setl
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Hí him bǽdon setles and eardungstówe on heora lande petierunt in ea sibi sedes et habitationem donare, Bd. 1, 1; Sch. 11, 6. Him sylfum setl (seðel, v. l.) and eardungstówe geáhnian sibimet sedes uindicare, Sch. 12, 12. <b>II a.
swilc
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Add On ðǽm dæge plegedon hié of horsum ... swá heora þeáw æt swelcum ( on such occasions ) wæs, Ors. 3, 7; S. 118, 31. Ðá swelcan wé magon ealra betest geryhtan mid ðý ðæt ..., Past. 293, 22. 2 a.
wác-líc
Poor ⬩ mean ⬩ of little dignity or worth ⬩ paltry.
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Hí unrǽdlíce férdon on heora ídelum lustum and wáclícum gebǽrum, Ælfc. T Grn. 17, 16
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brǽdan
broad ⬩ latus ⬩ To make broad, BROADEN, extend, spread, stretch out ⬩ dilatare, propalare, expandere ⬩ To be extended or developed, grow or rise up; ⬩ dilatari, adolescere
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To make broad, BROADEN, extend, spread, stretch out; dilatare, propalare, expandere Hí heora stówe brǽddon they broadened their places, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 24.
on-gildan
to pay (a penally for), to be punished for (with gen. acc. of crime or clause) ⬩ to pay ⬩ to give an offering, to offer
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Hú swíðe hí his anguldon from heora ágnum cásere ut Caesare punirentur, 6, 2; Swt. 256, 6. Weorces onguldon deópra firena þurh deáþes cwealm, Exon. Th. 153, 22; Gú. 829: 226, 23; Ph. 410.
smíc
Smoke, vapour, steam
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Ðæs drinces smýc heora eágan onfón 348, 22. Sméc vaporem Ps. Surt. ii. p. 202, 15. [Ne michte ut seon for smike O. E. Homl. i. 161, 16. Smeche ii. 220, 18. Smiche 258, 20. Smec off recless Orm. 1088. Smeke or smoke Prompt. Parv. 460.]
á-wǽgan
to deceive ⬩ to make of no effect, ⬩ to fail to perform ⬩ to invalidate ⬩ nullify
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Hí heora fulluhtes behát ðurh forgǽgednysse áwǽgdon, Hml. Th. ii. 338, 9. Ne sceall nán mann áwǽgan ꝥ hé sylfwylles behǽt, Hml.
be-æftan
behind, ⬩ after
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Heora proletarii ne móston him beæftan beón, Ors. 4, 1; S. 154, 16: Chr. 755; P. 48, 12. Ætsǽton ðá Centiscan þǽr beæftan, 905; P. 94, 5. after Þára twelf noman hér stondað áwritene beæftan, C. D. ii. 150, 35
LYTEL
LITTLE
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Lá lytle heord pusillus grex, Lk. Skt. 12, 32. On swá lytlum fæce in such a little space, Elen. Kmbl. 1917; El. 960. Ælfréd cyning gefeaht wið alne ðone here lytle werede, Chr. 871; Erl. 76, 5. Lytle læs paulo minus, Ps. Th. 118, 87.
lufu
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lufum oððe for éniges þinges lufum hym eft tó geénan wille . . . hweðer þú for heora lufum woldest ðás þing underfón, Solil.
hwǽr
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Hwǽr cóm seó frætwodnes heora húsa? ... oþþe hwǽr cóm heora snyttro?, Bl. H. 99, 27-31: Sat. 36. Se pytt héh is; huona ł huǽr (hwér, R. unde ) hæfis ðú uætter?, Jn.
wræc
wrack ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ suffering that comes as punishment, ⬩ retributive punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ where the punishment or misery is exile or banishment
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Hí wǽron þurh heora handa deáþes wræc ðrowiende per horum manus ultionem essent mortis passuri. Bd. 2, 2 ; S. 503, 31. Hí ðurh Drihtnes wræc heora scylde wíte ðrowedon Domino vindice poenas sui reatus luerent, 4, 26 ; S. 602, 13.
wirgan
to curse ⬩ maledicere ⬩ to do evil
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Mid heora heortan hig wergdon (wyrgedan, Ps. Th.; wyrigdon, Ps. Spl.), Ps. Lamb. 61, 4. Unárímedlíca mengeo wyrgdon ðone cásere, Blickl. Homl. 191, 10. Wyrgdan devotabant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 48; 80, 53.
feallan
to run ⬩ to be overcome ⬩ to stumble ⬩ snare ⬩ to fail ⬩ fall away ⬩ decay ⬩ crumble away
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Hié feóllan tó eorþan, and grápodan mid heora handum on þá eorþan, 151, 5. fig. to be overcome:-- Ic wæs hearde cnyssed, and ic ne feóll, Ps.
ge-bǽru
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Se engel him geheht ꝥ hé wolde geseón heora gebǽro ( see how they behaved ), Bl.
ge-dál
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Cf. ge-dǽlan ; Of ðám dǽle heora tóworpnysse and gedáles ex parte suae destructions, Gr. D. 205, 6. Deáþa gedál dreógan to die, Gú. 206. Ymb gedál sacan middangeardes, Gn. Ex. 28. parting, separation of two or more objects.
þanne
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Þæt hié triumphan héton, ꝥ wæs þonne hié hwelc folc mid gefeohte ofercumen hæfdon, þonne wæs heora þeáw þæt ..., Ors. 2, 4; S. 70, 22. <b>D. I.
scearp
sharp ⬩ pungent, acid ⬩ acrid ⬩ sharp-tongued ⬩ sharp, keen, severe, ⬩ sharp, rough ⬩ sharp, keen, active, strenuous ⬩ effectual, penetrating, ⬩ sharp, keen ⬩ sharp, keen, acute,
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Ðá geceás hé him geféran ða ðe ǽgðer ge on heora dǽdum ge on heora gelǽrednesse frome and scearpe wǽron Godes word tó bodienne and tó lǽranne electis sociis strenuissimis et ad praedicandum verbum idoneis, utpote actione simul et eruditione praeclaris
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wind
wind ⬩ air in motion ⬩ wind ⬩ flatulence ⬩ wind ⬩ breath
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Theodosius hæfde ðone wind mid him, ðæt his fultum mehte mǽstra ǽlcne heora flána on hiora feóndum áfæstnian, Ors. 6, 36; Swt. 294, 26. Ðǽr bleówun windas, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 25. Wedercandel swearc, windas weóxon, Andr. Kmbl. 745; An. 373.
gold-hord
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A treasure, treasury; thesaurus Nellen gé goldhordian eów goldhordas on eorþan ... goldhordiaþ eów goldhordas on heofenan ... ðær ðín goldhord is ðǽr is ðín heorte nolite thesaurizare vobis thesauros in terra ... thesaurizate vobis thesauros in cælo