á-ídlan
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Ðí hé com þæt hé áídlige ealle ðá hǽðengyld, Hml. Th. i. 456, 14. Ðisne geleáfan woldon ge*-*dwolmen áídlian and of Crístes gelaðunge mid ealle ádwǽscan, Hml. S. 23, 361. Áídlian frustrari, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 35.
a-rédian
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Þone circul þás iunge preóstas ne mihton nǽfre áredian, for þám þe ys uneáðe cúð þám ealdum witum, Angl. viii. 319, 9. Nabbe gé ná gódne tíman áredodne, mín dohtor is nú swíþe bisig, Ap. Th. 20, 5
leóht
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Th. ii. 120, 26) sceolan ágan þýstra ealdor heu, pro dolor ! quod tam lucidi uultus Homines tenebrarum auctor possidel, Bd. 2, 1; Sch. 110, 5
rýmet
space, extent ⬩ clear space, room ⬩ extension, clearance
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Eall ðæt rýmet ðe eówer fótswaþu on bestæpþ ic eów forgife omnem locum, quem calcaverit vestigium pedis vestri, vobis tradam, Jos. 1, 3. clear space, room Ðǽr næs nán rýmet on ðam gesthúse, Homl. Th. i. 30, 14.
Linked entry: rýmetleást
ofer-gán
to overspread ⬩ to overrun (a country, as a victorious army does), to conquer ⬩ to pass a point or limit ⬩ to pass a moral limit, to transgress ⬩ to pass across, traverse, cross ⬩ to pass, pass off or away, be over, come to an end ⬩ To be over ⬩ to come upon, attack
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to overspread Seó lyft ofer*-*gǽþ ealne middaneard, Lchdm. iii. 272, 17. to overrun (a country, as a victorious army does), to conquer Se here fór tó Sandwíc, and swá ðanon tó Gipeswíc, and ðæt eall ofereode, Chr. 993; Erl. 132, 4.
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or-þanc
Original, inborn thought ⬩ mind, genius, wit, understanding ⬩ ingenium ⬩ a skilful contrivance or work, artifice, device, design ⬩ skilfully, cunningly, ingeniously, with art
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Ðæt orþancum ealde reccaþ, Cd. Th. 200, 19; Exod. 359
Linked entries: þanc on-þanc searu-þanc
ge-trymman
to confirm ⬩ strengthen ⬩ encourage ⬩ establish ⬩ found ⬩ set in order ⬩ arrange ⬩ draw up ⬩ firmāre ⬩ confirmāre ⬩ mūnīre ⬩ confortāre ⬩ hortāri ⬩ fundāre ⬩ instruĕre ⬩ To grow strong ⬩ gain strength ⬩ recover ⬩ convălescĕre
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Eall ðín geþeaht he getrymie omne consĭlium tuum confirmet, 19, 4. Byþ his heorte getrymed confirmātum est cor ejus, 111, 7: 116, 2. Hit wæs ofer ðæne stán getrymed fundāta ĕrat sŭper petram, Lk. Bos. 6, 48.
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ofer-wreón
To cover, cover over, veil, hide, conceal, overspread
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Seó sunne scínþ geond ealle eorþan gelíce, and ealre eorþan brádnysse endemes oferwrýhþ, Lchdm. iii. 236, 13. Unrehtwísnesse míne ic ne oferwráh (-wreáh,Ps. Spl. C. T.) Ps. Surt. 31, 5. Ðú oferwrige operuisti, 84, 3. Oferwráh (-wreáh, Ps.
hí-réd
A household, ⬩ house, ⬩ family, ⬩ the body of domestic retainers of a great man or king, ⬩ a court, ⬩ the members of a religious house, ⬩ a company, ⬩ band of associates
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Hírédes ealdor, 20, 1. Hýrédes hláford, Wrt. Voc. 73, 20. Hírédes móder materfamilias, 73, 21. An gewitnesse ðes hírédes æt Cristes cirican with the witness of the brotherhood at Christchurch, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 3, 36.
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ge-dreóg
suitable, fit, meet ⬩ quiet, orderly. ⬩ of persons, serious in behaviour; ⬩ gravis ⬩ of animals, gentle, tame; ⬩ mitis
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[Ða bead se cynincg his cnihtes ð he ealle wæron swiðe gedrioge. Þa þa menn on heora bedde wæron and hit swiðe gedrih wæs Nap. 29. Cf. Lomb is drih, þing and milde agnus est animal mansuetum, O. E. Hml. ii. 49, 9.
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fóda
victuals ⬩ provisions ⬩ sustenance ⬩ support
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Man heom fódan geaf (hí man fǽdde, v.l.) of West-Seaxana ríce, Chr. 994; P. 128, 6. sustenance, support Æt him wæs gelang eall heora fóda; sé heom on ealre hwíle metes tilian sceolde, Hml. S. 23, 218.
hǽtu
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Hý hit ne magon eall gebúgian, sum for hǽto, sum for cyle, Bt. 18, 1; F. 62, 10. Ǽlc wiht mæg bet wyð cyle þonne wið hǽte ( omnia animantia patientius ad summum frigoris quam ad summum caloris accedant ), Ors. 1,1; S. 24, 30.
weorþan
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Þ hús fǽrlíce eall on fýre wearð. Hml. S. 26, 230. Hé wearð on micelre untrumnesse, Ors. 6, 30; S. 282, 17. Wurdon ealle þá gebróþor on þǽm Arianiscan gedwolan, 6, 31; S. 284, 15.
full-gán
to follow a profession ⬩ carry on an office ⬩ apply oneself to ⬩ practise a habit ⬩ to give effect to ⬩ carry out ⬩ to execute a command, task ⬩ do a person's will
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Ealle þá þe . . . hié selfe forworht hæfdon, hié hit eall forgeáfon wið þǽm þe hié him æt þǽm gewinnum fuleóden dictator homines quicunque sceleribus obnoxii essent, impunitate promissa, militiae mancipavit, Ors. 4, 9; S. 192, 1
deáþ-líc
Deadly, mortal, good and bad angels ⬩ mortālis
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Deadly, mortal, good and bad angels;mortālis Ðis is bísen ðara sóþena gesǽlþa, ðara wilniaþ ealle deáþlíce men to begitanne this is an example of the true goods, which all mortal men desire to obtain, Bt. 24, 2; Fox 80, 30.
Fresisc
Of or belonging to Friesland ⬩ Frisian ⬩ Frīsĭcus
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Ðǽr wearþ ofslægen Lucumon, and ealra monna, Fresiscra and Engliscra, lxii there was slain Lucumon, and of all the men, Frisian and English, sixty-two, Chr. 897; Erl. 96, 4
líf-weg
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Uton nú ealle úre lífwegas geornlíce rihtan let us diligently amend our ways, Wulfst. 75, 22. Líðe lífwegas, Exon. 43 b; Th. 148, 5; Gú. 740
Wísle
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The Vistula Weonodland wæs ús ealne weg on steorbord óð Wíslemúðan. Seó Wísle is swýðe mycel eá, and hió tólíð Witland and Weonodland ; and seó Wísle líð út of Weonodlande, and líð in Estmere . . .
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blis
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Þonne þǽr wæs blisse intingan (laetitiae causa) gedémed, þæt hí ealle sceoldon be hearpan singan, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 482, 16. Þú woldest mé laðian, þæt ic swíðor drunce swilce for blisse ofer mínum gewunan, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 30.
cwealm-stów
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Tó ðǽre ealdan cwalmstówe (cwealm-, Cht. E. 290, 29), C. D. iii. 404, 27. Inn an ðá cwealmstówe, of ðére cwealmstówe, v. 107, 22. Add