or-wíge
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Alf. pol. 42; Th. i. 90, 20-30. (Cf. L. H. I. 82, 4-8; Th. i. 590, 5-22.)
cyst
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God that giveth to all men liberally,( Jam. 1, 5, Hml. S. 11, 334. Cyste munificentiam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 57: 56, 61. Ðá uncystgan cysta man lǽre tenacibus infundatur tribuendi largitas, Past. 453, 27.
brád-nes
broad, large ⬩ -ness ⬩ BROADNESS, extent, largeness, surface; ⬩ latitudo, amplitudo, facies, superficies
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BROADNESS, extent, largeness, surface; latitudo, amplitudo, facies, superficies Se ródor belýcþ on his bósme ealle eorþan brádnysse the firmament incloses in its bosom all the extent of the earth, Hexam. 5;Norm. 8, 27.
Linked entries: brǽded-nes brǽd-nys
GOD
God ⬩ the Deity ⬩ a god
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Alf. 10; Th. i. 44, 21: Ex. 32, 31: 23, 32: Jn. Skt. 10, 34, 35. Ða hǽdenan noldon beón gehealdene on feáwum godum.... Mánfullan men wǽron ða mǽrostan godas the heathens would not be contented with few gods....
Linked entry: af-god
CYN
every being of one kind, a kindred, kind, race, nation, people, tribe, family, lineage, generation, progeny, KIN ⬩ genus, gens, natio, populus, stirps, tribus, familia, natales, origo, generatio, proles, progenies ⬩ Gender ⬩ genus ⬩ a sex ⬩ sexus
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Eal engla cynn all the race of angels, Exon. 75a; Th. 281, 10; Jul. 644. Eall gimma cynn all kinds of gems, Andr. Kmbl. 3037; An. 1521. Fór cynn æfter cynne tribe went after tribe, Cd. 161; Th. 200, 3; Exod. 351.
Linked entry: C
LANG
LONG ⬩ tall
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Ealle ðás naman habbaþ langne .o. on eallum casum all these nouns have long o in all cases, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 8, 52. Ðá andswarode hé ymbe long then answered he after long, Bt. 39, 2; Fox 214, 8. Lange tíde multis temporibus, Lk. Skt. 8, 27, 29.
under-standan
to understand ⬩ have insight into ⬩ to understand ⬩ perceive ⬩ know certainly ⬩ to understand in such and such a sense ⬩ to conceive of ⬩ consider ⬩ to accept as correct ⬩ to observe ⬩ notice ⬩ consider
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Grammar under-standan, with prep. be : -- Ǽwfæstlíce understandende be úre ealra ǽriste piously conceiving of the resurrection of us all, Homl.
Linked entries: for-standan for-standan
wíf
a woman ⬩ a female person ⬩ a being in the form of a woman ⬩ a married woman ⬩ a wife
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Alf. pol. 42; Th. i. 90, 29. Ðe wíf hæfð uxoratus Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 44. Be ðon ðe mon wíf bycgge, L. In. 31; Th. i. 122, 3.
Linked entry: BRÝD
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
mǽl-sceafa
A canker
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Voc. 161, 23 maseles translates rugeroles (see also Skeat's Dict. s. v. measles'), so mǽl, in this word, would mean a spot
Linked entries: mæsle-sceafe sceafa
racu
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Out of the rake of riȝtwisnes renne suld he nevire, Alex. 3384.]
ge-friðian
To guard ⬩ protect ⬩ defend ⬩ deliver
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Alýs me and gefriða me libera me et eripe me, 7, 1. Gefriðie protegat, 19, 1 : Exod. 19, 4
Linked entry: ge-freoðian
ge-mǽnsumnys
A communion, a participation, also the Sacrament of the Holy Communion ⬩ communio
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A communion, a participation, also the Sacrament of the Holy Communion; communio Ne syndon hí for ðysse wísan to bescyrianne gemǽnsumnysse Cristes líchoman and blódes non pro hac re sacri corporis ac sanguinis Domini communione privandi sunt, Bd. 1,
un-cræft
An evil art ⬩ ill practice
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An evil art, ill practice Gif hé þurh gedrinc oððe þurh óðerne uncræft man ácwelle si ex ebrietate vel alia prava arte hominem occiderit, L. Ecg. P. iv. 68, 22; Th. ii. 230, 28.
wulfes-camb
Wild teazle
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Se bráda wulfes-camb camemelon alba, i. 67, 26. Wulfes-camb. Genim ðysse wyrte seáw ðe man chameaelae, and óðrum naman wulfes-camb nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 122, 12. Heó hafaþ leáf swá wulfes-camb, 278, 14.
cnósl
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Óþer of hyre sylfe swylce hyre cnósl (printed cnoss) byþ upp sprungen aliud ex ipso quasi sua soboles oritur, Scint. 232, 9. Cnósl (cnol, MS., cnoll, Hpt. Gl. 521, 22) proles, An. Ox. 5033. Eal Adames cnósl omnes homines, Dóm. L. 129.
fiscoþ
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Similar entries v. fiscnoþ; II Ic an þat lond at Súðeréye mid alle ðe fiscode ðe þértó bireþ, Cht. Th. 513, 6
lof-sang
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Add: i. a song in praise of a person Fausta adclamantes, i. alto canendo vel herigendsang vel lofsang, Wrt.
ælmes-selen
Alms-giving
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Alms-giving Ðæt hálige gebed and seó hlútre lufu Godes and seó ælmessylen, Wlfst. 146, 4: Dóm. L. 28, 9. Fæsten and wæccan and ælmessylena æfter úrum gemete, Bl. H. 73, 27. Tó ðám weorce ælmæssylena eleemosynarum operibus, Gr. D. 329, 13: 321, 24.
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full-gearwian
to complete ⬩ finish ⬩ to equip fully
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Oð ðæt gé weorðen fullgearowode mid ðǽm gǽsðlican cræfte . . . wé fullgearowode weorðað . . . quoadusque induamini virtute ex alto . . . induimur . . ., Past. 385, 4-7