tán
Having branches, spreading, used metaphorically of the offspring of a parent; cf. The use of branch in speaking of the members of a family
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Having branches, spreading, used metaphorically of the offspring of a parent; cf. The use of branch in speaking of the members of a family Ic Ismael wille bletsian, swá ðú béna eart, ðæt feorhdaga on woruldríce worn gebíde tánum túdre ( with a family
þroht-heard
strong under afflictions ⬩ having fortitude or endurance in trouble ⬩ grievously hard
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strong under afflictions, having fortitude or endurance in trouble Ne geald hé (Stephen) yfel yfele, ac his ealdfeóndum þingode þrohtheard he requited not evil with evil, but strong to bear his sufferings he interceded for his foes, Elen. Kmbl. 985;
weorold-wlencu
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Worldly pride, worldly pomp Bisceopum gebyreþ, ðæt hí woruldwlence ne hédan tó swýðe, L. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 316, 30. Hí læccaþ of manna begeátum lóc hwæt hí gefón magan . . . Syððan hý hit habbaþ, hí glencgaþ heora wíf mid ðam ðe hí weofoda sceoldan,
wóhlíce
Wrongly ⬩ unjustly ⬩ perversely ⬩ wickedly
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Wrongly, unjustly, perversely, wickedly Gif hié on ǽnigum ðǽle wólíce libban heora líf. Blickl. Homl. 109, 19. Ða ðe ǽwbryce ne wyrceaþ wólíce (wóhlice, v. l.) and sceamlíce, Homl. Ass. 19, 140: 29, 127. Médsceattas áwendaþ wólíce ða rihtan dómas, Ælfc
bonda
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Æt ǽlcum forðfarenum gildan, sé hit bónda, sé hit wíf, þe on þám gildscipe sindon, Cht. Th. 609, 12. Gyf frígman þæt fasten ábrece, gebéte þæt þus: bónda mid .xxx. penigan, þegen mid .xxx. scillingan, Wlfst. 172, 5. Bunda, 181, 9. Án his manna wolde wícian
be-sceran
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Add: Besceoren decalvatum, decollatum. Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 5. to shave a person, head, &c. Hé beáh tó ðam mynstre, and wearð bescoren (received the tonsure), Hml. Th. ii. 348, 30. Sum wæs bescoren preóst quidam erat attonsus ut clericus, Bd.
drinca
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Heó ðám biscope bær drincan and ús eallum þénode and scencte obtulit poculum episcopo et nobis, coeptumque ministerium nobis propinandi . . . non omisit, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 569, 15. Gif him ðyrste, ðú dó him drincan, Hml. S. 21, 376. Drince hé betonicam on
ealdor-lic
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Add: of an ealdor. v. ealdor, I Ealdorlicere mihte tribunice potestatis, An. Ox. 4544. Ealdorlicere tribunica, 4010. chief, principal, princely Seó ceaster wæs héh and aldorlic, Bl. H. 77, 25. Swá ealdorlices hádes principalis tanti sexus, An. Ox. 3890
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for-hæfednes
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Forhæfednys parsimonia, i. abstinentia, An. Ox. 3748. Forhæfdnes continentia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 30. On færhæfdnesse (for-, Cott. MSS.) strenge, Past. 41, 14. Mið forhæftnise abstinendo, Rtl. 14, 12. Hine ǽghwylc sylfne on forhæfednysse band, Hml. S. 23
ge-edcwician
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Add: to come to life again after death Hé ne geedcucað ǽr ðám gemǽnum ǽriste, ac hé is tó écum wítum genið-erod, Hml. Th. i. 382, 2. Hé clypode: 'Thabita, árís, ' and heó þǽrrihte geedcucode, Hml. S. 10, 71. Gewát hé of worulde . . . hé wearð geedcucod
hleótan
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Add: to cast lots Ic eów forbeóde ꝥ eówer nán ne áxie þurh ǽnigne wiccecræft be ǽnigum ðinge . . . for ðan sé ðe þys déð . . . bið þám hǽðenum gelíc, þe hleótað be him sylfum mid ðæs deófles cræfte . . . Hleótan man mót mid geleáfan swá þeáh on woruld-ðingum
hilfe
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Ðá þá se Gota mid eallum his mægene heów . . . þá fǽringa rǽsde forð ꝥ ísen of þám hylfe (manubrio) . . . Benedictus genam ꝥ hylfe (manubrium) of þæs Gotan handa and scét hit on þone seáð; and þǽrrihte gehwearf ꝥ ísen of þám grunde and wearð on þám hylfe
sǽtnung
plot, snare ⬩ seditio
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a lying in wait, plot, snare, Hé hine bæd ðæt hé his líf gescylde wið swá mycles éhteres sǽtningum obsecrans ut vitam suam a tanti persecutoris insidiis tutando servaret, Bd. 2, 12 ; S. 513, 5. Hé him ða sǽtnunge (insidias) gewearnode ðæs unholdan cyninges
weallian
to wander ⬩ roam ⬩ to go as a pilgrim
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to wander, roam Weallaþ swá niéten feldgangende, feoh bútan gewitte, se þurh ðone cantic ne can Crist geherian, Salm. Kmbl. 44; Sal. 22. to go as a pilgrim Of earde weallige hé wíde and dǽdbóte dó ǽfre ða hwíle ðe hé libbe a patria longe peregrinetur
Winter-fylleþ
the month of October
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the month of October Bede, speaking of the months, says: Antiqui Anglorum populi... annum totum in duo tempora, hiemis et aestatis dispertiebant, sex menses... aestati tribuendo, sex reliquos hiemi; unde et mensem, quo hiemalia tempora incipiebant, Wintirfyllith
gita
Yet ⬩ still
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Yet, still Dóþ gieta swá yet do they so, Cd. 48; Th. 61, 7; Gen. 993. Gita yet, Bt. Met. Fox 23, 13; Met. 23, 7. Ne wearþ wæl máre ǽfer gieta folces gefylled never yet was greater slaughter of people made, Chr. 937; Erl. 115, 15; Ædelst. 66: Cd. 113;
ge-logian
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and add: to put together, to join Gelógod and geféged compositus, Germ. 391, 188. to collect, bring together Þ eall middaneard, swylce under ánum sunnan leóman gelógod (gegaderod, v.l., collectus), wǽre beforan his eágan gelǽded, Gr. D. 171, ii. to
hreówan
To rue ⬩ grieve
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To rue, make sorry, grieve; often impers Him nán yfel ne hríwþ quam mala nulla contristant, Past. 53, 5; Swt. 417, 1. Hí hér syngiaþ and hit him nó ne hreówþ they sin in this world and are not sorry for it, 55, 2; Swt. 429, 17. Hreóweþ, Exon. 44 b; Th
hunig
Honey
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Honey Ðǽr [Estland] biþ swyðe mycel hunig and fisc[n]aþ and se cyning and ða rícostan men drincaþ myran meolc and ða unspédigan and ða þeówan medo in that country there is very much honey and fishing; and the king and the principal men drink mare's milk
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métan
To meet with ⬩ come upon ⬩ come across ⬩ find
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To meet with, come upon, come across, find Ealle ðe hé mildheorte méteþ and findeþ, Ps. Th. 75, 6. For ðý hí hit ne gemétaþ (MS. Cott. métaþ) ðe hí hit on riht ne sécaþ, Bt. 36, 3; Fox 178, 4. Gé unæþelne ǽnigne [ne] métaþ (gé nánne ne mágon métan unæþelne