wéna
supposition ⬩ opinion ⬩ thought ⬩ idea ⬩ imagination ⬩ hope ⬩ expectation
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.: ac gif heora wéna sóþ wǽre, ðonne . . . 124, 18. Se ðe wæs Crist geteald mid ungewissum wénan 358, 3. Be wénan (as a matter of opinion) hí healdaþ God ælmihtigne R. Ben. 135, 24.
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Columba
An Irish priest, the Apostle of the Highlands
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D. 565 Columba, messapreóst, com to Pyhtum, and hí gecyrde to Cristes geleáfan; ðæt sind ðonne ðone MS. wærteras MS. wærteres be norþum mórum; and heora cyning him gesealde ðæt égland ðe man nemnaþ Ií, ðǽr sindon v hída, ðæs ðe men cweðaþ.
sorh-full
full of care or anxiety ⬩ careful ⬩ anxious ⬩ feeling anxiety ⬩ attended with anxiety ⬩ causing anxiety ⬩ sorrowful ⬩ mournful ⬩ sad ⬩ feeling sorrow or grief ⬩ attended with or causing sorrow ⬩ grievous ⬩ sollicitus
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Hig heora synna andetton mid sorhfullum móde, Jud. 10, 10. Hé hafaþ wérige heortan, sefan sorhfulne, Salm. Kmbl. 757; Sal. 378.
hleápan
To LEAP, ⬩ jump, ⬩ dance, ⬩ run
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Ðonne hleápþ se healta swá swá heort the lame shall leap as a hart, Homl. Th. ii. 16, 18. Se ðe hleápeþ he who dances, Exon. 88 b; Th. 332, 11; Vy. 83.
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tó-middes
in the midst of, ⬩ amidst, ⬩ into the midst of ⬩ in the midst of, ⬩ in the middle of ⬩ into the midst of
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Ðǽr ic beó tómiddes heora, L. E.
syn
misdeed, fault, crime, wrong ⬩ sin
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C. 54. with reference to divine law,sin Heora synn (peccatum ) ys swíðe gehefegod, Gen. 18, 20. Hé onfunde Godes ierre . . . ðeáh hé wénde ðæt hit nán syn nǽre, Past. 4; Swt. 39, 6.
igil
A hedgehog ⬩ porcupine ⬩ an urchin
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Hé [Eádmund] all wæs biset mid heoræ scotungum swylce ýles burstæ swá swá Sebastianus wæs, Th. An. 122, 17. Íles byrsta, Homl. Skt. 5, 428. Stán is gener iglum [Blickl. Gl. ílum] petra est refugium erinaceis, Ps. Lamb. 103, 18
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for-niman
To take away ⬩ deform ⬩ plunder ⬩ destroy ⬩ ransack ⬩ waste ⬩ consume ⬩ devour ⬩ rapĕre ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ extermĭnāre ⬩ vastāre ⬩ consūmĕre ⬩ devŏrāre
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Swá swá sceáp from wulfum and wildeórum beóþ fornumene, swá ða earman ceasterwaran toslitene and fornumene wǽron fram heora feóndum sīcut agni a fĕris, ĭta misĕri cīves discerpuntur ab hostĭbus, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 26, 27: Homl. Th. ii. 416, 12
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FÚL
FOUL ⬩ dirty ⬩ impure ⬩ corrupt ⬩ rotten ⬩ stinking ⬩ guilty ⬩ convicted of a crime ⬩ fœdus ⬩ immundus ⬩ sordĭdus ⬩ obscœnus ⬩ spurcus ⬩ pūtĭdus ⬩ fœtĭdus ⬩ culpæ conscius ⬩ crīmĭne convictus
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Fúl fýr of heora múþe bláwende de ōre ignem pūtĭdum efflantes, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 41: 5, 12; S. 630, 12.
ildra
elder ⬩ older ⬩ grand ⬩ greater ⬩ superior
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Þurh heora yldran módor láre hí gelýfdon gode through their grandmother's teaching they believed on God, Shrn. 53, 10, 16, 21. Ða gingran árísaþ wið ðám yldrum the younger shall arise against the elder, Blickl. Homl. 171, 23.
lǽfan
to leave ⬩ to remain
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Heora landáre ðe him lǽfed wæs their landed property that was left them, Homl. Skt. 4, 82. Ná lǽfedum sǽde non relicto semine, Mk. Skt. 12, 20. Ðæt ða bán áne beón lǽfed so that the bones only are left, L.
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líc-hama
The body ⬩ the corporeal
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In ðam ealra ærcebiscopa líchoman syndon bebyrged bútan twegra, heora líchaman sindon on ðære cyricean sylfre gesette, Bd. 2, 3; S. 504, 36. Wé nán ðing nabbaþ búton land and líchaman, Gen. 47, 18.
méd-sceatt
payment in reward of service done ⬩ a reward ⬩ wages ⬩ fee ⬩ payment for service or favour expected ⬩ a gift ⬩ present ⬩ a bribe
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Swýðre heora gefylled is of médsceattum ( muneribus ), Ps. Spl. 25, 10: L. Alf. 46; Th. i. 54, 17: L. Ed. 7; Th. i. 162, 25
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.
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.
tál
evil-speaking, calumny, slander, vituperation, detraction ⬩ evil-speaking in reference to the Deity, blasphemy ⬩ scorn, mock, derision, reproach ⬩ blame, censure, reproof
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Lamb. 43, 14. blame, censure, reproof Ða bóceras ðæt tǽldon; ac heora tál næs ná of rihtwísnysse, Homl. Th. i. 338, 20. Adjectiva getácniaþ oððe herunge oððe tál (tále, MS. V.: tǽl, MS. T.), Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 12, 11
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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
wrítere
a draughtsman ⬩ painter ⬩ a writer ⬩ scribe ⬩ copyist ⬩ a writer ⬩ author ⬩ a scribe
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Gebyrede þurh ða heardsǽlþa ðara wrítera ðæt hí for heora slǽwþe forléton un-writen ðara monna þeáwas and hiora dǽda, ðe foremǽroste wǽron, Fox 64, 33. a scribe in the Biblical sense Esdras se wrítere áwrát áne bóc, Ælfc. T. Grn. 10, 37.
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á-scirian
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Heora sáwle bióþ áscyrede in helle diópnesse, Wlfst. 219, 10. Áscyrede, ásyndrede sequestrantur, i. segregantur, An. Ox. 1366. Áscyredum remotis, 5389. to set apart Úre Drihten áscyrede tó láfe ꝥ ꝥ wé eft of áwócon, Angl. xi. 2, 42.
ge-lang
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got, coming from (æt) a person on whose good will the grant or possession of the object depends, where the recipient of the object depends upon the person for it. the object material Hí setton him ǽnne wicnere getreówne . . . æt þám wæs gelang eall heora