bénsian
To fall down in prayer ⬩ to pray ⬩ entreat in prayer ⬩ supplicare ⬩ deprecari ⬩ orare
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He wæs bénsiende ða uplícan árfæstnesse mínra gesynta supplicans erat supernæ pietati pro sospitate mea 5, 6; S. 619, 35 : 3, 12; S. 537, note 20
Linked entry: ge-bénsian
eorl-riht
An earl's right or privilege ⬩ cŏmĭtis jus vel privĭlēgium
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An earl's right or privilege; cŏmĭtis jus vel privĭlēgium Gif þegen geþeáh, ðæt he wearþ to eorle, ðonne wæs he syððan eorlrihtes weorþe if a thane thrived, that he became an earl, then he was thenceforth worthy of an earl's right, L.
frig
Love ⬩ affection ⬩ favour ⬩ ămor
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Ðæt wæs geworden bútan weres frigum that was done without the favours of man, 8 b; Th. 3, 17; Cri. 37
in-findan
To find ⬩ discover
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Infunden wæs inventa est, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 1, 18
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in-gemynde
Recollected ⬩ remembered
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Recollected, remembered, in mind, in memory Ðá wæs ðam folce on ferhþsefan ingemynde swá him á scyle wundor ða ðe worhte weoroda dryhten then did the people remember in mind, as is ever their duty, the miracles which the Lord of Hosts wrought, Elen.
Linked entry: ge-mynde
ísen-smiþ
An iron-smith ⬩ blacksmith
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An iron-smith, worker in iron, blacksmith Tubalcain wæs égðer ge goldsmiþ ge ísensmiþ Tubalcain fuit malleator et faber in cuncta opera æris et ferri, Gen. 4, 22.
Linked entries: iren-smiþ ísen-wyrhta
seld-
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Singeþ syllíce, 539 ; Sal. 269. wonderfully well, excellently, admirably Iericho wæs sellíce getimbrod, mid seofon weallas beworht and wel wiðin*-*nan geset, Homl. Th. ii. 212, 25. Syllíce hyt ðæt áttor tósceádeþ, Lchdm. i. 352, 13
seám
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His tunece wæs eal búton seáme (inconsutilis, Jn. 19, 23), Homl. Th. ii. 254, 32. Geclǽm ealle ða seámas mid tyrwan, i. 20, 33
ge-beornan
To burn ⬩ be on fire ⬩ be consumed ⬩ ardēre ⬩ combūri
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Th. 5388; B. 2697. v. trans Seó eorþe wæs to axsan geburnen the earth was burnt to ashes, Ors. 4, 2; Bos. 79, 19
ge-cræftan
To contrive ⬩ build ⬩ molīri ⬩ machināri
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Ðæt Godes tempel wæs wundorlíce gecræft the temple of God was wonderfully contrived, Homl. Th. ii. 574, 29
ge-lǽrednes
Learning ⬩ knowledge ⬩ skill ⬩ erŭdītio ⬩ pĕrītia
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Learning, knowledge, skill; erŭdītio, pĕrītia Wæs Cúþberhte swá mycel getýdnes and gelǽrednes to sprecanne Cudbercto tanta ĕrat dīcendi pĕrītia, Bd. 4, 27; S 604, 19.
ge-rétan
To restore, refresh, set right ⬩ recreāre, refĭcĕre
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To restore, refresh, set right; recreāre, refĭcĕre Wæs heó semninga mid gástlícre gesyhþe geréted sŭbĭto vīsiōne spīrĭtēli recreēta, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 19: 5, 1; S. 613, 22.
síclian
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[Ðá wæs Leófríc c Þat ilce ðæi þat Martin abbot of Burch sculde þider faren, þa sǽclede hé & ward déd .iv. no. Jañ., 1154; Erl. 266, 10.]
þeów-boren
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Slave-born, born of parents in slavery Ne sceal hé (the abbot) ðone æþelborenan settan beforan ðane þeówborenan, gif se þeówborena ǽr on ðæm mynstre wæs, bútan hé for hwylcum gesceáde hit dó non preponatur ingenuus ex servitio convertenti nisi forte
þri-réðre
Having three banks of oars ⬩ trireme
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Having three banks of oars; used substantively trireme Ðá næfde hé má scipa ðonne án; ðæt wæs ðeáh þreréþre, Bt, 38, 1; Fox 194, 10. Þrieréþre ceól, Met. 26, 27.
Linked entry: -réðre
un-gefrǽglíce
In an unheard of manner ⬩ to an unheard of extent ⬩ unusually ⬩ extraordinarily
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Se hearpere wæs swíþe ungefrǽglíce gód, 85, 6; Fox 166, 29
wíte-stów
A place of punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ hell
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Nis hér (in hell) nú nǽnig wóp, swá hit ǽr gewunelíc wæs on ðisse wítestówe, Blickl. Homl. 85, 29
ynce
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Hé ( Adam ) wæs vi and cx ynca lang, Salm. Kmbl. p. 180, 20
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bifian
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Wæs se munt bifigende mid ormǽtre cwacunge, Hml. Th. i. 504, 28. Biuende treme*-*bundus, pavidus, An. Ox. 2994. Se bifigenda dóm the tremendous judgement. Wlfst. 227, 14: 228, 31: Bl. H. 57, 20. Fryhtendo ł bib*-*giende trementes, Rtl. 122, 16. Add
Cant-ware
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Sé wæs Cantwara (Cont-, v. l.) leód (leode, v. l.) oriundus de gente Cantuariorum, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 253, 13. Paulinus huerf eft tó Cantwarum (gewát tó Cent, v. l. ), Chr. 633; P. 24, 21. Add