wæter-flód
A flood, deluge; in plural, floods, waters. Cf. wæter, II b
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Cf. wæter, II b Swilce óðer wæterflód swá fleów heora blód. Homl. Skt. i. 23, 74. On ðæs Ambictiones tíde wurdon mycele wæterfiód (inluvies aquarum) geond ealle world, 1, 6; Swt. 36, 7.
ge-þwǽrnes
Concord ⬩ agreement ⬩ mildness ⬩ concordia ⬩ mansuetudo
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He ðæt ríce heóld on gódre geþwǽrnesse and on micelre sibsumnesse he held the kingdom in great peace and tranquillity, Chr. 860; Erl. 70, 23: 827; Erl. 64, 8. Geþwǽrnysse mansuetudinem, Ps. Spl. 44, 6: Prov. Kmbl. 23
torn-wyrdan
To address abusive words to ⬩ to vituperate
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To address abusive words to, to vituperate Hiera wíf him ongeán iernende wǽron, and hié swíþe tornwyrdon, and ácsedon, gif hié feohtan ne dorsten, hwider hié fleón woldon; ðæt hié óðer gener næfden búton hié on heora wíf hrif gewiton (the Latin, however
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streáw
Straw, hay
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Sume hí cuwon heora gescý, sume streáw, Homl. Th. i. 404, 6. Bærne streúw, Lchdm. iii. 114, 7
ge-standan
to stand ⬩ stand still ⬩ remain ⬩ last ⬩ exist ⬩ be ⬩ stāre ⬩ mănēre. existĕre ⬩ esse ⬩ to stand against any one ⬩ oppose ⬩ oppress ⬩ attack ⬩ urge ⬩ seize ⬩ insurgĕre ⬩ ingruĕre ⬩ urgĕre ⬩ corrĭpĕre
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Wæs heó gestanden mid hefigre untrumysse líchoman she was seized with a heavy illness, Bd. 4, 23; S. 595, 16: 5, 13; S. 632, 17: Blickl. Homl. 227, 6
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for-sleán
cut through ⬩ to slay ⬩ kill ⬩ to destroy ⬩ lay waste ⬩ finish ⬩ to rout ⬩ overthrow ⬩ to condemn
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Mid stengum heora sweoran forsleán, 134, 7. Gif sió lendenbrǽde bið forslegen (-slægen, v. l.), Ll. Th. i. 98, 1. to slay, kill: Wearð hé gefliémed and his folces fela forslagen, Ors. 5, 12; S. 240, 28.
ge-mǽnsumian
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R. 12, 25. to have fellowship with, associate (intrans.), have to do with Ic ne gemǽnsumige mid gecorenum heora non communicabo cum electis eorum, Ps. L. 140, 4.
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ge-wǽde
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Dǽldon þá cwelleras þǽra martyra wǽpna and gewǽda ... heora gehwilc hæfde þæs mannes gewǽda þe hé ácwealde, Hml.
hǽtu
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Swíðe sweartes líchaman heó wæs for þǽre sunnan hǽto, Hml. S. 23 b, 176. From haeto ( calore ) his, Ps. Srt. 18, 7.
weorþan
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Add Heó mid þám cilde wearð sóna and þæt gebær, Wlfst. 22, 9. Hit is áwriten ðætte úre Hǽlend wurde beaftan his méder and his mágum. Past. 385, 20. add: (a) weorþan æt to be at something; cf.
sagu
a saw, say (to say one's say), saying, statement, story, tale ⬩ saying, narration, telling, report ⬩ statement of a witness, testimony ⬩ a saying beforehand, foretelling
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Heo wenden þat his sawen (2nd MS. sawes) soðe weren,749
framian
to do good ⬩ benefit ⬩ absolute ⬩ to do good to an object. ⬩ to get good ⬩ derive benefit ⬩ profit ⬩ make progress ⬩ to prevail
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Hí framigaþ heora bearnum, R. Ben. 137, 26. Framedon profuerunt, Scint. 153, 10. Framige (prosit ) ánra gehwylc óþron on cræfte hys, Coll. M. 31, 25. Hú hé swýþor þám sáulum framian (fremian, v.l., prodesse) mæge, R. Ben. 119, 19.
á-dreógan
to bear off ⬩ suffer, endure ⬩ to bear with, tolerate ⬩ to pass, spend time ⬩ to carry out, perform
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Ná lang líf heó ádrýcð, Lch. iii. 190, 8. Ádréh transegit, i. percurrit (horas ), An. Ox. 1944. Hé þurhwacole niht búton slǽpe ádreáh, Hml. Th. i. 86, 17. Heó sárig ðá twelf mónað ádreáh, 566, 10. Hé ádreáh his líf on dyslicum weorcum, Hml.
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be-frinan
to ask a person a question, ⬩ to ask ⬩ question, ⬩ to ask about something ⬩ to ask a person about something ⬩ to ask for some-thing ⬩ to ask of a person what one wishes to be told
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Heó befrinen þone cásere hwæt heó scolden, Hml. A. 194, 37. Ðone pápan ꝥ hié befrinon hwæt him tó rǽde þúhte, Bl. H. 205, 20. to ask, question, a person Ic gewréged ðé ne wiðsóc, befrinen (when questioned) ic ðé geandette, Hml.
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wiþ-cweþan
to reply ⬩ to gainsay ⬩ contradict ⬩ maintain an opposite opinion ⬩ to contradict ⬩ oppose ⬩ resist ⬩ to refuse ⬩ reject ⬩ not to allow
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Grammar wiþ-cweþan, with dat. of person to whom a refusal is given Hé wolde ðæt hé ána wǽre heora cyning, ac ealle ða leódscipas ánmódlíce him wiðcwǽdon, Homl. Ass. 103, 34.
bodung
annunciation ⬩ declaration ⬩ testimony ⬩ interpretation ⬩ reciting ⬩ rehearsing ⬩ preaching
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Heora (the Apostles') bodunge swég swégde geond eall, and heora word be*-*cómon tó eorþan gemǽrum, Hml. A. 56, 144. Hé mé (St. Paul) tó bodunga sende, Bl. H, 185, 33. Críst clypode on his bodunge, Hml. S. 16, 130.
on-secgan
to sacrifice, offer ⬩ to deny, renounce, abjure
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Mesiane noldon ðæt Læcedemonia mægdenmenn mid heora ofreden and heora godum onsægden, Ors. 1, 14; Swt. 56, 16. Hié Gode eáðmódlíce lác onsægdon, Blickl. Homl. 201, 14. Onsecggaþ gé him mid sóðfæstnesse wæstmum, 41, 10.
ge-andettan
to confess, acknowledge ⬩ to confess ⬩ to admit for oneself ⬩ concede, allow ⬩ to confess, declare one's belief ⬩ to confess ⬩ acknowledge as having a certain character, declare one's faith in ⬩ to make acknowledgement of a benefit ⬩ give thanks ⬩ praise
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Þǽm mannum þe heora synna and unrihtes geswícaþ, and hié (or hié may refer to synna) Gode and heora scriftum geandettiaþ, Bl.
ge-hwǽde
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Heó hafað blóstman and sǽd swýþe gehwǽde, 250, 21. Hafað seó lǽsse smæle leáf and gehwǽde, and seó óðer hafað máran leáf and fǽtte, 264, 18. (I a) little, young :-- Se Hǽlend him tó clypode sum gehwǽde cild (parvulum ), Hml.
twig
A branch ⬩ twig
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Heo nomen þa twigga, O.E. Homl. i. 5, 2. He suingcð him mið smele twige, 149, 1. Þe uerþe tuygyenb. 22, 5. A Twygge virgula, ramusculus, Prompt. Parv. 505: vimen, Wülck. Gl. 619, 27