ge-sibbian
To make peaceful, pacify, appease, gladden ⬩ pācāre, pācĭfĭcāre, concĭliāre, lætĭfĭcāre ⬩ to reconcile ⬩ united.
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Ðá he hæfde ðone híréd gesibbodne when he had reconciled the household, Blickl. Homl. 225, 10
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wuldor-beáh
A crown
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Hé (Stephen) hæfð ðone écan wuldorbeáh, Homl. Th. i. 50, 13. Án læs feówertig wuldorbeága, Shrn. 62, 7. Hí wuldorbeagum beóð gewelgode scínendum laureis ditantur fulgidis. Hymn. Surt. 133, 1
andetere
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On ðone .V. an dæg þæs móndes biþ ðæs Godes andetteres tíd Sc̃í Quinti, Shrn. 126, 11. Ondetteres, Rtl. 65, 6. Ondeteres, 49, 4: 88, 40. On ðǽra hálgena mæssedagum þe wé hátað confessores, þæt sind andeteras.
dæg-wist
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A meal, food Hé ðone hálgan ( Cuthbert) grétte, biddende þæt hé him dægwistes tíðode (that he would give him a meal ). Cúðberhtus cwæð: 'Ic wolde ðíne ðénunge sylf nú gearcian, gif ic mé mid féðunge ferian mihte,' Hml. Th. ii. 134, 30.
ge-screncan
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.), cause to fall, throw down Hé ðurh ealle uncysta ðá mód gescrencð per universa vitia animum supplantat, Past. 73, 2. Gescrenctes (supplantasti), Ps. Srt. 17, 40. Gescrenc hié supplanta eos, 16, 14. Ðá ðóhtun gescrencan gongas míne, 139, 5.
hyge-méþe
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Wedra helm lie meahte on þám feorhbanan fǽhðe gebétan, 2465), evilly done, with a breast filled with sad thoughts (i. e. the slayer was bitterly grieved for the dreadful act he had perpetrated?), B. 2442
ofer-mód
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Wé witon ðæt hé nǽre eáðmód, gif hé underfénge ðone ealdordóm . . . búton ege; and eft hé wǽre ofermód, gif hé wiðcwǽde ðæt hé nǽre underðídd his Scippende, Past. 51, 12. Þæt mannum ofermód ys quod hominibus altum est, Scint. 82, 8.
smæl
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On ðone smalan pæð; of ðǽm smalan pæðe . . . on þæt smale dell; of ðám smalan delle, C. D. B. ii. 246, 12-15. Add In smalan æsc, C. D. iii. 381, 1
rúm-gifol
Liberal, bountiful, munificent
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Monig biþ ágiéta his góda and wilnaþ mid ðý geearnigan ðone hlísan ðæt hé síerúmgiful se effusio sub apellatione largitatis occultat, Past. 20; Swt. 149, 7. Ic Óswald þurh ða rúmgiflan Godes cyste tó biscope gehádod, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 400, 25.
on-ufan
upon, on ⬩ beyond, after
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Hí ðone Hǽlend onufan setton, 19, 35. of time, beyond, after Fór Eádweard cyning onufan hærfest, Chr. 923; Erl. 110, 1
fúl
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Voc. ii. 44, 53. in a physical sense Ne bið áht geméted bútan líg and cyle and ládlic fúl (foetor), Dóm. L. 205. in a figurative sense. Grammar fúl, Take here passages under fúl, es; m., and add Áð ðæt hé nyste ne fúl ne fácen . . .
þearl-líc
Severe, ⬩ hard to bear
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Th. 447, 9; Dóm. 36. Deáþes cwealm, þearlíc wíte, 240, 25; Ph. 644. Þurh þearlíc þreá, 283, 20; Jul. 678
ge-dafenlíce
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Hé ðone hálgan grétte, biddende þæt hé him dægwistes gedafenlíce tíðode he greeted the saint, asking that he would furnish him suitably with provisions. Hml. Th. ii. 134, 30. Add
rǽdness
readiness, promptness ⬩ an arrangement, agreement, condition
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Ðone þóþor mid swiftre rǽdnesse geslegene ongeán gesænde tó ðam plegendan cynge, Ap. Th. 13, 4. Rǽdnisse (hrædnisse ?) concursionibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 24.
un-wær
not on one's guard ⬩ unaware ⬩ unprepared ⬩ unwary ⬩ heedless ⬩ incautious ⬩ inconsiderate
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Deófol wile beswícan ðone unwaran, Homl. Th. i. 16, 22: Blickl. Homl. 55, 23. Hig fordrencton ðone unwæran .Loth, Gen. 19, 35. Ða unwaran indocti et praecipites, Past. proem.; Swt. 25, 12. Ða unwaran láreówas rectores improvidi, 15; Swt. 89, 10.
lá
Lo ⬩ Oh ⬩ Ah
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Hwǽr biþ lá ðonne se ídla lust? hwær beóþ ðonne ða symbelnessa? 58, 16. Is ðis lá wundorlíc and winsum spell this is indeed a wonderful and delightful speech, Bt. 34, 5; Fox 140, 10.
tó-berstan
to burst asunder, ⬩ to break (intrans) in two, or in pieces, ⬩ be rent asunder ⬩ to break out in sores, ⬩ to break out
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Seó eorþe tóbærst and ðonan up wæs biernende fýr wið ðæs befones hiatu terrae flamma prorupit. Ors. 5, 10; Swt. 234, 7. Hé eode tó ðære bnrge wealle, and fleáh út ofer, ðæt hé eall tóbærst, 5, 12; Swt. 244, 3.
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ge-edníwian
to renew what is weakened, restore to efficiency ⬩ to restore a disused practice ⬩ to renew an action, do again what has been done before, repeat ⬩ reformare, reparare
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S. 27, 135. to renew an action, do again what has been done before, repeat Se man þe æfter his dǽdbóte his mánfullan dǽda geedníwað, Hml. S. 12, 162.
á-wirdan
to corrupt ⬩ spoil, ⬩ to injure ⬩ annoy ⬩ afflict a person ⬩ to hinder
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Áwoerdeno (-do?) afflictos, 40, 29. to hinder Ne wallað hiá áwoerda (werda, R.) nolite eos uetare, Lk. L. 18, 16
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á
Ever ⬩ always ⬩ semper ⬩ quite (as) ⬩ at any time ⬩ unquam ⬩ in any case, at all ⬩ strengthening a negation ⬩ (why) ever ⬩ in any degree, any
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Hwí eart ðú ðonne á ðý betera, Bt. 13; F. 38, 9. Wénst ðú ðæt hí á þe deórwyrþran seón, 14, 2; F. 44, 2: 27, 2; F. 98, 9. [Omit the part within brackets at end of á.]
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