ge-metan
to measure, measure back or again ⬩ metiri, remetiri ⬩ to measure by traversing or going over ⬩ metiri transeundo
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God ðú ðe heofen mid honda gemettest and eorðan on ðínre fyst betýndest God thou who has meted heaven with thy hand and enclosed the earth in thy fist [cf. Isaiah 40, 12], St.
mylen-gear
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A mill-yair (yair an enclosure for catching fish. v. D.
ge-temprian
To temper ⬩ moderate ⬩ govern ⬩ cure ⬩ temperare
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Getemprie seó bilewitnys ðæt fýr ðæt hit to réðe ne sý let the meekness temper the fire that it be not too fierce, Homl. Th. ii. 46, 8.
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swól
Heat, burning ⬩ of the heat of fire ⬩ of the sun's heat ⬩ of feverish heat ⬩ sultry
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Swóle caumate, 22, 21. of the heat of fire Hé ( the phenix) somnaþ swóles láfe, gegædraþ bán gebrosnad æfter bǽlþræce, Exon. Th. 216, 16; Ph. 269.
staþol-fæst
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Ben. 135, 23. firm in a moral sense, unwavering, unyielding, constant God is ána staþolfæst wealdend, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 24: Andr. Kmbl. 241; An. 121. Staðulfæst, 2673; An. 1338.
ídel-ness
Idleness ⬩ vanity ⬩ frivolity ⬩ uselessness ⬩ futility ⬩ emptiness ⬩ falseness
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Moys. ad fil. 21
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stefn
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a voice, sound uttered by the mouth (lit. or fig.) Stemn is geslagen lyft gefrédendlíc on hlyste ...
þríste
Bold ⬩ bold ⬩ presumptuous ⬩ audacious ⬩ shameless
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Ðonne hé wilnaþ on his móde ðæt hé sciele rícsian hé bið swíðe forht and swíðe behealden; ðonne hé hæfð ðæt hé habban wolde, hé bið swíðe ðríste mens principari appetens fit ad hoc pavida, cum quaerit, audax cum pervenerit, 9; Swt. 57, 4.
ge-wilnian
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., cupierunt ) þá þing tó geseónne, Mt. 13, 17. to desire to go to (tó), lit. or fig., to a person Wé witon þæt ðú gewilnast tó ðám wuldorfullan Drihtne, Hml. Th. ii. 516, 22. Þú gewilnast tó Críste, Hml.
ge-wyrd
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Voc. ii. 147, 26. what pleases a person, what seems fit, pleasure, v. ge-weorþan; <b>V. l a</b> [cf. ? O. H.
hwearfian
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(lit. or fig.) Seó hior ðe ealle gód on hwearfaþ, Bt. 34, 7; F. 142, 35. Eall ðiós hwearfiende gesceaft hwearfaþ on ðám stillan Gode, 39, 6; F. 220, 24.
útane
from without ⬩ outside ⬩ on the outside ⬩ on the surface ⬩ out ⬩ at sea ⬩ outwardly ⬩ externally ⬩ about
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where there is motion (lit. or fig.) to an object, from without Útene extrinsecus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 21. Him biþ se wela útane cumen, and hé ne mæg útane náuht ágnes habban, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 98, 7, 8.
smylte
Quiet, tranquil, calm, serene ⬩ of physical calmness ⬩ gentle, mild, of the wind ⬩ favourable, prosperous ⬩ of mental calm, placid, serene, tranquil, unruffled
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Th. 106, 28. fig. favourable, prosperous Smyltum belimpum successibus Anglia xiii. 32, 132. of mental calm, placid, serene, tranquil, unruffled Cild ácenned smylte a child born on the ninth day of the moon will be placid Lchdm. iii. 188, 12.
bæþ
a bath for washing ⬩ the bath of fish or sea-fowl:--
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Onfón fullwihtes bæð, An. 1642: El. 490. of the sea, the bath of fish or sea-fowl:-- Ofer fisces bæð across the sea, An. 293: Rún. 16. Ofer ganotes bæð, 25: B. 1861: Edg. 46. of immersion that is intended to torment.
CLÚS
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An inclosure, a narrow passage, close, bond, prison; claustrum, carcer Ðeáh he hie mid fíftigum clúsum beclemme though he surround it with fifty bonds, Salm. Kmbl. 143; Sal. 71. Alǽd of carcernes clúse míne sáwle educ de carcers animam meam, Ps.
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mann-bót
A fine to be paid to the lord of a man slain
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A fine to be paid to the lord of a man slain. Its amount was regulated by that of the ' wer' Síe sió mǽgbót and sió manbót gelíc. Weaxe sió [mǽg]bót be ðam were swá ilce swá sió manbót déþ ðe ðam hláforde sceal, L. In. 76; Th. i. 150, 14-16.
of-áxian
To find out by asking ⬩ to learn
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To find out by asking, to learn Ðá hé ofáxode ( didicisset ) hwæt his suna him dydon, Gen. 9, 24: Chart. Th. 340, 27. Hé his bróðor slege ofáxode, Homl. Th. ii. 358, 5.
be-sencan
To plunge ⬩ submerge ⬩ drown
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biterum lígum earme on ende tunc caecis merget flammis sine fine misellos, Dóm. L. 241. Weleras unwíses besenceað (praecipitabunt) hyne, Scint. 96, 3. Hé xiii scipa on sǽbesencte, Ors. 4, 6 ; S. 172, 10. God besencte Pharao, Hml. Th. i. 312, 5.
holdlíce
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Ail rex: ' Quid pro hoc fide praemii Mardochaeus consecutus est? ', Hml. A. 98, 218. Utan ǽnne cynehláford holdlíce healdan, Ll. Th. i. 312, 21. Holdlíce hýran, 314, II : Wlfst. 266, 8. Holdlíce (holdelíce, v. l. ), Chr. 1065; P. 194, 20. devoutly.
túnes-mann
A man living on a manor
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Eth. ix. io; Th. i. 342, 25 in which 30 pence is fixed as a fine for not paying the heorð-penig and Rómfeoh, 30 pence being the value of an ox according to L. Ath. v. 3; Th. i. 232, 7: v. 6, 2; Th. i. 234, 1: v. 8, 5; Th. i. 236, 31), L. N. P.
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