Boéties
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Therefore they have so short a course, because they are so near the north end of the axis, on which all the sky turns, as now Boötes does, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 17-24. Boótes beorhte scíneþ Boötes shines brightly, Bt. Met. Fox 28, 53; Met. 28, 27
hiwian
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Ealle ðe hiwiaþ hí wiðútan mid eáwfæstum þeáwum and wiðinnan sind geǽttrode mid árleásnysse all that fashion themselves outwardly with pious manners, but inwardly are poisoned with impiety, 404, 13.
Linked entry: hiwung
hlosnian
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Æfter ðissum wordum weorud hlosnode swígodon ealle after these words the multitude listened [astonished or expectant], all were silent, Andr. Kmbl. 1522; An. 762. Ðæt folc hlosnende wæs gehérde hine populus suspensus erat audiens ilium, Lk. Skt.
Linked entry: hlysnan
leóht-líce
Lightly ⬩ slightly ⬩ gently ⬩ easily ⬩ quickly
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Hí forléton ða scipo ðus leóhtlíce ... and léton ealles þeódscipes geswincg ðus leóhtlíce forwurþan they abandoned the ships thus lightly ... and let all the nation's labour thus lightly come to nought, Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 10-13.
mild-heort
kind-hearted ⬩ of gentle disposition ⬩ meek ⬩ merciful ⬩ compassionate ⬩ gracious ⬩ clement
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Hé wæs eallra monna mildheortast he was most compassionate of all men, 5, 12; Swt. 242, 20
ge-sirwan
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Ðý ne wricþ Dryhten nó gelíce ða gesiredan synne and fǽrlíce þurhtogenan forðæm sió gesirede syn biþ ungelíc eallum óðrum synnum so the Lord does not punish equally the deliberate sin and the suddenly perpetrated, for the deliberate sin is unlike all
ge-þyld
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Eal ðú hit geþyldum gehealdest thou supportest it all patiently, Beo. Th. 3415; B. 1705. Forber oft ðæt ðú wrecan mǽge geþyld biþ middes eádes often forbear when vengeance is in your power, patience is half happiness, Prov. Kmbl. 25
wǽr
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[The word, found here only, if at all, occurs in that part of the Genesis, which seems to show Old Saxon influence, and the phrase wǽrum wordum may be the equivalent of that found often in the Héliand, e. g.
ymb-sirwan
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Alf. 13; Th. i. 46, 24
súþ-fór
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These are all texts of the charter quoted. ] Æt súþfóre ǽlc mon (gilde) .v. pening̃, Cht. Th. 614, 11
ge-teohhian
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Add: -teochian, -teohchian. to consider Hé geteohode ratus est (quem dignissimum ratus est, Ald. 64, 3), An. Ox. 7, 312. Geteohchode, 8, 251. to determine, destine, appoint Hié geteochodon adposuerunt, Ps. Rdr. 77, 17. Geteohige adponat, 9, 39.
téan
To grow tough or pliant
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Similar entries v. tóan, tóh; see also (?)ge-teágan
hagu-þorn
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., and add Hagudorn, heagoðorn alba spina, Txts. 36, 19
scúfan
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Aldne monno of scýfende veterem hominem disponentes, Rtl. 32, 32. Add Se micla cræftiga hiertende tó scýfð, and egesiende stiérd, Past. 53, 16
bædzere
A baptist ⬩ baptizer ⬩ baptista
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A baptist, baptizer; baptista Hie cwǽdun, sume Iohannes se bædzere illi dixerunt, alii Ioannem Baptistam, Mt. Rush. Stv. 16, 14: 3, 1
pund
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See also pyndan
þingung
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From alre néweste gelaáfulra sýn heó ásceádene and ásyndrade nymðe heó hit hér mid þingonge bóte gebéte, C.D. i. 114, 27. Add
Finnas
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the way on his right, save by fishermen, fowlers and hunters, and they were all Finns, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 3-6.
for-niman
To take away ⬩ deform ⬩ plunder ⬩ destroy ⬩ ransack ⬩ waste ⬩ consume ⬩ devour ⬩ rapĕre ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ extermĭnāre ⬩ vastāre ⬩ consūmĕre ⬩ devŏrāre
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Líg eall fornam the flame consumed all, Cd. 119; Th. 153, 34; Gen. 2548: Andr. Kmbl. 1988; An. 996: 3061; An. 1533. Swylt ealle fornom secga hlóþe death destroyed all the band of men, Exon. 75 b; Th. 283, 5; Jul. 675: 59 b; Th. 216, 15; Ph. 268.
Linked entry: for-nyman
geond
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Hí ealle beweópon Aarones forðsíþ geond ðrítig daga they all mourned Aaron's death during thirty days, Num. 20, 29. Ðé we þanciaþ geond ungeendode worulde we will thank thee to all eternity, Homl. Th. i. 76, 7.
Linked entries: geondan gind giond gond eond gynd giend geond-innan be-geondan