gyrd-wíte
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Punishment with a rod, the punishment that came upon the Egyptians through Moses' rod, Cd. 143; Th. 178, 22; Exod. 15
be-seón
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Th. 79. 14
GIM
GEM ⬩ jewel ⬩ gemma ⬩ used metaphorically of the eye, the sun, stars, etc.
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Hluttor heofenes gim the clear jewel of heaven, i.e. the sun, 58 b; Th. 210, 9; Ph. 183: 63 a; Th. 232, 33; Ph. 516: Beo. Th. 4151; B. 2072: Andr. Kmbl. 2538; An. 1270.
hwæþer
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<b>I a</b> :-- Gesege mé hwæþer þe betere ðince ... hwæþer þe þú hý forseó ... þe þú gebíde hwonne hí þé forlétan, Bt. 8; F. 26, 12. hwæþer ... hwæþer þe Hé gecnǽwþ be þǽre láre, hwæþer ( utrum) heó sí of Gode, hwæþer þe (an ) ic be mé sylfum
langung
Longing ⬩ desire ⬩ weariness
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Longing, desire, weariness or grief that comes from unsatisfied desire Hié langung beswác eorþan dreámas éces rǽdes the longing for the joys of earth cheated them of eternal good, Cd. 173; Th. 217, 28; Dan. 29.
hám-weard
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Th. i. 598, 23. Æþelwulf ðá him hámweard fór Ethelwulf then journeyed homeward, Chr. 855; Erl. 68, 29: 885; Erl. 82, 30. Se esne hig hámweard lǽdde tó his hláforde the servant brought her home to his lord, Gen. 24, 61
dǽd-bétan
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Úre Drihten gelǽt þá dǽdbétendan ( the penitent ) æfter sóðre dǽdbóte tó ðǽre úplican Hierusalem, Hml. Th. ii. 68, 24
ellor
Elsewhere ⬩ ălias, ăliorsum
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Elsewhere; ălias, ăliorsum Heó ðæt leóht geseah ellor scríðan she saw the light depart elsewhere, Cd. 37; Th. 48, 9; Gen. 773: 133; Th. 168, 17; Gen. 2784: Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 9; Jud. 112: Beo. Th. 110; B. 55
biddan
to ask ⬩ to ask ⬩ to pray to
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Th. ii. 400, 26. Ǽr þ ám þe hé him ryhtes bidde. Ll.
hlanc
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Lank, lean, gaunt: — Ðæs se hlanca gefeah wulf in walde at that rejoiced the gaunt wolf in the wood, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 25; Jud. 205. Swá ðú on hrime setest hlancee
scot
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add: a part of a building shut off from the rest, a chancel Sume þá men þe stódan beforan þám sceote quidam ex his qui extra sacrarium stabant, Gr. D. 236, 1
sceádan
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Ðonne biþ gǽsta dóm sceáden swá hí geworhtun ǽr then shall the spirits' doom be decided, according to their deserts, Exon. Th. 76, 2; Cri. 1233. Sceáden mǽl the appointed time (?) , Beo.
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mægen
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Add Þæt eorðlice mægn þe þú hér samnast. . . eall þis mægn wát, þe hér tó gemóte cóm, þæt bín heáhsetl is þrymmes áfylled, Wlfst. 254, 13-18. v. full-, god-, heáfod-, helle-, níd-, stíþ-mægen
cwén
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Ðis weará þus gedón æfter þǽre cwéne hǽse . . . þá men ealle grétton þone cyngc and ðá cwéne . . . Apollonius cwæð: 'Ðú góda cyngc . . . and þú cwén.' Hé cwæð: 'Nimað þás þing þe mé seó cwén forgeaf,' Ap. Th. 17, 16—18, 15. v. port-, rihtæþel-cwén
and-git
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Th. i. 86, 26. Heora módes andgytu hí fordytton, Hml. S. 23, 379. plan, purpose Hí þone Hǽlend bǽdon ꝥ hé tówurpe þæs wælreówan andgyt ( the intention of destroying the city ), Hml.
grimme
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Th. 6017 ; B. 3012
ge-teágan
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Ðá ðæt land ðá geteád wæs to prepare the land with. When then the land was prepared; preparata terra, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 33.
liþian
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hate, when to the heavens rose the clamour of the fiends, Gú. 363.
ÁD
A funeral pile ⬩ pile ⬩ heap ⬩ rogus ⬩ congeries
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A funeral pile, pile, heap; rogus, congeries Ðá on-bærnde he ðone ád then kindled he the pile, Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 25. Ád stód onæled the pile was [stood] kindled, Cd. 141; Th. 176, 35; Gen. 2922.
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ge-mǽre
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Voc. ii. 10, 52. in the case of a country or district. frontier, border, (by the sea) coast -Þá brycge þe æt þǽm gemǽre wæs, Ors. 2, 5 ; S. 78, 15.