wil-sum
desirable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ willing ⬩ voluntary ⬩ spontaneous ⬩ devout ⬩ devoted
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Surt. 118, 108. devout, devoted Gode se willsuma wer vir Deo devotus, Bd. 4, 11; S. 579, 5. Gode seó willsume fǽmhe, 4, 26 ; S. 603, 5. Gode willsumra wífmonna láreów, 4, 6; S. 574, 16: 4, 19; S. 588, 2.
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ríce
power ⬩ authority ⬩ dominion ⬩ rule ⬩ empire ⬩ reign ⬩ bishops ⬩ consuls ⬩ a kingdom ⬩ realm ⬩ a diocese ⬩ a nation
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Wé witon ðæt ealle onwealdas from him sindon wé witon eác ðæt ealle ríca sint from him forðon ealle onwealdas of ríce sindon.
Eowland
Oeland, an island on the coast of Sweden ⬩ Oelandia
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Oeland, an island on the coast of Sweden; Oelandia Wǽron us ðás land, ða synd hátene Blecinga ég, and Meore, and Eowland, and Gotland, on bæcbord we had, on our left, those lands which are called Blekingey, and Meore, and Oeland, and Gothland, Ors. 1
ranclíce
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C. 35; Th. ii. 358, 6. boldly (v. ranc, III) Ymbe ða feówer tíman wé wyllaþ cýðan iungum preóstum má þinga ðæt hig mágon ðé ranclícor ðás þing heora clericum geswutelian, Anglia viii. 312, 18
ge-deorfan
To labour
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In Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 86, 3, Heora scipa gedurfon L and C perhaps we should read gedufon sank, cf. 85, 38, gedeáf [gedráf], and Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 24, Ðá gedufon hí ealle and adruncon
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tungol-cræft
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Wé rǽdaþ on tungelcræfte, ðæt seó sunne biþ hwíltídum þurh ðæs mónelícan trendles underscyte áðýstrod, Homl. Th. i. 608, 31
coc
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Se kok ðe wé ymb sprǽcon, 12. Coca pullorum, An. Ox. 4891. Cocca, 2, 398. Add
geond-líhtan
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Þǽr becóm seó beorhtnys . . . ꝥ wé ealle eondlýhte wǽron . . . þǽr wæs fǽringa geworden on ansýne swylce þǽr gylden sunna onǽled wǽre, and ofer ús ealle eondlýhte, Nic. 12, 20-23. Add
talian
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Wé taliað ducimus (nec legitimum connubium spernendum ducimus, Ald. 7, 27), An. Ox. 419. Tó for náht taliende parui pendendam, 504. <b>I c.
ælmes-georn
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Sýn wé rummóde þearfendum mannum and earmum ælmesgeorne, Bl. H. 109, 15. Ælmesgeorne and árdǽde wið earme men, 131, 2. Mildheorte and ælmesgeorne, 95, 26: Wlfst. 109, 12. Add
þe
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Wé ðás word sprecaþ ... þe wé in carcerne sittaþ, 2, 27; Cri. 25. Wé, þe ús befæst is seó gýmingGodes folces ... we, to whom is committed the care of God's people..., L. E. I. 1; Th. ii. 402, 9.
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reccan
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hit reahtan and be hwý wé hit reahtan we said what decision we had come to in the case, and on what grounds we had come to it, Chart.
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lǽdan
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' Tó þǽmm Hé teohchode hine tó lǽdanne on lífes weg, Past. 305, 5. of a road, to serve as a passage to Weg þe lǽdeþ (lǽdas, L.) tó forwyrde . . . se weg þe lǽdeþ (lǽdes, L.) tó lífe, Mt. R. 7, 13-14.
drinca
Drink ⬩ potus
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Drink; potus Eáðe we mágon geseón hwǽr se drinca is we can easily see where the drink is, Ors. 5, 8; Bos. 107, 30. He wolde beran drincan his gebróðrum he would bear drink to his brethren, Homl. Th. ii. 180, 5.
HEG
Hay ⬩ grass ⬩ fœnum
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Wé gesáwon oft in cyrcean ǽgðer ge corn ge hig beón gehealdene we have often seen both corn and hay kept in the church, L. E. I. 8; Th. ii. 406, 30
ge-grétan
To approach ⬩ come to ⬩ address ⬩ greet ⬩ welcome ⬩ adire ⬩ alloqui ⬩ salutare
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Ðæt we mágon úre frýnd geseón and úre siblingas gegrétan that we may see our friends and greet our kinsmen, Homl. Th. ii. 526, 33. Man tǽleþ and mid yfle gegréteþ ða ðe riht lufiaþ men blame and insult those that love right, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 110, 164
steóp-cild
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Steápcildo pupillos, Rtl. 29, 13. fig. one deprived of protection Wé wǽron steópcild gewordene, forðan ðe wé wǽron ástýpede ðæs heofenlícan ríces, Wulfst. 252, 10. Ne lǽte ic eów steópcild, Jn. Skt. 14, 18
un-sméþe
Not smooth ⬩ rough ⬩ uneven
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Wé habbaþ hrepunge, ðæt wé magon gefrédan hwæt bið sméðe, hwæt unsméðe, Homl. Th. ii. 372, 33. His unsméðan ( leprous ) líces, 512, 6. Ne unsméðes wiht, Exon. Th. 199, 15; Ph. 26. Unsmoeði scabro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 24.
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wíde-feorh
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Wé sceolon leánum hleótan, swá wé widefeorh ( through all time ) weorcum hlódun, Exon. Th. 49, 11; Cri. 784. Á forð heonan wídeferh for ever, 36, 28; Cri. 583. Swá áwa sceal wesan wídeferh, 142, 12 ; Gú. 643 : 350, 1; Sch. 57: 255, 32; Jul. 223.
earfoþ-líce
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Ðone þurst wé earfoðlíce ( vix ) ábǽron, Nar. 7, 30: Homl. Th. i. 86, 8, 14.