ofer-þeccan
to cover
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He onwreáh ða eorþan ðe ǽr wæs oferþeaht mid feóndum revelabit condensa, Ps. 28, 7. Mid þeóstrum oferþeht. Homl. Th. ii. 350, 17. Scip mid ýðum oferþeht, 378, 15: Hexam. 6; Norm. 10, 18: Exon. Th. 353, 10; Reim. 10
ge-sinscipe
Marriage ⬩ wedlock ⬩ matrimony ⬩ in pl. Married people ⬩ connubium,
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He wæs seofan geár on gesinscipe geseted ǽr his biscopdóme he was married for seven years before he was a bishop, Shrn. 110, 1. Eác is gesynscipum micel þearf for those married also there is much need, L. E. I 43; Th. ii. 440, 7
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ge-swiðrian
To weaken ⬩ destroy ⬩ imminuere ⬩ debilitare ⬩ conficere
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Ne mót innan geondscínan sunne for ðǽm sweartum mistum ǽr ðæm hí geswiðrad weorþen the sun cannot shine through from within for the black mists before they are dissipated, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 90; Met. 5, 45.
wíf-lác
Intercourse with women
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Ealle synoðas forbudon ǽfre ǽlc wíflác (v. wífung) weófodþénum, L. I. P. 23; Th. ii. 336, 12: Wulfst. 270, 21
á-sláwian
to become dull of hearing ⬩ to become torpid ⬩ sluggish ⬩ inert
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Ox. 18b, 64. physical, to become dull of hearing Ðá eáran ásláwiað þá þe ǽr wǽron swifte tó gehýrenne, Wlfst. 148, of conduct, to become torpid, sluggish, inert Swá ðeáh hé ásláwað quamvis torpescat, Past. 282, 7.
be-lisnod
a eunuch
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a eunuch Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Som. 8, 32 : Ælfc. Gl. 2; Som. 55, 53
ge-teohhian
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Ðá hé getiohchod æfde ðæt hé him ondettan sceolde, Past. 419, 9. with gerundial infin. Ic geteohhode mín líf on mægðháde tó geendigenne. Hml. Th. i. 198, 26. þone hé ǽr geteohhode mid teónan tó forseónne, Hml. S. 31, 677.
irfe-land
heritable land
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Land that passes as an inheritance, heritable land Ic cýðo hú mín willa is ðet mín ærfelond fére ðe ic gebohte on ǽce ærfe I declare how my will is that my heritable land shall go, that I bought in perpetual inheritance, Chart. Th. 476, 12.
ræge-reósa
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Biþ ðæt sár fram ðam nafolan óþ ðone milte and on ða winestran rægereósan, and gecymþ æt ðam bæcþearme, 232, 3-6. v. Lchdm. ii. Glossary
blíðe-mód
Blithe, of mind, glad, cheerful ⬩ lætus animo, lætus, hilaris
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Blithe, of mind, glad, cheerful; lætus animo, lætus, hilaris Wæs á blíðemód bealuleás cyning [MS. kyng], ðeáh he lang ǽr, lande bereáfod, wunode wræclástum the innocent king was ever blithe of mind [cheerful], though he long before, bereft of land, dwelt
cwellere
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Paul ) wæs crístenra manna éhtere ǽr and cwellere, Shrn. 58, 27. Ðǽs cwelres hand . . . ðǽm cwelre syllan, 129, 9-12. Cwelres lictoris, Germ. 393, 72. Tó ðám hǽðenan cwellere, Hml. Th. ii. 424, 13.
dreósan
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Add: to fall, not remain suspended Hé meledeáwes dǽl gebyrgeþ, sé dreóseð oft æt middre nihte ambrosios libat coelesti nectare rores, stellifero teneri qui cecidere polo, Ph. 261. to fall, not remain standing (lit. or fig.), fall down, fall to pieces
ge-bǽtan
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Þonne ǽr hé ꝥ gewealdleþer forlǽt þára brídla þe hé þá gesceafta mid gebrídlode hæfþ, Bt. 21; F. 74, 32), Met. ii. 76. Hæfð se alwealda ealle gesceafta gebǽt mid his brídle (cf. mid his brídle befangene, Bt. 21; F. 74, 6), 11, 23. v. next word
ge-bécan
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Æfter ðám getídde ðæt Ecgferð gebóhte bóc and land æt Æðelstáne ealdormenn, Cht. E. 202, 22-26. Æðelstán cyning gebécte .xx. hída intó Wigoraceastre, C. D. B. iii. 657, 1. Gebécte intó mynstre and Æþelríce betǽhte, 3: 7: 9.
mónaþ
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., mónoðas, R.) ǽr man rípan mæge, Jn. 4, 35. Wíf his gedégelde hiá móneðam (monoðas, R.) fífo (mensibus quinque), Lk. L. l, 24 : 4, 25. Ymb ánes geáres fyrst and eahta mónað, Nar. 31, 26. Ðeós tíd cymð ymbe twelf mónað (post annum), Ll.
on-liþian
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D. 222, 4. figurative In hefigum wísum ealle þá (various faults) after deáðe hefigiað, gif hí nǽron ná ǽr gebétte ne ná onleoðode þá hwíle þe se man wæs in þissum lífe quae cuncta etiam post mortem gravant, si adhuc in hac vita positis minime fuerint
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seohtre
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Æt otansihtre, C. D. i. 216, 27. Ofer ðone cnol tó ðæn seohtore tó þrubróce, iii. 451, 14. Tó ðám fúlan siðre; of ðone fúlan siðre on ðæt díc, v. 304, 24. [On sihterwíc, vi. 56, 16.]
rúmlíce
largely, fully, ⬩ liberally ⬩ graciously, kindly, benignly
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Voc. ii. 140, 15. liberally Gif wé lustlíce and rúmlíce ða welan dǽlaþ earmum monnum ðe God ús ǽr sealde, Blickl. Homl. 49, 32. graciously, kindly, benignly Rúmlíce clementer, Rtl. 89, 38 : Mt. Kmbl. p. 16, 7.
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Sæfern
The river Severn
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Hié gedydon æt Sæferne, ðá fóron be Sæferne . . . be westan Sæfern, 92, 14-20. Be Sæfern, 896; Erl. 94, 15. Be westan Sæferne, Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 21. Of Seferne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 393, 10. Of Sæfern, 405, 29.
up-ástigenness
An ascent ⬩ a going up ⬩ an ascension ⬩ a means of going up
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Æt ðære upástígnesse, 121, 13: 171, 9: Shrn. 78, 10: 79, 29: Nar. 39, 14.. Ða hálgan upástigenesse on heofonas, Blickl. Homl. 119, 36.
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