ge-lytlian
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Seó sunne wæs swelce heó wǽre eall gelytladu solis orbis minui visus est, Ors. 4, 8 ; S. 158, 22. Líg byð gelytlud, áteorigendum holte flamma minuitur, deficiente silva, Scint. 56, 19. in respect to quality, degree, & c.
ge-metgung
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Hwǽr is ðonne seó gemetgung?, Bt. 26, 2; F. 92, 31. I a. moderation in expenditure, frugality. Cf. ge-metfæst, Spærnysse, gemetgunge frugalitatis, An.
lác
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Add: v. lác-lic Se mǽgðhád sceal God beón geoffrod be his ágenum cyre, ꝥ seó lác beo leófre þám Hǽlende, Hml. A. 33, 234. Nolde Drihten ásendan þone ðe hé sylf gehǽlde tó þám sácerde mid ǽnigre láce, Hml. Th. i. 124, 19.
módigian
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Seó máre ne sceal módigan (módigian, v.l. ) tó swíðe ofer ðá lǽssan, Hml. A. 41, 415. Ontimber [him is] geseald tó mótgenne materia ei datur superbiendi, R. Ben. I. 110, 4.
rignan
- Cf.
- Piers P. 14, 62.
to rain, to cause rain to fall ⬩ to rain, to fall (of rain)
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Hit ágan rínan xl. daga and xl. nihta tósomne ðæm mǽstan réne, and seó eorþe rínde ealswá swíðe of hire eásprencgum angén ðam heofenlican flóde, Wulfst. 217, 1.
CREÓPAN
To CREEP ⬩ crawl ⬩ repere ⬩ serpere
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Lǽde seó eorþe forþ creópende cinn æfter heora hiwum producat terra reptilia secundum species suas Gen. 1, 24, 25, 26. Ic creópe repo Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 23.
a-wendan
To turn away or off ⬩ avert ⬩ remove ⬩ to turn upside down ⬩ turn ⬩ change ⬩ translate ⬩ pervert ⬩ avertere ⬩ vertere ⬩ mutare ⬩ transferre ⬩ subvertere ⬩ To turn or direct oneself to turn from ⬩ go ⬩ depart ⬩ se vertere ⬩ ire
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Ðeáh ðe seó bóc on Englisc awend sý though the book be translated into English, 118, 5. Ne nim ðú lác, ða awendaþ rihtwísra word nec accipies munera, quæ subvertunt verba justorum, Ex. 23, 8. v. intrans.
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BEÓDAN
BID ⬩ to command ⬩ order ⬩ jubere ⬩ mandare ⬩ to announce ⬩ proclaim ⬩ inspire ⬩ bode ⬩ threaten ⬩ nuntiare ⬩ annuntiare ⬩ nuntium vel mandatum deferre ⬩ prædicare ⬩ significare ⬩ inspirare ⬩ minari alicui aliquid ⬩ to offer ⬩ give ⬩ grant ⬩ offerre ⬩ præbere
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Hwæt seó rún bude what that mystery boded Cd. 202; Th. 250, 6; Dan. 542. Geác monaþ geómran reorde, sorge beódeþ bitter in breósthord the cuckoo exhorts with mournful voice, inspires bitter sorrow to the heart Exon. 82 a; Th. 309, 9; Seef. 54.
cyne-líc
Kingly, royal, regal, belonging to the state, public ⬩ regius, regalis, publicus
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Wæs ðæs ylcan mynstres abbudisse on ða tíd seó cynellíce fǽmne Ælflǽd præerat quidem tunc eidem monasterio regia virgo Ælbflæd, Bd. 4, 26; S. 603, 3.
DEÓR
An animal, any sort of wild animal, a wild beast, DEER ⬩ fĕra, bestia
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Lǽde seó eorþe forþ cuce nítena on heora cinne, and deór æfter heora hiwum prodūcat terra anĭmam viventem, jumenta in genĕre suo, et bestias terræ secundum spĕcies suas, 1, 24.
for-hergian
To lay waste ⬩ destroy ⬩ ravage ⬩ devastate ⬩ plunder ⬩ vastāre ⬩ devastāre ⬩ depŏpŭlāre
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Seó hreównes ðæs oft cwedenan wóles feor and wíde eall wæs forheregod and fornumen tempestas sæpe dictæ clādis lāte cuncta depŏpŭlans, 4, 7; S. 574, 30, MS. B. Hí forhergode wǽron they were plundered, Chr. 1013; Erl. 149, 19
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freoðo
Peace ⬩ security ⬩ protection ⬩ a refuge ⬩ pax ⬩ secūrĭtas ⬩ tūtēla ⬩ asȳlum
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Peace, security, protection, a refuge; pax, secūrĭtas, tūtēla, asȳlum Seó [treów] ðé freoðo sceal in lífdagum weorþan which [faith] shall be peace to thee in thy life's days, Cd. 163; Th. 204, 21; Exod. 422.
hreów
Sorrow ⬩ regret ⬩ penitence ⬩ penance ⬩ repentance
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Sorrow, regret, penitence, penance, repentance Búton him seó sóþe hreów gefultmige unless true penitence help them, Blickl. Homl. 101, 7: Bt. Met. Fox 18, 21; Met. 18, 11. Án hreów ys wydewan and fǽmnan viduæ et puellæ una est pœnitentia, L. Ecg.
lǽs
A pasture ⬩ leasow
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Se wudu and seó lǽs is gemǽne tó ðám án and twentigum hídum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 319, 28. Sceáp lǽswe ðínre oves pascuæ tuæ, Ps. Spl. 73, 1: 78, 14: 94, 7: 99, 4: 22, 1.
swecc
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Seó wundriende swétnes ðæs swæcces ( odoris ), Bd. . 5, 12 ; S. 629, 20. Stémendes swæcces nardi pistici, Hpt. Gl. 516, 38. Ðæt hús wæs gefylled of ðære sealfe swæcce ( odore ), Jn. Skt. 12, 3.
wicce-cræeft
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Seó wicce ðe áwent þurh wiccecræft manna mód, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 210. Eówer nán ne áxie þurh ǽnigne wiccecræft be ǽnigum ðinge, 17, 26. Ne gýman gé galdra ne ídelra hwata ne wígelunga ne wiccecræfta, Wulfst. 40, 14. Be wiccecræftum.
be-þencan
consider
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A curious participial form, which seems related to beþencan, occurs with this sense in the following passage Seo heordelice gýming tó ðám beran wæs beþancenu injungebatur urso cura pastoralis, Gr. D. 206, 15
ge-lendan
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þú wéne þæt se wísdóm þonne gelænde, oððe seó clénnes, . . . ðonne se man gewíte, oððe hwanon heó ǽr cumen, oððe hwǽr hý síen, Solil. H. 51, 6
ge-singan
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Þá seó cyrice gehálgad wæs and se bisceop mæssan gesungene hæfde, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 567, 21. to celebrate in words Sculan wé martira gemynd . . . wrecan wordum forð, wisse gesingan, Men, 70. (O.H.Ger. ge-singan canere, psallere.)
ge-dígan
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Add: to escape danger, (i) used absolutely Seó wiht (a steer), gif hió gedýgeð, dúna briceð, gif hé tóbirsteð, bindeð cwice cf. the Latin riddle: Si vixero, rumpere colles incipiam, vivos moriens aut alligo multos, Prehn, p. 212), Ra. 39, 6. with acc