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help

Grammar
help, hylp (an i-stem noun? Cf. u-grade forms, hulpa, hulfa in O. L. Ger. and O.H.Ger. But cf. also hylpan = helpan):

help ⬩ assistance ⬩ succour ⬩ an aid ⬩ a thing ⬩ a place ⬩ a refuge ⬩ a cure ⬩ remedy of disease

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Add: help, assistance, succour Nú is hire helpe heáhsǽl cumen venit tempus miserendi ejus, Ps. Th. 101, Is micel þearf ealre þisse þeóde helpes and rǽdes. Wlfst. 243, 4. Sende se túnrǽd his helges biddende. Hml. S. 31, 1220. Hé hyne bæd hylpes, Shrn.

Linked entry: helpe

ænge

(adj.)
Grammar
ænge, def. se ænga; adj.

Narrow ⬩ troubled ⬩ anxious ⬩ angustus ⬩ anxius

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Narrow, troubled, anxious; angustus, anxius Ðes ænga stede this narrow place, Cd. 18; Th. 23, 9; Gen. 356. Is me ænge [MS. ænige] gást innan hreðres anxiatus est in me spiritus meus, Ps. Th. 142, 4

enge

narrow ⬩ confined ⬩ painful ⬩ grievous ⬩ cruel

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Add: narrow, confined Þes ænga stede (hell), Gen. 356. Se Hǽlend mé in þám engan hám getýnde, El. 921. painful, grievous, cruel Se enga deáð mors crudelis, Ph. 52. Under enge treówe sub ipso stipite, Germ. 395, 24.

cantel

(n.)
Grammar
cantel, a piece of wood placed obliquely to support a rafter ( ? v. cantle, cant
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Ǽrest man ásmeáð þæs húses stede, and eác man ꝥ timber beheáwð, and þá syllan man fægere gefegð, and þá beámas gelegð, and þá ræftras tó þǽre fyrste gefæstnað and mid cantlum underwriðað, Angl. viii. 324, 10. [From Low Lat. cantellus.]

be-gang

(n.)
Grammar
be-gang, be-gong, bi-gang, bi-gong, bi-gencg, es ; m. [be, gang a step, proceeding].

a course ⬩ way ⬩ passage ⬩ circuit ⬩ district ⬩ cursus ⬩ via ⬩ tenor ⬩ circuitus ⬩ an undertaking ⬩ a business ⬩ exercise ⬩ service ⬩ religious worship ⬩ negotium ⬩ exercitatio ⬩ cultus

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a course, way, passage, circuit, district; cursus, via, tenor, circuitus Ofer geofenes begang over the course of ocean Beo. Th. 729; B. 362. Holma begang the passage of the deeps Andr. Kmbl. 390; An. 195. Gársecges begang the circuit of ocean 1059; An

Linked entries: be-gong bi-gang bi-gencg bi-geng big-geng bi-gong

beám-wer

(n.)
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a weir made of logs Beneoðan beámwer on ðone norðere steð, C. D. v. 148, 31

winter

(n.)
Grammar
winter, es; m. (in pl. a neuter form wintru occurs, as well as masculine wintras, winter: the dat. sing. wintra is a trace of earlier u-stem declension).

a season of the year ⬩ winter ⬩ wintry weather ⬩ cold ⬩ a year

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a season of the year, winter Feówer tída syndon getealde on ánum geáre, ðæt synd uer, aestas, autumnus, hiems... Hiems is winter, Lchdm. iii. 250, 12. On ðone .vii. dæg ðæs mónðes (November) bið wintres fruma ; se einter hafaþ tú and hundnigontig daga

Linked entries: ǽ-wintre-cyning -wintre

mód-staþol

(n.)
Grammar
mód-staþol, es; m.

The foundation on which the mind rests

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The foundation on which the mind rests Steðe*-*fæst modstaþol biþ witena gehwilcum weorþlícre micle ðonne hé his wísan fágige tó swíðe a firm foundation for the mind is much more honourable for every man of counsel, than an excessive variation of manners

Linked entry: fæstmód-staðol

ange

(adj.)
Grammar
ange, ænge, enge, onge; adj.

Narrow ⬩ straitened ⬩ vexed ⬩ troubled ⬩ sorrowful ⬩ angustus ⬩ anxius ⬩ vexatus ⬩ tristis

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Narrow, straitened, vexed, troubled, sorrowful; angustus, anxius, vexatus, tristis Ðes ænga stede this narrow place, Cd. 18; Th. 23, 9; Gen. 356. Ufan hit is enge it is narrow above, Exon. 116 a; Th. 446, 14; Dóm. 22.

Linked entries: ænge ang-módnes ang-nægl enge ge-encgd ge-engd ænge

-fæst

(suffix)
Grammar
-fæst, as a termination, denotes fast, very, perfectly, effectually, as the English fast asleep, perfectly asleep; Ǽ-fæst fast in the law, firm, religious; Sóþ-fæst fast in truth, true, just; Staðol-fæst steadfast, steady; Unstaðol-fæst

unsteady, unsteadfast

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unsteady, unsteadfast

lufiend-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
lufiend-, lufigend-líc; adj.

Lovely ⬩ lovable ⬩ amiable

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Luffendlíc stede amenus locus, Ælfc. Gl. 48; Som. 65, 63; Wrt. Voc. 33, 59. Swíðe lufigendlíc and leóf ǽghwæðere þeóde utrique provinciæ multum amabilis, Bd. 4, 21; S. 590, 16: 4, 3; S. 568, 16.

ge-bind

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Wið stede and for gebinde . . . wið innoþa wræce and gif gebind men byþ. Lch. i. 338, 3-9. as a measure of quantity, a bind (v. N. E.

sunn-gihte

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-gihte, es; n. (?)
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Cf. gebed-giht; and see sunn-stede

Linked entry: sunn-stede

rómian

(v.)
Grammar
rómian, p. ode;

with gen. To strive after

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To strive after Is ðes ænga stede (hell) ungelíc swíðe ðam óðrum ðe wé ǽr cúðon on heofonríce ... ðeáh wé hine for ðam Alwealdan ágan ne móston rómigan úres ríces though we are prevented by the Almighty from possessing our former place and from striving

þrili

(adj.)
Grammar
þrili, This word has the form of an i-stem adjective in the glosses
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ðrili trilex, Txts. 35, 29; drili triplex, 115, 158; þrielig hrægil triligium, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 53

Linked entry: þrilig

hremman

(v.)
Grammar
hremman, p. de

To hinder ⬩ obstruct ⬩ cumber

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To hinder, obstruct, cumber Forceorf hit tó hwí hremþ hit ðisne stede cut it down; why cumbereth it this place? Homl. Th. ii. 408, 4. Úre unlustas and leahtras ðe ús hremaþ our evil desires and vices that hinder us, i. 156, 12.

Linked entries: hramma ge-hremmed

smeart

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
smeart, adj.

Smart, painful

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Stede and twei sporen and ane smearte ʒerd O. E. Homl. i. 243, 23. Mid smerte smiten of smale longe ȝerden ii. 207, 6. Me him smæt mid smærte ȝerden Laym. 20318. If men smot it with a yerde smerte (adv.) Chauc. Prol. 149.]

assen

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Hors of stédan and of assenne burdo, Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 24. Add

a-wecgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wecgan, -wegan ; p. -wegde, -wegede ; pp. -weged ; v. trans.

To move ⬩ remove ⬩ shake ⬩ movere ⬩ amovere ⬩ commovere ⬩ agitare

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Mód biþ aweged of his stede the mind is removed from its place, Bt. 12 ; Fox 36, 18 : Bt. Met. Fox 7, 48; Met. 7, 24. Winde aweged [MS. awegyd] hreód arundinem vento agitatam, Mt. Bos. 11, 7

Linked entries: a-wegan a-wegyd

on-león

(v.)
Grammar
on-león, p. -láh, -leáh; pl. -ligon; pp. -ligen.

to grant the loan of something (gen. of loan) ⬩ to grant, bestow

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Ungelíc ðam óðrum stede ðe mé men hearra onlág, 23, 12; Gen. 358. Hé mé láre onlág, Elen. Kmbl. 2489; El. 1246. God hyre sigores onleáh, Judth. Thw. 23, 16; Jud. 124

Linked entries: á-león león on-lǽnan

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