sittan
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Þá þá seó mætetíd cóm and eallinga seó læteste tíd þæs dæges on sæt cum tempus refectionis incumberet atque dies hora tardior excrevisset, 277, 25.
gift
a gift; as a technical term ⬩ the amount to be given by a suitor in consideration of receiving a woman to wife ⬩ marriage ⬩ nuptiæ
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Æt ðǽm giftan sceal mæsse-preóst beón at the nuptials there shall be a mass-priest, L. Edm. 13, 8; Th. i. 256, 6. Wífigende and gyfta syllende nubentes et nubtum tradentes, Mt. Bos. 24, 38: Lk. Bos. 20, 34.
elcian
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Úre Álýsend ne elcode ná ongeán þone deáð Enoch and Elias delay to meet death, and do not avoid it . . . at the end of this world they will receive death. Our Saviour did not delay to meet death, Hml. Th. i. 308, 2-7.
hleahtor
a laugh
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wéne þæt þú þǽr ne wurðe mid dymnysse þýstro áblend if you after the manner of critics laugh at me, loot to yourself lest where you expect laughter (light f) you can see nothing for the darkness (the Latin is: si more obtrectatoris succensueris, cave,
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sæc
Strife, contest, conflict
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Ðǽr biþ ceóle wén slíðre sæcce there (at the rocky shore) the vessel may expect fierce conflict, Exon. Th. 384, 17; Rä. 4, 29. Hé sæcce ne wéneþ tó Gár-Denum, Beo. Th. 1205; B. 600. Se æt sæcce gebád wíghryre wráðra, 3241; B. 1618 : 1910; B. 953.
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a-fédan
To feed ⬩ nourish ⬩ rear ⬩ bring up ⬩ nutrire ⬩ cibare ⬩ alere ⬩ pascere
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He wæs aféded and gelǽred he was reared and taught; nutritus atque eruditus est. Bd. 5, 20; S. 642, 16. Wearþ Iafeðe geóguþ aféded to Japhet was youth brought up, Cd. 78; Th. 96, 34; Gen. 1604: 82; Th. 102, 29 ; Gen. 1707. Ic eom aféd pascor, Ælfc.
Linked entry: a-fǽded
spearca
A spark
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Word spearcum fleáh áttre gelícost, Cd. Th. 274, 32; Sat. 162
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sceáwian
to look ⬩ to look at ⬩ observe ⬩ behold ⬩ see ⬩ to look at, look on with favour, to regard, have respect to ⬩ to look at with care, consider, inspect, examine, scrutinize, reconnoitre ⬩ to look out, seek for, select, choose, provide ⬩ to shew (favour, respect, etc.) ⬩ to grant
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Th. 60, 9 ; Gen. 979. to look at with care, consider, inspect, examine, scrutinize, reconnoitre Sceáwaþ speculatur, Wülck. Gl. 250, 8.
ge-restan
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Gl. 997. to be at ease, remain undisturbed, dwell Hwelc eardað in selegescote ðínurn, oððe hwelc geresteð in munte ðínum ?, Ps. Srt, 14, Monige cymas and gehrestas (wuniað, W. S. ) mið Abraham in ric heofna, Mt. L. 8, ii.
hwanne
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H. 46, 20. in dependent clauses. where the time at which the action of the main clause takes place is fixed by the dependent clause Hwænne (huonne, L., hwenne, R.) ic bræc fíf hláfas ... . and hú fela wyligena gé námon fulle?, Mk. 8, 19: 20.
efne
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Uton ús gesettan efne nú ( even now, at once ) heretogan, Num. 14, 4. just, only, no other than Wundurlic wíse and efne heofonlic mira res et non nisi caelitus facta, Bd. 4, 11; Sch. 408, 11.
slítan
To slit, tear, rend ⬩ to tear a garment ⬩ rend ⬩ to tear, split, rend, cleave, divide ⬩ to tear, rend, as an animal does with the teeth or feet, a bird with its beak, ⬩ to tear, bite ⬩ irritate ⬩ to tear ⬩ to destroy, waste, consume ⬩ to carp at, back-bite ⬩ to tear ⬩ attero ⬩ to tear, split ⬩ to tear, break ⬩ scindere, lacerare, laniare, lacessere, saevire, delere ⬩ to slit, tear, break
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Hí beóþ mec slítende (of the waves tearing at an anchor) 398, 11; Rä. 17, 6. to tear, bite (of pungent things, cf. slitol), irritate (of physical or mental irritation) Slíto ( suto, Wrt., cf. slítung) lacesso Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 29.
gleáwnes
Prudence ⬩ skill ⬩ wisdom ⬩ ability ⬩ sagacity ⬩ acuteness
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Wer well gelǽred and scearpre gleáwnysse vir doctissimus atque excellentis ingenii, 4, 23; S. 594, 35. Þeód is búton geþeahte and bútan glǽwnisse the nation is void of counsel and of understanding, Deut. 32, 28.
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geornful-nes
Eagerness, diligence, earnestness, zeal, fervour, devotion ⬩ sollertia, dīlĭgentia, industria, fervor, devōtio
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Ðá he ðá se cyning his gelǽrednysse and his geornfulnysse geseah cujus erudĭtiōnem atque industriam videns rex, 3, 7; S. 529, 46. Mid mycelre geornfulnesse devōtiōne magna, 3, 30; S. 562, 3: L. Edg. i. 5; Th. i. 264, 22.
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drync
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Ðætte hié ðone hálwendan drync ðæs æðelan wínes ne gehwyrfen him selfum tó áttre quia saluberrimum vini potum in veneni sibi poculum vertunt, Past. 365, 9. Wyrc tó duste, dó hys dǽl on wínes drinc, Lch. i. 336, 16. Drync poculum, Ps. Srt. 22, 5.
gímeleáslíce
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D. 237, l. without care for good Ús þe yfele and gýmeleáslíce mid unrihte libbað nobis male viventibus atque negle-gentibus R.
port
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Ath. i. 12; Th. i. 206, 8-10. Ǽlc ceáping sý binnan porte, i. 13; Th. i. 206, 16. Nán man ne mynetege bútan on porte, i. 14; Th. i. 206, 19. Lecge án .c. tó wedde, healf landrícan and healf cinges geréfan binnan port, L. Eth. iii. 7 ; Th. i. 296, 8.
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widuwe
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Ath. v. 2; Th. i. 230, 19. Gif man widuwan unágne genimeþ, L. Ethb. 76; Th. i. 20, 13. Gif hwá wydewan nýdnǽme, gebéte ðæt deópe, L. Eth. vi. 39; Th. i. 324, 25.
tó
to, ⬩ at ⬩ so as to produce ⬩ become ⬩ to (the satisfaction, etc. ) ⬩ to some end, ⬩ for some purpose ⬩ for ⬩ next to, ⬩ at, ⬩ by, ⬩ alongside ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ next to ⬩ after ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ at, ⬩ in ⬩ of, ⬩ from ⬩ to (in to do something to anything) ⬩ according to, ⬩ at, ⬩ after ⬩ compared to, ⬩ in comparison with, ⬩ beside ⬩ in addition to, ⬩ besides ⬩ for, ⬩ at ⬩ to be suffered ⬩ at ⬩ in the course of, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ for, ⬩ during ⬩ to ⬩ to, ⬩ for ⬩ in, ⬩ at ⬩ to the extent, ⬩ to such a degree ⬩ to, ⬩ up to, ⬩ until, ⬩ till ⬩ at, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ in addition, ⬩ besides, ⬩ too ⬩ too
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Nar. 40, 30. to be suffered Cyning tó gefulliane com tó Róme the king came to Rome to be baptized, Bd. 5, 7; S. 620, 26. marking time, marking a point of time at which anything takes place, at Tó midre nihte at midnight, Lk. Skt. 11, 5: Mt.
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þanécan
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yet would not the writings have become antiquated and have perished, as soon as ever it was done, in the same way as the writers did, and those too about whom they wrote; quamquam quid ipsa scripta proficiant, quae cum suis auctoribus premit longior atque