wyrcan
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Lind. 242, 20. Byrgenne swelce hiera þeáw wæs þæt mon rícum monnum bufan eorðan of stánum worhte, Ors. 4, 10; S. 202, 5. Wyrtgemang wyrcan, Gr. D. 318, 3.
ge-metfæst
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Hé wæs líðe and gemetfæst on his worde, and hé wæs geþyldig and eádmód erat colloquio blandus, temperantia modestus, Guth. Gr. in, 82. Hé wæs swiðe geþyldig and eáðmód and gemetfæst on eallum his lífe. Bl.
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be-heáwan
To beat ⬩ bruise ⬩ hew ⬩ cut off ⬩ to separate from ⬩ deprive of ⬩ tundere ⬩ heów ⬩ cædendo privare ⬩ amputare
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Hwonne me wráþra sum aldre beheówe when some enemy might deprive me of life Cd. 128; Th. 163, 21; Gen. 2701
eorþ-gealla
The herb EARTH-GALL, the lesser centaury ⬩ fel terræ, erythræa centaurium
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Lin Eorþgealla [MS. -gealle] fel terræ vel centauria, Wrt. Voc. 79, 50; Ælfc. Gl. 41; Som. 64, 5; Wrt. Voc. 31, 17. Eorþgealla centauria, Mone A. 373.
hwearf
shifting ⬩ veering ⬩ changeable
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Cf. ge-hweorf; hwerf-líc
nǽtan
To trample upon ⬩ crush ⬩ subdue
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Hé sceal weorðan his lífe tó nytte mid dý ðæt hé nǽte his unþeáwas mores pravorum premere, vitae prodesse, Past. 46, 5; Swt. 353, l0. Nǽtendne proterentem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 3 : Ep. Gl. 18 b, 27
ge-hlid
A lid ⬩ covering ⬩ roof ⬩ an inclosure ⬩ a vault ⬩ tectum ⬩ clausūra ⬩ septum
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A lid, covering, roof, an inclosure, a vault; tectum, clausūra, septum Ic cann ealle heáh-heofona gehlidu I know all the roofs of the high heavens, Cd. 27; Th. 37, 3; Gen. 584 : Exon. 15 a; Th. 32, 25; Cri. 518.
þeáw-fæst
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of good manners, of well-ordered life, moral, virtuous Loth hine fægre heóld, þeáwfæst and geþyldig, on ðam þeódscipe, Cd. Th. 116, 26; Gen. 1942: ( Abraham ), 161, 8; Gen. 2662.
un-bleoh
Not coloured ⬩ clear ⬩ bright ⬩ splendid
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Hwæt mæg beón heardes hér on lífe wið ðam ðú móte gemang ðam werode eardian unbleoh on écnesse (but there is no corresponding word in the Latin, which is: Quid durum saeclo consetur in isto, utque illas inter liceat habitare cohortes?), Dóm. L. 302
cyssan
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Ǽlc þára manna þe óðerne swíðe lufað, hine lyst bet cyssan ðonne óðerne on bær líc, þonne þér þǽr cláðas betweóna beóð, Shrn. 185, 31. Sylle heom eallum cyssan bóc, Ll. Th. i. 226, 25. Cyssende handa osculans manus, Angl. xiii. 416, 730. Add
ge-swencness
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Ne sprǽce hé . . . be Lazares geswencnesse (contritione), þá þá hé cwæð ꝥ hé onféncge manige yfel on his lífe. Gr. D. 310, 27. For þám þingum swá monigra geswencnissa ꝥ wé ealle þá niht férdon mid þurste gewǽcte, Nar. II. 29.
ofer-færeld
A going across, passage, transit
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Crist gewát þurh oferfæreld of deáþe tó lífe, 330, 9. Heore is ðæt scip and se ouerfæreld ðare hæuene eorum (the monks of Christchurch) est navicula et transfretatio portus, Chart. Th. 317, 38.
tó-fleógan
to fly asunder, ⬩ fly to pieces ⬩ to fly apart, ⬩ to crack, ⬩ have breakings out (of a diseased body)
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to fly asunder, fly to pieces Hé slóh ða næddran, ðæt heó on viiii tófleáh he struck the adder so that it flew into nine pieces, Lchdm. iii. 34, 26. to fly apart, to crack, have breakings out (of a diseased body) Wið hreófe and wið tóflogen líe for
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tó-stregdan
To disperse ⬩ scatter ⬩ destroy ⬩ spargere ⬩ aspergere ⬩ dispergere ⬩ disperdere ⬩ dissipare ⬩ dispertire ⬩ destruere ⬩ To be dispersed ⬩ not to keep within proper bounds
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Lind. 3, 25. Ne biþ forléten stán ofer sláne se ðe ne sié tóstrogden (destruatur), 13, 2: Lk. Skt. Lind. 21, 6. Tóstrogden biðon (dispargentur) ða scípo, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 27. Ða ðe uoeron tóstrogden qui erant dispersi, Jn. Skt. Lind. 11, 52.
ge-frægnan
To ask ⬩ inquire
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Lind. 5, 12. Gefrugnon interrogarent, Jn. Skt. Lind. 1, 19. Gefraignaþ interrogate, Jn. Skt. Lind. 9, 21 Gefraignes interrogate, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 10, 11 : 2, 8
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lustfullian
To rejoice ⬩ be glad ⬩ take pleasure [in]
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Se cyning ongan lustfullian ðæt clǽneste líf háligra and heora ðám swétestan gehátum [rex] ipse delectatus vita mundissima sanctorum, et promissis eorum suavissimis, Bd. 1, 26; S. 488, 8.
ildu
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H. 117, 35. age, time of life Hát baðo ǽlcere yldo and háde gescrǽpe ( omni aetati et senui accommodos ), Bd. l, 1; Sch. 9, <b>II a.</b> of a thing :-- On n old age Hí ( Adam and Eve ) ne mihton forealdian, ne deáde beón . . .
oroþ
Breath, breathing
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Heora oruþ biþ swylce líg ignem et flammam flantes, Nar. 34, 32; Beo. Th. 5107; B. 2557. Orþ spiraculum (cf. lífes orþung spiraculum vitae, Gen. 2, 7), Kent. Gl. 757. Orþas ł hfæstes ( = orþes ł fnæstes) spiritus, Hpt. Gl. 464, 24: 454, 66.
ge-líffæstan
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to make alive. of physical life Se Fæder áwecð þá deádan and gelíffæst, Jn. 5, 21. Þurh þone gást syndon gelíffæste ealle þá gesceafta þe se Fæder gesceóp, Hml. A. 2, 20. of spiritual life Þú gelíffæst mé viuificabis me, Ps. L. 137, 7: 142, II.
be-rǽdan
To dispossess ⬩ deprive of ⬩ privare
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Hie unscyldigne feore berǽddon they deprived the guiltless of his life Elen. Kmbl. 993; El. 498. Earnulf hine berǽdde æt ðam ríce Arnulf deprived him of the kingdom Chr. 887; Th. 156, 32, col. 1; 33, col. 2, 3 : Bt. titl. 1; Fox x. 3