wǽdl
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Ic sende fýr and gewirce eów tó wǽdlan visitabo vos in egestate et ardore, Lev. 26, 16. <b>Ia.</b> add :-- Seó wǽdl þǽra andlyfna alimentorum indigentia, Gr. D. 145, 6: alimentorum inopia, 159, 7. <b>I b.
weald
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Add: an implement by which constraint is exercised, a bridle, v. ge-weald; <b>II,</b> weald-leþer Walde ceócan heora gewríð in camo maxillas eorum constringe, Ps.
fyrwitnys
Curiosity ⬩ cūriōsĭtas
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Curiosity; cūriōsĭtas Hefigtyme leahter is ungefóh fyrwitnys immoderate curiosity is a grave sin, Homl. Th. ii. 374, 3. Ðæt he his fyrwitnysse fæderlíce miltsode that he would paternally compassionate his curiosity, ii. 138, 19
for-standan
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Ic geanbidode oþ ic wiste hwæt þú woldest, and hú þú hit understandan woldest, and eác ic tiolode swíþe geornfullíce ꝥ ðú hit forstandan mihtest I waited till I knew what you wanted, and what idea you had formed of it (cf. understandan;III.), and I laboured
Linked entry: for-licgan
stoc-wíc
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Add: The Latin is: In Cassinum castrum
ge-cǽlan
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In Lk. 16, 24 one MS. has gehǽle, in another this is altered to gecǽle (= gecéle? v. ge-célan)
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FIRM ⬩ strong ⬩ stout ⬩ bold ⬩ strenuous ⬩ fortis ⬩ strēnuus ⬩ rich ⬩ abundant ⬩ excellent ⬩ ūber ⬩ abundans ⬩ præstans
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FIRM, strong, stout, bold, strenuous; fortis, strēnuus Ic eom on móde from I am firm in mind, Beo. Th. 5048; B. 2527: Exon. 46 a; Th. 156, 13; Gú. 874.
latian
To be slow ⬩ to linger ⬩ loiter ⬩ delay
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Voc. ii. 138, 48. Deáþ ne lattaþ mors non tardat, Rtl. 11, 7. Eall líchoma hefegaþ and latiaþ ða fét all the body grows heavy, and the feet are sluggish, L. M. 2, 25; Lchdm. ii. 216, 23. Ic latode distuli, Cant. M. ad f. 27.
Linked entry: elcian
ge-wealdan
To wield ⬩ rule ⬩ have power over ⬩ command ⬩ control ⬩ cause
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him forgive it, L.
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EORÞE
EARTH in opposition to the sea, the ground, soil ⬩ terra, hŭmus, sŏlum
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Ðæt gé ne swerion þurh eorþan, forðamðe heó ys Godes fótscamul that ye swear not by the earth, because it is God's foot-stool, Mt. Bos. 5, 35
ufe-weard
upper ⬩ upper part of ⬩ upper part ⬩ later ⬩ latter part of a time
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Similar entries v. ufera, II On foreweardne sumor and eft on ufeweardne hærfest in the early part of the summer and again in the latter part of autumn, Chr. 913; Th. i. 186, col. 2
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múþa
the mouth of a river ⬩ an opening ⬩ door
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Be norþan ðæm porte is se múþa ðære ié . . . Ottorogorre, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 10, 6-13. On Limene múþan . . . Se múþa is on eástweardre Cent. . .
West-mynster
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The place is mentioned in a (doubtful) charter of Offa of the year 785 : In loco terribili, quod dicitur æt Uuestmunstur, i. 180, 3
hord-ern
A store-house, store-room, treasury
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Búton hit under ðæs wífes cǽglocan gebroht wǽre ðæt is hire hordern and hire cyste unless it has been put into the places which the wife locks up, that is, her storeroom and her chest, L. C. S. 77; Th. i. 418, 21.
eáre
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Þis cóm þá tó eáran þám cnihte, 9, 57. ear, as in favourable ear, attention to what is heard Sé is fram Gode þe Godes beboda mid gehýrsumum eáre gehýrð, Hml. Th. ii. 228, 23. Hié forgytaþ ꝥ hié hwéne ǽr ymbhygdigum eárum gehýrdon reccean, Bl.
ge-metgung
Moderation, temperance, a fit or proper measure, a direction, a regulation ⬩ moderatio, temperantia, modus, moderamen
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wisdom is the highest virtue, and it has in it four other virtues, of which one is prudence, another temperance, the third is fortitude, and the fourth justice, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 96, 34, note.
cáfer-tún
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Voc. i. 290, 1. Cafertún atrium, ii. 7, 61: mesaulum, 55, 65. In midle ceafurtúnes ðínes in medio atrio tuo, Ps. Srt. 73, 4.
healf
HALF
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Th. ii. 584, 23. Sié be healfum ðæm ðonne sió bót let the fine then be half that, L. Alf. pol 11; Th. i. 68, 18: 39; Th. i. 88, 2: L. M. 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 292, 17.
hé
He, she, it
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Hú mæg ic hit on ðrím dagum gefaran? ac má wén is ðæt ðú onsende ðínne engel, se hit mæg hrædlícor gefaran ... ic hit ne mæg hrædlíce gefaran how can I do it in three days? it is better to send thy angel who can do it more quickly ...
ge-fagnian
To rejoice ⬩ be glad ⬩ exult ⬩ gaudēre ⬩ exultāre
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Ic blissie and ic gefagenie on ðé lætābor et exultābo in te, Ps. Spl. T. 9, 2