hosp
Reproach, opprobrium, contempt, contumely, insult, blasphemy
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Swá hwilcne swá hí tó hospe habban woldon hí cwǽdon be ðam ðæt hé wǽre Samaritanisc whomsoever they wished to hold up to contempt, they said of him that he was a Samaritan, Homl. Th. ii. 228, 32.
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of-sittan
to sit upon, press down by sitting ⬩ to sit upon, oppress ⬩ to sit upon, occupy, take possession of (with idea of force or wrong) ⬩ to sit about, besiege ⬩ to repress, check, present motion
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Ðæt mód sǽde ðæt hit wǽre ofseten (cf. ofþrycced, Fox 24, 14) mid ðæs láðes sâre, Bt. 8, tit.; Fox x. 19. to sit upon, occupy, take possession of (with idea of force or wrong) Ðæt sió oferflôwnes ðæra geþohta ne meahte ofsittan ðæs sacerdes heortan quatenus
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syn
misdeed, fault, crime, wrong ⬩ sin
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Hié georne smeádon hwæt sió syn wǽre ðe hié gefremed hæfdon wið ðam cásere, Elen. Kmbl. 828;El. 414. Ne synn ne sacu ne sár wracu nec scelus infandum, . . . aut Mars, aut ardens caedis amore furor, Ex. Th. 201, 10; Ph. 54.
wræc
wrack ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ suffering that comes as punishment, ⬩ retributive punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ where the punishment or misery is exile or banishment
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Mid ðý wíte ðæs foresprecenan wræces slægene wǽron praefatae ultionis sunt poena multati, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 30. Ende nǽfre ðínes wræces weorþeþ, Andr. Kmbl. 2765; An. 1385.
þrág
a time ⬩ season ⬩ time
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Homl. 117, 24. having reference to the condition of things at any time, time as in good, bad, hard, etc. times Hú seó þrág ( the happy time just described ) gewát, swá heó nó wǽre, Exon. Th. 292, 7; Wand. 95.
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fæstlíce
fast ⬩ firmly ⬩ constantly ⬩ persistence ⬩ fast ⬩ strictly ⬩ speedily ⬩ at once
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Similar entries Cf. fæste; I c Hí þǽr fæstlíce feohtende wǽron, Ch. 1001; P. 133, 18: By. 254. Festlíce, Chr. 994; P. 12 7, 33. Hí tógædere feastlíce féngon, 1004; P. 135, 35: S. 25, 489. Fæstlíce geflítan and gewinnan, Bl. H. 173, 2.
ge-nemnan
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Sé þe heora cyning mid rihte genemned wǽre, 177, 12.
ge-sund
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Heora reáf wǽron ealle gesunde, Hml. S. 23, 438. where injury is avoided, uninjured. of persons His gebedu ádwǽscton þone líg, and hé beláf gesund. Hml. S. 29, 251: Jul. 584. Ne sý him bánes bryce . . . ac gé hine gesundne ásettað, Gú. 673.
ge-rihtan
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Ðas béc hé sceal néde habban, gif hé wyle þám folce æfter rihte wísigan, . . . and beó hé æt þám wær ꝥ hí beón wel gerihte, Ll. Th. ii. 350, 18. to order to be given, assign Wíse worldwitan Críste and cyninge gerihtan þá bóte, Ll.
ildu
an age ⬩ ævum ⬩ age ⬩ ætas ⬩ age ⬩ senectus
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Heó hire on ylda ðá wǽre she was in her old age, 163, 10. Nú gyt syndan manige manna swylce ðe hiom yldo gebídan ǽr tó genihte adhuc multiplicabuntur in senecta uberi, Ps. Th. 91, 13.
LEÁF
LEAVE ⬩ permission ⬩ license
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Gif him líf seald wǽre, Bd. 1, 23; S. 486, 8, note. Ða seofan cnihtas ðe be ðínre leáfa lyfedan búton ehtnisse the seven youths that by your leave lived without persecution, Homl. Skt. 4, 255.
mód-sefa
The inner man
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Fox 7, 47; Met. 7, 24 = swá ðæt mennisce mód biþ áweged of his stede, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 17: and Gif heora módsefa meahte weorþan staþolfæst gereaht, 11, 195; Met. 11, 98 = gif heora mód wǽre gestaþelod. Bt. 21; Fox 74, 40.]
ge-unnan
To give ⬩ grant ⬩ allow ⬩ concede ⬩ concedere ⬩ indulgere ⬩ permittere ⬩ largiri
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Hú Cnut cyncg and Ælfgifu seó hlǽfdige geúðan heora preósté ðæt he móste ateón ðæt land swá him sylfan leófast wǽre how king Cnut and the lady Ælfgifu granted their priest that he might dispose of the land as he liked best, Th. Chart. 328, 20: Homl.
BLEOH
A colour, hue, complexion ⬩ color, species
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Secgaþ guman ðæt Iosephes tunece wǽre bleóm bregdende men say that Joseph's coat varied [lit. was varying] in colours, Exon. 95 b; Th. 357, 3; Pa. 23: 87 a; Th. 327, 14; Vy. 3.
ge-býrian
To happen ⬩ to fall out ⬩ to pertain to ⬩ belong to ⬩ evenire ⬩ accidere ⬩ contingere ⬩ pertinere ad ⬩ It pertains to ⬩ it is fitting or suitable ⬩ it becomes ⬩ it behoves ⬩ pertinet ad ⬩ convenit ⬩ oportet ⬩ decet
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Men cwǽdon gió ðonne him hwæt unwénunga gebýrede, ðæt ðæt wære weás gebýred men said formerly, when anything happened to them unexpectedly, that it happened by chance, Bt. 40, 6; Fox 242, 4 : 16, 2; Fox 54, 3. Gebýrode, Ex. 14, 28.
teón
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Ðá tugon hié hiene, ðæt hé heora swicdómes wið Alexander fremmende wǽre, and hiene for ðære tihtlan ofslógon, 4, 5; Swt. 168, 16. Gif hine hwá hwelces teó, L. Alf. pol. 17; Th. i. 72, 6: 11; Th. i. 68, 19: L. In. 30; Th. i. 120, 18.
wól
Pest ⬩ pestilence ⬩ plague ⬩ murrain
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Ǽr ðæm ðe seó wól geendod wǽre cessatum a mortibus non est, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 70, 12. Seó monigfealdeste wól pestilentia gravis, praecipue mulieres pecudesque corripiens, 4, i; Swt. 158, 17.
wrǽt-líc
wondrous ⬩ curious ⬩ of wondrous excellence ⬩ beautiful ⬩ noble ⬩ excellent ⬩ elegant
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Heó wæs on sangum wrǽtlícre, ðonne heora ǽnig ǽr wǽre, Homl. Ass. 127, 365
birnan
To burn ⬩ ardent ⬩ vehement
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Swelce se hefon birnende wǽre, 2, 6; S. 86, 23: Chr. 1098; P. 234, 28. of that which is heated (metal, furnace, &c.) Birnendan bærnísene torrido cauterio, An. Ox. 7, 112. Of ðám byrnendum de torrente, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 46.
ge-lang
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Frægn Scipia hiene an hwý hit gelang wǽre ꝥ Numentię swá rade áhnescaden ( qua ope res Numantina fuisset eversa ), 5, 3; S. 222, 15