a-byrgan
To taste ⬩ gustare
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Every one who tastes blood against God's command shall perish for ever, Homl. intitul. Her is hálwendlíc lár, Bibl. Bodl. MSS. Junii 99, fol. 68. Se wulf for Gode ne dorste ðæs hæfdes abyrian the wolf durst not, for God, taste the head, Homl. Brit.
ísen
Iron
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Seó gyrd wæs eal ísen the rod was all iron, Homl. Th. ii. 312, 17. Hig hyne on ánum ýsenum scrýne gebrohton on ðære byrig Damascus they brought him in an iron chest to the city of Damascus, St. And. 38, 8.
máge
A kinswoman
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Se wolde niman his mágan (cousin ) tó wífe, Homl. Th. ii. 476, 19. Menn hæfdon on frymþe heora mágan tó wífe, Homl. Skt. 10, 215
Linked entry: mǽge
mann-þwǽrness
Gentleness ⬩ meekness ⬩ courtesy
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Scearpnyssa beóþ áwende tó sméðum wegum, ðonne ða yrsigendan mód, and unlíþe gecyrraþ tó manþwǽrnysse, Homl. Th. i. 362, 30: ii. 226, 9: Blickl. Homl. 33, 29
ge-fultuman
To help ⬩ assist ⬩ help to ⬩ supply
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Homl. 101, 8 : 159, 34. Nymðe me drihten gefultumede unless the Lord had helped me, Ps. Th. 93, 16. Gefultuma me adjuva me, 69, 6. Ðú gefultuma úrum misdǽdum impietatibus nostris tu propitiaberis, 64, 3.
ge-lácnian
To heal ⬩ cure ⬩ sānāre ⬩ mĕdēri
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Homl. 177, 16. Hine gelácnode curam ejus egit, Lk. Skt. 10, 34, note
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ge-lýfed
One who believed, faithful ⬩ religiosus, fidus, fidelis
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Homl. 155, 5. Ealle ðing synd gelýfedum mihtlíce omnia possibilia credenti, Mk. Bos. 9, 23
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ge-myntan
To determine, resolve ⬩ stătuĕre, decernĕre
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Ic hæfde gemynt ðé to árwurþienne on ǽhtum and on feó decrēvĕram quĭdem magnĭfĭce hŏnōrāre te, Num. 24, 11: Gen. 18, 33: Bd. 3, 9; S. 534, 3: Homl. Th. ii, 548, 31
Linked entry: myntan
ge-neálǽcan
To approach, draw near, adhere
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Homl. 15, 24: 67, 2. Geneáhlǽhte adhæsit, Ps. Spl. C. 101, 6. Me geneálǽhton me appropinquaverunt, Ps. Spl. 37, 11. Hí geneálæhton acceleraverunt, Ps. Lamb. 15, 4. Folce geneálǽcendum populo appropinquanti, Ps. Spl. 148, 14
sirwung
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Plotting, machination, contrivance Beó áídlod Amanes sirwung ongeán ðám Judéiscum, Homl. As. 101, 308. Be hláfordes syrwunge. Gif hwá embe cynincg oððe hláford syrwie of plotting against a lord. If any man plot against king or lord, L. C.
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stíman
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Unásecgendlíc brǽð stémde of hire gyrlum, Homl. Th. i. 444, 11 : Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 110. Ne mihte nán wyrtbrǽð swá wynsumlíce stéman, 27, 113. Ðú stémenda redolens, Hymn. Surt. 47, 22. Stémendre fragrantis, odorantis, Hpt. Gl. 441, 72.
un-wæstmbǽre
Unproductive ⬩ barren ⬩ sterile
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Ic wyrce ðín land unwæstmbǽre, Homl. Th. ii. 102, 34. Sume treówu hé cearf, ðý læs hié tó ðæm forweóxen ðæt hié forseareden, and ðý unwæsðmǽrran wǽren, Past. 40; Swt. 293, 7
Linked entry: wæstm-bǽre
Sætern-dæg
Saturday ⬩ dies Saturni
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Homl. 71, 30. Saturnus heo (the forefathers of the English) ȝiven Sætterdæi (Sateresdai, 2nd MS. ), Laym. 13933
HETE
HATE ⬩ hatred ⬩ enmity ⬩ malignity ⬩ malice ⬩ spite
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Ús hól and hete derede swíðe þearle slander and hate have injured us very sorely. Swt. A. S. Rdr. 106, 70. Wæs his hete grim fierce was its hate. Exon. 109 a; Th. 416, 1; Rä. 34, 5: Beo. Th. 5101; B. 2554: 286; B. 142.
dǽd-bana
An evil-doer, a perpetrator of murder ⬩ homicida
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An evil-doer, a perpetrator of murder; homicida Gif man gehádodne mid fǽhþe belecge, and secge ðæt he wǽre dǽdbana if any one charge one in holy orders with enmity, and say that he was a perpetrator of homicide, L. Eth. ix. 23; Th. i. 344, 26
eáðelíce
Easily ⬩ făcĭle
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He sóhte hú he eáðelícost hine gesealde he sought how he might most easily betray him, 22, 6
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éðm
Breath, steam, vapour ⬩ hālĭtus. spīrĭtus, văpor
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Breath, steam, vapour; hālĭtus. spīrĭtus, văpor Hú síd se swarta éðm seó how wide the black vapour is, Cd. 228; Th. 309, 4; Sat. 704. Ne lǽte on ðone éðm let him not allow the vapour on [it ], L. M. 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 78, 24
for-gytel
Forgetful ⬩ forgetting ⬩ oblīviōsus
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Forgetful, forgetting; oblīviōsus He næs forgytel [forgyttol, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 19] he was not forgetful, Nat. S. Greg. Els. 5, 11. Forgytele we ne synt ðé nec oblīti sŭmus te, Ps. Lamb. 43, 18.
Linked entry: for-gitel