mearu
Tender ⬩ soft ⬩ delicate
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Ðære mærwan cyrican weaxnesse tenellis ecclesiæ crementis, Bd. 2, 5; S. 506, 37. Blód fleów of hire ðæm merwan líchoman, Shrn. 101, 22. Genim ðás wyrte swá mearwe take this plant as young and tender as possible, Herb. 89, 1; Lchdm. i. 192, 8, 12.
Linked entry: myrwa
BÍDAN
To BIDE, abide, continue, remain, tarry, wait, await, expect, endure ⬩ manere, remanere, morari, habitare in aliquo loco, expectare, consequi, sustinere
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Ðonne ðæt he ðǽr leng bide than that he should abide there longer, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 48, 4. Mere stille bád the sea remained still, Cd. 158; Th. 197, 2; Exod. 300. Bídaþ assan on þurste expectabunt onagri in siti sua, Ps. Th. 103, 11.
regol-weard
The guardian of a rule, ⬩ an authority in the matter of the observance of a rule (v. regol, I) ⬩ a ruler
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One who sees that a rule (v. regol, III) is observed, a provost, v. práfost Ðæs mynstres práfost and reogolweard wæs in ða tíd Boisel ...
sicor
Secure from, free from guilt and the punishment it brings ⬩ safe ⬩ free from danger or harm ⬩ sure ⬩ certain ⬩ free from doubt
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hreówsiaþ, ne bió wé nó ðæs sicore; gif ús ðæt ne mislícaþ ðæt ús ǽr lícode, ðonne ne biþ hit nó ús færgiefen.
un-gefullod
Unbaptized
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Hine swá fǽrlíce deáð fornam, ðæt hé ungefullad forðférde. Ðá Sanctus Martinus ðæt geseah ... him wæs ðæt swíþe myccle weorce ðæt hé swá ungefulwad forðféran sceolde, Blickl. Homl. 217, 18-23
Linked entries: ge-fullian ge-fullian
for-weaxan
To overgrow ⬩ grow immoderately ⬩ swell ⬩ excrescĕre ⬩ turgescĕre
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To overgrow, grow immoderately, swell; excrescĕre, turgescĕre Ðý-læs hie to ðæm forweóxen ðæt hie forseáreden lest they should grow so much that they should wither away, Past. 40, 3; Hat. MS. 54 b, 17.
Linked entry: for-grówan
lencten-tíd
Spring-time ⬩ spring ⬩ Lent
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Hé on lenctentíd gesceóp ðone forman dæg ðyssere worulde ðæt is xv cl. Aprilis he in spring created the first day of this world, that is the 18th of March, Hexam. 4; Norm. 8, 4: Bt. Met. Fox 29, 135; Met. 29, 68
ge-blódegian
To make bloody ⬩ cover with blood ⬩ cruentāre
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Swilce ðǽr lǽge on ðam disce ánes fingres liþ eal geblódgod as if there lay in the dish the joint of a finger all covered with blood, Homl. Th. ii. 272, 27; Wanl. Catal. 43, 16. Gif ðæt flet geblódgad wyrþe if the dwelling be covered with blood, L.
un-ceás
Absence of quarrel ⬩ inhostility
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Absence of quarrel, inhostility Se ðe þeóf slihð hé mót áðe gecýðan ðæt hé hine fleóndne for þeóf slóge, and ðæs deádan mǽgas him swerian unceáses (-ceástes, MS.
wordlian
To talk ⬩ discourse
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Hyt geríst ðæt wé ymbe ða epactas wurdlion, 305, 19: 308, 16. Se sceop in gebringþ ððre hádas, ðe wið hine wurdlion swylce hig him andswarion, 330, 43. Uton nú on Englisc ymbe ðys be dǽle wurdlian, 303, 14. [Gewurdlud vel gesprecen, 320, 16.]
ofer-hleóðrian
to outsound, exceed in sound ⬩ to exceed
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ðæt gemǽre uncres leóhtes cave ne nos ulterius scisciteris jam excede terminos luci nostri, Nar. 32, 7
ge-spédan
To speed ⬩ prosper ⬩ succeed ⬩ progredi ⬩ prosperare ⬩ succedere
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Ac man ðǽr ne gespǽdde but they didn't succeed there, 1096; Erl. 233, 29. Ealle þinge swá hwæt swá he déþ beóþ gespédde omnia quæcunque faciet prosperabuntur, Ps. Lamb. 1, 3
sealtere
A salt-worker
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On ðone saltherpaþ; and swá ondlong ðæs herpaþes ðæt on salteredene . . . on salterewellan; of salterewellan eástriht on saltbróc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. lii. 206, 28-32. Sealtera cumb, 412, 24. In saltera weg; of sealtera wege, 80, 16
Linked entry: sealt-herepaþ
þeów-níd
Violence or force that enslaves or subdues ⬩ oppression ⬩ enslavement
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Violence or force that enslaves or subdues, oppression, enslavement His suhtriga (Lot) þeównýd þolode; bæd hé (Abraham) ða rincas ðæs rǽd áhicgan, ðæt his hyldemǽg áhred wurde, Cd. Th. 122, 21; 2030. Wé nú hǽðenra þeównéd(þreánýd), (Exon.
carian
To take care, regard, heed, to be anxious ⬩ curare, sollicituin esse
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To take care, regard, heed, to be anxious; curare, sollicituin esse Ðæt abbodas nǽfre idele wlænca carian that abbots should never regard vain pomps, L. I. P. 13; Wilk. 150, 25.
wyrms
Corrupt matter
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Wið eárena sáre ... gif ðǽr wyrms inne bið, hyt ðæt út áwyrpð, Lchdm. i. 354, 16. Wyrms (worms, v.l.), 358, 16. Sáh út wyrms (of ðam geswelle), Homl. Skt. i. 20, 64. Hé áscræp ðone wyrms of his líce, Homl.
HEORTE
The HEART
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Óþ ðæt him heortan blód foldan geséceþ until his heart's blood seek the earth, Salm. Kmbl. 314; Sal. 156 Wyxþ windon ðære heortan wind waxeth in the heart, L. M. 1, 17 ; Lchdm. ii. 60, 7.
teón
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Heó longe swóretunge wæs teónde, Bd. 4, 23; S. 596, 10. to draw to, to attract Ðære lyfte gecynd is ðæt heó téhþ tó ða rénas of ðæm sealtan sǽ, Shrn. 63, 27. to pull the string of a bow, strike the strings of an instrument Ðære hearpan strengas se hearpere
un-gewit
madness ⬩ insanity ⬩ folly ⬩ stupidity
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And Theodosius, ðá hé swilce ungewitt ǽlce dæge gehýrde, hé wearð sárig, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 370
hólunga
In vain, ⬩ to no purpose, ⬩ without cause, ⬩ without intent
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Ðære tíde wæs ðæt mǽste wæll geworden on Norþanhymbra þeóde and cyrican.