nihterne
For a night
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For a night Ðæs gást wæs neahterne of líchoman álǽded his (Fursey) spirit was for a night taken from his body, Shrn. 51, 30. Lǽt standan neahterne, Lchdm. ii. 24, 21 : 32, 25. Lǽt licgean neahterne, 66, 12. Bind on ða eágan nihterne, 34. 23.
ge-etan
To eat together ⬩ to eat ⬩ to consume ⬩ comedere ⬩ edere
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To eat together, to eat, to consume; comedere, edere Elnung húses ðínes geet mec [me æt, Bos.] Jn. Skt. Lind. 2, 17. Ðæt híg ǽton : ðá híggeeten hæfdon, híg wunedon ðǽr ut ederunt : cum comedissent, manserunt ibi, Gen. 31, 54.
ge-fæstnian
To fix ⬩ fasten ⬩ secure ⬩ confirm ⬩ betroth ⬩ figere ⬩ firmare ⬩ confirmare ⬩ infigere ⬩ despondere
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To fix, fasten, secure, confirm, betroth; figere, firmare, confirmare, infigere, despondere Iulius him mid gewritum gefæstnod Julius secured it to him by writings, Ors. 5, 13; Bos. 112, 31. Gefæstnade secured, Bd. 1, 5; S. 476, 10.
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ge-flýman
To cause to flee ⬩ put to flight ⬩ drive away ⬩ banish ⬩ fugare ⬩ in fugam vertere ⬩ expellere
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Th. 88, 20 : Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 32, 25. Feónd wæs geflýmed the fiend was put to flight, Exon. 34 b; Th. 110, 13; Gú. 107 : Cd. 187; Th. 232, 17; Dan. 261
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ge-hihtan
to hope ⬩ trust ⬩ spērāre ⬩ to rejoice ⬩ exultāre
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Bos. 12, 21. to rejoice; exultāre Muntas gehihtaþ swá swá rammas montes exultasti sīcut arietes, Ps. Spl. 113, 6
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ge-seglian
to sail ⬩ vēlĭfĭcāri ⬩ to furnish with sails ⬩ vēlis instruĕre
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to sail; vēlĭfĭcāri Ðyder he cwæþ, ðæt nán man ne mihte geseglian on ánum mónþe thither he said that a man could not sail in a month, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 21, 19. to furnish with sails; vēlis instruĕre Se ðe nafaþ gesegled scip who hath not a ship furnished
un-gedéfe
Troublesome ⬩ disagreeable
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Hér ys seó bót hú ðú meaht ðíne æceras bétan, gif hí nellaþ wel wexan oþþe ðǽr hwilc ungedéfe þing on gedón bið, i. 398, 2. Mannum ungedéfum hominibus importunis, Scint. 38, 15.
up-ryne
A coming up ⬩ rising of a heavenly body ⬩ coming of day
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A coming up, rising of a heavenly body, coming of day Wiþ hire (the sun's) uprynæs, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 27. Fram sunnan upryne a solis ortu, Ps. Spl. 106, 3. Uprine, 112, 3. Æfter sunnan setlgange ǽr mónan upryne, Lchdm. i. 330, 18.
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ge-wérgian
To weary ⬩ fatigue ⬩ fatīgāre
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Mauritanie wǽron mid ðam gewérgode the Mauritanians were wearied by it, Ors. 5, 7; Bos. 107, 7. Ðe on lengtenádle gewérigade wǽron who were wearied with ague, Bd. 4, 6; S. 574, 7
gremian
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To provoke, irritate, exasperate, vex, revile He ða óðre elpendas gremede it irritated the other elephants, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 77, 23. Gremedon exacerbaverunt, Blickl. Gl. Hig me gremedon they provoked me, Lev. 26, 40: Num. 11, 20: Deut. 9, 7, 8.
a-gytan
To discover ⬩ know ⬩ understand ⬩ consider ⬩ cognoscere ⬩ intelligere ⬩ deprehendere
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To discover, know, understand, consider; cognoscere, intelligere, deprehendere Ðæt hit man geornor agytan mǽ ge that it may be better understood, Ors. 2, 1; Bos. 38, 30. Gecýðnyssa ðíne ic ageat testimonia tua intellexi, Ps.
ár-weorþian
To hold worthy of honour ⬩ to give honour to ⬩ to honour ⬩ reverence ⬩ worship ⬩ honorare ⬩ honorificare ⬩ honorem referre ⬩ venerari
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Bos. 5, 23: Deut. 5, 16
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an-líc
Like ⬩ similar ⬩ equal ⬩ similis ⬩ æqualis
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Bos. 18, 23. Ðæt he bióþ swíðe anlíc that he is very like, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 11. Nis under wolcnum Drihtne ǽnig anlíc? quis in nubibus æquabitur Domino? Ps. Th. 88, 5: 57, 4: 72, 18: 112, 5
ange
Narrow ⬩ straitened ⬩ vexed ⬩ troubled ⬩ sorrowful ⬩ angustus ⬩ anxius ⬩ vexatus ⬩ tristis
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Ðá wæs ðam cynge swíðe ange on his mode then the king was greatly troubled in his mind, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 48, 14
dóm-setl
A judgment-seat, tribunal ⬩ trĭbūnal
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Bos. 27, 19
dígol-líce
Secretly ⬩ secrēto, clam
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Bos. 9, 28: Ps. Th. 9, 29. Albánus hæfde ðone Cristes andettere dígollíce mid him Alban had Christ's confessor secretly with him Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 7. Se dígolíce lácnod wæs fram his wúndum who was secretly healed of his wounds, 4, 16; S. 584, 30
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lǽce-cræftig
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forðon gódne morgendrænc wið eallum untrymnessum ðe mannes líchoman iond styriaþ there was a king named Arestolobius, he was wise and skilled in medicine, for which reason he composed a good-morning drink for all infirmities that stir throughout man's body
leoþu-bíge
humble ⬩ meek
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Flexible at the joints, humble; meek Ðá wearþ ðæt hálige líc hál on eorþan gemét liþebíge on limum the holy body was found in the earth sound, and with the limbs not yet stiff, Homl. Th. ii. 152, 33.
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líc-þrowere
A leper
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A leper, one suffering from ulcers on the body Lícþrowere leprosus, Ælfc. Gl. 78; Som. 72, 32; Wrt. 45, 64. Lazarus wæs lícþrowere [ulceribus plenus], Homl. Th. i. 328, 15: Homl. Skt. 3, 480.
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palent
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Æt ðæs cáseres palendsan (palentsan, Bos.), Ors. 6, 21 ; Swt. 272, 23. Hé bræc ðæne palant (ða palentan, MS. D.), Chr. 1049; Erl. 172, 21