apollinus
Apollo ⬩ Apollo
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Apollo; Apollo, ĭnis; m. [ = Ἀπόλλων, ωνος; m. ] Wæs se Apollinus æðeles cynnes, Ióbes eafora this Apollo was of noble race, the son of Jove, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 67; Met, 26, 34.
fór-grípan
To take before ⬩ carry off prematurely ⬩ pre-occupy ⬩ prærĭpĕre ⬩ præ-occŭpāre
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To take before, carry off prematurely, pre-occupy; prærĭpĕre, præ-occŭpāre Wæs heó mid deáþe fórgripen illa morte prærepta est, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 27: 3, 29; S. 561, 17.
forþ-heald
Bent forward ⬩ inclined downwards ⬩ stooping ⬩ incurvus ⬩ prōnus ⬩ proclīvus
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He lang fæc forþheald licgende wæs aliquandiu prōnus jăcens, 4, 31; S. 610, 14. Forþheold proclīvus, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 39. Forðhald ł gebeged inclinata. Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 11
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frem-sum
Kind ⬩ benign ⬩ courteous ⬩ benignus
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Kind, benign, courteous; benignus He þearfum and ellreordigum symble eáþmód and fremsum and rúmmód wæs paupĕrĭbus et pĕrĕgrīnis semper hŭmĭlis, benignus et largus fuit, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 11: Ps. Spl. 68, 20: Ps. Th. 134, 3.
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Gafol-ford
Camelford ⬩ Cornwall ⬩ lŏci nōmen in agro Cornubiensi
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Camelford, Cornwall; lŏci nōmen in agro Cornubiensi Hér wæs Weala gefeoht and Defna æt Gafolforda [Gafulforda, Th. 110, 111, 17, col. 1] here [A.
hund-twentig
A hundred and twenty
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A hundred and twenty Mid ðam ðe hé wæs on ylde hundtwentig wintra when he was a hundred and twenty years of age, Ælfc. T. Grn. 6, 1. Hé gean ðæra hundtwæntiga hída æt Wyrðæ He gives the hundred and twenty hides at Worth, Chart. Th. 526, 32
mete-leás
Without food ⬩ lacking food
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Without food, lacking food On sumere tíde wæs micel menigu mid ðam Hǽlende on ánum wéstene meteleás ( nec haberent, quod manducarent ), Homl. Th. ii. 396, 1: Elen. Kmbl. 1220; El. 612: 1392; El. 698.
óþ-berstan
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[Rannulf út of ðam týre on Lunden nihtes óðbærst, ðǽr hé on hæftneþe wæs, Chr. l 101; Erl. 237, 40.] Gif se bana óþbyrste, L. H. E. 2 ; Th. i. 28, l. Cf. æt-berstan
godspellíc
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Evangelical He fylgde ðæt weorc ðæt him gewunelíc wæs ðæt he godspellíce láre lǽrde solitum sibi opus evangelizandi exsequens, Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 9: Homl. Th. ii. 586, 3.
ge-weorþan
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</b> add Hæfð Ælfréd gehaldene Herewinne on ǽghwelcre wihte ðæs ðe hió an geworden wæs ðæs ðe hió seulf geðafigan wolde A. has maintained H. in every bit of what she had come to feel she would herself consent to, C.D.B. ii. 146, 29
ge-delfan
To dig ⬩ delve ⬩ fodere ⬩ effodere
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To dig, delve;fodere, effodere Wæs ðǽr sum hláw ðone men gedulfon there was a mound which men had dug, Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 26, 6. Ðé wearþ helle seáþ niðer gedolfen the pit of hell was dug beneath for thee, Exon. 71 b; Th. 267, 30; Jul. 423
un-derigende
Harmless ⬩ innocent
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Hió mid wíflíce níðe wæs feohtende on ðæt underiende folc, Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 30, 19
wraxlian
To wrestle
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Ic wæs on unmǽtutn costnungum winnende and wraxligeude, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 578. Wraxliendum luctando. Germ. 389, 91. Pleglícum ł wræxliendum palaestricis, Hpt. Gl. 405, 6
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á-rétan
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On þǽm sealme hé wæs cleopiende tó Drihtne, wilnode þæt hé hine árétte, Ps. Th. 27, arg. Be eallum þám þe gebrocode wǽron and eft árétte, 28, arg
be-wǽfan
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Voc. ii. 65, 41. ꝥ treów biþ úton gescyrped and bewǽfed mid þǽre rinde, Bt. 34, 10; F. 150, 7. ꝥám scyccelse þe hé mid bewǽfed wæs, Hml. S. 23 b, 218. Add
for-wirnedness
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Restraint, continence, abstemiousness Hé þá fægerestan bysene forlét, þæt hé wæs micelre forhæfdnesse and forwyrnednesse lífes saluberrimum abstinentiae uel continentiae exemplum reliquit, Bd. 3, 5; Sch. 202, 11.
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