ge-þafian
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Ben. 119, 7. to assent to a request (dat.), acquiesce in a plan, an opinion, &c. Ne hió ne geþafoð éniges benum nec adquiescet cuiusquam precibus, Kent. Gl. 174.
an-gin
A beginning ⬩ attempt ⬩ resolve ⬩ purpose ⬩ design ⬩ undertaking ⬩ opportunity ⬩ initium ⬩ principium ⬩ conatus ⬩ inceptum ⬩ cœptum ⬩ occasio
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Ben. 69
sýfre
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Ben. 54, 8. Sig se abbod clǽne and sýfre and mildheort oportet eum esse castum, sobrium, misericordem, 118, 26. Sidefull man . . . gesceádwís and sýfre, Homl. Th. i. 596, 32. Fæste ðæt mód sýfre jejunet ut mens sobria, Hymn. Surt. 63, 3.
teón-full
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Ben. 54, 9. Dú ne scealt nánne man wyrigan, ne nǽnne man tǽlan, ne teónful beón, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 359. Ys steór leás on múþe teónfulles ( contumeliosi ), Scint. 114, 9. Teónfulle wé synd contumeliosi sumus, 155, 14.
wan-hál
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Ben. 51, 15. Ðýæs ðe án wannhál scép ealle ða eówde besmíte, Homl. Th. i. 124, 32. Swá hwylc man swá on gecynde óðerne wanhálne (debilem) dó, L. Ecg. C. 22 ; Th. ii. 148, 17. Ða ðe limseóce wǽron, wérige, wanhále, Andr. Kmbl. 1159 ; An. 580.
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á-hwæþer
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Ben. 71, 17. Áþer oððe ettan oððe erian, Ors. 1, 1; S. 18, 25. v. áðor in Dict
geond-stredan
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Ben. 10, 19. Ꝥ sǽd . . . gindstréd oððe onǽled, Lch. i. 252, 10: 264, 22. <b>I a.</b> to scatter, disperse :-- On ðeódum þú gindstræcdest (dispersisti ) ús, Ps.
ge-cneordnes
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Ben. 138, 4. Gecneordnesse ꝥ geornfulnesse, An. Ox. 295. diligence, earnest endeavour Þone ðe hí lufedon on lífe, þám hí woldon deádum mid menniscre gecneordnysse ðénian, Hml. Th. i. 220, 32.
ildan
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Ben. 13, 16. to decay with age. Cf. ildu; <b>IIIa.</b> Ielde cararit (for curarit, Ald. 157, 8), Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 55: 19, 37
hwónlíce
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Ben. 54, l. Tó-dæg wé habbað hwónlíce be hláf, ac tó-merigen wé sceolon habban genihtsumlíce (cf. quare de panis inopia vester animus contristatur ? Hodie quidem minus est, sed die crastina abundantes habebitis Gr. D. c. 21), Hml. Th. ii. 172, 2
irmþ
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Ben. 109, 20. poverty, destitution Hú ne hæfdest ; þú ðá earmþe (yrmþe, v. l.) þá þá þú welegost wǽre? tu hanc insufficientiam plenus opibus sustinebas), Bt. 26, 1 ; F. 92, 6. Ermðe (wiédle, v. l.) indigentiam, 26, 2 ; F. 94, 9.
seofon
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Ben. 37, 18. the abstract number seven Twía seofon beóð feówertýne, Angl. viii. 302, 45
be
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Ben. 66, 8. 8. Add Gif hé déð dǽdbóte be his synnum, Angl. xi. 114, 61. Sind fíf onlícnessa be hellegryre, Verc. Först. 90, 12 : Wlfst. 171, 3-4. [9) add :-- Be freóndan and be fremdan fadian gelíce, Ll.
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wildan
to tame ⬩ subdue ⬩ to make submissive ⬩ have dominion over ⬩ rule ⬩ control ⬩ to take into one's power ⬩ to seize
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Ben. II, 12. Gyf mín hí ne beóþ wyldde si mei non fuerint dominati . Ps.
ofer-mód
Proud, arrogant, presumptuous
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Ben. 17, 15. Cild ácenned ofermód him sylfum gelícigende a child born on the thirteenth day of the moon will be arrogant, pleasing himself Lchdm. iii. 190, 14. Se ofermóda cyning Lucifer Cd. Th. 22, 9; Gen. 338.
tó-sceád
a separating, ⬩ distinguishing, ⬩ distinction ⬩ the faculty of distinguishing objects presented to the mind ⬩ discrimination ⬩ discerning ⬩ difference, ⬩ diversity
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Ben. 12. 7. Mid ðæs micelum dómes tósceáde cum magna examinis discussione, Anglia xiii. 375, 141. the faculty of distinguishing objects presented to the mind, discrimination, discerning Se Hálga Gást sylþ his gife ðám ðe hé wile.
symbelness
Festivity, solemnity ⬩ festivity, feasting ⬩ a religious festival ⬩ solemnity ⬩ festive nature
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Ben. Interl. 43, 2. In dege mérum symbelnisse (sollemnitatis) eówerre, Ps. Surt. 80, 3. Symelnysse, Ps. Spl. 80, 3. On ðære Eástorlícan tíde symbelnysse in ipso tempore festi Paschalis, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 40.
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rǽdere
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Ben. 62, 2-15. a reader, scholar Swá swá ða geleáfullan rǽderas hit gesetton, Lchdm. iii. 256, 21. a reader, lector, the second of the seven orders Seofon hádas syndon gesette on cyrcan . . . óðer is lector ....
stíþ-líc
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Ben. 16, 2. Sió æcs wient of ðæm hielfe ðonne of ðaere ðreátunga gáþ tó stíðlíco word ferrum de manubrio prosilit, cum de correptione sermo durior excedit, Past. 21, 7 ; Swt. 167, 10. Sege ús for hwí ðú ús ðus stíþlíce word tó sprece, H.