be-héfe
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Add: useful, needful Behéfe ( utilis ) ic eom eal-lum folce, Coll. M. 26, 25. Cræft behéfe and neódþearf ars utilis et necessaria, 27, 27: 18, 16. Sibling þé swá behéfe swá ðín hand, Hml. Th. i. 516, 15.
eáþelíce
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Hwænne þú eáðelícost miht tó þam folce becuman Hml. A. 110, 257. cf. eáþe; 3 Ꝥ hié þe eáþelícor and þe wysumlícor þá myclan byrðenne áberan mihton, Bl. H. 135, 7. fickly, weakly. v. eáþe-lic; Hí geáðelíce (cf. (?)
Linked entry: geáþ
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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Th. 21, 15; Gen. 324. marking motion, into the midst of Hwænne ðú miht to ðam folce becuman mid ealre ðínre fare tómiddes Hierusalem, Homl. Ass. 110, 259. Hine ðanon ealle átugan tómiddes ðære cýpinge, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 609. with gen.
þeówan
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Th. i. 430, 5-11. to press, threaten, rebuke Seó módinys on horse ðýwð ðæt folc superbia in equo minatur turbis, Gl. Prud. 31 b. Hé þýwþ (arguet ) ðysne middaneard be synne, Jn. Skt. 16, 8.
þearle
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Ðæt folc wearð þearle geswenct mid ðam síðfate taedere coepit populum itineris ac laboris, Num. 21, 4: Ps.
lícian
To please
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Ne mæg nán man hine sylfne tó cynge gedón ac ðæt folc hæfþ cyre tó ceósenne ðone tó cyninge ðe him sylfum lícaþ no man can make himself king, but the people have the option of choosing him as king who pleases them, Homl. Th. i. 212, 8.
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mirran
to be a stumbling-block to ⬩ to hinder ⬩ obstruct ⬩ to waste ⬩ squander ⬩ To err
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Hwí mirraþ git ðis folc fram heora weorcum quare sollicitatis populum ab operibus suis? Ex. 5, 4. God nolde ðæt hié ðone Cristendóm mierde leng God would not that they should longer obstruct Christianity, Ors. 6, 7; Swt. 262, 21.
nædre
Any kind of serpent ⬩ adder ⬩ viper
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God bebeád Moyse ðæt hé gewothte áne ǽrene næddran, and sette up tó tácne, and ðæt hé manode ðæt folc ðæt swá hwá swá fram ðám næddrum ábiten wǽre, besáwe up tó ðære ǽrenan næddran, Homl. Th. ii. 238, 4-19. Nædran serpentes, Ps. Th. 139, 3.
blǽdre
That which is blown out ⬩ an inflated swelling, blister, pimple, blain, pustule ⬩ pustula, papula ⬩ the BLADDER, receptacle for the urine ⬩ vesica
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Eall folc wæs on, blǽdran, and ða wǽron swíðe hreówlíce berstende all the people had blisters [lit. was in blister], and they were very painfully bursting, Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 29, 37.
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þeód-scipe
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Cf. folc-, leód-scipe
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á-búgan
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Ðæt folc nolde Gode ábúgan Deo non cesserant. Ors. 1. 7; S. 38, 17: Hml. S. 25, 170: Hml. Th. ii. 304, 20: Wlfst. 197, 9.
Englisc
(the) English ⬩ the English language
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Eall þæt folc on Mercna lande geseten, ǽgþer ge Denisc ge Englisce, 922; P. 104, 5. Ǽlc man . . . Frencisce and Englisce, 1087; P. 224, 34. Ǽrost Engliscra cininga Ercenbriht gesette Eástorfæsten, 639; P. 27, 18.
grymetan
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Ꝥ folc tealde ꝥ tó drýcræfte grymetende mid gehlýde, Hml. S. 7, 242. of animals Leó þonne hé grymetað (leó grymetende. Ps. L. 21, 14) leo rugiens, Ps. Th. 21, 11.
hleóþrian
To make a sound ⬩ to sound ⬩ resound ⬩ To speak words
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Srt. ii. p. 202, 5. ꝥ hleóðrigende folc turba psallentium Prud. 75. the subject a thing Þá hleóðriendan lígettas, Wlfst. 182, 10. Þá hleóðriendan lígeas, Verc. Först. 87, 3. Þǽm swógendum, hleóðregendum argutis (fibrarum fidibus Ald. 71, 28), Wrt.
hyhtan
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Hyhton nú and blissian eall geleáffull folc, 91, 6. Swá se hyhtenda gigant (cf. exultavit ut gigas, Ps. 18, 6), 9, 34
tó-brítan
to break in pieces, ⬩ crush, ⬩ bruise (lit. and fig.) ⬩ to crush with feelings of sorrow, ⬩ to make contrite
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Folc ðú tóbríttest (confringes), 55, 7. Gewít of ðære leásan anlícnysse, and tóbrýt hí eall and hire cræt samod, Homl. Th. ii. 496, 14. Tóbrýt (contere) earm, ðæs synfullan, Ps. Lamb. 9 second, 15. Flǽsces tóbrýte (terat) módignesse, Hymn.
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tó-teran
To tear to pieces ⬩ to tear to pieces a material ⬩ to tear to pieces ⬩ to harass ⬩ distract ⬩ destroy
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Fýrene næddran ðæt folc tótǽron, Num. 21, 6.
wiþerian
to be against ⬩ be hostile ⬩ to strive ⬩ struggle ⬩ dispute ⬩ to resist ⬩ oppose ⬩ to make hostile ⬩ provoke ⬩ to become provoked
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Eal folc hine tó ðære geðincðe geceás, þeáh ðe hé mid eallum mægne wiðerigende wǽre, Homl.
be-reáfian
alone
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Aaron hæfde bereáfod (spoliaverat) ꝥ folc æt hira golde, Ex. 32, 25. with acc. of spoil and on with person ꝥ hé him ágeáfe þæt hé ǽr on him bereáfode (ge-, v. l. ), Ors. 3, 11; S. 146, 30
medume
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Drihtne tó geearnienne medome folc (plebem perfectum, Lk. 1, 17), Bl. H. 165, 15. Rihtwísra manna gástas and full medemra spiritus justorum et perfectorum, Gr. D. 260, 21. Be full medemum (fulfremedum, v. l. ) werum de perfectis viris, 7, 22.