ge
and ⬩ even ⬩ even ⬩ both . . . and . . . ⬩ and
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Þæs bysceopes líf on bysceopháde ge ǽr bysceopháde cujus uiri et in episcopatu et ante episcopatum uita Bd. 4, 6; Sch. 382, 7. with eác Hit God wrecende wæs on him selfum . . . ge eác (ac) . . . ealle eorþan wæstmbǽro gelytlade, Ors. 2, l ; S. 58, 19
tilung
striving, ⬩ endeavour, ⬩ effort, ⬩ labour ⬩ a pursuit ⬩ occupation ⬩ employment ⬩ business ⬩ care ⬩ attention ⬩ treatment ⬩ cure ⬩ gain that comes from labour ⬩ acquisition ⬩ fruit got by tilling the earth
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Petrus hæfde unpleólíce teolunge ǽr his gecyrrednysse, and hé for ðí eft búton pleó tó his fixnoðe gecyrde, 288, 20-26. Se ríca man geswícþ his gebeórscipes, gif ða ðeówan geswícaþ ðæra teolunga, i. 274, 1.
losian
To perish ⬩ be lost ⬩ stray ⬩ escape
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Ðonne ðé mon ǽrest secge ðæt ðín ceáp sý losod, Lchdm. iii. 60, 9: L. Eth. ii. 8; Th. i. 288, 15. Mé syndon losode fóta gangas effusi sunt gressus mei, Ps. Th. 72, 1
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ge-þreátian
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Swelce sió geðyld hæbbe ðæt mód geðreátod and gecafstrod quando animum patientia intra se frenare compellit, 218, 22. the object a thing Swá se lég wearð geðreátod þurh Sanctes Martines gebedu ꝥ hé nǽnigum óðrum ærne sceþþan ne mihte, Bl.
lof
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Add: praise, the expression of a favourable opinion. from the point of view of the giver, (a person's) praise, praise (expressed by that person) Gedyde se láreów ðæt hié ǽresð gehiérdon ðá heringe . . . ðætte ðæt lof hié getrymede, Past. 213, 21.
rihtung
direction ⬩ guidance ⬩ correction ⬩ setting right ⬩ correction ⬩ reproof ⬩ a direction ⬩ rule ⬩ regularis
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Bisceopes dægweorc . . . his gebedu ǽrest, and ðonne his bócweorc, rǽding oððon rihting ( correcting manuscripts? ), L. I. P. 8 ; Th. ii. 314, 19.
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Wætlinga-strǽt
Watling Street, the Roman road running from Dover, through Canterbury, Rochester, London, St. Alban's,Dunstable, Fenny Stratford, Towcester, Weedon, Wroxeter to Chester.
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Ǽrest of ðam hálgan wylles forda súð andlang Wætlinga strǽte, 443, 4. Hii sunt termini hujus terrae [land at Teobbanwyrðe (Tebworth, Beds ).]
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hǽðen
HEATHEN, pagan, gentile ⬩ a heathen ⬩ a heathen, gentile woman ⬩ ethnicus, gentilis, paganus, samaritanus ⬩ a heathen
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Hér hǽðne men ǽrest ofer winter sǽtun in this year heathen [Danish] men first remained through the winter, Chr. 855; Erl. 68, 23 : 851; Erl. 66, 26. Bachsecg and Halfdene ða hǽðenan cyningas Bachsecg and Halfdene the heathen kings, 871; Erl. 74, 17.
open-líce
Openly ⬩ publicly, in a way by which not a few only are affected ⬩ without concealment, without reserve, freely ⬩ plainly, evidently, clearly, manifestly ⬩ without obstruction, at large
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Wæs ðis ðara wundra ǽrest ðe ðes eádiga wer openlíce beforan óðrum mannum geworhte, 219, 3 : Homl. Th. i. 58, 15. Hé funde áne tabulan eall áwritene and hí openlíce rǽdde ( read it out to the bystanders). Homl.
torr
turris ⬩ a tower ⬩ a projecting rock ⬩ a tor
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Ǽrest on mercecumb (in Dorset), ðonne on grénan pytt, ðonne on ðone torr æt mercecumbes ǽwielme, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 28, 32. On gyran torr (in Devon), iii. 412, 9. An horsa tor . . . on lytlan tor (in Devon), Cod. Dip. B. iii. 133, 10, 11.
settan
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Ðæt wæs weallfæstenna ǽrest ealra ðara ðe æðelingas settan héton, Cd. Th. 65, 3 ; Gen. 1060. <b>VIII a.</b> of f Ðá hé ðisne ymbhwyrft ǽrest sette, 422, 17; Rä. 41, 7: Cd. Th. 265, 29; Sat. 15.
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scír
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Gif man wille of boldgetale in óðer boldgetæl hláford sécan, dó ðæt mid ðæs ealdormannes gewitnesse ðe hé ǽr in his scíre folgode, L. Alf. pol. 37; Th. i. 86, 4.
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þingian
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Búton hiora hwæðer ǽr þingode ðæt hé hit ángylde healdan ne þorfte, L. Alf. pol. 19; Th. i. 74, 11. to settle with (wið) a person, to come to terms, be reconciled. v. 6.
wiþ-sacan
To deny ⬩ refuse ⬩ reject ⬩ to say no ⬩ to refuse permission ⬩ refuse ⬩ reject ⬩ decline ⬩ to deny ⬩ reject ⬩ refuse assent ⬩ to renounce ⬩ reject ⬩ give up ⬩ refuse ⬩ withhold ⬩ not to give ⬩ to declare hostility
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Ðæt ðú wiðsæcest ðone cyning, ðam ðú hýrdest ǽr, Elen. Kmbl. 1863; El. 933. Læsse ys wiðsacan (abnegare) ðæt hé hæfð, swýþe micel ys wiðsacan ðæt hit ys (abnegare quod est ), Scint. 60, 13.
forþ
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. ¶ and swá forþ and so on :-- Ðá cwæð se Hǽlend, 'Dóð þæt þæt folc sitte,' and swá forð on swá wé eów ǽr rehton, Hml. Th. i. 184, 16. forth, as in henceforth Á fordh (forthe, forht) in dies crudesceret, Txts. 70, 529. Á forð, Wrt.
ymb
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(b 2) of recurring periods Saturnus ne cymþ ðǽr ǽr ymb þrittig wintra ðǽr hé ǽr wæs, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 25. Ǽlce geáre ymbe twelf mónaþ, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 46, 9. Ǽfre ymbe ðæt feórðe geár, Lchdm. iii. 246, 13. Simble ymb þrítig nihtgerímes, Andr.
ESNE
A man of the servile class, a servant, retainer, man, youth ⬩ mercēnārius, servus, vir, jŭvĕnis
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Ic Dauide, dýrum esne, on áþsware ǽr benemde jūrāvi David servo meo, Ps. Th. 88, 3. He him Dauid geceás, deórne esne ēlēgit David servum suum, 77, 69.
HRING
A RING ⬩ circle ⬩ circuit ⬩ cycle ⬩ orb ⬩ globe ⬩ festoon
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Ǽr sunne twelf mónþa hringc útan ymbgán hæbbe, Guthl. 21; Gdwin. 96, 5. Ofer holmes hrincg over the ocean's circuit, Cd. 69; Th. 84, 5; Gen. 1393. Hrincg ðæs heán landes, 137; Th. 172, 34; Gen. 2854. Wíngearda hringa[s] corimbi, Ælfc.
innan
In ⬩ into ⬩ within ⬩ from within
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Gif hé ǽr on ðæs ofermódan engles wísan innan his geþance of Godes gesiehþe ne áfeólle nisi more superbientis angeli a conspectu conditoris prius intus aversione mentis caderet, Past. 47, 1; Swt. 359, 1.
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leger
a lying ⬩ dead ⬩ sickness ⬩ death ⬩ a couch ⬩ a lair ⬩ a grave
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Be ðære róde ðe ǽr in legere wæs lange bedyrned [of the cross that had been buried ], Elen. Kmbl. 1200; E1. 602: 1442; El. 723. Líc legere fæst, 1762; El. 883.