ed-hwyrft
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Voc. ii. 148, 30. return, recovery from a condition Oftigen bið him torhtre gesihðe . . . þæt him bið sár in his móde . . . ne wéneð þæt him þæs edhwyrft cyme ( he does not expect to recover from his blindness ), Gn.
ge-lystan
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Hé hæfde hí þá hwíle þe him geliste, Chr. 1046 ; P. 164, 30
ge-smyrian
To smear ⬩ anoint ⬩ ungĕre
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To smear, anoint; ungĕre Hí word hira wel gesmyredon, ele anlícast molliērunt sermōnes suos sŭper ŏleum, Ps. Th. 54, 21. Forðon gesmiride mec propter quod unxit me, Lk. Skt. Lind. 4, 18. Ðætte gesmiredon hire ut ungerent eum, Mk. Skt. Lind. 16, 1.
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a-ceorfan
To cut off ⬩ abscidere ⬩ succidere ⬩ concidere
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To cut off; abscidere, succidere, concidere Of his ansýne ealle ic aceorfe, ða ðe him feóndas syndon concidam inimicos ejus a facie ipsius. Ps. Th. 88, 20
medu-stíg
Path to the mead-hall
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Path to the mead-hall Cyning of brýdbúre treddode ... and his cwén mid him medostíg gemæt ... Hróðgár tó healle geóng, Beo. Th. 1845-1855; B. 920-925
geon-síþ
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a yon-journey, journey to the other world, death Æfter hyra geonsíðe hié tó hellewítum beóð gelǽdde, Verc. Först. 147. Cf. ellor-síþ, heonan-síþ, hin-síþ
gramlíce
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Gramlíce God his hálgena þrowunga on him gewræc, Hml. Th. i. 526, 2. Geoffra ðám godum ꝥ ic ðé gramlíce ne fordó, Hml. S. 8, 83. Add
on-settan
to oppress, bear down
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to oppress, bear down Hé hig yfele onsette vehementer oppresserat eos, Jud. 4, 3. Ða Cristenan him mid heora wǽpnum hýndon and onsetton, Blickl. Homl. 203, 17
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heáfod-bend
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sóna tóbærst swá hé hine gebæd, Hml.
riht-ryne
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Tó his ágnum rihtryne, 194, 4. Add
fore-sceáwung
consideration ⬩ contemplation ⬩ foreseeing ⬩ foreknowledge ⬩ forethought ⬩ foresight ⬩ providence ⬩ divine providence
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Sié hé for ealle úpáðened mid ðǽre godcundan foresceáwunge his inngeðances prae cunctis contemplatione suspensus, Past. 97, 24. foreseeing, foreknowledge Ðá arn hé tó cyrcan búton his freónda foresceáwunge (his friends had no idea of his intention),
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ge-hírsum
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Ne sié his giémen nó ðý lǽsse ymb þá gehiérsuman (-hír-, v. l. ), Past. 74, 15. obedient to a person Ðá tunglu þú gedést þé gehýrsume, Bt. 4 ; F. 6, 32. a law, command, &c. Hié wǽron þǽre godcundan ǽ swíþe gehýrsume, Bl. H. 163, 3
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beorgan
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Þæt hí beorgan heom silfum wið Godes yrre, Wlfst. 190, 10. Beorgian Ll. Th. i. 364, 12. Wið helle bryne beorhgan his sáwle, 30. Hí fleón woldon and heom beorgan wið þone here, Hml.
georn-full
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Ðæt hié ymb hié selfe swǽ geornfulle sién ðæt hié tó sláwlíce ðǽra ne giémen þe him befæste sién ut sic in propria sollicitudine ferveant, ut a commissorum custodia minime torpescant, Past. 190, 23.
wed
a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, solemn promise, engagement, covenant, compact
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Ðæt ǽghwelc mon his áð and his wed wærlíce healde, L. Alf. pol. 1; Th. i. 60, 1-3: L. C. E. 19; Th. i. 372, 1 : Wulfst. 113, 1. Hí wið ðone cyning hí getreówsoden, and binnan litlan fæce hit eall álugon, ge wed ge áðas, Chr. 947 ; Th. 118, 14: L.
sleán
to strike an object ⬩ smite ⬩ to strike coin ⬩ to stamp money ⬩ to forge a weapon ⬩ to sting ⬩ to strike so as to kill ⬩ to slay ⬩ to make by striking ⬩ to strike fire ⬩ to make a mark, sound, signal by a stroke ⬩ to strike a bargain ⬩ to strike ⬩ drive so as to cause impact ⬩ to pitch a tent ⬩ drive a stake into the ground ⬩ to cast into chains ⬩ to move by a stroke ⬩ to strike off a limb ⬩ to strike with disease ⬩ punishment ⬩ to strike ⬩ make a stroke ⬩ to strike as a smith does ⬩ to kill ⬩ to move rapidly ⬩ rush ⬩ dash ⬩ break ⬩ take a certain direction
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Ðý læs hit in sleá, 324, 3. Gif hié út sleán if they (pocks) break out, 106, 4
racente
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Hié hine hæfdon geþreátodne mid fýrenum racentum, Blickl. Homl. 43, 31. Ðonne hié mon on racentum beforan hiera triumphan drifon regibus catenatis ante currum actis, Ors. 5; 1 ; Swt. 214, 16. Restart on racentum, Cd. Th. 28, 11 ; Gen. 434
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HYPE
The HIP ⬩ haunch
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The HIP, haunch, upper part of the thigh Hype clunis, Wrt. Voc. 71, 49: ilia, ii. 110, 54. Ánra gehwylc hæfde sweord ofer his hype for nihtlícum ege every man had his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night [Song of Sol. 3, 8], Blickl.
open
Open ⬩ not shut, ⬩ allowing ingress or egress ⬩ of a door ⬩ of the eyes ⬩ not closed up ⬩ not covered, not protected ⬩ declared, public ⬩ not secret, not concealed, discovered, brought to light (in reference to things where concealment is desired) ⬩ without attempt at concealment ⬩ manifest, clear, plain, evident
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Se ðe mánaþ swerige and hit him on open wurðe he that commits perjury, and the crime is clearly proved against him, L. Ath. i. 25; Th. i. 212, 18.
spellian
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Add Þá ðá hí him betweónon spellodon and wel fela worda sprǽcon cum vicissim aliqua confabularentur, Gr. D. 75, 21. Þá gebróðra þá ongǽn hine sylfne ánmódlíce wǽron spelliende contra se unanimiter conspirantes, 106, 1.[v. N. E. D. spell; vb. 1..]